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.
Paul Cayard, among the most accomplished and respected figures in international sailing, has been awarded the 2026 Magnus Olsson Prize.
LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 29, 2026) – The 61st edition of the Congressional Cup hosted by the Long Beach Yacht Club roared to life today as ten of the world’s leading match racing teams clashed in a high-stakes opening day battle for early qualification points.
Paul Cayard & Frithjof Kleen are undefeated at the 99th Bacardi Cup. So far the regatta has been a test of endurance. With heavy breeze on Biscayne Bay the almost 80-boat fleet has endured three long tiring races – and judging by the forecast, there's more to come over the rest of the week.