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The 505 fleet at Hayling Island was once again greeted with near perfect conditions as they set out for Races 3 and 4 of the 2026 World Championships, sponsored by WIP, Ovington Boats and Allen.

While having to struggle through a few holes in the latter portion of the course, the Aegean’s Meltemi winds held strong enough last night and today to allow the first finishers of the AEGEAN 600 to arrive in near-record time.

The event reached the halfway mark on Tuesday at Club de Vela La Ballena Alegre, with sailors once again greeted by brilliant sunshine, intense summer temperatures and conditions very similar to those experienced on the previous racing day.

French capsize AC75 off Lorient during practice session after they “experienced a systems issue”.

This weekend at the RAYC we hosted the first Commodore’s Invitational where eleven clubs from the region were invited to race the local one-design Fife keelboats who celebrate their 100th anniversary this year.

The first day of racing at the 2026 European Championship delivered exactly what the fleet came for. Three races were scheduled for every fleet across all three classes, and the Baltic served up a full day of tough, exhausting — and brilliant — racing.

The West Kirby Sailing Club Star Class annual Classic Boat Challenge was originally created to invite other clubs sailing classic wooden boats in the North West to come together and sail the iconic West Kirby Stars on the Dee estuary.

As forecasted, Day 4 started with some delays—but not for the Gold and Silver fleets.

Attending and reporting on a myriad of events – which has admittedly eaten into my own sailing time – does give a unique perspective on what is working and what isn’t in this day and age.

Twenty-five XODs, including three out-of-town visitors, came to the starting line of Itchenor Sailing Club’s annual five-day regatta.