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The 2026 RS500 Rooster National Tour delivered a season of varied venues, contrasting conditions and close competition across five events.

Although the forecast promised light north-westerly winds on Saturday and slightly stronger south-westerlies on Sunday, the weekend began in excellent spirits, with Friday arrivals camping and vanning, and enjoying a pie-and-pea supper and plenty of beer.

The forecast NW 25kts was in reality a gusty W 15kts, giving excellent, but occasionally testing conditions for the first day of the new Illusion season. After last season’s unfortunately early end, a dozen Illusionists went afloat for three races.

The Fireball fleet’s final event of the season lived up to expectations at Rutland Sailing Club, attracting an outstanding entry of 22 boats and showcasing some of the very best British Fireball talent.

The first Cape 31 Gold Cup gets under way in Saint-Tropez this week, with a record 28-boat international fleet packed with circuit champions, European title holders and Olympic medallists.

The International Moth’s 2026 season is concluding in its ‘Northern Base’ of Rutland Sailing Club. The class is growing fast, with new faces joining the fleet, new boats being built, old ones being upcycled and steel foils becoming commonplace.

In a major step toward its highly anticipated 2028 Legacy Run, the Organizing Authority for the iconic Worrell 1000 offshore catamaran race has announced a comprehensive, global orientation seminar.

Sam Knight and Chris Bownes have been crowned 2026 RS400 Rooster National Tour champions after a season of close racing, with success shared across a competitive fleet.

Selected waterproofs, layers and accessories for men and women, including the Elite Offshore range, while stocks last.

The conditions were already officially ‘brisk’ but the reduced water level in the reservoir resulted in some strange wind patterns, with gusts that seemed to almost descend vertically onto the Moths as they cleared the shelter of the tree line.