Day 1 of the the 2026 Musto iQFOiL World Championships at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy.
In the women, European Champion Tamar Steinberg ISR opened her scoring with four race wins to take a six point lead from Stella Bilger AUS with 9 pts and Maya Gysler NOR with 10 pts.
Britain’s Islay Watson (1 7 4 -13) is fourth with 12 pts, Emma Wilson (5 1 7 -16) fifth with 13 pts, each winning one race.
In the Men, there is a four-way tie with European Champion Luuc Van Opzeeland NED, Paweł Tarnowski POL, Nicolas Goyard FRA and Yoav Omer ISR all on 5 pts after four races.
Best placed British competitor is Duncan Monaghan (3 7 1 -11) in ninth with 11 pts. Max Beaman is 18th and Finn Hawkins 21st.
Defending World Champion Andy Brown GBR had a less than great start and despite winning one race, is 36th with 31 pts.
Women – iQFOiL World Championships
After 4 races, 1 discard (70 entries)
1st ISR Tamar STEINBERG -1 1 1 1 – – 3 pts
2nd AUS Stella BILGER 3 3 3 -22 – – 9 pts
3rd NOR Maya GYSLER 3 -5 5 2 – – 10 pts
4th GBR Islay WATSON 1 7 4 -13 – – 12 pts
5th GBR Emma WILSON 5 1 7 -16 – – 13 pts
6th ITA Medea FALCIONI 5 3 8 -10 – – 16 pts
7th NED Sara WENNEKES 5 13 -48 3 – – 21 pts
8th POL Anastasiya VALKEVICH -29 11 2 12 – – 25 pts
9th CHN Wenqi LI 11 7 -29 7 – – 25 pts
10th NZL Veerle TEN HAVE -31 11 9 6 – – 26 pts
Men – iQFOiL World Championships
After 4 races, 1 discard (109 entries)
1st NED Luuc VAN OPZEELAND -5 3 1 1 – – 5 pts
2nd POL Paweł TARNOWSKI 1 3 -21 1 – – 5 pts
3rd FRA Nicolas GOYARD 1 1 -7 3 – – 5 pts
4th ISR Yoav OMER 3 1 1 -9 – – 5 pts
5th ITA Nicolò RENNA 1 5 -17 1 – – 7 pts
6th USA Noah LYONS 3 1 -7 3 – – 7 pts
7th ITA Leonardo TOMASINI -7 1 5 3 – – 9 pts
8th AUS Grae MORRIS -9 1 7 3 – – 11 pts
9th GBR Duncan MONAGHAN 3 7 1 -11 – – 11 pts
10th ITA Federico Alan PILLONI 3 -15 3 5 – – 11 pts