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Star European Championship – Schoenherr and Wright are Day 2 Leaders
Denmark’s Jørgen Schoenherr and Britain’s Ed Wright, take the lead of the 2026 Star European Championship with four races completed on the IJsselmeer. Schoenherr and Wright (2, 5) have 19 pts with second Jack Jennings and Andrew Palfrey (USA/AUS) on 24 pts and third Robert Scheidt and Austin Sperry (BRA/USA) with 27 pts. The first…
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ILCA 7 World Championship – Ryan Lo grabs lead as the pace rises
The first day of Gold Fleet racing shuffled the leading pack, with Ryan Lo (1, 7) taking advantage of his consistent sailing and some double figure scores among the leaders to take a two point lead. Overnight leader, Ireland’s Finn Lynch (-31, 10) was saved by the discard and is now second with 26 pts.…
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Topper Swallows & Amazons on the River Dart
Setting off from Dittisham Sailing Club under the watchful eye of Arthur Marshall, the sailors navigated their way up the river, skillfully zigzagging through fluctuating winds to reach a bend just above Stoke Gabriel.
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International 14 Worlds – Truswell and FitzGerald close the gap
Andy Shaw and Rob Struckett retain their lead of the 2026 Inter14 World Championship with another race win, but Glen Truswell and Ed FitzGerald close the gap. The fifth race introduced the discard, which changed the points score, if not the positions. Shaw and Struckett won race 5 and dropped a 2nd, while Truswell and…
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Challengers at Loch Earn
Six visiting Challengers made their way to Loch Earn Sailing Club for the final event in Sailability Scotland’s 2026 Challenger Traveller Series. Unfortunately, while there was a Challenger available for Liz Eaton, she was unable to come.
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Mumbles Osprey Open
As the National Championship at Mount’s Bay fast approaches, seven teams gathered at Mumbles for some last-minute racing ahead of what promises to be a big four days in Cornwall next week.
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The Ocean Race Atlantic: 50/50 gender-equal crews
The inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Atlantic is one of the few sports to introduce a 50/50 mandate, which will see each of the six IMOCA sailing teams crewed by two men and two women.
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Torbay Royal Regatta 2026
Teams from across the country converged on the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, hosts of the latest edition of Torbay Royal Regatta, for three scheduled days of racing and socialising (plus an additional day’s racing for the RS21 nationals).
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AC Recon: Aug 26 – “Significant bow-up trim”
On one of these, the new rudder ventilated and stalled during the bear-away. The boat trimmed bow-up significantly, broaching the water and crashing hullborne.
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Four reasons to attend the Yacht Racing Forum 2026
The annual B2B conference dedicated to the sport of sailing will once again bring together the sport’s leading personalities from around the world for two days of conferences, networking and business.