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Vicsail appointed as Nautor's Swan Australia

Nautor's Swan is pleased to announce that Vicsail has been appointed as sales agent for Nautor's Swan in Aust and NZ...

Sailing

IFDS Blind Match Racing Championship at Royal Perth Yacht Club

Royal Perth Yacht Club has released the Notice of Race for the IFDS Disabled Sailing International Championship, 2011....

Cruising

67-year-old grandmother starts solo non-stop circumnavigation today

Today is the day for Jeanne Socrates, 67-year-old grandmother, to begin her solo non-stop circumnavigation....

Sailing

Rolex Osprey Cup - Tulloch, Manard Leonard, Chamberlin & O'Reilly win

Tulloch, Leonard, Chamberlin, and O'Reilly have won the 2010 Rolex Osprey Cup after a well-fought battle....

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - One week until applications for entry close

Those eyeing off a place on the starting blocks for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race have just one week left....

Kitesurfing

Robbery at Goodtime Surf & Sail

Not such a goodtime when burgulars are involved...

Cruising

Australian Customs - can they board your yacht without permission?

can Australian Customs board your yacht to make a search without your permission and without a warrant?...

Sailing

Global Ocean Race - Tanguy de Lamotte enters

Global Ocean Race 2011-12 - Tanguy de Lamotte, has officially announced he will be competing in the Global Ocean Race....

Cruising

EU Naval Force says 'NO!' to Gulf of Aden for leisure sailors

EU Navy accuses yachters of taking needless risk of kidnap by sailing convoys through the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden...

Cruising

RS:X Youth World Championship 2010

RS:X Youth World Championship 2010 - 114 athletes from 16 nations and three continents are assembling in Cyprus....

Cruising

Route du Rhum - A champions' colours but a different class

Route du Rhum - In a new configuration, lengthened to be competitive in the new Ultime category, Gitana XI is ready....

Kitesurfing

Another speed record falls at Luderitz

Records are being broken faster than ever at the Luderitz kitesurfing event...

Cruising

Route du Rhum La Banque Postale - One week until the start

Route du Rhum - One week to go to the start of the ninth edition of the legendary Route du Rhum La Banque Populaire....

Sailing

Route du Rhum - Back with hopes of a defence

Route du Rhum - Last time, from a very competitive IMOCA Open 60 fleet, it was Jourdain who won the big monohull class....

Kitesurfing

Red Bull Lighthouse to Leighton Kite Race

A new kitesurfing event from Gage roads to Leighton Beach in WA

Cruising

Aust photographer launches project supporting education in Pakistan

Australian photographer launches project supporting education in Pakistan...

Power Boats

Australian Offshore Challenge - Nationwide interest in 2011 edition

As summer approaches, the attention of boaties all over the country turns to getting out on the water....

Power Boats

UIM F1 H2O World Championship - 44 race losing streak ends in Shenzhen

Italian Francesco Cantando was in the right place at the right time...

Windsurfing

Calendar Guys

Windsurf Highlights bring you their action-packed 2011 calendar.

Cruising

Rolex Middle Sea Race - Esimit Europa 2 leads the way

Esimit Europa 2 reported making 17+ knots out of the Strait of Messina, helped by a fair three knot tide....

Sailing

Paul Clitheroe 'in the money' with Gascoigne Cup victory

Paul Clitheroe and his Beneteau 45 Balance won the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's prestigious Gascoigne Cup...

Sailing

18ft Skiffs - Mick Scully Memorial Trophy on Sydney Harbour

Press and his crew sailed consistently throughout the race in a southerly wind which varied between 10-18 knots....

Sailing

Bakewell-White superboat General Lee smashes Geraldton Record

The little all carbon 38 foot Bakewell-White designed General Lee revelled in strong running conditions in the Auto Mast...

Cruising

Get your tickets now for the BIA VIC Women in Marine Business lunch

Women and men are invited to a BIA Vic luncheon celebrating Women in Marine Business, with guest speaker Nancy Knudsen....

Sailing

DSS pennant race one to Wedge Island

Sydney Hobart racing yacht Valheru ran aground, hard and fast, on Wedge Island in Storm Bay yesterday....

Sailing

Ensign Yachts Challenge: Bataille de la Beneteaus et Jeanneaus

French yacht owners pride will be on the line on Saturday 30 October as they tussle for the title of grand champion in...

Cruising

Channel 16 blocked by careless radio operators

Private yachts are putting lives at risk by accidentally blocking the airwaves, the coastguard in Britain has warned....

Cruising

RS:X Youth World Windsurfing Championships 2010 - RS:X youth gathering

RS:X Youth World Windsurfing Championships 2010 - 114 athletes from 16 nations and three continents are assembling....

Cruising

No MOB, no dismasting, just a poisonous cobra

Personnel at the Thorpe Bay Yacht Club acted quickly when a curled poisonous cobra was sighted at the Club....

Cruising

2010 Snipe US Nationals: Great Video

Annapolis delivered the weather everyone expected for the 2010 Snipe US Nationals. Six days of sun and one day or rain....

Cruising

La Route du Rhum La Banque Postale 2010 - Pete Goss returns

La Route du Rhum - Arriving in Saint Malo Friday, Pete Goss is back in the world of solo ocean racing....

