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Australian Sailing Team welcomes new patrons on journey to London

The Australian Sailing Team announces 18 Patrons will support its quest towards Gold at the 2012 London Olympic Games...

Sailing

ISAF Welcomes Madagascar as a new member national authority

ISAF - Madagascar sits 250 miles off the east coast of Mozambique in the Indian Ocean and with 7,600 km of coastline...

Sailing

Barcelona World Race - Accelerating

Barcelona World Race - From the pit lane to the slip lane... and into the fast lane....

Sailing

Global Ocean Race 2011-12 - Virtual race

Global Ocean Race 2011-12 - The publisher of branded social games, UnitedGames, will provide the online virtual race...

Sailing

US Sailing's 2011 Rolex Miami OCR - Sailors at the top of their game

US Sailing's Rolex Miami OCR 2011 - Nothing says elite-level competition like it....

Cruising

The learning curve: Novice sailor, his life jacket and his rescue

Fall 2009, lifetime boater yet novice sailor has a sailing incident that ends happily due to innovative life jacket...

Kitesurfing

Kitestock 2011 - Tickets now available

Kitestock is the premier kitesurfing event in WA and its rapidly approaching!

Sailing

Heineken Cape to Rio 2011 day 6 update

Heineken Cape to Rio 2011- Interim handicap results and race update for 20 January 2011...

Kitesurfing

Olympic Kiteboard Course Racing a Step Closer

The IKA's push to have Kiteboard racing included in the Olympics moves a strong step ahead with it's latest course racing event.

Sailing

Key West Race Week - Day 3 Melges 32 images

Key West Race Week 2011|Melges 32 - Photographer Joy Dunigan's images from Day 3...

Windsurfing

Introducing... - We catch up with freestyler Jo?o "Janj?o" Henrique

We catch up with freestyler Jo?o "Janj?o" Henrique, yet another rising star from Brazil?s huge pool of windsurf talent.

Windsurfing

Chico On RRD - Danilo ?Chico? Menezes Da Silva signs up for a double dose of RRD

Danilo ?Chico? Menezes Da Silva signs up for a double dose of RRD.

Stand Up Paddle

Cronulla Sutherland Stand Up Paddle Club

Official launch of the new SUP Club for Sutherland Shire and surrounding southern suburbs of Sydney.

Cruising

Key West Week 2011 - Light air tests leaders on day three

Every race counts at a highly-competitive, week-long regatta such as Key West 2011, presented by Nautica....

Sailing

42 Below Mewstone Race: Fleet of nine yachts for revived Mewstone Race

Nine of Tasmania's most experienced ocean racing skippers take on Australia's southernmost offshore race this weekend...

Sailing

Audi King of the Docklands - Outteridge saves best till last

Audi King of the Docklands 2010 winner Nathan Outteridge saved his best till the last of the day at the 2011 event today...

Sailing

America's Cup: AC45 sails in Auckland on Day 3

Top international photographer, Chris Cameron, was on hand to capture the prototype AC45 in Auckland on Day 3...

Sailing

Bay of Islands Race Week: Day 2 - Georgia wins

Today's wind was logged in this morning as 'variable'; the lack-thereof resulted in a few delays. Showers were forecas...

Sailing

Audi Victoria Week - Over 400 boats signed on

As of today, 420 boats and over 4,500 competitors have signed on for Australia's largest regatta, Audi Victoria Week....

Sailing

NSW Maritime assists with Queensland flood clean up

NSW Maritime is sending six officers experienced in shoreline clean ups to assist with the Queensland flood response....

Sailing

CYCA SOLAS Trusts donates $35,705 to VMR Whitsunday

CYCA SOLAS has made a donation to Volunteer Marine Rescue (VMR) Whitsunday for $35,705....

Cruising

Robotic glider to map flood impacts in Moreton Bay

CSIRO $200,000 coastal glider is bound for Queensland to be deployed in Moreton Bay....

Cruising

Are sharks colour blind? Why NOT to wear black swim gear

A new study shows that sharks have only one type of cone cell in their eyes, suggesting they are colour blind....

Cruising

Marine Safety Queensland chief urges caution to sailors in Moreton Bay

Maritime Safety Queensland urges sailors to observe extreme caution in Moreton Bay and only venture in daylight hours...

Sailing

Velux 5 Oceans - Brad van Liew scoops bonus points

Brad Van Liew has picked up three bonus points for being the quickest skipper to pass between two speed gates....

Sailing

Australian Flying 11 Nationals - Races 3, 4 and 5

Racing on the second day of competition was again delayed....

Sailing

Key West Race Week - Warpath maintains Melges 32 lead

Day three of racing in Key West produced light air conditions and only one race leaving Howe's Warpath with a lead....

Sailing

Multihull Solutions to showcase catamarans at 2011 Fremantle Boat Show

Multihull Solutions will present Fountaine Pajot Mahe 36 Evolution and Lipari 41 at Fremantle Boat Show 2011....

Sailing

Barcelona World Race all right for some

Barcelona World Race today was all eyes right, as Virbac Paprec 3 was unveiled from 'ghost' mode....

