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It’s time for the Optimum Time Phantom Inland Championship and Craftinsure Super Series event! The Phantom fleet descends on Grafham Water this weekend for two days of great inland racing, tactical battles served up with a proper dose of Phantom banter.

The world’s largest offshore racing series, the RORC Season’s Points Championship, continues on 15 May. First raced in 1931, the RORC North Sea Race is one of the Club’s longest standing offshore races, linking the UK and the Netherlands.

The Formula Kite World Championships have arrived in Portugal for the first time, with Viana do Castelo, just north of Porto, hosting kitefoiling’s biggest event of the year.

The international 505 Euro Cup series continues this month with one of its most anticipated events — the upcoming regatta at Lake Garda, widely regarded as one of the world’s great sailing venues and a true mecca for competitive dinghy racing.

New Zealand lost its leading radio-controlled sailor with the passing of Ian Vickers (57yrs) following his short battle with melanoma. He competed in seven world championships and was a world-leading designer and builder of the IOM class.

Few offshore sailing races in the world can claim to offer skippers the opportunity to measure themselves against the very highest level of competition in real-life conditions.

The Formula Kite World Championships have opened in Portugal at Viana do Castelo, just north of Porto

As all sailors know, good socials are just as important as the actual sailing for a successful sailing championship. For the 2026 Fireball World Championships a full social programme is being put together, including a Fireball Legends night.

Surrounded by the stunning Pennine hills boats gathered for the annual Dovestone Flying Fifteen open meeting. On Saturday, using the fleet PY handicaps, three races were sailed back-to-back.

New Zealand will host an Olympic-class sailing world championship for the first time in almost a decade when Auckland stages the Women’s ILCA 6 and Men’s ILCA 7 World Championship in early 2028.