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Sailing

Olympians undefeated record remains intact

Holland-based sailor Darren Bundock and crewmate Jeroen van Leeuwen have kept intact their extraordinary undefeated run....

Sailing

Dean's Diary: Extreme 40's in Qingdao - Dean Barker reports for Nexus

Dean Barker, Director of Kiwi Yachting Consultants Nexus AB, reports from Qingdao on the recently concluded Extreme40's...

Cruising

American sailors keep their butts out of the water

American boaters are keeping their butts out of the water - and not the kind in swim trunks....

Sailing

Cowes Week 2011 numbers up

A variety of local and intenational competitors will turn out to enjoy racing at this year's Cowes Week....

Sailing

Velux 5 Oceans skipper Brad Van Liew close to victory

Brad Van Liew is under 200 miles off the coast of Charleston and is predicted to finish the Velux 5 Oceans Race tomorrow...

Stand Up Paddle

C4 Register Patent For Inflatable Surf Equipment

C4 Announces Partnership with Dr. Robert N Yonover: New Technology

Kitesurfing

KB4 Girls teams up with the Layne Beachley Fountation

KB4 Girls has chosen the "Reach for the stars" Foundation as their charity.

Kitesurfing

Sir Rowdy visits a wakeboarding graveyard in Thailand.

Rowdy and Tom Paris hit the Thai Wake Park after the last stop of the PKRA

Sailing

RS Tera World Championships - 100 days to Denmark

The RS Tera Worlds in Aabenraa, Denmark are now only 100 days away....

Sailing

Brisbane to Gladstone challenging weather for big boats

Weather forecasters are predicting a light head wind start to the 63rd Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race....

Sailing

Action packed activities at 23rd Sanctuary Cove Show

Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show is set to dazzle with both marine and entertainment stars in the May event....

Sailing

ISAF Sailing World Cup Series heads to Hyeres, France

The Semaine Olympique Francaise from 22-29 April, will be the fourth event of the ISAF Sailing World Cup series....

Sailing

Les Voiles de St. Barth 2012

The organizing team is already hard at work focusing on Les Voiles de St. Barth 2012....

Sailing

Sailtech dominates Queensland Championship

The 18 foot skiff revival in Brisbane continues with Sailtech winning the 2011 Queensland Championship....

Windsurfing

Win With Severne - Australia's Severne Sails give you the chance to win a brand

Australia's Severne Sails give you the chance to win a brand spanking new CONVERT sail, read on to find out more...

Sailing

Barcelona World Race skippers keen to cross finish line

Barcelona World Race duos on Hugo Boss and on Forum Maritim Catala are keen to cross the finish line later this week...

Cruising

Ocean warming detrimental to inshore fish species

The findings of a study indicate negative effects on the growth of the banded morwong...

Sailing

Club Marine Series 2010-11 hailed as huge success

Melbourne's just completed 2010-11 Club Marine Series has been hailed a huge success by Victoria's top sailors... ....

Cruising

Violent Somali piracy at an all-time high

Not only cruising sailors are alarmed by the new piracy violence. There are more murders than ever of commercial seamen...

Sailing

Charleston Race Week finishing touches

An earlier start time for the final day of Charleston Race Week saw frantic preparations across marina this morning....

Sailing

Charleston Race Week - Successful Melges 20 Kiss defense

Congratulations are in order for defending Charleston Race Week Melges 20 champion Michael Kiss on Bacio....

Sailing

Charleston Race Week Melges 24 champion crowned

A big congratulations to Kristen Lane, Melges 24 Charleston Race Week 2011 Champion!...

Sailing

Brisbane to Gladstone race for line honours

During Easter Weekend the crew of Brindabella will contest the 308n/ml QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone race....

Sailing

Newport to Ensenada winners and trophies

What's harder to win: an America's Cup or the Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race?...

Cruising

Jeanne Socrates becomes world's oldest female solo circumnavigator

Jeanne Socrates is headed for Cape Town. On arrival she will be the oldest woman to circumnavigate the world solo....

