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A canopy of water heads for the sailors on deck. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG during leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Sanya, China to Auckland, New Zealand.  Amory Ross/Puma Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race©

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Lots of sailing news today.

The America's Cup 2013 is set to make TV history

Volvo Ocean Race fleet tracks towards Auckland and there is news from the Extreme 40, Farr 40's,

A heavy squall hit final competitors in the last hours of the Heaven Can Wait 24-hour yacht race on Lake Macquarie, Sunday 2 October 2011.  Greg Dickins

The Heaven Can Wait 2012 is heading for its seventh year, with a One Lap Dash and the ever challenging 24 Hour Race, on Lake Macquarie. The Lake's entrance is being dredged to three metres, so that will allow more Sydney boats to enter this year. Read all about it.

Heaven Can Wait Charity Yacht Race - Seventh Heaven in 2012! Mark Cherrington, Heaven Can Wait 24 hour Charity Yacht Race seventh edition is on again this year, and will be held on the September-October long weekend around the waters of Lake Macquarie in the north of Sydney.... [more] Share this story

NSW Laser Class Training: Book Now! Laura Baldwin, There are a few remaining opportunities to gain coaching input from Australia's Laser superstars. The dates and links to the online registration forms are below. What: NSW Laser Class Training Time: 10am-4pm (please be rigged by 10am ready for the briefing)... [more] Share this story

NCYC Newcastle to Port Stephens Yacht Race - 15 April 2012 Richard Howard, Migrate North (but not too far) in the NCYC Newcastle to Port Stephens Yacht Race - 15 April 2012. With yachts racing to NCYC from Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club (RPAYC) on the Saturday, NCYC has decided to provide free berthing on that evening to any competitors in the race to Port Stephens from Newcastle the following day.... [more] Share this story

America's Cup: Major America's Cup TV deal announced Richard Gladwell, A major announcement has been made on the TV broadcast in the US of the 34th America's Cup. There was no further detail on the arrangement at this mornings weekly international media conference on America's Cup matters. However the arrangement at this stage covers only the America's Cup itself, and not the Louis Vuitton Cup and whatever is conducted as a Defender Selection Series.... [more] Share this story

RS Fevas and the year ahead Bill Tucker, The RS Feva Worlds 2012 will be held at Hayling Island and it will be the first time this event has been held in the UK. As at the time of writing there are already 100 boats entered from eight countries.... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race - Into the Doldrums Volvo Ocean Race, The Volvo Ocean Race sleigh ride of the past two days is coming to an end and Groupama 4 (Franck Cammas/FRA) is the clear victor. With 2,532 nautical miles (nm) to run to the finish the teams are now setting up for their entry to the Doldrums, where luck will play a big part.... [more] Share this story

Global Ocean Race - Drama for Phesheya Racing Oliver Dewar, In the Global Ocean Race, Conrad Coleman and Adrian Kuttel sailed across the Punta del Este finish line on Wednesday earning them the first place spot in Leg 3 with Cessna Citation. There was drama to the south off the Falkland Islands for Nick Legatt and Phillippa Hutton-Squire on Phesheya Racing and some unusually civilised behavior from Marco Nannini and Hugh Ramon off the coast of Argentina... [more] Share this story

Sail Port Stephens brings around $1m to the local economy Janelle Gardner, Sail Port Stephens is one of the most popular and fastest growing sailing regattas in Australia. Sail Port Stephens 2011 saw an 11% increase in entries over 2010 and 31% increase on 2009*. After just four years the regatta has grown from a fleet of 25 boats to over 125 with crew, friends and family expanding the attendee numbers to over 4500.... [more] Share this story

