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America's Cup: Eighth entry received - now seven challengers

America's Cup event organizers have confirmed the receipt of an eighth entry for the 34th America's Cup in 2013....

Cruising

NSW Maritime news: Review of Operation Blue Water

NSW Maritime - Failure to comply with essential boating safety equipment requirements was the most common infringement....

Sailing

Sail Mooloolaba races towards top spot in national calendar

The overwhelming success of Sail Mooloolaba's inaugural regatta has resulted in significant sponsorship in 2011....

Sailing

TeamVodafoneSailing sets sights on Australian campaign

It could have been much worse for TeamVodafoneSailing when the trimaran lost its rig on a harbour race in Auckland...

Stand Up Paddle

What's the best Stand Up Paddle movie around?

Rob Pirie's "Living the Stoke" wins the best SUP movie at the Reel Paddling festival in Canada.

Sailing

Team Australia to contest America's Cup

Australian Challenge for the 34th America's Cup was accepted by the defending Golden Gate Yacht Club on 11 Jan 2011...

Cruising

Yachting industry suffers - Liverpool Boat Show cancelled

After the dismal figures of the London Boat Show MIE have decided to call off the Liverpool Boat Show....

Sailing

End of season discounts offered for 2010 IRC Certificates

Yachting Australia is offering a 50 per cent discount on all 2010 IRC applications lodged by Australian boat owners...

Sailing

Sodebo rounds Cape of Good Hope

Sodebo rounded the Cape of Good Hope this Tuesday at 1702 GMT after 17 days, 5 hours, 54 minutes and 32 seconds at sea....

Sailing

Barcelona World Race - Technical stop in Wellington for race leader

Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA) and co-skipper Loick Peyron (FRA) are making a technical stop in Wellington, NZ....

Sailing

Explore NZ launches new America's Cup Yacht in Auckland - NZL 68

Explore NZ has commissioned their new America's Cup yacht NZL 68....

Cruising

London 2012 Olympic Games sailing schedule announced

London 2012 Olympic Games - The LOCOG today announced the complete sports competition schedule....

Cruising

Russia opens its ports to cruising sailors

Russia is now opening its port and canals to visiting yachts and superyachts....

Cruising

Major New Media launch at Sanctuary Cove

MarineBusiness-World.com has secured naming rights for Pavilion A at Australia's Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show....

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - 541 mile lead

Barcelona World Race - A dramatic stage is fast approaching for BWR leaders as they prepare to cross the Cook Strait....

Sailing

WA Sharpie State Championships - Chappell and the boys unstoppable

A wrap up from the Sharpie State Championships held at Mounts Bay Sailing Club over the weekend with 27 entries....

Sailing

Manly Junior NSW State Championships final round this weekend

The final round of the Manly Junior NSW State championships is being held this weekend on Lake Macquarie...

Surfing

Speed trials at the Quicksilver Pro?

Catch them if you can - the best surfers in the world, hooked up to a GPS.

Power Boats

UIM F1 Nations Cup - Test stage in Abu Dhabi

F1 Nations Cup - H2O Racing, under the patronage of the ADIMSC, has confirmed that it will hold a driver's test stage....

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans - Brad Van Liew looks ahead to The Horn

Velux 5 Oceans -Sprint three leader Van Liew reveals that he has started to plan his rounding of the infamous Cape Horn....

Windsurfing

O?Brien joins Starboard - Up and coming Aussi racing talent Sean O?Brien joins t

Up and coming Aussi racing talent Sean O?Brien joins the Starboard Dream Team.

Cruising

Go, Kingston, Go!

If the sailing gods look fondly, Kingston efforts to land the ISAF Worlds in 2014 will be a real win for North America....

Power Boats

Powerboat P1 - 15 year old dreams of winning

15 year old Jade Berridge wants to become a powerboat racing champion so that she can own lots of pairs of shoes....

Cruising

America's Cup: AC45 rigging process - Onshore

Rigging and launching has been one of the serious question marks hanging a wingsailed multihull for the America's Cup...

Cruising

Barcelona World Race-Caffari and Corbella enjoy top speeds down under

The all female duo's hearts were certainly racing yesterday but it had little to do with the romance of Valentine's Day...

Cruising

America's Cup: AC45 Pre-flight check and Launch

Getting a wingsailed AC45 loaded up and off the marina is not a simple task....

Power Boats

UAE Wooden Powerboat Championships - Rounds 2 and 3 this week

The UAE Wooden Powerboat Championships will race round 2 and 3 on Thursday 17th and Saturday 19th this week at DIMC...

Cruising

Burke Marine's new L100 PFD

Burke Marine's trusty L1 has been superseded by their all-new front entry L100 PFD....

Power Boats

Kiwi sets new 24-hour record on Sea-Doo PWC

Riding a Sea-Doo PWC New Zealander Jeremy Burfoot has established a new world 24-hour distance record....

Sailing

Harken Match Racing: Light winds and big shifts dictate the finals

CYCA crew Jay Griffin and his crew of Henry Kernot, Hamish Hardy and Will Parker sailed well in the extreme light airs...

