International Dragon World Championship - Waiting, waiting, waiting
At 3.27pm the course boat, Tarni, indicated they were on station...

Reports, Happenings, Events
At 3.27pm the course boat, Tarni, indicated they were on station...
Rarely dropping below a healthy 18 knot East by Northeasterly, sailors across the fleet had their share of stacks....
Olympic medalists, world champions and America's Cup veterans will be on the starting line at the race....
Sprint 2 of the Velux 5 Oceans, Cape Town to Wellington, is up for grabs as finish line approaches...
The platform and wingsail for the prototype for the new AC45 is proceeding well at Core Composites - Oracle Racing's bui...
President has lost its mast and is heading to Cape Verde....
At around 9.45AM the Race Management team decided to hoist the Answering Pennant and keep the crews ashore...
The world of sailing and superyachts has, up to now, been mainly focused around the Mediterranean and the Caribbean....
The muscular trade winds are still providing constant high speeds for the leaders of the Barcelona World Race fleet....
Alex Thomson Racing Team has communicated today that the British skipper has delayed joining Hugo Boss as planned....
Now six times A Class Catamaran World Champion Glenn Ashby is returning to the Etchells Class....
Annapolis to Bermuda race to be held June 8, 2012 is building momentum....
Australia IV wins heat 1 of the Australian Historical 18 Foot Skiff Championship. Races are also on 13 and 15 January...
Burke Marine is now distributing the UML Sea Flash SOLAS life jacket light....
Klass Voget gorges on South American gems to kick start 2011 in style.
Marinonics Sail Paradise designer and artist, Jo Wooler, was inspired by her life on the sea and the creatures within....
The RL24s may get their national championship underway tomorrow in closed waters in the lee of Stradbroke Island....
This is an important feature for a country currently licking its cricketing wounds....
172 boats entered in International Optimist Nationals starting tomorrow...
The inaugural Manly to Paradise Yacht Race started at 0900 hours this morning...
Hobart sailors Drew Latham, Nick Carter and Nick 'Camel' Johnston have won the 68th Sharpie Australian Championship...
SLAM 12ft Skiff Interdominion showed Nick Press and Brad Yabsley sailing Dimension Polyant to its second win....
All six fleets completed three races on Saturday with the majority of the overnight leaders continuing to show form...
Somali pirates have captured a yacht with six crew members on board according to piracy monitoring organisation Ecoterra...
To protect your yacht's gel coat, it's important to place fenders correctly when alongside a wharf or another boat....
Raymarine customers benefit from new Extended Warranty program, giving three years peace of mind...
Nathan Outteridge flawlessly handled the gusty 16-18 knot Easterly on Lake Macquarie at the 2011 Zhik Moth Worlds....
Rose Bowl Regatta top-ranked Boston College won the Collegiate division and Point Loma dominated the high school finish....
The checkered flag was handed to the UAE's Nadir Bin Hendi after a convincing win in the Pro Runabout GP class today....
Fourty times worldchampion Bjorn Dunkerbeck lived up to his legendary status by winning Western Australia's Ledge Point to Lancelin marathon
Racing has concluded on the second day of the 2011 Dragon World Championships being sailed on Port Phillip Bay, Melbourn...
With offshore winds, the swell layed down a bit, but were still quite confused, blowing directly into the swell....
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Veteran race boat with new name, new sponsor set for 2011 season....
This coming Tuesday afternoon a top class fleet of more than 50 Etchells One Design boats will start intense racing...
National 125 Australian Championship has concluded in Esperance, Western Australia....
As Regattas unfold all sailors and Race Officials know they are in the hand of 'Hughie' the wind god...
Sombre environmental reflections on sailing through the world's oceans...
Moth Worlds 2011 - Day 2 The defending World Champion Simon Payne (GBR) sums up...
Barcelona Race - Fast sailing in the NE'ly trade winds has been order of the day for the top 10 boats....
Barcelona World Race will have the British skipper, Alex Thomson, join after today being declared medically fit....
Barcelona World Race's top 10 boats order has been fast sailing in the NE'ly trade winds today....
Barcelona World Race trade winds sailing in 15-25 knots of wind meets with the universal approval of the skippers today....
New Yorkers will ignore snow and and the city's fierce winter for the New York Boat Show....
Barcelona World Race leaders' maxim is 'invest in the west, gain to the south' as they enjoy brisk downwind trade winds....
Sam Blackburn's 20th place at the 55 nation Optimist Worlds which finished yesterday is by far the best ever....
A variable easterly, tide and raining clouds made for an interesting day of racing yesterday at the Tasar Nationals....
Danish International Dragon crew of Joergen Schoenherr, Axel Waltersdorph and Teis Palm receive the Prince Philip Cup....
Sail-World's Publisher, Rob Kothe, caught up with NZL Sailing team member, Peter Burling, at the Moth Worlds...
Tuesday at 1pm on Geelong's Corio Bay, a fleet of more than 50 of Australia's top sailing crews will face the starter...
OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Championship 160 contesting crews were greeted by almost perfect conditions....
SLAM 12ft Skiff Interdominion Race 4 on Sydney's upper Harbour was a thriller to the end....
Musto Performance Skiff Pre-World Championships had a stable warm morning breeze of around 14-16knots....
Australian 18ft Skiff Championship had an outstanding display by the Smeg team today....
Marinonics Sail Paradise has tonight been coined 'Gale Paradise' postponing the opening day of racing...
The Australian Mosquito Catamaran fleet continues to grow with thirty-four boats competing this year at Portarlington SC...
Robbie Lea won in commanding style in the Australian Arrow Championship sailed on Lake Macquarie from 28 Dec to 3 Jan....
A Sou'sou'east breeze of 16 to 18 knots for the duration of the race meant it was a tough day at the office...
'Voyaging with Velella' series by ASA's Meghan Cleary. Meghan, Prescott and kitten Nessie are on a 9-month cruise...
Pakistan's navy has inducted its latest sail training ship for the training of cadets, the square-rigged PNS Rah Naward...
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Horn Island, QLD |
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Double Is Pt, QLD |
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Ulladulla, NSW |
Calm |
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Wyndham Airport, WA |
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Mount Wellington, TAS |
2 kn N |
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Wettest in Australia |
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Port Macquarie Airport, NSW |
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