Dufour debuts high-end cruising yachts at MIBLS 2009
Victorian debut of Dufour Grand Large 425 and 525 at next week's 2009 Melbourne International Boat & Lifestyle Show....

Reports, Happenings, Events
Victorian debut of Dufour Grand Large 425 and 525 at next week's 2009 Melbourne International Boat & Lifestyle Show....
Desjoyeaux (Foncia) confirmed this morning has was sailing in a 20-knot easterly and the sea is remaining very rough...
An experienced cruising sailor and a crewmember are missing feared drowned in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar...
Quite a day for the Volvo Ocean Race fleet. Some yachts have now suspended racing....
Antiguan yachting community grieves in anger about the shooting death of Australian yacht skipper Drew Gollan....
Water Police rescued nine people from a yacht which ran aground in the strong winds off Lion Island at Broken Bay...
Dean Barker says it's not the Kiwi way to boast about it ... but deep down he believes he's the best sailor in the world...
Is it the boat or the sailors that determines who comes out on top? A review of data and history from the Mirror Champs....
Australia Day special from your favourite Australian owned and operated kite brand.
Puma, Telefonica Black, Delta Lloyd and Green Dragon suspend racing with damage from 45+ knot storm...
It was a case of 'pressure on', 'pressure off' for the large fleet of Hobie 16s in the Sailing Scene International Youth...
Puma after breaking Boom - We are busted and hiding in a harbour in the northern end of the Philippines...
Australia's Nathan Outteridge has moved into first place on the Zhik International Moth Nationals pointscore...
'Definitely fresh and frightening!' - heading out for a start in a building 20-25 south westerly....
Veteran multihull campaigner Robert Remilton praised the racing format at Skandia Geelong Week this year....
Jourdain is as quick as Vendee Globe leader Michel Desjoyeaux this morning....
Lou Abrahams and his Challenge crew are hanging on to their Morris Finance Sydney 38 division lead....
Inaugural Audi IRC Australian Championship winner, Rod Jones sailed Alegria hanging onto Division 2 Audi IRC Series lead...
Australian Nathan Outteridge grabs lead in penultimate race of Moth Australian Nationals...
It's a long way from the mountains of Burma to the blue waters of Corio Bay....
With five boats racing, the leading two boats Desafio Cabo de Hornos and Beluga Racer, begin a duel...
Graeme Wood's Judel Vrolijk 52, Wot Now, is the new leader of division 1 in the Audi IRC Series at Skandia Geelong Week...
Sydney sailor Graham Wood has sailed his Judel-Vrolijk TP 52 Wot Now, into the Skandia Geelong IRC series lead after the...
Today's blustery conditions on Geelong's Corio Bay caused a few headaches for competitors...
Winning in Key West always brings broad smiles to the faces of skippers and results in much rejoicing among crew members...
Simon Payne and Mach2 nailed down another two wins and a third in the Zhik Int Moth Australian Championships yesterday...
Warren Jones Youth Regatta received a significant boost as it was granted the status of 'Tour Qualifying Series'...
It was a lumpy and bumpy start in high winds that sent the 423-strong fleet in the Passage Race on their way to Geelong....
Andrea Francolini's images from the start of today's Passage Race at Skandia Geelong Week....
News from the Volvo Ocean Race boats...
Photographer Teri Dodds captured the action yesterday at Skandia Geelong Week....
Frustrated but never appearing bitter, Roland Jourdain has managed to maintain much more solid average speeds today...
A record 423 boats will converge on the start line of the 34.3 nautical mile Passage Race from Williamstown to Geelong...
The World Tour Qualification Series (TQS) schedule has been announced today....
The last day in paradise is nearing its end for the seven crews racing in leg four of the Volvo Ocean Race....
Drew Gollan, Captain of the 163 ft Perini Navi yacht Perseus has been shot dead by would-be robbers on Antigua...
Be on the docks in Hobart for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival to be held on 6th-9th February...
This picture of a daring rescue by the RNLI in a force 9 gale has won the RNLI's photographer of the year award...
Drew Gollan, Captain of the 163 ft Perini Navi yacht Perseus has been shot dead by would-be robbers on Antigua...
Bressani's (ITA) Lead stands firm going into the final day of racing for Melges 24 in Key West...
Paul Goddard has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of High Modulus, a world leading supplier of composite materials...
The world's oldest continuously-conducted sailing regatta, the 173rd Australia Day Regatta, will be held on Sydney Hbr...
Green Dragon and Puma report on day six of leg 4, Volvo Ocean Race to Qingdao....
For Michel Desjoyeaux with a lead of over 500 miles, life on board Foncia is still about maintaining the regular routine...
Great Britain's Simon Payne has firmed his stranglehold on the Zhik International Moth Nationals...
Octogenarian yachting legend Lou Abrahams (Vic) issued a challenge to his eight rivals in the Morris Finance Sydney 38 A...
Sleek Sports Coupe' an innovative addition to the Mustang Marine range....
Bundaberg Sports Boat ASBA National Championship fleet was eager to get out on the water today....
Spectators were treated to some great racing under a sunny sky, starting with Division 1 in which a brand new and relati...
Skandia Geelong Week 2009- one of best IRC fleets in the world -first round of the 2009 Audi IRC Championship titles....
Andrea Francolini's images from today's racing at the Zhik International Moth Nationals...
Fernando Echavarri led his Telefonica Black team past the South Rock Light at approximately 03:00 GMT this morning,...
Portimao Global Ocean Race fleet celebrate the safe arrival of four boats and seven sailors in Wellington, New Zealand...
Andrea Francolini images from Skandia Geelong Week....
Great Barrier Reef Boat Sales has come to the rescue of Whitsunday Sailing Club's Bavaria Race Series...
Desjoyeaux gained 40 miles today although Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) in second is emerging from the Doldrums...
Round three of the Offshore Superboat Championships bound to feature close racing....
BMW ORACLE Racing, one of 10 world-class racing teams competing here at the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series (LVPS)...
Onboard news from various competitors heading to China, during leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race....
Wild Oats Wines will take up Naming Rights for the Southport Yacht Club's rapidly expanding Twilight Series....
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