Gladwell's Line: America's Cup enters the Theater of the Absurd
For what was its shop window event, the sailing world now has a tragicomedy....

Reports, Happenings, Events
For what was its shop window event, the sailing world now has a tragicomedy....
The North Atlantic Scoring Gate to the south of the Canary Islands has finally been crossed by Spirit of Australia...
PWA Colgate World Cup, Sylt - Day 8...
Bank Sarasin RC 44 Portoroz Cup - Torbjorn Tornqvist and crew onboard Artemis controlled the situation perfectly...
A replica model of the XSR superboat has been stolen after being on display at the 19th Monaco Yacht Show....
Kurt Arrigo has been photographing the magnificence of yesteryear in St Tropez at the Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez....
Photographer Leighton O'Cconnor presents these images from racing at the Sonar World Championship....
A post-race long-lap time penalty cost Maritimo their maiden Class 1 victory...
16-year-old Jessica Watson is currently tacking in 33-plus knot southerly winds and rising seas....
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez - today was the last, but certainly the most exciting, day of racing....
After 12 very competitive regattas and after five exciting days, the new Platu 25 World Champion is 'Vilagarcia', the S...
'Elinca', 67 ft sailing boat sent a broadcast for assistance off the Scottish Isle of Lewis caught on a lee shore....
Day 9 - Storm force winds and relentless seas restrict competition on the final day of the 2009 World Tour giving Marcilio Browne the opportunity to wow the crowds and win some cash in an epic Sylt super session.
Fazza stormed to their second successive pole in today's Edox Pole Position...
A reef charter boat operator and diving legend has been recognised with GBRMPA announcing a reef named in his honour...
The return of Class 1 powerboat racing to Italian waters saw the current World Championship leaders Fazza set the pace...
A fleet of more than 200 boats, provided a spectacular display off Hobart's waterfront this afternoon....
Clive Kennedy's Egan 9.1 catamaran Two Tribes blasted around the 28 nautical mile Lake Macquarie this afternoon in three...
OK. Just where am I going with this lot then?...
Vestas Sailrocket's World Record attempt started on October 2nd. Here is today's report from Paul Larsen...
Mad Max takes line honours, Indian Chief takes first on OMR in the opening race of the Lock Crowther Multihull Regatta...
Jud Smith, master of many classes, continued to lead the Sonar Worlds at the end of the second day of racing....
Intellian Technologies announced today its line of FleetBroadband antennas with bundled airtime...
The final event of the 2009 iShares Cup Sailing Series will reach its dramatic conclusion next week in Almeria...
Brad Butterworth, four-time America's Cup winner responds to the rejection of the 33rd America's Cup venue by Golden Ga...
RC 44 Portoroz Cup - DHL Trophy race. Two windward - leeward races followed the DHL Trophy....
This unedited tale of the aftermath of the tsunami which hit Pago Pago in Samoa is told by Wayne of SY Learnativity...
Colgate World Cup, Sylt - Day 7 - Unpredictable winds and heavy rainstorms plagued the seventh day of competition...
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez - Courses for all classes were shortened by 17.00 due to a lack of wind....
Vestas Sailrocket team return to Namibia for one more assault on the outright speed sailing record....
The Multi One Design programme is launched - an eco responsible initiative and a sailing competition...
Latest Pro Kiteboard Riders Association news - PKRA - South Pacific kiteboarding competition graduates to the big league by hosting the final event of the 2009 PKRA World Kiteboarding Tour
Day 8 - Alex Mussolini and Iballa Ruano Moreno tame mast high growlers to claim victory in the North Sea. Meanwhile, Josh Angulo and Daida Ruano Moreno claim the 2009 Overall Wave World Titles.
The latest news from the Vestas Sailrocket operations base in Walvis Bay, Namibia...
Residents in the Central Coast, Hawkesbury and Broken Bay areas warned that marine algal blooms have been detected...
Clipper 09-10 - Day 11 - La Rochelle to Rio de Janeiro...
ISAF announced the ISAF Beppe Croce Trophy - has been awarded to rules expert Bill Bentsen (USA)....
Golden Gate Yacht Club, the Challenger for the 33rd America's Cup has rejected the venue of Ras al-Khaimah, UAE...
Etchells Spring Regatta on Lake Macquarie Oct 3 & 4 boosted by entry of Victorian sailing legend John Bertrand....
Angelo Tedeschi reflected on his hat-trick of World Championship titles...
Video highlights of Alinghi 5 arriving in Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE....
John and Sandy Lindholm and their three children, recently sailed their chartered yacht to victory...
RC 44 Portoroz Cup - The American team is back on top after a disappointing match race...
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The first entrant for the 2010 Vic-Maui race is Red Sheilla, a Beneteau 49...
Eight young Tasmanian Laser dinghy and windsurfer sailors are taking part in the NSW Youth Championships...
Sonar World Championship - Day One. The 58 boat Sonar Worlds fleet got off three races with winds gusting into the 20's...
Miraculous survival story of John Rogers and Brian McDermott begins on Australian Story: Mon Oct 5, 8pm, ABC1....
World Cruising Club opened entry for 2010:ARC Europe,Rally Portugal and the ARC, using Yellow Brick satellite tracking...
PWA photographer John Carter takes amazing images of the action at all the PWA events....
PWA Colgate World Cup, Sylt - Day 6...
Kurt Arrigo took these magnificient images of the Classic yachts at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez....
ORC announce the immediate availability of the 2009 ORC VPP (Velocity Performance Prediction) Documentation manual...
Cockburn and Warnbro sounds off limits for pink snapper till 31 Jan 2010
Clipper 09-10: Race 2 Day 10. the fleet is being hampered by unpredictable winds and light airs...
Jessica Watson is off to Sydney on her rapidly repaired yacht Ella's Pink Lady, and heading into a southerly change...
Simon Bornhoft coming to Australia for a series of windsurfing clinics
Day 7 - Unpredictable winds and heavy rainstorms plagued Westerland's iconic beach on the seventh day of competition, causing havoc for the start of the second freestyle single elimination.
Photographer Carlo Borlenghi/Alinghi presents this gallery of images as Alinghi 5 arrives in Ras Al Khaimah UEA....
Six marine rescue volunteers are among eleven people to receive this year's NSW Maritime Medals...
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