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World Sailing to introduce $300,000 annual Olympic Sailing Tax

World Sailing to introduce $300,000 annual Olympic sailing Tax via new fees on Olympic sailors equipment

RS800 European Championship returns to Lake Garda

The RS800 fleet returns to Garda for the first time in three years for their European Championship this week

SailGP comes to Cowes Week

SailGP arrives in Cowes on the Isle of Wight to make its debut on European waters over 10 and 11 August

Maserati Multi 70 tends to rear up before falling back in the water like a wild horse

Maserati Multi 70 tends to rear up before falling back in the water just like a wild horse

Transpacific Yacht Race – Maserati Multi 70 hit big floating object

Transpacific Yacht Race – Maserati Multi 70 has collided with a big floating object on second day – See Video here

First America’s Cup World Series racing set for April

The date for the first America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) regatta of the 36th America’s Cup cycle will take place in Cagliari, Sardinia from 23 to 26 April 2020

Smallest boat wins 2019 Round the Island Race

Smallest boat wins 2019 Round the Island Race – Local boat Eeyore, an Alacrity 18 Bilge Keel from Cowes, wins Race Gold Roman Bowl

No racing on Day 4 of the Star World Championships

There was no racing Thursday at the Star World Championships in Porto Cervo, Sardinia

Figaro 3 Solitaire – Cutting it too close . . .

Sunday 46 solo skippers started to leg 3 of the Figaro 3 Solitaire – 450nm to the English South Coast and back – some went aground . . . Video here

OC Sport pulls the plug on Extreme Sailing Series

OC Sport pulls the plug on Extreme Sailing Series after failure to reach a successful Management-Buy-Out

Sarah Treseder of the Royal Yachting Association awarded OBE

British Olympic Association (BOA) Board Member and Chief Executive of the Royal Yachting Association Sarah Treseder is awarded an OBE for services to sport.

Melges 24 fleet opens European Sailing Series on Lake Garda

Friday was the first day of racing in Riva del Garda, where the 39 strong Melges 24 fleet completed three races of the third Act of the 2019 Melges 24 European Sailing Series