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Launched December and due to be finished in January, this week's yacht is Ron Holland designed 46m ketch, SY Christopher...
World ARC 2012 doesn't start until more than a year from now, but already there are 24 boats who have confirmed...
A sailor, 64, who insisted his fellow sailor, 43, go first when being rescued has been commended for selfless bravery...
'The weather has not been kind to us since the Leg 2 restart in Cape Town...
Adrienne Cahalan tonight described the crossing of Bass Strait as possibly the worst she has experienced....
Rolex Sydney Hobart - Storm force conditions are taking their toll on the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet with five...
Captain Sarno: This America's Cup is very expensive; Shosholoza will not take part...
Fingers crossed, it looks like boats, and sailors and equipment are coping with the aggravated sea conditions....
Teams are arriving in Langkawi!!! And boats are already waiting for them....
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race - Race day for the fleet dawned cloudy and rainy for the 87 competing yachts....
15-year-old sailor Laura Dekker on a round world sailing journey needs cash and is looking for new financial sponsors...
A Marine Safety Alert has been issued warning that a number of Type I PFD's manufactured by Kent...
Two sailors attempting to sail from Dunedin NZ to Jackson Bay abandoned their boat in rough weather off Fiordland...
The frontrunners in the Rolex Sydney Hobart have hunkered down for the long grind to windward....
All week we've heard about the southerly buster - here it is...
The Rolex Sydney Hobart, which started from Sydney Harbour at 1pm this afternoon, is shaping up to be two quite distinct...
Sail-World.com will stream the 1905 Sydney Hobart Radio sked and Radio relay traffic....
When crews arose this morning to head to their yachts for the big race the sun was rising in a blazing, burnt orange sky...
Sydney Hobart Race 2010 - Wild Oats XI is powering south leading the 87 boat fleet down the New South Wales coast....
Brian Patinson bought Gusto to go fast and that's what they did today in the 34 nautical mile Boxing Day Dash...
Both start lines reported clean starts as nearly 1000 competitors began the iconic race....
How to go barrel rolling with whales....
Boxing Day Dash is underway....
A large number of spectator craft have braved the conditions to welcome the fleet and watch the start...
Swimmer Geoff Huegill is facing a different challenge...
Describing conditions for annual race at the briefing the Club this morning, BOM's Logan said they would be 'tricky'....
Around 200,000 sailors will be following the Sydney Hobart race via Sail-World.com Here is the full boat notes set...
A significant 7.3-magnitude quake struck near Vanuatu in the western Pacific overnight, generating a small tsunami....
The record time for sailing the annual Launceston to Hobart ocean yacht race stands at just over 33 1/2 hours,...
Pre-frontal thunderstorm showers this morning, ahead of the 66th annual Sydney to Hobart Race....
Ocean going police boats will accompany the fleet down the New South Wales south coast and into Bass Strait, while othe...
No certainty about the contents of the gift package, but there's a hint it contains more favourable wind conditions...
It's Christmas Eve here on Active House and I am getting the decorationsready for the big day....
All her life she has been a competitor, a long jumper, then windsurfing and now still an accomplished mountain biker....
The Starboard team get asked those all important questions in life...
We would like to wish you, our readers a very Merry Christmas,Happy Holidays and great New Year. We will be working thru...
More than 187,000 trout have been stocked into formerly drought-affected lakes and reservoirs across Victoria....
As the world has been waiting for the Defender and BMW/Oracle Racing to announce location of AC34, something happened....
Gist Shows Enthusiasm for SSV Oliver Hazard Perry's Experiential Education Programs...
First of several fronts is expected to hit the fleet during the first night with winds dialling up to 35 knots...
Hobart yachtsman Murray Wilkes will be steering his yacht Sassy in a different direction than he originally planned....
Sailing great Sir Robin Knox-Johnston called past the legendary Australian yacht Brindabella on Christmas Eve and had a...
Dee Caffari and her co-skipper Anna Corbella have begun the final countdown to the start of the Barcelona World Race....
Water Police seem intent on hounding powered water sports away from the Queensland Gold Coast....
One of the most frequent questions asked by non-sailors about long range cruising is how one copes with the night....
Natalie Walker tipped to deliver fresh ideas and enthusiasm to BIA team....
Sail-World NZ's Editor, Richard Gladwell, caught up with BMW Oracle Racing's Chief Operating Officer, and lead negotiato...
Save Our Seas Ocean Racing are setting up for another world record circumnavigation of Australia....
In just a few days time the International Optimist Class Worlds will begin in Langkawi, Malaysia....
Rolex Sydney Hobart - entries in this year's fleet again have two choices for scoring in measured handicap rules....
RS Feva Worlds 2011 - The RS Feva Class Association is pleased to announce that the event is now live & taking entries....
America's Cup - An annoucement today that at the end of the year BMW will bring to a close its longstanding partnership...
By the time I leave Australia in January it will have effectively been my home for two months....
A light summer north easter is expected to greet the 87 starters off Shark Island on Sydney Harbour....
Catch up with all the news and gossip from Poland?s very own action woman, Justyna Sniady.
Whatever challenges the Sailors with disABILITIES crew encounters, next week, staying connected won't be one of them....
The past week has seen less boating activity compared to last year due to weather conditions....
They are sailing in foreign waters with crew who barely know each other aboard yachts they've never stepped foot on....
The ORCV conducts the oldest ocean race in Australia....
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