Etchells 2008 Australian Nationals - Bertrand tightens grip
Fabulous conditions in the Gulf St Vincent for competitors in the Commonwealth Bank 2009 Australian Etchells Championshi...

Reports, Happenings, Events
Fabulous conditions in the Gulf St Vincent for competitors in the Commonwealth Bank 2009 Australian Etchells Championshi...
15-year-old Jessica Watson just spent 13 days skippering a boat from the Australia's Gold Coast to Whangarei NZ...
It could pay competitors to Start Early at the ISAF World Sailing Cup...
M?nage A Trois...
Robin Inns and Joel Coultas retain the Australian Fireball Championship...
125 Optimists competed in Australian Champs: D. Campbell, 1;M. Spearman,2;L. Collings,3;P. Stowell, 4;J Brewer 5th....
Final race postponed at Flying 15 Worlds - to Thursday 15 January...
Caretaker of Hamilton Island position is being hotly contested by international applicants....
For those eagle eyes who spotted it: the Auckland Boat Show is 5-8 March and the NZ Boat Show is in Auckland, 14-17 May....
The Boating Industry Association of Victoria (BIA) has re-elected its leadership team of President Gordon Howlett and Vi...
Riviera has planned a massive $13m on-water display for this month's 2009 Melbourne International Boat & Lifestyle Show....
Readers and advertisers call for a closer look at claims by some magazines of reach and circulation to justify ad rates....
Telefonica Black is planning to change the rudders on its Volvo Open 70 in Singapore...
The Marina Industries Association of Australia (MIAA) has announced a call for entries for the 2009 Marina of the Year A...
NSW Maritime will clamp down on dangerous towing practices from boats in a State wide safety campaign this weekend...
There will be a new, practical 'on water' component added to the NSW boat licencing system....
The Yachting Queensland Youth Sailing team claimed five Gold Medals at OAMPS Insurance Brokers Australian Youth Champs...
Coville, the skipper of the Maxi Trimaran Sodeb'O is preparing for his arrival in Brest....
Classes and Clubs post their own news, (which we edit) via our Sail-World news and image upload system....
6 pirates, who released the MV Sirius Star after receiving the ransom of $3 million, were drowned with the money...
British sailor and adventurer Pete Goss and the intrepid crew of Spirit of Mystery have entered the Indian Ocean...
Families featured heavily in both numbers and in the results in the recent Mirror Nationals held on Sydney Harbour....
Vendee skipper Arnaud Boissieres confirmed this afternoon that he had been knocked flat...
Talent Spotting
The wind prognosis from PredictWind.com is for a significant shift in wind direction today, Wednesday...
The UK leisure & small commercial marine industry grew by 5% in 2007/08, breaking through the pounds3bn revenue barrier....
With over 3 million Australians going fishing every year, there is a need for some commonsense guidelines...
Australia's Maritimo Racing Team has confirmed they will enter two of their new specification Class 1 raceboats in 2009....
NSW Maritime is urging skippers heading offshore to log their trip before setting out following a dramatic rescue...
Singapore Sailing is proud of its youth success, producing more champions at youth level than any other country....
Another exciting days racing at the Royal SA Yacht Squadron, venue for the Commonwealth Bank 2009 Australian Etchells Ch...
Roland Jourdain is back on the hunt again as breezes have moderated and veered for the front runners in the Vendee Globe...
A British and Australian crew are tied at the top of the points table after the penultimate day of racing in the Flying...
BMW Oracle Racing and Emirates Team New Zealand's four yachts are currently being reliveried at Auckland's Viaduct Basin...
Mercury Racing 525 EFIs and CNC props break 212 km/h, new World Speed Record...
Musandam - Our first major milestone is fast approaching (sometime in the next 18-30 hours we hope): The Equator!...
Earthrace will arrive in towns along the NSW south coast over the next week to promote environmental sustainability...
Australian 18 Footers League conducted Race 1 of the five race Australian Championship...
Europe's icy cold spell doesn't stop first sail for yacht Shosholoza RSA in2009...
Let me start by saying - if in doubt do the penalty turns - it is not worth the aggravation...
Decisions of the Jury at the 32nd America's Cup have compiled their decisions and published them...
NZ's largest boat manufacturer to sponsor offshore series....
Images from Race 5, 2009 Flying Fifteen Worlds - as the seabreeze filled in...
The New Generation MAN V8-1200 and V12-1800 will make their Australian debut at this year's Sanctuary Cove Boat Show...
World GP hydroplane championships set to rumble....
The final races of the 29er and 49er Australian Championships were held at Mounts Bay Sailing Club on 5th January 2009....
Toe to toe - Lissiman and his 'red hot' crew trade blows with Bertrand, Ainslie and Palfrey...
UK's plastic moulded Topper awarded the prestigious Coup de Coeur Awards at the Paris Boat Show December 2008....
British skippers Dee Caffari and Brian Thompson are facing up to one final brutal blow...
Traversa Back From Injury
The breeze gradually clocked around to the SE by 10am and the conditions looked to be building from the south....
Two British crews are tied on the top of the points table after Day 3 of the Audi Penfold Flying Fifteen Worlds, being h...
Chris Nicholson is set to miss the next few legs of the Volvo Ocean Race due a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury...
A fortnight racing without Budel has made Kleinjans restless:...
The lead of Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) is now very close to 300 miles over Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) second...
11 Champions were crowned across the five classes; Laser Radial, BIC Techno, 420, Laser 4.7 and 29er....
Craig Piccinelli easily claimed the 2008 Whitsunday Sailing Club short course championship...
Britain's Mike Hart disqualified from race 3 at the Flying 15 World Championship in Melbourne...
World's toughest powerboat race to coincide with London Olympiad....
West Australian Bob Williams is busy designing a new event, with the help of hundreds of sailors...
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