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St. Vincent and the Grenadines has demonstrated its growing stature as a premier sailing and sports destination with the successful staging of SVG Sailing Week 2026, an event widely hailed as one of the most dynamic well-attended editions in many years.

The International Optimist Class Association UK (IOCA UK) is delighted to announce a new partnership with leading performance sailing brand Rooster Sailing, which becomes the official class clothing sponsor of IOCA UK.

A total of 24 Hadron H2’s gathered for the second open meeting of 2026, hosted at Chichester Yacht Club over the weekend of 18th & 19th April. Visitors were warmly welcomed by the 11 local H2s and as always CYC put on a great event.

Grand Slam 1, 24th-25th April, hosted by the Royal Thames Yacht Club, gets the UK J/70 season under way and marks the start of the class’s seven-event Grand Slam series.

Swedish match racing skipper Theo Westerlind has been added to the line-up for the 2026 Long Beach Yacht Club Ficker Cup later this week, accepting his invitation in place of Lennard Bal of the Netherlands, who is unable to attend the event.

The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Etchells fleet hosted the second edition of the Noel Paterson Corithian Cup this past weekend and what a spectacular weekend it was, both on and off the water.

Emirates Team New Zealand continued their second block of testing on Wednesday in a light breeze that grew in the middle of the day into a useful 15kts with a flat sea state.

The 44Cup owners and crews have been enjoying their first few days on the water and ashore in the build-up to the second event of their 2026 season, based out of Puntaldia on Sardinia’s northeast coast.

Ben Mcgrane and Scott Dawson of the Netley SC are the 2026 Flying Fifteen Inland Champions.

The UK Musto Skiff Class Association has made structured training a real priority for 2026, and with Noble Marine Insurance continuing their support, the class is well placed to deliver solid coaching opportunities right through the season.