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Lauryn Eagle breaks Sydney - Newcastle Ski Record

Former World champion speed skier & Australian champion Lauryn Eagle sets first leg record, now powering back to Sydney...

Sailing

iShares Cup Day 2 - Multiple winners and an unexpected swim

The iShares Cup Committee had to postpone the first start but the wind eventually kicked in....

Cruising

RNLI rescues Swedish couple 'in 10 metre swells'

The RNLI rescued a Swedish couple with only one life jacket between them from their yacht in the North Sea....

Sailing

Confusion at start of Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7

The last open ocean leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 got underway from Fan Pier, Boston to Galway, Ireland....

Sailing

Artemis leads TP52's and Airis leads GP42's at MedCup Alicante Trophy

Torbjorn Tornqvist's new Artemis was the standout performer in the TP52 Series and in GP42 Series Airis leads....

Sailing

Roaring Forty and container ship collide

Belgian solo sailor Michel Kleinjans was involved in a collision between his Open 40 Roaring Forty and a container ship...

Sailing

J24 Asia - Pacific Championship to be held June 6th - 8th in Adelaide

J24 Asia - Pacific Championships in South Australia on June 6th -8th 2009....

Sailing

It's good to be right

This article is all about thanking the Senior Duty Forecaster at the BoM....

Sailing

Portimao Global Ocean Race leader heading for Charleston finish line

The Portimao Global Ocean Race fleet leader is just hours from the finish line in Charleston, South Carolina...

Sailing

Laurie Jury Wins Korean Match Cup Qualifier

The two Kiwi teams of Laurie Jury and Rueben Corbett dominate...

Sailing

Sailors don't make the best lovers - Its Nonsense

In recent days, boaters around the world over have been proudly boasting of news from the Onzin Institute in Amsterdam....

Sailing

Australia's Team Edake into the Semis of Korean Match Race Qualifier

Australians in the Semis of the Korean Match Race Qualifier...

Sailing

Cammas and Groupama 3 crew set new Trans-Mediterranean record

And that makes five! Franck Cammas and his crew have bagged the first record of their 2009 campaign...

Sailing

Don't throw away your paper charts! - GPS failings to come

A report just out by the GAO of the USA has revealed significant issues with the future of the GPS world wide system....

Sailing

Ericsson 4 skipper warns not to under estimate leg 7 Volvo Ocean Race

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is ready to face the North Atlantic for leg seven as the teams make their final preparations...

Cruising

15-year-old Jessica launches her round-world yacht

Australian 15 year-old Jessica Watson, latest teen to chase 'youngest around' trophy, has launched her yacht....

Sailing

iShares Cup Venice - BMW Oracle leads after five hotly contested races

iShares Cup Venice, the 10 Extreme 40s put away five races this afternoon, before the breeze died...

Cruising

25 knots of wind, why aren't we moving?

We're only a mile from home, a good 25 knot wind is blowing, the sails are full,so why are we staying in the same spot?...

Sailing

Consistency pays as winds return to Audi MedCup circuit in Alicante

Consistency was the key once again as champions Quantum Racing emerge to lead the TP52 series after three great races,...

Sailing

Yank that pin! Melbourne to Apollo Bay race

The 2009 Melbourne to Apollo Bay has been postponed until further notice....

Sailing

Beluga Racer increases the lead over Portimao Global Ocean Race fleet

Race leaders Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme on Beluga Racer extending their lead over their Chilean rivals...

Sailing

Groupama 3 off on Mediterranean record attempt

Groupama 3 set off on the Mediterranean record this Friday morning at exactly 0719 UT...

Power Boats

Industry gathers on the GC pre-SCIBS

Southport Yacht Club was the venue for the marine industry luncheon today, where Iain Murray AM spoke of his experienes....

Sailing

Green Dragon Leg 7 crew changes - Braidwood off and Bugden on

Green Dragon will have one crew change for Leg 7, pitman Tom Braidwood will step down and Ian Budgen will come onboard...

Cruising

Avoiding 'catastrophe' for world's coral heartland

A region harbouring more than half the world's coral reefs is at risk of 'a major environmental and human catastrophe'....

Sailing

New South Wales Optimists launch new Website

The New South Wales International Optimist Dinghy Association (NSWIODA) officially launched it's new class website...

Sailing

Team Edake's semi finals wait after Day 2 Korean Match Race Qualifier

Korean Match Race Cup Qualifier - Team Edake must wait to see if it has made the semi finals....

Sailing

Ingrid Abery images from iShares Cup Practice Day in Venice

Three practice races took place today in Venice. Images from Ingrid Abery...

Sailing

Puma prepared for transatlantic leg of Volvo Ocean Race

The Puma Ocean Racing team will line up with the six other Volvo Ocean Race entrants for the start of Leg seven Saturday...

Power Boats

Honda releases brand new BF60 four-stroke EFI outboard engine

Honda's brand new BF60 four-stroke EFI outboard engine expands the premium product range available to Australian boaters...

