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Hamilton Island Race Week - Henri Lloyd fashion parade a huge success!

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Fashion and high performance sailing came together in a glitterati event...

Cruising

Baptism of fire with rescue at sea at Marine Rescue Iluka Yamba

Iluka Yamba 30 had a baptism of fire when called to a burning trawler early this morning, 29 August....

Sailing

Volvo Ocean Race - Year of the Tiger for Team Sanya's Teng

Volvo Ocean Race - Teng Jiang He becomes the first Chinese sailor to compete after being named on the Team Sanya crew...

Sailing

Solo record at Mooloolaba awaits ratification

Bruce Arms, in his 14 metre catamaran Big Wave Rider, crossed the finish line at Mooloolaba setting a new record....

Sailing

Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Winter Series images

Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Winter Series - Terri Dodds images from race 6 of the series....

Sailing

Access Class Combined World and International Championships preview

Access Class 2012 Combined World and International Championships are being held from 7 to 13 April 2012....

Sailing

Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship 2011

Racing at the 2011 Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship begins tomorrow, Monday, August 29....

Sailing

Surfing Waves and Climbing Masts

Lisa Blair, competing in the Clipper Round the World race writes from her perspective as crew on Gold Coast Australia.

Cruising

Short or long tether - it could be life or death

In harness and tether you feel secure that even if you fell overboard the tether would save you. But maybe not so......

Sailing

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Surfing waves and climbing masts

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

Cruising

Welcome Brazil, latest sailing-mad nation

US and Europe yacht sales have dropped by 70%, while Brazil is is forging ahead with a new middle class of sailors...

Cruising

Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championships on hold

Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championships were set to go but, have now been put on hold by Hurricane Irene....

Power Boats

P1 SuperStock Championship honours for Peters & May

In the P1 SuperStock Championship's Cowes-Poole-Cowes offshore endurance, Peters & May have taken P1 250 honours...

Power Boats

UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Championship - Welmax announce new driver

Welmax Offshore Racing, has announced that UK racer William Nocker has joined the team....

Power Boats

P1 SuperStock Championship's inherited victory

At the P1 SuperStock Championship, Team Purple, runaway points leader in the P1 150 class, took its sixth win....

Sailing

ISAF Team Racing Worlds welcome sailors to Schull

The ISAF World Team Racing Championships will take place at the seaside village of Schull, West Cork, Ireland....

Sailing

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy image gallery

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy images from photographers Guido Trombetta and Stefano Gattini....

Sailing

Colin Pruden and Sandpiper Wutba take on the best

Colin Pruden proved his aging Sandpiper Wutba still has the handicap rated speed to race against the best...

Cruising

...and the Coast Guardsmen on watch during Irene

Pilots, swimmers, flight surgeons and technicians watch at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod as Hurricane Irene threatens...

Sailing

ORCV Winter Series - Ticking all the boxes for race six

ORCV Winter Series - Sunday August 28 on Melbourne's Port Phillip, was a classic kind of day for some great yacht racing...

Power Boats

Soft-riding hull helps soothe the Savage beast

Hands up if you like this sleek new fibreglass runabout from Savage?...

Sailing

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy more final day images by Ingrid Abery

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy more final day images by Ingrid Abery...

Sailing

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy - The kings of Cartagena

The MedCup Region of Murcia has now crowned the kings of Cartagena. Unmatched consistency on a very difficult race area...

Sailing

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy final day images by Ingrid Abery

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy final day images by Ingrid Abery...

Sailing

18ft Skiff International Regatta final day

The 18ft Skiff International Regatta has resulted in a win for Hamlin, Noble, and Allen....

Sailing

Global Ocean Race's Palma Race Village is unveiled

The Global Ocean Race Village in Mallorca, was showcased in Palma at a press conference last week...

Windsurfing

New Look for Loft Sails - Loft Sails have had a makeover with a fresh new logo t

Loft Sails have had a makeover with a fresh new logo to match their super slick sails.

Sailing

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Drag race to the finish

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - The lead yachts are expected to reach an area of lighter winds...

Sailing

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy - Tricky final day

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy - Spain's Bribon stand on the cusp of what would be a popular victory...

Sailing

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy more images by Studio Borlenghi

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy more images from photographers Stefano Gattini and Gudio Trombetta...

Sailing

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy images by Studio Borlenghi

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy images from photographers Stefano Gattini and Gudio Trombetta...

Cruising

Extra funding helps Marine Rescue Cottage Point prevent serious fire

Increased funding to Marine Rescue has seen extra safety patrols conducted by Marine Rescue volunteers on the coast...

Sailing

Tornado World Championships - Challenging final

Tornado World Championships - On the last day the wind gave the 37 Tornados an extravagant, yet challenging final....

Cruising

Win a $14,000 holiday and boat - Enter NOW!! Last Two Days

Most boaters and fishers have been to many boat shows, finding it a rewarding, informative and fun experience....

Sailing

Winter Sailing in Sunshine - Teri Dodds Images

Victoria photographer Teri Dodds is back in home waters briefly and enjoyed more sunshine, on Port Phillip Bay....

