The National Swallow Class!

With more than 1,000 individual starts, 2026 was another incredible year with very high levels of activity across the 22 boats racing – 46 starts per boat on average, up from 41 in 2025.

The Championships were conducted in challenging conditions at Seaview with tricky and fickle breezes testing race management and competitors alike to the full.

We also had an amazing Cowes Week for their Bicentenary Year, our second year back after a period of competing in the Cowes Classics Regatta.

Our normal in-harbour mix of series racing and trophy events was highly contested with 9 different winning boats.