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Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai - First test sailing in Dubai

Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai - As preparations continue, two race boats being used in the event sailed for the first time....

Cruising

Route du Rhum - Strong gusts and rough seas

Route du Rhum - 1500 miles from the finish, the fleet of monohulls is tracing a straight line towards the West Indies....

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Severne Stories

Revolutionary reports from the Australian sail brand.

Cruising

BMW ORACLE Racing victory tour comes to Canada

The BMW ORACLE Racing Team, winner of the 33rd America's Cup last February, continued its America's Cup Victory Tour wit...

Sailing

NSW 18ft Skiff Championship Race 1 - Jarvin and a different crew

2010-2011 NSW 18ft Skiff Championship Race 1 of the five race series on Sydney Harbour today....

Sailing

World Record Attempt - Five weeks till crew applications close

Save Our Seas Ocean Racing Around Australia Record attempt on Brindabella has positions available to experienced sailors...

Sailing

Manly to Paradise NOR and Online Entry Now Available

The Manly to Paradise race will commence at 0900 hours on Moreton Bay east of Green Island....

Cruising

The REAL challenges for Olympic Sailing

The overwhelming response to this Olympic shake down has been focused around the classes sailed at the Games....

Cruising

ARC Rally rallies to help St Lucia hurricane victims

The ARC Rally is to assist St Lucia devastated by Hurricane Tomas by carrying supplies across the Atlantic Ocean....

Sailing

Sailing Manager Wanted

Woollahra Sailing Club on Sydney Harbour is seeking the services of a dynamic and highly organised Sailing Manager....

Cruising

Volvo Ocean Race - Groupama's logical plan

Volvo Ocean Race - With less than a year to go to the start, the final update this week comes from Team Groupama....

Cruising

Volvo Ocean Race - Puma Ocean Racing building pace

Volvo Ocean Race - With only a year to go to the start of the race, the teams are making their final crew selections....

Cruising

Sailing the Med in Eye Candy: Tunisia and the end of the season

Andrew and Clare Payne are cruising the Mediterannean in their yacht Eye Candy, and have reached Monastir in Tunisia...

Sailing

Sled captures Geraldton Ocean Classic honours

Big improver Sled repays owner's faith...

Cruising

Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale: Groupe Bel abandons

Under 1000 for Cammas, Groupe Bel abandons....

Cruising

Route du Rhum - Final sprint

Route du Rhum - With less than a thousand miles to go to the finish, Franck Cammas isn't releasing his grip....

Power Boats

Records Week begins on Coniston Water

Records Week - Motorboat drivers will be doing their all to break world records at Coniston Water this week....

Cruising

Route du Rhum - Groupe Bel forced out with keel head mechanism damage

Route du Rhum - Kito de Pavant officially abandoned the Route du Rhum very early this Saturday morning....

Cruising

RC 44 Championship Tour heads to the US

RC 44 Championship Tour 2010 - A record number of entries will compete in next month's Oracle RC 44 Cup Miami....

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans - Bath time on Spartan

Time for a bath on Spartan, I was moving equipment around inside the boat when I heard an ominous 'swishing' sound...

Sailing

Optimistic sailing start for skipper Andrew Hunn

Hobart sailor Andrew Hunn got some unusual sail training before today's pennant series in his Farr 40 Voodoo Chile....

Cruising

BMW Oracle Racing victory tour comes to Toronto, Canada

The BMW Oracle Racing Team, winner of the 33rd America's Cup last February, continued its America's Cup Victory Tour...

Cruising

BMW ORACLE Racing victory tour comes to Canada

The BMW ORACLE Racing Team continued its America's Cup Victory Tour with a visit to Toronto....

Power Boats

Powerboat records on Lake Windamere - A Brief History

The early attempts at water speed records on Windermere culminated just before the Second World War....

Power Boats

Coniston Power Boat Records Week -Powerboat speed records fall quietly

Power-boaters are breaking records galore on Coniston this week., we believe but its all being done very quietly...

Cruising

Book of the Week: Coastal Turmoil, by Ken Endean

In this highly practical guide to coastal sailing, Ken Endean offers helpful tips, real-time techniques and sound advice...

Cruising

Volvo Ocean Race - Camper's great adventure

Volvo Ocean Race - We hear from Skipper Nicholson and Saliamonas, Project Director for Camper....

Power Boats

Key West World Championships - Super Boat host the 30th Annual Worlds

Key West World Championships - The world's fastest and most competitive boats have head to Key West Florida....

Cruising

Saddam's Yacht - again for sale

Luxury yacht Ocean Breeze, once owned by Saddam Hussein, and now back in Iraqi waters, is up for sale....

Cruising

Route du Rhum - Coville's on the comeback!

Route du Rhum - A testing 24 hours for both of the leading Ultime skippers sees Coville start to come back....

Cruising

Route du Rhum - The sense of anticipation

Route du Rhum - Nice and steady tradewinds don't appear to be the case for the competitors in the Ultimate Class....

Cruising

Kiel Sailing Week 2011 - A-Cats to join the party

Kiel Sailing Week 2011 - The A-Cat class will take part in Kiel Sailing Week, represented in the international section....

