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Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship starts tomorrow

The 17th annual Harken gets underway tomorrow on Pittwater hosted by The Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club....

Sailing

Extreme Sailing Series Asia (ESSA) - China Team entry

Three members of China's original 2007 America's cup crew return to test their mettle in the first ESSA...

Sailing

Coffs to Paradise and Sail Paradise events appoint Denis Thompson

Denis Thompson has been appointed Race Director for the inaugural Coffs to Paradise and Sail Paradise events....

Sailing

Foiler 1 Dash for Cash - Friday 4th December, Woollahra SC

Come Down and see Syndeys first foiling moth Dash for cash. $1000 1st prize, sposors give aways, DJs, red bull girls and...

Sailing

Luderitz Speed Challenge - 50 knots but no new records

The Luderitz Speed Challenge today began a couple hours later than yesterday as riders waited for the tide to drop...

Sailing

Solidaire du Chocolat - Wright and Brennan on Sail4Cancer cross finish

Solidaire du Chocolat - There have been more arrivals in Mexico....

Sailing

Solidaire du Chocolat - More arrivals in Progreso

Solidaire du Chocolat - There have been more arrivals in Mexico....

Power Boats

Montavoci runs unchanged line-up in Abu Dhabi

Giampaolo Montavoci has confirmed he will run an unchanged line-up in Foresti & Suardi-Roscioli Hotels...

Sailing

Dalhousie sailors won the 2009 Wellahan Cup in Portsmouth, Maine

Dalhousie sailors won the 2009 Wellahan Cup in Portsmouth, Maine...

Cruising

Luderitz Speed Challenge - New World Kitespeed Record set by Caizergue

Luderitz Speed Challenge...

Sailing

Transat Jacques Vabre - Tricky salvage operation underway for BT

Transat Jacques Vabre - salvage of the BT yacht is currently attempting to tow the stricken monohull back to the Azores......

Sailing

Transat Jacques Vabre - Leaders under pressure

Virtually the full range of emotions were starkly evident on the Transat Jacques Vabre race track today....

Sailing

Canadian Yachting launches new web site

Canadian Yachting launches new web site...

Sailing

Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Cote d'Azur - Four Semi-Finalists confirmed

Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Cote d'Azur - Synergy secures spot in top four with thrilling win over Azzurra...

Sailing

Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice - TeamOrigin into Semi-Finals

Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice - TeamOrigin won their final match in the Round Robin phase of the regatta today against the F...

Sailing

Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 damaged and heading for Cape Town

Jules Verne Trophy. At around 1200 UT this Monday, a big cracking sound dashed the hopes of Franck Cammas and his crew...

Sailing

Transat Jacques Vabre - Hugo Boss retires

Transat Jacques Vabre - Hugo Boss will shortly be heading towards The Azores....

Kitesurfing

Kitesurfers jump Worthing Pier, UK

Jumping a pier in gusty gale force winds - two kitesurfers have done it in the UK....

Kitesurfing

New kitesurfing speed record - 50.98 knots

Kitesurfing speed records tumble again...

Windsurfing

A Zan Production - PWA freestyler Andraz Zan has just uploaded an awesome video

PWA freestyler Andraz Zan has just uploaded an awesome video to the web.

Sailing

2009 Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship: Entries close this week

Entries close this week for 2009 Short Ocean Racing Championship to be held across the weekend of 28 & 29 November...

Cruising

Kidnapped sailors ill and refusing to eat or drink

One of the pirates who kidnapped Paul and Rachel Chandler have said that they are ill and refusing to eat or drink....

Sailing

Images of the Louis Vuitton Trophy by Christophe Favreau

Top international photographer, Christophe Favreau presents a gallery of images taken yesterday, Sunday...

Sailing

The Best of BTS: Video from the Louis Vuitton Trophy at Nice

Keith Brash & Matt Carkeek of BTS Broadcast have been producing some tremendous video from the Louis Vuitton Trophy...

