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The 2009 Catalunya Costa Brava PWA World Cup - Summary

Antoine Albeau and Valerie Ghibaudo are crowned as the 2009 Costa Brava Champions, both taking decisive wins....

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Flying start for Dee Caffari and the girls onboard Aviva

Dee Caffari and her all female crew onboard Aviva have had a successful first night...

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Jorn Tandberg teams with Kolbjorn Selmer for Norwegian Grand Prix

Tandberg will line up with a third different driver in as many races when he starts the defence of his European title...

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Next stop Portugal for World Match Racing Tour

The World Match Racing Tour heads for the Portuguese resort of Troia for stage 4 of the 2009 season...

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Difficult conditions test Austalian Optimist Sailors in Singapore

Sixteen Australian optimist sailors experienced light winds, strong current and a large fleet in Singapore last week...

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International crew on Ericsson 4 wins Volvo Ocean Race

Ericsson Racing Team yacht Ericsson 4 has captured overall honors in the Volvo Ocean Race on the penultimate leg....

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Belcher and Page finish fifth at 470 European Championship

Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page has finished fifth in the 2009 European Championships on Lake Traunsee in Austria....

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'I'll be back!' 42 sq km of algae heading towards Qingdao... again

Green algae back in Yellow Sea, giving China's Shandong the blues...

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Fairline Boats tackles downturn headon

UK-based luxury boat manufacturer, Fairline Boats has begun the Australian Boat Show circuit confident that action taken...

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Special offer from Classic Maritime Replicas

Classic Maritime Replicas are hand crafted minis of classic powerboats, yachts and tall ships at an affordable price....

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Ericsson 4 wins Volvo Ocean Race, Puma Racing wins Leg 9

A third place finish in leg nine has been enough for Ericsson 4 to provisionally win the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09...

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PUMA wins Leg 9 of Volvo Ocean Race - their first!!

PUMA won leg nine of the Volvo Ocean Race at 22:43:10 local (20:43:10 GMT) this evening, achieving their first leg win o...

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Riviera at Sydney International Boat Show

Riviera, will unveil its latest new models including the the new 5000 Sport Yacht at the Sydney International Boat Show....

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Sunrise start concludes 470 Europeans

At 07:00 on Sunday morning, racing successfully got underway for both the Men's and Women's 470 fleets, to conclude the...

Cruising

Yacht and round-world dream sunk after whale strike

A couple's round-world dream odyssey ended in disaster when their Sovereign 470 yacht sank after hitting a whale...

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Another mast-climbing death - Nine Rules so you are not next..

Last week another death was caused by a fall from a nine metre mast in Ontario USA. The sailor fell out of his sling....

Sailing

Scorching hot deals on Laser trade-ins!

Now is absolutely the best time to trade in your late model Laser for a new boat, with dealers across Australia...

Power Boats

Riviera Syndication heads to the Med

Riviera Syndication has announced plans for an exciting new international syndicate - in the Mediterranean....

Power Boats

Raymarine hints at sale

Raymarine says it is exploring an equity fundraising or a sale of the business....

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Tactical day at Giraglia Rolex Cup challenges sailors

Giraglia Rolex Cup fleet was tested by the tactical conditions today....

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Telefonica Blue: Work in progress and damage report

Work in progress.... This morning the boat has been hauled out of the water and work has started....

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Entry for Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta opens

2009 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta being held at Weymouth 2012 Olympic venue has opened for entries - 500 are expected...

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Ericsson 3 and 4 and Puma battle for lead into Stockholm

Ericsson 3 is Monday's leader of the reduced pack of six Volvo 70s, with 122 nm to the finish...

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Dee Caffari using girl power for another World Record Attempt

Dee Caffari set off Monday in her attempt to break the record for sailing around Britain and Ireland...

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Volvo Ocean Race: The dreaded lurgy and that bump!

Latest emails from the boats in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet....

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Portimao Global Ocean Race leaders face confusing conditions

Michel Kleinjans on Roaring Forty crossed the Portimao Global Ocean Race Leg 5 Scoring Gate south-east of Newfoundland...

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ISAF Athletes' Commission - Online Voting Now Open

Voting to determine the Olympic event representatives for the ISAF Athletes' Commission is now in progress online...

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TP52 action images from Audi MedCup Marseille Trophy final day

Ingrid Abery's images from the last day of TP52 racing at the Audi Med Cup Marseille Trophy....

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French duo 2009 Costa Brava Champions

The final day of the 2009 PWA Costa Brava World Cup summarized the frustrating week of waiting....

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Sportsboats heading to Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week

Southern state sports boat sailors will head for Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week championship...

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Nominations now open for NSW Maritime Medals

Nominations are now open for the NSW Maritime Medals and niminations close at 5 pm on the third Friday in August....

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Images of Marstrand: Telefonica Blue hits the rocks at Volvo OR start

Images from on the water and below decks of the stricken Volvo ocean racer after hitting the rock at a speed of 14kts....

Power Boats

Yamaha Sponsors Professional Ocean Lifeguards

Yamaha has thrown its support behind the Australian Professional Ocean Lifeguards Association

Fishing

New game for SA fishos & more busts than the NSW Art Gallery

What's been happening around Oz in the second week of June... (Fri 5 - Thurs 11 June)

Cruising

Solo sailor rescue - How far will the coastguard go?

Coastguard station officer Nigel McColm took a ship-wrecked sailor to his own home for the night after saving his life...

Cruising

Five top tips for aspiring sailors

'Chris, how would you like to skipper a yacht in the Greek islands this summer for my great aunt Jane?'...

Sailing

Record fleet sets sail at Giraglia Rolex Cup

192 boats were entered for the 57th edition of the Giraglia Rolex Cup, with over 2,000 sailors competing...

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Volvo Ocean Race - Its a disaster says Telefonica Blue skipper

Bouwe Bekking - It is clearly our own mistake of course, we thought we were to leeward of the rock and clear of it....

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Kiwis win 2009 Audi Med Cup - Roma wins GP42

Emirates Team New Zealand clinched the Marseille Trophy by 14 points,...

Windsurfing

PWA Catalunya World Cup - Event Summary

Event Summary - Antoine Albeau and Valerie Ghibaudo are crowned as the 2009 Costa Brava Champions, both taking decisive wins to establish their positions at the top of the PWA Slalom World Tour. Despite an unfavourable forecast Costa Brava delivered enoug

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