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2010 Melges 24 Australian Championships

One point in it heading into final day at the Melges 24 Australian Championships...

Sailing

Globe Racer calls Hamilton Island home

The internationally famed Volvo Globe racing yacht Illbruck V2 has now registered Hamilton Island as her home port....

Sailing

50th entry for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week

Ross Wilson's consistent Beneteau 47.7, Eagle Rock, is the 50th yacht to register on the expanding list of entries...

Cruising

Coastguard after rescue: Use the VHF, not the phone

Coastguard after rescue:a satellite phone does not substitute for VHF as a method of summoning aid...

Sailing

Win Lifetime of Free Berthing- Prize value over AUD$300,000 -ENTER NOW

Win a Lifetime of Free Berthing - Prize value over AUD$300,000. Enter now, closing next week!!...

Cruising

Family rescued from Oyster after hitting iceberg in South Atlantic

an English family of four have been rescued after their yacht Yacht Hollinsclough hit an iceberg in the south Atlantic...

Sailing

Nespresso Cup 2010 comes to a stylish conclusion

The Nespresso Cup came to a stylish conclusion today in Portofino, Italy....

Windsurfing

Vintage Italian Flair - Raimondo Gasperini

Raimondo Gasperini - Freestyling at forty-three.

Cruising

Clipper 09-10 San Francisco to Panama-Boxing Kangaroo scores hat trick

Clipper 09-10 sees the boxing kangaroo score a hat trick...

Cruising

RCYC to host the YODE regatta and clinic, July 27th - 30th

RCYC will be hosting the Youth Olympic-sailing Development Experience regatta and clinic, July 27th - 30th....

Power Boats

Superboat Racing in the Super City!!

It was all action on the waters of Auckland Harbour today with the final of the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboats...

Cruising

ISAF Mid Year Meeting considers America's Cup, Olympics and Tracking

The Council of the International Sailing Federation has been meeting for the past two days in Budapest, Hungary....

Sailing

Sunshine for Audi Winter Series Sunday

It was another beautiful day on Sydney Harbour with spring like temperatures and lots of love for all the Mothers taking...

Cruising

Reefing - Efficiently, quickly, and EARLY

If your boat is overpowered, it is slower, and knowing how to reef well and quickly is important....

Cruising

38 days at sea - Plastiki claims it's proof for 'PET'

Plastiki, 60ft catamaran, has set off from Kiribati for Sydney as part of their trans-Pacific crossing. Fiji next stop...

Sailing

SOS Ocean Racing Gulf of Carpentaria

'I'm into Arafura, at 2130 last night I cleared the final marker and now I am out into the deep blue again.'...

Cruising

Alex Whitworth tells his story of the North West Passage- LIVE in June

CYCA on 16th June, Alex Whitworth will tell the story of his recent circumnavigation including the Northwest Passage...

Sailing

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania - Dramatic women's sailing regatta

Dramatic women's sailing regatta on a windswept Derwent River as two women go overboard...

Cruising

Clipper 09-10 San Francisco to Panama - Day 18

Tension is electrifying for Edinburgh Inspiring Capital as the teams sweat it out right to the line...

Cruising

Route Halifax Saint Pierre- The Challenge you've been waiting for

The Route Halifax to Saint Pierre 2010 ocean race is the challenge you've been waiting for....

Cruising

2010 Audi MedCup Public Village opens in Cascais

Audi MedCup - 2010 will set a new standard for the visitors program....

Cruising

2010 Fireball Worlds - Final Results

One race, five starts, three black flags and a discard of two - Fun in the sun for the Finals of the Fireball Worlds...

Cruising

SOS Ocean Racing Day Four - Around Australia

Day four of Ian Thomson's solo sailing world record attempt - Round Australia circumnavigation...

Power Boats

Bakewell-White Yacht Design wins 4th New Zealand Powerboat Title

This is the fourth time that a Bakewell-White boat will carry the coveted NZ-1 into the next season's racing...

Sailing

Tassie falls in love with SB3s

First it was Crispy , Now two more SB3s head to Hobart....

Cruising

Stena Match Cup Sweden takes on Olympic match racing

Stena Match Cup Sweden in Marstrand, has appointed the new Elliott 6 as the boat for the women's class....

Cruising

Regata al Sol - Slick or no slick, we're Mexico bound across the Gulf

Eighteen boats will set sail on May 12-13 in the 26th biennial Regata al Sol from Pensacola Florida to Isla Mujeres MX...

Sailing

2010 Podersdorf Surf World Cup - Event Summary plus Video

Podersdorf Surf World Cup - Podersdorf played host to the PWA's finest style masters for their first event of 2010...

Cruising

Hot tips on getting the best from a boat swap

Sea My Sea offers some great tips about how to get the best of your boat swap...

Cruising

Sick gray whale 'Waylon' visits San Diego Harbour to recover

Sailors, boaters and media helicopters watched Waylon the whale recover for a week in San Diego Harbour...

Cruising

New Women's Olympic Keelboat Christening

The Canadian Women Sailing team takes delivery of two new Elliott 6m at RCYC....

Cruising

World Sailing Teams Association welcomes plan for 34th America's Cup

World Sailing Teams Association welcomes plans for the 34th edition of the America's Cup....

Sailing

Launceston sailor still fastest

Ken Gourlay's record as Australia's fastest solo, non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation will stand for a while longer...

Sailing

Rolex Capri Sailing Week - Capri prepares for Rolex Sailing Week

Capri begins preparations for Rolex Capri Sailing Week....

