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“It is easy to kill someone with a slash of a sword. It is hard to be impossible for others to cut down.” ~ Yagyu Munenori

Charlestown Regatta Day sailing has a long and proud history of being raced in ‘batten down the hatches’ conditions, and once more ‘version 2026’ did not fail to deliver. It was part of Porthpean SC’s weekend of 75th birthday celebrations.

An 18 year old who learned to sail on the waters of Falmouth Harbour has become one of the world’s leading youth dinghy sailors after finishing second in the RS Aero 5 Youth World Championship in Germany.

A handsome fleet of ILCAs will be heading offshore of Durban, South Africa, over the National Women’s Day long weekend for their KZN (KwaZulu-Natal province) Regionals hosted by Point Yacht Club.

While most sailors guard against overload, under-tensioning your rig poses an equally catastrophic threat to equipment. Sometimes, there are tell-tale signs, like a loose leeward shroud when sailing upwind.

An outstanding fleet of IRC racing yachts is set to line up for today’s RTYC Pre-Cowes Regatta, with some of the biggest names in international yacht racing preparing to compete on the Solent ahead of North Sails Cowes Week.

Second day of racing at the Fireball Worlds at Torbay on the South coast of England and after four races completed Peter Gray and Richard Pepperdine have a 21 point lead. Gray and Pepperdine are the only pair still in all single figure finishes 3,4,8,5, with Australia’s Heather Macfarlane and Chris Payne in second with…

After a patient wait, racing at the Musto Lark Nationals finally burst into life with three races completed and 43 boats eager to show their form on the start line.

Mid-morning tides, lots of sunshine and a forecasted NW F3 all had the makings of a excellent day’s racing for the Redwings and One-Designs. In the event the breeze dropped off during the second race which brought some unexpected results.

The forecast lighter winds on Monday came as a relief to many after the craziness of Sunday’s blast, and presented a completely different scenario for the competitors and the race committee.