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HRH The Princess Royal fired the historic Royal Yacht Squadron cannon today to start racing at North Sails Cowes Week, as the regatta celebrated 200 years of racing on the Solent.

As the Nacra 15 fleet reached their final day, everyone anxiously looked out to sea to see how truthful the weather forecast was. Miraculously, a short hold ashore of the fleet enabled RO David Rollinson to set up a course inside Plymouth Sound

The 2026 ILCA 4 Youth Worlds are officially under way at the Aarhus International Sailing Centre, where approximately 450 sailors representing 51 nations have begun arriving for one of the most prestigious youth events on the sailing calendar.

Mattia Di Martino and Nina Cittar of Italy are the 2026 Nacra 15 World Champions, despite a strong final day challenge by compatriots Alessandro Vargiu and Noa Lisci. Vargiu and Lisci won the two final races but Martino and Cittar had done enough to confirm their overall victory. Third place went to Anahita Fontanille and…

Following a two-hour postponement, over 6,000 sailors were rewarded with definitive Solent conditions. A building 20-knot sea breeze and more than 640 boats racing across the Solent met the ebb tide to produce the short, steep chop for which the racecourse is famous. The new Vintage Class opened the racing, followed by a fleet of…

After a delay to let the sea breeze fill in the 60 strong X boat fleet got away first time from the Royal Yacht Squadron line. On a beat to Saltmead early leaders were, Lone Star, Mayfly and Astralita from the middle of the start line.

Morgan Pinckney (USA, Newport Harbor YC) won his first Governor’s Cup after four previous tries, and in dominant fashion, defeating Siena Nichols (USA) from host Balboa YC, 3-0.

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Two hundred years after seven yachts gathered off Cowes for the first race in 1826, The Princess Royal returned to the Isle of Wight for the opening weekend of the Bicentenary Regatta, which this year has brought more than 630 boats to the Solent. HRH The Princess Royal joined sailors, organisers and the Cowes community…

The phrase ‘a classic Solent day’ has been over-used probably for the 199 preceding years but race day one of Cowes Week’s 200th anniversary regatta delivered true definitive classic Solent conditions.