Sailing

l'Hydroptere is back on the water for an exceptional programme

l'Hydroptere is back on the water and set to wow spectators across Europe...

Cruising

The Superyacht Cup Palma 2010 -Dock full as new Race Officer appointed

With the confirmation of three more yachts for the Superyacht Cup in Palma, the dock is officially full!...

Cruising

World Match Racing Tour - First female entry for Match Race Germany

The ISAF World Match Racing Tour welcomes Germany's highest profile female sailor to challenge the Tour card holders....

Cruising

Clipper 09-10 San Francisco to Panama - Day 17

Spirit of Australia regrets inshore gamble as Race Committee shortens Race eight...

Sailing

America's Cup details kept to a minimum

What the fans wanted, but those in the know did not expect, was a combined blueprint from the San Francisco-based holder...

Power Boats

Rayglass NZ Offshore Powerboat Final - The Heat is On!!!!

Things just got hotter for the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat final taking place on Auckland Harbour this Sat....

Sailing

Log on to secure the future of Marine Rescue NSW

Marine Rescue NSW urges everyone to register their support...

Sailing

London '12 Olympic Games-Australian Womens Match Racing Team announced

Australian Women's Match Racing team announced....

Sailing

Southport Yacht Club - Curtain raiser for Sanctuary Cove Boat Show

Southport Yacht Club Marine Industry Lunch - A curtain raiser for Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show...

Sailing

Saves Our Seas Ocean Racing Day 3

Life onboard SOS Ocean Racing has, to put it in the words of Jessica Watson, 'Become a little interesting'...

Sailing

Musto Etchells looms large on June sailing calendar

Musto Etchells looms large on June sailing calendar as entries flood in....

Power Boats

Cigarette and Miss Geico - a formidable pairing

The legend is alive and well on the offshore race scene....

Cruising

Barcelona World Race - Mirabaud teams up with Dominique Wavre

Mirabaud teams up with Dominique Wavre for Barcelona World Race 2010, Transat Jacques Vabre 2011 and Vendee Globe 2012...

Power Boats

'Anglomoil' came to the Hawkesbury with the right formula

As usual, 'the bridge' is a race of attrition with 21 unable to complete the course....

Power Boats

Team Selected for Ultimate Ride Jet-ski from London to Auckland

The team who will attempt the world jet-ski record by riding from London to NZ is in training for the 32,000 km journey...

Sailing

Images: New Bakewell-White 36, General Lee is launched in Auckland

The Bakewell-White designed 36fter, General Lee, was launched in Auckland early this morning....

Sailing

Jessica Watson - no criticism of Jessica - just her PR Team

.The Sail-World team has attracted a lot of criticism for our coverage of the claims being made by Jessica Watson's PR t...

Cruising

OceansWatch Project Lead Boats Head for the Islands

OceansWatch's project lead-boats, Moksha and Magic Roundabout, set sail from Opua, New Zealand on Monday 5th May....

Sailing

Groupama unveils its strategy for the Volvo Ocean Race

Groupama and its team, revealed the reasons behind their commitment to the next two editions of the Volvo Ocean Race...

Sailing

Lies, Damn Lies, and PR Spin

I stand in awe at the achievement of Jessica Watson....

Fishing

RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival 2010 to kick off in July

The world's largest fishing film festival, is about to hit theatres on the Australian leg of its 2010 tour.

Sailing

Gladwell's Line: 34 America's Cup - All done by Christmas?

The 34th America's Cup got underway in Rome just over 12 hours ago. Launched not in a yacht club, not in the country of...

Sailing

Inflatable Life Jacket World Record Day- North America promotes safety

The Safe Boating Councils of North America are tryin to get more boaters to use life jackets on May 20...

Sailing

Fireball Worlds 2010 - Title won with two races to go

Two races still to be sailed in the Fireball Worlds 2010, but the title is now spoken for!...

Cruising

Bounty Boat adventure - one near miss, one knock-down

The Talisker Bounty boat crew of four have had a terrifying near miss with a reef at night and their first knock down.....

Cruising

2010 Finn Open Junior and Senior European Championships - Preview

2010 Finn Open Junior and Senior European Championships - Record entry for Finn Europeans...

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Lord Howe Island Windy Point, NSW

29 kn

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Gympie, QLD

0 kn

19°

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

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Thissss. came across my deck. www.9news.com.

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I just moved to Manly and can see the harbour side might be quite good in a southerly.

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Wing Foiling

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

By: Hubie, 5h ago

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Did a prop shaft / engine alignment today.

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Windsurfing

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

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Wing Foiling

in the shops now interested in feed back - wake thieving, DW

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How to take fishing photo's - part 2

Stand Up Paddle

The right food for Stand Up Paddling...

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Travelling to Bali - some Trip Tips

SUP Australia releases its State and National Titles dates

Stand Up Paddle

SUP Australia releases its State and National Titles dates

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How to take photos of your fish catch

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Australian Kitesurfing Shops & Schools

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How to start Kiteboarding

Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

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Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

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A New Star for Starboard

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How to tune your kite line lengths

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Narelle Closes In: WA Coast on High Alert

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Narelle Closes In: WA Coast on High Alert

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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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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 Targets Cape York: FNQ on Watch

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Maila: Landfall Monday, Final Warning

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Ningaloo Shut: Reef in Double Trouble

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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Narelle Hits: Exmouth Airport Gone