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Australian Women’s Match Racing Team ceases campaign By Craig Heydon, 2:14 AM Friday Feb 2012 GMT
Nicky Souter, Katie Spithill and Jessica Eastwell have made the difficult decision to cease their Olympic campaign. From the team: 'we do not believe the new combination can develop its obvious potential sufficiently in the short time remaining, and therefore it is with considerable personal disappointment that we have decided it is fairer to everyone to conclude our campaign at this point.' ...

North U Tactics and Strategy Clinic at MHYC 29th February 7:30pm By Dave O'Connor, Sydney , 1:40 AM Friday Feb 2012 GMT
After the success of last years North U seminars hosted at a number of differnet yacht clubs around the Sydney region including RSYS, SASC, RPAYC and MHYC, the crew from North Sails will once again be presenting their North U seminar starting off at Middle Harbour Yacht Club with a focus on Tactics and strategy on the 29th February, 2012, from 7.30pm. ...

Nine-year-old: 'We're gonna sink. We're gonna die,' but family rescued By Lee Mylchreest, , 12:43 AM Friday Feb 2012 GMT
'If one bad thing goes wrong, it just seems like it gets worse and worse and worse and that's what happened.' These were the words of rescued sailor Mitchell James, skipper of the catamaran lost to the Pacific Ocean after he, his brother Bradley and nine-year-old nephew West were rescued over two hundred nautical miles off the coast of Honolulu. ...

End of season discounts offered for 2011 IRC Certificates By Craig Heydon, , 12:29 AM Friday Feb 2012 GMT
Yachting Australia is offering a 50 per cent discount period for all 2011 end-of-season IRC certificates issued during 1 March and 31 May 2012. The offer will be extended to all Australian boat owners, and provides a substantial saving for those owners wishing to race in the closing months of the current IRC year. ...

RC44 Puerto Calero Cup - Day 2 for Artemis Racing By Paul Cayard, , 9:13 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
The RC44 Calero Cup proceeded with the second day of racing competition which was forecast to be breezy and it was. There was just a single race held in 16-22 knots of wind. Artemis Racing's Paul Cayard brings us up to date on the crew's progress. ...

Volvo Ocean Race crews await health check results + Video By Volvo Ocean Race, 8:51 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
The Volvo Ocean Race fleet are having aerospace technology, which is designed to identify small structural defects, applied ahead of what could be two of the most brutal legs. Every Volvo Open 70, except Groupama 4, is being scrutinised with ultrasound technology by the founding owner of Q.I Composites Stefano Beltrando, who pioneered the application of the science in the marine field 12 years ago ...

NSW Roads and Maritime Services - Exclusive use aquatic licences By NSW Roads and Maritime Services, 8:35 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
NSW Roads and Maritime Services has granted an exclusive use aquatic licences for Budgewoi Lake, Sunday 12 and Hawkesbury River Sayurday 11 and Sunday 12 February. ...

America's Cup: Major free to air US television deal imminent - Coutts By Richard Gladwell, 8:31 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
In a media conference this morning, Russell Coutts revealed that a major broadcast deal was imminent for the USA. When pressed further Coutts said the deal was with one of the major US broadcasters and was a free to air package. ...

RC44 Puerto Calero Cup day 2 Match Race images By Sail-World.com, 8:24 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
RC44 Puerto Calero Cup day 2 Match Race images from Studio Borlenghi photographers Carlo Borlenghi and Guido Trombetta. ...

West Vancouver Yacht Club Hosts 44th Annual Southern Straits Classic By Gwen Hardy, West Vancouver, BC , 8:05 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
The West Vancouver Yacht Club (WVYC) is reminding sailors to mark their calendars for the return of the Annual Southern Straits Classic. Now in its 44th year, the regatta is a West Coast racing tradition and an Easter Weekend ritual for sailors, their families, and the community. ...

