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The Cape 31 has added another major result to its growing list of successes, with Sönke Meier-Sawatzki’s Niramo claiming victory in Azulmarino ORC C at the 44th Copa del Rey MAPFRE in Palma.

The Klaipeda ORC European Championship 2026 begins today with its first scoring race, the Klaipeda Port Long Offshore Race. The first warning signal was displayed at 12:00, with Classes A and B starting at 12:05, followed by Class C at 12:15.

The second Friday Series concluded, seeing 24 boats on the water racing in YTC and IRC in the gorgeous waters of Plymouth Sound. Whilst the weather was mostly light to middling, the fleets were lucky to not lose any races to the conditions.

The world’s best 470 sailors are heading to Japan for the 2026 470 World Championships, taking place in Enoshima from 10-17 August.

Olly Murray (A Class Captain) had been wheeling and dealing yachts by buying or loaning, to ensure a good solid entry for the Radio A Nationals and to his credit this produced an excellent entry of 28 boats.

The 2026 Europe Class European Masters Championship attracted 50 competitors from ten nations to Lake Biscarrosse-Latécoère, in the Landes region of south-west France from 2 to 8 August. French sailor Cyril Richard was crowned European Champion, winning seven of the ten races against a strong international fleet that included several former World champions and Olympians.…

Three more races were completed in a southerly breeze of around 13 to 14 knots. Italy’s Valerio Pucci scored three wins and moved into the lead in Cadet Division B.

The Centre Nautique Biscarrosse Olympique hosted the Europe Class European Championship from 2 to 8 August 2026. Among 118 competitors from ten nations, it was French sailor Cyril Richard who was crowned European Champion.

For the first time in more than a decade, the New York Yacht Club emerged victorious at the Morgan Cup Team Race.

Burghfield sailing club hosted the sixth event in the 2026 Hadron H2 calendar last weekend, sharing the blue inland waters of BSC with the Streaker Class. Meteorologists among you may recall that the Azores high was still omnipresent.