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America's Cup: Race 1 - Images from the finish

Images of the finish of Race 1...

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America's Cup: Race 1 - Images from the beat and mark rounding

Images of the first leg and windward mark rounding...

Sailing

Indian Ocean 5 Capes Race - Next stop Cape Town for Majan

Oman Sail's A100 'Majan' left Muscat (Oman) last Saturday to begin tracing out the route of the new Indian Ocean 5 Capes...

Cruising

America's Cup: Race 1 - Images from the pre-start

Images of the Pre-Start and before....

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Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 in for a lively weekend

Jules Verne Trophy - It promises to be a lively weekend aboard the giant trimaran Groupama 3...

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Clipper Round the World Race - Tension approaching the Scoring Gate

Clipper 09-10: Singapore to Qingdao day 11 report....

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America's Cup 2010 Race 1 Images from the Alinghi team

Glorious light weather sailing conditions off Valencia today for the first race of the 33rd America's Cup....

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America's Cup images from Thierry Martinez

The long awaited race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup has taken place in the waters off Valencia - images from THMartinez....

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America's Cup: Quotes of the Day after Race 1

At the Media Conference following Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup, the Challenger, BMW Oracle Racing team appeared firs...

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America's Cup - Alinghi looks to Race 2 but work cut out

Alinghi lost Race 1 of the 33rd America's Cup, a best-of-three series, today after a hard fought pre-start and a 40nm ra...

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America's Cup BMW Oracle team surprised by down wind speed

Today, BMW ORACLE Racing dominated in the first race of the 33rd America's cup off Valencia...

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Innovation Awards for sailing products: Four winners for 2010

Sail-World Cruising looks at four products that received an award for innovation at the Miami International Boat Show....

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America's Cup: First blood for USA

Challenger BMW ORACLE Racing Team (USA) scored the vital first win in the best-of-three race series that is the 33rd Ame...

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America's Cup 2010 - watching the racing from dockside in Valencia

The race followed from the onshore AC set up in Valencia....

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Kiwiprops - an innovative new propeller for sailing yachts

The Kiwiprop" is a unique cost effective feathering propeller that eliminates gears, aligns the blades with the streamli...

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Paul Cayard - Finally and different to what we thought

Well, we finally got some racing and it was completely different than all of us thought. At least upwind....

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Fisher's View: Finally, a race

Bob Fisher reviews reviews the stalled 33rd America's Cup...

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America's Cup 33 Race 1 - BMW hits the lead

America's Cup News as the race unfolds. An amazing start......

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America's Cup 33 here - Another delay ahead of the start of Race One

The AP (Postponement flag is still not down). Start time was to be at ten minutes past the hour...

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Watch the America's Cup here - Live Feed about to start

The AP (Postponement flag is up). Live feed is about to start....

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Watch the America's Cup here - delay- waiting for wind to settle

Race 1 scheduled again for Friday 12 noon (CET) 11am GMT, 6am US EC time, 3am PST, 10pm AEST, midnight NZLSail-World...

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Offshore Training with Derek Hatfield Skipper of Spirit of Canada

Spirit of Canada Ocean Challenges today announced that a number of training sessions with Derek Hatfield & ECO 60...

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America's Cup Day 3 Race 1 - heading out to the race course

It's bitterly cold in Valencia, local TV says it was 2 degrees centigrade at dawn, wind abated and although the start a...

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Chandlers: Rachel tells of attempted rape, Pirate threaten starvation

Kidnapped sailor Rachel Chandler narrowly escaped rape by one of her guards because other guards arrived just in time,...

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Dutch clipper ship Stad Amsterdam exclusion zone for Sydney harbour

".. keep more than 200 metres ahead of the ship and more than 30 metres from the side and the stern ..," Mr McLeay said...

Sailing

Australian 12 ft Cadet Dinghy Championships

Australian 12 Foot Cadet Dinghy National Championship hosted by Royal Brighton Yacht Club (RBYC)...

Power Boats

Southern 80 Water Ski Race spectators urged to stay out of the water

NSW Maritime today issued a safety warning for spectators and boaters for the Southern 80 Water Ski Race...

Cruising

Gadget of the Week: the one-size-fits-all drink holder

Tallon Systems brings you, hot of the block, a 'multi-holder' that will fit any size bottle, can, glass or coffee mug...

Sailing

Watch the America's Cup Race 1 third attempt via Sail-World.com

Race 1 scheduled again for Friday 12 noon (CET) 11am GMT, 6am US EC time, 3am PST, 10pm AEST, midnight NZLSail-World...

Cruising

Cruise at The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia!

Ever thought of cruising the spectacular coast of Tasmania?...

Power Boats

Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani sets Trans-Gulf record

His Excellency Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani entered the record books by completing the Trans-Gulf passage...

