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China Cup International Regatta - South African team's victory

South Africa's Sheraton Team Check Out of China winning the CCIR with a perfect score....

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Lord Howe IslandGosford Lord Howe Race - Queensland yacht takes line

Queensland yacht Ocean Affinity has taken line honours overnight in theGosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race....

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New Zealander nominated as expert Juror America's Cup hearing

Graham McKenzie nominated as SNG expert witness for NY Supreme Court hearing...

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Fast Falcons - Fanatic have just sent us a teaser for their 2010 slalom designs

Fanatic have just sent us a teaser for their 2010 slalom designs.

Cruising

Scientists call for Humanity to set 'safe boundaries to the Damage'

Humanity needs to act now to avoid threats to human well-being caused by irreversible damage to the Earth...

Sailing

Maritimo launches sail boats - for a good cause

Maritimo, Australia's premier luxury boat builder, has completed a new range of boats of a very different kind....

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2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart: Fleet of 116yachts nominate

It's likely that this year's fleet will finish up the second largest in more than a decade....

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U.I.M. F1 World Champion Jay Price gets ready for Doha

'It's great going back to my home team's Grand Prix,' said Jay. 'It's always been like a big family...

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WMRT: Tour heads to Perth for Sunseeker Cup prior to Monsoon Cup

All racing will be on Foundation 36 One Design yachts, the same design for the final showdown in Malaysia....

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The Works say - 'We did not bring the rain with us'

Our version of Heaven Can Wait 2009, and despite the accusations we did not bring the rain...

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Images from San Diego: More close-ups of BOR90 gear

More images taken today of the US America's Cup Challenger BOR90/USA tied up to the dock in San Diego...

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Garde dominates Parramatta River Championship

Handicap Honours went to Hey Charger Nick Bernard and Glenn Farguahar....

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Long distance mariner returns to Airlie Beach

Laurie Gubb recently sailed the comfortable sloop Tropicali into her home port of Airlie Beach...

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Olympians focus on 2009 Sail Sydney

Five Olympic sailors, including a Beijing gold medallist, are early entries for Yachting NSW's 2009 Sail Sydney (previou...

Sailing

Vintage yacht on track for another Lord Howe Island win

Sanyo Maris is on track for a second successive IRC win in Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race....

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More China Cup International Day 3 images from Carlo Borlenghi

Carlo Borlenghi, is in Shenzhen at the China Cup International Regatta and presents this gallery of images...

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China Cup International Day 3 images from Carlo Borlenghi

Carlo Borlenghi, is in Shenzhen at the China Cup International Regatta and presents this gallery of images...

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China Cup International Regatta - Whiskey Jack, giant-killer.

Star of the show all day was Nick Southward's J/109 Whiskey Jack, scoring 1-1-2 in IRC B...

Cruising

Women sailing adventurers: Ginny MacRobert

There are many women who skipper their yachts around the world, many of them solo. Ginny MacRobert is just one of them...

Sailing

The Showdown of Tasmania's young sailing talent

The Derwent has been a showcase of sailing talent this weekend, with a fleet of more than 200 off-the-beach sailors...

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La Solidaire du Chocolat - Second week at sea for fleet a brutal one

The La Solidaire du Chocolat fleet, after one week at sea, were approaching the Azores....

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Clipper 09-10 - The South pays for Hull & Humber

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race - Race 3 Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town. Day 6....

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Golden Gate YC announces expert Juror ahead of NYSC Hearing

Golden Gate Yacht Club has announced that Bryan Willis will be its expert Juror for the speacial Court Hearing....

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Transfusion wins the 2009 Farr 40 Pittwater Regatta

The Australian Farr 40 fleet kicked off the 2009-2010 season this weekend with the annual Farr 40 Pittwater regatta host...

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Legal decision brings America's Cup feud closer to resolution

Stuart Alexander writes optimistically in The Independent of the latest moves to resolve the long running America's Cup...

Windsurfing

Best Boards - A selection of the PWA's top wave sailors talk us through their fa

A selection of the PWA's top wave sailors talk us through their favourite rides.

Windsurfing

Epic Taranaki Wave Classic 09

Taranaki Wave Classic 09 - Another year and another Classic!

Sailing

Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship Race 1

18ft Skiffs - Club Championship, Race 1 - The fleet took a battering in the conditions today on Sydney Harbour...

Sailing

420 and 470 fans - a big thank you from Drummond and Lardies

470 and 420 sailors Finn Drummond and Frankie Lardies have won the Believe Scholarship from Toyota New Zealand, worth $3...

Cruising

Tasmanian sailing painting exhibition

If you love sailing and are anywhere near Hobart, why not pay a visit to the Meadowbank Estate Winery Gallery Saturday....

Sailing

Melbourne to Stanley - Thank you Stanley

Even though it was a slow 152nm race for everyone, it was all smiles around in Stanley on Tasmania's NW Coast today....

