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Cruising

Stena Match Cup Sweden - Gilmour on the edge, Williams and Hansen safe

Stena Match Cup Sweden has resulted thus far in Ian Williams and Bjorn Hansen booking their places in the Quarter Finals...

Cruising

Transpac Race 2011 - Crash withdraws

Transpac Race 2011 - Jeff Brauch's Crash (what's in a name?) reported early today that it is abandoning the race...

Windsurfing

2011 Pozo World Cup - Day four

Day four: Pozo's wind machine storms into action allowing Philip Koster and Daida Ruano Moreno to soar into first place in the single elimination.

Cruising

Hall, Leger, Armitage Win Canadian Lightning Pan-Am Trials in Kingston

Peter Hall, Chantal Leger, and Megan Armitage from Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club won the Canadian Lightning Trials...

Cruising

Transatlantic Race 2011 - Leopard reveals major breakage + Video

Transatlantic Race 2011 - Leopard's captain, Chris Sherlock, has announced that their bowsprit broke on Monday 04 July...

Cruising

N.B. businessman and sailor Richard Oland found dead

Richard Oland, a member of one of the best-known families in Atlantic Canada, has died under suspicious circumstances...

Cruising

Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 Team Telefonica crew additions

Volvo Ocean Race - One of the world's most respected navigators, Andrew Cape, will be part of the Telefonica crew...

Power Boats

P1 SuperStock USA Championship 2011 successfully launched

P1 SuperStock USA Championship was successfully launched in front of an estimated 50,000 crowd at the Madison Regatta...

Power Boats

BMW Norwegian Grand Prix 2011 - Spirit of Qatar looking for a win

BMW Norwegian Grand Prix 2011 - Sheikh Hassan and Curtis will lead the Spirit of Qatar Team's two-boat attack next week...

Cruising

DeckHardware go big at the Sydney International Boat Show for sailors

The DeckHardware Team is excited about presenting our biggest stand at the Sydney International Boat Show on Stand 206A....

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Community invited to grey nurse shark information sessions

NSW DPI will be holding community information sessions relating to the current review of grey nurse shark protection...

Cruising

Gene secrets of the Great Barrier Reef revealed

Australian scientists today announced they have sequenced the genome of the staghorn coral Acropora millepora...

Power Boats

Local crews triumph in Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix

Miss GEICO proves itself fastest boat on the course....

Cruising

Better Boating Lounge stage at the Sydney Boat Show- Who's appearing

While the Better Boating Lounge show lasts all day at Sydney Boat Show, there are special highlights for sailors...

Cruising

How to make your cruising sailboat visible to sea monsters!

Do you use boat radar reflectors to make sure you can be seen by ships when sailing near busy shipping lanes?...

Cruising

Northern NSW bar crossing rescues - Day of drama

Sunday 3rd July 2011 saw Marine Rescue Units at Brunswick and Ballina respond to overturned vessels on their river bars....

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IFDS Worlds 2011 - New Skud Champions Rickham and Birrell

One title is decided as Brits Alex Rickham and Niki Birrell wrap up their third straight Skud crown....

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PWA Pozo Gran Canaria World Cup 2011 day 3 - The women shine

Having not yet had the opportunity to compete, the judges' let the ladies loose onto the competition area....

Cruising

Transpac 2011 - Take a peek

Even with a strategically built-in six-hour delay, the boat tracks tell a visual story....

Cruising

Stena Match Cup Sweden 2011 Day 2 - Young Australian skipper on top

Stena Match Cup Sweden 2011 Day 2 and the Australian duo of Gilmour and Swinton dominated the headlines....

Cruising

Swan European Regatta 2011 set to start

The 15th edition of the regatta will welcome a total of 46 Swan yachts from eight nations....

Cruising

Transatlantic Race 2011 existing speed record still stands

Transatlantic Race 2011 - Rambler came just 12 miles shy of the 596 nm 24-hour record set by the Volvo 70 Ericsson 4...

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Evolution of the Lake Ontario 300 Challenge

Twenty-one years ago the Lake Ontario Single Handed Racing Society formed the Lake Ontario 300 Challeng...

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America's Cup: Int Jury upholds basis of Challenger selection

Sail-World understands that the Int Jury for the 34th America's Cup has upheld KSSS as the Challenger of Record...

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Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race return entry from Yorkshire

Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race - Yorkshire announced today that it is to compete in the Clipper Race...

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Canadian Albacore Association: Regatta Update

Three Albacore regattas were held in June and into the first weekend in July....

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Eurex Match Cup at Chicago Match Race Center

Eurex Match Cup is being held at the Chicago Match Race Center over Friday-Sunday, July 8-10th...

Stand Up Paddle

Starboard Sup Demo Tour Competition winner

Starboard gave away a brand new Stand Up Paddle board to a lucky winner...

Cruising

IFDS Worlds - Israel's Sonar crew ready for the fight

IFDS World Championships medal race is hotting up...

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WMRT Stena Match Cup Sweden - Early leaders

Swedish skipper Johnie Berntsson kicked off scoring at the Stena Match Cup Sweden with two wins on his home turf....

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Tsunami warning after 7.8 quake 800km north of New Zealand

Potential for a tsunami to hit New Zealand after a powerful 7.6 earthquake struck off the Kermadec Islands, 800km north...

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Stena Cup: France victorious in Olympic Womens Match Race run up

Claire Leroy scored a crucial win in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics with victory in the at the Stena Match Cup S...

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Stena Match Cup Sweden - Berntsson and Marinho head leaderboard

Stena Match Cup Sweden 2011 - Swedish skipper Johnie Berntsson kicked off scoring with two wins on his home turf....

