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America's Cup: Become part of the Facebook Generation

America's Cup Organizing Committee-SF is making a big push for public support for the AC34 in San Francisco....

Windsurfing

Kia Cold Hawaii Denmark - Event Summary

Event Summary - Cold Hawaii supersedes all expectations allowing three times world champion, Kauli Seadi to claim the first ever Klitmoller crown after an amazing display of heavy hitting in the North Sea.

Cruising

Photos from Day 2 of the Rolex Big Boat Series

Photos from Day 2 of the Rolex Big Boat Series...

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Melges 32 World Championship fleet bound for San Francisco Bay

Record-breaking number of entries as the World Championship draws ever-closer...

Power Boats

UIM F1 H2O World Championship - Drama atop the points table!

Plenty of drama at the top of the points table as the series moves on to China....

Cruising

J24 Nationals - Leighton O'Connor images

Photographer Leighton O'Connor has sent this gallery of images from the J24 Nationals....

Cruising

Gladwell's Line: AC72 a boat for the World Circuit but not the Cup?

The announcement of a multihull for the 34th America's Cup came as a rude shock to some and the delight of others...

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Rolex Big Boat series - More Fog brings More Challenges

Rolex Big Boat series 2010 - Fog prevailed for a second day at St. Francis Yacht Club's 46th annual Rolex Big Boat Serie...

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Tasmanian sailor drowned in Pipe Opener Series 2010

Derwent Sailing Squadron confirms the loss of a crewman from the yacht Storm Bay during last night's first inshore race....

Cruising

Hobart sailor drowned in Cock of Huon

The Sargisons Jewellers and Kermandie Hotel Pipe Opener Series started from Hobart at 7.40pm on Friday evening in heavy...

Cruising

US SAILING President Gary Jobson talks - where to from here? Part 2

Sailing in the U.S. is at an interesting crossroads: participation is down, competing rules are creating confusion....

Cruising

Sailor's aid or sailor's nightmare - the tides explained

It's not surprising if you don't exactly understand tides - it took a lot of figuring out over the ages...

Sailing

Manly Yacht Club - Sixty years old and still going strong

The iconic seaside suburb of Manly is 'seven miles from Sydney but a 1,000 miles from care'....

Cruising

Laser Masters World Championships - Leith making his own sunshine

Laser Masters World Championships - With another pair of well won first places today....

Sailing

KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup - Campello over the moon

KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup - 'Some people don't sail with their heads they sail with their balls,' Duncan Coombs....

Sailing

Audi MedCup Public Village to open tomorow in Cagliari

Audi MedCup Circuit 2010 - The Region of Sardinia Trophy, the last event, was presented today in Cagliari....

Sailing

Rolex Swan Cup - Swan 45s prepare for final battle

Rolex Swan Cup racing continued today for the Swan 45 one-design participants competing for the title....

Cruising

KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup, Denmark - Day five

KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup - A super session sees Campello spin round an insane double forward to steal the show!...

Sailing

Rolex Swan Cup - 'Everything is completely open'

Rolex Swan Cup - After exhilarating racing yesterday, conditions have turned inside out for the fleet racing today....

Windsurfing

Kia Cold Hawaii Denmark - Day 6

Day 6 - Sky-high perfect doubles are so last season. To win a Klitmoller super session in 40 knots you need to throw a pushloop forward - which is exactly what the recently crowned Klitmoller world cup champion, Kauli Seadi did today!

Cruising

Delta Lloyd Regatta to be sailed over six days in 2011

Event will be staged over six days instead of the usual five...

Sailing

Princecraft Introduces Electric Boats With Torqeedo Propulsion

Combining more than 50 years of aluminum boat building with the latest in electric propulsion, Torqeedo and Princecraft...

Cruising

Velux 5 Oceans - Van Liew takes a beating during qualifying sail

Le Pingouin Takes the hefty breeze of 45-50 knots in stride and proves her power...

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Velux 5 Oceans - The countdown begins!

