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Alex Jackson and Rebecca Videlo took the 2026 Merlin Rocket Allen Inland Championship. Hosted by the Oxford Sailing Club, six races were completed in everything from drifting conditions to big gusts which produced six different winners and a tied championship, with the title decided on countback. Jackson and Videlo finished with 14 points, tied with…

Fourteen Larks travelled to Pitsford Reservoir for this year’s Craftinsure Lark Inlands. Crews came from as far as Dittisham and Waldringfield, and five races were sailed over the weekend.

Ahead of the final day of competition in the 2026 World Sailing Women’s Match Racing World Championship, St. Francis Yacht Club (StFYC) will host an online Finalists Panel featuring the top teams vying for the title.

After two days sizing up the competition and getting in some final training, it is showtime out on the racetrack!

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, the final event of the International Maxi Association’s 2026 Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge got underway with a record fleet of 51 maxis competing, including the welcome return of three J Class yachts – Svea, Hanuman and Rainbow. J Class Svea won their first ever race at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez in…

Notts County Sailing Club welcomed our yearly Scorpion open, part of the Silver Scorpion class association’s travel circuit. Twenty three boats took part from 10 different clubs, joined by Notts County’s growing fleet for a weekend of great racing.

The great thing about being a race officer in Open Meetings for junior dinghies (Optimist, Topper, Feva) is we have a quick turnover of winners – they grow into senior classes very quickly and we have new star sailors.

The 2026 meeting of the GBR IRC Committee highlighted a positive outlook for IRC racing in the UK with strong championship participation, growing engagement at club level and continued efforts to make yacht racing more accessible and welcoming.

Kaleo Designs’ Takarangi Kiwi Classic shirt brings a little of that cruising feeling along for the journey. Its bright turquoise recalls clear lagoons and warm days on the water. Against a summer tan, it is hard to miss—and likely to earn a compliment.

Airlie Beach Race Week, Sail Airlie, along with class state, national and world championships have brought skiffs, dinghies, trailer sailers, keelboats and multihull fleets to Pioneer Bay for decades, where the Clipper Race also hosts a stopover.