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Are sharks color blind? -Should swim shorts and wet suits all be pale

A new study shows that sharks have only one type of cone cell in their eyes, suggesting they are color blind....

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Yacht Club fire destroys historic building, but the club will go on!

Wednesday morning, the 100-year-old clubhouse at the Edgewood Yacht Club in Cranston Rhode Island was destroyed by fire....

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2010 Somali piracy sets record, but sailors are getting through

No cruising sailor who transited through the Gulf of Aden on their way to the Red Sea have been attacked in 2010...

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Key West Race Week - Melges 24 fleet sees Favini take charge

Key West Race Week - The first day for the Melges 24 fleet was fantastic on many levels including warm tempratures...

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Australia and France Win 2011 470 North American Championships

Mat Belcher/Malcolm Page (AUS) and Camille Lecointre/Mathilde Geron (FRA) took the over the line title....

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Barcelona World Race - Ghost Two

Virbac-Paprec 3 became the second boat to use 'ghost' mode when they elected not to reappear on this morning's rankings...

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Announcing Louisiades Rally 2011

The fourth Louisiades Rally from Cairns to the Louisiades Archipelago will operate again in September this year....

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Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta - Waitemata Harbour Spectacle

A full fleet of sailing craft will bring the Waitemata Harbour alive 30th January for Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta...

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Landcorp 2011 Mirror Worlds - Gear used by the top ten

A quick review of the gear used by the top ten finished in the Landcorp 2011 Mirror Worlds held in Albany WA....

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Key West Race Week - Will PBO Rigging win Big Booty at Key West?

Key West Race Week - IRC is changing rules relating to fibre rigging as Navtec teams with Pat Eudy's Lutra 42 programme...

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Two Canadian women and their bold transatlantic crossing dreams

Alone on the high seas. By choice. The route: across the Atlantic Ocean. The engine: girl power....

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470 Class North American Championships, Miami FL

470 Class North American Championships had fifty-three 470s hailing from fifteen different countries compete....

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Richard Clarke and Tyler Bjorn team slides into Key West

Richard Clarke and Tyler Bjorn are sailing in the sunshine so far this January....

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Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta - Race Day Waitemata Spectacle

A full fleet of sailing craft will bring the Waitemata Harbour alive....

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Fifty-year rescue volunteers tell tales, give advice

You can't chalk up 50 years of service with the volunteer sea rescue without some interesting stories to tell...

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Melbourne International Boat Festival: Yachtshare offers two new boats

Syndicated yacht ownership pioneer Yachtshare Victoria will market two new boats during the Melbourne International Boat...

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Putting family and fun back into sailing

Here Matthew Princing explores his own relationship with sailing and his family, and draws some interesting conclusions...

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Key West Sailing Week - Mascalzone Latino Audi will race

Key West Sailing Week - After a fine victory in the ORACLE RC44 last December, Mascalzone Latino is preparing to race...

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Barcelona World Race - Virbac-Paprec 3 is back on track

Barcelona World Race - Virbac-Paprec 3 was back on the race course last night after leaving Recife at midnight (UTC)...

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Zac Sunderland talks to full houses at Toronto International Boat Show

Zac Sunderland gave the audience at the boat show in Toronto a humorous rendition of his sailing around the world...

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Broo Premium Lager Musto Performance Skiff Worlds - Final Day

The Port Phillip Bay seabreeze, for which Melbourne is renowned, stayed away today until after the Broo Premium Lager Mu...

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Velux 5 Oceans Sprint Two - Brad Van Liew claims victory

American solo ocean racer Brad Van Liew today made it two wins from two ocean sprints....

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SpeedDream Prototype to be built

SpeedDream has made a decision to build a scaled down 35-foot version of the record setter monohull....

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America's Cup: AC45 launched in Auckland

Top international photographer, Chris Cameron, was on hand to capture the launch of the prototype AC45 in Auckland...

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Two World titles for young British sailor in Broo Musto Skiff Worlds

Young British sailor, Daniel Henderson (21) has scored the double in the Broo Premium Lager Musto Performance Skiff Worl...

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Barcelona World Race - Spaniards enjoy the moment

Somewhat predictably there was a sharp contrast in moods today between the two Spanish duos....

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Dragon Worlds: How the last race unfolded

From the excellent blog of the Int Dragon Association Stavros recounts the final race of the 2011 Dragon World Champions...

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America's Cup: Principal Race Officer named

America's Cup Regatta Management have announced that John Craig (USA) has been appointed Principal Race Officer of the 3...

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The amazing history of the world's oldest active sailing ship

Guinness Book of Records says full-rigged iron windjammer Star of India is the oldest active sailing ship in the world...

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Musto Skiff Worlds images by Shane Barker

Images from today's Musto Skiff Worlds action at Black Rock Yacht Club presented by photographer Shane Barker....

