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Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI announced line honours winner

Following a tense wait Wild Oats XI has been exonerated and is line honours winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race...

Sailing

Melbourne to Hobart Eastcoaster - Goldfinger smashes record

Goldfinger wins the Red Wine Cup....

Sailing

Sydney Hobart - Secret Mens Business 3.5 current handicap leader

Secret Men's Business 3.5 is the current leader in the contest for corrected time honours...

Cruising

Rolex Sydney Hobart News flash - Protests dismissed

Both protests have been dismissed...

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart fleet trickles into Hobart

Sean Langman and Anthony Bell's 100-foot super maxi Investec Loyal was the second yacht across the finish line...

Sailing

Marine Rescue NSW Terrey Hills Unit - Hoax distress calls not a joke

The annual onset of the 'silly season' unfortunately means a marked increase in hoax distress calls....

Sailing

Melbourne to Hobart - Goldfinger close to finish

Goldfinger has just radioed in at the Iron Pot, which is 11nm from the finish line....

Sailing

Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race - Mr Kite takes line honours

Mr Kite has taken line honours in the Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race...

Sailing

Sydney Hobart Hhandicap - The 50 footers are closing watch this space

The leading group of hot handicap contender are part of a group of 50 footers are just off Iron Pot...

Sailing

2011 Australian Laser Championship starts today at George's River, NSW

189 entries from seven States will race on Botany for the chance to win one of four National titles....

Sailing

38th Australian Tasar Championships to kick off in five days

Entries closed on Christmas Eve for the 38th Australian Tasar Championships, with the fleet finishing up at 70 boats....

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Derwent River up to its old tricks

The Derwent River played its favourite game with tired Rolex Sydney Hobart ocean racers last night....

Sailing

Tight racing at the Over the Moon NS14 Australian Titles

Sean Edmiston and Anna Lashko in 'Merlin' lead the NS14 Nationals after day one....

Sailing

Melbourne to Launceston and Hobarts - Goldfinger on record pace

Spirit of Freya finished the Melbourne to Launceston race at 01:55:54, leaving Deliverance as the last boat out....

Sailing

To win the Hobart - first you have to ....

Get to Green Cape with Life Raft, Motor, Comms and Crew in good order...

Sailing

Tradition... ..66-years of it

More than a sailboat race, it's one of the world's great sporting events....

Sailing

Sydney Hobart Radio sked 0735 (AEST) NOW and Radio Relay traffic

Sail-World.com will stream the 0735 Sydney Hobart Radio sked and Radio relay traffic....

Cruising

First International Congress of Ocean Sailing and the Environment

Barcelona World Race holds first International Congress of Ocean Sailing and the Environment 28-30 December...

Cruising

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Investec Loyal's Derwent drift

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - After being becalmed within sight of the line, Investec Loyal is the second to finish...

Windsurfing

Happy Birthday MauiSails - Hawaiian sail loft MauiSails celebrate 32 years in th

Hawaiian sail loft MauiSails celebrate 32 years in the game.

Cruising

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Illingworth Trophy not presented at dock

Cruising Yacht Club of Australia abandoned plans to present the Illingworth Trophy to the skipper of Wild Oats XI....

Cruising

Wild Oats XI first boat home

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - Touted as one of the toughest, the RSHYR sees the first finisher arrive in Hobart...

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans announces new sustainability award

Solo round the world yacht race rewards skippers for educating about sustainability at sea-...

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI takes line honours under a cloud

Wild Oats XI tonight took line honours for the fifth time in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, but her victory is provisional...

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI first boat to Hobart

Bob Oatley's champion Wild Oats XI has reasserted its claim as one of Australia's greatest ocean racing yachts....

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI finishes + Video

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Bob Oatley's 30 metre super max Wild Oats XI crossed the Derwent River finish line in Hobart tonig...

Sailing

Launceston to Hobart - Mr Kite on track for second line honours

Champion Hobart yachtsman Andrew Hunn is on line to score his second successive line honours victory....

Sailing

Melbourne to Launceston and Hobart - Finishers and some still at sea

The Melbourne to Launceston race has had 10 boats finish, as of 6.30pm....

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI nears the home stretch

The crew of Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI has seen conditions go from one extreme to the other in the past 24 hours....

Cruising

Sydney Hobart Sensation - Wild Oats XI, RAN protested by Race Commitee

race committee was protesting both Wild Oats Xi and RAN under Sailing Instructions 44.1A and 44.2 which pertain to the...

