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Patric Mure has become only the 11th person to reach the top of the OK Dinghy World Ranking list as he takes over the No.1 spot from Australia’s Roger Blasse, who drops to fourth. Britain’s Andy Davis and Nick Craig move up to second and third.

As part of an evolving approach to youth engagement, RYA Scotland has launched a new initiative, RYA Scotland Youth Voices, to help amplify perspectives and empower young people within the Scottish sailing and boating community.

Fortune favours the brave and Camp 3 enjoyed yet more champagne sailing at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy in Dorset with the final day blown off just as they needed time to pack up for their first regatta at Lymington.

Representing Team Allen through its French distributor, XPO, Enzo Ballanger sailed fully equipped with Allen hardware to a dominant victory at the 2025 International Moth World Championship.

This year, we will merge the conference on the Management and Business of the sport and the Design & Technology Symposium, enabling all participants to attend the entire event.

British bluewater boatbuilder Oyster Yachts has appointed Stefan Zimmermann Zschocke as chief executive officer (CEO), effective 1 September 2025. In June 2025, Ashley Highfield announced he would be standing down from his CEO role with Oyster, after seven years with the boatbuilder. Zimmermann Zschocke brings more than three decades of international industry experience to the…

The Blackwater estuary provided a welcome relief from the hot and sticky inland towns. The Fireball teams were greeted with sunshine and a brisk easterly breeze. It took its time to settle down.

South Africa’s Leopard Catamarans, the catamaran brand from boatbuilder Robertson and Caine (R&C), is implementing a ‘single shot resin infusion’ technique to its hull construction process. According to R&C, the technique builds on the traditional three-step hull construction standard, using one shot of resin infusion to infuse the entire hull at once, bonding all core…

Amphibious boat leader Sealegs International has appointed Jack Ewen as its new global sales director . Ewan has previously worked with Sealegs in the company’s sales department and returns to lead the brand’s global sales efforts and expansion. In 2024, New Zealand-based Sealegs relocated a portion of its manufacturing operations to Malaysia. Jack returns to Sealegs…

The day was forecast to be extremely hot, 30 degrees Celsius plus, with light winds. Club organisers had identified likely risks associated with the heat and had planned measures to mitigate any risk of heat/sun stroke to sailors and supporting duty crew.