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Laser Worlds - Slingsby hoping for great birthday present

Australian sailor Tom Slingsby will be hoping for the perfect birthday present, a third World Championship...

Cruising

Finn Gold Cup - Wright does it wright

Ed Wright (GBR) put a wrong to right today in winning the Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco....

Cruising

Almanarre, Hyeres, Women's Slalom World Tour Final - Day One

Arrigheti storms into the lead with three solid bullets in an action packed afternoon...

Cruising

WMRT: A Touch of Luck defines Day 4 of the St Moritz Match Race

The weather has tested the skippers' mettle all week and today it created a spectacular sporting moment that had the cro...

Cruising

The tough EPIRB that fooled them all

It was just after 1300 when the distress call came in last week. Half drunk coffee was forgotten, all knew their jobs....

Sailing

Steiner X-Yachts Gold Cup in Tuscany Day 3

Steiner X-Yachts Gold Cup - Third day of racing today at Marina di Scarlino in Maremma Tuscany....

Cruising

Laser Worlds 2010 - Slingsby's double wins have him on track for title

Laser Worlds 2010 - Tom Slingsby's two strong wins today bring the Australian's third Laser world title in four years wi...

Sailing

RS:X World Championships - Kerteminde rollercoaster ride

RS:X World Championships - Rollercoaster ride was the best description of today's two final race....

Sailing

St Moritz Match Race - Team GAC Pindar progress to semi-finals

World Match Racing Tour - Williams and his Team GAC Pindar crew got off to a flying start at the St Moritz Match Race....

Power Boats

F1 H2O - Kalsow's 'Road Show' continues to be a hit in Germany!

F1 H2O - German UIM driver Fabian Kalsow continues to attract tens of thousands of race followers for an ADAC event....

Sailing

Sydney's 2010-2011 Harbour racing season wet and windy start

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's 2010-2011 harbour racing season has opened with less than half the entered boats....

Windsurfing

Women's Slalom Final Hyeres - Day 2

Day 2 - Gentle winds halt the proceedings on day two of the women's slalom final leaving the sailors to bask in the glorious Mediterranean sunshine on the beautiful beach of Almanarre.

Sailing

Knud Olsen, father of the OK Dinghy, dies

The British OK Association have advised of the death of class designer, Knud Olson at the age of 90. His son writes:...

Sailing

Laser World Championships - The pressure cooker penultimate day

Laser World Championships - It's the penultimate day and in both senses the pressure is building nicely....

Sailing

Racing Hots up on Day 2 of Australian Youth Match Racing Championships

Tasmanian Skipper Elliot Noye and his crew are at the top of the table after a perfect score card today....

Sailing

NSW Maritime Alert: Flooding Waters and Debris

An alert to boaters in the Murray River region due to heavy rains falling across northern Victoria and the Albury area...

Cruising

Gladwell's Line: America's Cup 70: A boat for a Cup or Circus?

On Monday 13 September the boat for the 34th America's Cup is due to be announced, along with the Protocol for that Seri...

Cruising

Antique Boat Auction: F Todd Warner's Collection Offered at No Reserve

Mecum Auctions continues to make its mark in the classic boat industry with the addition of another special event...

Sailing

Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week day 1 - Going hard right

The fourth annual Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week began today as the IRC fleet was gunned away at 11.00am...

Cruising

Finn Gold Cup - Wright extends

Finn Gold Cup race nine was sailed in 16-20 knots with the right again proving popular with most of the fleet....

Sailing

Ten Opti-Tackers gifted to RYCT Dinghy Group

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania's annual Sail School got under way today with a record 151 participants....

Sailing

Casey on track at Finn World Championship

Casey has had a consistent week and finds himself well entrenched in the top 10 for Saturday's final race...

Sailing

Try Crewing on a sailing boat

Have you ever dreamt about being part of a yacht crew?...

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RS:X World Championship - Crisp narrowly misses spot in medal race

The Australian Sailing Team's Jessica Crisp has narrowly missed out on a place in the medal race....

Sailing

Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week Day 1 - Drama at the start

Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week 2010 is underway....

Sailing

Laser World Championships - Slingsby holds his lead as black flags fly

Tom Slingsby continues to lead the fleet at the 2010 Laser World Championship after a tricky opening day....

Sailing

Local Hero owner ecstatic winner of Audi at Hamilton Island Race Week

The ultimate winner of the Audi from all the first placed division boats was chosen by the best time trial...

Sailing

Sail-World Mailbag: The Week that Was

Sail-World readers comment on the America's Cup situation...

Sailing

Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship - US Champions

Ernesto Rodriguez and Mary Hall of the US confirmed they are the true champions....

Power Boats

British Powerboat Festival 2010 a success

British Powerboat Festival - The legendary Fabio Buzzi put on a masterclass to reclaim the Harmsworth Trophy....

