News Articles Events

News

All Kitesurfing Windsurfing Surfing Stand Up Paddle Power Boats Sailing Fishing Foiling Wing Foiling Weather

Sailing

Just Jessica - The adventures of Jessica Watson Part 1

Her epic quest captured the imagination of millions and Australia has since recognised her as a national hero...

Sailing

Fantasea F18 Australian Championships 2011 - Day 2 images

It was another testing day on the water for the fleet racing in the Fantasea F18 Australian Championships 2011....

Cruising

The Breathtaking windjammers celebrate in Camden, Maine

There's nothing more breathtaking than a traditional windjammer under sail, 2-4 Sep is the time, in Camden, Maine, USA...

Cruising

Simple Inspections to keep your sailing boat's engine in top shape

Here are the five top inspections that will keep your sailing boat's diesel engine running like a lion....

Sailing

Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week day 3 weather

Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week weather report for day three...

Cruising

Canada's Cup - Day 3

The Canada's Cup trophy returns to the Royal Canadian Yacht ClubThe continuation of the highly competitive Canada's Cup...

Cruising

America's Cup: This week in the Cup No.7

America's Cup newsletter for 3 September 2011...

Sailing

Images of Alinghi: Racing Decision 35's on the Med

Top international photographer, Chris Schmid provided these images of Alinghi sailing in the D35's...

Power Boats

UIM Siracusa Ocean Grand Prix decisive move by Jolly Drive

All three Italian boats crossed the line within a few lengths of each other...

Sailing

ISAF Team Racing Worlds final day victory for West Kirby

The ISAF Team Racing Championships in Schull Harbour began the final day of competition amid light southwesterly winds...

Cruising

St. Moritz Match Race - Morvan defeats Williams in stunning semi final

St. Moritz Match Race - Morvan put in a stunning semi-final display to defeat in-form skipper Williams to make the final...

Sailing

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Slow progress in tough conditions

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - It's tough going for the remaining five boats still racing towards Rio de Janeiro...

Sailing

2011 Mobility Cup final day

Pierre Richard saved the best for last, winning the final two races in Gold Fleet competition in the 2011 Mobility Cup...

Sailing

Testing Conditions at Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week

After yesterday's day of ideal conditions for sailing, things very much changed here at Magnetic Island....

Cruising

Report of tangled whale ends with good news

A whale reportedly caught in nets off Manly beach provided a timely exercise for Marine Rescue NSW....

Sailing

Fantasea 2011 F18 Australian Championships day 1: Survival Time!!

Conditions were tough out on Cleveland Bay for the F18 fleet....

Cruising

Champlain & Erie Canal Closed

Flooding caused by Hurricane Irene has damaged locks and the Champlain & Erie Canals have been closed...

Sailing

Australia's largest sail school takes to the Derwent

More than a hundred young Tasmanian dinghy sailors sailed up Hobart's River Derwent this morning...

Sailing

Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week 2011 Day 2 - A Tropical Hobart

Tradewinds of 16-18 knots with gusts up to 24 were on the menu for day 2 of Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week....

Cruising

2011 Canada's Cup Competition - Day 2

The Canada's Cup match race sailing competition got underway today on Lake Michigan. This match race sailing competition...

Cruising

Back to the future? Solar and wind sails for cargo ships

Back to the future in sailing ships? Solar Sailor is negotiating to install its solar and wind sails on dry cargo ships...

Sailing

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race focus shifts

In the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, New York and Visit Finland have now secured the fourth and fifth positions...

Sailing

Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week day 2 weather

Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week weather report for day two of competition...

Sailing

ISAF Team Racing Worlds battle royale continues

At the ISAF Team Racing Worlds, the competition was intense as teams battled for the top five places...

Cruising

Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship winner Corey Sertl

Rolex International Women's Keelboat Champs - Sertl, from Rochester, NY moved ahead of Tunnicliffe and Barkow to win....

Power Boats

P1 AquaX Championship victory for Marmon and Johnstone

At the P1 AquaX Championship, Russell Marmon and Duncan Johnstone have clinched Elite 300 class and AM 200 class titles...

