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107 yachts carrying 945 sailors representing 55 countries set sail Saturday in the 47th Rolex Middle Sea Race from Malta’s magnificent Grand Harbour. The most dramatic start of the morning was the final start with defending overall champion Balthasar, the Mills 72 skippered by Louis Balcaen, nailing the start close to the Saluting Battery, before…

However grand last year’s milestones may be, they pale against the BIG birthday bash that will be being celebrated next year, as 2027 will see the centenary of that most iconic of classes, the International 14.

Now in its fourth year, Horning Sailing Club’s Autumn Passage Race has established itself as a popular fixture on the Broads calendar, drawing 36 entries for this year’s race.

Race 1 of the eleven-race Australian 18 Footers League’s Club Championship was sailed in a light Easterly breeze over a three-lap windward-leeward course on Sydney Harbour today.

Among the forty crews present for the 61st Tempest World Championship, the German delegation was the largest, and left Cannes with the first three places.

The Osprey Inland Championships at Blithfield Sailing Club delivered a weekend of spectacular sailing, with blazing sunshine, powerful westerly winds, sudden squalls and exhilarating high-speed action providing a fitting finale to the class’s 2026 season.

A new champion will be crowned at the 2026 World Match Racing Tour Bermuda Gold Cup with first-time finalists Chris Poole [USA] and Christian Hamilton (GBR) making it into the final two.

A unique celebration of sailing, working boats and community returns to Balmain on Sunday 25th of October 2026, bringing Sydney Harbour’s rich maritime history to life.

Irish skipper Pat Lawless, the oldest skipper in the race at 70, sailing SILVERMINES HYDRO, has retired from the race after reporting a serious failure of his Solent rig while lying just over 100 nautical miles behind race leader Damien Guillou.

Light winds accompanied the exit of the fleet from Grand Harbour for all of the divisions except the final maxi group.