Sailing

PWA Women's Slalom World Tour Final 2010 - Event Preview

PWA slalom season 2010 draws to a close, it's Almanarre that will this time play host to the final all female showdown....

Sailing

World Match Racing: Mountains of Suspense at the St. Moritz Match Race

The tension was palpable deep in the Swiss Alps at the St. Moritz Match Race today as the final push to qualify for the...

Sailing

RS:X World Championships - Medal racers decided on high scoring day

RS:X World Championships - Medal racers decided on high scoring day...

Sailing

Marine Rescue and Coast Guard National Board mediation ends

Marine Rescue NSW and the Coast Guard National Board protracted negotiations came to an end on 2 September 2010....

Sailing

NZL Sailing Team: Tom Ashley chases a medal in Denmark

NZL Sailing Team's Tom Ashley is in the hunt for a World Championship medal with the RS:X Men's title up for grabs...

Sailing

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup preparations underway

Preparations for the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup which will take place in Porto Cervo fifth to 11th September are in full swing...

Cruising

470 Open European Championships - Greek teams on the move

Mens qualifying fleets headed out to decide their final of six heats before being reshuffled into Gold and Silver fleets...

Power Boats

Honda RYA Youth RIB National Championship - Crunch time

After a summer of regional finals this year's final is gearing up to be a real nail-biter!...

Cruising

Try Crewing Day - in NSW on 12th September

Selected yacht clubs in New South Wales are running a 'Try Crewing Day' on the 12th September....

Cruising

Dye in holding tanks - coming to a harbour near you?

Soon visiting boats on Newport Harbor guest moorings will be inspected and have a dye tablet put in their holding tanks...

Cruising

Laser Worlds Day 5: Black flags - close calls for leaders

Tom Slingsby emerged from two emotionally bruising first pair of Finals races at the Laser World Championships off Hayli...

Windsurfing

Women's Slalom Final Hyeres - Day 1

Day 1 - Arrigheti storms into the lead with three solid bullets in an action packed afternoon, kicking off the women's world tour finale in fine style.

Sailing

Laser World Championships - Finals showdown, perfect conditions

Laser World Championships - Another day to order as they reach the Finals stage and the Junior Worlds resume racing....

Cruising

A sizeable IMOCA Fleet for the End of 2010

The Imoca skippers will meet up again in October for the Route du Rhum and in December for the Barcelona World Race...

Sailing

The French Apprentice turns Master at the St. Moritz Match Race

Damien Iehl (FRA) French Match Racing Team was the aggressor on day two of The St. Moritz Match Race...

Sailing

Hamilton Island Race Week - A great week for Beneteau owners

Beneteau Vicsail invited the Beneteau family to join the team at the exquisite yacht club for lunch...

Sailing

Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week-Shunning cold, sailing to the sun

It's not only the sea birds and whales that migrate north for the winter, but sailors too....

Sailing

Farr 40 Australian season will be intense training for Worlds 2011

The first regatta will take place at Port Stephens on the New South Wales central coast...

Sailing

Evolution Sails Queensland Loft Manager required

Evolution Sails Queensland is looking for a loft manager....

Sailing

470 European Championships - Leaders put the hammer down

Istanbul produced sun, wind and waves for a spectacular day three of the event....

Sailing

Fleet Race Challenge to Find 'Best' IRC and OMR Sailors at King's Cup

The 2010 Phuket King's Cup Regatta introduces the IRC Combined Fleet Race and OMR Combined Fleet Race....

Sailing

Finn Gold Cup - Battle for supremacy

Rafa Trujillo (ESP) who scored 1-2 and Ed Wright (GBR) who scored 2-5 increased their lead over the rest of the fleet...

Sailing

Heaven Can Wait regatta -Superstars Slingsby and Outteridge on board

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

Cruising

Phoenicia, 600BC ship replica - successfully to Gibraltar

the Phoenicia, the replica of a 600BC vessel which it is believed circumnavigated Africa, has reached the Gibraltar...

Sailing

Youngsters get taste of bigboat sailing

Hobart ocean racing yacht Auch returned to competition on the River Derwent last Sunday, under new ownership....

Sailing

Windsurfers head into finals series at 2010 World Championship

Racing has entered the finals stage at the 2010 RS:X World Championship in Kerteminde, Denmark...

Sailing

Mirsky Racing Team - Highs and lows at St Moritz Match Cup

Highs and lows on day two of St Moritz for Mirsky Racing Team (MRT) with a scoreline of four wins and four losses....

Power Boats

Cigarette and Mercedes-Benz AMG - a show stopping double

A new boat, incredible new engines and a gullwing 'Benz to boot!...

Power Boats

Brisbane's 50th hailed as first rate

Attendance equals 2009 show, but sales and overall interest declared higher....

Sailing

Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship 2010 - Day 3

Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championships day 3 could not have gotten any better for leaders Rodriguez and Hall....

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