Category: Uncategorised

Townsville’s Breiana Whitehead has closed out her international season with a hard-fought fifth-place finish at the 2026 Formula Kite European Championships in Akyaka, Türkiye, one of the sport’s most celebrated kiting venues.

After a dramatic 25 knot penultimate day at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, Saturday’s concluding race took place in more benign conditions.

Charlotte Rose USA is the new 2026 ILCA 6 Women’s World Champion, sealing the title on Saturday with a 2-6 in windy and wavy Final Series conditions, with breeze in the 12-17 knot range.

The third day of the OK Dinghy Europeans saw tight racing throughout. With the wind oscillating between 220-270 degrees and blowing between 14-18 knots, the day proved both a tactical and a physical challenge for the sailors.

Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team has confirmed that driver Martine Grael has left following a planned roster shake-up. Grael, SailGP’s first female driver, posted on social media on Friday that she was “officially unemployed”.

Otto (NOR 68, Bent Christian Wilhelmsen, Lasse Berthelsen, Herve Cunningham) have won their first ever major 5.5 Metre event following a dominant performance at the Multi Nations event at Malcesine on Lake Garda this week.

This month, Shirley Robertson’s Sailing Podcast hosts one of the sport’s big-name trimmers as Australian multiple America’s Cup campaigner Joey Newton joins the double Olympic gold medallist for a look at his life as a professional sailor.

Greta Pilkington’s bid for an ILCA 6 World Championship medal has ended, with the New Zealander narrowly missing the top-10 cut for the final series in Dublin Bay.

An earlier start for day 3 of the RS400 Nationals. With 4 races planned, the fleet were excited to get out into the forecasted building breeze.

If Day 2 was about surviving a lumpy sea state, Day 3 was about surviving full stop.