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LOCCA Members Set Summer Sailing Schedule

The Lake Ontario Club Cruising Association (LOCCA) recently held its fifth annual AGM at Ashbridge's Bay Yacht Club...

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J/24 North American Championships to be held in beautiful Halifax, NS

2011 J/24 North American ChampsAugust 16-20, 2011Royal Nova Scotia Yacht SquadronHalifax, Nova Scotia...

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Marina design questioned after Cyclone Yasi destroys $30m in yachts

Marina design is under the spotlight after Cyclone Yasi as the pylon were not high enough to stop yachts floating away...

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America's Cup AC45 technical shakedown complete

AC45 has its technical shakedown now complete, and with that it is handover day for the new wing-sailed catamaran....

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Sailors missing after capsize - hopes fade

hopes are now fading for two British sailors missing after their yacht was struck by a large wave off Portugal...

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Barcelona World Race - Runaways

Barcelona World Race - For the moment, approaching the longitude of Australia's Cape Leeuwin, Virbac-Paprec 3 are runawa...

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RYA stomps on unsafe yacht operators

2 commercial yacht operators were found guilty using unsafe yachts on trans-Atlantic voyages with RYA students on board...

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Les Voiles de St. Barth battle for Leopard 3 and Rambler

Les Voiles de St. Barth 2011 registrations are going well for the second edition....

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Impact of Cyclone Yasi on Great Barrier Reef

Cyclone Yasi is expected to have damaged some parts of the Great Barrier Reef....

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De coral has de rhythm to beat de night-time blues

The world's corals not only display stunning beauty and diversity - they also have rhythm, man....

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Velux 5 Oceans - Gutek hits tree but escapes damage

Operon Racing was not damaged in the collision....

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European Yacht of the Year: Luxury Cruiser, the Xc 38

This year the European Yacht of the Year Award in the Luxury Cruiser category went to the new Xc 38 from X-Yachts...

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Rally/convoy heading to the Red Sea rejected for Navy escort

Cruising sailors rejected by the EU anti-piracy force for an escort for their convoy of 30 yachts in the Gulf of Aden....

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Barcelona World Race - Neutrogena and Mirabaud do battle

Barcelona World Race - It is the first time in the Southern Ocean the fleet are all making downwind or reaching miles....

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Brian Thompson tells of Banque Populaire V's retirement

Jules Verne Trophy. We have turned our bows away from Cape Horn, and back towards Lorient, the boat's home port....

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Barcelona World Race - Easy miles for breakfast

Jean Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron are eating up the miles at a steady rate on Virbac Paprec 3....

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Velux 5 Oceans - Wet and wild start to sprint three

Velux 5 Oceans third sprint ride solo round had a wild, wet and windy start at the world yacht race today....

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Sarasota Yacht Club holds its breath for permission to sail to Cuba

American sailors, in the form of the Sarasota Yacht Club, want to sail to Havana, Cuba and 2011 could be the year....

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America's Cup: Second French Challenger accepted

The Yacht Club de France is the sixth challenger to be accepted as a Competitor...

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Barcelona World Race - Sunday supplements

Barcelona World Race - It was a significant moment for Peyron and Jean-Pierre when they passed through Amsterdam gate...

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Banque Populaire forced to retire from the Jules Verne Trophy

With a lead of 324 miles over the reference time, the Maxi Banque Populaire V was handicapped for more than 48 hours by...

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Dolphin-watch boat sinks students in sailing cutter

Outward Bound students in Marlborough Sound in NZ were injured after their cutter was sunk by a dolphin watch boat....

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Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac 2011 - Entries now open

Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac - Entries in the 2011 CYC Race to Mackinac, Presented by Veuve Clicquot are now open...

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Maxi Banque Populaire V forced to retire - Newsflash!

It is being reported from aboard the maxi-multihull Banque Populaire V that she has been forced to retire from their fir...

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Velux 5 Oceans Sprint 3 starts on Sunday February 6

Velux 5 Oceans fleet will leave Wellington on Sunday February 6th for the start of Ocean Sprint 3....

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ISAF Nations Cup 2011 regional finals

ISAF Nations Cup 2011 Notice of Race has been published on the ISAF website....

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Port Hinchinbrook's boats destroyed

Boat owners are scouring debris at Port Hinchinbrook with most of the 70 boats destroyed or seriously damaged....

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Gusty Wellington day for start of Velux 5 Oceans Ocean Sprint 3

It will be a gusty day for the four Velux 5 Oceans Eco 60 sailing yachts leaving Wellington on the Ocean Sprint 3 to Pun...

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America's Cup: Team New Zealand Outed

Team New Zealand, who have not publicly announced their entry for the 34th America's Cup were the first team outside Ora...

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Barcelona World Race - Back to reality

When the going gets really tough - proper boat breaking conditions - it becomes prudent to back off...

