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Velux 5 Oceans - Gutek heads to Fortaleza with broken forestay

Velux 5 Oceans - 'Gutek' heading for port after the forestay on his Eco 60 yacht Operon Racing broke....

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Barcelona World Race podium complete

Pachi Rivero and Antonio Piris, Renault Z.E. Sailing Team, have crossed the Barcelona World Race finish line...

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85-year-old sails raft across the Atlantic

85-year-old Anthony Smith and 3 friends have sailed their raft made of pipes, dubbed the An-Tiki, across the Atlantic...

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Superyacht Industry experts dispel myths about piracy in Asia

To promote Asia as attractive to superyachts, the third Asia Superyacht Conference dispelled the myths about piracy....

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Les Voiles de St Barth - A time out for the fleet

Les Voiles de St Barth - Following two spectacular days of racing the fleet shifted into 'lay day' gear today....

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Dean Barker: America's Cup skipper and Nexus Marine Director + Video

Dean Barker explains his dual roles with Kiwi Yachting Consultants and Nexus Marine AB...

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A Day in the Life of the Coastguard: Lone yachtsman search

Yesterday the UK's Coastguard were called to help another yachtsman who was inadequately prepared for his voyage...

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Barcelona World Race fleet facing brutal conditions

Renault Z.E and are expected to break the finish line off Barcelona between 0700hrs and 1000hrs local time Friday...

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Another Challenging Day in Palma for Canadian Sailing Team

The conditions for the third day of racing here in Palma were much the same as day 2...

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Virbac-Paprec 3 wins Barcelona World Race with 3Di sails from Norths

Virbac-Paprec 3, became the first yacht to circumnavigate the world with a complete set of 3Di sails from North Sails...

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Velux 5 Oceans Operon Racing skipper soon to test broken bowsprit

It has been a tense couple of days onboard Velux 5 Oceans skipper Zbigniew 'Gutek' Gutkowski's Operon Racing...

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Marine Rescue Sydney co-ordinated resue of Fising boat crew

The tanker Alexander Spirit has come to the aid of the stricken vessel and the three crew members on board....

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World ARC circumnavigation rally an annual event

World ARC is currently a biennial event, starting in January and finishing 15 months later...

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34th America's Cup first time entry from Team Korea

Nearly 160 years old, the America's Cup is the oldest trophy in international sport...

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Canadian Universities Compete at North Spring Qualifier at Cornell

The University of Ottawa Sailing Team kicked off its 2011 racing season this weekend at the North Spring Qualifier...

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Teen sailor Laura Dekker lashes out against media

Pete Thomas, of the online eMagazine 'Outdoors', writes of the 15-year-old Dutch/New Zealander solo sailor, Laura Dekker...

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Mediterranean inspection warning this season: yachts are included

Yachts traditionally enjoyed a low profile with authorities in the Med, but the rules have changed with the Paris MOU...

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How Albatrosses fly such vast distances - tacking upwind

The answer, says Philip L. Richardson of (WHOI), lies in a concept called dynamic soaring....

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Extreme Sailing Series Act 2 and a new venue

The 11 Extreme 40 teams will by vying to win Act 2 of the Extreme Sailing Series for the Double Star Cup....

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Velux 5 Oceans fleet heading for the Doldrums

The leading boat in the Velux 5 Oceans fleet has reached the first major milestone of ocean sprint four...

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Barcelona World Race - Spanish Olympic duo finish second

Barcelona World Race skippers Iker Martinez and Xabi Fernadez crossed the finish line n second place at 0917hrs (UTC)...

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Work begins on Australia's best yet climate projections

Australian scientists have begun the process of delivering the most detailed national climate change projections yet....

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AIMEX announces 2011 Export Awards Judging Panel

AIMEX has announced the judging panel for the 2011 Club Marine Australian Marine Industry Export Awards....

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Book of the Week: Batavia, gripping, horrifying, the best read!

The story of the Batavia must be one of the most fascinating, if horrifying sailing shipwreck stories of all time....

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Polish yacht - North West Passage and Cape Horn in a single journey

Polish yacht Solanus has transited the North West Passage and then rounded Cape Horn this week...

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Virbac-Paprec 3 wins the Barcelona World Race with Southern Spars

Southern Spars supplied the mast and EC6 Continuous rigging for Virbac-Paprec 3...

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ISAF Sailing World Cup - Big breeze sailors triumph on day one

ISAF Sailing World Cup's third event, the 42 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mapfre started Monday in gruelling conditions....

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Barcelona World Race highlights - Winners press conference

Did Virbac-Paprec 3 win the Barcelona World Race in the Saint Helena High by going west?...

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Velux 5 Oceans 72 hours of drama

Over the last 72 hours each of the four solo skippers have had to contend with an array of problems on their Eco 60s...