Sailing

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2011 - Strong multinational fleet ready for start

The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup will get underway on Tuesday and a typically extravagant week is in store....

Sailing

St. Moritz Match Race - Richard digs deep for quarter final place

St. Moritz Match Race - Richard turned his fortune around after digging deep in the final Qualifying Session to book his...

Sailing

ISAF Team Racing World Championships - Battle at the top + Video

ISAF Team Racing World Championships - Competition for quarter final places was intense...

Cruising

2011 Canada's Cup Competition - Day 1

The first day of the highly anticipated Canada's Cup international match race sailing competition was delayed due to lac...

Cruising

America's Cup: Top Brit signs on with China Team as Coach

British Olympian and yacht designer Derek Clark signed on with China Team as head coach....

Sailing

F18 Nationals Wide Open at Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week

It's going to be a hard-fought battle in the Fantasea F18 Australian Championships at Magnetic Island Race Week....

Cruising

Crabby the endangered green sea turtle released to the wild

Crabby, the endangered green sea turtle rescued from a crab trap in June, has been released back into the wild...

Sailing

Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week day 1 - Blue sky and breeze

Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week commenced today in perfect conditions under blue sky and with good breeze....

Sailing

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's 149th season of racing

Saturday, 3 September 2011 will mark the opening of the 149th season of racing on Sydney Harbour...

Sailing

Sail Paradise moves to March

Sail Paradise change of dates from early January to March has already been welcomed in sailing circles...

Sailing

T-minus 24 days to start of 2011 La Charentime-Martime to Bahia race

24 days till the start of the 2011 La Charentime-Martime to Bahia race more commonly known as the Transat 650....

Sailing

Team Australia headline APC Logistics Lock Crowther Memorial Regatta

Giant 60 foot trimaran Team Australia will set the pace at the 2011 APC Lock Crowther Memorial Regatta...

Sailing

2011 Mobility Cup

Marc Villeneuve jumped ahead of previous leader Pierre Richard on the strength two first-place finishes...

Sailing

Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week day 1 - Teri Dodds images

A gorgeous day on the water for the start of the Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week....

Cruising

Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship win to Cory Sertl

Only Hollywood could have scripted a more dramatic and exciting finale...

Cruising

Pirate victim sailors preparing to sail again

It would be natural to think that pirate victims Paul and Rachel Chandler would never sail again, but they are planning...

Cruising

British sailors missing at sea between South Africa and Australia

Grave fears are held for the safety of a British yachting couple who left South Africa in March heading for Fremantle...

Power Boats

British Powerboat Festival at Cowes, Isle of Wight

The British Powerboat Festival 2011 witnessed around forty powerboat teams descend upon Cowes, Isle of Wight...

Cruising

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Race 2 podium complete

Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race race 2 - Madeira to Rio De Janeiro - Day 21 and the podium is now complete....

Sailing

St Moritz Match Cup - The Wave Muscat on the move up

The Wave Muscat's tactician Kyle Langford had his work cut out navigating his way through endless maze of wind shifts....

Sailing

ISAF Team Racing Worlds - West Kirby atop pecking order

The ISAF Team Racing Worlds have completed another exciting day of competition on Schull Harbour...

Sailing

St. Moritz Match Race - Another step closer for Williams

In the St. Moritz Match Race, Ian Williams has taken another step closer to qualifying directly for the semi-finals...

Sailing

Hamilton Island Race Week - UFO?

Hamilton Island Race Week - On Tuesday August 23 Cruising 2 was held in their pens....

Windsurfing

Lang's Adventure - Austrian slalom whizz Marco Lang presents his feel good movie

Austrian slalom whizz Marco Lang presents his feel good movie filmed on the incredible island of Mauritius.

Cruising

Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship - Tied at the top

Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championships - Tunnicliffe moved into first to tie up the lead with Barkow....

Sailing

Rolex Middle Sea Race preview

Rolex Middle Sea Race entry list is bulging with international competition...

