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Hamilton Island Race Week accommodation available now

Have you booked your accommodation for Hamilton Island Audi Race Week yet? Great options still available. 1300653997...

Sailing

PWA World Cup Catalunya Costa Brava day one clean sweep

The PWA World Cup Catalunya Costa Brava 2011 saw a clean sweep from Antoine Albeau on the first day of competition....

Sailing

Bermuda Ocean Race 2012 entries open

Bermuda Ocean Race is set to begin June 8 of 2012 and has now opened its call for entries....

Cruising

Bloodhound - a right Royal charter opportunity

Bloodhound, the 63ft fully restored classic 1930s Royal yacht is available this summer for charter in Scotland....

Cruising

Boaters ignore simple safety precautions

On the west coast of Florida alone, there were 23 search and rescue missions during National Safe Boating Week....

Cruising

Sail for Gold Regatta 2011 commences 6th June

Sail for Gold Regatta 2011 will set the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in the limelight....

Sailing

Belcher and Page's road to London 2012

Malcolm Page reflects on their hard fought victory and what's next on their road to the 2012 Olympics in London....

Sailing

Tacktick launches new and improved site

Tacktick Limited is an award winning electronics manufacturer who has now launched an all new website....

Cruising

Block Island Race record broken by Rambler 100

After a slow start, George David's Rambler 100 broke Boomerang's 2002 Block Island Race record....

Windsurfing

Catalunya PWA World Cup - Day 2

Day 2: Catalunya delivers ballistic conditions as Albeau makes it four victories in a row.

Sailing

Koh Samui Regatta 2011 - Ichiban damaged in collision

Koh Samui Regatta 2011 day two sees Team Premier stretching its lead and Ichiban damaged in pre-start...

Cruising

'Marine heatwave' review provides valuable lessons

Marine scientists are collaborating to better reveal the causes of the recent marine heatwave...

Sailing

Henley Sailing Club celebrates it's 100th birthday

The Henley Sailing Club, South Australia's oldest metropolitan sailing club, is celebrating its 100th Birthday this year...

Sailing

Port Douglas Yacht Club Exemplar Clipper Cup Regatta

After two weekends of great sailing the 2011 Exemplar Clipper Cup came to a conclusion...

Sailing

Laser prices to increase 1st July

Australian Laser prices and Spars prices are set to be increased on 1st July...

Cruising

World Match Racing Tour 2011 Danish Open cancelled

World Match Racing Tour Danish Open 2011 organised by the Kongelig Danish Yachtklub has been cancelled....

Sailing

Antipodean Laser firepower - a chat with Dan Slater

Laser sailors in New Zealand have a very accomplished pair of hands to help helm them through their boat requirements...

Sailing

Three Peaks Race at the House of Representatives

The Australian Three Peaks Race has wound up at the House of Representatives....

Sailing

America's Cup: Competitors Forum breaks up on a promise

The competitors in the 2013 America's Cup met by teleconference and broke up without any decisions being reached....

Sailing

Designer Greg Elliott on the eviction of the Olympic Keelboat in 2016

Designer Greg Elliott on the eviction of the Womens Keelboat from the 2016 Olympics and direction of the sport generally...

Cruising

Sula visits Bermuda before sailing the Atlantic

Cruising sailors David and Heather Churcher are sailing the world on their Discovery 55, Sula, now crossing the Atlantic...

Sailing

Platu 25 World Championships day one

The Platu 25 World Championships saw three highly competitive races in Gmunden....

Sailing

Myth of Malham (Round Eddystone) Race - Ker 40 Keronimo takes IRC One

Myth of Malham (Round Eddystone) Race has seen three of the top four spots taken by the French....

Sailing

True Blue Racing struggles through the Spring Cup

True Blue Racing has struggled through the 2011 GKSS Spring Cup sailed in Gothenburg over the weekend on the DS37s...

Sailing

PWA World Cup Catalunya Costa Brava 2011 event preview

PWA World Cup Catalunya Costa Brava is set to start on 31st May on the waters of Spain's Bay of Roses....

Cruising

Support 'Sailability' event at RPAYC - Shooting Stars and Flying Fish

RPAYC will raise money for Sailability on Friday 3rd June with Nancy Knudsen's new book Shooting Stars and Flying Fish...

Sailing

Groupama 4 begins offshore trials

Frank Cammas and crew have now taken to the water with Groupama 4 to begin their first offshore trials....

Sailing

Canadian Zac Plavsic captures silver medal at Delta Lloyd Regatta

Zac Plavsic in the RS X class led the way with a third in the Medal race securing a Silver Medal overall...

Sailing

Two Canadians at The Korea Cup Yacht race

Nova Scotia sailors Matt Stokes and Mike Evans are in Korea as Canadian representatives in the upcoming Korea's Cup race...

Windsurfing

Catalunya PWA World Cup - Day 1

Day 1: A clean sweep from Albeau sees him win back to back eliminations in the hammering Tramontana wind on competition's opening day.

