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After the disappointment of a wind and raceless day one, the 2025 International Six Metre World Championships at the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club finally got under way in warm sunshine and a south-westerly of around 6-8 knots.

If we had to give a score for the entry of the “classic ” and 5.5 m on Tuesday 23 September, we would hesitate between an 18 and 19/20… knowing that you never put a 20/20!

For the final Snipe Class UK Open meeting this year the travelling boats made their annual visit to Budworth Sailing Club. Home of one of the UK’s most active Snipe fleets.

Good things are worth waiting for, and that was the adage at the opening day of the Melges 24 Worlds, which ended without any races in the scoreline. The weather in Trieste proved too unstable, with storms in the morning followed by a lack of wind.

At midnight on Friday, 19 September the 46th Rolex Middle Sea Race had amassed a fleet of 118 yachts. The entrants represent 30 countries and territories: from Australia and New Zealand to Finland and Norway, and from the United States to Romania.

Takashi Okura’s Sled lead the 52 SUPER SERIES – Porto Cervo – Range Rover regatta after the first two windward leeward races.

Next September 28th to October 5th, the Poetto beach will host the event that crowns the new World Champions. Among the top contenders: Maeder, Vodišek, and Pianosi in the men’s fleet; Nolot, Aldridge, and Kampman among women

At 12 noon (CEST), the Race Committee, chaired by PRO Maria Torrijo, started the first race of the 52 Super Series – Porto Cervo – Range Rover Sailing Week with a Mistral wind of 9-10 knots, increasing to 18 knots during the day.

The Dutch Sailing Federation and Musto, the world’s number one performance sailing brand, are extending their successful collaboration through to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Eight Flying Fifteens (including two father and daughter teams) gathered at the Burnham Yacht Harbour for the RCYC Open meeting. The visiting boats must have thought they had overshot the destination and ended up on the Costa del Sol.