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The Manly Yacht Club (MYC) invites skippers and their crews to join the Helly Hansen MYC Women’s Challenge, taking place over the second-last weekend of March 2026.

Momentum continues to build for the 78th Gladstone Ports Corporation Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, with a strong and diverse fleet assembling ahead of the Good Friday start on 3 April 2026.

When the 27-boat fleet lines up for Race 1 of the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds, one of the leading teams in the regatta will be Vaikobi, skippered by Kirk Mitchel, with Andrew Stephenson on the sheet and Daniel Barnett in the bow.

After a week of light wind forecasts, the isobars closed up on Friday evening and we had 15 knots gusting 20 for Race 1, with 36 Toppers on the start line. There were twenty five Topper 5.3s, nine 4.2s, and two 6.4s.

The 99th Bacardi Cup opened Monday with champagne sailing and a close finish that set the tone for the week ahead. On a 15 to 17 knot champagne day, 77 Star teams charged off the line on Biscayne Bay for the first of six scheduled races.

A record eight minutes was all it took for SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week (SMIRW) to sell-out in 2026 and officials at Townsville Yacht Club (TYC) were overjoyed that their event remains such a popular fixture on the sailing calendar

Leg 2 of the Doyle Sails Two Handed Round North Island Race restarted from Mongonui, at 0900hrs on Monday and is headed for the second stopover in Waikawa, at the top of the South Island.

The 99th Bacardi Cup is underway at Biscayne Bay in Miami hosted by the Coral Reef Yacht Club, first race winner Paul Cayard and Frithjof Kleen USA

As the 99th Bacardi Cup gets underway at Biscayne Bay in Miami, Ovington Boats announce they are to build Star class boats in the UK

Northampton Sailing Club are gearing up to welcome the Solo fleet to Pitsford Reservoir for the North Sails season curtain raiser on Saturday March 7 and with a balmy 12 degrees and winds from the South at 8 knots, we hope to see a healthy attendance.