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Warsash Sailing Club welcomed the RS400 fleet to the Hamble for this year’s Southern Championship, and if ever a weekend captured the full range of what RS400 sailing is about — from shore-based camaraderie to testing on-the-water racing — this was it.

The third edition of the Vendée Arctique-Les Sables d’Olonne will be remembered as one of the most fascinating IMOCA races of recent years, and one that has cemented this unique challenge as a minor classic in the solo offshore racing calendar.

For more than 60 years, Henri-Lloyd has equipped some of sailing’s greatest pioneers. But the future of the sport depends on more than technical innovation and performance apparel – it depends on getting more people on the water.

There is one date that marks the beginning of the Nautor Swan story: September 23, 1966, when Pekka Koskenkylä registered Koskenkylä & Co., the company that would later become Nautor AB in 1970.

For more than 60 years, Henri-Lloyd has equipped some of sailing’s greatest pioneers. But the future of the sport depends on more than technical innovation and performance apparel – it depends on getting more people on the water.

The third edition of the Vendée Arctique-Les Sables d’Olonne will be remembered as one of the most fascinating IMOCA races of recent years, and one that has cemented this unique challenge as a minor classic in the solo offshore racing calendar.

The 2026 Switch National Championship was held as part of Portland Foil Fest, a multi class event aimed at the performance end of the foiling classes with invitations to Moths, Wing foils, iQFOiLs and the Switch Class.

The 2026 Switch National Championship was held as part of Portland Foil Fest, a multi class event aimed at the performance end of the foiling classes with invitations to Moths, Wing foils, iQFOiLs and the Switch Class.

On Tuesday, June 16th, at 4:22:53 AM, the IMOCA MACIF Santé Prévoyance crossed the finish line of the Vendée Arctique after 3,219.86 nautical miles of an intense race between Les Sables d’Olonne and the Arctic Circle.

Rob Brown OAM reached out to me but a few weeks ago. Dangerous thing that, for it got me to thinking. As I pondered this, and reviewed that, I reached out to another great pal in Bill Macartney, to assess what I had been pondering.