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Gold Cup Quarter final update: Mirsky under pressure as Ainslie shines

Ben Ainslie (GBR) is still undefeated as Argo Group Gold Cup quarter-final racing got underway Friday afternoon...

Cruising

New Asia yacht rallies announced for 2010

Two new yacht rallies will be for yachts in the South East Asia region in 2010, following the annual rallies from Darwin...

Sailing

TP52 World Championship - Local favourite leads

TP52 World Championships - Local favourites Bribon lead....

Sailing

iShares Cup Practice day - New team on the block scores a win

Ten Extreme 40 teams competing in the final of the 2009 iShares Cup were out racing in the official practice session....

Cruising

They're sailing in Bendigo!

as central sailors launch Bendigo Yacht Club's 2009-10 season in Lake Eppalock, the water level is looking good...

Sailing

Volvo Open 70 Rule and Notice of Race Revealed

The new look Volvo Open 70 Rule, with the Notice of Race, confirm changes set to enhance the fleet racing in the VOR...

Cruising

Product of the Week: Potable Water Scale Remover

This product removes the scales inside pipes and tanks, and it's ecologically safe. It's Potable Water Scale Remover....

Sailing

Flinders Island Race - two dead

Two sailors have drowned in the Sydney to Flinders Island Race this morning after a racing yacht hit rocks...

Sailing

Heaven Can Wait - online charity competition - the Heavens opened

Last year the Heaven Can Wait 24 hour race raised early $13,000 for charity and this year the Heaven opened...

Sailing

Gold Cup Quarter final pairings announced

Argo Group Gold Cup action centres on the knockout first-skipper-to-three, quarter, semi and final stages....

Sailing

New Zealand Wins: Interdominion Secondary School Team Racing Champions

After three long days of racing the teams representing New Zealand edged out the Australians...

Sailing

ISAF President Goran Petersson elected as IOC Member

Goran Petersson, President of ISAF has today been elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee...

Sailing

Vestas Sailrocket flip video - Back in a week after repairs

Latest news from Paul Larsen, regarding Vestas Sailrocket....

Sailing

Peter Gilmour interview - '97 win was most challenging

Colin Thompson from the Bermuda Sun, conducted this interview with Australia's Peter Gilmour...

Power Boats

NSW Gov't calls for discussion on VHF radio use by recreational boats

A discussion paper is released following concerns about declining standards in the use of VHF radio by boaters...

Cruising

International Women's Keelboat Championship: Tunnicliffe leads the way

The first day of racing at US Sailing's 2009 Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship got underway today...

Sailing

World Match racing Tour Gold Cup - Perfect score so far for Ainslie

Ben Ainslie and his Team Origin sail through to the quarter final stage of the Argo Group Gold Cup undefeated...

Sailing

Letters fly over America's Cup venue in Ras al-Khaimah

A terse exchange of letters has taken place over the designated America's Cup venue in Ras al-Khaimah, UAE....

Sailing

Mirsky Racing Team given a second chance in Gold Cup

After a disappointing second half of the round robin, Mirsky Racing Team failed to qualify immediately for the quarter f...

Kitesurfing

Win a Mystic Harness in the KBM competition

Win a Mystic Kiteboarding Harness

Sailing

Canadian Yachting presents Sail-World Canada

Canadian Yachting Magazine, along with Trailer Boating Canada and Boating Industry magazines published by one of the old...

Cruising

Port2Port Rally in Tsunami scare

50 boats in Vanuatu for the Port2Port Rally to Bundaberg were given a scare yesterday by an earthquake close to Vanuatu....

Sailing

TP52 World Championship - Neck and neck and nothing in it

TP52 World Championship - four races have now been sailed at the championship....

Sailing

Clipper 09-10 - Uniquely Singapore's spinnaker battle

Clipper 09-10 Race 2 - Three yachts played their Stealth card....

Cruising

100 yachts in 8th Blue Water World Rally

Over 100 individuals signed up for the 8th Blue Water World Rally which will set sail from Gibraltar on 25 October...

Sailing

World Match Racing Tour - Gold Cup action moves into Thursday

Argo Group Gold Cup action was delayed by light breezes on Tuesday and breakdowns in heavy winds and squalls Wednesday...

Sailing

Tommy Wharton moves to the Canadian Sports Centre Ontario

Tommy Wharton, a National Team Coach takes Lead Talent Development Manager with the Canadian Sports Centre in Ontario....

Sailing

Canadian Yachting Association appoints New Executive Director

After an eighteen month search, Ireland's Paddy Boyd appointed CYA's Executive Director effective September 15...

Sailing

Canadian Meredith Megarry sails 2009 Renaissance Re Junior Gold Cup

The 2009 Renaissance Reinsurance Invitational Junior Gold Cup organized by Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, Hamilton, Bermuda....

Windsurfing

Class Of '09 - Kai Lenny and Fanny Aubet were crowned 2009 PWA Rookies of the ye

Kai Lenny and Fanny Aubet were crowned 2009 PWA Rookies of the year having shown plenty of promise for the future on the World Tour this season.

Cruising

Buying, selling or exhibiting? Don't miss the Northland Boat Show!

The Northland Boat Show at Marsden Cove Boat Show just continues to grow in popularity with every year it is staged....

Sailing

25th Anniversary of Lion NZ's Sydney Hobart Race win to be celebrated

25th Anniversary of Lion NZ's Sydney Hobart Race win to be celebrated with a cocktail party and auction...

Sailing

The Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 update

The Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 - the fleet have entered in a strong system....

Sailing

New Georgia Racing launched in Auckland today

'Georgia', the boat, which an almost identical sistership to the Emirates Transpac 52, will be faster and more versatile...

Sailing

Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games - qualifying events

The inaugural YOG will be held in Singapore in August 2010 and feature 100 young sailors in four sailing events....

