Sailing News

2023 OK Worlds Herbies
OK Dinghy World Championship practice race sets the scene

The Ovington Boats and Pro-Set Resins 2023 OK Dinghy World Championship opened Sunday in Lyme Regis, UK, with 143 boats from 13 countries ready to start racing on Monday

RS 500 CHAMPS 2023
RS Summer Regatta on Costa del Hayling

The 2023 RS Summer Regatta at Hayling Island SC enjoyed three days of great conditions in Hayling Bay.

2023 Superyacht Cup Palma D3
Rose climbs the heights to win Superyacht Cup Palma

Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 concluded Saturday with the 24m Farr-designed Rose becoming the first Wally Yacht to win Europe’s longest-running superyacht regatta

2023 SB20 Worlds Winners AUS Will Sargent
Sargent claims first SB20 World Championship win for Australia

A fifth place in the final race was enough for Will Sargent of Australia to take the 2023 SB20 World Championships.

2023 RS 500 Nats D1 at HISC
RS Summer Regatta opens with RS500 Nats and RS200 Masters

This weekend – Fri 23 to Sun 25 June –  120+ competitors are at Hayling Island SC for the Salcombe Gin RS Summer Regatta & Ball.

The Ocean Race Orca Incident June 2023
The Ocean Race – Encounters with Orcas near Gibralter

Two of the VO65 boats racing in The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint have had direct encounters with orcas – killer whales – in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Gibraltar on Thursday afternoon.

2022 OK Dinghy Worlds Charlie Cumbley
OK Dinghy Worlds set to break records in Lyme Regis

The Ovington Boats and PRO-SET-Resins OK Dinghy World Championship is set to break records. In…

Superyacht Cup Palma 2023
Superyacht Cup Palma – Valsheda and Rose claimed wins in Class A and B respectively

Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 got underway Thursday in typically excellent sailing conditions out on the Bay of Palma, Mallorca.

2023 SB20 Worlds AUS 3828
Aussie Will Sargent takes SB20 Worlds lead into final day

Will Sargent of Australia has taken a 4 point lead in Scheveningen with 11 races completed at the  2023 SB20 World Championships on Thursday

HISC Regatta Weekend Beach
Do Open Meetings still have a place on the Sailing Club menu?

There has been much discussion in dinghy forums regarding the state of dinghy open meetings, with falling attendances, and how the pandemic restrictions have changed the attitude of sailing club members

2023 RS200 Rooster Tour - Itchenor SC
RS200 Rooster Championship Tour at Itchenor

Alex Smallwood and Callum Farnden were winners of the RS200 Rooster Championship Tour event at Itchenor SC.

OK Kiel Strumnik POL
Strumnik wins OK Dinghy class at Kieler Woche . . . Now for Lyme Regis

Michal Strumnik, from Poland, won the OK Dinghy class at Kieler Woche from Denmark’s Thomas Gabs and Germany’s Sönke Behrens after three more races were sailed