The Northern series, Magnetic Video, AC45's and Oz on top

America's Cup World Series Training Day in Newport, RI  Leighton O'Connor ©

The Northern series - Australian keel boat skippers and crews attention is turning to Southport, Keppel, Airlie Beach, Hamilton Island and Magnetic Island. Have you seen last year's SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week' s Wrap video ?

90 crews enjoyed last year's Magnetic Island event. This video shows just why this is a must do regatta.

This year it runs from August 30th to September 4th 2012. The Notice of Race is online now, online entry is live!!

If you have entered - watch this video now!! If you have not - watch this video now!new!

Never A Dull Moment, SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2011  Teri Dodds ©

London Olympians Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty have made it into the top eight at the Womens Match Racing Worlds, in Sweden overnight. After a great result at Sail for Gold in Weymouth, everyone has fingers and toes crossed for another podium placing here.

The Doyen of America's Cup and Olympic journalism Bob Fisher is keeping us all up to date, as only he can ahead of the the AC45 event in Newport. Richard Gladwell is preparing to provide all the interesting details from the July 21st launch of the Emirates Team NZ AC72.

In a months time, The Fish and RG will be part of our team in Weymouth and we will all be sinking the odd pint, along with another Pomme Mark Chisnell and our US Editor David Schmidt and our European Editor Jed Kennedy. Thankfully the beer will be coming out of the Sail-World fridge, so it will be cooler than the usual Brit beer.

The latest ISAF Olympic Class World Ranking Leaders released yesterday has three Aussie crews on top. Men's One Person Dinghy – Laser Tom Slingsby, Men's Two Person Dinghy – 470 Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page and Men's Skiff - 49er Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen

Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen racing in Weymouth - Weymouth and Portland International Regatta 2011  Thom Touw ©

Interesting that there is not a single British world ranking leader on the nine Olympic classes, if anything reflecting that the Pommes have had some up and down results and focused more on sailing in Weymouth rather than the World circuit.

An interesting time ahead!!

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Magnetic Island Race Week 2011 - the Wrap video SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week Media, SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week 2011 - this Wrap video shows just why this is a must do regatta. 90 crews enjoyed last years event. Have you entered for 2012? If you have- watch this now!! If you have not - watch this video now!!... [more] Share this story

Fisher's View: Day minus 1 ACWS Newport - Will they come to the races? Bob Fisher, Day minus 1: 'Twas the day before Christmas . . . or something like that. The morning was one of great hush with the last-minute preparations and repairs even taking place in the boat hangars close to the shore at Fort Adams. The crowds are somewhat diminished from those at the weekend, but the car parks were filling nicely by 0930... [more] Share this story

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2012 Accommodation options - Book Now Kristie Kaighin, Have you booked your accommodation for Hamilton Island Race Week 2012? We now have some popular options on Special over Race Week. We have several privately owned apartments, villas and houses available for Hamilton Island Race Week. View our website for descriptions and photos - www.whitsundayholidays.com.au.... [more] Share this story

Our Winter Series is hot Peter Hackett, We think our Queensland Cruising Yacht Club winter series at Shorncliffe is one of the coolest. This weekend's heat is a passage race to Scarborough for a few rums and an overnight there before a return Otter Rock Plate back to Shorncliffe, and it looks like the weather gods are going to break this London weather pattern for us to don the T-shirts again.... [more] Share this story

America's Cup World Series Training Day images by Leighton O'Connor Leighton O'Connor images, Images by photographer Leighton O'Connor from the America's Cup World Series Training Day in Newport, RI.... [more] Share this story

Musto Skiff Worlds - Foggy start to day 1 + Video Rick Perkins, The fleet started first time with an individual recall and a number of sailors chosing to restart to keep their scores on day 1 of the ACO Musto Skiff World Championships.... [more] Share this story

ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championships - Through to next stage Craig Heydon, At the 2012 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championships the Australian trio of Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty finished third in their group with five wins and two losses from the opening round robin.... [more] Share this story

Australian through to next stage of Women's Match Racing World titles Craig Heydon, Australia's Women's Match Racing team has won their way through to the next stage of racing at the 2012 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Gottenburg, Sweden.... [more] Share this story

Working with Classics in an Aramid Age - Part 2 of a look at 3Di Richard Gladwell, Continuing the Sail-World's story on North Sails working with the classic J class yachts and 3Di: North's production isn't limited to the grey of 3Di. Often they will have four materials on the loft floor – 3Di, 3DL, Dacron and spinnaker nylon. 'The size of the sails being built has required some original thinking in terms of machinery, says Production Manager Matt Smeaton.... [more] Share this story

Coutts Quarter Ton Cup 2012 final day - Third victory for Morton Fiona Brown, Going into the final day of the Coutts Quarter Ton Cup 2012 Peter 'Morty' Morton's 1978 Fauroux held a three-point lead over Sam Laidlaw's 1990 Vrolick designed Aquila. Race seven set the tone of high drama when a number of teams misjudged the strength of the tide, resulting in a series of mark one pile ups.... [more] Share this story

