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The Rolex SailGP Championship returns this weekend for the second event of the 2026 Season, the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix Auckland.

No rule changes have been made following a spectacular collision, 90 seconds into Race 1, where the Swiss Sail GP team sliced the Kiwis’ stern section off just behind the aft crossbeam, missing helmsman Peter Burling by just a metre.

The McIntyre Mini Globe Race’s fourth and final leg delivered its most varied phase yet as the fleet traversed the South Atlantic from the remote outpost of Saint Helena to the vibrant Brazilian coast at Recife.

As the final inshore proving ground before the start of the RORC Caribbean 600, the series blends short, intense coastal racing with one of the most distinctive courses in the region, the Antigua 360.

The Real Club Náutico de Valencia (RCNV), one of the host venues alongside RCN Dénia, RCR Alicante, RCN Torrevieja, and Marina Portet, will begin its series of regattas on Thursday, February 12. The event will run through Sunday, February 15.

Medal Series partially completed as Finn Hawkins and Emma Wilson are crowned overall winners of the iQFOiL International Games.

Sharon Brettkelly, one of the presenters, for The Detail talks with Richard Gladwell, Sail-World’s NZ Editor about recent developments in SailGP, following the first event in Fremantle, and New Zealand’s chances of holding further SailGP events.

Great Britain’s Finn Hawkins and Emma Wilson were overall winners of the iQFOiL International Games in Lanzarote

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Experience X-Yachts up close this spring. We’re excited to invite you to a brand-new event for 2026: a special spring edition of our In-House Boat Show, taking place on March 7th, 2026 from 11 AM to 4 PM at the X-Yachts yard in Haderslev.