We are a few weeks away from the Dragon European Championship, set to bring one of the summer’s most international sporting events to Helsinki, with over 60 boats, teams from 12 countries with sailors representing over 20 nationalities soon gathering in the Finnish capital.
Swiss offshore sailor Oliver Heer has announced that his team 'Embrace The Challenge' will compete in The Ocean Race 2027.
The Royal Ocean Racing Club has won the 2026 Range Rover Sardinia Cup, claiming the coveted trophy ahead of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and the RORC Gold team. In the individual class standings, Ino Veritas took victory in the Sardinia Cup 1 class, while Ran topped the Sardinia Cup 2 class.
Winners of the last regatta of 2025, Takashi Okura’s Sled sealed victory at this season’s opening event, Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week, with an excellent first and a third on a challenging race track in an offshore breeze.
Winning the only race sailed today whilst overnight leaders Sled slumped to a 13th place, Ergin Imre’s Turkish flagged Provezza team lead Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week into the final day by a margin of three points.
After the completion of the double round robin qualifying series, Cole Tapper and his Kairos Racing team from Sydney, Australia secured the last remaining semi-final berth to join USA’s Chris Poole, Sweden’s Johnie Berntsson, and Switzerland’s Eric Monnin in the championship event’s knockout stage.
Tensions were high on day three of the 61st Congressional Cup as the battle for the last semi-final berth intensified on the waters off the Belmont Pier in Long Beach.
The IMOCA Globe Series season kicks off on Sunday with the start of the solo 1000 Race from France's Port-La-Forêt. Seven skippers are set to take on a demanding 1000-nautical-mile course, that includes the Fastnet Lighthouse and two virtual waypoints in the Bay of Biscay.
The battle for the coveted Crimson Blazer at the 61st Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup in Los Angeles stepped up a pace today with three former champions sitting atop the leaderboard after an intense second day of racing.
When the 2026 racing season starts Tuesday with Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week on the Bay of Palma the 14 teams representing 11 different nations will have had every opportunity to be fully prepared for what promises to be the closest fought, most exciting season ever.