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Spain’s Luís Bugallo has taken the overall lead at the J/70 World Championship after a demanding third day of racing off Cascais, where a strong northerly breeze and building Atlantic swell put boat handling, speed and crew work to the test.

The Hamble Classics Regatta has an extensive invitation list and so each year the emphasis can change, last year Spirit yachts were in town, this year it was big gaffers strutting their stuff.

Fog, sunshine, shifty wind, broken trailers and enough Cornish pasties to feed a small navy. The Osprey Nationals had all the ingredients of a classic MBSC Nationals, but as ever it was the people as much as the racing that made the week so special.

The leading pack in The Ocean Race Atlantic has been enjoying fast reaching conditions as the top four teams began to count down the final 500 nautical miles of their 3,000 nm passage from New York to Lorient, France.

Racing was delayed on the water today at the 2026 ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship, with sailors held out at sea as the wind sat at just 2 knots.

The 2026 MUSTO iQFOiL World Championships are entering their decisive phase, with the final three days of racing to be streamed live from Weymouth and Portland.

Beneath the mist shrouded peaks of Pen-y-Fan and Cribyn, Merthyr Tydfil Sailing Club can have “tricky” winds. However, today, the nine entrants were greeted by a good steady southerly wind, straight up the reservoir.

The 2026 OK Dinghy Europeans is taking place at Bruinisse, The Netherlands, this week, with 61 entries from 15 countries.

A lighter and more unpredictable breeze brought another change of pace today in Weymouth and Portland, where both the Men’s and Women’s fleets completed four Sprint Slalom races in tricky, shifty and gusty conditions.

I recently had the chance to stream Mary Mazzio’s film, Mighty Mary, ahead of its September 11 debut. The film, which was narrated by Elizabeth Banks and Hugh Jackman, chronicles the first all-women’s team to compete in the America’s Cup defender trials.