Sailing

The new K3 International 14 - Proudly 'Made in Canada'

The Killing 3 International 14 or 'K3' is a new design from the drafting table of Canadian yacht designer Steve Killing....

Sailing

Barcelona World Race final days for Hugo Boss

The Barcelona World Race duo onboard Hugo Boss should be having their last night in the Atlantic tonight....

Sailing

Three Peaks Race preview

Australian Three Peaks Race that starts at Beauty Point every Good Friday....

Kitesurfing

WAKSA kitesurfing season wrap up

The WA Kitesurfing Association ran an amazing season, with great events and outcomes.

Stand Up Paddle

How to look after & repair your SUP board

Heat, dings and holes can rapidly wreck your new Stand Up Paddle board. Read ways of preventing damaging and and how to fix your SUP board.

Cruising

Extreme Sailing Series: Action packed finish in Qingdao + Video

The dramatic second Act of the Extreme Sailing Series in Qingdao has come to a close....

Stand Up Paddle

Discover your Eco side with Stand Up Paddling

The latest watersport to hit Australia leaves a very little footprint

Windsurfing

The King Of Pain - Boujmaa Guilloul may be temporarily out the game

Boujmaa Guilloul may be temporarily out the game, but that doesn't stop the video footage from flowing...

Sailing

470 Spring Cup 2011 Day 3 - Japanese extend

Two races were completed on Saturday's day three of the 2011 470 Spring Cup with light winds...

Cruising

Extreme Sailing Series Act 2 - Crazy racing for TeamGaebler

Extreme Sailing Series Act 2 racing update from TeamGaebler in Qingdao, China...

Sailing

NSW IRC Champions decided at Sail Port Stephens 2011

On day three the NSW IRC Championship fleet headed offshore and completed three great races in each of the two divisions...

Sailing

Sail Port Stephens 2011 Performance Divisions Champions crowned

The final day of Sail Port Stephens 2011 dawned fine and clear and with good breeze....

Cruising

Extreme Sailing: Emirates Team NZ fighting hard on final day

Emirates Team NZ are putting up a valiant stand to achieve their a series victory. Follow coverage here...

Cruising

Emirates Team NZ: Light, shifty and unforgiving breeze costs lead

The breeze across the race course never got above four knots and was very shifty, the complete antithesis of the previou...

Sailing

Australia's Outteridge looks the goods for SB3 Worlds

Going into the final day of the SB3 Nationals Nathan Outteridge and crew led the fleet by two points....

Cruising

Fremantle to Bali Rally off on 23rd April

Visit Indonesia Fremantle to Bali rally and racing fleets will commence their adventure on 23April and all are welcome...

Cruising

Ireland's lost tall ship Asgard II - hope for a replacement

Now there's hope for the replacement of Ireland's tall ship Asgard II which sank in the Bay of Biscay in September 2008...

Cruising

Charleston Race Week sailors kept ashore

Mother nature served up southerly breezes that for a majority of Charleston Race Week sailors was too hefty to handle....

Cruising

Newport to Ensenada - Make the right calls and avoid pitfalls

Lorenzo Berho says that there are a lot of ways to lose a sailboat race at the 64th Newport to Ensenada....

Sailing

Port Stephens sets Sail with major event

Tourism and Sailing events have proven to be a great combination Australia wide....

Cruising

Barcelona World Race duo onboard Hugo Boss frustrated

The Hugo Boss duo has been making less 14 knots overnight in the Barcelona World Race....

Sailing

470 Spring Cup day 2 Fierce battle in race 3

New Zealand's Jo Aleh and Bianca Barbarich-Bacher continue their roll of form...

Cruising

Extreme Sailing Series - New leader emerges after the carnage

The fourth day of the Extreme Sailing Series Act 2 was dedicated to the Wei Chen local charity....

Cruising

Volvo Ocean Race sailing team Groupama attend medical workshop

Groupama Sailing Team go through medical training in preparation for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12...

