French Star team Xavier Rohart and Serge Pulfer won the most difficult race the fleet has sailed so far in the series as Brian Ledbetter and Greg Morton (USA) pulled away at the front of the leader board.

With under a week to go until the first race of the 2013 Audi SB20 World Championships hosted by COYCH in Hyères, France, the entry list is shaping up with 100 boats expected on the start line on Monday 9 September.

Emotions are running high heading into the final day of the Red Bull Youth America's Cup, will all to play for. It's a wide open leaderboard, and with double points available in the last race, nine teams still have a shot at the podium.

Light conditions continue to characterize the 24th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. For day 2 of racing and under a consistent 6-8 knot breeze, the Race Committee organized two short but testing windward/leeward races for the Mini Maxis and Wally classes while the remainder of the 37-strong fleet contested a 25-nm coastal course.

In conditions more akin to the Mediterranean than Dublin Bay; bright sunshine, warm temperatures and even an unusual sea breeze, Ireland's local favourite Annalise Murphy remains the only sailor at the Laser European & World Championships to complete the six-race Qualifying Series counting a score line of five race wins.

Race two of the Qualcomm 2013 Star World Championship got underway after a postponement due to fog. Winds were around 10 knots at 295 degrees. The Race Committee set a Course 3 (five legs) at 2.1 miles a leg again today.

The eyes of the sailing world were on the future stars today, as the NZL Sailing Team with Emirates Team New Zealand and American Youth Sailing Force came away tied for the overall lead at the Red Bull Youth America's Cup.

With four qualifying races sailed at the Laser European & World Championships on Dublin Bay, local favourite Annalise Murphy remains on impressive form on her home waters as she leads the Women's Laser Radial European Championship by five clear points. She counts three race wins, discarding a second place from the first race of the second day.