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Few offshore sailing races in the world can claim to offer skippers the opportunity to measure themselves against the very highest level of competition in real-life conditions.

As all sailors know, good socials are just as important as the actual sailing for a successful sailing championship. For the 2026 Fireball World Championships a full social programme is being put together, including a Fireball Legends night.

Surrounded by the stunning Pennine hills boats gathered for the annual Dovestone Flying Fifteen open meeting. On Saturday, using the fleet PY handicaps, three races were sailed back-to-back.

New Zealand will host an Olympic-class sailing world championship for the first time in almost a decade when Auckland stages the Women’s ILCA 6 and Men’s ILCA 7 World Championship in early 2028.

The last Class40s left the Mucem basin on Monday to reach their home ports in the Mediterranean, and in particular Port Camargue, where a hub of activity is developing for the series.

Paignton supplied sunshine, 8-10 knots of north-easterly winds reducing over the day for Saturday, and the prospect of rough weather on Sunday. The RO planned 4 races for the Saturday but 3 were achieved due to dropping wind.

The RS21 UK & IE Cup returned to the Royal Southern Yacht Club for Round 2 of the 2026 series, 8-10 May, delivering three days of racing as part of the club’s prestigious May Regatta.

Hunts Sailing Club welcomed fourteen sailors from the Streaker Class to their very friendly club. The sun was shining with the lake a tropical blue.

The opening event of the 2026 Phantom Eastern Series also doubled as a Craftinsure Super Series event and attracted a strong fleet of fifteen boats to Stone Sailing Club over the weekend of 9th-10th May.

With over 20 opens during the season, we try to pair some events, so that travellers can easily make a weekend of it. And so it was for this weekend, when many of Saturday’s participants at Silver Wing, turned up at the Hawley Lake on the following day.