The Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships is currently playing a starring role on the prestigious international television channel BBC World News.

Lighter winds on day four at the Finn World Masters in Punta Ala, Italy, brought a lot of new faces to the front.

For the first time this week, at the Finn World Masters in Punta Ala, Italy, the top two boats got to race each other head to head in an individual heat.

It may be 129 years old and one of the world’s regatta classics, but Kieler Woche, to be held over 18-26 June, keeps churning out new ideas , setting new trends for the future of the sailing

EUROSAF are to hold a meeting at which the future of Olympic Classes Sailing in Europe, post the 2012 Olympic Regatta, will be discussed, is to be held on Saturday 9 July, at the Kieler Yacht Club

The perfect conditions continued on day two of the Finn World Masters in Punta Ala in Italy, with eight more heats across two courses.

You can tell they are enjoying themselves by the smiles on their faces.

The most significant regatta yet in the build-up to London 2012 took place last week at Skandia Sail for Gold.

This continues on from part one here

Following the conclusion of the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth and Portland on Saturday, the Royal Yachting Association’s Olympic Selection Committee has today named the sailors wh