One month until race start in La Rochelle...

Sailing

Audi Victoria Week appoints new Event Coordinator

Royal Geelong Yacht Club announced today the appointment of a new event coordinator for 2011 Audi Victoria Week....

Cruising

Fast, spectacular, wingsail catamaran unveiled for 34th America's Cup

The draft rule for the spectacular AC72 Class has been published....

Cruising

America's Cup: Regatta Director named by Golden Gate YC

America's Cup Defender, Golden Gate Yacht Club has announced that Iain Murray will be the REgatta Director for the 34th...

Sailing

Phuket Dinghy Series by King's Cup Regatta to encourage Youth Sailing

The Phuket King's Cup Regatta will host the Phuket Dinghy Series consisting of four weekend events starting September....

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Ending the Oceans Tragedy of the Commons

Leading international marine scientists are proposing radical changes in the governance of the world's oceans...

Sailing

Heaven Can Wait - Bookings open -Dinner with Slingsby and Outteridge

Two of Australia's international sailing superstars, Tom Slingsby and Nathan Outteridge, will participate in this year's...

Sailing

Rolex Big Boat Series - Day one down, three to go

Over 1000 sailors have converged on St. Francis Yacht Club for the four-day event...

Sailing

Heaven Can Wait the Virtual Race - Early starters head for $10k

It will be an action packed weekend, but fund raising has already started online with the HCW virtual fleet race and its...

Sailing

Team Barry - When it's more than just sailing

For the Melbourne quartet from a boat called Barry, going yachting offers many opportunities to see why life happnes....

Sailing

America's Cup 2010 - Australian's soar to victory

The Americas Cup win is still considered one of the most memorable events in modern Australian sports history....

Power Boats

Coastguard Boating Education tutors receive recognition

Coastguard Boating Education hosted a series of regional forums; Christchurch, Taupo and Aucklad....

Cruising

Body parts found in shark belong to missing boater who swam for shore

Two fishermen swimming for shore were almost certainly both taken by sharks, after some body parts found in a shark...

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Book of the Week - Sailor's Wisdom: Day by Day

Want a present? You couldn't go past 'Sailors' Wisdom: Day by Day' from world class photographer, Philip Plisson....

Kitesurfing

Office job available at AKSA

Chance for you to work in the sport you love .. kitesurfing!

Fishing

Have a say on Victoria's draft Aboriginal Fishing Strategy

Public comment is being sought for the Strategy till Dec 10

Power Boats

Scorpion RIB wins trophy for fastest production boat

A factory Scorpion Sting from Scorpion RIBs took out the trophy for the fastest production boat in the 50th Anniversary Cowes-Torquay-Cowes offshore powerboat race.

Stand Up Paddle

1st for Coreban with the Wave Pool invitational at Sun City

All star SUP cast check out guaranteed perfection in South Africa

Sailing

Laser Masters World Championships - Day 4 back to racing

Laser Masters World Championships - There was a whole different set of skills tested on the second day of racing....

Sailing

Rolex Swan Cup 2010 - Swans go long

Rolex Swan Cup 2010 - On the third race day, each of the five competing divisions completed a 'Long Islands Race' ....

Surfing

Surfers celebrating their wins.. :-)

Video collection of self wins

Kitesurfing

North Kites - Behind the scenes, part IV

Following the trail of North Kite designers...

Kitesurfing

Airush 2010 - new Smart Bar II

Airush Kitesurfing offer the new Smart Bar system

Sailing

KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup - Saedi stars in Denmark's premiere

KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup - Kauli Saedi landed his first and only jump to win in Klitmoller today....

Sailing

KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup, Denmark - Fernandez fights back

KIA Cold Hawaii PWA World Cup - Current tour leader Victor Fernandez fights his way back to the final....

Windsurfing

Kia Cold Hawaii Denmark - Day 5

Day 5 - A super session of epic proportions sees Ricardo Campello spin round an insane double forward to steal the show and claim some cash courtesy of German Surf!

Power Boats