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The Flying Fifteen Inland Championships at Grafham brought together 28 boats for a weekend that had everything: fine sunshine, wind that couldn’t quite make up its mind, and racing that demanded sharp eyes, quick reactions, and a healthy dose of patience.

The 11th edition of the BENETEAU FIRST SE Challenge concluded at Jezera on the island of Murter 19 April 2025, with 66 double-handed crews from across Europe and the United States completing one of the most memorable editions in the event’s history.

There is something quietly compelling about Nordic Folkboat racing. It doesn’t shout for attention, yet it continues to grow across the Solent, drawing sailors who value good racing, good company and boats that reward skill on a reasonable budget.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines has demonstrated its growing stature as a premier sailing and sports destination with the successful staging of SVG Sailing Week 2026, an event widely hailed as one of the most dynamic well-attended editions in many years.

Thirteen competitors arrived at Burghfield Sailing Club to find a good breeze down the lake allowing race officer, Dereck Lovegrove, to set a roughly figure of eight course with a long beat. The event was shared with the Lightning Inlands and Solo open.

The International Optimist Class Association UK (IOCA UK) is delighted to announce a new partnership with leading performance sailing brand Rooster Sailing, which becomes the official class clothing sponsor of IOCA UK.

A total of 24 Hadron H2’s gathered for the second open meeting of 2026, hosted at Chichester Yacht Club over the weekend of 18th & 19th April. Visitors were warmly welcomed by the 11 local H2s and as always CYC put on a great event.

Grand Slam 1, 24th-25th April, hosted by the Royal Thames Yacht Club, gets the UK J/70 season under way and marks the start of the class’s seven-event Grand Slam series.

Swedish match racing skipper Theo Westerlind has been added to the line-up for the 2026 Long Beach Yacht Club Ficker Cup later this week, accepting his invitation in place of Lennard Bal of the Netherlands, who is unable to attend the event.

The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Etchells fleet hosted the second edition of the Noel Paterson Corithian Cup this past weekend and what a spectacular weekend it was, both on and off the water.