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Sydney Hobart: Alfa Romeo Heads Across Storm Bay

Sydney Hobart. Neville Crichton looks set to wipe from his memory the 2005 defeat in this race...

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My sailing hero list for 2009

The ocean demands heroic actions by some of those who sail on her. Here is my very personal hero list for 2009...

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Sydney Hobart - Alfa Romeo just hours away from Line Honours win

Neville Crichton and his supermaxi crew are sailing to a convincing line honours win in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart....

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Heemskirk Consolidated Melbourne to Hobart - Living the Dream

A certain Phil Barret of OzSpars is aboard Robert Green's Pacific 50, 'Dream'. Why is that important you ask....

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Day 1 B14 Australian National Titles Belmont

B14 Australian National Titles underway - current World and National Champion Guy Bancroft grasps early lead...

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Sydney Hobart: 120 Vegemite Rolls Keep Waugh at Peace

Sydney Hobart. Rugby flanker and NSW Waratah's captain Phil Waugh was sounding like a seasoned yachtie...

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Rolex Sydney Hobart - Tassie yachts heading for home

Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - One of the biggest contingents of Tasmanian yachts left Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day...

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Sydney Hobart Radio sked 1705 and Radio Relay traffic

Sail-World.com is streaming the 1705 Sydney Hobart Radio sked and Radio relay traffic....

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Melbourne to Launceston - The winner is just three hours away

Paul Buchholz's DK46 'Extasea' is closing in on the finish at Low Head at the mouth of the Tamar River, near Launceston...

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Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI has Alfa Romeo in their sights

Wild Oats XI co-navigator, Ian 'Fresh' Burns, had an unexpected message for the yacht's loyal band of supporters late to...

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Sydney Hobart - Supermaxi Rapture onboard videos

Brook Lenfest's 100ft Farr 100 Rapture is currently 39 miles east of Flinders Island and has 254 miles to go to Hobart....

Cruising

Oceans Day at Copenhagen UNFCCC COP-15

Oceans Day underscored the importance of the UNFCCC negotiating text.....

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Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race- YuuZoo sailing in minefields

Rolex Sydney Hobart Race update from YuuZoo - Ludde Ingvall has had a frustrating 24 hours searching for horsepower...

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Rolex Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI closing - but is it too late?

Alfa Romeo could be only the seventh boat in the history of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race to take the double...

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Heemskirk Consolidated Melbourne to Everything - Paint Drying...

Overnight it had certainly been a testing time in the Heemskirk Consolidated Melbourne to Everything....

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Launceston to Hobart - Less than half a mile separates leaders

Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race - Less than half a sea mile separated the first three yachts at 12 noon today...

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Sydney Hobart 2009 - On board Wild Oats XI

Murray Spence, the boat manager of Wild Oats XI captured the morning off northern Tasmania...

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Sydney Hobart: and ICAP Leopard Goes Round the Outside

Sydney Hobart. You'd think that the well spoken Mike Slade, owner of the 100 supermaxi ICAP Leopard, ought to be Irish...

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Rolex Sydney Hobart: Wild Oats halves Alfa Romeo's lead

Four times race winner, Wild Oats XI (Mike Richards) is making a late charge in the Rolex Sydney Hobart race to pick up...

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Sydney Hobart - here comes the Oats!!

Now the door could be swinging ever so slightly ajar for Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI, whose crew lead by Mark Richard's is...

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Rolex Sydney Hobart Race: The Rich get Richer

The maxis leading the Rolex Sydney Harbour race fleet cleared a barrier of light air and calm in Bass Strait in the earl...

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Hobart Races - All quiet on the southern front

Not a yacht in sight on (or near) the River Derwent - all quiet on the southern front!...

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Pacific 'garbage patch' on the increase

US scientists have returned from the 'Pacific Garbage Patch' with samples of plastic debris to highlight its threat....

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Sabot class steeped in tradition gets set for 46th Australian titles

All is ready for the other major sailing event taking place near Sydney during the Sydney-to-Hobart, it's the 46th Austr...

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Launceston to Hobart fleet making good progress despite light winds

Fleet in the 285 nautical mile Launceston to Hobart (L2H) ocean race is making good progress down the Tas East Coast...

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Sydney Hobart - Wild Oats XI: Tough from here but it's a Hobart race

Chance of Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI claiming her fifth consecutive Hobart win now very slim....

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Heemskirk Consolidated Melbourne to everywhere. Good morning! For some

As the sun rises in Launceston, Tasmania, some have had a great night and others, well, much less so....

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Sydney Hobart Radio skeds, Green Cape Report & Radio Relay traffic

Sail-World.com is streaming the Sydney Hobart Radio skeds, Green Cape Report and Radio relay traffic....

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Alfa Romeo heading for the daily double

Neville Crichton's 100 foot New Zealand maxi Alfa Romeo has overnight successfully negotiated her way thru a wind hole....

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Sydney Hobart - Alfa Romeo accelerates away

This morning Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo has broken clear of the Sydney to Hobart fleet and the canting keel Reichel P...

