Rise of Piracy and Other Maritime Insecurity in Somalia
When you read the stories of horror and heroism in Somali waters, are you asking why can't something be DONE?...

Reports, Happenings, Events
When you read the stories of horror and heroism in Somali waters, are you asking why can't something be DONE?...
3 French sailors and the 3-year-old that survived the rescue operation from Somali pirates have arrived in Paris....
Much of what we have written is from various sources close to the America's Cup action, who won't be quoted...
Royal Geelong Yacht Clubs Rob Hanna took a popular Performance Handicap win in Brisbane to Gladstone race with Shogun....
Faced with skyrocketing insurance premiums, talk has turned to arming commercial vessel crews to counter attacks at sea....
Boaters are warned to take extra care when navigating NSW North Coast waterways following recent floods and weather...
Race leaders closing and a thrilling finish is expected in the 2009 Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race....
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia won the Federation Cup teams trophy in 61st Brisbane to Gladstone Race....
Marine Auctions and Valuations have six near-new luxury Sunseekers for Auction...
Latest news from the Volvo Ocean Race fleet during leg 6. Rio was the start port of this leg and Boston is the end port...
The Wot Yot crew were proud of their second place result finishing only 26 minutes astern of race winner Quantum Racing....
Hobart is the next stop and final destination for the Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race fleet....
After a long, uneventful day, the 21st Three Peaks Race packed in a lot of action between 5pm and 6pm. this afternoon...
Sydney blue water yacht racing skipper Ray Roberts Cookson 50 Quantum Racing wins 2009 Brisbane to Gladstone race....
Tony Bullimore is setting sail aboard his 102-foot catamaran at the 2009 edition of Antigua Sailing Week....
Telefonica Black bowman Michael Pammenter has injured his foot and was taken back to the Marina da Gloria....
David de Rothschild has had to delay his journey in Plastiki from San Francisco to Sydney because of 'teething problems'...
Peter Salisbury continues with his series on fitting out a new cruising boat, final Part 4, the final part of the four p...
AIMEX plans to host Awards coinciding with SIBS, to recognise the best and most innovative among its members....
'It's good to be half an hour in front rather than half an hour behind,' race leading skipper Marshall said...
David de Rothschild has had to delay his journey in Plastiki from San Francisco to Sydney because of 'teething problems'...
Photographer Rick Tomlinson was again on the water for the start of the VOR leg to Boston. He was having a 'swell time'...
The wind off the east coast overnight was mostly light, with St Helen's reporting 6-8 knots from the northwest....
Sydney Harbour the scene for the 2009 Twelve Foot Skiff Australian Championships....
Telefonica Black continued to sail impressively and opened up a big lead on the rest of the fleet....
Isolated squalls gusting to 30 knots tested the character and ocean sailing skills of experienced Brisbane to Gladstone...
The Hydro Tasmania Three Peaks Race fleet is at sea in the race's second sailing leg,...
They say that it blows all or nothing on Port Esperance and today was a bit of the latter for competitors .....
Quantum Racing skipper Ray Roberts remained confident this afternoon 'of a Gladstone handicap win...
Melbourne to Port Fairy - On a slow boat to... ... Port Fairy, actually....
Ray Roberts Cookson 50 Quantum Racing now has the best time on handicap....
A seafaring band are building a $13 million solar catamaran they hope will take them around the world next year....
Hobart skipper Rob Gourlay considered pulling his team Tas Marine Constructions out of the Three Peaks Race...
It really is an exhausting race. Ian Walker - Green Dragon...
Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship is the first to visit South America and the host city of Armacao de Buzios...
Australia's southernmost sailing regatta is being held this weekend at Dover, 83km south of Hobart on Port Esperance...
Peter Harburg's pocket rocket Black Jack romped to an impressive line honours win Brisbane to Gladstone Race...
O Takes Heat 1 - 12ft Skiff National Championships...
The Good Friday Appeal for Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital has been a tradition in the annual M2PF race...
All Victorians are invited to make their mark in history by entering a competition to name the first of three new reefs...
Top international sailing photographer, Richard Langdon presents this gallery of sailing in the Medal races, Princess So...
Phil Marshall's Neil Buckby Motors Subaru has departed Lady Barron in first place as morning dawns on Flinders Island....
Brisbane pocket-maxi Black Jack reached for super star status when she power sailed past Lady Elliot Island at 3am...
M2PF - 'Isuzu Marine' was 13minutes ahead of 'Extasea' at around 0300hrs this morning with 'Ninety Seven' an hour later....
Volvo Ocean race Crew Lists for Leg 6 - Rio to Boston....
British engineer who became the fastest human in a land sailing boat will now attempt a higher speed on ice...
French national killed, four hostages released and two Somali pirates killed in rescue by French special forces...
The Valencian Government say that it now considers itself free of any contractual obligations to ACM...
Brisbane pocket-maxi Black Jack, the top performing 66 foot canting keel Reichel Pugh blasted past Lady Elliot Island at...
'Isuzu Marine', 'Extasea' then 'Ninety Seven' is the leading order, with the fleet very stretched out tonight....
The Princesa Sofia Mapfre Trophy, concluded with intense racing in the Medal Race staging the best top ten sailors in ea...
Australia's premier short-handed sailing endurance mountain running race is held every Easter in Tasmania....
After a busy but enjoyable layover Ericsson Racing Team stands ready for Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race to Boston, USA....
No. Not quite - just a little bit to go... (Melbourne to Port Fairy Race)....
Purplefinder tracking shows that fleet leader Strewth experienced a drop in speed around 0700hrs this morning....
... stick to it! Jock and Hamish MacAdie aboard 'Isuzu Marine' have eeked ahead of their fully crewed rivals....
The sailors don't know their rules,' Three Peaks Race principal race officer Bob Silberberg said...
Captain Tommy Cook is off to attempt to solo sail the fabled North-West Passage in a 31ft trimaran...
Peter Harburg's Reichel Pugh 66 Black Jack this afternoon led the 48 boat Brisbane to Gladstone fleet north....
2009 Farr 30 World Championship venue announced for Sardinia...
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