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Key West 2010: Picture perfect start for Day 1

Bretsch and fellow PROs Ken Legler (Division 1) and Dave Brennan (Division 2) were all able to complete two races...

Cruising

Images of Valencia: Raising the Wingsail on America's Cupper

BMW Oracle Racing today raised the wingsail on the America's Cup Challenger ahead of planned testing session off Valenci...

Cruising

Alinghi fail to accept America's Cup agreement, Court action expected

Alinghi have not responded to the deadline set to accept the Singapore Agreement...

Cruising

Your Propeller - the unsung hero of boating

A propeller looks to be one of the simplest parts on the whole boat, but it's actually quite complex...

Cruising

eMarineWorld.com.au provides Safe Harbour for online marine buyers

Melbourne base online Chandlery eMarineWorld.com.au is providing a wide range of marine industry products for online buy...

Sailing

North South Yachting Sells 400th New Yacht

North South Yachting, Australian importer of Bavaria Yachts, has today sold their 400th new yacht....

Sailing

Velux 5 Oceans: Clocks ticking, nine months to the start gun

Nine months to go before the start of The Ultimate Solo Challenge from La Rochelle on October 17, 2010...

Sailing

Exercise Transglobe endorses Raymarine products

Round-the-world Exercise Transglobe reports 100 per cent reliability from Raymarine equipment...

Sailing

Antigua Sailing Week 2010 - Battle of the Big boats

Niklas Zennstrom's 72-footer Ran, Mike Slade's 100ft super maxi ICAP Leopard all toning up for Antigua Sailing Week...

Power Boats

Powerboat P1 strengthens presence in North America

Powerboat P1 Management Ltd. announced the formation of a North American subsidiary, Powerboat P1 USA....

Sailing

Ullman Sails Sydney 38 Sprint Series - A day for Challenge

Victorian Sydney 38s enjoyed another great day of One Design racing at Royal Brighton Yacht Club last Saturday....

Sailing

2010 Australian Musto Skiff Week

The inaugural Musto Performance Skiff Australian Championships was held at Black Rock as a warm up for next years Worlds...

Sailing

Musto gets behind 2010 Etchells mid-winters

Marine apparel brand Musto has signed on as the lead sponsor of the Etchells Australasian Winter Champs 2010....

Cruising

2010 Star Championship - Percy and Simpson take lead

Percy and Simpson made good on yesterday's promise to perform better and they move to the top of Star Worlds...

Cruising

Sweet sailing on the brand new Hunter 39

Hunter Marine, the premier sailboat manufacturer in the US, is launching a brand new model over the Australian summer....

Cruising

2010 Star World Championship - British sailors take the lead

British sailors Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson, the reigning Olympic champions, are the new leaders at Star Worlds...

Sailing

Audi IRC Australian Championship begins at Audi Victoria Week

The list of IRC entries at Australia's four largest regattas continues to grow each year....

Kitesurfing

Kitesurfing Safety Essentials

Safe kitesurfing - a little bit of effort and there's room for everybody

Sailing

Women's Match Racing Squad have goddesses on their side

Australia's Women's Match Racing Squad are set to have a pair of Greek goddesses willing them to victory...

Cruising

Clipper 09-10: Three teams left at sea

Team Finland, who have eight Cork crew members on board as well as their own, are expected in Batam on Tuesday afternoon...

Fishing

New Williamson Live Ballyhoo Hybrid

A skirt and baitfish action all in one!

Fishing

New Management Plan for Port Phillip & Western Port

Latest Vic Fisheries management plan

Sailing

A tropical breeze, sunny skies, ready to race in Bay of Islands

Bay of Islands Sailing Week registration 4-6pm today, Tuesday 19 January....

Sailing

RO 'Bagdad Bob' fires his last shot concluding the 2010 F11 Nationals

A sensational conclusion in the last race made forecasting the win something Nostradamus would be proud to pull off....

Windsurfing

Zan Goes All Italian - RRD step it up a level in their sails department

RRD step it up a level in their sails department.

Sailing

America's Cup Challenger's deadline for Singapore Agreement response

The Challenger for the 33rd America's Cup, Golden Gate Yacht Club, has replied to the Defender, SNG's letter...

Cruising

Wiring Diagram - Don't leave port without it!

The lack of a wiring diagram makes tracing the problem when there's an electrical fault very difficult...

Sailing

Mach 2 Moth up for grabs in charity auction

A high tech Mach 2 Moth will be auctioned on eBay to raise money for international children's charity, Variety....

Sailing

Australian 18ft Skiff Championship Race 2 images

Images for Race 2 of the SP-HighModulus Australian 18ft Skiff Championship....

Power Boats

Fun activities at Docklands Melbourne Int'l Boat & Lifestyle Festival

Fishing, kayaking, water ski demonstrations, live music and dance lessons are just some of the fun activities on offer...

Cruising

Sailing Schizophrenia - Clipper yacht abandoned as 'not economic'

While Sailors for the Sea and OceansWatch work for the preservation of our ocean, a racing yacht is left on a reef...

