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Sailing

Down to the wire for Barfoot and Thompson 12fter Interdom

Frankienskiff sailed by Tim Bartlett and Adam Miller holds a 0.7 of a point lead over Dimension Polyant Australia....

Sailing

Images of the 12's: Day 6 Barfoot and Thompson 12 foot skiff Interdoms

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

Cruising

CORK hosts Optimist North American Championship June 26-July 4

CORK Kingston, Ontario hosts IODA sanctioned Optimist North American Championship 2010, June 26 - July 4 with CODA....

Cruising

Louisiades Rally - it's on again!

Louisiades Rally from Australia to the Louisiades is on again in September 2010....

Sailing

Tasar Nationals in NSW for 2011

The 38th Australian Tasar Championships will be held from the 2nd to the 8th January 2011 out of Woollahra Sailing Club....

Cruising

Bertrand and Co close to unstoppable say Etchells rivals

Battle for minor podium places on in earnest in Race 9, last race of the Murphy & Nye 2010 Australian Etchells Nationals...

Cruising

Indian solo sailor in the Falklands and past the halfway

Indian solo sailor Dilip Donde rounds Cape Horn, passes the half way mark, now in the Falklands for maintenance...

Cruising

Star Worlds: Brun and Kunze win Taca Darke de Mattos - Practice Race

Brun/ Kunze (BRA) won the Practice Race of the 2010 Star Worlds. More importantly, they won the Taca Darke de Mattos...

Sailing

Tasmanian sports boats heading for Audi Victoria Week

Fred Barrett next weekend he will helm his own newly-launched sports boat Fang to the Max at Victoria Week....

Sailing

47th Cherub Nationals Report

Alison Chapman and Rhys Mara on Sparky have won the 47th Cherub Nationals held at Mounts Bay Sailing Club in Perth....

Sailing

Tasmanian crew hits overall lead in Cadet Nationals

Hobart brother and sister, Alec and Samantha Bailey, have sailed their boat Impulse into top place in the International...

Cruising

Clipper 09-10: Cape Breton Island emerges from Stealth Mode in lead

Clipper 09-10: Race 5 Geraldton Western Australia to Singapore. Day 13 report....

Sailing

Murphy & Nye Australian Etchells Title - Podium battle in last race

Sunshine on Lake Macquarie for the ninth and last race in the Murphy & Nye 2010 Australian Etchells Championship...

Sailing

Clipper 09-10: Monsoon squalls hit fleet

Clipper 09-10: Race 5 Geraldton Western Australia to Singapore. Day 13 report....

Sailing

Golden Gate calls out Swiss club over America's Cup Meeting comments

The Challenger for the 33rd America's Cup has called out Societe Nautique de Geneve over comments made following the bre...

Cruising

Alinghi 5 sails in Valencia for first time

Alinghi welcomed the Valencia authorities to its base in the Darsena this afternoon to watch the Defender's giant catama...

Sailing

Fickle northerly for Race 7 of Barfoot and Thompson 12fter Interdom

Light shifty northerly plagues Race 7 of Barfoot and Thompson 12fter Interdom...

Cruising

2010 Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Race - Everyone has Finished

Everyone is accounted for in Key West this morning. Just Right and Karma were the last yachts to cross the finish line...

Cruising

Take your books cruising? - or 'Go Kindle'?

When we left for our recent 3 year circumnavigation I took just over 400 books with me. Today you can just 'Go Kindle'!...

Power Boats

Safety reminder for boaters crossing coastal bars

In the last three weeks, there have been at least three reported incidents of boats capsizing on a coastal bar...

Sailing

Eight Bells - Ian Knight, Lake Macquarie Etchells skipper

Lake Macquarie Etchells skipper Ian Knight passed away suddenly on Tuesday 12th January. He will be sadly missed....

Sailing

Bavaria Cruiser 45 set for launch at Dusseldorf Boat Show

The new Bavaria Cruiser 45 is set for its world debut at the forthcoming Dusseldorf Boat Show on January 23....

Cruising

The North West Passage - Bagan's 2009 transit

Theobald used MV Bagan as a floating editing facility when he transited the North West Passage last year...

Sailing

Murphy & Nye 2010 Etchells Australian Championship Race 7

Murphy & Nye 2010 International Etchells Australian Championship, being sailed from the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club, NSW....

Sailing

Sail Paradise hits the high notes

The inaugural Sail Paradise series off the Gold Coast could not have ended on a higher note last night with high praise...

Sailing

Key West 2010: The heat begins Monday

Sailors are arriving in Key West and preparing to race in North America's premiere annual international regatta...

Sailing

Star Worlds 2010, Brazil: Top Star sailors expect a tough competition

That was the general consensus of top Star sailors at the press conference at the Yacht Club of Rio de Janeiro...

Sailing

King of the Docklands: Who will wear the crown in 2010?

The King of the Docklands starts off an action-packed week of racing at Audi Victoria Week starting January 21...

Power Boats

Unique hull design proves a winner for Tricon Marine

This 'long legged' beauty could cross the Atlantic Ocean....

Power Boats

So you're going to buy a trailerable fibreglass boat?

This is the second part in our series following our advice on aluminium boat buying last week....

Sailing

Wangi Sailing Club to host 174th Australia Day Regatta

Wangi Sailing Club to host 174th Australia Day Regatta...

Sailing

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...

