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  • A penny for your thoughts … or $20!
  • Lightning 368 Northern Championship
  • Lightning WJM North Americans

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sailingscuttlebutt.com /1 week ago

A penny for your thoughts … or $20!

The Lightning, designed by Olin Stephens and first built in 1938, has more than 15,000 boats built and hundreds of fleets worldwide. But for this 19-footer, remaining a strong one...

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sail-world.com /3 weeks ago

Lightning 368 Northern Championship

Our latest event of the Sanders Sails Traveller series took us to a new venue, Caroline Hollier's new club at Bassenthwaite Sailing Club, on the final weekend of the Bass Sailing W...

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sailingscuttlebutt.com /4 weeks ago

Lightning WJM North Americans

The 2026 Lightning Women, Junior, and Masters North American Championship were held August 6-9 in Milwaukee, WI. Conditions ranged from strong breeze on Day 1 to light and shifty a...

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sail-world.com /1 month ago

ILCA 7 UK Open and National Championships

5-8 knot Southerly in the bay with some lovely leftover swell created some challenging conditions for the sailors in the bay. In Race 1, Ali B led to the windward mark after winnin...

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sail-world.com /1 month ago

ILCA 4 UK Open and National Championships

The 2026 ILCA National Championships took place at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) from 22-29 July, with over 240 sailors competing across the ILCA 4, 6 and...

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sailingscuttlebutt.com /1 month ago

Robles wins Lightning Canadian Open

Great sailing conditions greeted the 43 teams competing in the 2026 Lightning Canadian Open Championship hosted by the Buffalo Canoe Club July 10-12. Current World Champion Felipe...

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latitude38.com /1 month ago

ILCAs at the 2026 High Sierra Regatta — High Altitude, Low Pressure

Chris Simensted gives the ILCA class recap of Fresno Yacht Club's 2026 High Sierra Regatta on Huntington Lake. The post ILCAs at the 2026 High Sierra Regatta — High Altitude, Low P...

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sail-world.com /1 week ago

Solway Yacht Club ILCA Open

Solway Yacht Club's Open Meeting for ILCA dinghies was held over the weekend of 29th and 30th August 2026. On Saturday young sailors from all over Scotland and the north of England...

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latitude38.com /4 days ago

Richmond YC Hosts ILCA 6 Clinic With Olympic Coach

Olympic ILCA coach Luke Elliott took some time to run a clinic with local Bay Area ILCA 6 sailors at Richmond Yacht Club. The post Richmond YC Hosts ILCA 6 Clinic With Olympic Coa...

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sail-world.com /1 month ago

ILCA 6 UK Open and National Championships

111 ILCAs launched into Weymouth bay on day one of the ILCA UK Nationals. Kicking off the event with a double bullet day, Molly Sacker led after day one, with both Toby Waggett and...

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sailingscuttlebutt.com /3 weeks ago

Diaz tops Lightning North Americans

The 2026 Lightning North American championship was held on August 12-15 in Sheboygan, WI. With 57 teams on the starting line, the championship was decided in the final race—and ult...

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sail-world.com /3 weeks ago

Another Olympic medallist answers the ILCA's call

Some boats you sail. The ILCA, it seems, is one you keep coming back to. That's the storyline running through the class this year, and it's about to get its biggest chapter yet.

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sail-world.com /2 weeks ago

International 14 Team Racing World Championship

The International 14 team racing Worlds has been an event since the 1960s, when teams visiting to race in the UK one race Nationals (the Prince of Wales Cup*) decided to test their...

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sail-world.com /2 days ago

Derwent Reservoir ILCA Open

Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club welcomed 19 entrants to their annual ILCA open on Saturday 5th September, forming part of both the 2026 ILCA Lakeland & Borders Series and the IL...

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sail-world.com /1 month ago

Lincoln IOM Summer Series round 8

The racing started promptly at 10.00 with Chris Elliott (OOD) and Darin Ballington spending over 30 minutes to set a challenging course in a very difficult wind direction that was...

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sail-world.com /1 month ago

ILCA 4 and ILCA 6 Youth Worlds preview

The ILCA Class Association and Aarhus International Sailing Center are proud to welcome 877 young sailors from 56 nations to Aarhus, Denmark, for the 2026 ILCA 4 & ILCA 6 Youth...

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sail-world.com /4 weeks ago

Lowrider International Moth Scottish Championship

Loch Lomond Sailing Club welcomed competitors from across the UK for the 2026 Lowrider International Moth Scottish Championships. Seven conventional fleet races were followed by a...

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sail-world.com /2 days ago

2026 ILCA 6 Men's Worlds Day 1

Racing got under way today at the 2026 ILCA 6 Women's World Championship, with all three fleets completing three races each. The first warning signal went out at 12:00 as planned,...

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sail-world.com /1 month ago

Lightning 368s at West Kirby

Six visitors joined the three local boats for the second leg of the North West double header of the Lightning 368 Sanders Sails Travellers Series at West Kirby Sailing Club.

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sail-world.com /2 weeks ago

Summer update from ILCA-land

It's easy in ILCA-land to focus mainly or entirely on the racing. Who's done what and where with ILCA 4 and 6 Youth Worlds recently finished in Aarhus and ILCA 6 and 7 Senior World...

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sail-world.com /1 month ago

100th Solution class event - Inland Championship

The Solution Class Association staged their 100th open event and Inland Championships at Carsington Sailing Club over the weekend 26-27 July 2026 and enjoyed the great facilities a...

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sail-world.com /1 month ago

ILCA 6 Youth European Championships day 2

Racing resumed as scheduled at 15:00 on Day 2 of the 2026 ILCA 6 Youth European Championships & Open European Trophy, with fleets heading back out onto both course areas in the...

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sail-world.com /1 month ago

Lightning 368 Travellers Series at Upper Thames

Nine visitors joined three local boats as the Lightning Fleet decamped south for a double header on the Thames for the next leg of the Lightning 368 Sanders Sails Travellers Series...

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sail-world.com /1 month ago

World's best ILCA 4 sailors gather in Denmark

The 2026 ILCA 4 Youth Worlds are officially under way at the Aarhus International Sailing Centre, where approximately 450 sailors representing 51 nations have begun arriving for on...

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