Cruising

Sea-Monster Kitten Nessie cruises the tropics

Meghan Cleary. Meghan, her fiance Prescott, and their Sea-Monster kitten Nessie are on a cruise in the tropics....

Cruising

Pirate researched cruising sailors blog to establish ransom

A pirate used the Internet to research crew on death yacht Quest - an alarming message to cruising sailors about blogs...

Sailing

Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race new start time

Race director Herb Prendergast has elected to delay the start of the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race for one hour....

Cruising

Extreme Sailing: Emirates Team NZ leave Qingdao carnage in their wake

Four yachts capsized and a major collision occurred as winds gusted to 30 knots on Day 3 of the Extreme 40 Series at Qin...

Power Boats

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Victory scores their second win

Victory team produced emphatic performance to achieve their second win in race two of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix....

Sailing

45 starters for the 46th OK Dinghy Interdominion Championship

2011 sees the resurgence of the OK Dinghy Interdominion Championship, with 45 Australian and New Zealand competitors....

Cruising

Barcelona World Race team Hugo Boss fighting upwind

The Barcelona World Race duo onboard Hugo Boss are experiencing again a slow passage through the Mediterranean....

Kitesurfing

NEW Kiteboarding.com Inflation Upgrade

By Popular Demand Clips Have Been Added.

Kitesurfing

How riding at the Cable Park can improve your Kitesurfing

Aaron Hadlow explains why Cable parks are so awesome.

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans skipper Van Liew under pressure

Pressure to protect his lead mounts for Brad Van Liew as ocean sprint four enters its final stage in the Velux 5 Oceans....

Cruising

Extreme Sailing Series day 3 extreme with capsizing and collision

Never in four years of the Extreme Sailing Series has there been so much drama in one day....

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Weather Forecasts & Live Reports

Windiest in Australia:

Maatsuyker Island, TAS

36 kn

WNW

12°

Most Windless in Australia:

Ballina (Coastal), NSW

0 kn

21°

More locations...

Forum Comments/forums

Windsurfing

I spoke with Fangy's sister yesterday. She is keen to look at some videos of Fangy.

By: Windfun, 1h ago

Windsurfing

I've been using the standard Redwing package 1400/350 on an Alien 125 with 5.0-7.

By: ashp, 1h ago

Windsurfing

Question .why is there a shortage of race sails to buy ,? nothing in the shops .

By: Tardy, 1h ago

Wing Foiling

Dear fellow Wing foilers, i am seeking...

By: Juergen, 3h ago

Windsurfing

Prefer it go to groms or deserving people. Add your own free stuff too? [:)]

By: Mark _australia, 4h ago

Sailing

Hey all, As it's the end of the...

By: Planeray, 5h ago

Sailing

Can anyone give me an idea of a good trailer sailor to get? relevant strengths/weaknesses etc.

By: Soe, 7h ago

Articles/Articles

Fishing

How to take photos of your fish catch

Fishing

How to take fishing photo's - part 2

Kitesurfing

How to start Kiteboarding

Kitesurfing

Australian Kitesurfing Shops & Schools

Stand Up Paddle

A New Star for Starboard

Kitesurfing

Travelling to Bali - some Trip Tips

Stand Up Paddle

The right food for Stand Up Paddling...

Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

Kitesurfing

Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

Kitesurfing

How to tune your kite line lengths

How to stick a surfpad on your kiteboard (surfboard)

Kitesurfing

How to stick a surfpad on your kiteboard (surfboard)

Buy & Sell/Classifieds

Foiling - Components (Wings,Masts,etc)

2021 Axis Surf Performance 760 Front Wing

76 cm

$295

Kitesurfing - Surfboards

2022 Duotone Session Sls

5' 10"

$350

Foiling - Kite Foilboards

2022 Eleveight Kites Os

6 metre

$450

Foiling - Kite Foilboards

Slingshot Dialer 130

130 cm

$2,000