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Volvo Ocean Race Teams to battle for first race points

Volvo Ocean Race bursts into life tomorrow when the world class professional sailing teams do battle for the first time...

Sailing

Global Ocean Race Leg 1 - BSL first to cross finish line

Global Ocean Race Leg 1 - Friday 28 October at 05:13:25 GMT Ross and Campbell Field crossed the finish line in Cape Town...

Sailing

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Frustrating conditions

Clipper Round the World Race management team has arrived in Geraldton, crew who will be joining the race are standing by...

Sailing

Top Olympic Windsurfing Coach wins NZ Sailor of the Year

Top windsurfing coach, Grant Beck, was tonight named New Zealand sailor of the year at a function at the Royal New Zeala...

Sailing

Yachting photographer Nicole Scott releases second book '200 Bowmen'

Nicole Scott, photographer/businesswoman, has released her second book, '200 Bowmen'....

Sailing

Volvo Ocean Race - A new challenge for skipper Chris Nicholson + Video

Volvo Ocean Race - Chris Nicholson takes on a new challenge as skipper of Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand...

Cruising

Released hostage sailors' regrets - first interview

Danish family of cruising sailors held hostage for 6 months: ' It was the decision of my life that I regret the most.'...

Sailing

La Charente Maritime Bahia Transat 6.50 - Raison unstoppable

An arrival in Salvador de Bahia on Sunday evening is now a possibility for David Raison (747 - TeamWork Evolution)....

Sailing

NSW Maritime conducting Operation Paddle Safe this weekend

NSW Maritime Boating Safety Officers will be out in force this weekend on NSW waterways to conduct Operation Paddle Safe...

Sailing

Beneteau Lagoon Regatta - Its our 20th

Beneteau Lagoon regatta will be an event full of competitive racing, great food, entertainment and drinks....

Sailing

Gosford to Lord Howe Race- Freshening nor'easter forecast

BOM has forecast freshening north-easterly sea breezes for tomorrow's start of Gosford to Lord Howe Race....

Cruising

The cutting edge in radar - 4G, coming soon

Marine electronics leaders B&G, Simrad Yachting and Lowrance are pleased to announce the arrival of Broadband 4G" Radar...

Sailing

Perth 2011 - Can they knock off Big Ben?

Sailings Superstar British sailor Ben Ainslie will be 35 years old by the 2012 London Olympics....

Cruising

How dolphins handle 'the bends'

Scientist are aware that the blood and tissue of some deceased beaked whales are riddled with bubbles...

Cruising

Shellfish warning issued for Peel-Harvey Estuary

The Department of Health has issued a warning regarding shellfish for the Peel-Harvey Estuary...

Sailing

Etchells Worlds 2012: youth aim to join cut and thrust competition

The change is in the air. Younger Etchells skippers and crew are joining the class and hunting worlds qualification...

Sailing

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Surfing the face of a 70ft wave

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race update from crew member Lisa Blair representing Queensland on Gold Coast Australia....

Sailing

Proving that the Tornado has what it takes + Video

This coming week, the Tornado Class along with its representatives, will head to San Juan, Puerto Rico...

Sailing

Transat Jacques Vabre has international appeal

The Transat Jacques Vabre now has only three days until the start gun is set to fire...

Sailing

HMRI Cup - Something for everyone in a race for medical research

HMRI Cup Yacht Race held on Saturday, October 22, had something for everyone....

Sailing

Global Ocean Race Leg 1 - BSL approach finish line

Global Ocean Race - In the 15:00 GMT position poll today, Ross and Campbell Field are just 117 miles from the finish...

Sailing

Volvo Ocean Race Teams ready for In-Port Race

Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 kicks off this Saturday, 29th October 2011 in Alicante, Spain at 1200 GMT/UTC (1400 local time)...

Windsurfing

Time for a change - Board designer and speed guru Patrik Diethelm has moved spon

Board designer and speed guru Patrik Diethelm has moved sponsors for the first time in ten years.

Sailing

Clipper Round the World Race - Gold Coast Australia open up lead

Clipper Round the World Race - Winds up to 30 knots powered Gold Coast Australia towards the finish line off Geraldton....

Cruising

Transat Jacques Vabre - Hugo Boss at the start line

Transat Jacques Vabre - Alex Thomson and Guillermo Altadil will race Hugo Boss, the IMOCA Open 60...

Cruising

Lifejacket campaign in Hunter region this weekend

NSW Maritime will lead a multi-agency campaign in the Hunter region this weekend focusing on the new lifejacket rules...

Fishing

VIC: Keeping tabs on Port Phillip Bay snapper

Acoustic tags inserted into snapper to help knowledge on movement and habitats.

Sailing

Volvo Ocean Race - Final countdown commences

Volvo Ocean Race - It used to be said that by the time the yachts hit the start line the race was already won or lost....

Cruising

Safety rail snag saves yacht after collision

A sorry look for yacht and catamaran in NZ as a barge tries to retrieve the situation after a collision between the two...

Cruising

Barz Optics demonstrates Floater aquatic prowess

Floating like no other, Barz has put their new Floater to the test in the surf and haven't been disappointed....

Cruising

Student Yachting World Cup - France holds the lead + Video

At the Student Yachting World Cup in France, eight races have now been completed....

