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PWA Pozo Grand Prix - Event Summary

Event Summary - Victor Fernandez and Daida Ruano Moreno add yet another Gran Canarian title to their already extensive list of victories in the relentless winds at the infamous world tour stop in Pozo Izquierdo.

Sailing

2010 Delta Lloyd 470 Class World Championships - Belcher & Page ready

It's the eve of this years 470 World Championships (sailing that is, not football). Our preparation has been going very...

Cruising

Flying start for Cape Breton Island

Cape Breton Island has begun the penultimate race of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race...

Cruising

Clipper 09-10: Navigating the English Channel

Competition is as close as ever as the Clipper teams navigate their way through the busy shipping lanes of the English C...

Sailing

Audi Winter Series Race 12 - Minnows out run the sharks

Today's mild northerly breeze provided a pleasant change for the Audi Winter Series fleet of 131 temperature wise...

Sailing

Moonshine sparkles in fresh Derwent winter race

The Northshore 38 Moonshine today notched up her second Division 1 win of the RYCT's Winter Pennant series...

Power Boats

Cigarette - the legend goes fishin'

Fishing at speed? Easy, with Cigarette!...

Sailing

GBR crews take gold and bronze at 49er Europeans

Draper and Greenhalgh seal European title; bronze for Morrison and Rhodes....

Cruising

Route Halifax St. Pierre 2010 - Images from the start

Halifax harbor docks were lined with spectators watching the start of the 2010 Route Halifax St. Pierre Ocean Race...

Cruising

Carbon emissions threaten fish populations

Humanity's rising CO2 emissions could have a significant impact on the world's fish populations...

Power Boats

Powerboat P1 Superstock Pwllheli Grand Prix of the Sea - Weather wins

Appalling weather conditions washed out Saturday's racing at the Pwllheli Grand Prix of the Sea...

Sailing

Optimist Asian Championship - Final Day

The Race Committee was able to get in three races today. The first two races were in 6 to 7 knot winds and were again ha...

Sailing

Melbourne to Vanuatu - Just one to go

When we were doing the Cape to Rio race, we used to amuse ourselves with how many Hobarts were left to go....

Cruising

Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship declared open

The lively opening ceremony of the Yolvo Youth Sailing Worlds (c)ISAF. Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2010....

Sailing

Volvo Youth Worlds - Australians have first taste of conditions

The OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Sailing Team members have had their first taste of the sailing conditions i...

Cruising

F8 Worlds 2010 Erguy France - provisional results 24 hours after event

F18 Worlds 2010 organisers have finally been able to present a set of provisional results....

Cruising

Product of the Week: the innovative 'MX' - block and shackle in one

Wichard's 'MX' line of halyard shackles are designed to allow lines to run through them without the need for a block....

Cruising

Exceptional Bravery Award to Fijian for rescuing leisure sailors

Australia nominated Fijian seaman James Fanifau is awarded the IMO's 2010 award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea...

Cruising

Laser Radial World Championships day two - Full on Easterly

Laser Radial World Championships competitors were delivered a testing measure of its notoriously difficult offshore, eas...

Sailing

B14 European Championships 2010 Carnac - Australians on top

The final day of the B14 European championships took place in Carnac on Saturday 10th July in 8 to 10 knots of wind and...

Sailing

IFDS World Championships: Skud 18 crews fly the Aussie flag on day two

Australia's Skud 18 crews have led the way in Holland sitting sixth and seventh respectively after two days of racing...

Power Boats

Selio earns pole position in St. Petersburg

Sami Selio picked up his first pole of 2010 and his ninth in his last 12 races....

Cruising

Match Cup Sweden - Women's winner decided

World Match Racing Tour event this week ran in conjunction with the 'Women's Stena Match Cup Sweden'....

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PKRA - DAY 5 Essaouira Kiteboard World Cup 2010

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - DAY 5 Essaouira Kiteboard World Cup 2010

Cruising

Dobson Yacht Club - A Community of Serious Sailors

Three members of the Dobson Yacht Club in Cape Breton Participate in Round the World Race...

Cruising

Clipper 09-10 - Ireland to Ijmuiden - Asian rivalry steps up a gear on

Hull & Humber takes an early lead as Cork's skipper hopes weather forecast is wrong...

Sailing

Melbourne to Vanuatu - Current knowledge

The 2010 Melbourne to Vanuatu race has certainly had its fair share of twists and turns....

Cruising

Optimist European Championship - No wind, racing over

Optimist European Championship is over....

Sailing

Optimist Asian Championship - Back to fleet racing

Today the Asian Championship went back to the scheduled fleet racing after the two days of team racing. ....

Sailing

Melbourne to Vanuatu - 'Blisters on your hands - from steering!'

This was my favourite comment from Scarlet Runner's skipper, Rob Date, during a chat we had earlier this morning....

Power Boats

Pwllheli Grand Prix of the Sea - Wilson ready for toughest challenge

P1 SuperStock Championship 150 Class leader John Wilson is confident of securing his third consecutive Grand Prix of the...

Sailing

Match Racing - 'Sometimes you are the hammer and sometimes the nail'

YANMAR Racing's Peter Gilmour came to the Stena Match Cup Sweden, after winning the Portugal Match Cup...

Sailing

RS:X European Championships 2010- Zubari and Alabau win

The Medal Races wrapped up the action at the RS:X European Championships in Sopot, Poland today with Shahar Zubari (ISR)...

Sailing

Spithill and Crew storm Into Semi-finals of Match Cup Sweden.

The Australian Women's Racing Team has stormed into the semi-finals of Match Cup Sweden following a come from behind vic...

Sailing

F18 Worlds Styles and Van West take bronze

Styles/Van West took bronze at the F18 Worlds 2010 in Erquy/France climbed to the first place today, but lost it in the...

Sailing

Match Cup Sweden - Australia's MRT Through To The Semi Finals

Stena Match Cup Sweden 2010 - Australia's Mirsky Racing Team through to their second semi finals here....

Sailing

Mixed results - Australian Paralympic sailors First Day of World Champ

Mixed results - Australian Paralympic sailors First Day of World Championships....

Cruising

Laser Radial World Championships - 600 competitors from 58 countries

World's top sailors welcomed to North Ayrshire for the start of the biggest sailing championship ever staged in Scotland...

Sailing

Laser Radial World 2010 Championship Day One Freezing in Scotland

.'My old coach drove by me between the races and said, 'I can see why you immigrated now!'...

Sailing

Clipper 09-10 - Flying start gets underway from Cork, Ireland

The second last race of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race is underway....

Sailing

B14 Europeans Day 2 - David Grace and Guy Bancroft lead

B14 Europeans Day 2 Report - Race One saw the lightest conditions for the day, with 8 to 10 knots....

Cruising

2010 PWA Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria Grand Prix - Day Four

Pozo champion Victor Fernandez claims victory in the men's fleet to add a fourth trophy to his cabinet....

Cruising

Laser Radial Worlds - Bouwmeester and Tunnicliffe share the honours

Anna Tunnicliffe (USA), Olympic gold medallist, proved she has lost nothing from her speed and guile for her break....

Sailing

Stena Match Cup Sweden has a celebrity sparkle

Stena Match Cup Sweden - Stars from across Sweden have flocked to Marstrand to join the World Class Skippers....

Cruising

Rotorised catamaran wins NASA rescue competition

The future for sailors who are rescued at sea could be very different if some ideas by engineering students are adopted...

Cruising

Digital Ultrasonic Antifouling - a Green game changer??

The introduction of digital ultrasonic antifouling may change the game for this green and simple method of antifouling....

Sailing

B14 Europeans Day 2 Report

B14 Europeans Day 2 Report - Race One saw the lightest conditions for the day, with 8 to 10 knots....

Cruising

Platu 25 World Championship: 125+ boats of 10 countries set to compete

The Platu 25 World Championship will take place in Alicante from the 18th to the 24th of July 2010 as presented by RCRA....

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - DAY 4 Essaouira Kiteboard World Cup 2010

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - DAY 4 Essaouira Kiteboard World Cup 2010

Sailing

Match Cup Sweden - Remaining runners and riders for Semi Finals

First to three points scenario takes care of semi finals runner and riders selection for Stage five of the Tour...

Cruising

Audi MedCup Circuit - Barcelona awaits!

Audi MedCup Circuit sailors are set to take part in a race that they have wanted for many years, a race in Barcelona...

Power Boats

F1 H2O - After Hours Show ready to take your questions at Russian GP!

Internet broadcast to start at 12:00 GMT this Saturday from St. Petersburg...

Cruising

RC 44 Class -New boats, teams and events -The Class is in great shape!

Two new teams, two new boats, a new event in the US and renewal of partnership with SLAM....

Cruising

Chester Race Week prepares to hoist sails

The Chester Yacht Club, Nova Scotia is preparing to host Chester Race Week August 11th to 14th 2010...

Sailing

2010 Lipton Cup Regatta details now online

The 2010 Lipton Cup Regatta, held on Port Phillip on 20-21 November 2010, has NOR and associated documents online....

Sailing

PWA Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria Grand Prix - King and Queen supreme

PWA Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria Grand Prix. Three times Pozo champion, Victor Fernandez (Fanatic, North, MFC) stole the...

Sailing

470 World Championships - Australian crews prepare for Holland

Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page are preparing for the start of the 2010 event fresh off their recent victory...

Sailing

Melbourne to Vanuatu - Scarlet Runner to make Southport

Scarlet runner set to be escorted in by Qld Water Police at high-tide...

Sailing

Henri Lloyd's new TP1 Vista Jacket from the Coastal and Inshore Range

This is a must have for any savvy sailor that wants to look good and be protected both on and off the water....

Sailing

F18-Worlds 2010 Tight at the Top

F18-Worlds 2010-Two finals races today for the Gold fleet at the 2010 F18 Worlds in Erguy,France...

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