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Black rain clouds and bonkers wind – what a finale for the end of the 2026 Noble Marine RS200 UK National Championship.

On August 22, 1851, at 8.37pm the schooner America crossed the finish line to win the £100 Cup donated by the 1st Marquess of Anglesey and which became the America’s Cup, arguably the preeminent trophy in international sport.

There may have been only one race on day three, but what a race it was, with gusts of up to 30 knots from the west-south-west, torrential rain squalls between sunny spells, nasty short seas and plenty of shifts for the sailors to contend with.

Next week’s Puerto Calero Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup is the 4th regatta of the 5 events which form the 2026 season and the second back-to-back regatta in breezy Lanzarote after last month’s Marina Rubicon Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week.

The annual Starcross Yacht Club Tera Open is happening once again, this year on 5 September. It is part of the RS Tera SW Traveller Series, which is a series of events running throughout the region over the summer months.

The forecast promised strengthening winds, so PRO Phil – armed with hope, a whistle, and the kind of determination usually reserved for people assembling flat-pack furniture – announced that racing would begin at 11:00 sharp.

The countdown has begun for the 2026 Star European Championship, which will bring 76 teams from more than 20 countries to Medemblik from 24 to 29 August for one of the most anticipated events of the Star Class season.

Sam Hall’s Lombard 46 Pata Negra completed the RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race in the early hours of Thursday morning, provisionally winning IRC One after a compelling race-long battle with Challenge Ocean.

An unexpected crew member joined the British Army Sailing Association’s Sun Fast 3600 Fujitsu British Soldier for the final stages of the 50th Anniversary RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race.

Four One-Designs went out on a beautiful sunny afternoon with a brisk warm wind just west of south. The course was Tara, Derrick, thru the line, Under Tyne, Britten and finish at Under Tyne with all marks to starboard except for the finish.