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Etchells Australia Winter Championship - June 4-7th Enter online now!

Its time to enter the Musto Etchells Australia Winter June 4-7...

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Results from 2009 WA State Team Racing Championships

2009 WA State Team Racing Championships were hosted by the Royal Perth Yacht Club...

Sailing

Annual Yachting WA award winners announced

Meet The Champions - the annual Yachting WA Awards Night was held on Friday 8 May at South of Perth Yacht Club....

Sailing

Crown Prince Frederik to visit Sydney for the 2009 World Masters Games

The Crown Prince of Denmark will visit Sydney this October to compete at the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games...

Sailing

Sodeb'O on standby for Discovery Route record attempt

Francis Joyon, the skipper of Sodeb'O put in a tremendous effort last winter sailing around the world single-handed....

Power Boats

Storming start for Team 26 in Powerboat P1 Championship

Team 26 ended up third overall in the opening event of the Powerboat P1 Championship series....

Power Boats

Formula Cruisers adds Prowler 10.4 powercat to it's product range

Formula Cruisers, one of New Zealand's longest established boat building companies continues to expand....

Cruising

Almanac for English Channel now online and free

The Wiley Nautical Almanac, for years a hard copy publication, can now be downloaded to your computer....

Cruising

E-15 Gasoline for All? 'Not So Fast' Says Boat Owners Association

Now the influential Boat Owners' Association of the United States is putting on its gloves in the ethanol debate....

Sailing

Win a Laser sailing boat!! - value AUD$9,200 - NZ$11,495

To celebrate 2009-2010 season Performance Sailcraft Australasia, the 'down under' Laser builder is giving away a Laser....

Sailing

America's Cup espionage reported in Alinghi affidavit

An employee of BMW Oracle Racing was caught undertaking espionage activities around Alinghi's building facility...

Sailing

Bribon wins Audi Med Cup practice race in Alicante

Bribon proved they may yet be the boat to beat in Alicante when they won today's practice race...

Sailing

Edake Racing to compete in Korea at World Match Race Cup Qualifier

The Edake Team is in Korea to compete in a World Match Race Cup Qualifier event....

Power Boats

Enrico 'Chicco' Vidoli will be missed

53 year-old Enrico 'Chicco' Vidoli passed away due to an accident on the 9th of May on Lake Lugano...

Sailing

Portimao Ocean Race - Chilean team suffers damage after collision

At 0200 GMT this morning (12/05), the Chilean boat collided with a submerged object....

Cruising

Coffs Harbour Yacht Club Queen's Birthday Regatta

Opal Cove Resort announced event sponsor for the Queen's Birthday Regatta at the Coffs Harbour Yacht Club on June 6-8....

Power Boats

Riviera Syndication statement

Riviera Syndication has announced that it is not affected by the appointment of Receivers to boat builder Riviera....

Power Boats

Honda Formula 4-Stroke: Power of Dreams Germany takes 225hp win

The Honda Formula 4-Stroke Grand Prix which has returned to Wales after a six year absence...

Cruising

Totally Tidal Energy

An Australian company has managed to harness wave power, generating power and attracting international attention....

Cruising

New Antarctic seabed sonar images reveal clues to sea-level rise

Motorway sized troughs and channels carved into Antarctica's continental shelves could help predict future sealevel rise...

Power Boats

Stalker and Evinrude E-TEC combine to take out Mildura 09

Evinrude E-TEC have come away on top at the 2009 Mildura Ski Race, grabbing first place and breaking existing records...

Power Boats

Riviera Receivers Claim "business as usual"

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Cruising

Sailing the 'Black Current' to find ancestors

A Japanese surgeon this week set off on a voyage to trace one of the paths believed taken by ancestors of the Japanese...

Sailing

CT Sailbatten Race Winners in 2008 - 09: Part 1

Recognising achievement in the Sport of Sailing...

Sailing

Coutts talks to Montgomery on SportsWorld - Interview Transcript

Transcript of the top rating SportsWorld program on Newstalk ZB's 'conversation' with Russell Coutts...

Sailing

Alicante MedCup Circuit regatta village set to open

Alicante will open the doors on Tuesday to the new Audi MedCup visitor experience within the extensive regatta village....

Sailing

Golden Gate responds to America's Cup Contempt of Court charge

The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) today filed a memorandum of law in the Supreme Court of the State of New York...

Cruising

What you need to know about buying an outboard

When buying an outboard, you want to taking advantage of anything that can ultimately save you money....

Sailing

Gladwell's Line: History repeats with second multihull challenger?

Two words should have come flashing after the announcement of a challenge for the 33rd America's Cup...

Sailing

SNG welcomes 33rd America's Cup Notice of Challenge from Italy

Societe Nautique de Geneve has welcomed the 33rd America's Cup Notice of Challenge from Italy...

Power Boats

Powerboat P1 confirms 2009 Italian race venue

Powerboat P1 World Championship confirmed it has reached agreement to stage a joint event in Italy on 3, 4, 5 July....

