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World Sailing has announced that the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) in Auckland, New Zealand, has been selected to host the 2027 World Sailing Youth Match Racing Worlds and the 2027 World Sailing Women’s Match Racing Worlds.

Following four fantastic days of racing on the Welsh Riviera, I fully intended to get this report written whilst travelling for work. The plan was simple: charge the laptop at Heathrow, write the report and bask in the glow of another brilliant event.

For 25 years, racing yachts have been granted a rare opportunity to compete on one of the most extraordinary stretches of water in the world.

For the ninth year running, the Allspars Final Fling Dinghy Regatta returns on the 17th & 18th October 2026. Bringing with it the excitement, camaraderie and competitive spirit that have made this end-of-season regatta a favourite.

Three races were completed on Thursday despite tricky, ever-changing conditions. Racing started at 11:00 as scheduled in 16–19 knots of wind and a metre of swell, but the breeze swung up and down between 7 and 19 knots throughout the afternoon.

Thirteen Red Fleet Yawls, lucky for some it turns out, foregathered for the Devon Eyes sponsored Autumn open meeting.

After a wet start to the event on Wednesday, the sun finally broke through to deliver glorious sailing conditions for the opening two races of the 2026 OK Dinghy European Championship in Bruinisse.

Oliver Heer’s Embrace the Challenge Team (SUI) sailed across the finishing line in Lorient in fifth place in the early hours of Friday morning, at 01:36:17 UTC / 03:36:17 CEST.

It was a challenging day for the frontrunners at the J/70 World Championship in Cascais, as moving the racecourse closer to the shore resulted in a very different scenario to that experienced in previous days.

Team Australia today have unveiled an elite Australian sailing team featuring Olympic medallists, America’s Cup winners, world champions and SailGP champions to spearhead the nation’s return to the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup in Naples in 2027.