Windsurfing

2011 Pozo World Cup - Day three

Day three: The women's fleet were un-leashed onto Pozo's rough waters, seeing them fight through the first three heats of the single elimination.

Cruising

Solo Around Australia sailor Bruce Arms confirms start date

The Solo Around Australia catamaran world record attempt by Bruce Arms is scheduled to start from Mooloolaba this Sunday...

Power Boats

Grand Prix of Russia 2011 starts in Kazan

Grand Prix of Russia 2011 will make it's first stop in the ancient city of Kazan, in the Republic of Tatarstan....

Cruising

America's Cup: Team Korea names top 49er sailor as skipper

Team Korea finally revealed their skipper and helmsman, a young man who has been one of the dominant forces in the 49'er...

Cruising

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing unveils Volvo Ocean Race entry in Portofino

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing unveiled its eye-catching new Volvo Open 70 racing yacht in Portofino, Italy...

Cruising

Images from Newprt RI: Third start 2011 Trans Atlantic Race

Top US photographer George Bekris caught the third and final start of the Trans Atlantic race - with the...

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Images from Boston: Final day of Extreme 40's

Top US photographer, George Bekris was on hand for the final day of the Extreme 40 series in Boston...

Cruising

Preliminary Notice Of Race for the 2013 Melbourne to Osaka race.

The Committees of the convening clubs are very pleased to provide the Prelim NoR for the 2013 Melbourne to Osaka race....

Cruising

Pozo Gran Canaria PWA World Cup - 40 knots and pumping

Forty knots of wind and pumping swell provided the PWA's elite with a wild welcome for the opening day of Pozo....

Cruising

'Active Captain' - a Review by Tom Lochhaas

Tom Lochhaas of about.com.sailing here writes a review of 'Active Captain'...

Cruising

Voyage of Reconciliation

'The ship struck and stuck fast,' as the original Endeavour unceremoniously 'discovered' the Gt Barrier Reef near Cairns...

Cruising

First edition of the offshore race - ROUTE RIMOUSKI-ANTICOSTI

The Canadian Wildlife Federation is proud to present the first edition of the Route Rimouski-Anticosti on July 10, 2011...

Cruising

Transatlantic Race 2011 - Video coverage of the race starts

Six magnificent yachts hoisted their sails as a huge crowd of spectators watched. Video from the Transatlantic start....

Cruising

In-mast and in-boom furling - improving all the time

F" Advanced Sailing Technologies claim they have improved the technology and ease of in-mast and in-boom furling...

Cruising

Sail-World.com puts shoulder to Chicago-Mackinac wheel

Chicago Yacht Club's 103rd Race to Mackinac presented by Veuve Clicquot to get world wide coverage with Sail-World.com....

Cruising

IFDS Worlds 2011 - John Ruf turns up the heat

Ruf made light work of fickle winds and torrential rain in Portland Harbour at the IFDS Worlds 2011....

Cruising

Transatlantic Race 2011 - Maxi Yachts make fantastic progress

Transatlantic Race 2011 Maxi Yachts that started on July 3 have been making fantastic progress...

Cruising

Stena Match Cup Sweden - World's best Women Match Racers + Video

The women's class racing kicked off the event with a showcase of skill and talent as the teams went head to head....

Cruising

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2011 preview

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup pits together the finest and most technologically-advanced monohull yachts in direct competition...

Cruising

Volvo Ocean Race - Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing unveils Volvo Open 70 yacht

Volvo Ocean Race - ADTA today unveiled its Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team's state-of-the-art Volvo Open 70 racing yacht...

Windsurfing

2011 Pozo World Cup - Day one

Day one: Forty knots of wind and pumping swell provide the PWA's elite with a wild welcome for the opening day of competition in Pozo.

Windsurfing

2011 Pozo World Cup - Day two

Day two: Pozo presents its gentle side, lighter winds and smaller waves ensured the sailors spent the day soaking up the blazing sun and relaxing to the tunes on the beach.

Cruising

The Lycian Coast Yacht Rally - Turkey: 21 Sept - 06 Oct 2012

The Lycian Coast Yacht Rally. Sail from Marmaris along the coast to Finike and then by land to Antalya....

Power Boats

Defending champions on the comeback trail

Four championships in a row still in their sights....

Cruising

PWA Pozo World Cup 2011 - Intense competition

PWA Pozo World Cup 2011 - The world's most radical sailors descend on Gran Canaria for six days of intense competition...

Cruising

Images from Lorient: A Slice of Offshore Heaven

A section of the French port of Lorient is set aside as the first European centre for offshore racing....

Cruising

CEO appointed to lead Marine Rescue NSW

Chairman of the Board, James Glissan QC, has announced the appointment of Stacey Tannos ESM as the organisation's CEO...

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Mullion, NSW

41 kn

14°

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Tewantin, QLD

0 kn

25°

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Forum Comments/forums

Windsurfing

Hi all, can I just remind the crew out at nth haven a couple of basic sailing rules;

By: samcclus, 3h ago

Windsurfing

I guess this is too early to tell if it's enough for LG? Thoughts?

By: decrepit, 4h ago

Windsurfing

My neighbour a few doors down is putting their place on the market - right on Budgewoi Lake, next...

By: BrianC, 5h ago

General

Why lock a thread on the orange moron?

By: hilly, 6h ago

Sailing

Does anyone have any experience with lightning protection devices, such as Sertec, based on CMCE...

By: scruzin, 6h ago

Sailing

Ok folks, I went looking for some videos talking about reefing.

By: JonE, 7h ago

Wing Foiling

anyone tried 1150 or 1050 Sk8 for light wind parawing option?

By: flowstate, 7h ago