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Australian Sailing Team announced as quest for Gold continues

The Australian Sailing Team 2011 has been announced....

Sailing

Sodebo's 'Etch-A-Sketch' finish

For Sodebo, It was a remarkable moment this evening in La Trinitesur Mer, SW Brittany....

Sailing

Ensign Ship Brokers debut Beneteau First 30 at Sanctuary Cove

Ensign Ship Brokers are bringing a beauty to this year's Sanctuary Cove International Boat show, the Beneteau First 30...

Cruising

Laser Class major rule change - A disaster says Bruce Kirby

The strength of the class comes from its rigid one design rules that designer Bruce Kirby approved 40 years ago....

Sailing

SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre - Finn Class update

SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre - The Finn class is looking forward to another record breaking year in 2011....

Sailing

New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup - Setting the standard

New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup - Skippers say that the sailing season in the northern hemisphere is not far off....

Cruising

Mine's bigger - the world's largest line.

Cortland has produced the world's largest rope, designed to make your heaviest mainsheet look like a piece of cotton....

Sailing

China Out, South Africa In

Less than a week after declaring that a team from China would contest the America's Cup, it appears that that syndicate...

Sailing

64th Newport to Ensenada - A fun week of fiesta festivity

64th Newport to Ensenada - There will be a jam packed week of fiesta festivity leading into the race....

Sailing

Three of a Kind Regatta at Mounts Bay Sailing Club

Three of a Kind Regatta hosted by Mounts Bay Sailing Club on 13th March 2011 created an air of expectancy....

Sailing

Mudlark sailors gearing up for Easter championship

Mudlark sailors (Muddies) from along the Swan river are gearing up for their annual Easter championship....

Cruising

Convoy of cruising yachts successfully transit Somali pirate zone

The TTT Convoy, led by Rene Tiemessen, has safely transited the pirate zone around Somalia,....

Sailing

Barcelona World Race leaders enduring an upwind marathon

Barcelona World Race - Jean Pierre Dick has only passed the gateway between the Atlantic and Mediterranean in first....

Cruising

Sodebo crosses the finish line

Sodebo crossed the finish line off Ushant on March 31 at 12h15 (GMT) after 61 days, seven minutes and 32 seconds at sea....

Cruising

Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac Race update

Bell's Beer Bayview Mackinac Race - Bayview Yacht Club announces that Bell's Brewery has come aboard as a title sponsor....

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - Freestyle double eliminations nearly complete day four

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Freestyle double eliminations nearly complete day four

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - Freestyle single eliminations complete day three in Morocco

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Freestyle single eliminations complete day three in Morocco

Windsurfing

Kuma in Bonaire - Kuma movie make the pilgrimage to Bonaire to bring you this se

Kuma movie make the pilgrimage to Bonaire to bring you this selection of freestyle goodness...

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans - Tight racing on the way to Charleston USA

Velux 5 Oceans - Ocean racers today entered a frustrating weather window of variable and light headwinds....

Cruising

SAP 505 Worlds - Germany,USA and Australia fighting to finish

SAP 505 World Championship saw its toughest day yet inclusive of the weather and the results of race five....

Cruising

SAP 505 World Championship 2011 toughest day yet

SAP 505 World Championship 2011 and it was the toughest day yet at the event being held at Hamilton Island, Queensland...

Power Boats

Sailfish set to soar off the Florida Keys

Key West to host celebrities and anglers as they bid for a $1 million prize pool....

Sailing

SAP 505 World Championship sailor's remarkable story

An Australian Volvo Ocean Race winner, has a remarkable story....

Sailing

2011 Live in Sabot Development Camp this weekend

2011 Live in Sabot Development Camp this weekend....

Sailing

Farr 30 Australian Championship - The things we do for sailing...!

Once a fanatic, always a fanatic! Sailors will do whatever they can to get to a regatta....

Cruising

Pornichet Select 6.50 attracts 78 starters

Pornichet Select 6.50...

Sailing

SAP 505 World Championship Race 5 abandoned and fleet on standby

SAP 505 World Championship, Hamilton Island, Queensland Race 5 abandoned....

Sailing

YOTI to sell Sydney Hobart winner Secret Mens Business 3.5

Leading Yacht Brokerage YOTI 'Sailing as it should be' chosen as exclusive agents in sale of Secret Mens Business 3.5...

Cruising

Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Rip Tour

The infamous Rip is the narrow stretch of water that separates Melbourne's Port Phillip from Bass Strait....

Kitesurfing

Can you make your own Kiteboard?

Tips and tricks for making your very own twintip for Kitesurfing

Sailing

BVI Spring Regatta Match Racing springs into action

Eight teams rifled through ten flights of one-on-one match races on evenly tuned IC 24s,...

Cruising

Princesa Sofia Mapfre Trophy - High stakes in Palma

Princesa Sofia Mapfre trophy. The first European Sailing World Cup event and will bring fierce competition to Palma....

Surfing

ROLA Victorian Longboard Titles ready to go...

The Pines on the Mornington Peninsula will now join the existing event on the Surfcoast to create a two event series for Victorian Longboading.

Sailing

ISAF Match Race Rankings March 30

In the Open Match Race Rankings there has been plenty of movement in the top 25...

