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Bruny Island Race victory to Intrigue

Bruny Island Race - Twenty-six years ago, Hobart yachtsman Don Calvert won his first Bruny Island Race....

Sailing

2011 Australian Laser Masters Nationals - Day Two

Fun and enjoyment on the water for the 180 racers at the 2011 Australian Laser Master Championship...

Sailing

Harken Match Racing: Two Aussies and two Kiwis into the Semi Finals

Two Aussies and two Kiwis are into the Semi Finals at the 2011 Harken Youth International Match Racing Championships....

Sailing

Milson Memorial Race - Clitheroe gets the right balance

Milson Memorial Race - Paul Clitheroe has won both races conducted by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron this season....

Sailing

Vendee Globe 2012-2013: Virbac Paprec 3 first entry

Vendee Globe - Jean-Pierre Dick has become the very first person to sign up for the 2012-2013 race....

Sailing

85th Bruny Island Race close finish

85th Bruny Island Race - Less than three minutes separated The Fork in the Road and Helsal 3 when they finished....

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - Half way there? Or half way home? Or not?

Barcelona World Race - It's a theoretical distance, but 25,000 miles is the published course distance....

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - Huges waves for top three

Barcelona World Race - Mapfre and Estrella Damm endured their most challenging sea conditions this morning....

Sailing

85th Bruny Island Yacht Race - Slow circumnavigation of the island

The 85th Bruny Island Race is anyone's race, both on line and handicap, with the lead changing hands throughout the day...

Power Boats

'Doosan' dominates tough Maraetai Offshore Powerboat Race

After two races dominating the superboat class of the Rayglass Offshore Powerboat Series, 'Fairview' were prevented fro...

Sailing

Romance and racing in the air!

Cupid scattered his love dust over 44 sailors during Romantic Racing regatta hosted by Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron....

Sailing

Harken Match Racing: Griffin, Hazard and Banks lead after Day 1

Australian Jay Griffin and Kiwis David Hazard and Codie Banks are locked together on top of the leader board...

Sailing

2011 Australian Laser Masters Nationals

The opening day of the first separate Australian Laser Masters Championship in over 25 years couldn't have been better....

Sailing

Harken Match Racing: Aussies and Kiwis lead morning of Day 1

The 2011 HARKEN Youth International Match Racing Championships has begun with lots of close match racing action on the W...

Cruising

St. Maarten Heineken Regatta - Fleet growing, changes in the works

St. Maartin Heineken Regatta - With less than three weeks to go before racing commences, the fleet continues to grow....

Sailing

Big day at the 2011 Etchells NSW State Championships.

Sunshine, strong, predominantly Nor'easterly breezes and a good swell greeted the 35-boat fleet...

Sailing

America's Cup: Second Italian Challenger comes to light

A second Italian Challenger for the 34th America's Cup has announced that they have selected a club...

Sailing

Barcelona World Race - A sting in tail from Indian Ocean

Barcelona World Race - The Indian Ocean is not giving up leaders of the BWR without a final scrap....

Cruising

Ten quick tips to make boat cleaning less of a chore.

If you put off cleaning your boat, you are inviting expensive trouble. Here are ten quick common sense cleaning tips...

Sailing

Extreme 40: Alinghi launch new boat in Oman, start two boat program

The new Alinghi Extreme 40 has been christened by the crew during their pre-season training camp this week in Oman...

Stand Up Paddle

How old is SUP? (Stand up Paddling)

Rob Pirie takes some amazing photo's while in Papua New Guinea last year.

Kitesurfing

Kitestock kicks off today, despite the forecasts

Light and offshore winds won't put off kitersurfers heading north!

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - Groupe Bel on the charge

Barcelona World Race - So far it looks like more straightforward, plain sailing over coming days for BWR racers....

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans - Oil leak on Active House

Velux 5 Oceans competitor, Canadian ocean racer Derek Hatfield, said today he is relishing the tight racing...

Cruising

RORC Caribbean 600 - Just ten days to go

The RORC Caribbean 600, now in its third year, has attracted competitors from all over the world...

Sailing

Australian 18ft Skiffs Twilight Race

Simon Nearn, Gerard Smith and Pedro Vozone had to come from behind to take out the Austrlian 18ft League's Twilight Race...

Power Boats

Cigarette Racing Team moving with the times

Legendary marque invites its fans aboard at Facebook....

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - Hugo Boss slips past GAES

Barcelona World Race - Two duos will be feeling a special satisfaction this morning after gaining places on the board....

Sailing

Royal Hobart Regatta revival of yachting

Royal Hobart Regatta - This weekend will see a revival of yachting and sailing events on the River Derwent....

Sailing

Heineken Cape to Rio 2011 Yacht Race - Winner declared

Heineken Cape to Rio yacht race winner was declared to be the City of Cape Town....

Sailing

Operation Blue Water this weekend in NSW

NSW Maritime Boating Safety Officers will target offshore boating safety this weekend with Operation Blue Water....

Cruising

Is your yacht safe? Marine surveyor sounds Carbon Monoxide alarm

Marine surveyor Paul Slivka draws attention to the danger of death by asphyxiation on board both sailing and power boat...

