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The second day of the Rolex TP52 World Championship brought two further races, sailed off Porto Cervo in a breeze of around 8-10 knots from the east-southeast.

After four races at the Rolex TP52 Worlds 2026 Porto Cervo it is Jean-Luc Petithugeunin’s French crew on Paprec which has taken the lead after a very solid day, winning one race and taking third in the next to lead the 15 boat fleet by two points.

American solo ocean racer Ronnie Simpson has launched the Class 40 racing yacht Koloa Maoli at Maine Yacht Center, marking a powerful step forward into the campaign’s second season of training for the 2027-28 Global Solo Challenge.

The protagonists of the 2026 Giro d’Italia Vela know this well, having found themselves dealing with decidedly stingy Adriatic and Ionian seas in the third stage of the competition.

Welsh Sailing has strengthened its performance pathway for young racing sailors with eight brand new double-handed dinghies thanks to a grant from Sport Wales.

Monday 15th June marked the close of entries for the 44th Copa del Rey Mapfre. Once again, the Mediterranean’s premier sailing regatta has met participation expectations, with six highly competitive classes and more than 100 registered teams.

The 2026 World Sailing Annual Conference and World Sailing Awards will be held in Qingdao, known as China’s sailing capital, in the Shandong Province from 16-21 November 2026.

On Friday 12th the Class association offered a free coaching session to class members, run by class stalwart, John “Titch” Wayling, with the help of Legend – Will Gulliver and Class Chair Rob Cook.

With six weeks still to go until the initial entry deadline, some forty teams from ten nations including the UK, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA have already confirmed their intention to race.

The 73rd Loro Piana Giraglia offshore race started today at noon, sending the fleet on one of the Mediterranean’s great classic courses from Saint-Tropez to Genoa via the Giraglia Rock.