Sailing

Global Ocean Race - Kiwi 40FC Peraspera sets off on qualifier

Global Ocean Race - In just under six months, the start gun for the double-handed, round the world race will be fired....

Power Boats

Class 1 World Powerboat Championship - Manuzzi teams up with 'Pal'

Class 1 World Powerboat Championship - Chris Parsonage Racing's lineup has Manuzzi teaming-up with Pal Virik Nilsen....

Sailing

Barcelona World Race finish draws closer

Barcelona World Race - The release after 89 days of racing is weighing heavily on the minds of many of the skippers....

Cruising

Coastal council meets to help protect the Great Barrier Reef

Mayors and senior staff from councils along the Great Barrier Reef coastline will meet in Cairns over the next two days....

Cruising

Commercial fishers working towards a healthier Great Barrier Reef

A brand new environmental program will be launched in Gladstone to help protect the Great Barrier Reef for the future....

Windsurfing

Youp Schmit on JP - Freestyle's bright young star

Freestyle's bright young star, Youp Schmit joins the ranks of JP as he sizes up a summer of PWA competition.

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - Wave single eliminations complete day 2

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Wave single eliminations complete day 2

Sailing

Velux 5 Oceans sprint four - Keel issues still hampering Gutek

Velux 5 Oceans - 'Gutek' says that sprint four will be a challenge as his boat continues to be hampered by keel issues....

Cruising

ISAF Sailing World Cup heads to Palma

Ben Ainslie, Giles Scott and Andrew Mills currently occupy the top of the Finn ISAF Sailing World Cup standings....

Power Boats

R Marine Perth gets a buzz out of the Variety Splash

Buzz Lightyear & Sheriff Woody, on board a 43 Open Flybridge named 'Bullseye', led the fleet of 28 Rivieras...

Cruising

ISAF Match Racing World Championship 2011 - Is it Richard's time?

Mathieu Richard has refused to introduce wholesale changes ahead of this season's competition...

Power Boats

Dubai to host final Class One Grand Prix of 2011

Class 1 Promotion has announced that the Emirate of Dubai will host the final Grand Prix of the 2011 calendar....

Cruising

Wide step version of dinghy ladder released

Scandia has produced an improved ladder that stows neatly in the dinghy until wanted, but is there when you most need it...

Cruising

SAP 505 World Championship - USA and Aussie closes on Germans leaders

SAP 505 World Championship - Finally, two more races sailed as the wind god played ball with superb 15-20 knot winds....

Cruising

It's over - Thomas Coville about to finish, but not with a record

Thomas Coville's blog records the manner of his finish as he concedes defeat in his round-world solo attempt...

Sailing

KB4girls 2011 World Tour meets Australian National Championships

KB4girls 2011 World Tour - Female kiteboarding in Australia has excelled...

Cruising

NSW Maritime has - Safe boating for fishing competition

NSW Maritime has issued a safety reminder to the 500 skippers who are expected to converge on Nelson Bay....

Sailing

SAP 505 World Championship - Veteran takes on the pros

SAP 505 World Championship - Sailing is one of those sports where even at the elite level, age can be a benefit....

Sailing

BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival - Sailing festival send off

BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival - Forty boats congregated this morning for the start of the Bitter End Cup....

Cruising

Lessons to be learned from inquiry into fatal sailing incident

The investigation will answer all the questions about why two men died when their sailing boat capsized last weekend...

Sailing

Rolex Farr 40 World Championship - Class update and a fantastic event

Rolex Farr 40 World Championship 2011 - Sydney Australia and the RSYS really turned it on to make a fantastic event....

Sailing

Spinnaker memories from a Sunshine Coast blue water sailor

Spinnaker Tales - Ken Down, a Sunshine Coast blue water sailor has mastered frightening squalls and stormy seas....

Sailing

SAP 505 World Championship 2011 - The race is back on!

SAP 505 World Championship - The race is back on with two races planned amid weather that will be wet, grey, and misty....

Kitesurfing

KB4Girls Coaching Clinics at Alva

After the two successful KB4girls competition coaching clinics accompanying the Australian National Championships in February 2010

Cruising

Virbac-Paprec 3's World Record ratified by WSSR

The WSSR Council announces the ratification of a new World Record by Virbac-Paprec 3, 24 Hour Distance Record,...

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - One last Atlantic gale before Gibraltar

Barcelona World Race - Jean-Pierre Dick admits that he and Loick Peyron have one final blast of strong winds....

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Windiest in Australia:

Maatsuyker Island, TAS

33 kn

WNW

11°

Most Windless in Australia:

Leigh Creek Airport, SA

0 kn

30°

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Forum Comments/forums

Sailing

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

By: Planeray, 30m ago

Windsurfing

Has Queensland got a race board class or any events like Nsw.

By: grich62, 49m ago

Windsurfing

Hi all , I bought a new quiver of ezzy waves just under 2 years ago ,I also have the ezzy masts to...

By: Surfing Uk, 2h ago

Windsurfing

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

By: ashp, 4h ago

Windsurfing

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

By: Tardy, 4h ago

Windsurfing

Been looking at upgrading my Fanatic Blast 115 which I’ve had since 2022 to something abit racier.

By: Widget, 5h ago

Windsurfing

Question for y'all. Has anyone played with bottom handle placement for windfoil?

By: utcminusfour, 12h ago

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2022 Naish Nalu

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