Author: admin

The Phantom fleet rolls into 2026 and something fast is approaching over the horizon – the class shifts up a gear for a full throttle year of friendly training, regional rivalries, inland showdowns and a National Championship.

The Notice of Race for the 2026 29er World Championship, to be held in early July at the Olympic Sailing Centre in Schilksee, Kiel, is now published online, officially opening entries for the event.

2026 has seen the launch of the Merlin Rocket Youth Training Programme. A brand new initiative for the class, made up of four events for those aged 16 to 25 years old.

On Tuesday morning, 95 competitors from 12 nations will take to the frozen, snow covered surface of Lake Mälaren as the 2026 Ice and Snow Sailing World Championships officially begin in Västerås.

Oliver Heer Ocean Racing announces the official launch of the team’s second Vendée Globe campaign, starting a new chapter focused firmly on progression and a competitive performance in the 2028 Vendée Globe.

After three character-building winter rounds held across November, December and January, the final round of the Blithfield Barrel Winter Series arrived with a forecast that at last promised something more decisive.

Where now for SailGP . . . A genuine new sporting spectacle or a sporting bubble?

The SailGP event in Auckland this weekend was extraordinary on many fronts. Thirteen F50 foiling catamarans on the startline, wild conditions with unpredictable gusts, and possibly the worst crash we’ve seen on the circuit since its inception.

Day 4 of the Brass Monkey Spring Series, sponsored by Tadg Riordan Motors, got under way under typical winter uncertainty, with early morning rain prompting the North Star crew to don their wet weather gear once again.

After missing the previous weekend due to a lack of wind, the Dinghy Frostbite Spring Series sailors returned to the water at Howth Yacht Club on Sunday with a building forecast and a narrow window to get racing completed.