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Lake Ontario 300 April Update

Attendance for this year's Lake Ontario 300 is well on its way to being another record-breaking year in more ways than o...

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Prada signal America's Cup involvement, Alinghi helmsman hired

Italian fashion house Prada signalled its return to the America's Cup and will compete in the next Louis Vuitton...

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Grant's Tip of the Day: Handling the Lazy Jacks on a charter yacht

Grant tells tips and tricks of how to use Lazy Jacks to make your sailing more trouble free....

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Marine Electrics - all you need to know: CYCA Seminar

Marine Electrics will the subject of a free seminar by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia(CYCA) on 4th May at 6.30pm...

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Volvcanic Ash Clouds and Air travel -Paul Cayard reporting from Lisbon

A few more airports in Europe are open today than yesterday, mostly in the South; Northern Europe still closed....

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Clipper Round the World Yacht race - Team Finland in San Francisco

It was an early morning arrival in to San Francisco for Team Finland...

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New York Barcelona - A slow countdown to the finish

The crew of Estrella Damm may be counting down the distance to the finish of the New York Barcelona...

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Cruise the Whitsundays and save 25 percent!

Bareboat specialist Whitsunday Rent A Yacht is enticing visitors back to north Queensland with a post-cyclone special....

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GV-Ropegripper makes stern-to mooring a pleasure

A British inventor has finally found the answer to the difficulties of mooring in the Mediterranean and UK...

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Community Hearts Awards - Vote Kylie Forth

If we win the prize, we will use it to fund part of our trip to the upcoming World Blind Match-Racing championships...

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Canadians win Silver Star Championship in a PStar

Richard Clarke and Tyler Bjorn (CAN) have won the 2010 Star Western Hemisphere Championship held in Nassau, Bahamas....

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Roger Hickman wins Mariner Boating Croatian holiday

Roger Hickman has won the holiday for two to take part in Mariner Boating Holiday's Croatian yacht rally in June next ye...

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AIS: NOT the one-stop-shop anti-collision tool

Ian Heffernan uses his experience as an officer on British Antarctic Survey ships to give AIS advice here to sailors...

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Australians claim 2010 Rolex Farr 40 Pre-Worlds victory

Ten boats and teams from four countries - United States, Italy, Australia, and Germany tuning up for Rolex Farr 40 Wor...

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Volcanos- Planes, trains and automobiles!

could never explain well enough what the situation is like over here in Europe for anyone who wants to travel somewhere...

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Alessandro di Benedetto - around the Horn with a jury rigged mast

Alessandro di Benedetto, attempting a circumnavigation in the smallest boat, has sailed around Cape Horn under jury rig...

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New York Barcelona - High tension in the Mediterranean

Estrella Damm's rivals were further offshore Sunday afternoon, more than twice as quick...

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Oysteer BVI regatta - Oysters shine in sparkling downwind conditions

Slick spinnaker work carried Chris and Susan Shea's Oyster 72 'Magrathea' to the fore of the fleet in the third race...

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'Missing' skipper to be investigated by Britain's MCA

Skipper of a yacht that caused an false international search by being 'missing' for seven weeks is to be investigated....

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Sydney Harbour tragedy - man dead after boat sinks

One man is dead after a boat sank last night in Sydney Harbour. Two other men and a boy were rescued....

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Caribbean Secrets - Saba and Monserrat

The longer we sail, the more we realize that our most treasured cruising experiences are often a challenge to get to...

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New York Barcelona - Breaking into the Mediterranean

Prospects of a slow sting in the tail for the two New York to Barcelona sailing record IMOCA Open 60's....

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Formula 40 - Nanny Cay Challenge - Soma breaks Round Tortola record

Soma, a St John-based Formula 40 catamaran and frequent BVI visitor, smashed the Round Tortola record yesterday...

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2010 Nanny Cay Challenge - Formula 40 Soma breaks Round Tortola Record

Soma, a St John-based Formula 40 catamaran and frequent British Virgin Islands visitor, smashed the Round Tortola Record...

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Another yacht driven ashore, skipper saved by harness.

Another yacht has been run aground to safe the life of the skipper, hanging overboard, this time in South Africa....

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Royal Perth Yacht Club expands marina facilities

The Royal Perth Yacht Club, one of Australia's premier sailing clubs, has redesigned and expanded its Crawley marina...

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US SAILING announces new Protest and Redress Hearing rules

Previously the Racing Rules of Sailing do not comply with the Ted Stevens Act, a federal law, and USOC's Bylaws....

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New York to Barcelona - Straight for Gibraltar

W Hotels are also making good speed again, bouncing back after a series of blows which tested their morale...

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San Francisco America's Cup Village site possibilities examined

The petite yet suddenly powerful Golden Gate Yacht Club, is just yards away from the St Francis YC...

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Cruising rallies a draw-card to Equator Asia

This year there are 4 new rallies announced to the cruising grounds of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines...

