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Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race - Team Finland ahead

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race report from day one....

Sailing

Three Aussie crews lead the way after day one in Weymouth

The Australian Sailing Team has had an impressive start to the Sail for Gold regatta in Weymouth, England....

Cruising

'Green, what a colour!' - after the North West Passage

Sailing yacht Ocean Watch has made it through the fabled North West Passage and have arrived at St Johns in Newfoundland...

Sailing

MedCup Circuit Murcia Trophy practice race

Audi MedCup Circuit - The Caja Mediterraneo Region of Murcia Trophy practice race area proved a challenging one...

Sailing

Canadian boat operators need a Pleasure Craft Operator Card NOW!

Effective tomorrow, September 15th 2009 anyone operating a powered watercraft recreationally in the country must have th...

Windsurfing

Mr Neil Pryde - The Polish online windsurfing magazine SiePlywa

The Polish online windsurfing magazine SiePlywa, has an exclusive interview with the man behind the brand

Sailing

Vestas Sailrocket returns to the fight

Vestas Sailrocket's team is returning to Walvis Bay Namibia for one more assault on the outright speed sailing record...

Sailing

Six Metre World Cup - Canadian Champion

2009 Six Metre World Cup - wrap story...

Sailing

Morning Light to be shown at Middle Harbour Yacht Club

One night only a special screening of the much talked about sailing film Morning Light at MHYC, Friday 18/09/09....

Sailing

Melbourne to Geelong race - Big winds, even bigger party

The breeze was up down and around about all day during the inaugural Melbourne to Geelong race on the weekend....

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Yacht presented For Southport's 'Ocean Mentor' youth training program

A generous donation of a Sydney 32 state-of-the-art offshore racing yacht to Southport Yacht Club...

Sailing

CYCA launches the CYCA Medical Management for Mariners Course (MMM)

CYCA SOLAS Trusts has launched the CYCA Medical Management for Mariners Course (MMM)...

Sailing

More Images of the Sixes sailing on Rhode Island Sound - Day 3

Top international sailing photographer, Paul Todd, presents more images of Day 3 of the Six Metre Worlds...

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Images of the Sixes sailing on Rhode Island Sound - Day 3

Top international sailing photographer, Paul Todd, presents these images of Day 3 of the Six Metre Worlds...

Cruising

Incident No. 11 - A cheap but priceless early warning

Judgment is for God, but the best mistakes to learn by are other people's, and so it is also with sailing....

Sailing

Soling World Championship 2009 preview

2009 Soling Worlds Championship - Measurement underway.World Champions from Brazil, Germany, Canada and famous sailors...

Cruising

'Turn to port, port, port, port...oh no...'

The Spirit of Bermuda started the Schooner Festival in Massachusetts in fine spirit yesterday with a crash...

Sailing

Etchells Red Funnel One design keelboat series in the Solent

Head of the newcomers list was Oscar Mead, just 19 steering an Etchells for the first time....

Sailing

Audi MedCup Circuit Final - Two different strategies

Audi MedCup Circuit final race preview....

Sailing

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race underway

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race is underway....

Sailing

Mirsky Racing Team take World Match Racing Tour lead

Mirsky Racing Team, the youngest team on the World Match Racing Tour have taken the lead....

Sailing

Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 - Perfect start for most

Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 start conditions were ideal. 85 skiipers set off to Bahia (BRA)...

Sailing

World Match Tour - A Danish Fairytale Finale

The final day was more about boat handling with the wind gods finally turning up the volume....

Stand Up Paddle

2009 Classic Paddle

The Royal Life Saving Society of Western Australia is hosting the 2009 Classic Paddle

Power Boats

NSW Funding for fishing safety programs rock solid

NSW Gov and NSW Saltwater Recreational Fishing Trust are working together to make the sport of rock fishing safer in NSW...

Sailing

More images from Day Three of the Rolex Big Boat Series

Images from sports photographer Chuck Lantz, Day Three of the Rolex Big Boat Series...

Sailing

We Guarantee No Tankers or Container ships - say Yacht Race organisers

The 2009 Heaven Can Wait charity yacht race fleet set for Saturday October 3....

Sailing

L'Hydroptere - 51 knots and flying, the video

L'Hydroptere' sailed by Alain Thebault and his crew set a new outright sailing speed record of 51.36 knots....

Cruising

Man-made Crises outrunning our ability to deal with them

The world faces a compounding series of crises driven by human activity .......

Sailing

Australian Tasar Sailors set for World Championships and Masters Games

Aussie Tasar Sailors are set for two major regattas to kick start the 2009/2010 season in Australia including the Open W...

Sailing

Rolex Big Boat Series - 'It's never like this in San Francisco'

Rolex Big Boat Series - As locals are apt to exclaim - 'It's never like this in San Francisco',...

Sailing

Livingston Trophy 2009 - A Le Mans Rally on Port Phillip

Livingston Trophy 2009, with a new format, gives an overnight and daylight only option to the race....

Sailing

2009 6mR World Cup - news and results

2009 6mR World Cup, the fleet that had traveled from eleven countries on three continents, final day....

Power Boats

Sicilian Grand Prix of the Sea Sprint Race - #26 Team SW1 Capital wins

#26 Team SW1 Capital retained its status as the in-form team in the Powerboat P1 World Championship...