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Rolex Sydney Hobart: Alfa Romeo jumps in the Battle of the Supermaxis

New Zealand Supermaxi, Alfa Romeo has scored another overnight jump on her immediate rivals in 65th Rolex Sydney Hobart....

Windsurfing

Action App - One for the iPhone lovers out there

One for the iPhone lovers out there.

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Launceston to Hobart - Fork in the Road takes lead

Launceston to Hobart Yacht - Fork in the Road takes the lead as Mr Kite goes for a 'flyer'....

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Sydney Hobart: Playing the Waiting Game down at the Dock

Sydney Hobart. It's about this time in a Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race that the media contingent in Hobart are usually...

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Rolex Sydney Hobart - The march of the 40 footers

A little known yacht named St Jude is leading the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race on handicap late this afternoon....

Sailing

Melbourne to Hobarts and Melbourne to Launceston start pictures

Images from photographer Teri Dodds at the start of the two Melbourne to Hobarts and Melbourne to Launceston....

Sailing

Sydney Hobart - Red Snakes and chips power Tow Truck

The Tow Truck crew from Newcastle have sailed their hot house green Mumm 30 with distinction in years gone by....

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart: Stop Start all the way to Hobart

The Rolex Sydney-Hobart race fleet leaders stalled and stopped in calms off the far south coast of New South Wales...

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Heemskirk Consolidated Melbourne races - You just have to love ideal!

The two Heemskirk Consolidated Melbourne to Hobarts and the Melbourne to Launceston races got away today....

Sailing

Alfa Romeo in box seat rival skipper concedes, big test looms this eve

Mike Slade, the skipper of the British maxi ICAP Leopard concedes that Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo may have opened the...

Sailing

Women's Match Racing Observation regattas

The Australian Sailing Development Women's Match Racing Squad will be conducting two Match racing 'Observation' events...

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Alfa Romeo extends lead

Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - Alfa Romeo has extended her lead to 11 miles over ICAP Leopard....

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Rolex Sydney Hobart - Loyal closing in on Ichi Ban and RAN

Langman's Investec LOYAL is closing in on Matt Allen's Ichi Ban Niklas Zennstrom's RAN....

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Launceston to Hobart - Mr Kite flies into Bass Strait

Mr Kite has opened up an early lead in the 285 nautical mile Sargisons Jewellers Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race....

Cruising

Never-say-die Minaru Saito is off again to complete circumnavigation

75-year-old Minoru Saito, on his 8th circumnavigation, is almost ready to sail again from Punta Arenas in Chile.....

Sailing

Sydney Hobart: One For the Small Guys?

Sydney to Hobart. Some five weeks back at the CYCA media launch for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race,...

Sailing

Sydney Hobart - Racing in slow motion - it's still anyone's race

Bass Strait, the stretch of water between the Australian mainland and the island state of Tasmania, is so often a cauldr...

Sailing

Alfa Romeo gains in Rolex Sydney Hobart Battle of the Supermaxis

Neville Crichton and friends have stretched their lead in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart to six mile over Mike Slade's ICA...

Sailing

Sargisons Launceston to Hobart Race sets sail today

A fleet of 35 yachts setting sail in the third edition of the 285 nautical mile Sargisons Launceston to Hobart Race fro...

Sailing

USA's Rapture well placed in Sydney Hobart race

Among the eight maxis jostling on the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart start line yesterday was a US 100 foot luxury cruiser nam...

Sailing

They come in threes

It is fantastic to see the three supermaxi leaders out in front of the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race....

Sailing

A minefield ahead for Sydney Hobart fleet

'Bass Strait looks like a minefield so a very long race ahead with lots of snakes and ladders I'd say.'...

Cruising

Knowing your batteries - Part 5, Monitoring and Maintenance

This is Part 5 of a multipart series by Larry Janke from Southeast Marine Services on battery charging guidelines...

Sailing

Sydney Hobart Radio skeds & Radio Relay traffic

Sail-World.com is streaming the Sydney Hobart Radio skeds and Radio relay traffic. Link here...

Sailing

Alfa Romeo leads the way - Limit out of Rolex Sydney Hobart

Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo is leading the hunt for line honours victory in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race early t...

Sailing

Limit retires from 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart with rigging failure

Limit retired from the 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart with rigging failure at approximately 2230hrs 2009-12-26...

Sailing

Rolex Sydney Hobart - Round one to Alfa Romeo

Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo took round one of the battle of the maxis...

Sailing

Sydney Hobart Start Images from Crosbie Lorimer

In what Chutzpah's skipper Bruce Taylor predicted would be 'the twitchiest race' in a long time...

Sailing

Cock of the Bay - All squared away

The Entire Group Cock of the Bay on Melbourne's Port Phillip is all squared away....

Sailing

ICAP Leopard starts final leg of prestigious yacht racing treble

At 13:00 (local time) today ICAP Leopard, the 100ft supermaxi racing yacht crossed the Sydney Harbour startline....

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How to tune your kite line lengths

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How to take fishing photo's - part 2

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Australian Salmon: Surf, Rock and Timing

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Very interested to know what caused your long swim: A mast failure [:(!

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