Racing began in China's Olympic sailing city at the Land Rover, Extreme Sailing Series Act 3 Qingdao, for the 'Double Star Mingren' Cup.

The Finn Senior and Junior European Championship gets under way this weekend in La Rochelle, France.

Swinoujscie, Poland has been named as the venue for the 2015 ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championship.

The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 28 April 2014 have been released.

Following the ISA (Irish Sailing Association) Youth Pathway National Championships in Howth Yacht Club, Co. Dublin, the ISA has announced the eight-sailor squad that will represent Ireland at the 44th ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships.

It was a great performance by France, Israel, and Italy at the Techno 293 European Championship in Torbole, Italy, which finished on Saturday 26 April after a week of racing on Lake Garda.

Jonatan Vadnai of Hungary is world champion of the single Byte CII class, the boat selected for sailing in the Youth Olympics at Nanjing, China from the 16-28 August. In the women's category it was a Dutch one-two with Odile Van Aaholt first and Mirthe Akkerman taking second place.

From the words of the sailors competing at ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyères it was a beautiful ending to a perfect week.