Sailing

Sydney Hobart Radio sked 1705 (AEST) NOW and Radio Relay traffic

Sail-World.com will stream the 1705 Sydney Hobart Radio sked and Radio relay traffic....

Sailing

Melbourne to Launceston - Four now finished

Four of the 16 boats partaking in the Melbourne to Launceston race are already tied up to the quay...

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - It's not about luck, it's about preparation

Aurora is 57th in the fleet sailing east of Green Cape, which marks the beginning of the journey across Bass Strait,...

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans - Gutek battling autopilot problems

Velux 5 Oceans skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski has been struck with problems with the autopilot onboard...

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Fleet regroups after miserable night

Modern maxi yachts need very little wind to reach incredible speeds....

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart: Calming Images for the Wave-Weary

For those followers of the race who have no friends or family aboard any of the participating yachts to worry about, the...

Power Boats

Super Boat International preparing for 2011 season

Key West winners to be targeted by rival crews....

Cruising

Sydney to Hobart: Secret Men's Business - Water skiing in Bass Strait

Rolex Sydney to Hobart Update - Secret Mens Business 3.5 sailor Caillin Howard went waterskiing last night...

Power Boats

Ethanol - rearing its ugly head again

NMMA and its allies take legal action against EPA....

Sailing

Melbourne to Launceston race line honours win to Ninety Seven

The Melbourne to Launceston race line honours win goes to Ninety Seven....

Cruising

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Retirements continue through out the night

The attrition continues in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race...

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI maintains her lead

Wild Oats XI has emerged from a rugged crossing of Bass Strait virtually unscathed...

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - One minute roof, the next sky

Rolex Sydney Hobart update from the yacht Bacardi who lost her rig yesterday...

Sailing

Launceston to Hobart Yacht race - Dump Truck aims for Treble

Dump Truck is at the top of the leader board under AMS, IRC and PHS categories...

Sailing

Heemskirk Tassie Trio - Hot contest for the Red Wine Cup

The Eastcoaster was started in 2008, as a result of the success of the Melbourne to Launceston...

Cruising

E-book: '101 Dollar Saving Tips for Sailors'

Vincent Bossley has compiled his seafaring knowledge into an E-book called '101 Dollar Saving Tips for Sailors'...

Sailing

Melbourne to Launceston Yacht Race - Leader due to cross finish line

Ninety Seven will finish the Melbourne to Launceston race around 12.00 noon today....

Sailing

Sydney Hobart 2010 - Investec Loyal's charging at race leader

Investec Loyal is racing to catch Sydney Hobart race leader Wild Oats XI....

Sailing

Sydney Hobart 2009 winner retires from 2010 race

Sydney Hobart - This mornings radio sked has just been completed. Last years handicap winner Two True has retired...

Cruising

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - More overnight retirements

A further three retirements overnight in the 66th Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race among the small to mid size boats,...

Sailing

Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race - Fleet through Banks Strait

At 0700 this morning Andrew Hunn's Mr Kite held a lead of less than half a sea mile from Dump Truck...

Cruising

Sydney Hobart - Listen to 0735 Radio Sked here now

Radio Sked online now...

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - Friends since their youth

The IMOCA Open 60 co-skippers Pachi Rivero (ESP) and Tono Piris (ESP) are one of the strongest partnerships...

Cruising

Product of the week: The simple wristband for seasickness

One great non-drug solution to seasickness is the simple wristband...

Windsurfing

John Skye Talks Shop

??Skyeboy talks all things water related with windsurf bloggers Zakel

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart; All Quieter on the Eastern Front?

A dockside strawpoll with a few of the race's most experienced navigators and tacticians before the Boxing Day start sug...

Cruising

Veux 5 Oceans - Downwind sailing at last

'The weather has not been kind to us since the Leg 2 restart in Cape Town...

Cruising

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats hits awful conditions in Bass Strait

Adrienne Cahalan tonight described the crossing of Bass Strait as possibly the worst she has experienced....

Cruising

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Storm drama in Bass Strait

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Storm force conditions are taking their toll on the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet with five...

Cruising

America's Cup - Shosholoza will not take part

Captain Sarno: This America's Cup is very expensive; Shosholoza will not take part...

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WNW

13°

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Halls Creek, WA

0 kn

21°

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