J/70 skipper John Heaton, class and overall winner at the 2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Chicago debriefs on his team's win, techniques that worked in the light conditions and plans for their J/70 World Championship campaign.

The 2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series closed with another distance race for the ORC and PHRF fleets. Buoy races continued for other fleets once the wind settled in to a light to moderate northeasterly.

The second day of racing at the 2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta in Chicago kicked off with the ORC and PHRF fleets of the Distance Race division, setting off on a long course while the buoy races continued in 8 to 10 knots of breeze. Enjoy these raw highlights from the day.

Raw racing highlights from the first day of racing at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series hosted by Chicago YC. The day's fleets included ORC, PHRF, Beneteau 36.7, J/111, J/88, Tartan 10, Lightnings, and more.

At the 2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta in Detroit, area youth teams jumped into Bayview Yacht Club's fleet of Ultimate 20s for a race-packed weekend on Detroit River. We micced up the overall winners from Detroit YC for the last race of the regatta. DYC won 13 of 15 races, but here's how they deal with one they did not win.

John Spierling and his teammates on the S2 7.9 Rebel won their division at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Detroit, earning them the overall title and the berth for the Caribbean Championship with Sunsail in the BVIs in November. We catch up with him after winning for a debrief on the weekend.

On the final day of the 2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Detroit lighter winds brought the action to pressure-packed finale.

A windy start to the morning gave competitors at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series an exciting start to the day, but as the wind faded through the afternoon a new set of challenges presented themselves. Enjoy highlights from across a dozen fleets.

The 2026 edition of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series hosted by Detroit's Bayview Yacht Club kicked off with ORC and PHRF distance race fleets and buoy racing for seven one-design classes. Enjoy the raw party highlights reel with a mixture of drone and on-water footage.

With the regatta's distance racers joining in on the fun for the second day of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Annapolis the full 217 boat fleet enjoyed challenging conditions with strong currents and shifting winds.

A windy day brings the 2026 edition to a close with exhilarating racing on Chesapeake Bay for the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta's one-design and PHRF distance racing fleets.

Raw racing action from the first day of the 2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Annapolis with highlights from across a dozen fleets and more than 200 boats.

Skipper Kevin Holmberg and his teammates on Fawkes won the Sonar Midwinter Championship at the 2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in St. Petersburg, earning them a Caribbean Championship Challenger berth in the BVIs, a regatta raced in November with Sunsail charterboats.

The long awaited southerly finally kicked in for the final races of the 2026 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in St. Petersburg delivering high-speed sailing for a spectacular finish to the weekend. Here's the highlightrs from videographer Paul Todd.

With the postponement put away the fleets hit Tampa Bay for the second day of racing.

After a morning postponements, the sailors of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in St. Petersburg, nearly 200 boats across 14 classes raced on Tampa Bay. Videographer Paul Todd captures the fleets.

The hardcore winter sailors of Newport Yacht Club (Rhode Islands) hit the harbor for the first day of racing for its 2026. Sailing World's Dave Reed captures a few B and C fleet races on a glorious winter day.

The Saffier 24 Lite, from Denmark's Saffier Yachts, is simple but racy daysailer judged in Sailing World Magazine's 2025 Boat of the Year Awards as the year's best Club Racer. US dealer Anton Webre shares the concept and performance traits of the 24-footer.

Following on the success of its award-winning Dragonfly 40, @Quorningboats delivers another sensational performance trimaran with the Dragonfly 36. Creator Jens Quorning takes us on full tour of the boat ahead of its sailing trials and selection as Sailing World's Best Multihull for Boat of the Year 2025.

The Melges 19, a three-person sailing dinghy from @MelgesPerformanceSailboats, delivers a high-performance sailing experience in an easy-to-handle platform that will appeal to newer and experienced sailing teams. Melges' Eddie Cox explains the concept of the boat and the Boat of the Year judges put it to the test.