BMW Oracle had a chance to win the match racing, but fell short in its head-to-head match against Aqua....

'We are likely to have a complex night ahead to get past Ushant and the heavy maritime traffic'...

At the Sydney International Boat Show starting today, the Team Windcraft in-water display features twelve new yachts and...

The incidence of injury from accidental or premature jibes is unknown but the problem is not insignificant......

Laura Dekker has been given the green light by a court in the Netherlands to solo circumnavigate the world...

Any sailor you ask about the conditions for the event will say the same thing...

All but four boats are finished and winners announced....

Living up to its billing, sailors met with high winds, extra high winds, no winds, and light winds....

What are the top Americas Cup designers and engineers doing with their time whilst waiting for the button to be pushed...

Two experienced sailors had been dead for up to 12 days when a search party was sent to find them a coroner found....

From being virtually unheard of... to a venue synonymous with world class sailing events...

102nd Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, presented by Veuve Clicquot....

Plastiki, catamaran made of 12,500 plastic bottles, successfully docked after an 18 week journey San Francisco to Sydney...

Plastiki will be viewable at the Museum for a full month...

Steve White has announced his intention to break the current world record for circumnavigating single-handed, non-stop...

Laser Radial World Youth Championship - Giovanni Coccoluto and Erika Reineke have been crowned the new World Champions....

The first of three planned rounds sheds light on camera angles, sound...

Researchers uncover evidence of Southeast Asian sailing vessels visiting Australia in the mid-1600s...

Dick Enersen shares his perspective of the latest happening in the America's Cup world...

Governor's Cup 2010 - Day Four - Day four of racing brought another beautiful day for sailing in Southern California wit...

Cyril Moussilmani claims an early event lead, whilst the long-standing legends fall by his wayside...

Southern Cross 52 Vela Veloce was determined the best performing boat and was named the 2010 Rolex US-IRC National Champ...

Bras d'Or Lakes Festival launched to become Canada's premier sailing, boating and cultural festival....

Sail Indonesia, yacht rally that leaves Darwin in July each year for Indonesia got off to another great start yesterday....

If you have a yacht without marine stove, or take a portable stove for picnics, this warning will have relevance:...

Sailing is one of those sports which is much more followed on Internet, than in magazines, newspapers or on television...

Although light airs prevailed on the final day of the British Classic Yacht Club Panerai Cowes Regatta, there was just e...

Laser Radial World Youth Championship 2010 Day 5 (Largs, Scotland, Saturday 24 July)...

The 102nd Running of the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, presented by Veuve Clicquot, kicked off today...

The third week in July has come to be known as 'PCYC Race Week' at the port Credit Yacht Club and in 2010 it certainly l...

Day 1 delivered prime breeze. 78 boats on the water with Sailors and Coaches Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador....

Five races were competed today under a strong breeze at North Sydney's NYC. Here are the standings after five races....

Racing will run from 10am to 5pm Friday (ADT) and from 10am to 4pm Saturday. Online results available on event website....

Grant Headifen again brings this week's sailing tip: How to heave-to, and a little trick...

The scene is set for five days of world class racing round the buoys off the white sands of Sotavento....

Following in the footsteps of Sir Francis Chichester, Mike Perham has announced plans to fly solo around the world....

Jessica Watson, Don McIntyre, the Norris Family and Mike Perham will all appear at the Sydney International Boat Show...

Just a few days remain until entries for the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta close on Monday 26th July....

Laser Radial World Youth Championship 17-25 July 2010, Largs, Scotland -Day 4...

The reigning champions won the first race after leading round each mark....

The wind arrived on the Clyde a little later than predicted today causing yet another long postponement....

Alessandro Di Benedetto has just completed his circumnavigation of the world in a 6.5 metre yacht in 268 days....

The leaders of the current ISAF World Match Race Rankings remain unchanged but the chasing pack are applying pressure an...

Quantum Racing lead the TP52 Series after the first day of racing...