Sailing

2011 Australian Yachting Awards - Friday 28th November

The 2011 Australian Yachting Awards recognising outstanding achievements in the sport of sailing over the last year....

Sailing

5th Annual Cup Regatta - Classic yacht racing in Melbourne

Fifth Annual Classic Yacht Regatta is being held this weekend on Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay (28 to 31 October)....

Sailing

Prototype for Olympic Womens Skiff trials has great pedigree

The team behind the Mackay Boats' prototype oozes talent and has a track record of excellence...

Cruising

Sailrocket 2 suffers damage in crash + high speed run video

After a few good, high speed runs disaster has struck! Vestas Sailrocket 2's main beam failed ... read on for details...

Sailing

Global Ocean Race - BSL approaching Cape Town

Global Ocean Race leader BSL, being crewed by Ross and Campbell Field, has been at sea for a total of thirty-one days...

Sailing

Rolex Middle Sea Race - Artie first Maltese boat home

Rolex Middle Sea Race - After racing over 600 miles, the J/122 Artie crossed the finish line at 15.22 CEST...

Stand Up Paddle

Kai Lenny Claims the Stand Up Paddling World Title

The self confessed 'Hawaiian Waterman" claims his second SUP world title.

Fishing

SA: Seasonal closure for Snapper

Occurs again during the month of November

Windsurfing

From Russia with love - Windsurf beauty Olya Raskina has had an incredible year

Windsurf beauty Olya Raskina has had an incredible year travelling to some of the finest spots on the planet.

Sailing

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Visit Finland wins Ocean Sprint

Clipper Round the World Race - Visit Finland has stormed up the leader board overhauling two boats into sixth place...

Sailing

Rolex Middle Sea Race - A struggle to the finish

Rolex Middle Sea Race - Over the night and into this morning, a dozen boats crossed the finish line...

Sailing

18ft Skiffs 3-Buoys Challenge Series - Team Lumix performs well

Beko 3-Buoys Challenge Series - What a difference a week makes in 18ft Skiff Racing....

Sailing

Heavyweights set for Geraldton fightback

Redink Homes Geraldton Ocean Classic results from last weekend will be a distant memory when the return race starts at 9...

Cruising

Mud-foiled sailors airlifted to hospital

It was what you call a 'bad hair day' for a couple of British sailors. All they wanted was a day out in the yacht......

Cruising

A smartphone App that's 'out of this world'

Featuring this week a smartphone App that can stop your relatives or friends driving AMSA crazy when you are overdue...

Sailing

Gosford to Lord Howe Race - Past Sydney Hobart winners to start

Wild Rose and Midnight Rambler are in the small but high quality fleet in the Hempel 38th Gosford to Lord Howe Race...

Cruising

Gold Coast Marine Expo - sowing the seeds for boats and boating

In the market to try, buy or see how a boat is made? Visit the inaugural Gold Coast Marine Expo 4-6 November at Coomera....

Power Boats

Spending good money on bad motors makes a boater broke

Ask any boat broker what makes a boater broke, and they'll tell you: 'Spending good money on bad motors.'...

Sailing

Beneteau pulls a hat-trick at St Helena's Cup

Beneteau racing team Trois Firsts living up to its namesake and reputation at the St Helena's Cup in Manly....

Kitesurfing

Hangin' out with the North boys on Maui

Three of the head honcho's from North Kitesurfing spent a bit of time on Maui, and this is how it went...

Cruising

Sail-World set for huge coverage of Volvo Ocean Race and Olympics

Running hundreds of stories over event duration and distributing eight million newsletters to world-wide audience....

Sailing

Legendary Bob Robertson's burning desire

Some time ago the self appointed 'Knight of Queensland ocean racing' stated he was done with the unfinished business...

Cruising

America's Cup Uncovered: Episode 13 - Bertrand on the new race format

Episode 13 of America's Cup Uncovered - America's Cup legend John Bertrand shares his opinion on the new race format...

Sailing

Charente-Maritime Bahia Transat 6.50 - Aussie sailor forced to abandon

Australian sailor Scott Cavanough (797 - brainchild.org.au) has been forced to abandon his yacht...

Sailing

Kaenon Polarized new, hand-painted sunglass styles

Kaenon Polarized, the Lifestyle and Luxury Performance sunglass brand, launches its 2011 Anniversary Collection...

Sailing

Rolex Middle Sea Race challenging for Ran

Crossing the finish line at 1110 CEST this morning, Niklas Zennstrom's J/V 72 Ran (GBR) was the second boat...

Cruising

NYYC Invitational Cup 2013 dates announced

NYYC Invitational Cup 2013 - The Invitational Cup is a regatta for yacht clubs from around the world and their sailors....

Power Boats

Powerboat Racing Champion Ben Jelf to attempt new World Speed Record

RYA Powerboat Racing Champion Ben Jelf (11) from Maidstone, Kent is aiming to become the fastest 11 year old on water...

Windsurfing

Angulo Time - The ground-breaking filmmakers from UMI pictures present their lat

The ground-breaking filmmakers from UMI pictures present their latest portrait movie, this time catching up with windsurfing legend Mark Angulo.

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