AC World Series Newport - Artemis ready for battle Artemis Racing, America's Cup World Series Newport competition gets underway tomorrow. This will be the fifth and final event of the five part series. Having won the match racing in both Naples and Venice, Artemis leads this element of the series and is third in the overall standings.... [more] Share this story

Olympic Sailing Competition – Sydney 2000 ISAF, The aesthetics were picture-perfect for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Sailing Competition - with Sydney Harbour's imposing city skyline, the stunning Sydney Opera House, and Harbour Bridge. On the outlook, a wonderful venue but challenging conditions faced the sailors throughout the competition.... [more] Share this story

La Solitaire du Figaro - Yann Eliès victorious in opening leg Marie Le Berrigaud-Perochon, At 15:59:07 this afternoon in the opening leg of the 2012 La Solitaire du Figaro - Eric Bompard Cachemire, Yann Eliès, on Groupe Queguiner-Le Journal des Entreprises, crossed the line in first place to take the victory. The French skipper took three days, three hours, nine minutes and seven seconds of extreme concentration to cover the 451 miles from Paimpol to Gijon, Spain.... [more] Share this story

J Class: Valsheda wins in the fog on Day 2 of UK Series, Falmouth Ben Stack, The second day of the J Class regatta started in very dull weather, with thick fog and light rain. However, spectators, crew, and owners alike were desperate to get out on the water and the race was scheduled to start at twelve as planned. The fog lifted slightly as twelve o'clock approached and the rain stopped.... [more] Share this story

Kiteboard Slalom World Championship heads to Sylt ISAF, The Kiteboard Slalom World Championship is set to take place from June 26 to July 1 in Sylt, Germany, where high performance will meet with high expectations and awesome jumps, dizzying races and pulsating slalom rides will be witnessed. Who becomes the World Champion in Slalom and who will be the rising star in Freestyle and Race?... [more] Share this story

ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 27 June 2012 ISAF, The ISAF World Sailing Rankings for 27 June 2012 have been released. The next release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings will be on 15 August 2012.... [more] Share this story

Beneteau Oceanis 45 - It's a big wrap! John Curnow, 2012 European sailboat of the year in the family cruiser category, eh? It's a big wrap for the Beneteau Oceanis 45, but it's also a fair one.... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race - Short but threatening Leg 9 Volvo Ocean Race, In the Volvo Ocean Race, at just 550 miles long it may be the shortest of all the offshore tests, but Leg 9 still has the potential to present race-threatening conditions for the teams. The sprint from Lorient in northwest France to Galway on the west coast of Ireland will only take a couple of days to complete but as this race has seen so many times during its 39,000-mile odyssey, fortunes can... [more] Share this story

Clipper Round the World Race leaders cling on to podium positions Amy Martindale, Clipper 2011-12 Round the World Yacht Race fleet are on day twelve of race thirteen from Nova Scotia to Derry-Londonderry. As the depression caused by ex-tropical storm ‘Chris' continues to slowly move north west of Ireland, the ten-strong fleet has had a mixed bag of weather in the last 24 hours. Potential still remains for a re-shuffle of positions on the leader board.... [more] Share this story

London 2012 Olympics - Australian sailors meet HRH Prince of Wales Craig Heydon, London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition is being held at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. Yesterday, Tuesday 26th June, a group of Australian sailors received a royal visit while training in Weymouth.... [more] Share this story

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - 100th entry received Rob Mundle, The 100th entry for Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2012 is Chirping Bird. From August 17 to 25 Chirping Bird and a crew of family and friends, will be lining up for the yacht's third consecutive Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.... [more] Share this story

ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship - Off to a good start Craig Heydon, Australian sailors Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty are off to a perfect start at the 2012 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship.... [more] Share this story

Valmadre Cup Series - Hot competition for cold Arlene Offshore WA, After a chilly morning Fremantle, Western Australia turned on beautiful winter sun for Saturday's Arlene Race, the first heat of this year's Valmadre Cup Series, hosted by Fremantle Sailing Club.... [more] Share this story

ISAF Women's Match Racing Worlds - Early favourites in control ISAF, At the 2012 ISAF Women's Match Racing Worlds in Gothenburg, Sweden the early favourites have proven their worth and taken control after day 1.... [more] Share this story

America's Cup World Series heats up ACWS, Oracle Team's USA's Jimmy Spithill and Emirates Team New Zealand's Dean Barker have both declared their intention to leave Newport with the inaugural AC World Series trophy in hand.... [more] Share this story

AC World Series Newport - Oracle Team USA prepares for battle Tim Jeffery, In practice last weekend for America's Cup World Series Newport, team skipper Jimmy Spithill acknowledged the local support Oracle Team USA, defender of the 2013 America's Cup, received on the waters of Narragansett Bay. 'The patriotism was awesome,' said Spithill, who skippered the American team to victory at the 2010 America's Cup. 'Anytime we were close to another boat there was yelling and... [more] Share this story

Fisher's View: Day minus 2 ACWS Newport - Coutts: Do we need 11 crew Bob Fisher, Day minus 2: Russell Coutts was unbending when questioned about the crew numbers on the AC-72s. At the public press conference, I put it to him that the consensus was that eleven men would find sailing one of these boats for an hour would be exhausting - and there was no indication from him that this number would be increased, rather the opposite; Coutts spoke of ten, even nine... [more] Share this story

