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While we shiver in the big freeze here in the UK, the Emirates GBR SailGP team head down under for the first event of season 6. Sir Ben Ainslie’s Emirates GBR finished 2025 top of the table and after a crew shuffle, which saw Stuart Bithell replace Iain Jensen as Wing Trimmer, will want to…

With this current cold snap warmer weather can seem far away, but now is the time to start planning your sailing for 2026. We are delighted to be providing our New Year update on the 2026 Ramsgate Week Regatta, being held between 19th and 24th July 2026.

Today we have an exclusive Q&A with Benjamin Schwartz, co-skipper of Sodebo Ultim 3 from the Pacific Ocean during their Jules Verne Trophy record attempt around the world.

Australia’s Matt Wearn has taken a commanding lead in the 2026 ILCA Oceania and Australian Open Championship in Hobart on Day Four of sailing, taking a lead of 16 points in the ILCA 7 Class, into the penultimate day of racing.

After an exciting opening day of racing, day two decided to keep everyone guessing. While the sun was shining and temperatures sat at a very agreeable 25 degrees, the wind clearly hadn’t read the race schedule and failed to show up on time.

Day 3 and two races were sailed at the triSearch 12ft Skiff Interdominion Championship on Sydney Harbour, where crucial decisions in shifty variable winds made some, breakages and swims cost others, in a long day on the water.

Day 4 of the ILCA Oceania & Australian Open Championships – Britain’s Matilda Nicholls (11, 8) drops to 9th overall in the ILCA 6 mixed fleet

New Year’s Day morning saw the dinghy and keelboat fleets afloat at Howth Yacht Club in Dublin, Ireland as the hardier sailors took the opportunity to get the 2026 racing season under way.

Three days of qualifying races are over for the ILCA 4 and ILCA 6 fleets with the sailors now assigned to either the Gold or Silver Fleets in the 2026 ILCA Oceania and Australian Open and Youth Championships under way in Hobart.

I’m a great believer in starting things on the right foot. Be that in the morning, going for a run (even though it was damn chilly this morning) to set yourself up for the day, or preparing ahead for a meeting so that you’ve got the figures to hand.