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The Rolex SailGP Championship returns to Bermuda, with twelve international teams, the exception being the Kiwi Black Foils as they await their new F50 hull

Nineteen boats signed up for the Flying 15 Open Meeting on the 25th & 26th and, despite force 1 forecasts, eighteen turned up on a bright and sunny day.

After a very successful Squib Gold Cup, held at the Royal Corinthian YC, the Royal Burnham Yacht Club is only 16 days away from the RBYC Whitsun Regatta to be held between 23rd and 25th May.

Swiss offshore sailor Oliver Heer has officially unveiled his new IMOCA, Embrace The Challenge, introducing a bold new identity inspired by the weather systems that define life at sea.

Entry for the 18th edition of the Taittinger Royal Solent Yacht Club Regatta (Friday 24th – Sunday 26th July), based in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, opened on Wednesday 6th May.

The Swiss Class40 No. 134 STELLA NOVA, skippered by Omar Naas and Louis Torreilles, crossed the southern Sardinia ranking gate in first place yesterday evening at 11:28 PM French time.

Ted Turner, Captain Outrageous, America’s Cup champion and winner of the Sydney Hobart and Fastnet races, died on Wednesday. Outside his colourful sailing career, he created the global broadcasting network CNN which revolutionized global broadcasting.

The forecast for the May Bank Holiday weekend was looking bleak with changeable light winds and showers, very unlike the usual sunny windy blue waters of Salcombe.

The first May Bank Holiday saw the Miracle Fleet return to Staunton Harold for the second event of the year. The six visitors from around the country joined the one home boat for the first two races being sailed back to back in very light winds.

The Snipe fleet shared its open meeting at Blackwater Sailing Club with the Wayfarer fleet on the weekend of 2nd 3rd of May. It was also the Snipes South Eastern Championship and the second leg or the European Circuit.