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Flying Dutchman Australian Nationals 2009/10 winners decided

Ian McCrossin and James Cook take out Flying Dutchman Nationals with one race to spare......

Sailing

Champion Crowned on the Penultimate day of the Australian Finn Champs

Australian Olympian, Anthony Nossiter retains his Australian Finn Championship title, winning with a day to spare!...

Sailing

2010 OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championship winners

2010 OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championship wrap report...

Stand Up Paddle

Boardworks Announces PSH to Join New SUP Division

Boardworks Announces Paddle Surf Hawaii has Signed to Join New SUP Division

Sailing

Toronto International Boat Show - SailFest Review

This first review will focus on the SailFest area, catering to all sailors....

Cruising

Tara Oceans Expedition - as ambitious as Charles Darwin

80,000 nm, 60 ports of call, a 3 year plan and 50 laboratories participating - this is Tara Oceans sailing Expedition....

Cruising

US Sailing Safety At Sea Seminar at RCYC in April

RCYC to host a US sailing sanctioned Safety at Sea Seminar...

Windsurfing

British Beef Meets Italian Flair - The OTC's talented wave shredder

The OTC's talented wave shredder, Adam Lewis, joins the Point-7 International team, and will now assist with the development of Point-7 wave sails.

Cruising

CST Composites Intl 14 World C'ship: Massey wins back to back titles

Brit Archie Massey and his crew Dan Wilsdon won the CST Composites International World Championship today...

Cruising

CST Composites International 14 World Championships: The day in photos

Christophe Favreau was on the water at the CST Composites Int 14 World C'ship in Sydney and provided some magic photos...

Sailing

Temperatures Soar at Optimist Oceania and Australian Championship

The International Optimist Association Oceania and Australian Championship finished today at Adelaide Sailing Club....

Sailing

Australian Hobie Nationals Run and Won

The Australian Hobie Nationals have been run and won over a two part series, held in Mandurah Western Australia....

Sailing

18ft Skiffs SP-HighModulus Australian Championship, you Gotta Love It

Defending champions Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Tom Clout have immediately set the standard...

Sailing

Preston defends Paper Tiger NZ Nationals at Napier

current champ Bob Preston from Nelson successfully defended his NZ National Paper Tiger Championship at Napier...

Sailing

McDougall's Mach 2 is Moth Champ

Andrew McDougall wins Moth championship in Perth....

Sailing

SB3 Form guide part one for the Audi Victoria Week in Geelong

Form Guide for Geelong Week SB3 Sailors Part 1...

Cruising

Engine alternator? or water and wind power? - a comparison

How much do you need to use your boat to make utilising wind and water power a distinct advantage? Larry Janke compares...

Cruising

Contender World Championships Race 5 underway

Day three of the 40th Contender World Championships - almost cloudless skies and bright sunshine....

Cruising

29er Worlds: France's Fisher and Gouron consolidate to win title

On the World Championship 29er course, French sailors Kevin Fisher and Glenn Gouron consolidated and won the Worlds...

Cruising

Spain's Martinez and Fernandez new 49er World Champions

Iker Martinez and Xabier Fernandez of Spain have won their third 49er World Championship ('02, '04, '10)...

Cruising

Jessica Watson becalmed approaching Horn! - but lots of company...

Southern Ocean is legendary for its high winds and huge seas yet Australian teen solo sailor Jessica Watson is becalmed...

Cruising

Clipper 09-10: Spirit of Australia first to scoring gate

Spirit of Australia are the first boat to cross the scoring gate with Cork, Ireland crossing in second place....

Sailing

Etchells Class successful Capture the Spirit campaign

The national Etchells class launched an innovative national marketing campaign 12 months ago....

Cruising

Australian Antarctic marine science voyage to Southern Ocean

Australian Antarctic Division's marine science voyage that left Hobart in mid December....

Cruising

Teams prepare for 86th Star World Championship

The Yacht Club of Rio de Janeiro is gearing up for the 86th Star World Championship, that will start on January 16, 2009...

Sailing

Zhik Australian 470 Championship 2010, Day 3

Unquestionable domination is being demonstrated by 470 Australian Sailing Team pair of Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page....

Sailing

Interdominion 12' Skiff Championships - Dimension Polyant first up win

Dimension Polyant (Nick Press) took out heat 1, leading almost from start to finish, in a 18 knots SouthWesterly....

Cruising

America's Cup: Hope that issues will be sorted in Singapore?

There are still some quite serious issues to be resolved ahead of the 33rd America's Cup...

Sailing

Australian 16ft Skiff Championships - Race 7 and final result

Race 7, the final race, was sailed on Saturday 9th January in an 8-14 knot easterly breeze....

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - 2010 PKRA Riders' Committee Elections

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - 2010 PKRA Riders' Committee Elections

Sailing

Miss Conduct on best behaviour in Green Island Race

Miss Conduct steered to a corrected time win in the Combined Club's annual Green Island Race...