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Jules Verne Trophy - Banque Populaire V attempting repairs

Banque Populaire V have had to head north to reach better sea and wind conditions to lift the daggerboard out...

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Sailing up to a mooring - practising for MOB

A great skill to practice is stopping your boat in a specific location, at a mooring, a dock, or for MOB practice....

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Kidnapped cruising sailors' families hold news conference

Kidnapped sailors Bruno Pelizzari and Deborah Calitz are no nearer to being freed after this week's news conference...

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An evening with Tom Slingsby and Nathan Outteridge Part III

In Part III, the Question and Answer session, we will discover why Nathan's nick name is George and why Tom is so fast a...

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Barcelona World Race - Caffari and Corbella escape upwind conditions

Having battled upwind for the last few days the all female crew of the Barcelona World Race have been given some respite...

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Book of the Week: 'Just Sea and Sky' by Ben Pester

The voyage of two men from Plymouth to New Zealand in 1955 is a rare insight into a time when sailors had no mod cons...

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Velux 5 Oceans - CSM scoops the media pool

Stanmore-Major made a clean sweep of the Velux 5 Oceans sprint two media awards last night...

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Australia's Category 5 cyclone Yasi a yachting catastrophe

Australia's Category 5 cyclone Yasi has destroyed most of the yachts in its path, and the marina pontoons that held them...

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Roosevelt Island climate evolution project

Antarctica New Zealand, a Kiwi-led group of scientists, have just returned from establishing a camp at Roosevelt Island....

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Migration helps corals survive climate change

The key to preserving the world's coral reefs lies in a better understanding of newborn coral larvae....

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Kiteboards at the Olympics: If there is no wind, there is no wind...

If there is no wind, there is no wind......

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Velux 5 Oceans - Blast from the past for Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

Velux 5 Oceans - Sir Robin Knox-Johnston was united with the son of a New Zealand fisherman...

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Barcelona World Race - Back to business?

The centre of tropical depression which is whistling south south east is passing through the gap between the leaders....

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Fremantle to Bali Race - Limit arrives from the East

Fresh from the Rolex Sydney Hobart, Alan Brierty's Reichel/Pugh 62 Limit has arrived in Western Australia....

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Yacht shipment hijacked by pirates, crew killed

Hijacking of freighter Beluga Nomination, with a shipment of yachts, makes shipping your yacht to the Med dangerous too...

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Unintentional heroes win Canadian rescue award

Canadian Safe Boating Council's 2010 Rescue of the Year winners had done MOB, debriefed on safety, before their rescue....

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US Sailing says match racing is on the rise in North America

US Sailing has nearly 50 match racing events this year have been scheduled around the country, including Canada....

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ISAF Team Racing World Championship Cork, Ireland

ISAF Team Racing World Championship has been confirmed to allocate 30,000 Euros....

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Neptune Regatta 2011: Ready to head south to Neptune's Realm

The very first regatta to sail to the Equator and use 0 deg 0 min 0 sec as the finish line?...

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Cyclone Yasi could be 'the worst ever' to hit Queensland

North Queensland is facing its worst cyclone ever, but emergency services say they are ready for Cyclone Yasi....

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San Francisco set to host Windsurfing World and National Championships

San Francisco is to host the Windsurfing World and National Championships this July....

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Velux 5 Oceans-Fleet face toughest challenge yet in ocean sprint three

Howling winds and mountainous seas, the most remote place on the entire planet and the infamous Cape Horn......

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Book Extract: Paul Henderson - 'The Pope of Sailing' + Video

Last month, in our New Zealand edition, we ran the following extract from former ISAF President, Paul Henderson's excell...

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Sailors advice: 'Take all possible steps' before Cyclone Yasi hits

With Cyclone Yasi promising to be the 'worst ever', boat owners should take all steps possible to secure or...

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Final crew announced for around Australia record attempt

Save Our Seas founder Ian Thomson has today announced the final crew for the Fastest Monohull Around Australia Record At...

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UK lifesavers analyse their rescues in 2010

Just under 20% of all the UK's Royal National Lifeboat Insititution (RNLI) lifeboat launches were to sailing vessels in...

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New superyacht look for 2011? It's The Streets of Monaco

155m Streets of Monaco superyacht by Yacht Island Design recreates a small section of the Principality of Monaco...

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America's Cup: AC45 suffers wing damage in high winds

Given the opportunity to push the limits, the AC45 test crew put the boat through its paces in the strongest breeze to d...

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ISAF Sailing World Cup - Standings take shape after Rolex Miami OCR

ISAF Sailing World Cup - US Sailing's Rolex Miami OCR came to an end over the weekend with Great Britain taking 14 medal...

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Volvo Ocean Race Legends - Former Olympian enters Norwegian boat

Volvo Ocean Race Legends - The Norway Round the World project, headed by Peder Lunde, jr, will sail the veteran Swan 57...

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