Cruising

Yacht Boundless washed up on beach after crew rescue

New Zealand rescue resources were used twice this week to go to the aid of the three crew of a yacht in the Tasman Sea...

Sailing

Images from Volvo Ocean Race Boston Pro-Am

Images from the Volvo Ocean Race, Boston Pro-Am courtesy of Leighton O'Connor....

Sailing

Images from the Volvo Ocean Race: In-Port at Boston

Dave Kneale of Volvo Ocean Race brings you a gallery of the action from the In-Port Races...

Sailing

Cheer your School on - Victoria Harbour Schools Sailing Series Final

Two-time champions St Leonard's College among the favourites to take out the final of Vic Harbour Schools Sailing Series...

Sailing

Helmsman's story of the Business Post Naiad tragedy

Robert Matthews tells his story of the capsize of Business Post Naiad in the 1998 Sydney to Hobart yacht race....

Sailing

AMSA urging correct disposal of MHz beacons

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority is urging all owners of 121.5 MHz beacons to dispose of them correctly...

Sailing

Beluga Racer speeding to the Caribbean in Portimao Global Ocean Race

Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme on Beluga Racer have continued to press the pedal hard to the floor...

Cruising

Why Ellen MacArthur won't be racing any time soon

'It would seem hypocritical to continue competitively sailing.' These are the words of Dame Ellen MacArthur...

Sailing

One year on and Mooloolaba Yacht Club is powering ahead

One year on and the Mooloolaba Yacht Club is powering ahead in securing a solid and viable future...

Sailing

Sports Boat Division at Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week

Townsville sailor Michael Unwin was quick to jump online and register for Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week...

Sailing

Mothers Day training for Tasmanian Sabots

Training for the 22 sabots again was a picture perfect. For those that think its cold here in Tasmania it's not really!...

Sailing

Marine... ...Life

If you've been to sea, then you've been blessed....

Sailing

North South Yachting, SailCorp, Finlease -Yacht Ownership Open Evening

North South Yachting, SailCorp and Finlease are teaming up to host an open evening on yacht ownership in Sydney Harbour...

Sailing

Leighton O'Connor images from Volvo Oean Race Boston In Port races

Images from yesterday's Boston In Port race....

Sailing

MedCup Circuit countdown in Alicante

Moderate breezes proved ideal for the TP52 Series and GP42 Series fleets - City of Alicante Trophy MedCup Circuit...

Sailing

Images from the Portofino Rolex Trophy 2009

Carlo Borlenghi presents the following gallery of images from the Portofino Rolex Trophy 2009:...

Sailing

Williams claims victory at PWA World Surf Cup

Ross Williams proves he's the man to beat after sailing to victory in the 2009 Dwarf8 PWA Surf World Cup....

Sailing

Alinghi's SUI1 wins first regatta of the D35 series on Lake Geneva

Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi SUI1 won the first regatta of the D35 series on Lake Geneva over the weekend....

Sailing

Russell Coutts talks to Peter Montgomery on SportsWorld

Sunday morning (NZT) the top rating SportsWorld program on Newstalk ZB ran an extended 'conversation' with BMW Oracle sk...

Sailing

Changes to Stopover Format for next Volvo Race

Shorter Volvo stopover - a two-week format and more action than in the present version...

Sailing

Volvo Ocean Race Boston In Port race: Green Dragon's challenging day

The In Port race in Boston was full of challenges today as the fleet managed to get through two races....

Sailing

PWA Surf World Cup - Another day of frustration

Only eight heats of race five completed before the race committee were forced to send the slalom fleet back to the beach...

Sailing

YA President elected to Aust Olympic Committee Executive

Yachting Australia President Andrew Plympton has been elected to the Australian Olympic Committee Executive....

Sailing

Santa Cruz and Bruschetta crew win J/24 World Championship

Santa Cruz and the Bruschetta crew came away with a third J/24 World Championship....

Sailing

Portimao Global Ocean Race - Desafio Cabo de Hornos on the hunt

Felipe Cubillos and Jose Munoz on Desafio Cabo de Hornos are still hunting hard in Portimao Global Ocean Race...

Sailing

Mother's Day - Race 2 CYCA Winter series

Race Two of the Pointscore of the Audi Winter Series 2009 commenced in 10-12 knots of sou' easterly breeze....

Sailing

Offshore dinghy racing returns to Mooloolaba

Open water dinghy racing returning to Sunshine Coast with the introduction of the Mooloolaba Dinghy Ocean Series....

Cruising

Lessons from tragic loss of yacht Sea Jade's skipper

Evidence on the abandoned Sea Jade pointed to the story of the tragic end of the life of the experienced sailor...

Cruising

Largest ever ARC Europe rally fleet starts from Nanny Cay

In the largest-ever ARC Europe rally, 28 yachts left Tortola, British Virgin Islands, this week to cross the Atlantic....

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

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After considerable testing over the last two months GPSTC is pleased to announce that the Garmin...

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