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Kiwi veteran Malcolm Dickson is back to lead the charge across 1,200 unforgiving miles, as a new fleet takes on the legendary Solo Trans-Tasman — a race built on risk, endurance and raw nerve.

Rising Kiwi windsurfing star Aimee Bright wanted to "stand out" among the 75-board fleet at the 2026 iQFOiL European Championships, so she bought brightly coloured wetsuit bottoms and spray-painted her helmet fluorescent pink shortly before the regatta began.

New Zealand has claimed its second major Olympic-class sailing medal in the space of a week after George Gautrey secured bronze at the weather-hit 2026 ILCA European Championships in Kaštela, Croatia, overnight.