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2008 Tornado Worlds...
Alinghi and TeamOrigin America's Cup teams duel for the title in the double-point final race at Hyeres...
The fleet started the third day of the Archipelago Raid at 5 am....
Andrea Casale from Italy has won the J24 World Championship, according to the event website posted results...
Col's (FRA) K Challenge/French Match Racing Team has defeated Williams Team Pindar in the final of the Korea Match Cup...
Updates from the Mirsky Racing Team, competing at the Korea Match Cup Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea....
Sean O'Rourke recorded a perfect score to win the Audi SB3 Queensland match racing championship...
The International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) has applied for international class status inside ISAF....
BlackMatch Racing reports from the final day of the Korea Match Racing Cup...
Lang Walker's Kokomo (AUS) took second place ahead of Vincenzo Onorato's Mascalzone Latino (ITA) - Farr 40 Cup...
Forty-six 29ers built by Ovington Boats are ready to be shipped to the 2008 ISAF Youth World Championship...
A year ago the Newcastle round of the XlLR8 Home Loans Australian F1 Superboat Series was blown off the water....
Here is the audio commentary from Race 2...
Day 2 of the iShares Cup saw USA team, Tommy Hilfiger, recover from a near capsize in spectacular form...
Jonas Andersson scored victory, David Trask finished sixth - Grand prix of Russia...
Rydge and Scarr's training for the FD Worlds has stalled as their Flying Dutchman Carbon Mast is stolen!...
30 majestic tall ships will sail to Tacoma WA, USA for the Tall Ships Tacoma 2008 Festival July3-7....
Sebastian Col (FRA) and Ian Williams (GBR) qualified to battle each other in the Final round of the Korea Match Cup....
Earthrace pulled into Kochi, India port at 2.30pm local time yesterday. The total in port time was three hours and fif...
Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page have won the 470 European Championships in Lake Garda, Italy overnight...
Images from Day 1 and Day 2 of the 2008 Archipelago Raid....
By 4 o'clock the thermal had leveled off at a consistent six knots which was ideal to run a fun race - PWA World Cup...
As Turkey's middle class explodes along with the country's economic growth, the newly affluent are discovering sailing...
America's Cup defenders get in Extreme 40 groove to win 3 out of 9 races and take overall lead going into the final day...
BlackMatch Racing reports from the Korea Match Racing Cup...
The 2008 Catalunya Costa Brava PWA Slalom World Cup - Day Six and Event Summary
Archipelago Raid competitors crossed the 33 mile open stretch of the Baltic Sea to the autonomous islands of Aland....
Take care around whales and abide by approach distances - the message from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority...
Blowy, overcast and cold air temperatures greeted the XlLR8 Home Loans Australian F1 Superboat Series at Newcastle...
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Ranger and Hyperion tae line honours at Palma's Superyacht Cup...
After many years of cruising, we've sussed out many of the quirks of the True Long Distance Cruiser....
After a day spent trouncing many of their elder rivals it appears that some newcomers are looking at Quarter Final spots...
Mathieu Richard (FRA) leads eight teams out of the Round Robin and into the Quarter Final round....
Australia's Men's 470 and Women's 470 sailing teams are poised to take podium positions in Lake Garda, Italy...
DuoGen is a wind generator and a water generator in one machine....
Italian company Glomex recently introduced into the market the new RA201 splitter for VHF, AIS and AM/FM simultaneously...
Marco Paolucci's Comet 45S, Tartaruga, has taken overall honours in the Giraglia Race 2008, concluding this year's week-...
Hull & Humber has claimed victory in the Democracy 250 Race from Halifax to Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia...
BlackMatch Racing reports from the third day of the Korea Match Racing Cup...
Day Two of the Audi Farr 40 Cup saw the infamous Sardinian mistral blow in at over 30 knots....
Guido Cappellini set the pace to capture his second straight pole position in six days time - Grand Prix of Russia...
Rechichi and Parkinson retain top spot in the Women's fleet, with Wilmot and Page third in the Men's at 470 Europeans....
Uncharacteristic Spanish conditions called an early halt to proceedings on day four of competition in Sant Pere Pescador...
The tactically clever one-design match racing sailors experienced a 'brain drain' during the first day...
That was pretty epic!' was Chris Draper's first reaction as he got back to the dock...
22 small catamarans set off in the heart of Stockholm on the gruelling Archipelago Raid....
The 2008 Catalunya Costa Brava PWA Slalom World Cup - Day Five
Day 46 report from New Zealand skipper Pete Bethune from the 78 foot biodiesel powered Earthrace....
Team Abu Dhabi driver Ahmad Al Hameli set the pace for the first free practice session - Grand Prix of Russia...
'You're the Skipper, You're Responsible' driving force behind Mobilarm survey into boating safety behaviour....
GPS, asymmetrical spinnakers, satellite tracking, e-mail from the boats. 3,571-nautical mile chase to Papeete June 22...
Justice William Pauley has agreed to an Alinghi motion to hold a pre-motion conference...
Australians have sailed into top contention at the 470 Open European Championships....
This week five sailors spent 26 hours holding hands in the sea and singing. They had only four life jackets...
Fortis Race 1, The Superyacht Cup Ulysse Nardin, Palma 2008...
Skandia Geelong Week organisers are well advanced in planning for next year's event, and there will be some changes....
A day of awe inspiring slalom racing on Spain's Costa Brava at the PWA Slalom World Cup...
The recent Womens' Keelboat Regatta proved perfect for Tanya Stanford's talented team on Tom Cat II...
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