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Stanmore-Major claims second in Velux 5 Oceans sprint

Skipper Stanmore-Major has dramatically stolen second in a thrilling finale to the velux 5 Oceans third ocean sprint....

Windsurfing

2011 Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - Day 7

Day 7: Marginal conditions left the slalom fleet teetering on the edge of competition, but ultimately left the standings unchanged on competition?s seventh day.

Sailing

Eileen Ramsay photo archive now available through PPL

The work of Eileen Ramsay, the Queen of yachting photography from the early 1950s to 1970s, has been saved for posterity...

Cruising

Oracle RC44 Cup San Diego a tough podium challenge

The RC44 Championship Tour is less than 24 hours from bringing European-style racing to Broadway Pier and San Diego Bay...

Sailing

New Zealand Hobie Nationals 19th and 20th March 2011

The New Zealand Hobie Nationals will be conducted on the weekend of 19th and 20th March....

Cruising

After the earthquake: Christchurch Yacht Club reports

Christchurch Yacht Club looks like it will be technically closed for the season....

Cruising

The tragic loss of the Berserk - an analysis

Skip Novak advised Jarle Andhoy against sailing the Ross Sea: 'It is not safe for small yachts at any time of year.'...

Cruising

Lake Eyre Yacht Club - no sailing, says traditional owners

Australia's Lake Eyre Yacht Club is stopped from sailing by the objections of the traditional owners of the lake land...

Sailing

Audi IRC Australian Championship round two this weekend

Audi IRC Australian Championship - Round two of Australia's only grand prix sailing series will be on Sydney Harbour....

Sailing

Rolex Farr 40 World Championship - Australian Sailing Team patron wins

Rolex Farr 40 World Championship - Yachting Australia would like to congratulate Guido Belgiorno-Nettis on winning....

Power Boats

British Powerboat Festival set to make big splash

British Powerboat Festival is expected to attract more than 45 powerboat teams from across Europe....

Sailing

International 420 Coach Clinic and Development Programme

Coach Seminar in Austria to kick off 420 Development Programme 2011...

Sailing

Audi Sydney Harbour regatta promise from Queensland skipper

Skipper of the Audi Sailing Girls SB3 sports boat racing team has promised to make her presence felt this weekend...

Sailing

2011 Budget Marine Match Racing Cup win to Gavin Brady

2011 Budget Marine Match Racing Cup - New Zealand ace Gavin Brady defeated Virgin Island legend Peter Holmberg...

Sailing

Velux 5 Oceans third sprint to Brad Van Liew

Brad Van Liew has finished first in the 6,000-mile sprint to Punta del Este....

Sailing

Barcelona World Race - Central Lechera Asturiana breaks mast

Central Lechera Asturiana at between 1815hrs UTC this Tuesday evening broke their mast with half of the spar falling int...

Kitesurfing

Kitesurfing Cafe for Sale (WA)

Opportunity to run your own business Very Cheap!

Sailing

Offshore Racing Congress GP Class rules posted

Offshore Racing Congress is pleased to announce the 2011 Grand Prix class rules for the GP26, GP33, and GP42 classes....

Sailing

Extreme Sailing Series - Selection process for host venues begin

Extreme Sailing Series - Organisers have opened the next round of Host Venue selection process....

Sailing

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - Arutkin draws first blood on day five

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - Alice Arutkin draws slalom fleet's first blood with victory in the opening race elimination....

Sailing

Barcelona World Race - Robust conditions take their toll

Barcelona World Race - The leaders countdown the 750 or so miles to Cape Horn as others fight to make it to Cook Strait....

Power Boats

Yamaha launches 'March Madness' Promotion

Yamaha Motor Australia is excited to launch the latest WaveRunner promotion that offers crazy savings across the class...

Kitesurfing

Kiting on crowded beaches

NSWKBA put together a code of conduct for NSW beaches...

Kitesurfing

Sponsor me! A how-to by someone who knows

Getting free kitesurfing gear isn't exactly a walk in the park...

Stand Up Paddle

My SUP Calendar is FULL!

Local clubs are upping the ante with a stack of races and events planned over the coming months.

Kitesurfing

BWS announces australian retailers

BWS is pleased to announce that they are partnering with selected retail stores in Australia.

Windsurfing

2011 Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - Day 6

Day 6: The Mui Ne wind machine takes a break on day six, leaving the race standings unchanged from the previous day.

Cruising

Halfway To Serious

The motto for the Heineken Regatta in Sint Maarten, now in its 31st year, is perfect in both conception and execution....

Cruising

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race-De Lage Landen 'embraces the world'

De Lage Landen announced today that it will enter the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race...

Cruising

Rolex Fastnet Race - RORC increase number of places available

the number of places available to IRC yachts...

