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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.

We saw all of the sailors back from the summer break returning to our next Traveller at Exe Sailing Club. The sun was shining and the wind was here too.

The 2025 Mounts Bay Nationals left Nigel Wakefield as Champion, Andy Jones second, Huw Powell third and Nils Jolliffe fourth. Since then, some have improved, some have maintained form, and some have presumably spent the winter studying tidal charts.

With fewer than 60 days before the start of the 13th Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe, everything is gathering pace!