Sailing

Funding available for International Classes

Yachting Australia, with the assistance of the Australian Sports Commission, is offering financial support to skippers a...

Cruising

Growth of sailing in India - Kochi is teaching its children to sail...

A three-month long yachting training programme for boys and girls was inaugurated in Kochi on Monday this week....

Sailing

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Race - California in Cape Town

California, the American entry in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race, has arrived in Cape Town at the end of a...

Sailing

Transat Jacques Vabre - Hugo Boss 'taking on water' after collision

Hugo Boss crew Alex Thomson and Ross Daniel reported a collision with an unidentified object in the water....

Sailing

Whitsunday Sailing Club welcomes Tsar Nationals 2010

Whitsunday Sailing Club Flag Officer Terry Archer has welcomed the opportunity to host 2010 Australian Tasar championshi...

Sailing

Transat Jacques Vabre - Trio profit from excellent conditions

In the Transat Jacques Vabre Safran, Mike Golding Yacht Racing and Groupe Bel continue to profit from the excellent cond...

Cruising

French yacht Adriano seized in Kochi, India

The incident created havoc among security and custom officials as the city is on high alert...

Sailing

Solidaire du Chocolat - First three home

Solidaire du Chocolat - The final stretch to the finish for the race leaders turned into an inshore drift overnight...

Sailing

Jules Verne Trophy - Calm before acceleration

Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3 is averaging of thirty knots after cal conditions....

Sailing

Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice - One win and one loss for Artemis

Louis Vuitton Trophy - Nice, France. Paul Cayard reports on the day's racing from onboard Artemis...

Sailing

Louis Vuitton Trophy - Synergy takes two wins

Louis Vuitton Trophy - Emirates Team New Zealand scores two wins to wrap up round robins....

Sailing

Interview with Bruce Kirby - the designer of the Laser - Part Two

This is part two the in depth interview Sail-World recently did with now 80 year old Bruce Kirby who designed the Lasder...

Stand Up Paddle

Stand Up Paddle comes to the Wii

Stand Up Paddle on the Wii

Fishing

How to fillet a fish

Fillet a fish the right way

Windsurfing

Dany Days - Finally the wind gods gave top PWA wave sailor Dany Bruch the chance

Finally the wind gods gave top PWA wave sailor Dany Bruch the chance to sail his favourite north shore secret spots.

Sailing

Joe Tripodi sacked as Minister for Ports and Waterways (and the rest)

NSW Premier, Nathan Rees has sacked two of his ministers in an attempt to raise the popularity of his government....

Sailing

Images of San Diego: Lowering the Wing on BMW Oracle Racing

The wingsail on BOR90, BMW Oracle racing's challenger for the America's Cup, is not straight forward to raise and lower,...

Power Boats

2010 Powerboat P1 World Championship - Hook unveils new race boat

2010 Powerboat P1 World Championship - Michael Silfverberg and Nigel Hook have unveiled their new Vector 40 race boat...

Cruising

Scientists call for urgent Global Cooling to save reefs

Australian marine scientists have issued an urgent call for massive and rapid worldwide cuts in carbon emissions...

Power Boats

Can Victory close out the title race in Abu Dhabi?

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, round five of the UIM-WPPA Class 1 World Powerboat Championship...

Sailing

18ft Skiffs NSW Championship, Race 2- Another brilliant performance

NSW 18ft Skiff Championship Race 2 on Sydney Harbour....

Sailing

18ft Skiff Auckland Champs - tight racing in winds up to 25kts

18ft Skiff Auckland Champs - tight at top of Auckland Championships...

Sailing

Hong Kong's Thornburrow takes out Etchells Queensland title

It took until the final race in the Wharf Tavern Etchells Queensland State Championship for the winner of the 30-year-...

Sailing

Tasports Maria Island Race tune-up for unique endurance bid

Tasports Maria Island Yacht Race next weekend will be a full-on start to a campaign by a team of Hobart sailors and athl...