Marinepool Melges 24 World Championship 2010- taking place in Estonia from the fourth - 12th August,...

Customers buying Doyle Sails at the Sydney Show can take advantage of our 20% discount on new sails ordered at the show...

2010 Volvo ISAF Youth World Championships - Canadian Wrap Up...

On Tuesday a court hearing was held to determine whether Laura Dekker was to be allowed to sail away from Holland...

320 competitors to enjoyed the first tactical race of the series of the Laser Radial World Youth Championships....

No racing for the TP52 Series fleet today due to winds which were too light...

A three race opener for the TP52's and practice race for the GP42's...

Yachting NSW and Steve Jarvin Motors will continue their partnership to promote the sport of sailing....

Doyle Australia has announced a major expansion in Sydney and the re-opening of its Rushcutters Bay sail loft....

MacMan Challenge 2010 this week!...

The new Bavaria Cruiser 45 has been nominated for European Yacht of the Year 2010/11....

She was wearing a life jacket and a harness but a freak incident had a British sailor in danger of drowning this week...

Video: An inside view of the research being done on ocean acidification at the research station in Svalbard, Norway...

TeamOrigin lead on the water from gun to gun chased by ETNZ but both chose to hook the wrong way round the finish line...

Most of the fleet is in and the stories have started to flow! Racers are relating their tales of hurricane winds......

West Marine voluntarily issued a recall on West Marine branded ISAF tethers, SKU/Model number 9553512 and 9553504...

It was a close call between a private yacht and a pleasure cruise ship when this near collision was caught on video...

If you are anywhere near Perth, take advantage of the Perth Boat & Leisure Expo 2010, 11th to the 15th of August....

Team Origin and the America's Cup update comes from triple Olympic Gold Medallist and Team Origin skipper Ben Ainslie....

Teams have been loving the conditions off Barcelona where the Audi MedCup Circuit starts this week...

Ben Ainslie: Last week I spent sometime sailing the Finn in Lymington, it was hard work and the body suffered a bit...

The Plastiki has safely made Australian waters after her historic 7,500 nautical mile voyage to beat waste....

Closing ceremony in Istanbul marks the end of the 2010 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship...

Coast Guard from Mooloolaba have gone to the rescue of disabled Plastiki, 200 nm off the Australian coastline...

Irene and Rolfe Fricke in their cat Ketoro, bring us another tale - this time sailing the Maldives to Thailand...

Conditions Significantly Improved after Challenging Start to LO300...

Investigations and a new compliance training program are being combined in a new approach to tackle illegal poaching...

A phone call early on Sunday morning July 18, alerted the volunteers on duty at Marine Rescue Central Coast to the predi...

Steve White has announced his intention to break the current world record for circumnavigating single-handed, non-stop...

3 days before a Dutch Court considers if Laura Dekker is allowed to sail the world, her mother has given her approval...

A total of 206 sailboats in 20 classes raced in the 2010 Pure Michigan Bayview Mackinac Race...

A spectacular welcome greeted the crews of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race as they arrived back in Hull...

Walking the docks by 7:30 this morning proved to be fairly quiet yet....

ISAF has published bid guidelines for hosting the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships....

Lake Ontario 300 - the 2010 Lake Ontario 300 fleet is the largest in the races 20 year history....

Now you can now Win an Opti for the Kids and One for the Club!!...

the Phoenicia, the replica of a 600BC vessel which it is believed circumnavigated Africa, has reached the Azores....

Yachts wishing to transit the Northwest Passage, there is to be no propane in Cambridge Bay...

Vic-Maui 2010 -Scott Burbank's Riptide 35 Terremoto crossed the finish line at 22:30:49 HST on July 14 to earn Vic-Maui...

Even a cruising sailor has a very good use for the ubiquitous Green Shopping Bag - stacking your top loading deep freeze...

Spectacular summer day with warm sunshine and a gusty offshore breeze provided a superb last day of racing at the event....

Feisty start to final stage of Clipper 09-10 as crowds wait in Bridlington for first sighting of fleet...