Sailing

85th Bruny Island Yacht Race preview

The 89 nautical mile circumnavigation of the island south of Hobart starts tomorrow (Saturday, 12 February 2011)...

Sailing

Laser-most popular sailing boat in world 200,000 + and Prices Down

Laser has climbed past the 200,000 boat mark and new Laser prices dropping as volumes continue to climb....

Sailing

PDYC hosts Blockbuster Weekend 2011

Blockbuster Weekend 2011 was once again staged on the Tamar River, Beauty Point, Tasmania....

Cruising

Voyaging with Velella: Dragging anchor in crowded La Cruz

Meghan Cleary, partner Prescott and kitten Nessie are on a 9-month cruise in the tropics, currently sailing in Mexico....

Sailing

Barcelona World Race - Mapfre in the fight

Barcelona World Race - Iker Martinez and Xabi Fernandez are hanging on the second place....

Cruising

America's Cup: Two Asian teams checking out possible entry

Two prospective teams from Asia were in Auckland for the launch of the AC45 on Tuesday....

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans-Gutek reclaims second as battle with Hatfield heightens

Velux 5 Oceans - Gutek and Operon Racing have reclaimed second place after it was snatched by rival Derek Hatfield....

Windsurfing

Fantasy Windsurfing? - PWA fantasy windsurfing is here

??PWA fantasy windsurfing is here, get your team in before the start of the season for a chance to win a brand new 2011 Starboard board of your choice...??

Cruising

J/24 Canadian Championships to be held at Port Credit Yacht Club

J/24 Canadian Championships to be held at Port Credit Yacht Club in Mississauga, Ontario July 7-10, 2011...

Sailing

FMJ Racing wins 2011 Hardy cup, 3-nil in the Finals

Full Metal Jacket Racing report in the just concluded Hardy Cup...

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - Central Lechera Asturiana: catch up starts here

Virbac-Paprec 3 have around 900 miles of the Indian Ocean left and are around 1900 miles to the entrance to Cook Straits...

Power Boats

NZ Offshore Powerboats create 'Thunder on the Coast'

Round Three of the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboats takes place on Saturday 12th February off the coast of Marae...

Sailing

2011 Sabot Development Camp at Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club

The 2011 Sabot Development Live in Camp will be held at Noosa Yacht and Rowing Club from the 1st April....

Sailing

Hardy Cup 2011 - Will Tiller steers Kiwis to victory

Three 21-year-old sailors from Auckland's Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron today outsailed their Australian opposition...

Sailing

Record fleet of 133 boats for Bellerive twilight

Hobart's River Derwent - 133 yachts sailed in Bellerive Yacht Club's Wednesday evening twilight races....

Sailing

Two Australian crews at the top of World Sailing Rankings

Latest ISAF World Sailing Rankings released last night see Slingsby and Belcher and Page at the top of their class....

Sailing

Cairns Marlin Marina untouched by Cyclone Yasi

Cairns Marlin Marina is open for business and fully functional after Cyclone Yasi vents wrath on Far North Queensland...

Sailing

ISAF Nations Cup Europe II Regional Final - Two Irish teams

ISA has announced two teams have been selected to represent Ireland in the ISAF Nations Cup Europe II Regional Final...

Sailing

ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 9 February 2011

The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 9 February 2011 have been released....

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - Considering the Cook Straits

Barcelona World Race - The leading group may be ready to reflect on their passage across a lenient south Indian Ocean....

Sailing

Barcelona World Race - Groupe Bel technical stop

Barcelona World Race - Kito De Pavant revealed this morning that Groupe Bel has been sailing without two damaged sails....

Cruising

America's Cup: Peyron brothers behind the latest Challenger

Energy Team, the new French challenge set up around Bruno and Loick Peyron, has been officially registered for the 34th...

Sailing

America's Cup 2013 - Energy Team takes on the challenge

America's Cup 2013 - Launched and run by Loick and Bruno Peyron, this challenge is backed by the Yacht Club De France....

Windsurfing

Tonky On Tabou?? - Yet more transfer news as Tonky Frans moves over to the team

Yet more transfer news as Tonky Frans moves over to the team at Tabou boards.

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - The PKRA is going back to Mexico

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - The PKRA is going back to Mexico

Sailing

Velux 5 Oceans - Gutek fights back

Gutek has sailed an almost identical course as Brad on Le Pingouin and Canadian skipper Derek Hatfield on Active House...

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - Reducing speed and lead

Virbac-Paprec 3 have just passed the easternmost end of the second Australian safety barrier...

Power Boats

Lewmar Marine - EVO winch retail promotion

Lewmar Marine - For a limited period, Lewmar are offering a free award-winning OneTouch winch handle with every EVO winc...

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Kitesurfing

Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

Fishing

How to take photos of your fish catch

Kitesurfing

How to start Kiteboarding

Kitesurfing

Travelling to Bali - some Trip Tips

Kitesurfing

How to tune your kite line lengths

Stand Up Paddle

A New Star for Starboard

How to stick a surfpad on your kiteboard (surfboard)

Kitesurfing

How to stick a surfpad on your kiteboard (surfboard)

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The right food for Stand Up Paddling...

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