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It was a day that a Hollywood script writer would find hard to write, but for the hometown favourites Luna Rossa it was one of both high elation and brutal disappointment in front of their incredible fans.

The final day of racing in Sardinia once again delivered glamour conditions, the 14-17 knot south-easterly winds providing perfect racing.

Race 7 started in sensational fashion with the disqualification of the series leader, and home crowd favourite. Luna Rossa Women and Youth were judged to be premature starters.

Tudor Team Alinghi closed out the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta Sardinia with a more competitive final-day performance, showing improved pace, communication and consistency across the final two fleet races on the gulf of angels.

The skippers competing in La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec have just started the second leg between Vigo, Spain, and Pornichet on France’s Loire-Atlantique coast — a 450-nautical-mile course that already promises to be as strategic.

While on Saturday morning the faster Maxi 1 and Maxi Grand Prix yachts crossed the Naples finish line of the Regata dei Tre Golfi, the offshore race of the IMA Maxi Europeans, it was only at 2245 last night that Giuseppe Puttini’s Shirlaf arrived.

The Luna Ross Principle team of completed a 33sec win over Emirates Team New Zealand in the Final match race to claim over victory at the AC38 Preliminary Regatta Sardinia.

The official forecast for Day 3 of the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta – Sardinia, is similar to Day 2.

This week, the RNLI launched its Float to Live campaign and issued safety advice as new research reveals that Gen Z significantly underestimate risk at the coast. In 2024, there were 193 accidental drowning fatalities in the UK.

With a light offshore breeze of 5 to 8 knots in the morning, and a thermal breeze developing in the afternoon, the International Paint Poole Regatta 2026 started under scorching sunshine. This was also the second day of the IRC European Championships.