Cruising

Sailing Lake Eyre stopped by National Parks

There's a risk that the Lake Eyre Yacht Club won't be able to sail this year on the Lake, in spite of plenty of water....

Sailing

Major New Media launch at Sanctuary Cove

We too will be making a major new launch at SCIBS 2011 - hence we are sponsoring the main SCIBS Pavilion...

Sailing

2011 Australian Laser Masters Nationals crowns nine new Champions

With 18 knots it was a battle of endurance and stamina on the final day of the Australian Laser Masters Nationals...

Sailing

Extreme Sailing Series - Australian sailing star makes debut

Extreme Sailing Series - Torvar Mirsky (AUS) will make his debut in the one of the most competitive sailing events...

Cruising

New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup - 13 nations represented

NYYC Invitational Cup will host 19 yacht club teams representing 13 nations from six different continents...

Sailing

Funding available for International and Recognised Classes

Yachting Australia, with the assistance of the Australian Sports Commission, is offering financial support....

Sailing

MarineBusiness-World.com publishes Industry Press Releases free

The TetraMedia Marine Group now sends over 700,000 newsletters each month across the Asia Pacific....

Sailing

'I won't crack under pressure' solo circumnavigator Coville

Thomas Coville is 800 miles behind in his trimaran Sodeb'O's bid to break the around-the-world solo sailing record.....

Cruising

Product of the week: Soft snatch block

Colligo Marine's patent-pending soft snatch block is strong, light in weight and can be implemented without a line end....

Windsurfing

Sean O'Brien joins the Starboard Dream Team

Formula and Slalom specialist from down under, Sean O'Brien, will further add to the talent of the Starboard Dream Team!

Kitesurfing

Kitestock 2011 - Light winds but good times

Unfavourable conditions didn't put a dampener on the biggest kitesurfing event in Australia.

Sailing

Barcelona World Race - Highly pressured decisions

Barcelona World Race - It's decision-making time for the boats at the front of the BWR fleet....

Sailing

Extreme Sailing Series Act 1 - Preview from Muscat

Extreme Sailing Series - Things are heating up in anticipation of Act 1 in Muscat which will be underway in five days....

Sailing

BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival - Necker Belle to enter race

BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival - Virgin Limited Edition announces that Necker Belle will be racing this year....

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans - CSM on a high as fleet charges through Southern Ocean

Velux 5 Oceans - British ocean racer Chris Stanmore-Major has warned his rivals to 'watch this space'...

Windsurfing

Mix n Match - Max Rowe

Max Rowe, Philip Soltysiak, and Bryan Metcalf-Perez throw down a freestyle feast in Brazil this winter.

Sailing

Artemis Racing on Extreme 40 training in Oman

Artemis Racing has been training here in Oman for the last week. This is our third Extreme 40 training camp....

Power Boats

UIM F1H2O World Championship: Italy-Usa history continues to dominate

The UIM F1H2O World Championship gets ready to start its fourth decade of competition in less than three weeks time...

Cruising

America's Cup: Young Harken Matchracers check out the AC45

Forty young sailors competing in the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's Harken Youth International Match Racing Champion...

Sailing

Navy helicopter forces yacht out of Royal Hobart Regatta race

The downdraft from a Navy Seahawk helicopter contributed to the yacht Granny Apple being ruled a non-finisher...

Sailing

Great times at the 2011 Etchells NSW State Championships.

After racing in the 2011 Thrifty NSW Etchells State Championships was abandoned on Saturday for the day....

Sailing

Harken Matchracing: Australia vs New Zealand in Finals

David Hazard representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron continued his winning streak on the Auckland Harbour this...

Cruising

Destination New Zealand guide for visiting yachts

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Sailing

Rolex Farr 40 World Championships - -Count Down begins

The standard of competition warming up for the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship 2011 is as good as it gets...

Sailing

Pryde Sailing 2011 Australian Laser Masters Nationals - Day Three

Pryde Sailing 2011 Australian Laser Masters Nationals - Sun didn't shine but action still sparkled...

Sailing

Action Video: ORMA60 drops rig at 25kts while chased by AC45

The ORMA60 TVS dropped her wing mast rig in the early stages of a Wednesday evening race, on Auckland's Waitemata harbou...

Cruising

Cruising sailor wanted in murder case 'could be anywhere'

Spanish Sailor Javier Martin wanted by FBI in Panama as 'person of interest' in sailor's murder, 'could be anywhere'...

Windsurfing

Bijl Returns - The Netherland?s Pieter Bijl returns to the PWA slalom circuit

The Netherland?s Pieter Bijl returns to the PWA slalom circuit.

Sailing

Farr 40 Worlds 2011 - Summer Sprint Series used for practice

Sixteen Farr 40 teams spent the weekend racing in the Sound area and offshore on the Macquarie Circle course....

Sailing

Australian 18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, race 12

Two great crews provided spectators with a wonderful race in Race 12 of the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship today....

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