Moll de la Fusta is the location of the Public Village of the Camper Regatta - Conde de Godo Trophy - Barcelona...

Plastiki, the catamaran made of 12,000 plastic bottles, is slowly closing on the coast of Australia....

According to the IMO, in the first half of 2010, no piracy against yachts have been recorded. Chandlers still hostage...

Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship - Shifty winds on the penultimate day...

Concept papers for a new monohull and multihull design were issued on July 2 to independent rule writers in UK and US...

Pure Michigan Bayview Mackinac Race registrations on Friday, July 16 from 0900-1600 at Race Headquarters in Port Huron...

Chester Race week is looming on the horizon. Principle Race Officer, Andreas Josenhans will conduct free seminars....

Light weather patterns create challenges, opportunities for racers...

CYA National / Senior National Race Officer Course - March 18 - 20 2011...

The 2010 CYA Sail West regatta with U17 Western Sailing Championships gets underway tomorrow at the Wabamun Sailing Club...

Watch highlights from Portimao Portugal Match Cup...

For the Audi MedCup champions the competition in the TP52 Series and the GP42 Series fleets will be hotter than ever...

The Hobie 16 Worlds countdown has started. Billed a top international event in China and largest catamaran series held....

The Aegean Rally, 18-30 July, is organised by Setur Marinas, the well-known chain of marinas on Turkey's coastline...

'The European Yacht of the Year 2011' will be presented for the eight time in January 2011, with the Xc 38 nominated...

Spirit of Australia has won the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race after finishing fourth in Race 13....

The steady west wind rose to meet the sailors at Sail Parry Sound. The Big Sound Challenge was another success....

The Adelaide Convention Centre will host the 2010 Adelaide Boat Show, Thurs 15 July to Sun 18 July....

Pacific Cup 2010 - The fifty-odd racers on the way from San Francisco to Kaneohe Bay, Oahu are cheering: wind is at hand...

17-year-old sailor, Jessica Watson is confirmed as special guest speaker at this year's Sydney International Boat Show....

One of the four largest in-water boat shows in the country and features both power and sail boats...

250 boats were rigged in the dinghy park in the blaring Istanbul, Turkey, sun early in the morning of the second day of...

Yachting NSW offfice functions amalgamated into Yachting Australia as part of a pilot study into a new national model....

Delta Lloyd 470 World Championships opening day conditions transpired against the possibility of racing....

TeamOrigin today announced that discussions with JYD for the 34th America's Cup are not progressing....

PWA wave world tour, had the start marked when Gran Canaria delivered 30-40 knot winds and head high waves....

Elan's new cruising model, the Impression 444 is a robust fast cruising yacht design that speaks refined elegance....

Watch the ISAF World Match Racing Races on TV, where you are?...

Wind and tide are a powerful combination and both have played their part in slowing the Clipper 09-10 fleet...

While all authorities recommend yachts to stay away from the Gulf of Aden, hundreds of yachts transit close to Yemen...

Latest account from inspirational Mike Harker, who was mugged in St Martin several days ago...

IFDS Worlds 2010 - For today there was only one race scheduled....

At the end of the day there are eight different nations leading each of the eight classes....

Cape Breton Island has begun the penultimate race of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race...

Competition is as close as ever as the Clipper teams navigate their way through the busy shipping lanes of the English C...

Halifax harbor docks were lined with spectators watching the start of the 2010 Route Halifax St. Pierre Ocean Race...

Humanity's rising CO2 emissions could have a significant impact on the world's fish populations...

The lively opening ceremony of the Yolvo Youth Sailing Worlds (c)ISAF. Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2010....

F18 Worlds 2010 organisers have finally been able to present a set of provisional results....

Wichard's 'MX' line of halyard shackles are designed to allow lines to run through them without the need for a block....

Australia nominated Fijian seaman James Fanifau is awarded the IMO's 2010 award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea...

Laser Radial World Championships competitors were delivered a testing measure of its notoriously difficult offshore, eas...