Sailing

Lipton Cup -close racing as this photo sequence shows

Lipton Cup 2009 being sailed on Port Phillip. Photographer Teri Dodds did not remain 'calm' through this photo sequence....

Cruising

Clipper 09-10 Round the World race - Cape Breton Island in Cape Town

Cape Breton Island - Nova Scotia's Masterpiece has arrived in Cape Town...

Sailing

Transat Jacques Vabre - A tough demanding week

Transat Jacques Vabre crews can look back on a very tough, demanding first week en route from Le Havre to Costa Rica....

Sailing

Louis Vuitton Trophy: Advantage Artemis - Sander van der Borch images

Paul Cayard onboard Artemis reports from the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice....

Sailing

One owner chasing two quite different titles in Phuket King's Cup

He has two boats entered in the 23rd Phuket King's Cup, can only helm one, but is chasing two quite different division...

Sailing

Derek Hatfield on CBC 'At The Table'

CBC Maritime News - Amy Smith interviews Derek Hatfield...

Sailing

Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Cote d'Azur - TFS: PagesJaunes takes win

Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Cote d'Azur - France's TFS - PagesJaunes scored its first win...

Sailing

Louis Vuitton Trophy - Not a good day for Azzurra

Louis Vuitton Trophy - Italian team Azzurra hit a bad patch in today's first match races of Round Robin 2 in the Louis V...

Sailing

Jules Verne Trophy - Groupama 3's 300 mile loss

Jules Verne Trophy - It's probably the worst day that Franck Cammas and his crew will have to experience...

Sailing

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Race: Spirit of Australia pips Qingdao

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race - the last mile took the Chinese team 47 minutes to complete as the wind died...

Cruising

200+ yachts to sail Around Australia Race and Rally in 2011

The inaugural Around Australia Race and Rally has an astounding 203 boats that have reserved places for the 2011 event...

Cruising

Just another cruising sailor to the aid of his fellow cruiser...

Cruising Compass acknowledged the good Samaritan cruiser who stood by a fellow cruiser who had lost his mast...

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Rundle Island, QLD

28 kn

23°

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Fawkner Beacon, VIC

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Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

Kitesurfing

Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

Kitesurfing

How to tune your kite line lengths

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Australian Kitesurfing Shops & Schools

Kitesurfing

How to start Kiteboarding

Fishing

How to take fishing photo's - part 2

Kitesurfing

Travelling to Bali - some Trip Tips

WA's Seasonal Shift: Seabreeze to Frontal

Weather

WA's Seasonal Shift: Seabreeze to Frontal

Australian Salmon: Surf, Rock and Timing

Fishing

Australian Salmon: Surf, Rock and Timing

Stand Up Paddle

A New Star for Starboard

Fishing

How to take photos of your fish catch

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2023 Tribal Libero With A New 36.5 Cm G10 Fin - 108 litres

Windsurfing - Boards

2023 Tribal Libero With A New 36.5 Cm G10 Fin

108 litres

$1,150

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2022 Duotone Dice Sls

9 metre

$650

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2025 Axis Art V2

879 cm

$450

2026 Duotone Sky Style Sls - 5' 0", 75 Litres

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2026 Duotone Sky Style Sls

5' 0" x 75 Litres

$1,650

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2020 Slingshot Ufo V1.1

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Tropical Low Threatens Daintree Coast

Narelle Closes In: WA Coast on High Alert

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Narelle Closes In: WA Coast on High Alert

Cyclone Narelle: Cat 4 threat to Cape York

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Cyclone Narelle: Cat 4 threat to Cape York

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SE Australia's coldest April in decades

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

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

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Narelle Hits: Exmouth Airport Gone

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Maila: Landfall Monday, Final Warning

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Maila Targets Cape York: FNQ on Watch

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Ningaloo Shut: Reef in Double Trouble

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SA Algal Bloom: A Decade to Recover

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

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Hi Severne blade 4,7 is established by...

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Any one with experience, specially new 4.8?

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Anyone here who moved to WA from elsewhere (interstate or abroad)?

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