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - DAY 5 PKRA Argentina

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - DAY 5 PKRA Argentina

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans - Leaders ready for drag race across the Atlantic

Brad Van Liew doing everything he can to hold onto lead as finish line approaches...

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans - Freeze dried food, the reality of eating at sea

Life alone at sea is tough for the Velux 5 Oceans skippers at the best of times, fighting extreme exhaustion...

Power Boats

'Bundy Thunder' to boost Bundaberg's economy

Many accommodation houses displaying the house full sign....

Cruising

State sailing and yacht clubs brace for a busy Sunday

Boating Industry Association expresses appreciation for the strong club support....

Sailing

Capital Insurance Brokers ACT Dinghy Champs attracts 130 boats

The Canberra Yacht Club hosted numerous classes, ranging from Optimists to Flying Fifteens and Sailability classes....

Cruising

St. Moritz Match Race announces dates of 2011 edition

The 2011 edition of St. Moritz Match Race will take place in the Swiss Alps on August 30 - September 4, 2011....

Cruising

Tasmania's Sandy Bay will host International Cadet Worlds 2012

The International Cadet Class has awarded Hobart's Sandy Bay Sailing Club the rights to host the 2012 Worlds...

Cruising

After skipper overboard wife almost lost too because she couldn't sail

A woman whose husband had gone overboard and who couldn't sail was saved by three fishermen this week....

Sailing

Try Sailing Day - this Sunday attracts record number of Clubs

Forty one of the top sailing, yachting and skiff clubs in NSW have pledged their support to the annual Try Sailing Day...

Sailing

Gosford to Lord Howe - Missing' yacht Frantic finally reaches port

The Hempel Paints Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race yacht Frantic has safely reached Newcastle Harbour....

Cruising

Yacht crew shaken after collision with cargo ship

3 South African crew of a yacht had a narrow escape after their yacht was smashed from behind by a large cargo ship...

Cruising

ISAF Annual Conference 2010 underway tomorrow

ISAF Annual Conference 2010 - The ISAF Annual Conference 2010 kicks off tomorrow (5 November)....

Sailing

Route du Rhum - King of the motorway

Route du Rhum - In the Ultime class Franck Cammas is looking increasingly likely to be crowned king....

Sailing

Route du Rhum - The battle of the Atlantic

Route du Rhum - Groupama 3 has just passed the midway mark and Sodebo is now hurtling along towards the finish....

Cruising

Four rescued, yacht abandoned southwest of Fiji

4 sailors from New Zealand are rescued from the Pacific Ocean by a container ship, and their yacht has been abandoned....

Cruising

South Africa makes it official: Vessels 'required' to carry EPIRBs

South Africa's SAMSA has issued a statement that all ships are required to carry an EPIRB...

Sailing

Groupama 3: The battle of the Atlantic starts in the Route du Rhum

Franck Cammas has a 346 mile lead over Thomas Coville, making an average speed of twenty knots over 17 hours or simply 2...

Sailing

Route du Rhum - Gitana 11 going all out

Route du Rhum - For his first solo transatlantic, Guichard has shown that he's a force to be reckoned with....

Power Boats

Rock the Boat - 1954 Chris-Craft arrives in Phoenix

Rock the Boat - Sometimes things just come together right. I love it when that happens....

Cruising

Oman Air Majan - Interview with Skipper aboard bulk carrier

Sidney Gavignet took part in a telephone interview with Sam Davies while once aboard bulk carrier Kavo Alexander....

Cruising

Oman Air Majan skipper safely onboard bulk carrier

Team pleased to report that skipper Sidney Gavignet is now safely onboard the bulk carrier Kavo Alexander....

Sailing

Ronstan Indian Ocean Classic - Great weekend with impressive turnout

164 boats with 213 competitors sailed in two race areas over the weekend....

Cruising

Route du Rhum - Heading towards the front

Guillemot managed to solve his solent headsail hook problem and is now able to get the full potential out of Safran....

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - Day 4 PKRA Argentina

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Day 4 PKRA Argentina

Windsurfing

A Swell Time in GC

Eleazar Alonso scores some super-sized North Gran Canarian rides!

Sailing

Olympic Sailing: New multihull analysis asks hard questions of ISAF

Just over a week before the start of the International Sailing Federation's Annual Meeting in Athens, Greece the vocife...

Sailing

Australian Youth Sailing Team support staff sought

Yachting Australia is calling for expressions of interest for support staff for the Youth Sailing Team for 2011...

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Cape Leeuwin, WA

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How to take photos of your fish catch

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How to start Kiteboarding

How to stick a surfpad on your kiteboard (surfboard)

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How to stick a surfpad on your kiteboard (surfboard)

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How to tune your kite line lengths

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How to take fishing photo's - part 2

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Hi, I have just over tighten the screw in =my vent plug on my foil board.

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2020 Ezzy Zeta with No limitz sumo 460 mast?

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Hi guys, Looking for your guidance on which foil is suitable for a 100kg beginner.

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Hey all, this might be a long shot but I'm curious if anyone has seen this.

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Recently switched to a boom and interested in trying to use harness lines for the first time.

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