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Artun Senol and Frantisek Burda take control of the Boys’ fleets, while World Champions Taisiia Stopchenko and Parla Kabasakal make impressive starts at the 2026 iQFOiL Youth & Junior European Championships. Taisiia Stopchenko RUS and Parla Kabasakal POL top the U19 Women, each taking four wins from five races. Danai Giannouli GRE picke up a…

World Sailing’s Events Committee have revealed their Olympic recommendations to the World Council for the upcoming World Sailing Annual Conference. As part of its programme to remain relevant in the rapidly changing Olympics, World Sailing Regulation 11 mandates that at least four Olympic events are placed under review every four years. At the 2025 World Sailing  Annual…

An overview of the 115 solo skippers set to line up Sunday 1st November at 13:02hrs off Saint-Malo in the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe 2026. Among the Ultim class, technical teams have been working tirelessly in recent months to ensure maximum reliability for their maxi-trimarans, every team has implemented major technical modifications. But…

Tudor Team Alinghi has announced that Italian helmsman Francesco Bruni will join the Swiss challenger for the 38th America’s Cup. Bruni comes from Luna Rossa and will take the role of helmsman and skipper. A seven-time world champion in various classes, he helmed Luna Rossa in Barcelona in 2024. He then moved into a coaching…

World Sailing has announced the finalists for this year’s male and female Rolex World Sailor of the Year, male and female Young World Sailor of the Year, World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Impact Award and Team of the Year. This year’s awards will be announced at a live ceremony on Wednesday 18 November 2026 in…

The clocks have gone back . . . Time to get your Winter Frostbite Series lined-up. In the UK that means the Sailjuice Winter Series, which embarks on Season 18 with Navigators & General as its new title sponsor. The 2026/27 edition returns to a seven-event calendar with Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash, at Draycote Water…

Almost 300 young sailors from 31 nations have gathered in Varkiza, Greece, for a week of iQFOiL Youth & Junior European Championship racing hosted by the Nautical Club of Vari-Varkiza. The opening day required patience, with light winds delaying the start of racing on the waters off the Greek coast. In the U19 Men’s fleet,…

SailGP’s 2026 Championship Season features a huge $12.8 million total prize purse. On a standard weekend each of the  events on the global calendar features an absolute dog fight for an $800,000 (£598,153) total event purse. The winning team walks away with $400,000 (£299,076) Then second place secures $240,000 (£179,445) And third takes away $160,000…

Develop your fitness, strength and endurance, and improve your flexibility and agility to deliver your best consistently on the race course with this practical guide. Fitness To Win – Michael Blackburn Fernhurst Books Limited This is the Swiss Army Knife of sailing fitness, strength and endurance, with the aim of preparing you to deliver your…

“Eye opening” with “life-saving insights”, the Cruising Club of America (CCA) has published the most comprehensive examination of yacht to yacht rescues ever produced. The report states: “Pete Goss’s Aqua Quorum’s 1996 rescue of Raphaël Dinelli on Algimouss is recognized as one of the most demanding rescues in the Southern Ocean; sailing upwind in a…