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Racing on day 3 of the IOM World Championship started in a southerly with the course set in front of the Datchet clubhouse, before a heavy rain squall heralded a south westerly which was strong at times, but also had some much lighter patches.

The Hadron H2 fleet held its Inland Championships on 16th and 17th May which was graciously hosted by Queen Mary Sailing Club. Coming into the event light wind specialist Ian Dawson, a serial Inland Champion, was hot favourite.

The International Flying Fifteen Class returned to Royal Torbay Yacht Club on the weekend of 16th-17th May for their Southern Area Championship, our first visit to this long-established club since 2008.

With the class splits now published for the Handicap divisions at the 2026 Jura Scottish Series, the north of Britain’s premier regatta, teams now have a good idea of the level of competition they will encounter on Loch Fyne.

Sardinia is getting ready to host the first stop on the ‘Road to Naples’ and the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup from 22 to 25 May

The Solo fleet will be visiting Llandegfedd Reservoir this weekend and someone will come away as the P&B Welsh champion and the current entry list suggests there could be a new name engraved onto the trophy.

In preparation for the Fireball World Championship later in the year several of the top UK Fireball teams took the opportunity to take part in the RTYC open event and to take advantage of sailing at the venue.

For a comfortable wetsuit on the water, warmth and protection are only part of the story. Performance depends just as much on how your kit moves once you’re actually sailing.

While the leaderboard continues to evolve with each position update, monotony is certainly not part of life at sea.

Although not the warmest weather that one can expect in May, and the breeze, particularly on Sunday was a bit fickle, the Redwings had two days of great sailing. The One-Designs just the Saturday which was a pity.