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A roundup of day 5 action at the 2026 North Sails Cowes Week. The glamour race of the day was for the prestigious Britannia Cup for the biggest boats in the regatta. It’s big boat day, Britannia Cup, and as ever it delivers the big breeze . . . It is really by seconds. It’s…

As anticipation builds for the 2026 GP14 World Championships at the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club, supported by Ards and North Down Borough Council, this weekend, we take a closer look at the sailors expected to challenge for honours across the fleet.

Nine races on the Leaderboard for the 49er, 49erFX and the Nacra 17, at the San Pedro, USA Olympic Classes Regatta see some lead changes. In the mixed Nacra 17, things are not going well for Britain’s John GIMSON and Anna BURNET who suffered a DSQ in the third race Wednesday, after battling back with…

Race four of the championship got under way in challenging fashion after a lengthy sail down to the committee boat. The second day of racing brought more wind than the previous day and, to match this, the race committee shortened the gate time.

After days of anticipation, the 2026 Cadet World Championship finally sprang into life – but not before Lake Garda reminded everyone why it commands so much respect.

Most, if not all, of the crews who completed a hot, sticky coastal race today at the 44 Copa del Rey Mapfre will at least be pleased it is done and behind them.

Day 2 of racing for the 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 fleets at San Pedro OCR challenged the Olympic hopefuls with a very different version of the future L.A. 2028 racecourse.

Day five was North Sails Race Day with the glamour race for the prestigious Britannia Cup, presented by King George VI in 1950 for the biggest boats in the regatta. Over the last few years, the organisers have combined IRC Class Zero, Class One and the Cape 31 class into a supergroup to compete for…

There is no let-up for the poor blighters in Torbados, having just delivered an epic Fireball Worlds, the Royal Torbay Yacht Club is this week hosting the Solo National Championship and with around 80 pre-entries, it should be a marvellous event.

Day five at North Sails Cowes Week 2026 and it’s North Sails Race Day. One thing that has changed over 200 years of yacht racing at Cowes Week is the quality of weather forecasting. PRO Phil Warwick and his race team looked at the predictions.