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Yacht Berserk lost in Antarctica - safety measures questioned

Serious questions are being asked about the safety measures of the tragic Berserk Expedition to Antarctica...

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China's tourism island (Hainan) to tap yacht market

Officials are keen to turn yachting into one of the pillars of local tourism...

Sailing

B&G wins NMMA innovation award

B&G has received the 2011 NMMA Innovation Award for its groundbreaking B&G Zeus multifunction display....

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Sydney City Marine congratulates Team Transfusion

Sydney City Marine congratulates Team Transfusion....

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Audi Hamilton Island Race Week expands

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week organisers have announced a superyacht division for motor yachts...

Sailing

Perfect day on Pitwater for Hobie 16's PBSC club Championship round 4

Palm Beach Sailing Club carve up Pitwater last weekend for fourth round of their Club Champs for 2010/11 season....

Sailing

Crown Series Bellerive Regatta - Whistler skipper races a catamaran

Crown Series Bellerive Regatta - David Rees, skipper of Whistler, swapped his keelboat for a Paper Tiger catamaran....

Sailing

Barcelona World Race - Skippers quotes Sunday

Barcelona World Race - Who said what today? Here is Pepe Ribes, Iker Martinez and Loick Peyron....

Sailing

Christchurch Earthquake: Donation details - Official Fund

The New Zealand Government has this morning established an official disaster fund for the people of Christchurch....

Sailing

SAP 505 Worlds 2011 - Whitsunday locals looking for advantage

Whitsunday Sailing Clubs International 505 dinghy sailors Mitchell and Haines will need to have their thinking caps on....

Sailing

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam Day 3 - Thode v Estredo showdown

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - Day three: Second full single elimination sees no change at the top, as Kiri defends his lead....

Sailing

Etchells Worlds 2011- Bill Hardesty returns to San Diego

Etchells Worlds 2011 - San Diego Yacht Club and Etchells Fleet 13, today reported that Bill Hardesty is returning to SDY...

Cruising

Board or Kite-Board: Why not having both in the Olympics?

the question on what 'Board OR Kite-Board' exactly means is a debated question...

Windsurfing

2011 Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - Day 4

Day 4: Kiri Thode slays Jose Estredo to continue his unbeaten streak, and win the first ever Vietnam PWA Grand Slam.

Sailing

Crown Series Bellerive Regatta 2011 final day roundup

Jeff Cordell today overcame a racing rules infringement and a countback to win Division 1 of the Bellerive Regatta...

Sailing

Special Olympics Australia Sailability Team need help for World Games

Aussie Sailability Team need support to get to the 2011 Special Olympics World Games in Greece this June...

Sailing

18 Footers League Club Championship Race 13 - The final hit out

It was no gauge to the upcoming titles as it was sailed in possibly the worst wind conditions for several seasons....

Cruising

Product of the Week: Hailer/Horn Speaker for VHF radios

Shakespeare's new HS-40 PA/Hailer Horn Speaker has many uses to help ensure messages are heard on your VHF radio...

Power Boats

Variety Splash postcard perfect day 2

Variety Splash participants aboard the 17 competing power and sail boats enjoyed a postcard perfect day....

Cruising

Innovative sails for container ships - in development

Japanese company Eco Marine Power has and imaginative innovation, to retrofit old ships with solar and wind sails....

Cruising

Sodebo into the Pacific

Thomas Coville, onboard Sodebo is attempting to beat Francis Joyon's (IDEC) 'solo' Jules Verne Trophy record....

Cruising

Rolex Farr 40 Worlds, Nervous Last Moments in Transfusion's Win

Crosbie Lorimer was out on the water with some of Australia's top yachting photographers to shoot the last day...

Sailing

Crown Series 2011 Bellerive Regatta shared honours

Crown Series 2011 Bellerive Regatta - Yachtsmen Cordell and Lewis are sharing the honours in Division 1 after day two....

Power Boats

F1H2O 28 World Championship Events in 2011

F1H2O and 2011 is set to be a groundbreaking year for powerboat promoter Nicolo di San Germano....

Power Boats

Class 1 World Powerboat Championship teams prepare for season ahead

Class 1 World Powerboat Championship will field one its strongest line-ups in recent years....

Cruising

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam Day 2 sees Thode on fire

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam day 2 and the double elimination roared into action....

Cruising

Barcelona World Race leaders inseparable

Barcelona World Race - The leading two boats Mapfre and Virbac-Paprec 3 are separated by just ten miles in on day 57....

Cruising

Charleston Race Week - Mixed fleet racing on the rise

Charleston Race Week - With over 240 boats registered, the event takes the title of largest keelboat regatta in the US....

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Rolex Farr 40 Worlds - What a day, what a finish

Rolex Farr 40 Worlds - The nail-biting ended at 4:00pm, when Nerone crossed the line three boats behind Transfusion....