World Match Racing Tour event this week ran in conjunction with the 'Women's Stena Match Cup Sweden'....

Three members of the Dobson Yacht Club in Cape Breton Participate in Round the World Race...

Hull & Humber takes an early lead as Cork's skipper hopes weather forecast is wrong...

Optimist European Championship is over....

World's top sailors welcomed to North Ayrshire for the start of the biggest sailing championship ever staged in Scotland...

Pozo champion Victor Fernandez claims victory in the men's fleet to add a fourth trophy to his cabinet....

Anna Tunnicliffe (USA), Olympic gold medallist, proved she has lost nothing from her speed and guile for her break....

The future for sailors who are rescued at sea could be very different if some ideas by engineering students are adopted...

The introduction of digital ultrasonic antifouling may change the game for this green and simple method of antifouling....

The Platu 25 World Championship will take place in Alicante from the 18th to the 24th of July 2010 as presented by RCRA....

Audi MedCup Circuit sailors are set to take part in a race that they have wanted for many years, a race in Barcelona...

Two new teams, two new boats, a new event in the US and renewal of partnership with SLAM....

The Chester Yacht Club, Nova Scotia is preparing to host Chester Race Week August 11th to 14th 2010...

Every day of every year there are brave cruising families setting out to sail unknown seas, and others returning home...

Pozo delivers wind and waves on the second day of competition with locals ruling at their home break...

U.S. Match racing news this week beginning with the announcement of the upgrade of the Ficker Cup....

Want to cruise the exotic Whitsundays and enjoy a full tropical island experience at a Whitsunday Island resort?...

Mike Harker is recovering from a brutal beating last week by two men who bordered Wanderlust 3 during the night...

Westward Cup Regatta - a large crowd of spectators in Cowes saw an incredibly close-run finish between Big Class yachts....

Hand stuck down the loo. What the?? I hear you ask... well what happened was......

US Sailing's Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC) has finalized the selection procedures for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team....

June has been a busy month for the Albacore fleet. The regatta season is well underway and the CAA ran two training cli...

Here Captain Tom Serio tells The Trident the perspective for yachts these days in the Gulf of Mexico...

'We actually lost three out of four starts and in the last match against Gilmour we were behind up the first beat'...

From July 15th to July 18th 2010 Port Credit Yacht Club is definitely 'The Place to Be' if you are a Dinghy Sailor....

The International C Class Catamaran Championships will be hosted at New York Yacht Club in Newport, RI from August 22-28...

The world's top youth sailors are putting the final touches to their preparation for the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World...

16 Swedish crew including teenage Scouts, were rescued yesterday in heavy seas off the north east coast of Scotland...

The French Gov't considers charging for rescues, and an ex-White House aide suggests suing for child sailor endangerment...

Here Grant Headifen discusses the theory of changing course by tacking in the fastest, neatest possible way...

Volvo Ocean Race Legends Regatta is to be held in Alicante, Spain from 1st to 5th November 2011...

Rankings of both fleets show no dominance from any nation, as there are nine countries represented in the top ten...

Plastiki, the catamaran made of recycled plastic, arrived in New Caledonia, its last port call before Sydney, Australia....

When they declared a Lake Sacajawea cardboard boat regatta in Washington State, more than 50 crews entered...

Solid westerlies off Canada BC's Victoria waterfront made for a great start for Division 1 boats in the Vic-Maui Yacht R...

505 North American Championship, Chicago Yacht Club, June 24th-27th report....

A faultless repertoire of moves ensured Estredo claimed victory, whilst Offringa dominated the female fleet....

Photo of a Medevac operation on the Atlantic Ocean after a swinging boom caused a crewman a sever injury....

Trailblazing research calling for a re-think about how to protect corals and other at-risk species under climate change...

New York Yacht Club's (NYYC) Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex is July's most anticipated sailing regatta and the...

IODA North American Championship. Great conditions for the second last day...

Balboa YC announces the 13 teams, with skippers and crew, for the 2010 Governor's Cup junior match race event...

