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Onion Patch Series - Belle Mente and Ran tied after stage one

Racing in stage one of the 2010 Onion Patch Series ended Sunday afternoon with Belle Mente and Ran tied!...

Cruising

Comforts of home, with Internet onboard

The newspaper is replaced with an electronic version that carries the same stories - and you can download charts at sea!...

Sailing

2010 Meridien Marinas Race Week at Airlie Beach - The who's who

Ocean racing crews presently sailing in thermal suits will thaw out in 2010 Meridien Marinas Race Week in mid-August....

Sailing

NYYC's season kick-off Annual Regatta a success

The New York Yacht Club's 156th Annual Regatta kicks off the sailing season in New England....

Cruising

PWA Slalom World Cup Catalunya - Dunkerbeck and Jaggi claim the event

Dunkerbeck and Jaggi conquer a mentally grueling day on the golden sands to claim their crowns in Catalunya....

Kitesurfing

WA Winter Kitesurfing Wave Series in June/July

Get out your 5m kite, wettie & brave the powerful WA Cold Fronts and enter the WAKSA Winter Wave Kitesurfing Series

Power Boats

Korea International Boat Show 2010 - Fairline, "building the brand".

"The market is not there yet, but it will come."...

Sailing

Ian Thomson's SOS Ocean Racing is Flying up Fraser

SOS Ocean Racing is flying towards the finish this morning and is off the coast of Australia's big Sand Castle, Fraser...

Sailing

Abby Sunderland, her critics and the pressures of sponsorship

Even before Abby Sunderland has touched dry land the inevitable controversy about her voyage has begun....

Sailing

RC44 Copenhagen Cup - Eliminated one by one

RC44 Copenhagen Cup. On the last day of the event four races were sailed....

Kitesurfing

Kitesurfers win back access to flat water spot

The local kitesurfing association pulls together to restore access to one of the best flatwater kitesurfing locations in the UK.

Sailing

Giraglia Rolex Cup 2010 - Day One

It is the distance race component of the Giraglia Rolex Cup that deservedly garners most of the attention...

Cruising

Star European Championships 2010 - It's a tie for second!

After sitting in sixth going into today, a lot of people needed to have tough luck for us to move up the leader-board...

Cruising

Korea Match Cup - Richard and Williams fight it out

Korea Match Cup, Stage 3 in the ISAF World Match Racing Tour (WMRT), concluded today with a victory to Mathieu Richard...

Cruising

2010 Catalunya - Costa Brava (Spain) PWA Slalom World Cup - Day 5

Team Swiss-Severne are just hours away from claiming their Catalunyan crowns. PWA chats with champion, Kevin Pritchard...

Sailing

Tasmanian Match Racing Championship - Noye defeats experience

Experience outsailed youth in the opening flights of the Tasmanian match racing championship on the River Derwent....

Sailing

Audi Winter Series - Does it get any better?

For weeks on end competitors had to deal with extremely light and patchy airs in the Audi Winter Series on Sydney Harbou...

Cruising

Sail-World.com - Contributors Guidelines

Guidelines for sailors writing articles for publication on Sail-World.com...

Sailing

Korea Match Cup: Shock defeat for YANMAR Racing in Quarter Finals

Korea Match Race - Expectations were high for Peter Gilmour and his YANMAR Team...

Sailing

2010 Musto Etchells Australasian Winter Championship Thriller

Musto Etchells Australasian Winter Championship. The title fight went down to the wire and it could not have been closer...

Cruising

Flares responsible for quick rescue - Tasmania

Flares were responsible for the quick rescue of three people on a yacht which foundered in Tasmania, say police....

Cruising

Star European Championship victory to Polgar and Koy

Star European Championship Viareggio, Italy....

Cruising

Summer Sailstice Announces 2010 3-Day Sailing Holiday Weekend

American sailors are asking for a three-day weekend to celebrate Summer Sailstice...

Cruising

RC44 Copenhagen Cup Day 2 Fleet Racing cancelled

RC44 Copenhagen Cup races were cancelled today as rain squalls and wind gusts up to 35 knots lashed the course....

Cruising

Abby Sunderland transferred at sea en route to La Reunion

Abby Sunderland will be transferred to another vessel at the Keugelen Islands, deep in the Southern Ocean....

Cruising

Tsunami Alert for Indian Ocean after 7.7 magnitude earthquake

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii has issued a regional tsunami watch for all areas of the Indian ocean foll...

Cruising

Abby and her winter rescue - why?

How and why Abby Sunderland ended up in the South Indian Ocean in winter...

Cruising

Korea Match Cup: Williams, Richard, Hansen and Mirsky smash into Semis

Korea Match Cup - ISAF World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) teams into the quarters and the semi finals....

Windsurfing

PWA Catalunya World Cup - Day 6

Day 6 - Dunkerbeck and Jaggi conquer a mentally grueling day on the golden sands to claim their crowns in Catalunya.

Sailing

Korea Match Cup - Mirsky Racing Team leaves Champion in their wake

MRT took down the World Champions 2-0 in the quarter finals...

Sailing

Tasmanian Match Racing Championship - Veterans holding off young Turks

Experience outweights youth in Hobart...

Cruising

Abby Sunderland on board rescue vessel

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has confirmed the safe rescue of Abby Sunderland from her Open 40 yacht, Wild E...

Sailing

Matt Allen banks on One Design Melges 24 Racing

High profile Australian yachtsmen Matt Allen and Warrick Rooklyn choose the Melges 24 to campaign between Hobarts....

