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2024 Olympic Gold Medalists in the 49er class, and 2025 SailGP champions, Diego Botín and Florian Trittel (ESP), have suspended their 2028 Olympic program, and will sail with the French team K-Challenge for the 2027 America’s Cup in Naples.

The 15th Superyacht Challenge Antigua is officially under way. On Wednesday 4 March, at the historic Nelson’s Dockyard in Antigua, sailors gathered on the Race Office balcony for the Pre-Regatta Briefing.

No let up in the tension on day 4 with Paul Cayard and Frithjof Kleen finally giving up a race win to Robert Scheidt and Austin Sperry (BRA).

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The largest event in British Keelboat League history will take place on the waters of Queen Mary Reservoir this weekend, 7th & 8th February. Twenty-two teams representing thirteen Schools will compete in the Royal Thames Yacht Club’s Sonars.

After slipping quietly out of Victoria Harbour, the boats sailed straight into a potent easterly flow and building seas, transforming the race from a gentle start into a full-throttle push across open water.

Diego Botín and Florian Trittel have reached this stage of their careers at the very top of the sport. In October 2025, off the coast of Cagliari, they captured the one title that had eluded them in the 49er class: the world championship gold medal.

The 2026 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff World Championship, starts Friday, with a 27-boat fleet set to line up on Sydney Harbour from 6–15 March.

The fleet of the 2026 ORC Double-Handed European Championship is preparing for its main challenge today as the sailors line up for the 200 Millas A2, the 200-mile Long Offshore Race that forms the decisive stage of the championship.

The McIntyre Mini Globe race is a world first race many thought impossible. The McIntyre Golden Globe Race pushes 36ft yachts solo around the world in 212 days. The Vendée Globe 60ft yachts fly solo around in 65 days.