RMYC Sailing School

🏆 World Top 10 for Malta in Aarhus! 🇩🇰

Katrina Micallef has just finished 8th in the World at the 2026 ILCA 6 Youth World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark — out of 122 sailors from 45 nations. She was awarded a special plaque presented by Danish sailing legend and three-time Olympic medallist Anne-Marie Rindom.

Very positive results were registered by Jonas Micallef placed 27th in the Men's fleet (out of 307!) and Kaine Muscat, competing in the Silver Fleet, finished 19th U17 — Malta's best-ever results at this championship.

Congratulations Katrina, Jonas and Kaine — we are so proud of you!

Thank you to BeActive - SportMalta, Maltese Olympic Committee, Malta Sailing Federation, the Royal Malta Yacht Club and Firetech for their support!

Thrilled to see our sailors Matthew Flores and Katrina Micallef selected to be part of by the Maltese Olympic Committee for the forthcoming Mediterranean Games 2026 in Taranto!

Fair Winds, and do us proud!

TEAM MALTA 🇲🇹 | TARANTO 2026 🇮🇹

𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 ⛵

⭐ 𝐌𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐥

⭐ 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬

⭐ 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐟

⭐ 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨

Fair Winds, Team Malta! 🇲🇹⛵

Katrina Micallef, Jonas Micallef and Kaine Muscat are flying the Maltese flag at the 2026 ILCA 6 Youth World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, racing against 428 sailors from 46 nations from 14 to 19 August.

Guiding them on the water are coaches Alex Denisiuc, Karlis Junkers and Tomek Vaccaro.

With thanks to the Maltese Olympic Committee , the Malta Sailing Federation
and the Royal Malta Yacht Club for their support.

Our sailors continue their international commitments 2026 Ora Cup in Garda🇲🇹⛵

Gianni Bianchi, Jaime Escudero, Marko Kuvichkin, George Podesta, Jari Schaefer Dorn and Ben Spiteri Bailey — the same squad that competed at the Trofeo Simone Lombardi — are out on the water for one last day of competition.

They'll round off the trip at the Gold Cup in Riva del Garda.

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Our RMYC Sailing School junior sailors are competing at the Trofeo Simone Lombardi 2026 in Fraglia Vela Malcesine, Italy!

A huge shoutout to our team — Gianni Bianchi, Jaime Escudero, Marko Kuvichkin, George Podesta, Jari Schaefer Dorn, and Ben Spiteri Bailey — led by Head Coach Ruya Cakmakli and accompanied by Rachel Ferry.

We're so proud to see them flying the RMYC flag on the international stage. Fair winds and fast sailing, team!

Thank you the Royal Malta Yacht Club and BeActive - SportMalta

🇲🇹⛵Congratulations to Our Royal Malta Yacht Club Sailing School Sailors!⛵🇲🇹

A huge well done to our sailors who proudly represented Malta and the Royal Malta Yacht Club Sailing School at the 2026 Optimist European Championships in Gdynia, Poland.

👏 Ethan Kodjaazliev delivered an outstanding performance, finishing 13th overall in the Gold Fleet.

👏 Gianni Bianchi also competed brilliantly, securing 36th overall out of 170 boys.

👏 Polina Chaplytska sailed consistently throughout the championship, qualifying for the Silver Fleet and finishing 84th overall out of 122 girls.

Once again we would like to thanks BeActive - SportMalta, Malta Sailing Federation, Maltese Olympic Committee, and the Royal Malta Yacht Club for their continued support and commitment to helping our young sailors compete and excel on the international stage.

Congratulations once again to Ethan, Gianni, and Polina! We are incredibly proud of you and look forward to following your future successes.

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Gold fleets and important milestones registered by our sailors in Thessaloniki

Read More👇
https://rmyc.org/gold-fleets-and-milestones-for-rmyc-at-the-ilca-6-youth-europeans/

Thank you to BeActive - SportMalta, Malta Sailing Federation and Maltese Olympic Committee

Best of luck to our RMYC Sailing School sailors as they represent Malta at the 2026 Optimist European Championships in Gdynia, Poland from 24th July to 31st July.

The Championships bring together Europe's top young Optimist sailors for a week of world-class competition.

We are incredibly proud of:
🔹 Gianni Bianchi
🔹 Polina Chaplytska
🔹 Ethan Kodjaazliev

Our sailors have travelled alongside teammates from Malta Young Sailors Club and Birżebbuġa Sailing Club, proudly representing Team Malta on the European stage.

We wish all our sailors fair winds, close racing, unforgettable memories, and every success throughout the championship.

A heartfelt thank you to BeActive - SportMalta , Malta Sailing Federation , Maltese Olympic Committee and the Royal Malta Yacht Club for their continued support and commitment to youth sailing. Your backing makes opportunities like these possible for our sailors to compete and develop on the international stage.

🌊 Fair winds and following seas!
🇲🇹 Go Team Malta!

Follow the event, results and live race information here 👇
🔗https://2026europeans.optiworld.org/en/default/races/race