Sailing

Brad Butterworth on America's Cup negotiations in Singapore

Brad Butterworth, Alinghi team skipper and representative at the recent Singapore meetings with BMW Oracle, comments on...

Sailing

Clipper 09-10: Damage assessment, California heads to Singapore

California and Team Finland rescue Cork crew after yacht hits reef. Cork was stuck fast and unable to move....

Sailing

Clipper 09-10: Cape Breton Island goes into Stealth Mode

California and Team Finland rescue Cork crew after yacht hits reef. Cork was stuck fast and unable to move....

Sailing

BMW Oracle Racing weathers storm in Valencia

A wind storm hit Valencia today, causing BMW ORACLE Racing to batten down the hatches at its team boatyard...

Sailing

Narrow escape for Alinghi sailmakers in gale force winds + Video

Alinghi's 1,000m2 temporary sail repair tent in the outer Darsena of Valencia was blown over and destroyed in winds gust...

Sailing

Images from Day 5 at Royal Langkawi International Regatta

Just a few more Postcards from the Edge......

Stand Up Paddle

Lifestart Kayak for Kids - helping kids with disabilities

Get involved in Lifestart Kayak for Kids.

Sailing

Royal Langkawi International Regatta 2010: Joined at the hip

the two boats match-raced through the start sequence, and then proceeded to match race their way through the race itself...

Windsurfing

Severne Sisters - The Moreno twins transfer to Team Severne for 2010

The Moreno twins transfer to Team Severne for 2010.

Cruising

2010 Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Report

With light conditions at the start, it quickly became obvious that the monohull record of 10 hours 24 min, set by Carrer...

Power Boats

Marine Rescue NSW at full speed ahead for safer boating

'In the first 4 days of operations, 24/7 Marine Rescue Sydney radio base handled 400% increase in general radio traffic...

Sailing

Audi Victoria Week: The 440 strong fleet is a near record

Entries for Australia's largest and most established sailing regatta, Audi Victoria Wee announce a huge fleet of 440 yac...

Sailing

RYCT to celebrate 100th Anniversary of Royal Warrant

RYCT memnbers will attend a dinner to mark the 100th anniversary of the granting of the Royal Warrant of Tasmania....

Sailing

Murphy & Nye 2010 Etchells Australian Championship images

Greg Mulvaney presents images from the Murphy & Nye 2010 International Etchells Australian Championship...

Power Boats

Record field for Southern 80

More than 600 boats and crews set to fight it out on the Murray River....

Sailing

Clipper 09-10: Cork hits rock and crew evacuated

Cork, Ireland, in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race has struck a rock in the Java Sea,...

Cruising

Volunteer rescuers busy after thunderstorm hits

Yesterday's late thunderstorm kept Marine Rescue NSW busy with two successful rescues of sailing boats....

Sailing

Murphy & Nye 2010 Etchells Australian Championship Race 5

It's day three of the Murphy & Nye 2010 International Etchells Australian Championship....

Sailing

Form Guide for Audi Victoria Week SB3 Sailors Part 2

Form Guide for Audi Victoria Week SB3 Sailors Part 2...

Sailing

Warren Jones International Youth Regatta - more international entries

Competitors from five nations for the 2010 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta...

Sailing

Clipper 09-10 R5: Avoiding fishing boats & nets, reefs and volcanoes

'Wow what a ride! The last 24 hours. Wind squalls of 40 knots, volcanoes, islands, all types of shipping and oil fields'...

Sailing

Top crews to vie for F18 Australian C'ships during Audi Victoria Week

The fast and exciting Formula 18 (F18) catamarans are coming to Corio Bay in Geelong during Audi Victoria Week...

Cruising

Star Worlds, Brazil: Practice race is anything but practice

81 teams at Star Worlds will have a first class training opportunity, teams will compete in Darke de Mattos Regatta...

Sailing

Star Worlds Brazil: Szabo/Peters, current Star champs want light winds

US team of Szabo/Peters, current Star World Champions, are hoping for light winds so they can repeat last year's feat...

Sailing

Notice of Race for 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship

Notice of Race for the 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship published...

Sailing

RYA and NSSA combine forces for Youth Sailing

The RYA and the National Schools Sailing Association (NSSA) have agreed to combine forces...

Sailing

F18 Australian Championship - Top crews come together

The fast and exciting Formula 18 (F18) catamarans are coming to Corio Bay in Geelong...

Kitesurfing

Kitestock MMX Registrations now open!

WA's huge kitesurfing event of the year - kitestock - is now open for registrations

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Weather Forecasts & Live Reports

Windiest in Australia:

Mount Wellington, TAS

33 kn

WNW

11°

Most Windless in Australia:

Broome (Coastal), WA

0 kn

25°

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Narelle Hits: Exmouth Airport Gone

Cyclone Narelle: Cat 4 threat to Cape York

Weather

Cyclone Narelle: Cat 4 threat to Cape York

Narelle Closes In: WA Coast on High Alert

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Narelle Closes In: WA Coast on High Alert

Weather

Maila Targets Cape York: FNQ on Watch

Weather

Tropical Low Threatens Daintree Coast

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

Weather

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

Weather

SE Australia's coldest April in decades

Weather

Maila: Landfall Monday, Final Warning

Weather

SA Algal Bloom: A Decade to Recover

Weather

Ningaloo Shut: Reef in Double Trouble

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

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I love the North stuff even though the supply has always been challenging here in the uk.

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