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Reports, Happenings, Events
To celebrate the 2008 offshore season, Burke Marine are running their first ever Sail-World online competition....
Hoping to predict and protect the region, Indonesia has launched a Tsunami warning system....
Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society report a rapid recovery of coral reefs after the tsunami 4 years ago....
The final two yachts sailing in the 2008 Rolex Sydney Hobart are expected to enjoy the rarity of a New Year celebration...
The last JetCat ferry left Manly at 10am on NYE 2008, destined to be replaced - eventually - by a privately run service....
The 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' is now of great interest to scientists for information on ocean currents....
Bob Steel's TP52 Quest capitalised on a 49 hour match race against class rivals Wot Now and Cougar 11....
Roland Jourdain (Veolia Enevironnement) continues to hang on to Vendee leader Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia)...
Budelwas racing the second leg of the Portimao Global Ocean Race when the lead bulb of his keel separated...
Derek Hatfield is doing what he can to get his yacht Spirit of Canada back to Hobart with a damaged mast...
Sailors in the Indian Ocean now have a hazard to worry about, the unlit hulk of Generali, abandoned by Yann Elies...
Amazing trimaran continues its Australian voyage. Powerboat-word talks to Pete Bethune....
Sign On The Dotted Line
Straight from hospital the 36 year old Lazarus arrived at Belmont Sailing Club with his wife and three children....
An eerie calm in Bass Strait and light and variable winds along the Tasmanian coast split the smaller and slower boats...
Michel Desjoyeuax and Roland Jourdain are driving a bigger wedge between themselves and trio of boats in pursuit....
John Walker, at 86 the oldest skipper ever in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, marked, and the boat's, 25th race with cake...
87 yachts have now finished with the 5 yachts still racing. Here are the Current Line Honours Standings at 30 Dec 2008...
Volvo Ocean Race shore crews are trying to calculate whether their boat repairs may take them over the weight limit...
Atse Blei, the owner/skipper of the Dutch S&S 41 Pinta-M says he will leave his boat here and come back for a crack...
Life in the B14 dinghy park at Royal Yacht of Tasmania, in Hobart is starting to hot up. Teams now arriving from Europe...
Navigator on Quest, Bruce Baker said Tidetech's technology helped them achieve their win....
Ports -Waterways Minister Tripodi reminds boaters to stay under the limit as they head for New Year's Eve celebrations...
To mark the 10th anniversary of the 1998 Sydney Hobart a minute's silence will be held and a wreath cast...
'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...
The world's 'greenest' vessel is now the round the world powerboat record holder....
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....
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