The 22nd Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race started yesterday under overcast skies from the Victoria Harbour star...

PWA Costa Teguise, Lanzarote World Cup 2010 day three report....

Abby Sunderland told the detail of her rescue to the world's press when she arrived back in Marina del Rey...

Cooper Creek is crossing the Birdsville Track and Lake Eyre Yacht Club is to hold its 10th Birthday Regatta, 5-9 July...

A solo sailor dubbed the 'plastic bag man' a record for circumnavigating Australia, will try for 'the big one' next year...

Solo sailor Jeanne Socrates, female answer to Minoru Saito, has emailed us saying she has crossed the equator - again!...

25th Anniversary Georgian Bay Regatta Registration in Lion's Head, Ontario Canada July 25, 2010....

On the east coast, the storied Newport-Bermuda commands the loftiest perch but here on the west coast we have our own tr...

Marblehead claims it's the world's sailing capital as with 20,000 people it has no less than six yacht clubs....

Seawind Whitsunday Rally 2010....

BMW Oracle Racing team celebrated their America's Cup win at the White House with President Barack Obama on Tuesday....

Major rally organisers join forces to create the largest global organisation dedicated to the sport of passage-making...

Having smashed the record for a solo circumnavigation of Australia by 26 days, Ian Thomson is embarking on a tour of Oz...

The World Sailing Speed Record Council announces the ratification of a new World Record for ICAP Leopard....

An Air Force Orion aircraft has successfully located a yacht after a distress beacon alert was received by the NZRCC....

A man's body has been found after the dinghy in which he and his friend were travelling overturned in a river....

BMW Oracle Racing team will ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square....

The Lake Ontario 300 is nearing capacity again this year as over 165 boats have already registered...

Cape Breton Island's ninth-place finish in Race 12 means they are still in contention for a place on the final podium...

IODA 2010 North American Optimist Dinghy Championship...

The Beneteau that was T-boned by a motor yacht last week in Bristol UK, ended up with a large hole...

Once cruising sailors reached the Strait of Bab el Mandeb they had passed the dangerous pirate zone... but no more....

A chief of the pirate gang holding Paul and Rachel Chandler claimed they received over half the ransom being demanded....

Clipper 09 -10...

Finals day for Stage 4 of the World Match Racing Tour produced an all Australian final - Torvar Mirsky v Peter Gilmour...

Top international sailing photographer, Juerg Kaufmann put together this new view of the Swiss 5.5 Nationals...

Ellison delivered on his undertaking with the announcement of the draft Protocol for the 34th America's Cup....

Sixteen-year-old Californian sailor Abby Sunderland has been reunited with her brother Zac on Saturday on Reunion...

Blind Match Racing Championships - The first IFDS Blind Match Racing World Championship was decided today on Lake Garda,...

Clipper 09-10: Race 12, Cape Breton Island to Kinsale, Ireland. Day 8 report from the fleet....

Newport Bermuda Race race wrap...

Cruising sailors Anna and Gregory Haremza cruise around Corsica on their 53ft ketch Amel Super Maramu 2000, La Boheme...

Portugal Match Cup, stage 4 of the World Match Racing Tour. An epic day of match racing for the teams with 25 matches....

J Sailors enjoyed the long weekend sail to Bermuda, winning/placing in many SDL classes and sweeping the DH division....

A small but intrepid band slipped out of the marina at Saimeng Water Sports Club on Dianshan Lake, Shanghai...

Newport Bermuda Race race wrap...

IFDS Blind Match Racing Championships semi finals were sailed today in four - six knots of southerly on Lake Garda....

Ran was the individual winner of the Onion Patch Series in results posted today [Friday]....

Leeway is more prevalent when you are sailing on a close haul or close reach and can be as much as 20 degrees...

Portimao Portugal Match Cup. Day three and a surprising turn of events for Adam Minoprio and his ETNZ/BlackMatch crew....

Clipper Race 09-10 fleet has had a lively 24 hours with the crews on their final ocean crossing of the 35,000-mile race....