Cruising

Heaven Can Wait, but how's your night sailing?

Whether it's true technically or not, sailing at night carries additional risks for the leisure sailor...

Sailing

Maxi Rolex Cup images from Carlo Borlenghi

Renowned photographer Carlo Borlenghi images from the Maxi Rolex Cup held at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, Italy....

Sailing

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup Final Day - Winners take their opportunities

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup final day's report. Good news also for those yachts still within touching distance of the top....

Sailing

World Match Tour Danish Open - Penalty packed action

Following yesterday's frustration, there were a huge number of penalties today to keep the on-the-water judges occupied....

Sailing

World Match Tour - Danish Open - the young guns T-bone

Tensions rose in final race of the round robin, with a big collision with Adam Minoprio's BlackMatch Racing...

Cruising

Sailor hostages released from Somali pirates

Three sailors from SV Serenity have been released and landed safely in Kenya, on their way home to the Seychelles....

Sailing

More images from Day Two of the Rolex Big Boat Series

Images from Chuck Lantz, Day Two of the Rolex Big Boat Series...

Sailing

Gladwell's Line: Louis Vuitton World Series in Match Racing headwinds

Just days after being launched in Paris, the Louis Vuitton World Series would seem to be beating into a stiff breeze...

Sailing

Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 starts Sunday

There will be 49 series boats to leave for The Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6,50 on Sunday...

Sailing

Melbourne to Geelong -51 boats, 25 degrees, 15- 20 knots from North

And that's just got to be awesome for the inaugural Melbourne to Geelong race tomorrow, Saturday September 12....

Sailing

Images from 'Frisco: Big Boat Series, Day 2

Erik Simonson of www.h20shots.com provide this gallery of images from the Big Boat Series sailed in San Francisco, today...

Sailing

Rolex Big Boat Series Day Two - Challenges all round

Rolex Big Boat Series day two report - The wind quickly picked up to 25-plus knots by the second race of the day....

Sailing

Dragon World Championship final report and images - Jensen's victory

Dragon Worlds final day's report and images from the event....

Sailing

Kite Surfing World Record Video

Ben Morrison-Jack and James Weight attempted the first kitesurfing, non-stop, unassisted crossing of Bass Strait...

Sailing

Six Metre World Cup Day Four - Difficult conditions for the fleet

Six Metre World Cup Day 4 report. Today, rainsqualls and limited visibility added to the strong northeast wind....

Cruising

The Amazing New Arabian 100 Trimaran

First Arabian 100, a new class of 105' trimaran, is out there sailing....

Windsurfing

Windforce School Opening for Season 26/27 September

<br>The Windforce Windsurfing School @ Pelican Point is opening for the season on the weekend 26/27 September from 10am.

Sailing

The Pope anoints the Louis Vuitton World Series

Former International Sailing Federation President, Paul Henderson writes giving his thoughts on the Louis Vuitton World...

Sailing

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2009 Day Four - Leaders hold steady

The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2009 heads into its final day...

Sailing

Mirsky Racing Team - Long day on the water at Danish Open

Mirsky Racing Team's Kyle Langford has filed this report from the Danish Open...

Sailing

World Match Tour - Danish Open Day 2 - Hurry up and wait

Conditions off Aarhus took an even more extreme turn for the second day of the Danish Open, organised by the Royal Danis...

Cruising

Lazy Cradle - mainsail handling with the greatest of ease

Choosing a mainsail handling system for our circumnavigation, we rejected boom and inmast furling for the Lazy Cradle....

Sailing

Louis Vuitton World Series: Hong Kong looks a Gift Horse in the mouth

Sail-World's Asian Editor, Guy Nowell takes a look at his home-port's reaction to the announcement of the Louis Vuitton...

Sailing

More images from Day One of the Rolex Big Boat Series

Images from Chuck Lantz, Day One of the Rolex Big Boat Series...

Sailing

The America's Cup has been mugged

Team New Zealand won the America's Cup from Dennis Conner in San Diego in 1995....

Sailing

America's Cup E-Mailbag - latest correspondence

Sail-World is happy to publish our readers' views an opinions on the America's Cup:...

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Hogan Island, VIC

31 kn

14°

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Viewbank, VIC

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2024 Core Carved Ultra Binding

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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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Narelle Closes In: WA Coast on High Alert

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SE Australia: 10 Marine Warnings Active

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Maila: Landfall Monday, Final Warning

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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SA Algal Bloom: A Decade to Recover

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A New Star for Starboard

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Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

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How to take fishing photo's - part 2

WA's Seasonal Shift: Seabreeze to Frontal

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WA's Seasonal Shift: Seabreeze to Frontal

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Travelling to Bali - some Trip Tips

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How to take photos of your fish catch

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Australian Kitesurfing Shops & Schools

Australian Salmon: Surf, Rock and Timing

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Australian Salmon: Surf, Rock and Timing

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How to start Kiteboarding

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

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Last session the watch lost connection to the phone and I couldn't get it to do anything.

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Wing Foiling

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

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Am trying an 86L/56 wide Isonic and whilst its super once on the plane over 30 knots I am finding...

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Wing Foiling

Intermediate wing foiler here who is foil brained, but I continue to find foiling a real challenge,...

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Anyone tried one?

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