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The Royal Harwich Yacht Club hosted the Ajax National Championship 2026 from 19-21 June, with racing held in the familiar waters of Dovercourt Bay.

Overall winner of the 2026 RORC Cowes Dinard St Malo Race under IRC, claiming the historic King Edward VII Challenge Cup, was the French J/133 Sun Hill IV, skippered by François Charles. Line Honours went to Johnny Vincent’s Volvo 70 Pace. Second overall was James Neville’s Botin 52 Ino Veritas, which also won IRC Zero. Completing the…

A good breeze from just North of west was blowing when we arrived, and questions were asked as to what rig to put on. A rig was the choice, and it was perfect as over the course of the morning the breeze lightened.

After two years of design and construction, Boris Herrmann and his Team Malizia are celebrating the launch of their highly anticipated new IMOCA race yacht, Malizia 4.

Glorious sunshine and a building breeze set the stage for a spectacular start to the RORC Cowes Dinard St Malo Race, as the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s largest offshore fleet of the season charged west down the Solent.

Naturally we’ll start this write up halfway through the event… It was early on Sunday morning and I was essentially lying in bed in a strangers house, or air BnB if you will, trying to figure out how on earth the tide works in Poole harbour.

Steele Raymond Lymington XOD Week 2026 served up the full range of Solent conditions across five days of racing, from near-calm to a South Westerly into the mid-twenties, and the week rewarded consistency.

The inaugural Race to the Arctic concluded in spectacular fashion on Sunday as the fleet reached Svolvær after nearly 800 nautical miles of offshore racing along the Norwegian coast.

Australia’s World 18ft skiff champion Yandoo team of John ‘Herman’ Winning, Fang Warren and Lewis Brake took out 2026 European and Mark Foy International Championship after four days of competition on Lake Garda, Italy.

A brisk Meltemi breeze of 25-30 knots prompted reefed mainsails and small jibs for this year’s fleet at today’s start of the 6th edition of the AEGEAN 600, organized by the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) and Olympic Marine.