Dragon World Championships - Race six and seven images by Max Ranchi

From Dublin Bay's Startline
Who to Watch at the 2026 ILCA 7 Men's Worlds Matt Wearn AUS arrives in Dun Laoghaire on a perfect season, Willem Wiersema NED arrives as the defending champion, and 141 sailors from 45 nations arrive ready to make sure neither of them has it easy.
Posted today at 7:11 pm

Home Water, Higher Stakes
SailGP Returns to Sassnitz The Rolex SailGP Championship returns to the Baltic this weekend for the ROCKWOOL Germany Sail Grand Prix. Thirteen international teams will race meters from the shoreline in front of a sold-out crowd of 13,000 across the weekend.
Posted today at 6:53 pm

Les Sables-d'Olonne welcomes McIntyre Golden Globe
Mayor Nicolas Chénéchaud officially welcomes the 16 remaining skippers at the GGR Pavilion The public is invited to meet 16 skippers and view their classic yachts from 22 August, following Damien Guillou's SITraN Challenge victory and the fleet's first multi-boat GGR Live Window test.
Posted today at 3:26 pm

2026 RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race day 13
Celebrations at RORC as the long way home delivers its stories Over the past 24 hours, the Competitors' Live Blog has captured the two contrasting faces of the RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race.
Posted today at 3:23 pm

Boatseekr: Seven great race yachts on the market
Boatseekr August 21, 2026 E9.6, Y88, Cape40. Cookson 12, TP52, Vesper72, Sun 3600 There's nothing quite like sailboat racing to make you forget life for a few hours. If you want to get back out there, or get in for the first time, there's a proper spread of race yachts on Boatseekr right now to suit almost any budget and ambition.
Posted today at 11:14 am

Hamilton Island Race Week 2026 Day 5
New leaders emerge ahead of finale The penultimate day of racing at Hamilton Island Race Week presented by American Express provided everything needed to set up an iconic finish for the 41st event.
Posted today at 9:19 am

The America's Cup at 175yrs
175 years ago this weekend a sailing race around the Isle of Wight was won by the schooner America. On August 22, 1851, at 8.37pm the schooner America crossed the finish line to win the £100 Cup donated by the 1st Marquess of Anglesey and which became the America's Cup, arguably the preeminent trophy in international sport.
Posted today at 2:11 am

International Dragon Edinburgh Cup Day 3
Seat of the pants sailing and race victory for Jan Eckert There may have been only one race on day three, but what a race it was, with gusts of up to 30 knots from the west-south-west, torrential rain squalls between sunny spells, nasty short seas and plenty of shifts for the sailors to contend with.
Posted on 20 Aug

52 Super Series Royal Cup Puerto Calero preview
52 Super Series fleet is ready for a Royal Cup rumble at Puerto Calero, Lanzarote Next week's Puerto Calero Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Royal Cup is the 4th regatta of the 5 events which form the 2026 season and the second back-to-back regatta in breezy Lanzarote after last month's Marina Rubicon Lanzarote 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week.
Posted on 20 Aug

British Army sailors rescue Barn Owl
Exhausted bird given refuge 70 miles offshore during RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race An unexpected crew member joined the British Army Sailing Association's Sun Fast 3600 Fujitsu British Soldier for the final stages of the 50th Anniversary RORC Round Britain and Ireland Race.
Posted on 20 Aug

Dragon World Championships - Race six and seven images by Max Ranchi

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