Sailing

J24 Nationals - The Magnificent Seven

We salute the very deserving winners at this year's J24 Nationals...

Sailing

Star Worlds - Marazzi and De Maria win Race 2

Flavio Marazzi and Enrico de Maria (SUI) are a step closer to their dream after winning Race 2 of the 2010 Star Worlds...

Sailing

Gladwell's Line: Pulling a rabbit from the America's Cup hat

Sail-World talks to Russell Coutts about the latest developments in the America's Cup...

Sailing

2010 J24 Australian Championship - The final day!

NSW sailor Doug McGain sailing Code Violation one point ahead of Sean Wallis and his team from WA sailing Wetty Gripper...

Sailing

Dimension Polyant win 50th Barfoot and Thompson 12ft skiff Interdoms

Dimension Polyant Australia take 50th Barfoot and Thompson 12ft skiff Interdominion...

Sailing

OK Dinghy World Champions talk about what it takes to win

OK Dinghy World Champions Nick Craig, Karl Purdie and Thomas Hansson-Mild - talk about the class and Worlds 2010 in NZL...

Power Boats

Yamaha Announces Melbourne's Biggest Dealership

Yamaha has announced the appointment of Fleet Marine as a fully authorised Yamaha Outboards and Yamaha Wave Runner dealer.

Sailing

Airlie Sails Rum Bucket - Esoteric leads series

Col Forster's Esoteric sets up a commanding lead in the Airlie Sails Rum Bucket series on Pioneer Bay....

Sailing

Clipper - Canada's Cape Breton Island wins line honours

Clipper Round the World - Jubilant Cape Breton Island crew arrived after taking line honours in Race 5,...

Cruising

America's Cup Defender refutes claims made over negotiations

The Defender of the America's Cup, Societe Nautique de Geneve, has replied to the Challenger, Golden Gate Yacht Club's l...

Windsurfing

Haakgat Happenings - Team Fanatic score it big in South Africa

Team Fanatic score it big in South Africa.

Sailing

Images of the 12's: Day 7 Barfoot and Thompson 12 foot skiff Interdoms

Garrick Cameron presents this gallery of images from the final day of racing in the 50th 12ft skiff Interdominion...

Cruising

Prince William takes the helm of an America's Cup yacht

Prince William is visiting New Zealand at the moment, sailing and America's Cup yacht NZL40 while he's there...

Cruising

Dubai to host Louis Vuitton Trophy race

Dubai was today unveiled as the Middle East venue selected to host the Louis Vuitton Trophy...

Sailing

Tasmanians dominate Cadet National sailing title

Sandy Bay Sailing Club's Alec and Samantha Bailey have won the International Cadet Australian championship...

Cruising

BMW Oracle to sail without wingsail, initially

BOR90 as she is still known will be sailing without her wingsail and will be testing her previous mast...

Cruising

A Race Too Far - new story of the 1968 solo race

Now there's a new book on the story of the 1968 Golden Globe race non-stop round the world for solo sailors....

Sailing

18ft Skiffs Race 2 SP HighModulus Australian Championship

Race 2 of the SP-HighModulus Australian 18ft Skiff Championship gave the defending champions Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and...

Sailing

Jessica Watson celebrates at Cape Horn

'Against the grey sky and with albatrosses flying in the foreground, it was just as I'd imagined for so long' - Jessica...

Sailing

Endeavour Nationals at Gosford

The Endeavour Yacht Association of Australia held its 2010 State and National Championships,...

Sailing

Wild West enjoys windy day on Derwent

Wild West in Bellerive Yacht Club's long distance pennant race...

Stand Up Paddle

Quiksilver/C4 Ku Ikaika Big Wave SUP Challenge

Quiksilver is proud to announce the third annual Quiksilver Ku Ikaika Challenge, presented by C4 Waterman

Cruising

Star World Championship 2010: First race to young Germans

Johannes Babendererde and Timo Jacobs (GER) won Race 1 of the 2010 Star World Championship, a tricky race around Rio de...

Cruising

Seawind 1250 world debut at Docklands

Seawind Catamarans will launch its Seawind 1250 at the Melbourne International Boat & Lifestyle Festival next month....

Cruising

Clipper 09:10 - Cape Breton Island closing on finish line

Cape Breton Island is closing in on the finish line in Race 5 of Clipper 09-10...

Sailing

Bailey's strong grip on Cadet nationals

Sailing siblings Alec and Samantha Bailey have victory in the International Cadet Australian sailing championships...

Sailing

Upload your own Event and Class Sailing News Now!!

If your Nationals are running and there is no report on Sail-World, email or call your Publicity Person with this info....

Cruising

Clipper 09-10: Cork's fate decided

Clipper 09-10: It is with very great sadness that we have to accept that Cork Clipper will remain on the reef ......

Cruising

America's Cup: Latest video from Alinghi and BMW Oracle Racing

As both 33rd America's Cup teams break camp for the Match expected to be sailed in February 2010, we present the two lat...

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