Sailing

Australian 18 Footers League - launches video coverage for Worlds

Australian 18 Footers League - is proud to officially launch its new video page to especially offer all you grass roots...

Cruising

Surf lifesavers honoured for rescuing yacht crew off Ettalong Beach

This week 5 ex-lifesavers from the NSW Central Coast were honoured for rescuing 4 sailors from a yacht 50 years ago...

Sailing

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Cape Breton Island slips back

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Singapore to Qingdao Day 10 - All change as light conditions mix up the fleet....

Sailing

America's Cup - Richard Branson in Valencia

America's Cup 2010 : Visitors to the Alinghi base got a surprise today when they found themselves eye-to-eye with Sir Ri...

Sailing

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - All change

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Singapore to Qingdao Day 10 - All change as light conditions mix up the fleet....

Sailing

Voiles de Saint Barth - impressive lineup for first edition

The first edition of the Voiles de Saint Barth - bringing together the finest yachts sailing in the Caribbean in St. Bar...

Sailing

Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 face problematic conditions

Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 record attempt....

Sailing

America's Cup: The alternative to sitting around and waiting

I chanced across Gavin Brady in Valencia, but he was soon to be on his way to Antigua to take part - actually sailing...

Sailing

Fisher's View: Weather related

Bob Fisher reviews reviews the stalled 33rd America's Cup...

Stand Up Paddle

Port Phillip SUP Cup Wrap Up

Wrap up of Victoria's richest Stand Up Paddle Boarding event, The Port Phillip Cup

Fishing

Ajiking's New Pro Jigger Reel A Tight Package

A solid and compact package of light jigging bliss.

Sailing

America's Cup: Friday start delayed

Friday start delayed, today in Valencia, the poster says 'YA ES HORA' or 'It's about Time!' Too true it's about time we...

Stand Up Paddle

Coreban 9ft Fusion Test Report Video

Stand Up Paddle (SUP) manufacturer Coreban just released a new test report on their 9ft Fusion SUP board

Cruising

Spirit of Canada Ocean Challenges to offer offshore training sessions

Spirit of Canada Ocean Challenges today announced that a number of training sessions with Derek Hatfield on the ECO 60...

Windsurfing

Team Pryde 2010 - PWA constructors champions

PWA constructors champions, NeilPryde, announce their international team for the forthcoming season.

Sailing

America's Cup: Steve Clark on Heavy Air Multihull Sailing

Sail-World.com contacted Little America's Cup winner, Steve Clark about sailing racing inshore multihulls...

Cruising

America's Cup E-Mailbag - latest correspondence

Sail-World is happy to publish our readers' views an opinions on the America's Cup:...

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Should we Inject Carbon Dioxide into the Deep Ocean?

Should we Inject Carbon Dioxide into the Deep Ocean? Study finds some seafloor life may be harmed by high CO2 levels...

Power Boats

Massive boost for P1 Evolution Class World Championship favourite

One of the favourites for this year's Evolution Class World Championship title, 2B1 Furnibo, has secured a massive boost...

Sailing

Hardy Cup - Evan Walker wins for second time

Evan Walker has won the Hardy Cup for the second time....

Sailing

Hot Field assembles for the 2010 Sydney 38 Nationals at RPAYC

With the strongest fleet in years, the 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Championship, hosted by the RPAYC, starts tomorrow....

Cruising

La Solitaire du Figaro 2010: Promising line up of 73 pre-entries

Le Havre will host the start of La Solitaire for the first time on July 27 a 1,717 nm mix of inshore and offshore racing...

Sailing

OK Dinghy World Championship Final Day - New Champion Purdie

OK Dinghy World Championship Final Day. Paul Rhodes (NZL), who was leading over the first three days of the regatta....

Sailing

Jules Verne Trophy - Difficult day with a tricky night for Groupama 3

Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 record attempt. It's been a difficult day with a tricky night in prospect for Groupama 3...

Sailing

New Archambault A40rc - turbo-charged to a tee

Australia's top IRC yacht is even better, with Archambault now offering an epoxy hull and tee-bulb keel for the A40rc....

Sailing

New OK Dinghy World Champion

We have a new World Champion for 2010 ... Karl Purdie from Worser Bay Boating Club, Wellington....

Sailing

Clipper Round the World Race - Jamaica Lightning Bolt closes in

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Singapore to Qingdao Day 9 report. Jamaica Lightning Bolt closes in....

Sailing

18ft Giltinan 2010: International champions prepare for the series

Three of the world's best 18ft teams spent yesterday preparing their skiffs for the tough18ft Skiff Giltinan Championshi...

Cruising

Interview with Derek Hatfield on the Daily Planet

Derek Hatfield in an interview on February 4th, 2010 in studio with Jay Ingram of Daily Planet on Discovery Channel....

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