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Former Melbourne boat racing and boat building identity, Alan Beale, takes the wheel of the official start boat for Gold...

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Former Melbourne boat racing and boat building identity, Alan Beale, takes the wheel of the official start boat for Gold...
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Team Russia's Kosatkainto Cape Town Monday at 15:29 GMT (17:29 local time) finish sixth in leg one of Volvo Ocean Race...
Francis Joyon on IDEC has lost two thirds of the advantage on record...
Telefonica Blue crossed the finish line in Cape Town at 11:18:37 GMT to take fifth place on leg one, VOR...
A proposal to switch windsurfing boards for 2012 Games from existing Neil Pryde RS:X to a new Formula board....
At 0712 GMT (0912 local time) today, Green Dragon crossed the finish line in Cape Town....
Ericsson 3, skippered by Sweden's Anders Lewander crossed the finish line at 0408 GMT (0608 local time) today...
Fleet of 113 nominated for Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2008...
Boating safety campaign at Snowy Mountains Trout Festival at the weekend saw 129 vessels checked for safety compliance...
Two words sum up week three of the Portimao Global Ocean Race. Beluga Racer....
Bobby Grieser - www.outsideimages.co.nz - captured the action on the final day of the 2008 Melges 24 North Americans...
Sydney sailor Bob Wright, has come up with an invention that could save many sailors' lives - the Sea Scoopa....
Wot Chicks made it through to the semi finals of the Busan Women's World Match Race...
Australian skiers dominate the battle of attrition as Warlord yesterday won the Bridge to Bridge on Waikato River again...
Co-sponsored by the Xiamen Yacht Building Association, the city's first-ever boat show will be held 7-9 November...
F11 All Girl Crews Crunchie & Relentless take out the boys at McGrath Upper Harbour Champs stoush on Sat 1 Nov LC12'SSC...
With one week to go before the start of the Vendee Globe, Hugo Boss left the dock not long after dawn...
Images from the last stage of Leg 1 in the South Atlantic as the fleet head to the off Cape Town...
Icom Australia release the first integrated Waterproof VHF Marine Radio with AIS....
Puma second finisher in Volvo Ocean Race Leg 1...
The 2008 PWA World Tour - Season Summary
Mark Chisnell - Ericsson 4 wins, Puma set for second . . . now for the rest...
Yet another North-East wind (the fourth from as many races) greeted the 23-boat fleet for the Mick Scully Trophy 3-buoys...
Vestas SailRocket and l'Hydroptere both post improved figures...
At 05:54 GMT or 07:54am local time, Ericsson 4, skippered by Torben Grael, drifted across the finish line off Cape Town....
This 'Product of the Week' is just the thing for the muscle challenged, increasing winch power and wench power both...
In yacht clubs all over the world there are unsung heroes who labour without reward for years to keep the sport alive...
Skandia Geelong Week has landed seventh spot in RACV's top 101 tourism experiences....
The fleet has been announced for the 2009 Skandia Docklands Invitational....
Rising sea levels will impact on business and property by 2050, a new scientific study reveals....
NMSC has released a draft safety standard to reduce the effects of flooding on a commercial vessel....
The UK's Lewmar Marine today announced the departure of Peter O'Connell as CEO of the company....
Volvo Penta Oceania has appointed Bob Cowley as Dealer Development Manager....
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race entrant Shogun has dramatically won Line and IRC handicap honours in the Ocean Racing Clu...
The 19th IODA Asian Championship in Qatar attracted 61 sailors from ten Asian countries plus the New Zealand...
Alex Thomson started the testing process for his freshly repaired IMOCA Open 60 Hugo Boss today off Les Sables d'Olonne...
Boat Blogs from Day 22, Leg 1 Volvo Ocean Race as the fleet approaches Cape Town...
The cruising season in the South Pacific is coming to a close and some cruisers have already reached New Zealand...
Another video streaming trial of Sailors Radio from the 2RPH Studios in Sydney, this morning....
Emirates Team New Zealand's move back into the accepted Challengers' fold has drawn some interesting reaction and commen...
Volvo Race leader Ericsson 4 ETA of 08:00 GMT Sunday morning in Cape Town...
Farr 53 Georgia tonight is the leading the fleet of 32 Victorian yachts across Bass Strait in a Sydney to Hobart qualifi...
Andrew Short Marine-Shockwave 5 really cracked on the pace in today's Gascoigne Cup....
High pressure around Cape Town set to slow Volvo Race leaders...
For eleven years the Abbott Family sailed over 50,000 nautical miles in their 39ft catamaran, Exit Only....
Charl de Villiers made headlines four years ago when he became the first deaf sailor to circumnavigate the world solo...
Were you at Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week 2008, as skipper, owner, crew or onshore supporters?...
The Board of Yachting South Australia wish to acknowledge with regret the passing of our much esteemed Life member, John...
PredictWind: a successful launch of high resolution weather modelling...
Honda offers 'cash back' incentive on its new, leading-technology BF40/50 and BF75/90 EFI four-stroke outboard engines...
RYA is to build a multi-purpose facility in Portland that will be the hub of performance sailing in the lead up to and d...
Sailing has been withdrawn from the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, scheduled to take place from 14-18 January....
Francis Joyon on IDEC is 270 miles ahead of the Discovery Route record pace set by Thomas Coville...
New buoys at Melville (WA) delineate an area, roughly 50M from the shoreline, inside which you are only permitted to launch and land kites. i.e. no active kiting inside that line!
Improve your freestyle kiteboarding skills with this Slingshot clinic
There is a Battle Royal developing mid-fleet of the Portimao Global Ocean Race...
The repaired Hugo Boss will make an initial trial sail Saturday...
PUMA switched to StealthPlay mode as Volvo Race heads for Sunday finish in Cape Town...
Boat Blogs from Day 21, Leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race to Cape Town....
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