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Australian 16ft Skiff Championship - Heat 6

With clearing skies, an 8-15 knot easterly breeze greeted the fleet for Heat 6 on Friday 8th January....

Sailing

VS 15 ft Skiff National Championships Day Three action

As was the case on days one and two it became the Firestorm and Dynamic Route show today with each taking out a heat....

Cruising

Chris Steele wins Splash Worlds for New Zealand

Chris Steele (NZL) has won the Splash World Sailing Championships raced this week off Takapuna in Auckland, New Zealand....

Sailing

2010 Coffs to Paradise - Alacrity the best rock hopper

Alacrity is the provisional winner of the Coffs to Paradise yacht race. Black Jack has claimed line honours...

Sailing

2010 Contender Worlds Day One images

Postcard conditions on Brisbane's Waterloo Bay for Day One of the 40th Contender Worlds...

Sailing

2010 Contender World Championship - Race 1 Photos

The 2010 Contender World Championship kicked off today at RQYS with the 60 competitors racing in perfect Queensland cond...

Sailing

505 Australian Championships: Michael Quirk & Simon Reffold champs

A northerly in the morning that faded to zero, 40 minutes after the 10.30 start. There was 1 point between three boats...

Sailing

Tough day in the Bahamas for 49er World Champions

Outteridge and Jensen has had a tough day at the office on day four 49er World Championship, slipping to tenth overall...

Sailing

Contender World Championships Race 1 - Bonezzi and Mussell do battle

For Race 1 of the 40th Contender World Championships, the Race Committee set an Olympic Triangle course...

Cruising

Jessica Watson - weather holds good as Cape Horn nears

It's almost all good news for Australian sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson as she nears Cape Horn....

Sailing

29er World Championship - New leaders

On the 29er World Championship course, French sailors Kevin Fisher and Glenn Gouron sailed a great day of 1-3-9...

Sailing

Wind again for 2010 Contender World Championships - Day One

Sunshine at last for the Contender sailors preparing their boats ahead of the first races in the 40th Contender World Ch...

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Australian Finn Championship 2010, Day 2

After an hour wait for the breeze to steady long enough to lay a course, racing got underway at Sorrento Sailing Club....

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Clipper 09-10 Race 5: Hull & Humber snaps steering cable

Six miles separate top five teams, Edinburgh Inspiring Capital makes strong gains, Hull & Humber snaps steering cable...

Sailing

Glowfast designs custom Luminous Rope Clutch Labels for Oyster

Glowfast Marine is proud to announce its association with luxury yacht builder Oyster Marine Ltd...

Sailing

49er World Championship - Spanish team dominates

49er World Championship - Five to eight knots for the first day of the finals for the Gold fleet alive....

Sailing

Geoff Holt first quadriplegic to cross the Atlantic

Geoff Holt has just arrived in Tortola to become the first quadriplegic to sail across the Atlantic. He has sailed the 2...

Sailing

2010 Australian 470 Championship, Day 1

Plenty of action for the first day of the 2010 Australian 470 Championship took place at Sorrento where Olympic Gold Med...

Power Boats

Unlimited Displacement World titles approved for Australia

Australian, New Zealand and American powerboats to clash on the Murray River....

Sailing

Cape Breton Island Crew Diary - Adrian Healy

It was a dark night with the winds between 25 and 35 knots. Cape Breton Island humming along through the swells......

Sailing

She Sunk! Three videos from Ady Gil - Earthrace collision with Whalers

The Carbon fibre 24 metre (78 foot) bio-diesel powered Ady Gil, formerly Earthrace, the round the world powerboat record...

Fishing

WA marron season kicks off - and for longer!

Noon Friday 8th January 2010 to noon Friday 5th February 2010

Sailing

Alexandra Cup - Match Racing in Vancouver

Vintage 'R' Class racing, Vancouver, October 2010...

Sailing

Sydney Hobart 2009 - Won and Lost on First Night

Post race analysis shows that it didn't matter if you were sailing a Maxi or a Sydney 38 - tides mattered...

Sailing

J24 2010 National Championships - What a difference a day makes

With only one day's racing to go in the Australian J24 championships, there is only one point between first and second ....

Sailing

International 14 World Championship Final Series - Brits lead

Archie Massey and crew Dan Wilsdon won race one of the Final Series in the Gold fleet...

Sailing

Three videos from the Ady Gil - Earthrace collision with Whalers

The Carbon fibre 24 metre (78 foot) bio-diesel powered Ady Gil, formerly Earthrace, the round the world powerboat record...

Sailing

International 505 Australian Championships - The Fat Lady has sung

The fat lady has sung at the Ronstan International 505 Australian Championships and she sings for Quirk and Reffold...

Power Boats

So you're going to buy an aluminium boat?

For the complete novice, buying a boat for the first time is not difficult if sound advice is followed....

Power Boats

Promising start to 2010 for Glenmaggie club

More than 1500 spectators turn out for the prestigious Glenmaggie Cup....

