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Three regular competitors in the Australian 18 Footers League’s Sydney Harbour fleet for most of the past decade are returning after a two-year ‘break’ for family reasons and will crew The Kitchen Maker 18ft skiff in the club’s upcoming 2026-27 season.

The 44Cup World Championship Cowes is set to get off to a unique start tomorrow, Wednesday 23 September. Typically events on the 44Cup for the one design race yachts comprise four days of racing (Thursday to Sunday) with a practice day on the Wednesday.

The coolest morning of the week greeted the 49 Melges 24 teams in Harbor Springs on Tuesday, but any chill disappeared quickly once the fleet hit the water for the opening day of the 2026 Melges 24 World Championship.

The forecast for heavy breeze and rough seas delivered in full force for Day 1 of the Snipe World Championship, organized by SCIRA in collaboration with Club Marítimo Mahón.

GB1’s AC40 race boat sustained damage after colliding with a Tudor Team Alinghi chase boat during training on the Bay of Naples, ahead of the second Preliminary Regatta of the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup.

The third event of the 2026 MYA Scottish District IOM Travellers Series was hosted by Buchanness MYC near Peterhead. Forehill Reservoir, with its elevated walkways and clear open water, is renowned for delivering quality radio sailing.

Exe SC provided a fantastic two days of racing for the RS2000 fleet, with seven races producing a mixture of wind ranges, sea states, and plenty of close competition.

Over the weekend of the 19th & 20th of September, Fairlie Yacht Club organised its annual Open Autumn Regatta, sponsored by Largs Yacht Haven. This end of season regatta was based on the sailing areas off Largs on the Clyde.

It is already the home stretch, and for the 118 skippers, the pressure is mounting. In just over a month, on Sunday, November 1st in Saint-Malo, they will set off on the most famous of solo ocean sprints, the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe.

Across three very different days at Poole Yacht Club, the Zenith, Zen and Zenith II Nationals gave the fleet a proper championship test. Friday was all about nerve, judgement and seamanship in 30 knot gusts.