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Olympians endorse VSail Simulators

Olympic sailors have praised VSail simulators in the lead up to the 2008 Olympics...

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PredictWind Olympic prognosis for Friday 15 August

Jon Bilger of www.predictwind.com!PredictWind.com has provided the following forecast for Qingdao Olympic Venue: Friday...

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Kiwis catch elusive breeze and fly away at ABRW

Kiwis catch elusive breeze and fly away at Airlie Beach Race Week...

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18' Skiff International - Day 3 Everyone capsizes

There were so many capsizes it looked like synchronized diving, only in colder water....

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Olympic Sailing - Wind on Super Friday

Northerly winds on Fushan Bay this morning for Day 7 of the 2008 Beijing Olympic sailing regatta....

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AMIF Emphasises Training as Key to the Future

The AMIF encourages industry support for a national education campaign to attract young people to the marine industry....

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Shockwave 5 arrives MacKay Marina from Panama

'Congratulations and thank you goes out to the 6 delivery crew of Shockwave 5 after 32 days at sea' - Andrew Short...

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Beneteau First 45 dominates Cowes Week

Cowes Week turned out to be a particularly successful week for Beneteau Yachts...

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Pegasus Airlines Alacati PWA World Cup - Day Four

Antoine Albeau mounts his attack on event leader, Bjorn Dunkerbeck. Valerie Ghibaudo extends her event lead...

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Gotta Love It still unbeaten; Hamlin needs a mast

Seve Jarvin's boat name Gotta Love It sums up his performance so far in the seventh 18' Skiff International Regatta...

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Volunteer Coast Guard Welcomes Proposed Reforms

Australian Volunteer Coast Guard welcomes the news that the NSW gov is committed to improving volunteer marine rescue....

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Perfect day for Airlie Beach opening race

Queensland Tourism have 'sponsored the weather'...

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NSWWA - Dirty Dog Event This Weekend

NSW Wavesailing competition on this weekend

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Who's Nicking the Bells and Gongs?

The Maine Coast Guard are investigating a growing no. of missing metal sound signals from buoys on the Maine coastline...

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Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week Weather

2008 Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week Weather - Day 1...

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Adventurous first day for Team Russia

Kosatka is making great progress on its quest to unofficially beat the Round Britain and Ireland record for a monohull...

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Brave Quad Quits Round-Britain Sail - only for Now

Hilary Lister will be unable to complete her solo sail around the UK this year but NOT because of her disabilities...

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Sportsboata ride on the Wild Side

The thrill seeking Sports Boat class sailors are happy with the expected forecast - Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race W...

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Important Safety Warning from Seago

Some Seago 150 and 175 Newton Lifejackets including Juniors may have a defect which could result in serious injury....

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NOR-ty Moberg gets away with a DSQ

Norwegian Finn sailor Peer Moberg was alleged to have been a very naughty boy, allegedly....

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First RS Tera World Championship - Final Report

Herman Tomasgaard (NOR) sailed an outstanding series, with a string of firsts to become the first RS Tera World Champion...

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Pegasus Airlines Ala?ati PWA World Cup - Day 5

The 2008 Pegasus Airlines Ala?ati PWA World Cup - Day Five

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Gitana 13 commences Tea Route challenge

Gitana 13, the maxi-catamaran crossed the start line of the Tea Route - Hong Kong / London...

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Banner Day for USA Sailing

Andrew Campbell's Olympic report....

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Seppos tanked!*

Mitch Booth, the master of mind games, has produced the master stroke in his Tornado campaign....

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Round and round the Plaza

Off-course entertainment on a race-less day...

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Kidman supports Australian sailors

Australian actor Nicole Kidman is lending her support to the Australian Olympic team....

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IRC split into two divisions at Airlie BeachIR

IRC split into two divisions for Race Week...

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Spectacular cartwheel ends Wot Rocket's attempt

Spectacular cartwheel has ended Wot Rocket's first round of official attempts on the 500m world speed sailing record...

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Magnificient tropical venue for mid-winter regatta

What a magnificent venue for a mid-winter regatta....

