EAORA 2026 Season Preview
Kicking off with a new coastal regatta during the first May Bank Holiday In a non-Fastnet year, for 2026 the East Anglian Offshore Racing Association is offering a new format programme in the hope of encouraging more boats to sample the delights of racing beyond their local waters.
Posted today at 4:10 pm A new measurement system
What if you could create something that measured for real? Where we wouldn't need acronyms... What if you could create something that measured for real? You wouldn't need acronyms like IMS, IRC, ORCi, UMS, AMS, MOCRA, ORR, OMR, or PHRF. No hull factors deployed. No age allowances required. No weighing involved. No recut of sails.
Posted today at 4:00 pm DF95 & IOM Twixmas Regatta at Fleetwood
Mulled wine, hot mince pies, Stollen, and a big tub of Quality Street! Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th were this year's "Twixmas" Regatta for radio yachts at Fleetwood MYC. 19 DF95's and 36 IOM's has initially entered but we had a few dropouts and so just 17 DF95's and 30 IOM's actually competed.
Posted today at 3:56 pm Rockshore / Bosun Bobs RS400 Winter Series Overall
A nice 8 to 15 knots from the southeast for the final day After the disappointment of no sailing the previous weekend due to unfavourable weather, everyone had been looking at multiple forecasts like hawks as we needed our sailing fix to finish off the year and the series.
Posted today at 1:29 pm Rolex Sydney Hobart: Overall honours lottery
History will be made if top of the leader board, Love and War wins a fourth Tattersall Cup. The winner of the overall trophy, the Tattersall Cup, will not be known for more than 24 hours as the backmarkers in the Rolex Sydney Hobart race, try to make their deadline time and win the prestigious trophy.
Posted today at 1:03 am Sydney Hobart – Double is not nothing
Can the Double Handers get up? Will it be a veteran? Can an Ocean Grader get through? The Double Handers are duking it out to see if they can get the Overall Win under IRC – the famed Tattersall Cup (officially The George Adams Tattersall Cup). There are 12 still racing under IRC in this division. Min River had it early, and now Borderline
Posted today at 12:03 am Sydney Hobart – Moment in the sun?
Huey (The God of Wind) is a Games Master. There is always something going on. Huey (The God of Wind) is a Games Master. There is always something going on. Take the Double Handed category, by way of example. Most of this Squadron are in the 30-34 feet bracket, with a few 40s thrown in. They have had just the five retirees
Posted on 28 Dec Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: Line Honours
Master Lock Comanche completed the 628nm course in 2:5:3:36 Master Lock Comanche, co-skippered by Matt Allen and James Mayo, has taken Line Honours in the 80th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Crossing the finish line off Hobart at 18:03 AEDT on Sunday, 28 December, 2025.
Posted on 28 Dec 2025 Year in Review at RS Sailing
Participation, Progress and Performance From boat shows and a brand-new boat launch, local regattas to world championships, youth fleets exploding in growth, and inclusive sailing taking centre stage, 2025 has truly captured what RS Sailing is all about.
Posted on 28 Dec IOM Worlds 2026 Runners and Riders Part 2
Odds on the favourites, or will a dark horse emerge? There's an age-old debate in the horse racing world, around whether a great horse will win regardless of the encumbrance bobbing up and down in its saddle.
Posted on 28 Dec