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Writing this with blistered office hands and sore knees – weak from the gap in sailing since the nationals. There is nothing quite like the Sandy Shell Trophy – signing off this season of hugely competitive RS200 sailing at Hayling Island Sailing Club.

Furio Benussi’s Arca has won the Barcolana in Trieste for the fourth consecutive year, with 1,858 sailing boats on the starting line. After several days of uncertain weather forecasts, a splendid easterly wind blowing from 110 degrees welcomed the crews.

The Australian 18 Footers League’s 2026-27 season got off to an unexpected start when the League conducted Race 1 of the seven-race SIXT Spring Championship in a light ENE breeze over a 3-buoys course on Sydney Harbour today.

Two weeks after the 48th Royal Regatta, and a few days after the 600-mile Cannes-Malta Race which has just ended in Valletta, the Cannes Yacht Club is organising a series of non-stop competition from 11 to 17 October with the Tempest World Championship.

The second edition of the World Sailing Inclusion Championships brought together 222 athletes from 40 nations in Portimão, Portugal. After six days of competition, the championships delivered a fitting finale, with titles decided across a diverse range of Para Inclusive sailing disciplines. Great Britain’s James Coxon completed a remarkable return to the sport with victory…

Germany’s Platoon Aviation, led by Harm Müller-Spreer, secured the 2026 52 SUPER SERIES championship after the fifth and final regatta of the season, the 52 SUPER SERIES Valencia Sailing Week, concluded in Spain. Platoon Aviation arrived in Valencia holding an 11-point advantage over Sled. Despite a record fleet of 16 boats and demanding light, shifting…

Musto’s Championship Sailing Smock has been nominated for the Clothing Innovation of the Year in the 2026 British Yachting Awards. Last year the Musto EVO range won the 2025 Clothing Innovation of the Year award.

At the early morning briefing PRO Ines Cabrer announced a forecast similar to the previous day, a small window of opportunity for racing anytime after 1300 hrs with the likely chance of one final race.

The Bay of Cádiz once again demonstrates its potential as a venue for major sailing events, with a day marked by alternating easterly and westerly winds and an organisation that made it possible to complete all the scheduled races.

It took a visit to the Protest Room to decide the 2026 Flying Fifteen International European Championship. After Andrew Jameson and Greg Wells crossed the finish first in the fifth and final race – a result which took them to the top of the leaderboard – they faced a protest by second placed Andy Tunnicliffe…