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Youth Sailors invited to compete in Americas Cup 2017

32 kids under the age of 15 will compete in the Americas Cup next year, during the half time entertainment on the final day of racing. The boats they'll be sailing? O'Pen Bics!

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These kids go surfing in their O'pen Bic's!

High wind blasting, surfing hawaiian waves; these boats might only be 9ft long and sailed by kids but they're incredible to watch!

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Man sailing around the world with his pet CHICKEN!

A French man is part-way through a multi faceted adventure in the arctic, and along for the ride is his pet chicken Monique. They're going to break some records, write a children's book and have a lot of fun together.

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Is it a boat? Is it a plane? No! It's a V_Rex!

An Austrian designer has filed patents for a boat that looks more akin to a fighter jet, than a yacht. But it still uses the power of the wind!

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What's with all the boats named after Kidman movies?!

This strange tradition in Olympic sailing has stood strong for years, and despite new crews, new boats and changing times - the Olympic 470's are still named after Nicole Kidman movies.

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Real Life Castaway - Three Sailors Stranded on a Deserted Is

When three sailors capsized and damaged their boat off the tiny island of Fanadikin Micronesia, there was no other option but swimming to shore and sitting there, waiting three days for rescue.

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Catamaran crossing bar in Hawaii - destroyed on rocks!

Back in February, a monster swell rolled into Hawaii. That very same day, a catamaran tried to cross a bar it shouldn't have.

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Darwin Sailing Club - an industry leader!

The Darwin Sailing Club say they're getting back to their core mission, offering sailing and hospitality, but no pokies. This week throwing them on the rubbish pile to make way for more 'sailing stuff'.

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Get into foiling on a budget! Waszp Moth cheaper than Laser!

A new Moth is being developed by an Australian designer, which promises a competitive boat for less than $15,000. That's small change for a foiler!

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60ft Ocean Racer Hugo Boss found shipwrecked in Chile.

In 2006, Alex Thompson suffered a keel failure in his IMOCA 60, Hugo Boss which forced him to abandon the boat and step aboard a fellow competitor's yacht. 10 years later, it's been found.

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106,000 beers, 6 tons of beef, 3,000 snags - Hamo Race Week

Of course it's not just about the beers, Hamilton Island Race week is Australia's highest profile yachting regatta and this week the NOR is available and entry open.

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Crazy Fast Foiling Catamarans Are Coming to Australia!

This week in Dubai, the Extreme Sailing Series was launched, announcing 8 teams competing in 8 stops around the world, with an all new boat that's set to wow spectators.

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Historical 18ft Skiffs Race on Sydney Harbour.

With enormous rigs and 6 man crews, these vintage 18ft skiffs were a sight to behold on Sydney Harbour this week, with 11 of the classics racing.

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How to fit an 80 ft mast under a 65ft bridge?

No, the answer is not to lay it down! Well, it kind of is, but not in the way you first think! This every-day yacht uses an ingenious way to fit beneath a bridge on the Intracoastal Waterway in America.

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Sailing Legend - Bob Oatley dies aged 87

It's a sad day for the sailing community, who awoke this morning to hear of the death of Robert Oatley, sailing legend and owner of Wild Oats XI.

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Three tips to help win your next night race.

Summer is a great time to be on the water, racing beneath the stars and having a great time with like minded sailing junkies, who just can't get enough daylight to satisfy their sailing urges. There's nothing better than winning a night race though, so he

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Making a hundred thousand dollar mast-erpiece.

Those exquisite masterpieces (see what we did there?) found on super yachts, and even cruisers these days, are made with sticky tape, plastic bags, a big oven and a Stanley knife. Basically.

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100ft Comanche Races 13.9ft Lasers on Sydney Harbour.

While out training on Sydney Harbour this week, the 100ft Super Maxi Comanche was snapped going head to head with a fleet of Lasers, along with arch rival Ragamuffin.

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6 Reasons Wild Oats XI will probably win the Hobart

Last seen motoring from the harbor in Hamilton Island, with a cut off bow (looking more akin to a 90ft Sabot!) early this year, Wild Oats XI has spend the winter in Sydney undergoing one of the most expensive nose-jobs in sailing history.

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An Inside Look into Flying Catamarans at the Americas Cup

Teamed up with Airbus, the American Team defending the Americas Cup is relying on aerodynamics, far more than conventional hydrodynamics, in their bid to win a match race in the sky above Bermuda in 2017.

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The WSL returns to Shark City in 2016

This week the WSL released their highly anticipated schedule for 2016. Much to the delight of surfers, it once again includes the now-infamous South African break, Jeffreys Bay, where 'that' shark attack happened last year.

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Yacht Sinks, So Man Hoists Spinnaker & Lives in Life Raft.