WA sailors ahoy! - Sea Safety and Survival course -See the Video Bryan Thurstan, The line up of owners and crew was a United Nations of WA sailing. The Instructor looked over the yacht crews. His blue eyes were piercing as he pointed at an average build sailor. 'Zee average survival time in zee cold vaters of zee southern ocean for you is zree hours!' He moved his gaze to one of the larger-built sailors. 'You vill last just a little longer!!'... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race crews prepare for Bretagne In-Port Race Volvo Ocean Race, In the Volvo Ocean Race, with four days to go to the resumption of competitive action this weekend in Lorient, all six teams are preparing for the Bretagne In-Port Race on Saturday and the start of final offshore leg to Galway the following day.... [more] Share this story

London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition venue receives Royal visit Kate Holmes, The London 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Competition venue, Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA), received a visit from the Prince of Wales today, 26th June. Hosted by Chairman of the WPNSA Edward Leask, Chief Executive John Tweed and Ben Ainslie who is a triple Gold medalist as well as a WPNSA Director, The Prince of Wales was able to view firsthand the world class sailing venue.... [more] Share this story

America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ's AC72 catamaran arrives at Viaduct Warren Douglas, The build of Emirates Team New Zealand's AC72 catamaran entered its final phase today with the arrival of the major components at the Team's Viaduct Harbour base. The hulls, cross beams and other structural elements arrived separately. The shore crew will assemble the components into the 'platform' over the next few weeks.... [more] Share this story

ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship - Aussies ready Craig Heydon, Australian sailors Olivia Price, Nina Curtis and Lucinda Whitty will face their final test before the London 2012 Olympic Games this week as they take on the world's best 15 Women's Match Racing crews at the 2012 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden.... [more] Share this story

Maritime Alert - Dangerous Surf Conditions for NSW coast NSW Roads and Maritime Services, BoM warning about dangerous surf conditions from Tweed Heads to Coffs Harbour from today. Skippers and owners of small craft should be on high alert and to check the conditions before considering crossing a coastal bar or heading offshore.... [more] Share this story

Northshore Nationals at RMYC Toronto, Lake Macquarie Rod Mackay RMYC Toronto Publicity Officer, The Sailing Committee at Lake Macquarie's RMYC Toronto are pleased to announce invitations for the third Australian Championships for Northshore Yachts.... [more] Share this story

Fisher's View: Day minus 3 ACWS Newport - The Elephant is in the Room Bob Fisher, Day minus 3: While the attention should be on the completion of the 2011/2012 AC-45 World Series, much of the talk is of the AC-72s. It runs from the AC hierarchy right through to the sailors and the topics are wide and various, from whether the size of the boats will produce too heavy demands on the crews to the way in which the boats themselves are designed and structured.... [more] Share this story

North Sails: Working with Classics in an Aramid Age Richard Gladwell, In the Aramid Age of Sailmaking, grey sails are becoming an increasing sight amongst harbour and club racers, as well as on the international racing scene. The rapid take up of the new technology of 3Di has surprised even North Sails' NZ Designer, Burns Fallow. 'Two years ago we would have had ten 3DL sails for every 3Di. Now it is about even.'... [more] Share this story

Coutts Quarter Ton Cup - Fast, furious, nail-biting day 1 + Video Fiona Brown, Opening action for the 2012 Coutts Quarter Ton Cup in Cowes is best summed up as fast, furious and nail-biting fun! The thirty teams enjoyed three amazing races in near perfect conditions. With only seconds separating many of the finishers, both on the water and on corrected time, the Quarter Tonners once again demonstrated why so many sailors have an enduring love affair with the class... [more] Share this story

Volvo Ocean Race - Camper's Pammenter back in for final leg Volvo Ocean Race, In the Volvo Ocean Race, Camper with Emirates Team New Zealand bowman Mike Pammenter has been given the go ahead to re-join the race for the final leg to Galway and the two in-shore races. After some six weeks on the sidelines with an injured back, the South African can hardly wait.... [more] Share this story

Newport Bermuda Race - No single winner determined Talbot Wilson, In the Newport Bermuda Race, no single boat has emerged as the winner. This classic ocean race has five divisions and 16 classes. The 166 boats entered in 2012 raced for over 100 trophies including five major division trophies under the Offshore Racing Rule (ORR) system, and one major prize for IRC that combines most boats in the St. David's and Gibbs Hill Divisions that choose to be dual scored... [more] Share this story

America's Cup: More Images from Newport Daniel Forster, Top international photographer, Daniel Forster is in Newport for the next round of the America's cup World Series and filed this second gallery of images of the teams practicing, in the traditional home of the America's Cup. The event will be sailed off Fort Adams and not the traditional America's Cup course... [more] Share this story

CYCA's Winter Series - Images from race 8 Beth Morley/Pierre Spee images, Images from Race 8 of the CYCA's Audi Winter Series on Sydney Harbour.... [more] Share this story

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