Sydney Hobart - Nest Property in the doldrums at Maria Island
'We are just sitting here doing absolutely nothing, and going absolutely nowhere,' a rather forlorn Wilkes lamented....
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'We are just sitting here doing absolutely nothing, and going absolutely nowhere,' a rather forlorn Wilkes lamented....
Sally had just one objective. To beat the best time her brother had ever recorded in earlier races when he skipped Helsa...
In the 2002 Rolex Sydney Hobart, a collision forced Valheru to retire with severe hull damage. Fast forward to 2008...
John Walker finsihed his 25th Sydney Hobart yacht race this afternoon...
The Rolex Sydney Hobart Internation Jury heard three protests ands two applications for redress....
PredictWind's analysis of the wind feeds in the Tasman Island area shows that the tail end of the Rolex Sydney Hobart...
12 hours Nico Budel aboard his Open 40 Hayai has experienced gale force winds with gusts topping out at 62 knots....
Cruising yachts are using Yemeni coastguard officers as armed ship-riders to get their yachts through the pirate zone...
Sebastien Josse and Derek Hatfield, CAN, confirmed today that that have retired from the Vendee Globe....
A local Customs Officer offers a timely warning on the dangers of Norfolk Island after news of yet another shipwreck...
Thomas Coville rounded legendary rock nicknamed the Cape of Storms on his attempt to break the round the world record...
The wind dropped enough today for Sebastien Josse on BT to lift the rudder system....
The yachts still at sea can expect some good sailing overnight, with the north westerly winds expected to hold...
For those in peril on the sea, it would be comforting to know that people like Leo Rodriguez and his crew are at hand...
Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) leads at 88.1 miles ahead of Roland Jourdain, while Sam Davies, GBR (Roxy) is in eighth place...
Ask any successful tactician or skipper in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race where they think the winning move came...
31 yachts have finished with the 63 yachts still at sea. Here are the current Line Honours Standings as at 29 Dec 1652...
A sailor racing in the final series ahead of A Class Catamaran Worlds, was this afternoon struck by lighting at Belmon...
Hopes are running high that Team Russia will attract sufficient funding to allow a return to the Volvo Ocean Race track...
No sailor comes even close to having Bruce Taylor's amazing record of consistency in the Sydney to Hobart...
The Tasmanian retiree in this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Helsal III, has reached Triabunna safely...
35-year-old Kirk Watson was handed the helm of Sailors with Disabilities, to sail the yacht across the finish line...
By the time Sail-World caught up with the Pale Ale Rager Team, dockside this morning, they were definitely raging....
Over 45 knots was last night's instalment for the boats in the race for 2nd in the ORCV's M2H West Coaster....
Bob Steel, completed a rare double in the history of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race....
'Shamrock' has just won the M2H East Coaster - well done!...
Bob Steel's TP52 Quest (AUS/NSW) has been confirmed as the overall handicap winner of the 64th Rolex Sydney Hobart 2008...
29ers and 49ers take to the Swan River to battle it out for the National Title. Fourteen races in 4 days! 1st - 5th Jan....
Nico Budel has sustained irreparable damage to his keel and has issued a MAYDAY call seeking immediate assistance...
An additional two yachts have retired in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race....
'Shortwave' has completely smashed the 12 year-old record for the Melbourne to Hobart by five and three quarter hours!...
Far below the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, up-river from New York city, the ice yachts skitter across the frozen Hudson R...
Crotty Legal and Dental clawed back line honors in a Derwent River sailing duel to claim the win in record breaking time...
Desjoyeaux (Foncia) looks to be making something of an escape at the head of the fleet at the Western Pacific gate...
The Wheeler Family left Idaho almost a year ago to pursue a longtime dream of sailing the Caribbean on their yacht Mima....
PredictWind's analysis of the wind feeds in the Tasman Island area shows that the tail end of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Ra...
A three-yacht show down from the Iron Pot is fuelling a record smashing Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race finish....
Quest skipper Bob Steel was his usual relaxed self this afternoon as his TP52 had won the battle in tightly fought div....
A strong north westerly breeze has persisted in the Derwent River today, only dying out late this evening....
50-55ft boats dominate the provisional handicap placings in IRC Division 0 and Division 1 of 64th Rolex Sydney Hobart...
Desjoyeaux's lead is stabilised at just over 50 miles as the fleet deal with a series of depressions in Southern Ocean....
Nearly half the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet, more than 40 boats, are locked in battle this evening....
Here is the 1705 radio sked from 28/12/2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart race...
Skipper Mark Richards fought for a few minutes before his crew manhandled him to the rail and tossed him in .......
According to an ABC News report, a crewman onboard Myuna has been injured n the Melbourne to Launceston race today....
William Feore skippered Turbo across the finish line on the Tamar River in a time of 25 hours, 56 minutes and 36 seconds...
The Kidder Williams Melbourne to Launceston (M2L) has been won by the Adams 12, 'Turbo'....
You are cordially invited to join us for a major yachting celebration: the Sail Thailand Rally...
Wild Oats XI strode majestically up the Derwent River this morning to beat Skandia by one hour seven minutes...
Crosbie Lorimer joined the numerous journalists and spectators on the water and dockside this morning...
RACE favorite Crotty Legal and Dental has extended its lead and is on track to smash the L2H record by 12 hours....
Andrea Francolini was out on the Derwent River as Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI made Rolex Sydney Hobart history...
An 11th hour battle among Australia's top 50-foot yachts for the ultimate prize - the Tattersall's Cup...
Rob Kothe update on the additional yachts finished in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart 2008...
The start of the 64th Rolex Sydney Hobart was not a good one for Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI....
The start of the 64th Rolex Sydney Hobart was not a good one for Bob Oatley's Wild Oats XI....
Wild Oats XI sailed into the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race history books, elapsed time 1d 20hrs 34mins 14secs...
With a triple reefed main and a number four, the supermaxi Wild Oats XI powered past the Iron Pot 11 miles from Hobart,...
Rob Kothe's voice report from the Derwent as Wild Oats X1 takes Line Honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2008...
With a triple reefed main and a number four, the supermaxi Wild Oats XI powered past the Iron Pot 11 miles from Hobart,...
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