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Save Our Seas World Record crew shortlist announced this Friday

Save Our Seas Ocean Racing accepted over 100 applications for it's 2011 Around Australia world record attempt....

Sailing

Rex Billing mourned by Victorian sailors and and the Metung community

Rex James Billing had died peacefully in the Bairnsdale Hospital, after six year battle with renal cancer....

Sailing

Launceston to Hobart: Yachtsman's thwarted bid for repeat performance

Fisher has been unable to have it measured in time to receive an AMS rating certificate...

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Snow strands sailors

Snow is causing havoc for Rolex Sydney Hobart competitors....

Sailing

America's Cup: Interview with Kevin Reed, head of Canada's AC drive

Red Maple Racing, led by Toronto financier Kevin Reed, is the project that embodies Canada's drive in the America's Cup....

Sailing

Sail Down Under Series medals shared by seven countries

Sail Down Under Series 2010 wrapped up on Saturday with the final day of racing at Sail Melbourne....

Sailing

Fire Stopping fires at the right time

It was the quiet whisper going around Manly 16ft Skiff Club's fleet: Just what was going wrong with two-time national ch...

Sailing

Newport to update on America's Cup venue status

Rhode Island's Economic and Development Corp has announced via a media alert that their Executive Director will present...

Sailing

RS100 is Sailing World's 2011 Boat of the Year winners

Sailing World magazine announced the winners of its 25th annual Boat of the Year awards....

Kitesurfing

Kitestock 2011 Update

The premium kitesurfing event in WA is getting closer...

Stand Up Paddle

Inaugral Coreban Great Melbourne Paddle a success

45 stand up paddlers took to the water to enjoy this fantastic event

Cruising

Fire system: The argument for a fixed system on a sailing boat

A yacht's engine room is the most likely place for a fire to start and if you are out on the water, lives are at risk....

Cruising

Laura Dekker is across the Atlantic

Laura Dekker, 14-year-old Dutch sailor, has arrived on the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten after sailing the Atlantic...

Sailing

Global Ocean Race - First female team announced

Jenner and Renken are currently the only all-girl GOR team....

Windsurfing

Tow-In Tenerife Style - Dany Bruch shows his own unique take on tow-in windsurfi

Dany Bruch shows his own unique take on tow-in windsurfing.

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans - Christophe Bullens set to restart Sprint 2

After an amazing effort working to fix his yacht, Belgian ocean racer Christophe Bullens is set to restart Sprint two...

Sailing

Rolex Trophy - Limit makes good on threat

Limit was the star attraction of the Rolex Trophy...

Power Boats

The Hunt for Red Octob.....December???????

How to go barrel rolling with whales....

Sailing

Marine Auctions say 2010 was a tough year

Chief auctioneer admits it has been a tough year....

Sailing

Australian Etchells Pre-Nationals Day One

The Royal Geelong Yacht Club is holding a Pre-Nationals event this weekend....

Cruising

America's Cup: Update from Warkworth on AC45's

Work on the AC45 catamarans, which the America's Cup teams will use to race in the 2011 America's Cup World Series event...

Cruising

Ullman proud of round-world feat of two cruising sailors

Michael Lawler & Barbara Burdick sailed the world in Traveler-2 canals, 6 continents, 61 countries, 31,145 nm and 3yrs...

Cruising

The Farr 30 Worlds are coming to San Francisco

Farr 30 International One Design Class Association annouces that St. Francis Yacht Club will host the 2011 championship...

Cruising

Voyaging with Velella - Wildlife highway

'Voyaging with Velella' by Meghan Cleary as she, Prescott and kitten Nessie continue their planned 9-month cruise...

Cruising

Ainslie back on top as Brits score Melbourne World Cup hat-trick

Sail Melbourne - Ben Ainslie saw a win on Saturday, (18 December) claiming one of Skandia Team GBR's three gold medals...

Sailing

Betsey Island Race - Good sailing days for the Bugg family of Hobart

It's been a good couple of sailing days for Derwent Sailing Squadron Vice Commodore Ron Bugg and his son Matthew....

Sailing

Sail Melbourne - Aussie medals on final day of Sail Melbourne

The Australian Sailing Team have won medals and welcomed a new member to the team on the final day of Sail Melbourne....

Cruising

Sail Melbourne - Exciting finishes and upsets in medal races

ISAF Sailing World Cup opening round Sail Melbourne has come to an end...

Sailing

Rolex Trophy Series - Hooligan makes a menace of herself

Rolex Trophy Series saw a spectacular start for passage racing in Australia's Rolex Trophy Rating and Passage Series'....

Cruising

Sail Melbourne Gold for Ainslie and Dell Karth Nico

Sail Melbourne decided the first Sailing World Cup events, with Austria winning 49ers gold, and Ainslie's Finns win....

