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Typical, the Bank Holiday weather set the scene for the second instalment of the sailing club’s short race handicap series: torrential rain, a light easterly breeze, and the tide at the bottom of a spring tide.

Biblical rain showers, seaweed everywhere, and frequent fleet park-ups = a thoroughly enjoyable bank holiday weekend.

Our grand finale sailed us straight to the Midlands at Draycote Water Sailing Club with 25 Fevas attending looking forward to racing with their friends, positioning in the series and getting some fleeting racing in before the Nationals!

Fifteen-year-old Vincentian sailor Kai Marks Dasent has successfully completed an extraordinary 70-mile solo sail from St Vincent to Grenada in an ILCA dinghy measuring less than 14 feet in length.

Ten Comets contested the Silver Wing Open on 2nd May 2026 for the Silverwing Comet Trophy, an old, and very heavy DeHavilland Heron propeller hub.

After nearly 48 hours at sea and her second night onboard 11th Hour Racing, the Italian-American sailor Francesca Clapcich has moved up from sixth position to fifth in the seven-strong 1000 Race IMOCA fleet as the leaders approach the Fastnet Rock.

Today at 07:02:51, Marseille-based skipper Mathieu Claveau and his co-skipper François Verdier, aboard their Class40 No. 142, crossed the second “gate” of the rankings in the Strait of Bonifacio in first place.

The 2026 Yorkshire Cup delivered an outstanding weekend of competitive sailing, with near-perfect conditions and a strong fleet of 17 boats competing in the season’s first major regatta.

As the 18 Squibs gathered for the briefing of the Haymans of London sponsored 2026 Squib Gold Cup hosted at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, the wind was light and patchy and very sensibly the Race Officer decided to postpone a few hours.

The GP14 O’Tiarnaigh Challenge held at Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club in Cultra on the 25th and 26th April provided an excellent opportunity for the class to get used to the waters in which the World Championship will be held this coming August.