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Heaven Can Wait Charity Yacht Race - The Dash

Line Honours in the sixth annual Heaven Can Wait One Lap Dash was not decided until the last mile of the 28.5 nautical m...

Power Boats

F1 H20 Grand Prix of China - Al Hameli takes Pole

Grand Prix of China - Ahmed Al Hameli of Team Abu Dhabi out paced Italian Alex Carella and Frenchman Philippe Chiappe...

Cruising

Volvo Ocean Race - Stellar line up assembles in Alicante + Video

Volvo Ocean Race starts from Alicante, Spain where the most competitive line up to contest the event is assembling....

Sailing

Volvo Ocean Race - No looking back for Abu Dhabi's Khalid

Volvo Ocean Race - Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's youngest sailor Adil Khalid will leave his wife and three-month-old son...

Sailing

Chicago Match Cup - Wet and wild conditions + Video

Chicago Match Cup - A strong cold front coming through last night created gale-force winds and huge seas...

Sailing

Maritime Alert - Wild Weather

NSW Maritime has issued an alert to boat skippers following a forecast for dangerous surf conditions....

Sailing

QLD Beneteau Cup: Blunderbluss wins line honours in tough first race

Tony Kinsman's First 40 was put through its paces as it raced through everything to take out line honours....

Sailing

Inspiring times, as Heaven Can Wait just a bit longer

The Heaven Can Wait Dinner was truly an inspiring delight...

Sailing

Melges 24 U.S. National Championships day 1 - Gulari leads

The first day at the 2011 Melges 24 U.S. National Championship was nothing short of spectacular...

Cruising

Safety of the world's 700 tall-ships in doubt

Safety of the world's 700 sail-trainers is in doubt after a probe into the sinking of the tall-ship Concordia off Brazil...

Cruising

Somali pirates ready for renewed raiding season

With the end of the monsoon season, pirate season begins because the calmer ocean allows pirate skiffs to travel further...

Cruising

Transat Jacques Vabre - 30 days until start

The fleet for the 10th Transat Jacques Vabre will answer the start gun at 1302hrs CET in one month's time - to the day....

Sailing

Heaven Can Wait - Sunrise 2011

The sixth annual Heaven Can Wait One lap Dash and 24 Hour Race starts in less than five hours...

Sailing

Adria RC44 Cup pedal to the metal for Team Aqua + Video

In the Adris RC44 Cup, an early sea breeze during morning allowed the fleet to complete another four races....

Sailing

WMRT Argo Gold Cup qualifying groups

The Argo Gold Cup - The match is on in Bermuda...

Sailing

Extreme Sailing Series Act 7 - Artemis Racing on top + Video

The Extreme Sailing Series Act 7 has completed the first day of 'stadium' racing in Nice, France....

Sailing

12 Metre North American Championship victory for Ted Turner

The 12 Metre North America Championships were held in Newport, Rhode Island from the 23-25 September....

Sailing

PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam day 7 raises the bar

The PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam proceeded with day seven of competition while the sun continued to shine down...

Sailing

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez unfolds

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is notable for the diverse fleet of boats that turn up each September on the Cote d'Azur...

Cruising

Quiberon Solo victory for Jean-Pierre Nicol

The Quiberon Solo has now come to a close amid glorious sunshine and a well deserved win for Jean-Pierre Nicol....

Sailing

La Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 - Challenging conditions

La Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 - - The weather situation on the water is interesting to monitor....

Cruising

Global Ocean Race - Leaders reach the Canary Islands

Global Ocean Race duo Leggatt and Hutton-Squire finally found some breeze following a day locked in a windless bubble...

Windsurfing

Reno World Cup Sylt - Day eight

Day eight: Blazing sun, enormous crowds, a ferocious SUP race and an incredible night tow-in freestyle session make the eighth day in Sylt a memorable one.

Power Boats

RYA T850 Championship - Mark Williams clinches title

British RYA T850 Championship Mark Williams (45) of Lowestoft secured his second British title of 2011 last weekend...

Cruising

Seven top fender tips to protect your sailing boat

Imagine that you enter a new marina to take on some fuel, when all of a sudden--out of nowhere your engine coughs......

Power Boats

British Outboard Hydroplane Championship - Codling retains title

British Outboard Hydroplane Championship - Julian Codling (46) headed into the event with everything to race for....

Cruising

Santa Maria Cup Women's Match Racing Championship day 2

Santa Maria Cup Women's Match Racing Championship second day of racing was a great success....

Sailing

Humpybash launches Humpybong Yacht Club racing season

Sailors faced challenging conditions in Humpybash 2011 regatta at Humpybong Yacht Club...

Sailing

Australian Yachting Awards finalists announced

Australian Yachting Awards 2011 finalists announced, with impressive achievements highlighted in all categories....

Sailing

NSW Maritime proud to support next generation of yachters

NSW Maritime is proud to support the 2011 Nautilus Marine NSW Youth Championships this long weekend....

