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Bacardi Cup Regatta kicks off Miami Sailing Week

Bacardi Cup Regatta - The iconic Bacardi Cup is set to see one of the fiercest title battles in recent years....

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Solo sailor circumnavigator still can't take a trick

French solo sailor Thomas Coville,trying to be the fastest to sail around the world solo still has bad luck with weather...

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Smith Family kids sail in Sydney Harbour Regatta

Smith Family's 'Learning for Life' took a bunch of young people sailing on Sydney Harbour in the Sydney Harbour Regatta...

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Bacardi Miami Sailing Week kicks off in style

Bacardi Miami Sailing Week - There are now more than 95 boats registered for the iconic Bacardi Cup....

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Vietnam PWA Grand Slam day 8 on hold

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - A promising start to competition's eighth day had the crew scrambling to set the slalom course....

Sailing

Forceracing: Coaching and Racing in March + Video

Forceracing's Andrew Brown reports their activities on the coaching and racing scene:...

Kitesurfing

Kitelife's back! Australia own Kitesurfing TV show

Kitelife is back on Foxtel with the premiere of season 3 airing last night

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Barcelona World Race 2011-Mapfre in serious pursuit of Virbac-Paprec 3

After a detour and halt Mapfre have channelled their frustration into pressing the accelerator pedal back to the floor...

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Tough contest ahead at the 46th OK Dinghy Interdominion Championship

Black Rock Yacht Club will host the OK Dinghy Interdominions at Easter, with a tight contest expected....

Sailing

Geographe Bay Race Week wrapped up by Limit

Limit blew away the best of WA's ocean racers in the 2011 Geographe Bay Race Week winning all but two races....

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F1 H2O World Championship - Selio leads qualifying

Sami Selio will lead the field of drivers for tomorrow's opening Grand Prix of the U.I.M. F1 H2O World Championship...

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BVI Spring Regatta 40th Anniversary commemorative stamps unveiled

The BVI Spring Regatta has contributed to the economic development of the BVI since their inception....

Windsurfing

2011 Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - Day 9

Day 9: The final day in Vietnam turns up the heat to showcase some of the most nail biting action the World Tour has witnessed in recent years.

Sailing

Tasmanian State Championship nurturing junior sailing in Tasmania

The Sandy Bay Sailing Club on Hobart's sweeping Nutgrove Beach this weekend is hosting the Tasmanian State championship...

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Christchurch Earthquake: A sailor's view of the damage and aftermath

One of the New Zealand sailing fraternity is working on at Christchurch and reports from the scene:...

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Superyachts raise $55,000 for Christchurch Earthquake Appeal

On Thursday night in Auckland a fundraiser, organized by YachtAid Global and Superyacht Support Ltd saw around $55,000 r...

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18ft Skiff JJ Giltinan Championship Invitation Race

Slam team led for practically the entire race and once they shook off an early challenge from American Howie Hamlin...

Sailing

Gill Commodore's Cup day 1 lead to Aussie Cookson 50 Jazz

Though the weather was gray and drizzly all morning, as the fleet assembled for the high-noon start of the event...

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RC44 Cup San Diego day 2 tactics and speed from Oracle

It was a day when good tactical management and consistent speed through the gears were the keys to a good performance....

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Appalling DSC numbers - 90% not connected

US Coast Guard request National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) to develop a new GPS product to improve safety....

Sailing

Breeze predicted for Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta

Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta will take place this weekend, March 5-6....

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America's Cup: A day in the life of KZ-7

TVNZ's America's Cup anchor, PJ Montgomery follows the New Zealand America's cup Challenger KZ-7 as she goes through her...

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America's Cup: The Freo Files - Heart of America goes home

PJ Montgomery presents TVNZ's closing piece on one of the most popular America's Cup Challengers ever....

Power Boats

Victorian fisherman nets some legal problems

A Rye man is facing up to six months in jail or a fine of $10,000....

Sailing

Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta Maritime Safety alert

Sydney will be a 'city of sails' this weekend with 300 sailboats contesting the annual Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta....

Sailing

Perth 2011 on track to set new records

Perth 2011 - ISAF has so far 661 entries from 72 nations for 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth...

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Velux 5 Oceans - Closest ever finish in solo ocean racing history

Velux 5 Oceans - Gutkowski has beaten British rival Chris Stanmore-Major for second place by just 40 seconds....

Kitesurfing

KTA Thailand

4th Round of the 10/11 Asia Tour

Sailing

Derek Hatfield finishes Velux 5 Oceans third sprint

Velux 5 Oceans - Canadian ocean racer Derek Hatfield has finished the third ocean sprint....

