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Following Wednesday’s layday, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup community awoke this morning to Porto Cervo in a different mood; the sky overcast thanks to a passing front, more breeze and, mercifully, less heat.

62 Solo sailors have arrived at Grafham Water Sailing Club, their one mission, if they should accept, to take the title back home. Some have no hope, many do not really care and a few will be disappointed if they do not succeed.

Paul Meilhat’s United by the Ocean (FRA) has won the inaugural edition of The Ocean Race Atlantic after a neck-and-neck battle along the French coast today with Francesca Clapcich’s second-placed 11th Hour Racing (USA).

Sardinia’s renowned Mistral wind brought an intense day at the 36th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, with 16 knots recorded on the starting line at 12 noon CEST, building to 22 knots and gusting at up to 25 in some sections of the courses.

North Berwick delivered a classic opening day for the Noble Marine UK Musto Skiff National Championship: sunshine, heavy rain squalls, offshore breeze and plenty of drama.

Five Scottish Supernova sailors registered for the Loch Lomond Dinghy Weekend from both Castle Semple and Port Edgar. Unfortunately, Calum didn’t manage to get there but did post a picture of his space saver spare wheel on the car to explain why.

At the start of September, Lorient-based start-up SKAW Sailing, led by Benoît Marie and Caroline Boule, launched its first yacht: the SKAW [A], a radical new cruising yacht that brings offshore racing know-how into the world of performance cruising.

Charlotte Rose of the USA regains the lead after three races Thursday got the ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship back on schedule on Dublin Bay. Rose added a 4, 1, and discarded a 23 to take a 13 point lead ahead of Emma Plasschaert of Belgium in second, and Anna Munch of Denmark in third.…

Strong westerly winds and challenging chop deliver four Course Races as the battle intensifies ahead of the final day of qualification.

After a messy westerly on Saturday spinning round the trees of Hampton Home Park – or in places just not getting through – Minima’s 2026 Regatta was galvanised by a glorious southerly on the second day.