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It was a long day in Gdynia on the third day of the Junior World Championships. The 470 sailors started racing as planned, but changing weather conditions affected the schedule.

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The early morning alarm clock in Grandson was the crack of thunder as a storm brought rain, hail and lightning to the lake, before clearing by daybreak.

No races were completed on the opening day of the International Six Metre Swiss Championships, due to light and unstable winds left in the wake of a thunderstorm cell that moved through the region in the early afternoon, bringing squalls and heavy rain.

This would be one of those events where imperfect regatta organising collides with perfect weather, the result, a Championship that will last long in the memory of the few sailors that attended.

Warm weather and clear skies greeted the 30 keen Topper sailors at Stokes Bay on Saturday the 11th of June for the last Southern Traveller open in the series for 2026.

Ripon Sailing Club held its MidSummer Medley over the 11th & 12th July, providing racing for a massive range of ages and experience levels across the weekend.

French skipper Paul Meilhat and Portuguese co-skipper Mariana Lobato have launched the IMOCA boat they will race in The Ocean Race Atlantic (2026) and The Ocean Race around the world (2027) today in Lorient, France.

Across Britain, Fireball sailors are beginning to point their cars towards Devon for the Fireball Worlds that start next week. The roads into Torbay are already filling with trailers, roof racks, and people failing to reverse a trailer.

The latest (and probably the last) response in the ongoing legal spat between Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Sir Ben Ainslie, has just been released by the UK Admiralty Court. The situation appears to be a legal stalemate.