Power Boats

How to mix business with pleasure? Ask Premier Marine

Marine dealers exhibiting their product at major exhibitions understandably take their involvement very seriously....

Cruising

Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac scoring - Final results posted

Chicago Race to Mackinac final results are now available along with details of the process used to rescore the race...

Cruising

Alan Leibel of National Yacht Club Wins Int'l 2.4mR NA Championships

Alan Leibel of National Yacht Club Wins Int'l 2.4mR NA Championships...

Sailing

Region of Murcia Trophy - Bribon's impeccable Series

Region of Murcia Trophy - It was one of the 'founding fathers' of the TP52 MedFleet and Circuit which lifted the Trophy...

Sailing

St. Moritz Match Race - Hard first day for The Wave Muscat

St. Moritz Match Race - New Challenges and tough conditions meant a hard first day's racing for The Wave Muscat...

Cruising

Maxi trimaran IDEC flips in record challenge but solo sailor stays put

Francis Joyon's IDEC has flipped during Atlantic record bid but the solo sailor refused to abandon his beloved trimaran...

Cruising

China Team announces Skipper and Helmsman for Plymouth AC World Series

'we are aiming to build a real sports team where each member plays a key part'...

Sailing

Etchells Worlds 2012: Notice of Race is out, Sydney here they come

Sydney, here come the finest one-design sailors for the Etchells World Championship 2012 from 16 to 25 February....

News Articles Events

Sports/News

Weather Forecasts & Live Reports

Windiest in Australia:

Macquarie Island, TAS

27 kn

7°

Most Windless in Australia:

Nambour, QLD

0 kn

25°

More locations...

Forum Comments/forums

Wing Foiling

The nose of my 7' light wind wing board has a tendency to dive.

By: AUS126, 1h ago

Windsurfing

I've had second big 'off' in a month while gybing - both at the same large lake sailing location in...

By: AoetearoaSailor, 3h ago

Stand Up Paddle

SUP MANIACS PTY LTD SUP Maniacs...

By: ockanui, 3h ago

Windsurfing

HI Been a few queries lately about the Cannonball Run Looking at it in Dec,

By: WsurfingSA, 5h ago

Windsurfing

I can buy local a second hand gator 7.0 from 2023 with a luff 465 .

By: barthbb, 5h ago

Wing Foiling

Kites and wings.have used my fair share of valves and the variations over the years.

By: shi thouse, 5h ago

Windsurfing

Sorry to announce the passing of long time sailor Richard Grimes who sailed for many years at...

By: gregwed, 6h ago

Buy & Sell/Classifieds

Stand Up Paddle - Wave & Cruising Boards

2025 Sunova Sp25

8' 2"

$1,450

2025 Duotone Whip Dlab + Front Traction Pas - 5' 1"

Kitesurfing - Surfboards

2025 Duotone Whip Dlab + Front Traction Pas

Foiling - Windsurfing Foilboards

2022 Patrik 91 Foil Comp Air Inside

$1,800

2017 Naish Glide 14'0" X29 Gs - 14' 0", 29 inches

Stand Up Paddle - Wave & Cruising Boards

2017 Naish Glide 14'0" X29 Gs

14' 0" x 29 inches

$600

Kitesurfing - Twintips

2024 North Prime

138 cm

$550

Kitesurfing - Accessories

2022 Naish S26 Kite 960/270

$569

Articles/Articles

Kitesurfing

How to start Kiteboarding

Stand Up Paddle

A New Star for Starboard

Fishing

How to take fishing photo's - part 2

Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

Kitesurfing

Loosen up those ankles before kiteboarding...

Fishing

How to take photos of your fish catch

Kitesurfing

Australian Kitesurfing Shops & Schools

Stand Up Paddle

The right food for Stand Up Paddling...

How to stick a surfpad on your kiteboard (surfboard)

Kitesurfing

How to stick a surfpad on your kiteboard (surfboard)

Kitesurfing

Travelling to Bali - some Trip Tips

Kitesurfing

How to tune your kite line lengths