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Gladwell's Line: America's Cup Poker: 'Your one and up one'

What started with a complaint to Justice Shirley Kornreich, escalated a few days later with the reply from the Challenge...

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Clipper 09-10 Race - Stealth card adds an extra element

Clipper 09-10 Race - Key tacitcal moves are yet to be played out as Cape Breton Island considers playing their stealth c...

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Vestas Sailrocket - All efforts to maxxing out the MK1

Latest news from the Vestas Sailrocket team on Walvis Bay in Namibia....

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Rolex Middle Sea Race - Crews prepare for tough conditions

70 crews in the Rolex Middle Sea Race spent their last day readying themselves for what looks to be a challenging race...

Cruising

The ultimate pirate weapon for yachts- the laser beam

There is a new anti-piracy measure out which will temporarily blind pirates so badly it will render them helpless...

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Port2Port Rally headed for Bundaberg

50 boats in Vanuatu for the Port2Port Rally to Bundaberg have now departed and are expected to arrive in 10 days time...

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2009 World Masters Games Tasar gold medal for Victorian team

Gwen and Derick Warne have won a Sydney 2009 World Masters Games gold medal in the Tasar 55+ group...

Power Boats

F1 event in China attracts International Promoters

Shenzhen is home to this weekend's pair of Grand Prix races of the U.I.M. F1 H2O World Championship for power boating...

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IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championship

Germany, The Netherlands and Great Britain hold onto the leaderboard top spots after the opening two days...

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Olympic Stars making history in New Zealand

Today may well have been the first time ever that the Star boat sailed on Auckland Harbour with Olympians aboard....

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Queensland State Etchells champion to defend title

Defending champion Vaughan Prentice promises tough competition in next month's Wharf Tavern Etchells Queensland State...

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Australia II - Winged Keels revisited

Claims that Ben Lexcen did not design the 12 metre Australia II have been cropping up for 26 years....

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Vale Andrew Short

Andrew Short, 10 January 1961 - 10 October 2009...

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Corinthian crews prepare to battle Melges 24 World Championship

The Corinthian Division accounts for25% of the overall fleet and looks highly likely to match the main fleet...

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Vale Sally Louise Gordon

Sally Louise Gordon, 15 March 1962 - 10 October 2009...

Power Boats

Brunei Delegation heads to China to meet U.I.M. F1 Promoter

Brunei dignitaries scheduled to travel to China to discuss the possibility of holding a U.I.M. F1 H2O World C'ship there...

Cruising

Reef named after renowned coral researcher Vicki Harriott

Vicki Harriott's immense contribution to coral reef research is formally recognised with a Reef bearing her name...

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The Latest Sail-World competition - Prize value over $300,000

Since 2000 we've been running Sail-world online competitions. Now here comes the big one!!...

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IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championship

Germany, The Netherlands and Great Britain hold onto the leaderboard top spots after the opening two days...

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High Tech Hot Wheels from McConaghy International

The 'Toy Shop' is McConaghy's development area at their Mona Vale facility....

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Bavaria Yachts continue new product development with the Cruiser 45

North South Yachting delighted with new Bavaria Cruiser 45, third in new Farr Yacht Design/BMW DesignworksUSA series....

Power Boats

Powerboat p1 - Hook vows to do his all to be around in 2010

Nigel Hook has vowed to do all he can to ensure his #77 Lucas Oil Outerlimits boat makes the start line come the opening...

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Gladwell's Line: New America's Cup legal slugfest signaled by GGYC

The two year plus legal saga, otherwise known as the 33rd America's Cup, took a new turn today...

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Rescued French yachtsman feared for his life

A FRENCH yachtsman was left drifting for two days off the remote coastline of Australia's Northern Territory....

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Club Marine Series 2009-10 - Ideal conditions for Heat 1

Club Marine Series 2009-10 Heat 1. The division 1 fleet joined with the big boys over on the western course...

Cruising

Rio Dulce - getting safer for cruising sailors

Guatemalan government joined marina owners along the Rio Dulce to build a floating security network to protect sailors...

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Aussie duo sail past Prince Frederik

Former Olympian Tom King (AUS) and crew Harley Kruse (AUS) shot past Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik (DEN) on day four...

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GP42 Global Championship - Roma 2 leads the way

GP42 Global Championship - The change in today's performances was due mostly to the change in conditions...

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Rolex Middle Sea Race - ICAP Leopard's quest for historic treble

Rolex Middle Sea Race - ICAP Leopard, the 100ft super-maxi racing yacht will ain take centre stage this weekend...

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Clipper Round the World race - Light winds defeat California

Clipper 09-10: Team Finland is another day and a few hundred miles closer to Rio de Janeiro...

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Rolex Middle Sea Race - Two's Company

Rolex Middle Sea Race has attracted its share of characters and more often than not in the double-handed division....

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No thanks for Saving Tess

(RNLI) lifeboat crews are trained for all sorts of rescues, but getting bitten by a dog is not part of the package....

Windsurfing

K-Day - Klaas Voget's big day in Sylt

Klaas Voget's big day in Sylt.

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SNG and Ras Al Khaimah file against America's Cup venue challenge

Societe Nautique de geneve, the defending America's Cup yacht club has filed its opposition brief regarding BMW Oracle's...

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Australia II - John Rousmaniere reflects on that winged keel

The issue of who designed Australia II has come to the forefront once again (and more angrily than ever, it seems)....

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Southern's Foiling Moth rig explained

During the recent CST Moth Worlds held in Oregon, Southern Spars new rig design was put to the test. Results are in, and...

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World Masters Games - Sailing gets underway

World Masters Games. After two days of postponements due to inclement weather competition finally got underway....

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NSW Iron Cove Maritime Exclusion Zone

A maritime exclusion zone established on Iron Cove in Sydney to ensure safety during construction of the new bridge...

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GP42 Global Championship - Consistency wins the day

Day One of the 2009 GP42 Global Championship....

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Vestas Sailrocket - The Beast is back!

Update from the Vestas Sailrocket team...

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Ullman Sails Australia welcomes Bull Sails

Ullman Sails is very pleased to announce that Tony Bull of 'Bull Sails' in Geelong has joined the Ullman Sails Team....

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Rolex Middle Sea warm up Race

2009 Rolex Middle Sea Race - 23 yachts took part in a 15 nautical-mile warm-up race....

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Clipper Round the World Yacht Race:

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race: Race 2, Day 23 report. Teams now reporting 12-hourly runs in excess of 100 n miles...

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Extreme Sailing Series Asia announced

The first year of the Extreme Sailing Series Asia series will include events in Hong Kong, Singapore and Oman....

Power Boats

Riviera Syndication Launches in WA

Rivera boats are now more accessible..

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PKRA - Teri Kite Pro New Caledonia, next and final event 2009 PKRA freestyle to

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Teri Kite Pro New Caledonia, next and final event 2009 PKRA freestyle tour.

Windsurfing

Constructors Championship - Following a successful year of World Tour competitio

Following a successful year of World Tour competition, Starboard finish the year as the top board brand, and NeilPryde are the highest ranked sail brand.

Windsurfing

TARANAKI WAVE CLASSIC - One more week

TARANAKI, 16 October 2009: All hail the Windsurfing God of Wind and Waves, for the 2009 Taranaki Wave Classic is blessed. <span lang=EN-NZ style="FONT-S

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