Sailing

Dragons Australasian Championship Prince Philip Cup - New Champion

It all came down to the last lap of the last race today to decide the Dragons Australian Champion....

Windsurfing

'Cold Hawaii' - Klitm?ller is set to play host to the world's top wave sailors t

Klitm?ller is set to play host to the world's top wave sailors this Autumn.

Sailing

Heat soars on and off the water at 2010 OAMPS in Adelaide

The 2010 OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championship is underway - Day 1 of the event...

Sailing

Splash Worlds: All Kiwi-podium going into final day of racing

There are only two races left to be sailed in the Splash World Sailing Championship at Takapuna Beach in Auckland,...

Sailing

16ft Skiff National Championships - Heat 5

16ft Skiff National Championships Heat 5 was sailed in another 8-13 knot south-easterly breeze under cloudy skies....

Sailing

Inaugural Coffs to Paradise Ocean Yacht Race - Black Jack leads

Eleven yachts set out from Coffs Harbour at 10am today on the Inaugural 150 nautical mile Coffs to Paradise yacht race...

Sailing

13ft Skiffs - Northside Sailing School continues to dominate

Middle Harbour skiff Northside Sailing School skippered by Scott Cotton continues to dominate...

Sailing

Contender World Champion aims for eight

Italy's Andrea Bonezzi is the King of the Contender Class....

Sailing

Harken Women's International Match Racing Regatta - NoR now available

International interest is expected as two women's match racing regattas are scheduled in a back to back format down unde...

Sailing

29er World Championship - Haumann and Holtug continue to lead

On the World Championships 29er course, Danish duo Oscar Haumann and Taus Holtug continue to dominate....

Sailing

A reminder for boaters to use caution when refueling

After two boat fires in NSW this week boaters to be extremely cautious about fire safety on vessels....

Sailing

49er World Championships - Spaniards lead the way

49er World CHampionships - Iker Martinez and Xabier Fernandez of Spain jumped into the lead...

Sailing

Boat fire at Empire Marina Bobbin Head

A man, aged in his early 40s, was injured while starting his 30ft fibreglass motor cruiser Empire Marina Bobbin Head...

Sailing

Outteridge and Jensen head into 49er Gold fleet in strong position

49er World Championship - Outteridge and Jensen consolidate fifth place...

Sailing

18ft Skiffs - Australian Championship Race 1 on Sunday

Sydney 18 Footer Season resumes on Sunday - Race 1 of the Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour....

Sailing

505 Australian Championships Day 3 - Very tricky conditions prevail

Day 3 of the Ronstan International 505 Australian Championships saw a two race day in 5 - 12 knots of wind....

Cruising

$4 million Dyna to star at Docklands boat show

A luxurious $4 million motor yacht will make its official debut at Melbourne International Boat & Lifestyle Festival....

Sailing

Images from Takapuna: Day 3 2010 Splash Worlds

Will Calver of Ocean Photography presents this gallery from Day 3 of the 2010 Splash Worlds being sailed at Takapuna...

Sailing

US SAILING's Rolex Miami OCR - Time running out to register

Registration closes this Friday 8 January for US SAILING's 2010 Rolex Miami OCR...

Sailing

Windsurfing Youth Olympic Games qualifier concludes in Cadiz

France, Great Britain, Israel, Poland, Russia and Spain secured spots in the windsurfing events at the 2010 Youth Olympi...

Sailing

Australian Finn Championship 2010, Day 1

The fleet of 18 Finns saw challenging conditions for the first day of racing at the Australian Finn Championships....

Cruising

2010 MacMan, July 22nd to July 24th

LCYC and the MIYC are proud to announce the 2010 Seventh Annual Mackinac Island to Manitoulin Island Yacht Race...

Sailing

New breeze, new leaders in 2010 Splash World Championship

Chris Steele (NZL) replaced Ben Lutze (NZL) in the prime position today, with reigning champ Declan Burn (NZL) in second...

Stand Up Paddle

3 x Longboard World Champion Colin McPhillips joins Hobie

Hobie signs up a new rider...

Sailing

Australian 470 Championship Preview

The Australian 470 Championship 2010 is being hosted by Sorrento Sailing Club in Victoria with racing from 7-11 January....

Sailing

International 14 World Championships - Brits win Day 5

British sailors took first place in both qualifying races today in Day 5 of the CST Composites International 14 Worlds...

Cruising

Clipper 09-10: Cape Breton Island forfeits lead for long term gain

A tactical move has seen Cape Breton Island lose their slim lead to Spirit of Australia...

Sailing

Dragon Australasian Championship - Tactics all important

What a sensational variety of conditions competitors have had to face in this year's Prince Philip Cup!...

Power Boats

Video of Ady Gil - formerly Earthrace - rammed by Japanese whalers

This video shot from the protest vessel Bob Barker shows the Shonan Maru 2 steering directly at the carbon fibre trimara...

Windsurfing

Tirckster's Tips - Some of the PWA's top freestylers reveal how they learn the t

Some of the PWA's top freestylers reveal how they learn the trickiest moves in the book.

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