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Barcelona World Race second edition winners Virbac-Paprec 3

The Barcelona World Race second edition winners Jean-Pierre and Loick broke the finish line this morning at 10:20:36...

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Barcelona World Race leaders due to finish

Barcelona World Race leaders Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron are making their final miles north towards glory....

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Central Lechera Asturiana damaged and heading for Auckland

Central Lechera Asturiana has damage to a structural ring frame around the engine box...

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40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta: And the winner is - Everyone

BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival - What defines a magnificent regatta?...

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The PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) that saved their lives

a McMurdo PLB that saved the lives of the four yachtsmen, who were successfully rescued this week when they activated th...

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Product of the Week: New 'tight-space' automatic bilge pump

You don't want to find out that your boat is sinking when you put your feet out of the bunk into water in the morning...

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Barcelona World Race leaders almost touching victory

Barcelona World Race leaders Jean-Pierre and Loick are expected in Barcelona tomorrow morning at around 09:00 hours...

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Barcelona World Race finish line in sight for Virbac-Paprec 3

Barcelona World Race leaders Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron are preparing to spend their last night at sea together...

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Snipe Pan American Game Trials 2011 day 2 - Another beautiful day

Though lighter than on day one, the winds proved to be less shifty, with velocities ranging between 6 and 12 knots....

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BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival getting serious

A single day of racing remains at the 40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival (March 28-April 3, 2011),...

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Mooloolaba-based boatbuilder to go for solo record round Australia

In June, Queenslander Bruce Arms will sail a multihull solo nonstop and unassisted around Australia in 35 days, a record...

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Star South American Championship stars shine

Lars Grael and Ronald Seifert (BRA) lead the 2011 Star South American Championship by five points ahead of the final day...

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Highly awarded Californian hero sailors now win New Zealand award

Californians Maurice and Sophie Conti are honoured by New Zealand for rescuing 3 sailors, including a Kiwi, near Fiji...

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Jessica Watson to front Queensland's Season of Sailing

Jessica Watson has lent her now famous face to assist Queensland in its $100,000 2011 Season of Sailing Campaign....

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Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Cup 2011

Transatlantic Maxi Yacht Cup - The International Maxi Association (IMA) is pleased to announce some news....

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Barcelona World Race slow progress for Virbac-Paprec 3

Barcelona World Race skippers aboard Virbac-Paprec 3 were becalmed off Cartagena this afternoon...

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Sailing South - the First Timer's Guide to the ICW

Sailing south to the islands, the dream of every sailor. But how to do it, that's the question....

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Sydney's bull shark heads north for the winter

A 2.5 metre bull shark tagged by Industry & Investment researchers NSW has travelled over 5000 kilometres...

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Tanzacat 2011, Hobie 16 Asian Championships - Hobie Class event dates

Tanzacat 2011 dates have been announced 2-11 September....

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2011 Snipe Pan American Game Trials - A beautiful day of sailing

2011 Snipe Pan American Game Trials kicked off on the waters off Dania Beach, Florida....

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BVI Spring Regatta - Facing the starters gun

40th Anniversary BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival and fifteen to twenty knots and small seas greeted sailors....

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Yacht Studio Blokart Racing wins North American blokart Sailing Champs

Yacht Studio Blokart Racing Team wins the North American blokart Sailing Championships 2011, Performance Middle Weight D...

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Wildwind Holidays - Vassiliki Watersports Festival- Wind and Bikinis!!

Vassiliki Watersports Festival - Fast track to the front of the fleet?...

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Canadian Sailing Team members set to compete in Palma, Mallorca

Canadian Sailing Team members are set to compete in Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofia MAPFRE regatta in Palma, Mallorca...

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Yacht Feature: Saffier Se 23, European Yacht of the Year

What made 10 journalists from European magazines choose the Saffier 23 for as a European Yacht of the Year for 2011?...

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Inmarsat satellite tracker led to yacht's rescue

A stranded yacht and crew successfully rescued, not because of a distress beacon, but because of a satellite tracker...

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Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre - Women's Match Racing preview

Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre - Women's Match Racing title brings 24 teams from 18 countries to Palma de Mallorca....

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America's Cup accepts Venezia Challenge

America's Cup - The Golden Gate Yacht Club has officially accepted the Venezia Challenge into the 34th America's Cup....

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Barcelona World Race leaders battle forty knots

Barcelona World Race - Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron were not offered an easy passage this time either....

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Velux 5 Oceans anything but easy

The Velux 5 Oceans skippers Brad Van Liew and Le Pingouin are finding times are tough....

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America's Cup entries soar, World Series venues announced + Audio

With the passing of the entry deadline for the 31st America's Cup passing on the 31st March 2011, event organisers have...

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