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Letter from Qingdao: Fushan Bay blots its copybook

Greetings from Qingdao, on this sixth day of the 2008 Sailing Olympics....

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Tahiti sounds nice but Audi Hamilton Is. is better

'Hey guys, you're doing a great job. Why don't you take a break in Tahiti on the way' ... and the response was, 'No thanks!...

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Swansea Channel depths will be OK for HCW boats

Silting of the Swansea Channel is not expected to be a problem for boats entering the 2008 HCW 24 hr yacht race....

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Light winds postpone Qingdao sailing

Postponement flags at the Beijing Olympic sailing venue in Qingdao this morning....

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Cough, and they're off: light and funky in Qingdao

On the 470 course, the winners in three out of a total of four races led from start line to finish...

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Images from Qingdao: Mens Laser, Race 3

Images from Qingdao: Mens Laser Race 3...

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BoatU.S. reveals most popular boats

Leading the list are #1 Sea Ray, #2 Bayliner, #3 Wellcraft, #4 Catalina and #5 Grady-White....

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US win Ynglings Day 5

British World Champions Sarah AYTON, Sarah WEBB and Pippa WILSON edged ahead - Women's Keelboat - Yngling event...

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Clark seizes the day with Victory in Laser Radial

Great Britain's Penny CLARK won today's only race in the Laser Radial event in Qingdao...

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Romero takes over at top of Laser Standings

Overnight leader Andrew MURDOCH dropped to 13th while Italy's Diego ROMERO replaced him at the top of Lasers...

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Australia and Netherlands Share Women's 470 Lead

Australia and Netherlands share the Women's 470 Lead....

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Australian Sailing Team update - 13th August

Australian Sailing Team action from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - 13th August...

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Olympic Sailing Regatta Day 5: USA Wins Six Races

Tim Wadlow (Beverly, Mass.) and Chris Rast (San Diego, Calif.) built a picket fence with scores of 1, 1, 1 in today's 49...

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Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week Weather

2008 Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week Weather Outlook....

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Great time of the year at Airlie Beach

It's little wonder that the Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week has great patronage each year....

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Robert Deaves looks at day 5 for the Finn class

Olympic Games - Finn class day five - Ainslie eases out a useful lead...

Windsurfing

Pegasus Airlines Ala?ati PWA World Cup - Day 4

The 2008 Pegasus Airlines Ala?ati PWA World Cup - Day Four

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Olympic Sailing is easy,if you can handle the heat

'Olympic racing is probably the easiest racing you get to do,' a 470 coach told me today. What?!!...

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Light air opener for Lasers and Laser Radial

When the call did come it resulted in a horde of photographers and journalists piling into the 'Circulating Golf Cars'...

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Australians lead Olympic Sailing

Every well placed sailor is quick to point out that its early days in the regatta....

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Letter from Qingdao: Eeeek! The Aliens have landed

Greetings from Qingdao, on this fifth day of the 2008 Sailing Olympics....

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Endeavour in Qingdao

Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith commissioned the building of Endeavour for the America's Cup of 1934....

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Qingdao not quite up to expectation

The sailing community had been prepared for worse, but the reality of the fifth day's racing in Fushan Bay came as a sur...

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Gitana 13 waits for Tea Route window

Gitana 13 has been sitting it out in Sai Kung marina, NE of Hong Kong, awaiting the right gap in the weather...

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Young Aussies learning fast - from in front

When three 22-year-old sailors win a world championship-in this case the JJ Giltinan regatta-in a high-performance class...

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Trade wind regatta forecast for Airlie Beach

Trade winds have been forecast for the record fleet of 109 boats contesting Meridien Airlie Beach Regatta....

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North Sails Repair Service Hamilton Island RW

North Sails will be operating special regatta sail repair service from the Endeavour Room on Hamilton Island....

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Fancy a free trip to Dubai?

An exciting offer from the affordable luxury boat manufacturer O2 Marine....

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Key Appointments at Riviera

Australia's largest luxury boat builder has today announced two key appointments, including John Anderson replacing CEO...

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Wes Moxey Steps Down from post as Riviera CEO

Wes Moxey, CEO at Riviera, has handed the baton to John Anderson, deciding the time is right to leave....