Extreme Sailing Series Act 1 - Head to head battle Extreme Sailing Series, Extreme Sailing Series - Groupe Edmond de Rothschild lead going into the final day of Act 1 but Oman Air are just one point off first place. Tomorrow's finale sees at least five teams in contention for the podium.... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race - Puma's Mar Mostro chase down the French Amory Ross, Volvo Ocean Race - Amory Ross, MCM for Puma Ocean Racing, reports on the crew's progress: We continue to careen around the Pacific Ocean like an angry New York City taxi driver delivering a very-late passenger. One minute we're skipping down the face of a wave only just on the edge of control, the next we're slamming into a wall of water on the bow, bringing the boat to a head-jerking halt... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race - Groupama prepares for the Doldrums Franck Cammas, Volvo Ocean Race - The easterly tradewinds are gradually easing and the cloud masses are putting in an appearance again, disrupting the wind which is alternating between gusts and light patches, making the sail choices somewhat tricky given the short duration of the phenomena. The first to suffer these inconveniences Groupama 4 has conceded a few miles to her pursuers... [more] Share this story

Global Ocean Race - Cessna Citation finish leg 3 Oliver Dewar, After a slow final 24 hours, Conrad Colman and Adrian Kuttel crossed the Global Ocean Race (GOR) Leg 3 finish line in Punta del Este, Uruguay.... [more] Share this story

FX: What the Sailors say about the ISAF Olympic Womens Skiff entry Ben Gladwell, In this video double Olympic representative, Jo Aleh, ISAF Youth World Gold medalist Martine Grael (BRA) and Olympic Bronze medalist Isabel Swan (BRA) give their impressions of the FX. And ISAF World Youth Silver medalist, Alex Maloney, and double ISAF Youth Representative in the Womens Singlehanded event, Molly Meech talk about transitioning to the new Event and their hopes for 2016 Olympics.... [more] Share this story

Sponsorship Proposals for Sailors 101 www.yachtracing.biz, Despite an increasing professionalism in the sport of sailing and yacht racing, many sailing rights holders' presentations are inferior to those prepared by 20 year old motor-racing drivers.... [more] Share this story

Pittwater Multihull Rendezvous - Spots still open for a superb weekend Kate Elkington, Entries for the 2012 Pittwater Multihull Rendezvous are filling quickly. The event is set to take place 17-18 March with spots currently still available to join in on a superb weekend of sailing and social action. Set against the spectacular backdrop of Pittwater, the Multihull Rendezvous brings together power and sail multihull enthusiasts... [more] Share this story

Geographe Bay turns it on for the last day Bernie Kaaks, The vast majority of sailors in this week's Redink Homes Geographe Bay Race Week finished the final race with huge smiles. The Bay turned on a 15 to 20 knot southerly at the start of the race, giving the well sailed yachts a real blast and causing mayhem among some of the lest experienced.... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race - Groupama 4 flying Volvo Ocean Race, In the Volvo Ocean Race, bowman and boat captain Martin Krite, stated that 'The mean green reaching machine Groupama 4 is on fire, we're flying, sailing really well,' as the team consolidated its lead to 80.7 nautical miles with just under 3,000 nm to go to the finish in Auckland.... [more] Share this story

Farr 40 USA Circuit Championship Event 2 all set for Miami Tink Chambers, With the Farr 40 USA Circuit Event 2 set for South Miami Beach, March 7-10, the Farr 40 Class is looking forward to welcoming the teams to the highly anticipated competition. It will be an extremely exciting week in Miami where beautiful weather and favorable racing conditions are anticipated. PRO David Brennan is planning to conduct 10 races throughout the four days of scheduled racing.... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race - Puma close reaching at 20 knots Amory Ross, Volvo Ocean Race - Amory Ross, MCM for Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg, reports on the crew's progress during day ten of Leg 4.... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race: A sleighride through the 500nm a day barrier Volvo Ocean Race, It has been a thrilling night on the racetrack when half the fleet racing in Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race broke through the magical 500-nautical mile (nm) barrier. As the high-speed chase to Auckland continues to test the crews to the full, the leg leader board has a new look today.... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race: The drips return and a ripped jib hurts on Camper Hamish Hooper, Camper, and her crew from Emirates Team New Zealand, were struck a cruel blow last night when one of their most crucial sails ripped in two while hurtling south at speeds of more than 20 knots. From on board Camper, Hamish Hooper talks us through his day...Includes video from onboard Camper... [more] Share this story

