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After yesterday’s washout, today more than made up for it. Conditions in Medemblik were close to perfect, champagne sailing as some of the sailors called it, even if the breeze stayed shifty and gusty through the day.

St. Croix will welcome sailors from around the world this November as the island hosts the 55th Annual International Sunfish Class Association (ISCA) Youth, Women’s, Masters & Open World Championships.

The countdown is on to North Sails Cowes Week next week (Friday 31 July – Saturday 8 August) and the East Cowes-based Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust is proud to be the Official Charity on the event’s 200th anniversary.

As a regatta of such size and magnitude, we want to use our platform for good. Cowes Week has always welcomed sailors from all walks of life and, with crews that are truly intergenerational, we feel well placed to help support the next gen of sailors.

The committee boat set up off Sandwich bay for another light wind day but now with very little tide. The IRC classes did two short windward- leeward courses for the QEII Cup, the only trophy the late Queen ever presented for yacht racing.

Action at the 420 & 470 Junior Europeans in Nida, Lithuania, is coming to an important stage. The sailors have two more fleet races tomorrow, while on Monday the top 10 teams will compete in the Medal Series and the rest of the fleet in the Last Race.

Entries are coming in for the 2027 World Championship at Pattaya, Thailand and work is under way to organise containers. At least six are planned with more under way.

In Episode 2 of our Cruising in Croatia series, Dee Caffari explores one of Croatia’s most beautiful islands.

Three medal series concluded the mini Olympic Classes event for the ILCA 6, ILCA 7 and 470 at San Pedro OCR, host venue for the 2028 Olympic Games. In what proved a successful event for the British Sailing Team competitors, they won two Gold and a Bronze. Hannah Snellgrove of Britain took the Gold in the…

2027 will be a special year for the 14 class as it’s the 100th anniversary of the first Prince Of Wales Cup. The anniversary POW Cup race will take place as part of a European Championships at Itchenor Sailing Club.