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The Armada Cup 2026 fleet has set off from the Royal Western Yacht Club, across Plymouth Sound, on their way to Donostia / San Sebastián on a 460-nautical-mile offshore passage.

It is hard to recall a better day’s racing round the Isle of Wight this year on Saturday 11 July. The Contessa 32 fleet certainly put on a show of force for the occasion with 24 entries in the race, providing excellent class racing.

Race Week at Newport seems to bring out the best in Daniel Thielman and his crew on the IC37 KUAI. And even then, it almost wasn’t enough to claim a second IC37 National Championship in three years.

The UK Mirror Nationals is being held at Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club in just a week’s time (25-28th July).

The opening day at the International Six Metre 2026 European Championships at the Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) on Lake Geneva, Switzerland delivered two highly competitive races sailed in a shifting 6-7 knot northerly breeze.

Four confirmed teams offer professional and amateur sailors the opportunity to race more than 27,000 nautical miles around the world in the spirit of the original Whitbread Race.

A fine looking fleet of National Redwing dinghies assembled in Looe for the class national championships on July 4th and 5th.

The fifth and final day of the 2026 Tornado World Championship in Quiberon was brought to an early close as strong winds exceeding 30 knots swept across the race area, making racing unsafe.

The Aegean Regatta returns for its 25th edition from 22 to 28 August 2026, once again taking sailors on a unique journey of sport, culture, and discovery across Greece’s maritime heritage.

With world-class racing, live music, vibrant shoreside entertainment and RS socials almost every evening, this is the biggest celebration of RS Classes and the inspiring sailors who sail them.