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ILCA Under 21 World Championships – Day 4 Ginevra Caracciolo ITA leads the Women’s U21 ILCA 6, Karol Krupski ESP the men

The Merlin Rocket Owners’ Association is pleased to launch its youth training programme. This is a brand-new initiative, and we look forward to welcoming participants from across the dinghy sailing community.

Thomas Coville and his time on Sodebo Ultim 3 have just 1,100 nautical miles to go to finish their Jules Verne Trophy record attempt, but Storm Imogen is standing in their way, with 55 knot winds and waves up to 38 feet high.

They will now have to do without what remained of this sail and sail exclusively under their wing mast (30m2) and their headsails. So it was under sail that they performed a series of gybes during the night to round the island of Ponta Delgada.

Circumnavigating the globe is the unattainable dream for most sailors, while solo racing around the world is considered extreme at best and too expensive for most? That assumption has now been turned upside down.

The road starts here. Bacardi Winter Series Event No. 1 launches January 23-25 on Biscayne Bay, bringing the J/70 and Melges 24 fleets back to Miami for the opening act of the 2026 Bacardi racing season.

With the final series now fully underway in Lanzarote, margins at the top of both fleets continue to shrink. A demanding fourth day of racing delivered shifting conditions, decisive moments and further changes in the standings.

After nearly 7,000 miles of ocean racing, Belgium Ocean Racing – Curium and Credit Mutuel finish the stage in the incredible situation with a gap that is counted in seconds.

From 27 January to 1 February, the International 29er Class turns its focus to Hong Kong, where the 2026 29er Asian Championship will be contested as part of Sun Hung Kai & Co. Hong Kong Race Week 2026.

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