Sailing

IFDS Disabled Sailing International Championship last call for entries

IFDS Disabled Sailing International Championship, 2011, Homerus Blind Match Racing has the final call for entries....

Sailing

Yachting Australia Board - Resignation of Andrew Plympton

Yachting Australia President, Andrew Plympton, indicated his intention to resign, both as President and as a Director....

Cruising

Barcelona World Race sole U.S. Sailor Ryan Breymaier

Barcelona World Race's only U.S. competitor, Ryan Breymaier, watched his latitude position count down to zero....

Sailing

Heineken Cape to Rio 2011 - City of Cape Town takes the lead

Heineken Cape to Rio 2011 - Gerry Heggie is sailing hard and playing for high stakes in the 2011 Cape to Rio yacht race....

Cruising

Rolex Fastnet Race - RORC confirms huge interest

Rolex Fastnet Race - Entry for one of the world's most popular yacht races opened at midnight on Sunday 9 January...

Kitesurfing

Work with Katani St Kilda

Kitesurfing Instructors Required

Cruising

Key West Race Week - Mascalzone Latino holds provisional leadership

Key West Race Week 2011 - Yesterday it was a fabulous day for Mascalzone Latino in the 2011 Key West Week....

Cruising

Volvo Ocean Race unveils youth programme

Volvo Ocean Race is proud to announce its new youth sailing initiative, the Volvo Ocean Race Academy....

Cruising

Keeping an age old ritual alive

The moment a marine turtle hatchling pokes its nose out of its sandy nest the odds are against it. But with a little he...

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans - Chris Stanmore-Major battles on

Chris Stanmore-Major (CSM) was 472 nautical miles from Wellington....

Cruising

America's Cup: AC45 Testing Day Two - 25+ Knots

Day two of testing in New Zealand and the team was confident enough to put the AC45 catamaran through its paces in 25 kn...

Cruising

America's Cup: AC 45 has no problems at top of wind range

Top international photographer, Gilles Martin-Raget, was on hand to capture the second sail of the prototype AC45 in Auc...

Sailing

Bavaria 40 Sport Announcement

Bavaria Yachts are back with the release of the Sport-Option Package added to its Farr Yacht Design Cruiser 40....

Sailing

Audi Victoria Week has red hot fleet for Audi IRC Invitational

Audi Victoria Week organisers boast the Audi Docklands Invitational brings world class yachting to Melbourne's heart....

Cruising

Key West Race Week on a warpath

Key West Race Week Melges 32 fleet enjoyed absolutely stunning conditions today....

Sailing

Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta comes alive with celebration of sail

Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta has more than 200 sailing craft of all shapes and sizes will take to the water....

Cruising

Aqualuma assists with fundraising for Qld flood appeal

Aqualuma will donate $10 for every 'Underwater Light' sold worldwide in the first qtr. of 2011 for the Qld flood appeal....

Sailing

America's Cup: AC45 ticks all the boxes on just her second day out

Sail-World was very privileged to get a look at the new AC45 sailing on the Waitemata Harbour and Hauraki Gulf, in condi...

Cruising

Marine Qld fund for flood-affected businesses

Marine Queensland has started a fund for flood affected businesses and is calling on industry to donate....

Sailing

Outteridge launches new World title campaign at Audi King of Docklands

Action aplenty at the exciting Audi King of the Docklands 'skins' knockout sailing event this Thursday and Friday....

Cruising

Key West 2011 delivers classic conditions

Key West 2011, presented by Nautica, has a Maxi Boat owner defying doctor's orders by driving an entry....

Cruising

NSW Maritime release - Capsize danger when boating offshore

The heavy ocean swells of this week are a reminder to all to always check the conditions before heading offshore....

Sailing

Geoff Stagg talks Farr 40

This week Sail-World talked to Geoff Stagg about the development of the Farr 40's....

Sailing

Australian Flying 11 National Championship 2011 - Races 1 and 2

Gill(r) 2011 Australian Flying 11 National Championship on Lake Macquarie, NSW races 1 and 2 report...

Cruising

Are sharks color blind? -Should swim shorts and wet suits all be pale

A new study shows that sharks have only one type of cone cell in their eyes, suggesting they are color blind....

Cruising

Yacht Club fire destroys historic building, but the club will go on!

Wednesday morning, the 100-year-old clubhouse at the Edgewood Yacht Club in Cranston Rhode Island was destroyed by fire....

Sailing

Team New Zealand deny interest in rival America's Cup circuit

A spokesman for Team New Zealand has denied any involvement or relationship with an alternate America's Cup...

Cruising

2010 Somali piracy sets record, but sailors are getting through

No cruising sailor who transited through the Gulf of Aden on their way to the Red Sea have been attacked in 2010...

Sailing

Barcelona World Race - Fleet closing up

Barcelona World Race leaders Estrella Damm slow through the high pressure zone, giving the chasing fleet another chance....

Power Boats

Superstock P1-28SS gets serious air time

Superstock P1-28SS got some serious air time. The new P1-28SS got some digital air-time thanks to the BBC....

Sailing

Australian Radio Sailing Nationals - Brad Gibson dominates

Brad Gibson made the long trip back home to Australia from the UK-...

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26°

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Halls Creek, WA

0 kn

19°

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