First international conference tobe held in Australia to discuss the science and options for adapting to climate change...

CYCA and St Vincents Hospital are offering a course for sailors, Medical Management for Mariners...

Neil and Ley Langford continue their tales of cruising in Borneo on their yacht Crystal Blues, anchored on Sungai Tulia...

People in leisure craft needed to be aware of safety, and particularly hypothermia, at this time of year....

IFDS Blind Match Racing World Championships. - Another day of light winds on Lake Garda...

30-40 knot winds from a low pressure system are helping to speed the fleet towards Ireland....

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. Race 12 Cape Breton Island to Kinsale, Ireland Day 6 report....

World's scientists whose field of interest extends into the uncertain world below about 2000 metres met in Hobart this w...

Carina has won the St. David's Lighthouse Division in the 2010 Newport Bermuda Race, nine boats still on the course....

Portimao, Portugal Match Cup, Stage 4 is home to a new international match racing Academy launch today....

Portimao Portugal Match Cup, Stage 4, has attracted some of the world's most talented crews to the Algarve....

Clipper 09-10: Favourable conditions have led to exceptionally fast progress for the fleet...

Local tourism operators are keeping an eye on Reef health...

Tracking takes centre stage. Optimist North American Championships in Canada feature live tracking....

Villiers (1903-1982) decided to travel to Arabia to record what he believed were the last days of merchant sailing....

Here Grant Headifen continues his sailing tips, this time considering Weather Helm vs Lee Helm:...

The little 6.5m Mini Transat rolled out of Ashbridge's Bay Yacht Club, heading to Annapolis for the Bermuda Ocean Race...

The Farr 30 International One Design Class Association announce the 2010 Canadian National Championship...

The Port Credit Yacht Club invites you to the 2010 Open Regatta and IRC Canadian Championship on July 10 and 11....

Dinghy danger was underlined when Falmouth Coastguard had to rescue 5 children, from 4 to 8, when blown out to sea.....

Another example of an incident that may have had a much more serious outcome had he not been wearing the lifejacket....

Clipper Race 12: Cork has emerged from Stealth Mode and the fleet has the Irish target firmly in their sights....

Andrew and Clare Payne continue their tales of sailing in the Mediterranean in their yacht Eye Candy, now in Italy...

Up to 50 yachts sailed from Gibraltar to Morocco last weekend in what has become THE yacht rally in the western Med...

Quantum Racing and Iberdrola's green revolution overtook the Marseille Trophy regatta, the second event of the MedCup Ci...

Newport Bermuda - Race leaders entered the Gulf Stream at around sunset heading upwind into a south-westerly...

Clipper 09-10 Race 12 - The nine yachts crossed the start line at 1400 local time...

ISAF IJ and IRO Seminars will be held in Chennai, India, from 1-3 Oct 2010 and 2-4 October 2010 respectively...

Champagne sailing conditions as Alex Jackson's Open Division 100 foot supermaxi Speedboat took the lead....

Two people are in hospital - one with a fish hook in her right buttock - after being rescued from a stricken yacht in NZ...

Kieler Woche day one was sailed in strong conditions, with up to 24 knots of wind....

The last boat to finish the offshore race of the 58th Giraglia Rolex Cup, organized by the Yacht Club Italiano, crossed...

Finn Focus at Kieler Woche Day one. The first race was started at 12:00 in 15-18 knots (with more in the gusts)....

33rd Zwitserleven Round Texel Race was cancelled due to excessive conditions....

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Newport to Bermuda Race. Paul Hubbard, is again competing on Bermuda Oyster with an experienced crew and will defend his...

An armada of inshore ocean racers from as far north as San Francisco and as far south as Acapulco, Mexico is lined up fo...

183 sailboats made the start today in the 47th Bermuda Race. The leaders are expected to complete the 635 mile race late...

Giraglia Rolex Cup - in previous editions, Neville Crichton from New Zealand has committed his best efforts to winning l...