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The 2026 meeting of the GBR IRC Committee highlighted a positive outlook for IRC racing in the UK with strong championship participation, growing engagement at club level and continued efforts to make yacht racing more accessible and welcoming.

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The great thing about being a race officer in Open Meetings for junior dinghies (Optimist, Topper, Feva) is we have a quick turnover of winners – they grow into senior classes very quickly and we have new star sailors.

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, the final event of the International Maxi Association’s 2026 Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge got under way today with a record fleet of 51 maxis competing, including the welcome return of three J Class yachts.

Saturday 26th September saw the 1st round of the 26/27 Noble Marine Supernova Northern Travellers Series being held at Ogston Sailing Club in the beautiful Amber Valley in Derbyshire. Ten visitors joined the 7 club sailors .

September sees the end of the Contessa 32 inshore racing programme, this year warmly hosted by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club. Located in the town that is the birthplace of the class, there was a very special sense of homecoming.

Svea won their first ever race at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez in light winds today, the Swedish flagged team emerging victorious from a spirited, close J Class windward-leeward race.

Four sailors aged 16 and 17 lead the international fleet after four races, with Francisco Dal Ri and Toma Smircic separated by just one point.

The 2026 iQFOiL U23 World Championships got under way today on the Bay of Puck, bringing together 148 sailors from 34 nations for a week of racing featuring some of the most promising young iQFOiL athletes from around the world.

Has it really been ten years since the first Worlds were held at Cransley SC (a wonderfully picturesque reservoir in the heart of rural Northamptonshire)?