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The International 14 World Championship taking place in Canada out of Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, has suffered some unavoidable delays. After completing the practice race and the first two championship races, Sunday 23 and Monday 24 August have produced ‘boat-breaking’ conditions on the bay, so no further racing has taken place. This will mean the lay-day…

Why the Heyman 42 made Sam Fortescue stop in his tracks, and later take her for a spin

Day 2 of the 2026 Aspire Merlin Rocket National Championships at WPNSA got an early call. Preceded with rumours by the PRO Peter Saxton at the end of Day One of high winds forecast for Day Two, and following an early call on Day Two, the fleet was shore-bound as AP over A was hoisted…

The America’s Cup related legal row between Athena Racing (Sir Ben Ainslie) and Ineos Racing Ltd (Sir Jim Ratcliffe) has surfaced again at the UK Admiralty Court with the deposit of amended documents. Richard Gladwell of Sail-World.com recently reported that late last week, Athena Racing lodged an amendment to their earlier Defence documents lodged on…

Sam Jefferson casts his eye over the multihull market – spotting some of the best catamaran launches of 2026

The individual 2026 World Championship is under way at the Kingston Yacht Club, Canada. After two races, and one day blown off. Glen Truswell and Ed FitzGerald GBR top the leaderboard with two race wins. Second are Andy Shaw and Rob Struckett GBR with a 2, 2, on 8 pts. Third are Lauren Laventure and…

Coming into the second day of the Rockwool Germany Sail Grand Prix in Sassnitz, Dylan Fletcher and Emirates GBR still had a chance to qualify for the winner-takes-all event final. After the first day they were fourth in the six boat Group A, two points behind leaders Tom Slingsby and the Bonds Flying Roos, and…

Normal service was resumed as Tom Slingsby took the Bonds Flying Roos to victory in the Rockwool Germany Sail Grand Prix. With this return to form, the Bonds Flying Roos take a 14-point lead over Los Gallos at the top of the overall 2026 Season leaderboard after nine events, with just four remaining. The Aussie…

Day 1 of the Rockwool Germany Sail Grand Prix in Sassnitz Saturday, was a record breaking day. SailGP’s all-time speed record was broken as DS Automobiles SailGP Team France hit 107.63 km/h (58 knots). The French team smashed the existing record of 103.93 km/h – set by Danish team ROCKWOOL Racing in Sassnitz last season…

Day 1 of the Rockwool Germany Sail Grand Prix opened in Sassnitz Saturday, the ninth event of the Rolex SailGP Championship 2026 Season. A grey day weather wise with the breeze around 33km/h (18 knots). The 13 F50s were racing in the two fleet format, with three races for each Group. Group A included: ESP…