Sailing

Silver Mist's winning double in The Showdown

Consistent sailing paid dividends for Hobart yachtsman Andrew Sutherland in The Showdown regatta sailed over the weekend...

Sailing

Vic-Maui announces more race entrants

The Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race which begins on July 1, 2010 is pleased to announce two more entrants....

Cruising

Good Sunsail deals for sailing Italy in 2010

Sunsail Sailing Holidays is due to open its newest charter boat base on Procida Island, Italy...

Sailing

Gosford to Lord Howe Island race - Queensland yacht leads fleet

Queensland yacht Ocean Affinity is leading the Gosford to Lord Howe Island Yacht Race...

Cruising

The Eight Top Tips for anchoring in coral waters

Here are my Eight Top Tips to keep in mind for coral whether you are in the South Pacific, the Red Sea or the Caribbean....

Sailing

China Cup International Regatta images from Carlo Borlenghi

Images from the China Cup International Regatta from renowned photographer Carlo Borlenghi...

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Melges 24 World Championships - New Champion holds his nerve

Melges 24 World Championships - Chris Larsen holds his nerve...

Power Boats

Port Ghalib set to take on round two of the UIM F2 Power Boa

20 drivers competing in the second round of Season 2009

Sailing

Minister for Sport christens addition to Australian Sailing Team fleet

Kate Ellis MP christened the Australian Sailing Team's newest 470 at an informal ceremony at Middle Harbour Yacht Club...

Sailing

Black Swan Racing into Semis at Trapani International Match Race

Black Swan Racing is into the Semi-Finals at Trapani International Match Race 2009...

Sailing

Tasmania's young sailors excel in The Showdown

The Showdown - Tasmania's promising young sailors today displayed their skills on the Derwent...

Sailing

Melbourne to Stanley - Ask the Leylands

In the 70's the Mike and Mal used to start their show with 'We're here because...'...

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Gosford to Lord Howe Island - Octogenarian skipper sets sail

The Hempel Paints 36th Gosford to Lord Howe Island Race started at o'clock Saturday afternoon from Broken Bay...

Sailing

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race- Getting used to light breeze

Clipper 09-10 - The wind has backed around more to the north so on the whole the teams can make better progress...

Sailing

Latest America's Cup court rulings might not bode well for Alinghi

After months of circling and jabbing, America's BMW-Oracle sailing team landed some legal body blows this week that bode...

Sailing

Whale rams and sinks racing yacht near San Diego. All crew rescued.

40' racing yacht rammed and sunk by whale off San Diego. All crew rescued safely by Coast Guard....

Sailing

Statement: Russell Coutts, Skipper & CEO BMW ORACLE Racing

Our position that rudders should not be included in the Load Water-Line has been supported by the New York Supreme Court...

Kitesurfing

Luderitz 2009 Speed Challenge - Officially opened today

WA Kiter present at the Luderitz 2009 Speed Challenge

Sailing

Melbourne to Stanley - 50 to 5

These are not the odds of anything or a new TV Show hosted by an aging star who's had too much plastic surgery....

Sailing

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race - The bets are placed

Clipper 09-10 - The bets have been placed and now it remains to be seen which of the tactical gambles pays off....

Sailing

New York Supreme Court appoints its own America's Cup Jury

Justice Shirley Kornreich has empanelled her own International Jury to consider key questions on the 33rd Match...

Sailing

Melges 24 World Championship - No sign of stage fright for Larsen

2009 Melges 24 World Championship. Day five of the regatta seeing maximum pressure of no more than six knots...

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Black Swan Racing has solid start at Trapani International Match Race

Black Swan Racing have arrived at the Trapani International Match Race in Sicily....

Sailing

The Star Class....in Australasia

Why is the Star is so enduring in it's popularity? After all, the design and the class celebrates in one-hundred year o...

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Melbourne to Stanley Race - Lefty Loosey and Righty Tightey

As the McConaghy Melbourne Offshore Championship gets underway you would not want to be a navigator/tactician....

Sailing

View 2009 Sydney Hobart Race start action from Constellation

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Start 2009 - Only 50 places available...

Sailing

America's Cup: Supreme Court decisions just announced in New York

The Decisions of the New York Supreme Court have been announced in response to several Motions pleace before the Court,...

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The 2009 Kalia Cup in Tonga won by 'Never Us'

The annual 2009 Kalia Cup went off again under clear skies and the balmiest of weather....

Cruising

Dutch Court orders teen sailor: Finish school first!

14-year-old Laura Dekker is barred from departing on her planned circumnavigation until July 2010 by the Dutch court...

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After considerable testing over the last two months GPSTC is pleased to announce that the Garmin...

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in the shops now interested in feed back - wake thieving, DW

By: bolgo, 1h ago

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

By: foilthegreats, 1h ago

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Hey Team Busy day yesterday as you can imagine. Hoping to come back tomorrow.

By: JESUSGUS, 2h ago

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Hi Just broke the leash attachment part on my board.

By: Lasuduna, 5h ago

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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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Any one with experience, specially new 4.8?

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