Sailing

International Women's Keelboat Championship - High winds play havoc

All races have been canceled Wednesday, October 7th due to high winds. Races wil resume tomorrow, Thursday, October 8th....

Sailing

Mirsky Racing Team has tough day at Bermuda Gold Cup

Mirsky Racing Team had a tough day in Bermuda at the Gold Cup losing both races to end the day with a scoreline of 4-2...

Sailing

Argo Group Gold Cup - Breakages and Black Flags

Argo Group Gold Cup...

Sailing

What's in a name? Plenty, when you build the world's fastest boats

Plenty, when you're the makers of the world's fastest boats....

Sailing

Day 2: 2009 Interdominion Secondary School Team Racing Championship

Racing for Day Two of the Interdominion Secondary School Team Racing Championship commenced on time today at 1000 hours....

Sailing

Tsunami warning after Vanuatu Earthquakes

The Tsunami warning covers New Zealand, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Nauru, PNG, Tuvalu, Fiji, New Caledonia...

Sailing

2009 Colgate World Cup Sylt - Video plus images

2009 Colgate World Cup Sylt - Video plus images from the event...

Sailing

2009 Colgate World Cup Sylt - Event Summary

2009 Colgate World Cup Sylt - Event Summary...

Sailing

Quantum Racing leads 2009 TP52 world championships

Quantum Racing (USA) took the winning gun for the second of two races today at the 2009 TP52 World Championships....

Sailing

IKA terminates sanctioning for KPWT events

The International Kiteboarding Association regret to announce, that all future KPWT events are not sanctioned by IKA...

Power Boats

Melbourne's Yamaha Powered Tram

Melbourne also has a water borne tram that carries tourists and party groups up and down the iconic Yarra River....

Windsurfing

Angulo Goes Out On Top - Josh Angulo announces his retirement from PWA Wave comp

Josh Angulo announces his retirement from PWA Wave competition.

Sailing

SLAM sponsors Australian Sailing Team until 2012 London Olympic Games

Yachting Australia has signed a long term sponsorship deal with apparel manufacturer SLAM which will see Australian sail...

Sailing

Clipper 09-10 - Team Finland in Stealth Mode

Clipper 09-10, Race 2 Day 16 report....

Power Boats

Jonas Andersson wins in Liuzhou to lead F1 Championship!

Swedish star Jonas Andersson of Team Azerbaijan powered his DAC from the second position into first place...

Sailing

Interdominion Secondary Schools Team Racing Championship images

Six teams are vying for the podium position in the 2009 Interdominion Secondary Schools Team Racing Championship...

Sailing

Vestas Sailrocket out of action after 53 knot 'Boost' and crash

Vestas Sailrocket's final World Record Attempt started on October 2nd. Today's latest news is not good for the Team....

Sailing

Phuket to score big from the Phuket King's Cup Regatta 2009

One of the top events in the yachting world, the Phuket King's Cup Regatta is a major tourism attraction for Phuket....

Sailing

Alinghi 5 - more video from Ras al Khaimah

The beast floats, and it lives in a tent. There's not much point in building 'real' facilities......

Power Boats

Results for Operation 'Boat Safe' over the NSW October long weekend

More than one hundred penalties and formal warnings were handed out....

Sailing

Louis Vuitton Trophy - WSTA - Nice: Two more entries announced

This brings the regatta total to eight confirmed teams for end-of-summer expected weather conditions...

Sailing

Windchaser's 2009 24 hour Heaven Can Wait race

HCW 2009 was GREAT. We had our moments of doubt and 'at what point is it too hard?' -- but we were having too much fun....

Sailing

Marine Industry Positions - Experienced Fiberglass Laminators

Experienced Fiberglass Laminators, with an interest in Sailing preferred required by the Asia-Pacific manufacturers of t...

Sailing

No stopping the Smiths

Sunshine Coast sailing brothers Casey and Bucky Smith join the World's yachting elite...

Sailing

Racing commences for 2009 Interdominion Secondary Schools Team titles

Six teams vying for the podium position in the 2009 Interdominion Secondary Schools Team Racing Championship....

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Windiest in Australia:

Mount Wellington, TAS

29 kn

NNW

10°

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Bunbury (Coastal), WA

0 kn

7°

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Articles/Articles

Kitesurfing

How to tune your kite line lengths

Stand Up Paddle

A New Star for Starboard

Australian Salmon: Surf, Rock and Timing

Fishing

Australian Salmon: Surf, Rock and Timing

Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

Kitesurfing

Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

Fishing

How to take fishing photo's - part 2

Kitesurfing

Travelling to Bali - some Trip Tips

Kitesurfing

Australian Kitesurfing Shops & Schools

WA's Seasonal Shift: Seabreeze to Frontal

Weather

WA's Seasonal Shift: Seabreeze to Frontal

Kitesurfing

How to start Kiteboarding

Fishing

How to take photos of your fish catch

Forum Comments/forums

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Managed to get a late 80s Mistral comp light for ?

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Wing Foiling

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

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General

Im sure everybody has had a bit of a think about this.

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Wing Foiling

People talk about the joys of vintage cars and motorcycles

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I have seen a few people say that they have had their watch bands on their Garmin watches break...

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G'day speed legends, I acquired one of...

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Is anyone else kinda looking forward to the possibility of an el nino?[:0]

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Cyclone Narelle: Cat 4 threat to Cape York

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Cyclone Narelle: Cat 4 threat to Cape York

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Narelle Closes In: WA Coast on High Alert

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SA Algal Bloom: A Decade to Recover

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Narelle Hits: Exmouth Airport Gone

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

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Maila: Landfall Monday, Final Warning

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SE Australia's coldest April in decades

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Tropical Low Threatens Daintree Coast

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