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A credit to the determination of the club and its members and all the loyal followers of the race and our sponsors that this juggernaut of a sailing event is back up and trucking.

The third event in the Rooster sponsored ILCA South Regional Youth series was hosted by Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club (IBRSC) on 12th September alongside the IBRSC ILCA Open and Thames Valley ILCA Grand Prix Series.

The penultimate round of the HD Sails sponsored Solo Scottish Area Series was held at the very beautiful Loch Tummel Sailing Club on Saturday 12th September and attracted 10 entrants.

A stiff 20 knots from the SW meant that only four Redwing crews went afloat to race on Saturday, and there were no One-Design takers.

By 1 p.m. today, as the northerly dwindled to nothing and the sea breeze looked ambivalent at best, the call to move the first start up an hour to 10 a.m. proved to be prescient.

IRC was at the heart of the 36th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, with all five monohull classes racing and being scored under IRC at one of the world’s most prestigious maxi yacht regattas.

It’s the opening day of the inaugural Women’s International Championship at the New York Yacht Club and, without doubt, it is the stand-out event in sailing this week.

As the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup drew to a close on Saturday, the quays in front of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda were already coming alive with the arrival of a record fleet of 170 Nautor Swan yachts, gathered in Porto Cervo for the 23rd edition.

The 17 IMOCAs due to set sail on a series of speed Runs tomorrow were dockside at Lorient La Base in Brittany this morning.

The 470 Masters Cup is officially under way in Portorož, and the Italian Grand Grand Masters duo of Giacomo Maranzana and Giorgio Leone wasted no time making their mark.