Entries are open and rolling in the NOR is live for the for the 36th Doyle Sails Inshore Championships, we have looked back to move the regatta forward and encourage more entrants and reinforce that the Inshore’s is a fun, competitive regatta for all boat sizes, speeds and designs.

The 2026 Inshore Championships we are excited to build on the 2025 format revamp taking in the original Championships format with a focus on Keel Boats and traditional Trailable Yachts. The SB20 Northern Regatta continues, in a separate Division with Sportsboat trailable Yachts. 

This year’s racing will be across three divisions, Division 1 being Fixed Keel Yachts over 9m (Arbitrary & IRC handicaps), Division 2 will be Fixed Keel Yachts under 9m & traditional Trailable Yachts (Arbitrary & CBH handicaps), with Division 3 the SB20 & Sportsboat Trailable Yachts (SB20, Arbitrary & CBH Handicaps).

Along with the change in Divisions, we have revised the courses sailed, all racing will be from committee boat starts mid river, to give exciting regatta starts and fair first windward beat, with course formats for Division 1 and 2 being a combination of Windward Leeward and River course racing on each day. The SB20s and Sports Trailable’s doing all Windward Leeward’s.

Off the water – stand by for the theme for the Saturday night the bar will be buzzing with music and plenty of action! the perfect way to wrap up a big day on the water. 

So, it is time to dust off that traditional Trailable and do some racing with like boats. For the big boats, get your crew together 

For Regatta entries, this year we are again utilising the Top Yacht entry data base for the 2025 Doyle Sails Inshore Championships, so get of the entry portal via the Inshore Champs menu on the PDYC web page, check if your boat is already in the Top Yacht data base (possibly under a previous owner) or register a new boat, few boxes to tick first time around, but super simple moving forward. if you need any assistance with Top Yacht registration let us know.

Get on it, 2026 Doyle Sails Inshore Championships and SB20 Northern Regatta, twenty plus boats is the aim, we did it 1992, should be easy in 2026!