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Broo Premium Lager Musto Performance Skiff World Championship day 4

Following a postponment ashore, the first start of race 8 got under way at 13:30 in 6-8knots from 170 degrees....

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Barcelona World Race - The race against the clock on land has begun

Michel Desjoyeaux and Francois Gabart arrived in the commercial port of Recife (Brazil) at 00:30 (local time)....

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America's Cup AC45 arrives in Auckland for launch - The Assembly

Top international photographer, Gilles Martin-Raget, was on hand to capture the assembly of the prototype AC45 in Auckl...

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Barcelona World Race in the pits

Barcelona World Race ship Foncia were first to arrive in Recife, Brasil last night at between 2330hrs and midnight UTC....

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America's Cup skipper John Bertrand wins Australian Etchells title

Brilliant sunshine, seven knots of breeze greeted competitors on the final day of the Etchells Australian Championship...

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International Dragons - 12 years off and returns with a win.

The British crew aboard Alfie have just taken out the 2011 International Dragon World Championship....

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Tall ship 'survivors' tell tales of their sea adventures

Two young sailors from Australia's tall ship Young Endeavour tell of their time at sea and what it meant to them...

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GBR's Lawrie Smith takes Dragon World title by closest of margins

Apparently, not since 1978, when he was sailing a Fireball, has Britain's Lawrie Smith won a World Championship....

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British solo sailor from wrecked yacht believed drowned

NZ police believe that a British solo sailor whose wrecked yacht was discovered in a New Zealand bay was drowned at sea...

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Blue Water Rally yachts all reach Sri Lanka safely

After challenging weather in the Bay of Bengal, all yachts in the Blue Water Rally reached Galle in Sri Lanka safely...

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Offshore Racing Congress 2011 rules now available

Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) is pleased to announce the following 2011 ORC rules are available for download....

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Barcelona World Race - Rising Stars

Barcelona World Race - As their French rivals prepare to pause and stage right, Estrella Damm takes over the lead....

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ISAF WMRT 2011- Deadline Approaching for Tour Card holder applications

ISAF World Match Racing Tour 2011 - Leading match racers have until 5pm (GMT) on January 17 for final preparations...

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Canadian Rolex Sailor of the Year

CYA and Rolex Canada announce the Canadian Rolex Sailor of the Year event...

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Velux 5 Oceans - Food supplies running low for Derek Hatfield

Active House skipper forced to ration food and water in final days of ocean sprint two...

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GLYC Easter Regatta and Paynesville Rendezvous

The Trailable Yacht Division of Yachting Victoria and the Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club are proud to announce a new event....

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ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championships - Bids invited

ISAF invites bids from parties interested in hosting future editions of the ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship...

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International Dragons - Golden Girl returns from 1956

After 55 years, the 1956 Olympic Gold Medal winning International Dragon has made a return to Melbourne....

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Dehumidifier Danger: Don't let this happen to you

Recently a fire destroyed an unattended Moody 54 laid up for the winter in Gocek, Turkey, caused by a dehumidifier....

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Product of the Week: Four ways to secure your boat

A security system for your yacht can give you peace of mind and there are several types to choose from:...

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Sailor to try the Northwest Passage alone and benefit the Disabled

Annapolis sailor Matt Rutherford plans to sail the northwest passage alone in one season for adventure...

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2011 Toronto International Boat Show Off To Great Start

From the moment it opened on Saturday January 8th, 2011, the Toronto International Boat Show was off to a great start...

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Velux 5 Oceans - Gutek goes for broke in sprint to finish

Polish skipper takes on race leader in final push for victory and makes a break from the leading pack...

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International Dragons - Rain, rain - go away!

Rain was nearly the most significant feature of Day Four at the 2011 International Dragons World Championships....

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Musto Performance Skiff World Championships - day 3

Race 5 of the Broo Beer Musto Performance Skiff World Championships started at 11:05....

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Zhik Moth Worlds 2011 Finals Race 5 - Absolute Carnage everywhere

It's the battle of the breeze as the steady 24 knot East-Northeasterly tore down the racecourse....

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Marine Rescue Wooli in search for missing yachtsman

Marine Rescue Wooli on the NSW North Coast played a critical role in the search for a missing yachtsman....

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NSW waterways flood Alert: Postpone boating

NSW Maritime Chief Executive Steve Dunn said boaters are warned not to head out in hazardous conditions on waterways....

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Yacht devastation in the Brisbane River

Dozens of boats have been swept down Queensland's raging Brisbane River towards its outlet into the sea, Moreton Bay...

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Luna Rossa gear up for Extreme 40 circuit

Team Luna Rossa has annnounced that they have started to prepare for the 2011 'Extreme Sailing Series', the championshi...

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