Sailing

QLD Ensign Beneteau Cup: A few French horns and handicappers challenge

This weekend's Ensign Yachts Queensland Beneteau Cup and French Yacht Challenge is designed to be a friendly affair....

Cruising

Dean's Diary: Nothing extreme at Extreme Sailing Series, Nice

Dean Barker, Director of Kiwi Yachting Consultants Nexus AB, reports from Nice on the Extreme Sailing Series...

Cruising

Sail and Ride - coming to the Netherlands

A Dutch consortium has proposed a 'sail and ride' station in a new 20 km rail connection in the Netherlands...

Cruising

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ launches vibrant social media website

Emirates Team New Zealand has joined the social media age with the launch of its new blog .... www.etnzblog.com...

Cruising

Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year nominations open

Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year awards are now accepting nominations...

Cruising

One yachtie makes a difference to plastic bottle pollution

A yachtie in Sint. Maarten has taken direct action to prevent plastic water bottles from despoiling her island home...

Cruising

ISAF Annual Conference Meeting papers published online

The ISAF Annual Conference takes place in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 3-13 November...

Sailing

Volvo Ocean Race - Team Sanya member steps down

ISA Instructor Frankie Leonard has announced that he has stepped down as the Media Crew Member for Team Sanya...

Sailing

PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam day 6 mingling with the stars

The 2011 VW PWA Reno World Cup Sylt Grand Slam has now comepleted day six....

Cruising

ISAF Grade 1 Santa Maria Cup day 1

The Santa Maria Cup Regatta day one got underway after looming thunderstorms and a lack of breeze caused a postponement....

Sailing

RC44 Adris Cup day 2 no room for error + Video

The Adris RC44 Cup fleet sailed under the backdrop of Rovinj's old town...

Sailing

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez presents a host of challenges

During Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, midweek is traditionally a layday for the modern fleet...

Sailing

Global Ocean Race fleet pushing though the confusion

The Global Ocean Race 2011-12 fleet welcomed a northerly breeze on Wednesday afternoon and are now on the move again...

Sailing

Extreme Sailing Series: Red Bull clings to lead after Day 2

Austrian skipper, Roman Hagara, has retained his place at the top of the leaderboard for the second day of the Nice roun...

Sailing

La Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 - Quiet and calm conditions

La Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 - The conditions were forecasted for 'quiet or very calm'. They are indeed....

Cruising

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race Leg 2 - Fight to the finish

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 2011-12 - Derry-Londonderry has won the fight for fifth place...

Power Boats

British RYA Championships - Natalie first female Champion in a decade

British RYA Championships have seen competitors battle it out in various locations across the UK...

Windsurfing

Reno World Cup Sylt - Day seven

Day seven: The freestylers raise the bar and break the judge's scales in the third Reno world cup tow-in freestyle competition.

Power Boats

RYA Sprint OSY400 Championship - Luke Hugman secures title

Sprint OSY400 Championship - Heading in to the final round Luke had established a 10 point lead over rival James Bowman...

Sailing

Volvo Ocean Race: Team Sanya skipper Sanderson may miss qualifying leg

Volvo Ocean Race - Emergency operation set to force Sanderson out of qualifying leg...

Sailing

Global Ocean Race: Atlantic match racing championships - Day 4

In the last 24 hours the two leaders in the Global Ocean Race have jumped out to a 40nm lead as they match race...

Power Boats

RYA Circuit Powerboat Championships - Curtis claims second title

RYA Circuit Powerboat Championships - World F4 Powerboat Racing Champion Scott Curtis claimed the British RYA F4 title...

Cruising

Yacht Island Designs creates 'Project Utopia' the floating city

Here's the ideal island getaway that can take you anywhere you want to go....

Sailing

Chicago Match Cup - Taylor Canfield leads

With eight matches sailed, 32nd-ranked Taylor Canfield from the US Virgin Islands has won six matches...

Sailing

10th International Sailing Summit 2011

Summit brings sport and industry together at Sail Melbourne to drive positive change through challenging times...

Sailing

Boaters warned of dangers: Snowy River water changes

Beginning 6 October, approximately 88,000 megalitres of water will be released from Lake Jindabyne into the Snowy River...

Power Boats

Florida's Clearwater Beach set to welcome offshore racers

At least 30 of the fastest offshore racers in the United States will converge on Clearwater Beach this weekend....

Power Boats

Kingship's Essence 42.5m - welcome to the penthouse suite

Full details on the newly developed Essence 42.5m were revealed on 23 September 2011 at the Monaco Yacht Show....

Power Boats

Its official, Australia's Greatest Bowrider is a Chaparral!

After recent exhaustive testing against a class field of quality opposition, the Chaparral 216SSi Bowrider has been awar...

Sailing

Coastal Classic: Fleet lines up for 30th Race ahead of World Cup Final

New Zealand Multihull Yacht Club's Coastal Classic yacht race has attracted entrants from across the spectrum of yacht r...

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