Sailing

Sail Melbourne - Australia gold for Belcher and Page

Sail Melbourne brings Australia its first gold medal in the Sailing World Cup with Olympic medallists Belcher and Page ....

Cruising

Sail Melbourne gives another gold to Great Britain

Sail Melbourne shows Great Britain's Thompson beating Slingsby...

Sailing

Sail Melbourne brings more success for the Belchers

Sail Melbourne had Germany's Friederike Belcher and Kathrin Kadelbach overtake Austrians Vogl and Flatscher....

Cruising

Skype - key event communication tool for Rolex Sydney Hobart race

Two Swedish techno-nerds Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis spent the noughties revolutionizing music distribution...

Power Boats

60m yacht sinks at launch in Thailand

the yacht had 'a very low freeboard working deck over maybe half the boat.'...

Sailing

Sail Melbourne medal races can be tracked live today

Sail Melbourne medal races are due to get underway directly in front of the Sandringham Yacht Club at 11am EDST....

Cruising

Panama Canal closed!

The Panama Canal, that lifeline between the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, has had to be closed because of flooding....

Power Boats

Singapore to host Asia's first Superyacht Show

Active support from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and the Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau (SECB)...

Cruising

A yacht to dream about: The Focus 800

Focus 800 is a simple 8m day-sailor, fast, comfortable, rich with mahogany and teak and perfect for single-handers....

Sailing

Barcelona and the media bids 'Bienvenidos' to the skippers

Barcelona World Race skippers lined up today for the first obligatory press conference...

Power Boats

Water Police or 'Fun Police'?

Water Police seem intent on hounding powered water sports away from the Queensland Gold Coast....

Sailing

Looking at the Reemerging Catamaran Classes

Ryan Duffield is among the top catamaran athletes in Australia and working his way up among international sailing compet...

Power Boats

Troy Marland - Australia's latest World Champion

UIM Unlimited Displacement World Champion next sets sight on world kilo record....

Sailing

Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race 2010 - McConaghy boats leading the charge

The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is revered as one of the toughest ocean races on the international yachting calendar....

Cruising

World Yacht Racing Forum - Change, modernity and new ways of thinking

Change, modernity and new ways of thinking were at the heart of the World Yacht Racing Forum's third edition....

Sailing

Sail Melbourne - Aussies in the mix for medals on the final day

Australian Sailing Team crews are in the mix for medals as the opening round of Sail Melbourne heads towards its climax....

Cruising

IFDS Disabled Sailing International Championship - New format debuts

New Format for Blind Match Racing debuts in Perth, Western Australia....

Sailing

Sail Melbourne - Sail Down Under Series going right down to the wire

After three regattas in three states and 15 days of racing the Sail Down Under Series comes to a conclusion on Saturday-...

Cruising

470 Junior World Championships, 16-22 December 2010 - Event Preview

The sailors are ready to do battle for the 2010 470 Junior World Championships....

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans - Canadian Derek Hatfield leads fleet in second sprint

Canadian Derek Hatfield has reclaimed the lead less than 24 hours into the second sprint of the Velux 5 Oceans...

Sailing

Australian Sports Boat Association (ASBA) Australian titles at RQYS

With just over 10 days before racing starts, the fleet is starting to take shape for the fourth ASBA National Titles....

Sailing

Rolex Trophy 2010 - Hooligan maintains lead after long day out

It was a long day on the water for the reward of just one race in the Cruising Yacht Club....

Cruising

Sail Melbourne - Great day for Great Britain until squall hits

Today, British sailors Nick Thompson and Ben Ainslie virtually assured themselves of Gold medals at Sail Melbourne...

Sailing

Sail Sydney 2010 - 29erXX borrowed hull, charter rig, loads of fun

'Ollie Hartas: Hi Clynton, Can I please charter an XX rig for Sail Sydney?...

Sailing

NSW Maritime issues a statewide boating alert

NSW Maritime Chief Executive Steve Dunn has warned of continued hazardous conditions in a number of statewide waterways....

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Brindabella is back

The upcoming Rolex Sydney Hobart, though, will have a whole new old Brindabella on the start line....

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI goes through final safety training

Wild Oats XI, went through their final safety drill on Sydney Harbour today...

Sailing

Top Guns in Geelong for Etchells Pre-Nationals

This weekend December 18-19th, around a third of that fleet will be racing in a Pre-Nationals event....

Cruising

OK Dinghy World Rankings - New number one

OK Dinghy World Rankings final release for 2010 brings a familiar face back to the top....

Power Boats

Powerboat P1 takes first orders for new Superstock boat

Powerboat P1 unveiled its new P1-28SS race boat at the Performance Race Industry (PRI) show...

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