Cruising

SOS Ocean Racing firing up NSW Coast on last leg of circumnavigation

SOS Ocean Racing is making up for lost time by averaging 8-10 knots this morning. QLD is looking closer by the hour...

Cruising

Rescue imminent for Abby Sunderland - latest updates

Here are the latest updates from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on the Abby Sunderland search and rescue opera...

Sailing

2010 Musto Etchells Australasian Winter titles - Tight at the Top

2010 Musto Etchells Australasian Winter Championship Day 2 report...

Cruising

Etchells North American Championships Day 3 - Close racing

Etchells North American Championships Day 3 report....

Cruising

Abby Sunderland rescue at hand, but questions remain unanswered

Help is due to reach embattled sailor Abby Sunderland, from a French fishing boat named Ile De La Reunion, at about midn...

Sailing

Slingsby takes bronze at Laser Europeans

Tom Slingsby has staged a dramatic last race fight back to claim the Bronze medal at the Laser Europeans...

Cruising

World's fastest yacht launched - Esimit Europa 2

Esimit Europa 2, world's fastest 30 metre super Maxi yacht, max speed 35 knots, was christened this week in Cannes....

Cruising

Sailing Tip of the Week: How to stop rounding up

Rounding up is caused by many factors. One is too much wind and force aloft which tends to heel the boat over......

Cruising

Laser Standard and Laser Radial European Championships Results

The Laser Standard and Laser Radial European Championships & Trophy 2010 in Tallinn, Estonia came to an end today....

Sailing

Gitana 11 - Objective Route du Rhum

Gitana 11 - New objective Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale...

Sailing

Zwitserleven Round Texel Race - Ashby and Spithill team up

2010 Zwitserleven Round Texel Race- Glenn Ashby (AUS) teams up with his fellow-countryman James Spithill....

Cruising

2010 Zwitserleven Round Texel Race - 448 and counting

2010 Zwitserleven Round Texel Race on Saturday June 19, has received 448 pre-entries, with one week to go...

Sailing

Korea Match Cup 2010 - Strong day for YANMAR Racing

Korea Match Cup 2010 - Gyeonggi, South Korea. Stage 3 of the ISAF World Match Racing Tour....

Sailing

Star European Championship - Polgar and Koy on top

Star European Championship report...

Cruising

2010 Catalunya - Costa Brava (Spain) PWA Slalom World Cup - Day 4

2010 Catalunya - Costa Brava (Spain) PWA Slalom World Cup - Day 4 report...

Cruising

RC44 Copenhagen Cup - Three seasons in a day

RC44 Copenhagen Cup - three seasons in a day for the RC 44 fleet today...

Windsurfing

PWA Catalunya World Cup - Day 5

Day 5 - Team Swiss-Severne are just hours away from claiming their Catalunyan crowns.

Cruising

Bruce Wake Access Worlds and SKUD 18 Internationals - Winners decided!

One final race for each of their five divisions today... winners announced....

Sailing

Tour Card Holders command Korea Match Cup

With wind building to a steady 9 knots on Day 3 of Korea Match Cup's Round Robin perfect match racing conditions were en...

Sailing

Fast Company - Our ride aboard l'Hydroptere with the team who sail her

The last week has been a good week in the life of the Vestas Sailrocket....

Sailing

Etchells Australasians: Bertrand blew it - Hong Kong and Kiwis lead

2010 Musto Etchells Australasian Winter Championship - Mooloolaba - sensation at the start of race one...

Sailing

l'Hydroptere hits 42 knots on the Solent

Alain Thebault and his crew onboard l'Hydroptere left her home port of la Trinite sur Mer at the end of May...

Sailing

l'Hydroptere, the world sailing speed record holder visits Cowes

The French hydrofoiler, l'Hydroptere is currently docked outside the Offshore Challenges offices, in Cowes IOW....

Power Boats

Editorial, June 10, 2010

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Cruising

Hamilton Island Audi Race Week 2010 accommodation

Have you booked your Hamilton Island Audi Race Week accommodation? Great options now available after some cancellations...

Sailing

Laser Standard and Laser Radial Europeans - Lack of wind

Laser Standard and Laser Radial European Championships & Trophy 2010 update....

Sailing

Abby Sunderland's father says her quest is now over

Crew on a Qantas plane have made contact with a solo sailor who is in trouble in the southern Indian Ocean....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

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How to start Kiteboarding

SUP Australia releases its State and National Titles dates

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SUP Australia releases its State and National Titles dates

Fishing

How to take fishing photo's - part 2

Fishing

How to take photos of your fish catch

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The right food for Stand Up Paddling...

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Travelling to Bali - some Trip Tips

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How to tune your kite line lengths

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A New Star for Starboard

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Narelle Hits: Exmouth Airport Gone

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Ningaloo Shut: Reef in Double Trouble

North Qld's Brutal Wet Season Still Active

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North Qld's Brutal Wet Season Still Active

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Maila: Landfall Monday, Final Warning

Narelle Closes In: WA Coast on High Alert

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Narelle Closes In: WA Coast on High Alert

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

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

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Ningaloo Shut: Reef in Double Trouble

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Tropical Low Threatens Daintree Coast

Cyclone Narelle: Cat 4 threat to Cape York

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Cyclone Narelle: Cat 4 threat to Cape York

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Maila Targets Cape York: FNQ on Watch