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The marine industry could tap in to the latest trend - 'Staycations', 'spending time exploring your home environs"....
Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club has conceived Australia's longest Cat 1 ocean race, starting on May 9 next year....
The first Etchells Winter Championship was conducted in Mooloolaba in 1997...
No secrets to hide when Col Forster steered Esoteric to a win in the first race of Maurice Drent Boating Services trophy...
a yellow labrador protected his master's runaway yacht so well from coastguards that it ended up on the beach...
To celebrate 2009-2010 season Performance Sailcraft Australasia, the 'down under' Laser builder is giving away a Laser....
Dominican Republic has changed its rules to allow local marinas to carry out the procedures for check in for cruisers....
The crew of Mirabaud LX have won her first major regatta on board their spectacular hydrofoils 18'footer...
Day two of the 19th Australian Women's Keelboat Regatta, overall lead changing in two of the three handicap divisions....
The Portimao Global Ocean Race fleet have been chasing a corridor of strong south-westerly breeze...
Real time victory today went to Australia's Kokomo, owned by Lang Walker,...
31 nations are set to come head to head on Lake Traunsee, Austria at the 2009 470 European Championships....
Race Six of CYCA's Winter Series 2009 commenced in 8-10 knots of westerly breeze a full course being sailed on course A...
Leg eight of the Volvo Ocean Race - the first of three legs, which takes the seven-strong fleet to the finish in St Pete...
The Volvo fleet blasted their way off the coast of Ireland today, hitting over 30kts, in squalls....
if the finals were canned due to lack of breeze then the Korea Match Cup would be decided on the Round Robin scores...
The Volvo fleet blasted their way off the coast of Ireland today, hitting over 30kts, in squalls....
Bob Baier of Germany is the new A-Cat European Champion holding off challenge from Australian Steve Brewin...
Going into the last day of the 2009 series Mark Johnson and his Roulette team were leading the regatta...
Neil Pryde wraps up the Koh Samui Regatta and takes home the Asian Yachting Grand Prix too....
Images from this morning's Race 4 of the Musto Etchells Australian Winter Championship....
Race 4 of the Musto Etchells Australian Winter Championship, sponsored by Musto started in 13 knots of breeze....
Quad sailor Hilary Lister has had to be rescued when she and her support boat were caught in Force 5 contrary winds...
Andrea and Ian Treleaven finish their tales for the season of sailing in the Caribbean in their yacht Cape Finisterre...
Images from Peter Duncan of Questphoto.com of the Musto Etchells Australian Winter Championship Day 2....
Korea Match Cup Mirsky Racing Team eliminated from a close quarter final battle against Bahrain Team Pindar...
Overnight rain has been followed by clear skies and a perfect morning at the 13th annual Musto Etchells Australian Winte...
The Volvo Ocean Race photographers were focused on the start of Leg 8 in Galway bay, Ireland and provided these images o...
Green Dragon make fantastic start as Volvo fleet left Galway Bay on the 1,250 nm sprint leg to Marstrand in Sweden...
Bob Baier of Germany and Sascha Wallmer of Switzerland are tied on 17 points in the lead of the A-Cat European Champs...
Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Shosholoza to meet Ian Williams (GBR) Bahrain Team Pindar in Korean Match Cup Final...
Top Gun dominated handicap results on the opening day of the 19th Australian Women's Keelboat Regatta...
Dugongs and marine turtles in the Cape York area will be better protected thanks to an innovative partnership...
It was a great day of sailing in Scarlino Italy at the third regatta in the five part 2009 Audi Melges 32 Sailing Series...
The Portimao Global Ocean Race fleet have been delivering consistently high speeds overnight...
Sailing at the Mooloolaba Etchells Winters Championship has become part of the tradition for Australian Etchells sailors...
Images from the Musto Etchells Australian Winter Championship 2009 Day 2...
Race 3 of the Musto Etchells Australian Winter Championship - 13 Etchells black flagged...
It might look like a short par three, but Ken Read has few doubts about where leg eight falls on the race's stroke index...
Mirsky Racing Team progress to the quarter finals of the Korea Match Cup in a long action packed day...
balancing the mast is important to ensure that you go equally well on both tacks....
Authorities are mystified by the deaths of two cruising sailors at Amador, at the Pacific end of the Panama Canal....
Nigel Price sent these images of the new Pendragon VI, a Laurie Davidson design for US West Coast based owner, John MacL...
Images from Day 1 of the Musto Etchells Australian Winter Championship 2009...
The very popular Musto Parade attracted a good crowd at the Wharf Tavern in Mooloolaba last night. Its amazing how many...
Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race is called an offshore leg for scoring purposes...
Carlo Borlenghi and friends, are at the Audi Melges 32 Sailing Series at Scarllino, Italy, and present this gallery...
'Etchells, capturing the spirit' is a wonderful book about the people, the place and the competition of the Etchells Aus...
Second place in final race of Finn World Masters was enough for Andre Budzien (GER) to take his third title in a row...
CEO of Riviera and Receiver clarify 'the appointment of Administrators and ability to continue trading in the future'....
Musto Etchells Winter series Mooloolaba - Yesterday, Day one, wind started in south east and swung left during the day's...
The Hamilton Island Yacht Club is destined to become an iconic hub of boating and an international attraction....
BlackMatch Racing reports from Day 3 of the Korea March race Cup sailed in Bakewell-White 36's:...
Genmar has announced bankruptcy, but the consequences are likely to be 'reorganization within the company', not folding....
Volvo Ocean Race fleet is ready to race to Sweden, leaving behind a Galway stopover that has exceeded all expectations....
Following an initially slow start to leg 5 in Charleston the Portimao Global Ocean Race fleet dug into stronger breeze....
The first batch of the new Elliott 6m keelboats have left the boatyard and will debut at ISAF Sailing World Cup....
Telefonica Blue skipper Bouwe Bekking has revealed a navigation reshuffle is on the horizon...
At the Korea Match Cup it was Adam Minoprio's day....
The 13th annual Musto Etchells Australian Winter Championship started this morning when the 54 boat fleet was gunned awa...
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