Sailing

JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff International - The Holy Grail of Skiff sailing

The Australian 18 Footers League Double Bay Sydney is all set to stage the Holy Grail of Skiff Sailing...

Sailing

Wild Night Ride on Geographe Bay

Strong winds made for exciting races on Geogrpahe Bay last night....

Cruising

Danish yacht with three kids, four adults, seajacked as Rally mourns

Danish yacht Ing with seven crew including 3 kids has been seajacked by pirates along a similar route to the Quest...

Sailing

2010-2011 Ullman Sailrs Sydney 38 Sprint Series results

The final races of the Ullman Sails Sprint Series for the Sydney 38 class was run last Sunday at Sandringham Yacht Club....

Sailing

Gottifredi Maffioli - world leader in rope technology now Down Under

Australian Distributor for Gottifredi Maffioli, the Italian specialist rope manufacturer, a world leader in technology....

Sailing

RS Class reveals plans for record-setting dinghy sailing event

RS Games will see sailors from nine RS fleets will compete for a number of National, European and World Championship...

Cruising

Adventures of Banyandah: Streaking for Streaky Bay

Jack and Jude Binder are circumnavigating Australia on their yacht Banyandah and here they take us on part of the way...

Sailing

Nominations Open for Ontario Sailing's Legend of Ontario Sailors Award

Nominations Now Open for Ontario Sailing's Legend of Ontario Sailors Award...

Sailing

Fred Eaton Highlights CYA Rolex Awards Night

Fred Eaton Highlights CYA Rolex Awards Night...

Sailing

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam day 4 - Thode fires

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - Kiri Thode continues unbeaten streak and wins the first ever Vietnam PWA Grand Slam....

Sailing

Velux 5 Oceans interesting developments

Velux 5 Oceans - Derek Hatfield and Gutek were today neck and neck in the sprint for the finish line of the third leg....

Stand Up Paddle

RPS Starboard SUP Series Round 2 Wrap

Results for RPS/Starboard Flatwater Series Rd 2 Mother Nature has thrown just about everything at us this season, so it was no suprise that the weather went from an absolutely perfect summer's day on Saturday [ see DJ's previous pix] to a...

Kitesurfing

Wind Will & Gravity Games Pro Kiteboarding Tour

A new concept in kitesurfing events...

Cruising

Barcelona World Race podium race on

Barcelona World Race - A battle for third place in the race appears slightly remote from the leading duo....

Cruising

America's Cup - Winning USA 17 trimaran is back home

America's Cup - The ship carrying USA 17 passed underneath the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco at 0530 PST....

Sailing

Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 Groupama Sailing Team is getting down to bu

Groupama Sailing Team - Since 15 February, Groupama has been getting down to business at their base in Lorient, France....

Kitesurfing

Summer Kicks off in Brisbane!

Perths Season shuts down as Brisbanes just begins

Stand Up Paddle

Queensland Flood Relief Auction - Laird SUP

Bid for this gear, all proceeds going to Queensland Flood Relief

Cruising

Mike Wolfs confirms Canadian craze for Audi Melges 20 with new fleet

The newly formed Canadian Audi Melges 20 fleet at PCYC started with four boats and by September, had grown to 8...

Cruising

Derek Hatfield on Sustainability

Velux, a huge proponent of sustainability has requested that the skippers comment on different sustainability issues...

Cruising

Melges 32 Regatta - Mascalzone Latino back in the US

Melges 32 Regatta - Mascalzone Latino proceeds in his training program by taking part in the Melges 32 regatta in Miami....

Windsurfing

2011 Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - Day 5

Day 5: Alice Arutkin draws the slalom fleet?s first blood with victory in the opening race elimination of the Vietnam PWA Grand Slam.

Cruising

World Match Racing Tour - North American interest growing

Match race sailing is now very much on the rise in North America...

Sailing

Vipers Strike at Geographe Bay Race Week

Rod Beurteaux switches classes but shows he still has the class to win....

Sailing

Geographe Bay - We have breeze!

A brisk south easterly on Geographe Bay made for two entertaining windward leeward races....

Sailing

Shep and crew came home with four bullets

Shep and crew came home with four bullets. A perfect score takes Shaw Contracting to top spot in the SMS Sports Boats...

Sailing

RS Feva Worlds 2011 entry numbers continue to grow

RS Feva Worlds 2011 entry numbers hit 100 entries with five months to go....

Cruising

Quest incident - the final moments

Some aspects of the killing of four cruising sailors on the yacht Quest are becoming clearer....

Sailing

Christchurch Yacht Club report from the Commodore

Christchurch Yacht Club looks like it will be technically closed for the season....

Cruising

Vale - 'Met Area VII' voice silenced

Alistair Campbell, one of South Africa's greatest radio amateurs,has gone 'silent key' after 30 years service to sailors...

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