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RS Sailing are proud to announce the addition of the RS Aira 22 to their cruising portfolio, as they take on the build license, distribution, marketing and sales from Aira Boats.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 15

2025 GL52 Big Red Regatta day 2

After 3 races on Day 2 at the 2025 GL52 Big Red Regatta, John Huhn's KATANA with two firsts and a second place finish added just 4 points to their score keeping this team at the top of the leaderboard with 10 pts.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 15

Rooster RS Elite UK National Championship

A brisk south-westerly breeze, with gusts above 20 knots at times, made for challenging top-end conditions for all the fleets on a very busy Solent for the Royal Thames Yacht Club 250th Anniversary Regatta.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 15

Russell Peters

On Saturday, June 14 at 1000, 404 sailboats launched into the 86th edition of the Bol d'Or du Léman. Despite an unexpected breeze during the first hour of the race, patience was required throughout the course to make the most of the very light winds.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 15

Jazz Turner's fundraising target is smashed

Jazz Turner has now passed the northern-most tip of Ireland and is on her way to the Shetland Islands, and at the same time her fundraising total of £30,000 has been smashed!

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 15

2025 Sevenstar Contest Cup

Contest Yachts' annual northern waters early-summer regatta again proved the power of passion over nature's own power and the joy that can be had whatever the weather.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 15

International Friendship League Championship

The qualifying round of the International Friendship League Championship Soling Class closes with the top eight crews

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 15

A-Class Cat Europeans at Riccione, Italy overall

The final day had promised to be rinse and repeat yet again. Friday the 13th remember? But the race officers were determined not to be beaten and get as near a full series in as possible and at least get to that sailing holy grail of the second discard.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 15

International 14 Gallon Trophy at Itchenor

The Gallon is the other big trophy on the International 14 calendar — and arguably the most gruelling. The Deed of Gift for this event demands a long-distance race around Chichester Harbour, testing every skill in the skiff sailor's arsenal.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 15

IRC UK National Championships day 2

In Race 1, Karl Kwok's TP52 Beau Geste scored a dramatic victory, overlapped through the finish line with Stefan Jentzch's Botin 56 Black Pearl. Beau Geste took the gun and the race win after IRC time correction.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 14

Note from the Bayview Mackinac Technical Committee

This year the Bayview Mackinac Race established Division III, consisting of one or more "Cruiser-Racer" classes and a special "Cruiser" class.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 14

WingFoil Racing World Cup Switzerland overall

After four days of adrenalin-filled racing, the event's top riders arrived at Silvaplana lake hungry for glory in the Medal Series. The wind, however, had different ideas.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 14

HolidayCottages Tasar Nationals day 2

After a noisy night of thunderstorms and torrential rain, the Tasar fleet woke to the anticipated fresh to strong westerly breeze and warm sunshine.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 14

Behind the scenes at Long Beach Race Week

To pull off not just a good but a great regatta requires both a passion for the sport but also solid knowledge of sailboat racing and a healthy appetite for fun.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 14

Royal Thames YC 250th Anniversary Regatta Day 4

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 14

Fin1 Racing wins the Eurosaf 69F Europeans

The EUROSAF 69F European Championship 2025, a continental event reserved for this dynamic crewed foiler, developed on Lake Garda and already chosen by several teams to select their line-ups in view of the Unicredit Youth America's Cup, has just concluded.

Sailing News / Sail-World.com / June 14