Windsurfing

2011 Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - Day 3

?Day 3: Vietnam?s second full single elimination sees no change at the top, as Bonaire?s Kiri Thode successfully defends his event lead from Venezuela?s Jose Estredo.

Sailing

Crown Series 2011 Bellerive Regatta day two - SB3 class

Queensland yachtsmen Phil Gray and Rod Jones quickly came to terms with the vagaries of Hobart's River Derwent today...

Sailing

Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2011 images by Howard Wright

Howard Wright presents this gallery of images captured on the final day of the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2011...

Cruising

America's Cup: AC45 back sailing with repaired wing

Weekend boaters out on the water in force were thrilled to see the America's Cup cat fly past - less than a week after i...

Cruising

Rolex Farr 40 Worlds - Transfusion wins after courageous fightback

Transfusion needed to finish two places ahead of Nerone to take the title....

Cruising

Solo teen sailor goes home to raise money

Laura Dekker, 15-year-old Dutch solo sailor sailing around the world, goes home to raise money for her onward journey....

Cruising

First harmful Algal Bloom genome sequenced

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - The Aureococcus anophagefferens may be tiny but it's a fierce competitor....

Sailing

RS Games 2011 entry now open

RS Games 2011 entry is now open....

Cruising

Variety Splash sets sail

Melbourne's waterways are alive with activity for a few days for Variety Splash, raising money for special-needs kids....

Cruising

The Ego - new toy for exploring underwater with dry feet

The Ego is a compact semi-submarine, manufactured in Korea, which featured for the first time at the Miami Boat Show....

Cruising

Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2011 Race 10 and a new World Champion

Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2011 - Nerone is two points ahead and would win on a count back....

Sailing

Variety Splash Day 2

Variety Splash Day 2...

Sailing

18ft Skiff sailor on comeback trail for Giltinan Championship

David Witt has made a comeback in the class to represent Queensland with a serious Giltinan Championship campaign....

Cruising

Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2011 - Race 9 - Nerone and Transfusion battling

Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2011 -Here is the story of Race 9...

Sailing

Ocean Racing Club of Victoria - More images from the SSSC pool session

Ocean Racing Club of Victoria - The safety and training class continues in the pool....

Cruising

Ocean Racing Club of Victoria sailing and training safety class

Ocean Racing Club of Victoria - The ever popular and always sold out ORCV Sea Safety and Survival Course has begun....

Cruising

Banque Populaire repairs to take longer than expected

The Maxi Banque Populaire has just been through a complete check-up by the expert technicians of the Team...

Cruising

Oracle RC44 Cup - San Diego prepares for the RC44 class

Eleven teams will go head-to-head for the Oracle RC44 Cup San Diego...

Cruising

Vietnam PWA Grand Slam 2011 Day 1 - Throde gets dialled

Kiri Thode gets dialed into the Mui Ne rhythm to secure single elimination victory on the opening day in Vietnam....

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - A ferocious battle for Virbac-Paprec 3

Barcelona World Race - Since they returned after a technical stop last Friday, Virbac-Paprec 3 has been battling....

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - Halfway from Wellington to Cape Horn

Mapfre has been unable to make any further impression on Virbac-Paprec 3 as they play angles....

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans fleet passed The Horn

Velux 5 Oceans - After almost three weeks at sea, the third sprint is now on the home straight towards Punta del Este....

Cruising

Rolex Farr 40 - An enthralling day of competition

Rolex Farr 40 World Championships - Two races, two intriguing tales and an enthralling setting for the final day....

Windsurfing

2011 Vietnam PWA Grand Slam - Day 2

Day 2: Kiri Thode stands his ground to secure double elimination victory on day two in Mui Ne.

Cruising

2011 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta - Entries open and NOR available

Entries for the 2011 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta are now open...

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - Mapfre chasing down the leader

Two Barcelona World Race leaders today saw their miles to finish drop under 10,000 miles to the finish...

Cruising

Rolex Farr 40 Worlds - Just one point

Enthralling setting for a final day of a world championship....

Power Boats

New tax on China yachts? More boats looking for Hong Kong berths?

Owners of yachts in China will have to pay an annual vessel tax based on vessels' length if a new law is passed...

Cruising

America's Cup: The Freo Files - Erle Williams on wintering over

Erle Williams is one of the hard men of New Zealand sailing. A chip off the old block. Erle was a watch captain aboard W...

Cruising

Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2011 - Two to Tango on final day

Nerone, leads Transfusion by a single point with just two races to sail in the 2011 World Championship...

Cruising

Farr 40 Worlds - World Champions hold sway over locals

'Tomorrow will be a big fight,' admitted Nerone's tactician Vascotto this afternoon....

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

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