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New Year’s Day morning saw the dinghy and keelboat fleets afloat at Howth Yacht Club in Dublin, Ireland as the hardier sailors took the opportunity to get the 2026 racing season under way.

Three days of qualifying races are over for the ILCA 4 and ILCA 6 fleets with the sailors now assigned to either the Gold or Silver Fleets in the 2026 ILCA Oceania and Australian Open and Youth Championships under way in Hobart.

With the 80th Hobart run and celebrations of a small boat year still ringing in our ears, John Curnow of Sail-World and Crosbie Lorimer of Bow Caddy Media shared thoughts on how the race might evolve.

US Sailing today announced an Olympic Sailing leadership transition that includes the conclusion of Marcus Lynch’s tenure as High Performance Director and the appointment of Molly Vandemoer as Director of Olympic Sailing.

I’m a great believer in starting things on the right foot. Be that in the morning, going for a run (even though it was damn chilly this morning) to set yourself up for the day, or preparing ahead for a meeting so that you’ve got the figures to hand.

The sailing season at Largs Sailing Club got off to a bracing start with the Optimum Time New Years Race, delivering sunny but bracing winter conditions, close racing and an impressive turnout on the water.

The organizers of the Viking Explorers Rally 2026, today announce that the official departure from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has been rescheduled to Thursday, 8 January, following careful review of recent and forecasted adverse weather conditions.

Belgian skipper Quentin Debois will leave the port of Cadiz on Tuesday 6 January between 8am and 1pm to begin his attempt to break the world record for a solo east-west Atlantic crossing.

Official racing got underway today in classic champagne sailing conditions, with clear blue skies and sunshine doing their best to convince everyone it was going to be an easy day (it wasn’t).

Ice Sailing as an Olympic Sport has regained interest with the announcement of the 2026 Ice and Snow Sailing World Championships