Sailing

McConaghy Ker 40 - the next 40-foot performance benchmark?

Without doubt, 40 feet, is the new everything, as builders aim to supply better, faster and more exciting products....

Sailing

Velux 5 Oceans photo finish

Operon Racing and Spartan finished the third ocean sprint of the Velux 5 Oceans within 40 seconds of one another....

Sailing

Barcelona World Race - Virbac Paprec 3 past The Horn

Barcelona World Race - At 1020hrs this Thursday morning Virbac-Paprec 3 lead the BWR fleet past Cape Horn....

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Dutch couple escape pirates - US Coast Guard warns Americans away

Private security firm Naval Guards successfully rescued their Dutch clients from pirates on board the yacht Capricorn...

Sailing

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam day 7 almost but not quite

Marginal conditions left the slalom fleet teetering on the edge of competition...

Power Boats

F1 H2O keeping strategies secret for opening round in Doha

The paddock has been put into place for less than 36 hours and already the strategy is starting...

Sailing

The Nespresso Cup international regatta returns to Portofino

Nespresso and Wally announce the second edition of the international sailing event that will gather the Wally Class...

Windsurfing

2011 Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - Day 8

Day 8: Another day on hold sees no further progress for the slalom fleets on competition?s penultimate day.

Sailing

Geographe Bay Race Week win to Limit

Limit has established an unassailable lead in the Division 1 IRC fleet....

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World Match Racing Tour - Full time return for Radich

Jesper Radich is confident he can mark his full time return to the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) after eight years away...

Sailing

18ft Skiffs JJ Giltinan Championship preview

A fleet of 29 teams will contest the Winning Appliances JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship tomorrow on Sydney Harbour...

Sailing

RC44 Cup San Diego day 1 form indicators

RC44 Championship Tour opened with a day of stadium sailing off Broadway Pier, San Diego....

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Barcelona World Race skippers closing on Cape Horn

On current course Virbac-Paprec 3 would pass just three-four miles off the famous Cape...

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America's Cup: New Racing Rules aim to simplify racing

The Racing Rules for the 34th America's Cup have been issued today following months of consultation with the entered tea...

Sailing

Youth Sailing Grand Prix competition tight in all classes

Youth Sailing Grand Prix was developed to help create Australia's next group of world and Olympic champion sailors....

Sailing

JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship tipping competition

All you have to do is go to www.18footers.com.au and click on 'video'....

Power Boats

Australian presence at the Miami International Boat Show

Maritimo and Rivera all smiles after Miami effort....

Power Boats

Miami leads the boating industry out of the gloom

Confidence reigns supreme after the most successful Miami show in four years....

Sailing

Boat licence testing at Rosehill Trailer Boat Show

Boat licence testing will be available at NSW Maritime's stand at the Rosehill Trailer Boat Show on 5 and 6 March....

Sailing

SB3 World Championship 2011 entries hit 120

Representatives from fourteen nations will compete in the SB3 World Championships at the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, UK....

Sailing

IFDS Disabled Sailing International Championship 2011

Seven teams from five nations will compete at the IFDS Disabled Sailing International Championship 2011 in Perth, WA....

Sailing

Geographe Bay goes light on day 4

Light airs caused shortened courses for today's passage races....

Sailing

The 2011 Contender Midwinters: Fun in the sun of St. Petes

The 2011 Contender Midwinters - dominated by a Dane!...

Sailing

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam Day 6 on hold

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - The Mui Ne wind machine takes a break on day six, leaving the race standings unchanged....

Sailing

Cape Horn in sight for Barcelona World Race fleet

Barcelona World Race - Cape Horn is the round the world racer's ultimate milestone....

Power Boats

H2O Racing announces new technical director

Nicolo Di San Germano has announced the appointment of Gianfranco Venturelli as technical director for H2O Racing...

Sailing

Audi IRC Australian Championship online

Yachting Australia has launched a new website to bring the Audi IRC Australian Championship to life online...

Cruising

AAkron Inflatables are great but this is ridiculous!

Family snapped heading out to their yacht at the mouth of the Wade river, Whangaparaoa as we came in from testing two ne...

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Somali piracy developments -yachts go by ship, Danes reach shore

Somali piracy has really hotted up in the last month - 20 yachts decide to take a ship, and Danes reach Somalia...

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RC44 Cup - Artemis Racing Paul Cayard's update from San Diego

RC44 Cup - We just finished up two days of practice down here in San Diego....

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Changing the bilge pump today and noticed the cast iron casing at the front of the DV20 (behind the...

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

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

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

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

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

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