2026 Soling World Championship on Lake Balaton, Entry Now Open

The International Soling community is warmly invited to enter the 2026 Soling World Championship, to be hosted by Balatonfüredi Yacht Club on Hungary’s Lake Balaton from May 10th to 16th, 2026. Online entry and all event information are now available on the championship minisite. Entries for the 2026 Soling World Championship are now open through the official event minisite hosted by Balatonfüredi Yacht Club. Sailors will find the Notice of Race, schedule, local information, and  ...  read more

Argentine Champs a racing weekend with excitement

An unbelievable weekend for Soling racing, only 6 boats, all sorts of wind, including a gale and super light winds. ARG 42 leaded by 14 times Argentine champion Gustavo Warburg, Hernan Celedoni and Raul Vidal granted their 15th title. The first day on Friday a nice 13 to 15 knots breeze from the South East a typical sailing in the Rio de la Plata had on the first race a surprise when USA 853 sailing with Matias Collins, Gonzalo Celedoni and Joaquin Jordana after rounding third the wind ...  read more

Merry Christmas to all Soling sailors and welcome to Grimstad in 2026

We wish you all a nice holiday and the best winds for 2026. In Norway we had a very nice weekend at the Lars Ingeberg cup. 8 Soling teams attended and we had on the Saturday very nice sailing conditions. Grimstad sailing club hosted a nice party for us and their members on Saturday night. On Sunday, the weather was very bad, and we showed pictures, movies from the races and had a very learning full session for us all.  The European championship will be held in Grimstad from 14 to 19. September  ...  read more

A magnificent, almost winter Autumn Trophy in Angers

Postponed due to the "cleaning" of the Maine River, the Autumn Trophy brought together a record number of Solings this weekend in Angers. The CVA (Angers Sailing Club) pulled out all the stops, both on the water and on land! By making every effort to get all their boats back in top condition, the club was able to make five Solings available to visiting crews (three from La Baule and two from Paris). Two other crews from La Baule came with their own boats, bringing the total number of boats  ...  read more      

BRA 86 (Hartmann, Sidou and Silva) World Champions

In his home waters, Cicero, Frederico and Regis didn’t have to sail the last race of the event. The last course was a 3-lap racecourse with a stronger minuano that veered to the east. Steady 20 knots with gusts reaching 28, not all boats started, and few also didn’t finish, the downwind gusts at some point required the backstay to be cleated in two cleats to avoid slipping. BRA 78 (Nelson Ilha, Manfredo Floricke and Leonardo Mayrhofer) leading the race from the start only suffered the at ...  read more

Yesterday was strong, but today stronger

An incredible day, with fantastic sailing, steady strong winds with lots of discussions about the intensity, but the general agreement was around 18 to 28 knots with strong gusts throughout the first and second race. The famous minuano, a condition well known by the local sailors, who ended to crown the team Don’t Let me down BRA 86 sailed by Cicero Hartmann, Frederico Sidou and Regis Silva. Today the champion team managed to come from behind from both races and finish second at both races  ...  read more

Wind from another direction, puffy and sometimes strong, but at least the sun gave a break

Two more races at the 2025 Soling World Championship were held at the Veleiros do Sul in the city of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. This time IRO Odecio Adam with a really scary forecast was cautious and set two races using course number 2. The two laps were shorter than 1 hour racing for the 4 prior races, but the intentions were to get the races in and send sailors back to the harbor before the super heavy winds entered the Guaiba river area. The first races started with 15 to 17 knots of wind  ...  read more