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World titles will be decided in two disciplines at the GKA Kite World Cup Sylt, with the season’s final Kite-Surf showdown taking place alongside a one-off Hydrofoil Big Air World Championship.

Bas de Waal, from The Netherlands, has taken the overall lead after Leg 5 of the 2026 Word Tour for Finns Grand Slam. 44 Finns ventured to the Varberg Grand Slam in Sweden for seven races in a range of conditions from 5 to 25 knots.

Flying Fifteens Connemara hosted a cracking Western Championships. On Friday evening the visiting sailors were invited to race a pair of legendary Galway Hookers setting up a weekend of tight racing and good company.

The VX Air is a high performance two-person, single-trapeze dinghy designed by Brian Bennett, Ross Weene, and Mackay Boats. The hull is 4.78 metres long, that’s 15 foot 8 inches, and has a beam of 1.74 metres, or 5 foot 9 inches.

The International 14 World Championship taking place in Canada out of Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, has suffered some unavoidable delays. After completing the practice race and the first two championship races, Sunday 23 and Monday 24 August have produced ‘boat-breaking’ conditions on the bay, so no further racing has taken place. This will mean the lay-day…

Ocean Pro is the most advanced offshore system on the water, shaped by years of development and a close partnership with two-time IMOCA Champion Sam Goodchild. It’s been proven in some of the world’s harshest oceans.

Writing on Monday, August 24th, we have reached Race Day 4 of the 2026 International 14 World Championship, hosted in legendary style by the Canadian I14 fleet and CORK/Sail Kingston.

When it comes to appendages, we’ve had so many letters of the alphabet already; C, T, L, J etc. The U rudders have always intrigued me. The answer lies in the higher flight of Gitana 18, meaning the rudders too are a half to one metre longer

Monday 24th August, day 2 of the Aspire Merlin Rocket National Championships and Barton Marine Race Day!

For a while on Monday morning, it looked as though any racing would be unlikely on Day 2 of Poole Week. Eurus (the god of the east wind) was letting rip.