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The Race Officer, Francis Marshall (an old misspent-youth mucker from one of your correspondents’ Mirror days) displayed amazing patience and skill across the week such that by Thursday night we already had 9 races completed.

Day three of the Audi 2025 WingFoil Racing World Cup Turkiye delivered high drama and punishing conditions. The men’s fleet was split into gold and silver with the aim of securing a top-nine position for automatic entry into Sunday’s medal series.

The Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team will not compete after a stunning incident in practice. The front beam of the team’s F50 collapsed in a high-impact nosedive – no crew were injured as an investigation into the incident continues.

The Swiss Offshore Team crew, 5th in Portsmouth, had a great first leg and are building up maximum confidence for the rest of the race.

Cowes is a wrap but what a week it was! Max helmed ‘Palaver’ for the first time at Cowes Week alongside experienced bowman and crew Felipe and Zhayne, plus coaches Nick Cherry and Martin Evans lending their support.

The Exe Sailability Project, which provides access to sailing for disadvantaged people, has been presented with The King’s Award for Voluntary Service by the Rear Admiral Chris Snow.

British windsurfer, Andy Brown, has been named Athletes’ Athlete of the Month after winning the 2025 iQFOiL World Championships to claim the first world title of his senior career.

Following a successful home event in Portsmouth last month, Emirates GBR is back in action this weekend at the Germany Sail Grand Prix in Sassnitz. The event marks the Rolex SailGP Championship’s debut in Germany.

Bassenthwaite Sailing Club is pleased to announce that the Great North Asymmetric Challenge (GNAC), sponsored by Trident UK, will take place on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September 2025. Now a well-established fixture in the northern sailing calendar.

Globally maritime enforcement and operational agencies are rethinking how they specify and deploy their operational craft, says Protector Boats. And that includes their choice of high-performance rigid inflatable boats (RIBs). The long-established model of maintaining multiple specialist vessels – each dedicated to a single role – is steadily being replaced by a preference for multi-role…