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The new logo for the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships was unveiled this week at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre in Perth, Western Australia in front of an audience of Australian media and key Western Australian sporting and political identities….
The Boating Industry Association of NSW, organiser of the Sydney International Boat Show, remains confident that boaters will embrace the 2009 show (July 30-August 3) despite the economic downturn. As of earlier this week, exhibitor space had almost reached its…
A top class fleet of 55 Etchells begins three days of intense racing today off Mooloolaba in Queensland, with a six-race series for the 13th annual Musto Winter National Championship. Among the sailors on the start line are the 2004…
Leg eight of the Volvo Ocean Race, starting on Saturday June 6, will take the fleet over a tricky route from Galway, Ireland to Marstrand, Sweden. “It's not straightforward by any means,” said Jules Salter, the Ericsson 4 navigator, at…
Victoria's oldest sporting event and Australia's largest sailing regatta prepares to expand its horizons without Skandia, its title sponsor for the past six years. Chairman of Geelong Week Andrew Neilson today announced the dates for 2010 and explained the earlier…
Have you been looking for your own place to sit in the stern pushpit ? No problem the new seats made by Niro-Petersen enable you to do that now. It hangs in the stern pushpit and is supported by the…
More than 160 sailors have already entered the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games to be held in October. The vast majority are Australians, with overseas entries also received from Tanzania, the USA, Japan, and the most high profile inclusion, Crown…
More than 20 entries are confirmed for the second Fiji Hobie Challenge and 2009 South Pacific Hobie championships in Suva from June 26 to July 3. Fiji's Hobie fleet 252 hosted the inaugural Suzuki Fiji Hobie Challenge last September, using…
Sportsboat sailors have an extra regatta on offer this year in the Whitsunday Islands. In addition to the Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week from August 13-20, traditionally one of the most popular events on the national sportsboat calendar, this…
Planning to go sailing this weekend in NSW? Better check those flares are up to date and you have all other necessary safety equipment aboard. NSW Maritime South Region Manager Craig Whitmore said Boating Safety Officers of NSW Maritime would…
Bavaria Yachts is delighted to announce the introduction of the new Cruiser 32. Continuing the exciting collaboration with Farr Yacht Design and BMW Designworks USA (part of the BMW Group), the new Cruiser 32 will retain the market leading benefits…
Musto's new logo is contemporary and powerful and will easily identify it in the market place. The new strap line of “Performance Anywhere” unifies all areas of this leading brand and reinforces Musto as the brand of choice for discerning…
Two impressive new “Gun Boat” trophies will be introduced at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week in August this year to recognise the yachts that have dominated the race for line honours during the regatta. One of the trophies will be…
Outteridgeand Jensen win Gold for Australiain 49er class The Australian Sailing Team's Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen have won the 49erclass at the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Holland,comfortably defending the points lead they took into Sunday's medal race. In justtheir…
It went down to the last hurdle between No Way Back, Artemis and Team Aqua, separated by two points only before the ninth and last regatta of the event. No Way Back wins the fleet race ranking – on a…
PUMA won the in-port race series in Galway today after two thrilling races were held on Galway Bay. This is the first time that PUMA has been on top of the podium for the Volvo Ocean Race and it brings…
Issues such as safer boats or better rescue services, consumer attitudes to boating safety, standards for recreational boats, the need for a national boat operator's licence and doing business in the current financial climate were just some topics “on the…
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