Cruising

Contender World Championship Images from Day Two

A perfect day out on the water for day two of the Contender World Championships being sailed from RQYS, Manly....

Cruising

2010 Contender Worlds Day 2- Its tough out there says The Master

The 40th Contender Worlds Day 2 sailed on a benign Waterloo Bay in Brisbane Australia....

Cruising

Bloodhound, Queen Elizabeth's yacht, heading for Scotland

Queen Elizabeth's former yacht, the 19.2m (63ft) Bloodhound, is to be displayed in Scotland....

Cruising

Contender World Championships Race 3 - Local knowledge pays

Day two, race 3 of the Contender World Championship and local knowledge pays....

Sailing

Contenders go Tweet Tweet!

Follow the Contenders Tweets!...

Cruising

New ransom demand for sailors: 'Too expensive to keep alive'

After 80 days, UK's Daily Mail reports 2 threatening calls from Somali pirates who have Paul and Rachel Chandler hostage...

Cruising

29er World Championship - Fisher and Gouron lead

On the 29er World Championship course, French sailors Kevin Fisher and Glenn Gouron are leading after a stellar race...

Power Boats

Powerboat P1 Special Projects Director moves on

Powerboat P1 Special Projects Director, Andy Hindley, will be leaving the company in April to pursue new interests...

Cruising

49er World Championship - Consistent sailing by the Spanish duo

Consistent sailing in the 49er fleet by Iker Martinez and Xabier Fernandez have given them a 22 point lead....

Cruising

Weeds submerge Inshore Reefs

A new scientific study has found that seaweeds have claimed large areas of the coastal shelf of the GBR....

Sailing

J24 Nationals - Wetty Gripper takes home the title

J24 Nationals - On a day where bad luck stories abound, Sean Wallis and his team on Wetty Gripper came home to win...

Sailing

SNG publishes draft 33rd America's Cup Sailing Instructions

SNG has published a draft version of the Sailing Instructions for the 33rd America's Cup Deed of Gift Match due to start...

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....

Sailing

Australian Finn Championship 2010 - Little change at the top

Olympian, Anthony Nossiter won the race from the start, blasting out of the blocks...

Sailing

174th Australia Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour

174th running of world's oldest continuous sailing regatta - the Australia Day Regatta on Sydney Harbour...

Sailing

Flying Dutchman Australian Nationals - Sorrento Victoria

With two days to go the top five boats are all closely placed. Boats have come from NSW, VIC and SA....

Sailing

Australian 470 Championship 2010 - Four in a row for Page and Belcher

Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page won their fourth consecutive race of the series....

Cruising

OK Dinghy World Rankings prior to 2010 World Championships in NZL

OK Dinghy World Ranking List before 2010 World Championships NZL in Feb shows little movement in the top 10...

Power Boats

New SuperStock Championship unveiled

Powerboat P1 relaunched the Honda Formula 4-Stroke Association (F4SA) with its new identity, the SuperStock Championship...

Sailing

Clipper 09-10 Race 5 - Decision day

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht race. Race 5, Geraldton WA to Singapore. Its neck and neck racing at the front...

Sailing

One month to go to the 33rd America's Cup Match

Today marks the 'one month to go' date before race one of the 33rd America's Cup Match....

Sailing

Strong Ullman Sails presence at Audi Victoria Week

Dave Ullman will join Ullman Sails' Tony Bull and Sam Haines to provide a strong line-up on the water on TP52 'Shogun'...

Sailing

TeamOrigin - All Go for 2010

TeamOrigin, the British America's Cup Team, issued an update today on its planned focus and activities for 2010...

Sailing

Women in wooden boats top the fleet at the Australian Mirror Champs

Women in wooden boats showed the way at the 44th International Mirror Australian Championships sailed at Lake Cootharaba...

Sailing

OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championship day two

Close racing throughout the fleets on day two of OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championship...

Sailing

Award-winning Fusion 15 sailing dinghy re-introduced

Award-winning Fusion 15 sailing dinghy re-introduced at Toronto International Boat Show...

Sailing

International 14 World Championship - Greenhalgh goes for a swim

Former World Champion Rob Greenhalgh swims to his boat after its foiled rudder broke loose on Thursday 8 January...

Sailing

Moth National Championship - McDougall stretches his lead

Moth National Championship. Andrew McDougall won another three from three today....

Sailing

2010 Taipan and Capricorn National Titles report

50 boats participated in the 2010 Taipan and Capricorn National Titles at Gippsland Lakes, Victoria...

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SA Algal Bloom: A Decade to Recover

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Wing Foiling

Email from Greg at BRM: Aloha! Hope your 2026 season has been going great!

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Wing Foiling

Hello all. Windsurfer for over 20 years and am toying with learning to wingfoil.

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Someone recently contacted me regarding Brolga 33s.

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Hi All, My 10' Lopez Glider Twin arrived last week - I was so very close to having it for Xmas.

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