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New York to Barcelona - Week two, small miles dropped by W Hotels

One week into the New York Barcelona Transoceanic Record challenge and the next two days look set to bring the most......

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O Canada - First Steps in an Open 60 for Elite Canadian Sailors

Nathan Baron is a Kingston, Ontario sailor who recently returned from New Zealand where he sailed the Open 60, O Canada...

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Oyster British Virgin Islands regatta - Mixed fortunes in day two

Fortunes waxed and waned with the wind during the second day of racing in the Oyster British Virgin Islands regatta...

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New York to Barcelona - Deliverance and decisions

New York to Barcelona Transoceanic Record Sailing Challenge battling with the toughest conditions of the passage so far...

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Jessica Watson's mainsail ripped in storm

Jessica Watson's mainsail is ripped in several places as she has just endured the worst storm of her voyage so far...

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South African catamaran in heroic rescue off West Australia

A catamaran on a voyage from Durban to Fremantle has been rescued in rough seas 36 nautical miles from its destination....

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Bavaria Cruiser 45 set for Asia Pacific launch at Sanctuary Cove 2010

New Bavaria cruiser 45 set for Australian and Asia Pacific boat show debut at the 2010 Sanctuary Cove Boat Show....

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Douglas Shoal - Marine scientists inspect Great Barrier Reef damage

A team of marine scientists are now on site and preparing for an inspection of the environmental damage caused......

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Waterspouts - don't get caught in one of these!

here are some photos taken by cruising sailor John Hodgson while he was cruising in Turkey recently....

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Jessica Watson - past Leeuwin, but Tasmania still to go.

Jessica Watson has passed under the final Cape of her circumnavigation, Cape Leeuwin on the south west tip of Australia...

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Transatlantic Race and Atlantic Ocean Racing series 2011 announced

The Transatlantic Race 2011 and Atlantic Ocean Racing Series 2011 were announced today by their organizers...

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Yacht beached in Bass Strait after 18 hour storm battle

Yacht Thorendor was beached by its owner after losing an 18 hour battle with gale force winds in Bass Strait this week...

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Product of the Week: Light, stainless and stubless

Colligo Marine has this edition's Product of the Week with its Soft Padeye...

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America's Cup team confirmed as entry in 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race

Camper, the Spanish-based inter-national footwear brand, announced today that it will compete in the Volvo Ocean Race in...

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Beaufort Scale - sea state, not wind speed

Beaufort Scale is NOT a measure of the wind at all. It's a measure of the sea state...

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Gold Coast sailor, missing with six others, sails in Coquimbo, Chile

Seven sailors on the SS Columbia have reached Chile after nearly 2 months 'missing' in the eastern Pacific....

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Match Race France ISAF World Match Racing Tour Stage 1 Final results

Match Race France, Stage 1 of the ISAF World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) - semi finals and finals...

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300 sailors attend US Sailing Safety at Sea seminar in Toronto.

300 sailors attend US Sailing Safety at Sea seminar in Toronto. A resounding success for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club!...

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The America's Cup Comes to Strictly Sail Pacific

West Coast sailors and the public are in for a treat as the celebrated BMW Oracle Racing Team......

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Matchrace France - Finals Days -Live coverage World Match Race Tour

Mark Chisnell's blow by blow coverage of Finals Day Match Race France, first round of 2010 World Match Tour...

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Charleston Race Week - More big breezes for an exciting second day

For the second straight day with up to 20 knots of wind across all four courses of 2010 Charleston Race Week...

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Voiles de Saint-Barth 2010: The climax of the event

Squalls and a race around the whole island of St. Barts to mark the end of an exciting week...

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New York - Barcelona Sailing Record - Day 3 and still at maximum power

407 miles south of St Pierre, Newfoundland the two Open 60's are still fast reaching to stay ahead of the weather front...

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Cruising in Ketoro: Chagos Archipelago

Rolf and Irene Fricke are cruising the Indian Ocean in their 40ft Admiral Catamaran, Ketoro, now in Chagos Archipelago...

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ISAF Match Racing World Champion knocked out of Match Race France

Four matches stood with a score of 2-1 when it was still very much anyone's series to be won....

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Can ships TURN OFF Class B AIS targets? The answer is NO!

Ben Ellison addresses the issue of whether ships can TURN OFF Class B AIS targets - in a word, they can't!...

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Voiles de Saint-Barth 2010 - Interview with Ken Read

George David's big Reichel Pugh-designed boat is one of the stars of the Voiles de Saint-Barth....

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Matchrace France - Quarter Finals -Live coverage World Match Race Tour

Mark Chisnell's blow by blow coverage of Quarter Finals Match Race France, first round of 2010 World Match Tour...

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Charleston Race Week 2010 - Big breeze, gear failure and tired crews

Major drama as skippers struggled to control their overpowered boats in big breeze...

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Sailling boat knockdown caught on Video - this could happen to you

Dramatic vision as a sailing boat is knocked down crossing a bar....

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