After coming adrift from anchor on St Martin, in the Caribbean, this mans yacht sunk and he chose to live in his life raft for a few days while he got it sorted out. But to make things less weird, he also hoisted the spinnaker.

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See Inside the Worlds Largest Sail Loft

This week North Sails in the UK unveiled their brand new sail loft, the worlds largest with a raised floor of 1,950m2.

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Around the world, Solo, The WRONG Way! 76 years old...

After walking away from a sailplane crash in 2014, a QLD man has decided to fill in the time while his aircraft gets repaired, by sailing around the world. He's doing it solo, unassisted, and the wrong way around.

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Oh My... This Wally is asking to be found!

With the upturn in the financial state of the world, has come a shift in the way multi millionaires look at sailing boats. They want speed, style, and luxury; but they also want versatility. The latest superyacht: Galateia from Wally has all this, and so

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Politician supporting kids sailing for advertising.

By sponsoring a Vagabond sailing dinghy, Glen not only gets the warm and fuzzies from helping kids get into the amazing sport of sailing, he also finds his name plastered across a sail.

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Comanche set to return for Sydney to Hobart

The 100ft super maxi dubbed 'the Aircraft Carrier' is set to return to Australia for the iconic Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race on the 26th December.

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173 years of history and $1.2m of Rum - Festival of Sails

Back in 1884, a small group of sailors got together on Corio Bay in Geelong, for what was then known as The Australia Day Regatta. Over 170 years later, sailors still gather, but number in the thousands for the 'Festival of Sails'.

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Built in NSW - The worlds most exciting monohulls

Tucked away in a shed on the Central Coast of NSW, is a small group of guys who build what was the wet-dream of every young sailor in the world. The 18ft Skiff.

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Sailing to Antarctica, and bringing it home to share

If you ask a sailor the question, most would tell you of one place they'd love to sail one day.

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Nautor's Swan 115 - Elegance

At 115ft long, the Finnish yacht maker Nautor's Swan 115 is turning heads, with many calling it one of the most beautiful yachts of all time

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Lee-boards are cool again - Gitana Mono 60

Who would have thought that lee-boards would see a comeback in competitive sailing? The brand new Gitana Mono 60 'Edmond De Rothschild' has just been launched, and quite literally blew itself out of the water.

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Round the world - no experience required!

Right now, there's twelve yachts embarking on a 'round the world journey of a lifetime. The crews, have no prior sailing experience, and the yachts, are 70 foot racing thoroughbreds designed exclusively for the race.

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Airlie Beach Race Week 2015

Mixed results for Bundy members

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Multihull Madness at Audi Hamilon Island Race Week

With a week full of decent wind in the Whitsundays, racing is getting a little heated at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. None more so than the Multihull division!

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Straight up the inside - Sailing Ningaloo Reef

Two blokes in a wooden boat, go on an epic adventure down the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. Surfing, fishing, and just chilling out.

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Gnarly conditions during 29er Worlds

For these kids in Wales, right now the coolest and fastest thing ever, is their 29er's in 30 knots of wind. Soon it will be girls, cars and kiteboarding...

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Extreme Sailing Series Sydney December 11-13 2015

Sydney Harbour Spectacle Announced - Extreme Sailing Series Act 8 - Dec 11-13 2015 - in partnership with Destination NSW

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One-Two win for Aussie crews in the 2015 Transpac Race

It was a win-win for Australian sailing this week when two Aussie boats, sailed by mostly Aussie crews dominated the results for the 2015 Transpac Race from the USA to Hawaii.

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Bundaberg SC Winter Series

Winter Series results Race1, Race2 of 4.

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WA IRC yachts at half way point in the Pantaenius event.

Western Australia's IRC competitors will line up again this weekend for a passage race on Saturday and a resail of the windward-leeward racing on Sunday. Teams are midway through the Pantaenius Australia 2015 WA IRC Championship.

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Will Wild Oats beat Hurricane Delores?

QLD based Super-Maxi Wild Oats XI has just began a race against a Hurricane in the Transpac Race from LA to Hawaii.

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"The Surprising Thing I Learned Sailing"

Dame Ellen MacArthur tore the record books apart and threw them overboard when she set off on an around the world record attempt in 2005. By February 7, she became the fastest person (not just woman) to sail around the world solo, doing it in 71 days, 14

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You're never too old to sail a Sabot.

You're never too old to go sailing, but maybe there's an age cut-off for the tiny 8ft Sabot Class, normally reserved for children under the age of 16.

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Balmoral Sailing Club turns 70 this year - be a part of our

We would like to contact past members (and families and friends) of Balmoral Sailing Club (BSC) to invite them to be a part of the Club's 70th Celebrations to be held at Balmoral Sailing Club, The Esplanade, Mosman, NSW on Sunday 18th October 2015 commenc