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Bluebottle wins Dragon class at Cowes Week
GBR192 Bluebottle has won the Dragon class at the 200th anniversary edition of North Sails Cowes Week, completing an impressive seven-race series that saw 25 Dragons compete on the Solent.
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RORC Team announced for the 2027 Admiral’s Cup
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has approved a formidable two-boat team for the 2027 Admiral’s Cup, bringing together two long-standing RORC members with one clear objective.
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RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race – Tactical Battle to Land’s End
Twenty-four hours into the 2026 RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race, the fleet is stretched along the English Channel and approaching the next major strategic test to round Land’s End and the Isles of Scilly. Johnny Vincent’s Volvo 70 Pace leads on the water, racing at around eight knots and taking a more inshore line…
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RORC name James Neville and Karl Kwok for 2027 Admiral’s Cup Team
The Royal Ocean Racing Club has named James Neville’s Botin 52 Ino Veritas and Karl Kwok’s Botin 41 Beau Ideal as their two-boat team for the 2027 Admiral’s Cup. Both owners have been RORC members for more than 30 years and both competed separately in the 2025 revival of the Admiral’s Cup. Neville raced Ino…
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RS300 Rooster National Tour at Whitefriars
It’s said that a sailor’s reputation is built not on the races won, but on the rules respected. If this is the case, the reputation of the RS300 fleet took hell of a battering on Saturday along with some gelcoat!
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British Moth National Championship at Hollowell
As is traditional the British Moth fleet gathered in August for their National Championships, once again Hollowell Sailing Club in Northamptonshire was hosting the event but as a change to the norm it was being run over a weekend.
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AC Recon: Aug 8 – Kiwis reveal “new” foil
Emirates Team NZ declared a “new” wingfoil component ahead of a sailing session on Saturday. The “new” component declaration is the first by any team in this America’s Cup cycle.
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AC Recon: The Longest Day
Italian Challenger Luna Rossa enjoyed another great sailing day in Sardinia’s Maestrale, clocking up their longest foiling time yet on Sailing Day 15.
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America’s Cup – Changes to Sailing Instructions for 2nd Preliminary Regatta Naples
Sailing Instructions for the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta Naples included key changes from the first Preliminary Regatta in Sardinia. One of the big changes is to the delay card system. In Sardinia, teams could request a single 5-minute delay ahead of the fleet races if they suffered any technical breakdown or issue…
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80th Anniversary Firefly Nationals at Tenby Day 2
It was a stop-start day for the fleet in Tenby when the early breeze that the fleet launched in petered out and the fleet was sent back to shore for a couple of hours.