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Mr. Patrick Corrigan, AM is an Australian businessman, focused mainly in the freight industry, an art collector, jazz enthusiast and philanthropist, who was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia medal in the 2000 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

The fourth event in the 2026 Craftinsure Vines Series took place on Saturday 16th May at Rickmansworth SC. The Troy Trophy was first presented in 1961, making this anniversary year for the Firefly class, the 65th year of the Rickmansworth Firefly open.

Thirteen Challenger sailors, and many volunteers, gathered at Farmoor Reservoir for the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights English Open Challenger Championship which took place during the weekend 16-17 May.

Stokes Bay Sailing Club hosted their first ILCA open meeting for several years and were rewarded with an entry of 33 boats.

The Streaker open meeting at Waveney & Oulton Broad YC (WOBYC) was a shifty and tactical affair! It counted towards the Streaker HD Sails Southern Paddle Series and the East Anglian Series and attracted a fleet of 17 boats including 10 visitors.

After an opening day sailed in steady northwesterly conditions, the 2026 iQFOiL Open European Championships continued on Tuesday in Portimão, with the fleet returning to the waters off Praia da Rocha for the second day of competition.

SailGP, the most exciting racing on water, is coming to Asia’s World City – announcing Hong Kong as the season-opening showcase in its provisional 2027 calendar.

Luuc Van Opzeeland and Tamar Steinberg lead the 2026 iQFOiL Open Europeans fleets in Portimão after the second day of competition.

Racing on day 3 of the IOM World Championship started in a southerly with the course set in front of the Datchet clubhouse, before a heavy rain squall heralded a south westerly which was strong at times, but also had some much lighter patches.

The Hadron H2 fleet held its Inland Championships on 16th and 17th May which was graciously hosted by Queen Mary Sailing Club. Coming into the event light wind specialist Ian Dawson, a serial Inland Champion, was hot favourite.