America's Cup - San Francisco's Pier 80 a major player Erik Simonson, 34th America's Cup - Mayor Edwin M. Lee and the America's Cup Event Authority (ACEA) have announced a consolidated venue plan, removing Piers 30-32 for use during the America's Cup events, consolidating all racing teams at Pier 80 and build a race village at Pier 27-29.... [more] Share this story

NSW Maritime Flood Alert NSW Roads and Maritime Services, Boat owners and skippers are advised to keep clear of flood affected waterways which are impacting much of NSW, according to Roads and Maritime Services.... [more] Share this story

Flying Tiger FT-10 NSW State Titles on Sydney Harbour Neil Hamilton, The FT-10 NSW State Titles were once again successfully conducted over the weekend of February 18-19 on Sydney Harbour with an eight boat fleet greeting the start boat. The event was organised by the FT-10 Class Association and was hosted and run by the RANSA Sailing Club.... [more] Share this story

The onboard briefing - is yours good enough? John Malatak/Sail-World Cruising, John Malatak, Chief of Program Operations, US Coast Guard Boating Safety Division, offers a reminder about how important safety briefings are on board a sailing boat, and what should be included:... [more] Share this story

Brisbane to Gladstone - Ready for competition Ian Grant, The impressive Rod Jones owned and skippered Welbourne 50 Audi Centre Sunshine Coast-Alegria V promises to attract a wave of support from members of the Maroochy River Sailing club over the Easter weekend. Both skipper Rod Jones and his dual Audi Australian championship winning crew have expressed their loyalty to create history for the popular Sunshine Coast dinghy club... [more] Share this story

ORCi Championships - Entries approaching record levels ORC Media, The Audi ORCi World Championship is set to take place in Finland this year and already the event is approaching 100 entries for the August start. The Celadrin ORC European Championship in Italy expects over 70 to attend in June. The two largest events on the 2012 ORC calendar are on track to becoming among the most popular ever in the 43-year history of the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC).... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race - Raw power, soaked decks and high speeds Volvo Ocean Race, Volvo Ocean Race - Ian Walker, skipper of Abu Dhabi Ocean Race, said 'Finally, it feels like the Volvo Ocean Race. No more drifting around or upwind sailing – just raw power, soaking decks and high speeds,' as the fleet surged south, clicking off the miles towards the Auckland finish, the sailing is nothing short of sensational.... [more] Share this story

Radio repeater invaluable in offshore rescue Ken McManus, A new marine radio upgrade for the NSW South Coast proved invaluable in a marathon night rescue trip for volunteers from Marine Rescue Ulladulla and a crippled cruiser adrift 30 nautical miles off the coast. Marine Rescue Ulladulla's 52ft offshore rescue vessel, Encounter, made a 60 nautical mile round trip to tow the cruiser to safety when it broke down off Jervis Bay on Thursday afternoon.... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race: Too tight to call in late running Leg 4 Richard Gladwell, With around 3700nm to sail to Auckland, and nine days left to do it, not too many around the Auckland waterfront are picking a finish as scheduled on 8 March, In Auckland. Projections run by Sail-World using Predictwind's routing function have the fleet currently finishing at 11.00am on the 15 March - three days before Leg 5 is due to start from Auckland.... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race: Global Party at the Auckland Stopover Penny Dain, There's a Global Party lined up for the Race Village in the Viaduct during the Auckland Stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race. A rolling programme of entertainment for twelve hours each day - from 9am to 9pm - has been put together for the Stopover which runs from 8 - 18 March. And it's all free.... [more] Share this story

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