Sailing

Gildas Philippe replaces Franck Cammas at helm of Groupama 40

Groupama 40 in Venice for the first round of the iShares Cup 2009 circuit: Gildas Philippe takes the helm of Groupama 40...

Sailing

Groupama 3 go to Code Green for Friday record attempt

Code green for Groupama 3, departure from Marseilles scheduled tomorrow morning in a bid to break Mediterranean record...

Cruising

Letter from the Indies - Cuba, Cayman, Honduras

Andrea and Ian Treleaven, Antipodeans cruising in the Caribbean, continue their tales...

Sailing

No help from the breeze on Day 2 of Audi MedCup in Alicante

Capricious early season breezes off Alicante refused to co-operate to allow any racing today on the Audi MedCup Circuit...

Sailing

America's Cup Court decision goes in favour of BMW Oracle, again

Societe Nautique de Geneve, the club Defending the America's Cup has lost all the decisions handed down in the New York...

Sailing

Rolex Fastnet - An Open and Shut Case

Fastnet Race entry opened on the 1 January and closed with a full 300 entries within 2 months...

Sailing

If it doesn't float, is it a 'boat'?

Mirabaud LX achieves the first ever hull-less ride. The experimental sailing boat is certainly revolutionary....

Cruising

North South Yachting - 2009 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show

North South Yachting displaying 34 & 43 Cruisers at Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show, 21-24 May 2009....

Sailing

Volunteers get on board Marine Rescue NSW

More than 600 people have put up their hand to join the State's new volunteer marine rescue organisation...

Sailing

Four fleets to contest Rolex Capri Sailing Week

Rolex Capri Sailing Week...

Sailing

Salvesen and Thomson on Team Mowgli thunder northwards

Race leaders Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme on Beluga Racer are currently just under 600 miles from the finish line...

Sailing

Sunsail's 35th Birthday celebration

Happy 35th Birthday Sunsail! Sunsail is giving holidaymakers a $35 bonus discount off all new charter bookings...

Sailing

ISAF Mid-Year Meeting - moves on multihulls

The ISAF Strategic Plan and 2012 Olympic Games were key topics amongst the issued discussed at the ISAF Mid-Year Meeting...

Power Boats

Offshore Waterski Record Attempt - Lauryn Eagle set to fly

Eagle aims to be thefirst female to water-ski continuously from Sydney to Newcastle and return....

Sailing

Sailing World Cup anchors in Melbourne until 2011

Melbourne has secured the first leg of the prestigious Sailing World Cup for the next three years....

Sailing

Crash course in Mooloolaba Etchells racing for Hong Kong's Thornburrow

Hong Kong skipper Mark Thornburrow will be looking to current world champion mainsail trimmer Matt Chew to help him...

Sailing

Sports Boat Sunday at RQYS

RQYS in conjunction with the Australian Sports Boat Association (ASBA) is holding their second Sports Boat Sunday...

Sailing

New summer east-coast circuit announced

A spectacular new Australian east coast offshore yachting circuit has been announced, taking in NSW and QLD....

Sailing

Ray Davies and Paul Cayard join RC 44 Class

The third event of the RC 44 Championship Tour 2009 will take place in Austria on May 27 - 31....

Sailing

Crew Lists for Volvo OR leg 7: Fisher off, Martinez on Telefonica Blue

Volvo Ocean Race crew lists for leg 7 - Boston to Galway....

Sailing

Images from Alicante: Emirates Team New Zealand, Race 1

Emirates Team New Zealand's Chris Cameron filed these images from the first day of racing at Alicante...

Sailing

Marazzi Sailing penalised 3 points for weight violation

Switzerland's Marazzi Sailing have been penalised three points and effectively lost out on their maiden race win...

Sailing

Swiss (almost) win first ever Audi MedCup Circuit event

Marazzi Sailing are penalised for being over the TP52 Class crew weight limit in Race 1 of the Audi MedCup Circuit...

Sailing

Ericsson Racing Team prepares for a difficult VOR Leg seven to Galway

Chris Bedford's summary is quite stark. 'This leg is fraught with danger,' he says....

Sailing

Oman Sail debuting second team at iShares Cup in Venice

Masirah and Renaissance will both be sporting the branding of Oman as well as Omani sailors at the iShares Cup...

Sailing

Portimao Global Ocean Race - Chilean team down but definitely not out

Felipe Cubillos and Jose Munoz have been attempting to find a solution to their damaged rudder on Desafio Cabo de Hornos...

Power Boats

Sanctuary Cove, 2009 - can you afford not to go?

For boat owners visiting a major boat show can save time and money....

Sailing

Yachting NSW seeks a New Administration Manager

Dear All, it is with regret that I inform you that YNSW Administration Manager, Selma Oudemans, has decided to move on...

Sailing

Images from CYCA Winter series, Race 2

A selection of Peter Andrews' images from Race 2 of the 2009 CYCA Audi Winter series....

Power Boats

Sanctuary Cove Boat Show attains its majority

Twenty-one years of the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show and plenty more to come....

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