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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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Poland’s Piotr Cichocki claimed an impressive double gold, while Sweden’s Fia Fjelddahl and Patric Rosenberg survived a thrilling final-race showdown, as the 2026 World Sailing Inclusion Championships came to a close in Portimão, Portugal on Saturday.

Lauriane Nolot and Riccardo Pianosi are looking very hard to beat. After another strong day on the water in Quartu Sant’Elena for the leading women and men, both riders have earned the right to go straight through to Sunday afternoon’s four-rider final.

It might be sufficient to say that the clubhouse recorded a 35 knot gust at midday. This was a brutal end of season bash.