Sailing

Kite Course Racing World Championships attracts international fleet

2011 Kite Course Racing World Championships will take place in Sylt, Germany....

Sailing

Scott Cavanough and Skippy to take on the world's best solo sailors

Scott Cavanough has a career vision to race and cruise on the world's more demanding ocean voyages....

Sailing

Sled secures Siska Trophy

Tony Mitchell's rejuvenated Farr 47 Sled capped a remarkable season when she was awarded the prestigious Siska Trophy....

Sailing

America's Cup: Different players - but the arguments remain the same

Like many of the sailing media, Sail-World has a number of Google Alerts set up to advise of news on topics of interest....

Sailing

WMRT Match Race Germany 2011 - YANMAR Racing second overall

Off the starting line Gilmour headed for the favoured left hand side so Neugodnikov had no choice but to go right....

Sailing

NSW Maritime Alert - Dangerous Surf Conditions

NSW Maritime has issued an alert following Bureau of Meteorology advice that dangerous surf conditions are forecast...

Sailing

Q capsizes in Sydney Harbour - images

Ian Oatley's Q, the radically designed Reichel/Pugh 42 capsized yesterday in Sydney Harbour, after a keel malfunction....

Cruising

Solo sailor rescued after yacht blaze off Rockhampton

A solo sailor has been flown to safety after his 11 metre yacht caught fire and he was unable to control the blaze....

Sailing

PSA Winter Clothing Clearance sale now on

PSA are having an online Winter Clothing Clearance.Grab a bargain with prices up to 60% off, everything has been reduced...

Cruising

Jessica Watson to speak at Adelaide Sailing Club

Jessica Watson will speak at the Adelaide Sailing Club on Friday the 15th of July....

Sailing

Facelift for Manly's Winter Series sponsored by The Space

Win a $500 cocktail party at The Space Winter Series at Manly Yacht Club on Sydney's north shore....

Cruising

Ten Tips to prepare for a lightning strike on a sailing boat

Lightning strikes can bring fear to the heart of many a sailor. BoatUS' Seaworthy Magazine has these tips...

Kitesurfing

Road trips with Keahi

Australias most promising rider hits the road with Sir Rowdy for some waves.

Kitesurfing

Andy Yates ripping it up in a secret flat water spot

The number one freestyler in the world shows the local boys how it's done.

Sailing

Tasmanian champion flies in for Sail Mooloolaba

Tourism Downturn? Kids fly in from as far afield as Tasmania to Sail Mooloolaba on 4 and 4 June....

Cruising

Fiji copes with yachting boom

Fiji is having to expand its customs and immigration facilities to cope with a yachting boom....

Sailing

Whitsunday Sailing Club Twilight racing on Pioneer Bay

Whitsunday Sailing Club Twilight racing on Pioneer Bay was dominated by Queensland Marine Services....

Sailing

Dutch Team win in WMR Finals spectacle at Delta Lloyd Regatta

Team Groenveld (Ned) won gold in an exciting battle against Silje Lehtinen (FIN) and team at the Delta Lloyd Reagtta...

Power Boats

Aquabike Grand Prix Sardinia-Ogliastra win to Balzer

Sardinia-Ogliastra Aquabike Grand Prix saw riders Medori, Poret, Stampers, and Balzer achieve overall victories....

Sailing

Extreme Sailing Series Act 3 close battle for The Wave Muscat

Mirksy, who is the youngest skipper of the fleet, held his nerve and finished in fourth place....

Sailing

Extreme Sailing Series Act 3 agony and ecstasy

Three boats were in strong contention going into the final double points race....

Sailing

Match Race Germany win to Bruni

Match Race Germany 2011's title has been taken by Francesco Bruni....

Sailing

Interview with Peter Hrones MD of Windcraft Australia

Interview with Peter Hrones MD of Windcraft Australia...

Sailing

Access Class European Championships winners decided

Access Class European Championship sailors arrived at Circolo Vela Gargnano this morning for the final day of racing....

Sailing

Navico brings the big three to Sanctuary Cove Boat Show

Navico brings the big three to Sanctuary Cove Boat Show...

Cruising

Delta Lloyd Regatta - Wright wins Finn gold

Delta Lloyd Regatta 2011 came to a close much like the way it started with strong winds and fighting....

Sailing

World Sailing Cup Delta Lloyd Regatta - Aussies five medals + Video

Delta Lloyd Regatta has seen five medals taken by Australian sailors on the final day of racing....

Cruising

Delta Lloyd Regatta - Dutch and Aussie's on top

The Dutch and Australians have six medals apiece and are taking claim to most of the medals at the Delta Lloyd Regatta....

Windsurfing

PWA CATALUNYA WORLD CUP - Event Preview

Event Preview: Kicking off the first of the European slalom fixtures, the men's racing fraternity take to the waters of Spain's stunning Bay of Roses, where the 58 strong fleet will bid to stake their claim on the crucial world cup ranking points and ?40