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Tom Slingsby’s hopes of securing a Podium Final appearance at his home event fell short, with the BONDS Flying Roos missing qualification for the Final at the KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix for the first time since the league’s inception.

After last year’s fantastic turnout, Hayling Island Sailing Club and Magic Marine are teaming up once again in 2026 to deliver their annual Optimist Open Meeting.

Emirates GBR has continued its podium streak at the KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix, after a second-place finish on Sydney Harbour.

The USA SailGP team, skippered by matchracing champion, Taylor Canfield answered their long-standing critics with an emphatic win in the Final of KPMG SailGP Sydney.

The U.S. SailGP Team has won the KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix, sailing to victory ahead of Emirates GBR in second and Los Gallos in third. It marks the team’s first event win since Cádiz in Season 4, and Canfield’s first ever in SailGP.

After a cold wet winter, 16 members came to Sheppey on 26th February for promised warm dry conditions, but the sun hardly showed and 20-30+ knot winds with big waves persisted (38kts recorded nearby).

The 8th Portugal Grand Prix – Round 2 concluded Saturday in Vilamoura, with final races sailed in a northerly breeze that stabilized through the afternoon, allowing the majority of the scheduled program to be completed.

February 28, 2026, will be remembered by the 2nd edition of the GLOBE40 as the day the crews of the race rounded Cape Horn, a milestone marked by symbolic passages.

The eleven islands of the course have not changed, yet each year the subtle changes to the trade winds write a different script, as does the profound experience of the international alumni of sailors that take part.

The BONDS Flying Roos delivered a powerful opening day performance on Sydney Harbour, with Olympic gold medallist Iain ‘Goobs’ Jensen making an impressive debut for the Australians at the record-seventh KPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix.