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.

After a patient wait for fog to clear from Fushan Bay, The Wave, Muscat won two races to overhaul Alinghi and set up a final day showdown with Alinghi.

Claas Lehmann and Leon Oehme lived the longest day of their sporting lives on Friday-and came away champions.

You could almost feel the tension on the dock as the international fleet sailed out to the combat area on the final day of Antigua Sailing Week. With many class winners yet to be decided, the pressure was heightened by tricky conditions.

On a packed eight-race day at Act 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Qingdao racing switched to stadium mode in the heart of Fushan Bay.

Stefan Boehm came to Barbados as someone who had never won a national sailing championship in his native Germany and certainly had never won a world title. On that basis, no one picked him to be where he is now, leading the SAP 5O5 World Championship with one race remaining.

The opening slalom event of the 2013 PWA tour takes place from 4 to 10 May and will see the fastest sailors in the world heading to South Korea's famed Jinha beach, which is situated just half an hours drive from the bustling metropolitan city of Ulsan.

China's International Sailing Centre came alive on the opening day of the Extreme Sailing Series in Qingdao. On the open water racecourse the Swiss teams dominated whilst on shore, Land Rover signed a three-year sponsorship deal and new world record holder Guo Chuan named the Land Rover Extreme 40.

From 9-12 May 2013 the ISAF Mid-Year Meeting will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark.