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Set sail this winter with Queensland's Season of Sailing

Whether you're a keen sailor or just up for some family fun in the sun, the Season of Sailing highlights Queensland's fantastic winter sailing events along the state's coast from August 6 to September 7.

Sailing

2010 Plympton Cup - 120 year old silver Mermaid smiles upon Sporties

'Probably the finest trophy ever raced for by yachtsmen in the Australian Colonies'...

Cruising

Newport Bermuda -Speedboat leads the Thrash

Newport Bermuda - Race leaders entered the Gulf Stream at around sunset heading upwind into a south-westerly...

Windsurfing

Kauli's Career - In the final episode of Novela Das 8

In the final episode of Novela Das 8, UMI pictures take a look back at former wave world champion, Kauli Seadi's rise to the top of the PWA world tour.

Sailing

Audi Winter Series Race 9 - tough time on Sydney Harbour

2010 Audi Winter Series -race nine of the Audi Winter Series a guessing game....

Sailing

British Three Peaks - Tasmania's Team Whistler win first sailing leg

>Team Whistler from the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania has won the first sailing leg of the British Three Peaks Race...

Cruising

Clipper 09-10 Race 12 - Transatlantic chase begins

Clipper 09-10 Race 12 - The nine yachts crossed the start line at 1400 local time...

Cruising

ISAF International Judges and Race Officers Seminar in India

ISAF IJ and IRO Seminars will be held in Chennai, India, from 1-3 Oct 2010 and 2-4 October 2010 respectively...

Cruising

Newport Bermuda - Speedboat leads 183 boat fleet

Champagne sailing conditions as Alex Jackson's Open Division 100 foot supermaxi Speedboat took the lead....

Cruising

Yacht rescue after - Ouch!

Two people are in hospital - one with a fish hook in her right buttock - after being rescued from a stricken yacht in NZ...

Cruising

Kieler Woche day one sailed in strong conditions

Kieler Woche day one was sailed in strong conditions, with up to 24 knots of wind....

Cruising

Giraglia Rolex Cup history continues

The last boat to finish the offshore race of the 58th Giraglia Rolex Cup, organized by the Yacht Club Italiano, crossed...

Cruising

Kieler Woche Finn Focus - First day tough wins

Finn Focus at Kieler Woche Day one. The first race was started at 12:00 in 15-18 knots (with more in the gusts)....

Sailing

Kieler Woche - Belcher and Page off to a perfect start

Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page sprinted out of the starting blocks during the first day of racing in the Men's 470 divisio...

Cruising

Zwitserleven Round Texel Race - Conditions too brutal

33rd Zwitserleven Round Texel Race was cancelled due to excessive conditions....

Sailing

Audi MedCup Circuit Marseille Trophy - Weather today's winner

Audi MedCup Circuit Marseille Trophy - The only winner on the penultimate day of the Marseille Trophy was the Mistral...

Cruising

Swiss Sailors in Russia - the voyage which became a message of hope

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Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - DAY 4 Cabarete Kiteboarding World Cup 2010

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

Sailing

Newport Bermuda Race - Puma Ocean Racing starts

Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg Propulsion started the Newport-Bermuda Race at approximately 16:30 EDT this afternoon....

Sailing

Audi MedCup in Black and White

Top international sailing photographer, Juerg Kaufmann put together this new view of the AudiMedCup Coastal Race with a...

Sailing

IDEC first home in the JP Morgan AM Round the Island Race

The 30 metre trimaran IDEC (Francis Joyon) has crossed the finish line to be first home in the 2010 J.P. Morgan Asset Ma...

Sailing

Britain's Round the Island Race has started

Britain's favourite yacht race, the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race has started....

Sailing

British Three Peaks race - Taking an ocean racer white water rafting

Hobart yachtsman David Rees and his team face a unique experience in the British Three Peaks Race starting tonight...

Cruising

Newport Bermuda race - Hubbard defends title

Newport to Bermuda Race. Paul Hubbard, is again competing on Bermuda Oyster with an experienced crew and will defend his...

Cruising

Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week - Farr 40s set to fly

An armada of inshore ocean racers from as far north as San Francisco and as far south as Acapulco, Mexico is lined up fo...

Cruising

Newport Bermuda fleet - light weather start for 183 boat fleet

183 sailboats made the start today in the 47th Bermuda Race. The leaders are expected to complete the 635 mile race late...

Sailing

Sir Thomas Lipton Foundation: Bob Fisher - Why support us?

Think of just two things. First, think back to the time when you got your biggest thrill from sailing. Maybe it was.....

Cruising

Giraglia Rolex Cup - Crichton's Shockwave wins IRC Overall

Giraglia Rolex Cup - in previous editions, Neville Crichton from New Zealand has committed his best efforts to winning l...

Sailing

Zwitserleven Dutch Open - Aussies finish fifth

Zwitserleven Dutch Open Catamaran Sailing 2010 - Two rivals finished on equal points...

Cruising

Navimo recalls XM Far Eastern built liferafts

Navimo will replace the XM liferafts with European manufactured products free of charge....

Sailing

Audi MedCup: Quantum Racing kings under the Calanques

Quantum Racing could claim ownership of Audi MedCup Circuit after winning for second year in a row....

Cruising

Ready, Set, Drift?

Every raceboat that's headed out for the start of today's Bermuda Race, the 47th start of this iconic 635-mile 'thrash t...

Cruising

2010 Long Beach to Cabo San Lucas Race - early entry discount

Five boats have already confirmed their entries in the 2010 Long Beach to Cabo San Lucas International Yacht Race, Nov....

Cruising

Abby Sunderland, the 'inside scoop'

Insider Pete Thomas he gives his 'inside scoop' of life in the Sunderland Camp, after Abby's dismasting and rescue....

Cruising

Sailor achieves 1152 continuous days at sea for new record

Reid Stowe arrived New York after 1152 continuous days at sea without being re-supplied to create a new world record...

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - DAY 3 Cabarete Kiteboarding World Cup 2010

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - DAY 3 Cabarete Kiteboarding World Cup 2010

Sailing

Tassie team in British Three Peaks Race

Team Whistler will endeavour to become the Australian combination to win both the Tas and the British Three Peaks Races...

Sailing

Ready, Set, Drift?

Every raceboat that's headed out for the start of today's Bermuda Race, the 47th start of this iconic 635-mile 'thrash t...

Sailing

470 US National Championship - Canadian team second

The Sailing Foundation had the great pleasure and honor of hosting the US 470 National Championships June 11-13th...

Sailing

2010 Canadian Youth World Sailing Team announced

Canadian Yachting Association is pleased to announce the members of the 2010 Canadian Youth World Sailing Team...

Sailing

Newport Bermuda Race - 184 boat fleet for Friday start

The 47th Newport Bermuda Race starts Friday off Newport R.I. Nearly 2,000 sailors will compete....

Sailing

Giraglia Rolex Cup - A magic race

Giraglia Rolex Cup - The Giraglia Rolex Cup keeps attracting sailors from all the parts of the planet...

Sailing

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race - Cork sets sail for home

Clipper 09-10 - Cork led by Hannah Jenner, has 48 hours to a lead before the other nine hunt them down...

Cruising

Newport Bermuda Race - 30 years of Gulf Stream studies

30th anniversary of marriage of two technological revolutions that brought the Newport Bermuda Race into a modern age...

Stand Up Paddle

Beau Nixon 'Snowy' Success

Riding C4 Waterman, Beau Nixon wins in 3 Stand Up Paddle events at the 'Snowy'

Cruising

20 Seawind Catamarans arrive for Whitsunday Rally

The fourth annual Seawind Whitsunday Rally is about to sail into Airlie Beach with a flotilla of 20 Seawind catamarans....

Sailing

A new World Record for SOS Ocean Racing

SOS Ocean Racing set a new record for Fastest Solo Circumnavigation of Australia in a time of 42d:5h:30m2s...

Cruising

Win an Opti for the Kids and One for the Club

Now you can now Win an Opti for the Kids and One for the Club!!...

Cruising

Win an Opti for the Kids and One for the Club

Now you can now Win an Opti for the Kids and One for the Club!!...

Cruising

Newport Bermuda Race - Puma Ocean Racing preview

As the PUMA Ocean Racing powered by Berg Propulsion team preps for the Bermuda Race on Friday, we caught up with our ski...

Cruising

Audi MedCup Circuit's Marseille Trophy - Today's roller-coaster result

Audi MedCup Circuit's Marseille Trophy regatta. Out on the Rade Nord the breeze was hard to read....

Sailing

Zwitserleven Dutch Catamaran Open - Dutch pair are new leaders

Zwitserleven Dutch Open Catamaran Sailing 2010. Heemskerk and Tentij, were in great shape today....

Cruising

ATSB Report: Jessica Watson and cargo ship share blame

Jessica Watson and the watchkeepers of a bulk carrier were both to blame for a collision between their vessels...

Sailing

Round Texel race - Fellow Aussies a threat to Bundock's trifecta bid

Round Texel race. Darren Bundock has identified an Australian duo with weight on their side and a crew of female sailors...

Sailing

Cape to Rio Yacht Race scheduled for January 2011 start

Cape to Rio Yacht Race is scheduled for January 2011 start...

Cruising

WOW Ladies Only Race Night at LSYC was a huge success!

Thirty ladies (experienced boaters and novice sailors) joined us June 14th at LSYC for racing and burgers. Lots of wind....

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - DAY 2 Cabarete Kiteboarding World Cup 2010

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - DAY 2 Cabarete Kiteboarding World Cup 2010

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - DAY 1 Cabarete Kiteboarding World Cup 2010

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - DAY 1 Cabarete Kiteboarding World Cup 2010

Windsurfing

On Tour With Mystic - The technical apparel brand has just joined the Profession

The technical apparel brand has just joined the Professional Windsurfers Association.

Cruising

Sinn Fein boys go after second North Rock Beacon Trophy

Trophy awarded for the first time in 2008 to Sinn Fein for finishing first on corrected time in the combined fleet....

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Weather Forecasts & Live Reports

Windiest in Australia:

Wilsons Promontory, VIC

28 kn

WSW

13°

Most Windless in Australia:

St Lawrence, QLD

0 kn

26°

More locations...

(Other) News/News

North Qld's Brutal Wet Season Still Active

Weather

North Qld's Brutal Wet Season Still Active

SE Cold Front: Alpine Snow, 100 km/h Gusts

Weather

SE Cold Front: Alpine Snow, 100 km/h Gusts

Weather

Narelle Hits: Exmouth Airport Gone

Weather

Ningaloo Shut: Reef in Double Trouble

Weather

Maila Targets Cape York: FNQ on Watch

Weather

Tropical Low Threatens Daintree Coast

Weather

Maila: Landfall Monday, Final Warning

Narelle Closes In: WA Coast on High Alert

Weather

Narelle Closes In: WA Coast on High Alert

Cyclone Narelle: Cat 4 threat to Cape York

Weather

Cyclone Narelle: Cat 4 threat to Cape York

Weather

Ningaloo Shut: Reef in Double Trouble

Buy & Sell/Classifieds

Stand Up Paddle - Racing & Downwind Boards

2024 Sunova Faast

18' 0" x 25.5 inches

$1,000

2020 Starboard Pro - Blue Carbon - 7' 10", 28 inches

Stand Up Paddle - Wave & Cruising Boards

2020 Starboard Pro - Blue Carbon

7' 10" x 28 inches

$500

Foiling - Foils Complete

Axis

$3,500

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2024 Duotone Jaime Sls

$800

Foiling - Foils Complete

2022 Konrad

1600 cm

$950

Duotone Sold - Slick 4M, 5M. Wc 175 Vfx, Konrad

Foiling - Foils Complete

Duotone Sold - Slick 4M, 5M. Wc 175 Vfx, Konrad

$1,000

Kitesurfing - Kites

2021 Airush One Ultra

8 metre

$400

Forum Comments/forums

Windsurfing

Anyone here who moved to WA from elsewhere (interstate or abroad)?

By: seadoodle, 40m ago

Windsurfing

For those of you who missed this film last night, you missed: A young Nicole Kidman.

By: WindmanV, 11h ago

Wing Foiling

I currently have a 100L Cabrinha Swift ML board (I weight 80 kg).

By: Hubie, 12h ago

Windsurfing

I recently found myself in possession of a production Stone 94 for a few weeks.

By: Brent in Qld, 12h ago

Stand Up Paddle

Hi all, throwing a Hail Mary out there....

By: timwieber, 12h ago

Windsurfing

Recently grabbed a pair of the Florence spf50 hydratights in an effort to improve my sun smart.

By: Gestalt, 14h ago

Windsurfing

Just wondering if anyone has any damaged sails lying around that I could buy cheap as I'm looking to learn to do some sail repairs.

By: Ollie0110, 17h ago

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