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The skippers competing in La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec have just started the second leg between Vigo, Spain, and Pornichet on France’s Loire-Atlantique coast — a 450-nautical-mile course that already promises to be as strategic.

Tudor Team Alinghi closed out the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta Sardinia with a more competitive final-day performance, showing improved pace, communication and consistency across the final two fleet races on the gulf of angels.

Race 7 started in sensational fashion with the disqualification of the series leader, and home crowd favourite. Luna Rossa Women and Youth were judged to be premature starters.

While on Saturday morning the faster Maxi 1 and Maxi Grand Prix yachts crossed the Naples finish line of the Regata dei Tre Golfi, the offshore race of the IMA Maxi Europeans, it was only at 2245 last night that Giuseppe Puttini’s Shirlaf arrived.

The official forecast for Day 3 of the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta – Sardinia, is similar to Day 2.

Italy’s TAKI 4, helmed by Niccolò Bertola, claimed victory at the second event of the 2026 Melges 24 European Sailing Series, and the first Act of the Italian Melges 24 Tour Trofeo Gaudi, which concluded today at Yacht Club Adriaco in Trieste.

This week, the RNLI launched its Float to Live campaign and issued safety advice as new research reveals that Gen Z significantly underestimate risk at the coast. In 2024, there were 193 accidental drowning fatalities in the UK.

The final day of the WingFoil Racing World Cup Türkiye in Urla delivered some difficult racing under an unstable sky. Early morning rain threatened to kill the wind, but a building breeze allowed race management to press ahead.

The final day of the championship delivered everything sailing fans could hope for — unstable breeze, constant shifts in pressure, and intense battles across all fleets. Conditions changed dramatically throughout the day.

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