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Saturday morning saw sailors arriving and rigging boats at the quaint Itchenor Sailing Club excited to go racing in the first event of 2026. The air buzzed with anticipation as families and friends gathered on the decking, chatting and catching up.

Despite brass monkey conditions early on, an average ten boat fleet enjoyed a 32-race series between 18th January and 29th March with fantastic close racing across a range of conditions.

The America’s Cup Defender clocked up another six hour day on the Hauraki Gulf, in a 12-18kt onshore breeze. Not entirely sure whether it is Day 8 or Day 9 for the Kiwis, but they’re certainly off to a good start.

With 29 entries the OK fleet arrived at Grafham SC on Saturday 21st March for the Ovington OK Inland event to be joined by the Fireflys and K1’s in the slow handicap fleet with separate starts for all 3 classes.

Another windy, stormy and cold Sunday, another Crawford Pursuit. 19 boats entered to kick off the season, with 16 boats making it onto the water. 2 races were planned, with the start times of the second race determined by performance in the first.

The forecast looked promising leading into the event, and on the day delivered, the WNW breeze between 15 and 25 knots kept most sailors on their toes with some rather large gusts in the afternoon.

The next-generation of wind instrument has landed, with A+T Instruments launch of the Quantum 530. Readings are no longer limited by what’s happening at the top of the mast, thanks to the field of physics that Albert Einstein referred to as ‘spooky’.

75 years of collaboration came to a close today when the Merlin and Rocket dinghies decided to go their separate ways.

With the extended deadline for entry to the 38th America’s Cup now closed the America’s Cup Partnership confirmed that additional Challenges have been received

With the Trofeo Princesa Sofia regatta at its full size from today as the Kites and iQFOiLs started their racing, the fleet leaders seemed better able to predict and use the unsettled breeze. In the Nacra 17 Mixed Multihull Swedish duo Emile Järudd and Hanna Jonsson have managed to deliver four race wins from six…