Sailing

Australia's newest womens match racing combination takes bronze

Australian outer, Eastwell and Spithill have won Bronze at Buddy Melges Challenge in Sheboygan, Wisconsin....

Cruising

Book of the Week - Hostage: A Year at Gunpoint with Somali Gangsters

Random House has produced the book, and the UK's Daily Mail is proud of their 'World Exclusive' in a synopsis extract...

Cruising

America's Cup: This week in the Cup No.6

America's Cup newsletter for 27 August 2011...

Sailing

Audi MedCup: Azzurra's outrageous misfortune puts them sixth

Sport can dish up some cruel misfortunes, not least for the resurgent Italian crew of Azzurra in the Audi MedCup....

Cruising

America's Cup Uncovered: Episode 5 - World Series, Plymouth

Episode 5 of America's Cup Uncovered - we'll carry the latest edition each week on Sail-World...

Sailing

Hamilton Island wrapped in fog!

Photographer Andrea Francolini shares with us images of the fog that has encased Hamilton Island....

Sailing

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy - A brighter outlook

In the MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy, Quantum Racing have taken victory in the Cartagena coastal race...

Sailing

Knickerbocker Cup win to Jury

Knickerbocker Cup - Due to light wind and lightening storms the regatta ended before the completion of the round robin...

Kitesurfing - VKWC

PKRA - Finals - Zoon and Pulido World Champions 2011

Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - Finals - Zoon and Pulido World Champions 2011

Sailing

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy more Day 4 images by Ingrid Abery

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy more Day 4 images by Ingrid Abery...

Sailing

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy Day 4 images by Ingrid Abery

MedCup Region of Murcia Trophy Day 4 images by Ingrid Abery...

Cruising

Canadian Optimist Dinghy Championships overall

Canadian Optimist Dinghy Championships, hosted by the Lunenburg YC, have concluded with two races sailed on Friday...

Sailing

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - Derry-Londonderry crosses Equator

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - All ten of the 68-foot yachts are now in the Southern Hemisphere...

Sailing

Region of Murcia Trophy - 52 Series coastal race

Region of Murcia Trophy - For the 52 Series it is their high scoring coastal race, which should be around 30miles....

Sailing

18ft Skiffs International Regatta HeadCam images fron onboard OCanada

GoPRo headcam images on the yellow boat OCanada, from the 18ft Skiffs International Regatta....

Sailing

Kaenon Kronicle: Special Edition Frame Style & World Championship Wins

AC World Series was sailed in Cascais, Portugal and top sailors like Cup legend Russell Coutts, in Klay Titanium G12...

Sailing

18ft Skiff International Regatta images by photographer Erik Simonson

18ft Skiff International Regatta images from San Francisco Bay by photographer Erik Simonson....

Sailing

La Solitaire du Figaro - Jeremie Beyou dominates

La Solitaire du Figaro - Jeremie Beyou dominates by winning three out of four legs...

Sailing

Tornado World Championships day 3 - Racing abandoned

Tornado Worlds - The storm warnings and the hazy sky led to various discussions as to whether a start was too risky....

Sailing

Buddy Melges Challenge - Aussies Souter and crew to race for Bronze

Buddy Melges Challenge -Australians Nicky Souter, Jessica Eastwell and Katie Spithill are set to race for a Bronze medal...

Cruising

New rescue vessel commissioned for Marine Rescue NSW volunteers

The formal commissioning ceremony for Shoalhaven 30, the latest addition to the Marine Rescue NSW fleet took place today...

Sailing

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Performance Racing Division 2 overall

Hamilton Island Race Week - The Performance Racing divisions provided the closest racing among the regatta's entrants....

Sailing

Hamilton Island Race Week - Southern crews dominate cruising divisions

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Tasmanian crews have taken top honours in two of the three cruising divisions....

Cruising

Teen solo sailor reaches Darwin after two ocean crossings

15-year-old solo sailor Laura Dekker has arrived Darwin, her first stop after crossing the Pacific....

Sailing

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2011 IRC Class B: To Victoire - victory

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Darryl Hodgkinson's Victoire had the IRC Class B series sewn up...

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Windiest in Australia:

Macquarie Island, TAS

25 kn

6°

Most Windless in Australia:

Bellambi Point, NSW

0 kn

21°

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2016 Starboard Kode Carbon Wave Edition - 230 cm, 88 litres

Windsurfing - Boards

2016 Starboard Kode Carbon Wave Edition

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2024 Severne Sdm Apex Red Line 100% Carbon

$295

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2025 Goya Custom Quad

88 litres

$3,200

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2024 Armstrong Downwind

$1,200

2024 FMX Invictus 74L Speed Board - 229 cm, 74 litres

Windsurfing - Boards

2024 FMX Invictus 74L Speed Board

229 cm x 74 litres

$1,700

2024 Suns Casey Aviator Wing - 5' 9", 98.4 Litres

Foiling - Wind Wing Foilboards

2024 Suns Casey Aviator Wing

5' 9" x 98.4 Litres

$500

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