Cruising

Rolex Middle Sea Race - 76 yachts start the race in Malta

The canons of the Saluting Battery were ablaze signalling each of the five starts....

Cruising

World Match Racing Tour - Jeremy Koo heads to the Monsoon Cup

The curtain came down on the Malaysian Match Racing Championship (MMRC) after a dramatic Finals day...

Sailing

Balmain Regatta heralds return of summer sailing to Sydney

Sydney Harbour sailors are looking forward to the start of the 2010-11 summer sailing season...

Power Boats

UIM F1 H2O World Championship - New mystery Dac Boat in Price's hands

Jay Price has taken to the controls of the newest boat to leave the Como...

Cruising

Evert Bastet inducted into Quebec Sailing Hall of Fame

Evert Bastet inducted into Quebec Sailing Hall of Fame...

Cruising

IRC's Premier Event is Coming to Lake Ontario in 2011

The 2011 IRC North American Championship will take place August 12-14, 2011 at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Toronto....

Sailing

Monsoon Cup Qualifier - Malaysian Match Racing Championship: Koo v Koo

Jeremy Koo secured an invitation to the prestigious Monsoon Cup, the final round of 2010 ISAF World Match Racing Tour....

Cruising

America's Cup Questionnaire: Checking in at the 1,000 response mark

With the survey responses pouring in, sailing fans are showing strong preference for America's Cup to be in monohulls...

Sailing

Malaysian Match Racing Championship 2010- Semi Final Results

Malaysian Match Racing Championships (MMRC) - Terengganu Malaysia Semi-finals...

Cruising

America's Cup: Regatta Director Iain Murray on the Challenger Meeting

Regatta Director, Iain Murray (AUS) believes most would have come away well informed...

Sailing

Gosford to Lord Howe Race 2010 - Polaris of Belmont knows the way

Gosford Sailing Club's representative in the Lord Howe Island Yacht holds a unique place in Australian ocean racing....

Cruising

Piracy threat growing in tropical America

In the tropical waters of the Americas, security is an issue that all cruising sailors need to consider....

Sailing

Riding the Waves - come and hear John Bertrand AM and Richard Payne

Friday 12 Nov Dinner at RBYC to hear John Bertrand and Richard Payne regale their European adventures....

Power Boats

Grand Prix of Shenzhen 'on' as Megi heads east!

The news is all good from the South China Sea here in Shenzhen as the mega typhoon Megi has turned and is now just east....

Cruising

Cruising sailors one year in captivity-Somali Government wants release

Kidnapped cruising sailors Paul and Rachel Chandler today mark exactly one year in captivity...

Cruising

ISAF Sailing World Championships 2014 - Preliminary Bids

ISAF Sailing World Championships 2014 - ISAF has received a positive response to the request for preliminary bids....

Cruising

Rolex Middle Sea Race 2010 - Start preparations

Rolex Middle Sea Race 2010 - The day before the start there are different approaches to be battle ready....

Cruising

La Route du Rhum - 86 in Saint-Malo

The Route du Rhum La Banque Postale took shape and form today around the historic basins in the heart of Saint Malo...

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans day 5 - Brad Van Liew knock down

Brad Van Liew had his first scare of the race when his yacht was knocked flat in the Atlantic....

Cruising

America's Cup: Large turnout for secret Challenger Briefing in Paris

Twenty-four prospective teams for the 34th America's Cup met today with ACRM...

Cruising

Moth World Championships 2011 to be sponsored by Zhik

The International Moth Class Association (IMCA) welcomes the timely addition of Zhik as title sponsor...

Sailing

Sail Sandy 2010 - Weather tests sailors

That evening, snow fell on the hills outside Melbourne as hailstorms crossed the city....

Sailing

Sail Sydney entry list grows

Online entry and the Notice of Race for the 6-9 December regatta are now available on the official race website...

Sailing

Skippers - Take care near Hawkesbury Canoe Classic

Boaters heading out on the Hawkesbury River tomorrow afternoon are reminded to minimise their wash and take extra care...

Sailing

America's Cup: new AC45 class build progresses in Warkworth

A couple of weeks after his last visit, Ivor Wilkins toured Core Composites to check progress on the new AC45 class...

Power Boats

F1 H2O Shenzhen Grand Prix continues holding pattern with Megi

Fifth round of the Championship continues to be held in limbo by Typhoon Megi...

Sailing

Get to know Matthew Flinders - Navigator at half-day museum symposium

The Museum has invited four eminent speakers to join in celebrating the life and achievements of Matthew Flinders....

Sailing

Australian Team selection policy for London Olympic Games Test Event

Yachting Australia has released the selection policy for competing at the London Olympic Games Test Event in Weymouth....

Power Boats

Grand Prix hydroplanes testing in readiness for UIM GP

The boys with the big toys head for the border....

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2020 Ezzy Zeta with No limitz sumo 460 mast?

By: soundsolution, 1h ago

Wing Foiling

I've used the 2025 4.8 Nova all year and it's my most used wing.

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Windsurfing

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Wing Foiling

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Did not catch any new editions after the first one, and a few short clips?

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I've gone in head first . With great...

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