The decision to hold an earlier skippers' meeting on day four of the Ulsan PWA World Cup was duly rewarded as Jinha beach was transformed into a port tack slalom sailors playground, which allowed an epic - but grueling - eight hours of racing to be completed.

The ISA (Irish Sailing Association) has announced an eight-sailor squad that will represent Ireland at the 43rd ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships this summer.

Jan Deen, Sander Oost and Steven Van der Zee of The Netherlands have won European Yngling Springtime Championships which took place recently at Fraglia Vela Riva, Riva del Garda.

After winning the European regional final of the Nations Cup in Lelystad this weekend, Viktor Ogeman, the young Swedish skipper, said his experience in the DS37 boat could give him an edge in the grand final of the Nations Cup in Middelfart, Denmark, in August.

The 2013 British Open Team Racing Championship for the Wilson Trophy was won by Wessex Exempt in a thrilling best of five final sailed on West Kirby's marine lake.

The RC44 Trapani Cup really did go down to the wire, the eventual winner not decided until the final metres of the final race of the event.

Jinha beach truly delivered the goods on day two of the Ulsan PWA World Cup as winds of between 14-25 knots created a slalom sailors paradise for the entire afternoon.

Qingdao saved its best for last on the final day of Act 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series and the pressure was understandably on from the first start gun with no quarter given on the water as the teams used classic match racing tactics to try and outwit their nearest rivals.