Shipwrecked Canadians call rescue 'incredible' By CBC News, , 7:45 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
One of three Canadians picked up by a giant container ship at sea after a storm damaged and then sunk their Hawaii-bound sailboat is calling their dramatic rescue a 'gauntlet of happiness. Brad James, 32, told CBC News on Thursday morning after the rescue that he felt great, despite the dramatic chain of events that left him and his nine-year-old son, West, floating in the dark sea for 2½ hours. ...

Volvo Ocean Race - Reviews and analysis for Groupama team By Vincent Borde, 7:41 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
The Volvo Ocean Race resulted in a second place finish between Maldives and Sanya for Groupama 4 and now Charles Caudrelier reviews the difficult course, whilst Cyrille Douillet analyses the comparative performances of the six VO-70s, a third of the way into the race. ...

Global Ocean Race Scoring Gate relocated for safety By Oliver Dewar, 7:16 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
While the Global Ocean Race fleet leaders are approaching the blueQube Scoring Gate, located in the middle of the Pacific, Conrad Coleman and Adrian Kuttel continue to push hard on their Akilaria RC2, Cessna Citation, sustaining averages of more than fourteen knots and pulling away from Marco Nannini and Hugo Ramon in second on Financial Crisis. ...

RC44 Puerto Calero Cup day 2 - Boat breaking conditions By Jessica Gray, 6:39 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
RC44 Championship Tour 2012 second day of racing kicked in Puerto Calero, Lanzarote. The fleet was eager to get racing underway. With a general recall to start the day, the Principal Race Officer was quick to get the black flag out with the forecast for boat breaking conditions. ...

Inaugural Melges 24 State Titles for South Australia By Tracey Walters, Adelaide , 5:42 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
Melges 24 South Australian State Titles - A group of East Coast Melges 24 crews are making the 16 hour trip from Sydney to Adelaide to compete in the inaugural event this weekend. Some are transporting their boats home from the Nationals in Geelong a fortnight ago via Adelaide. ...

America's Cup: Team Korea sign two current Olympic World Champions By Sail-World, 5:35 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
Team Korea have announced that their America’s Cup sailing team has been joined by two current World Champion sailors. Australian Nathan Outteridge comes aboard as new skipper and helmsman,looking to continue the success that the team has had with its policy of using young skiff talent to lead its challenge for the 34th America’s Cup. ...

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race – Upwind sailing continues By Heather Ewing, , 2:18 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race – 'Well our sail wardrobe has been getting thoroughly aired over the last 12 hours,' Singapore skipper Ben Bowley says in his 0600 report to the Race Office. Similar to the rest of the ten-strong ocean racing yachts taking part in the race, the last 24 hours has been testing for the crew, as they deal with the upwind sailing conditions. ...

UIM X-Cat World Powerboat Series - Team Fazza take top spot By Alice Ekonomou, , 1:34 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
UIM X-Cat World Powerboat Series - Dubai’s Fazza kept off some stiff competition from the rest of the field to win the third heat of the series held at the Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club. Starting off from Pole Position, the Fazza duo of Mohammed Al Marri and Arif Saif Al Zaffain made use of their brand-new boat to finish in top position ...

Round the Island Race entries pile in By Peta Stuart-Hunt, 12:55 PM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race - The property developer and internationally renowned yachtsman Mike Slade is returning to Cowes to compete in Britain's favourite yacht race, with his 100ft Super Maxi ICAP Leopard and in defence of his most recent and the current monohull record set in 2008 at a time of 3.53.05. ...

Vice Admiral’s Cup Regatta - Record number of entries By Fiona Brown, 11:35 AM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
Vice Admiral’s Cup Regatta 2012, hosted by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, is being held from 18th to 20th May and looks set to break all previous records with more than 60 entries anticipated. The eighth edition of this hugely popular regatta will feature classes for 44-46' series production boats (minimum 4 produced) with a maximum IRC rating of 1.240 and a max SPA of 181.5 sq meters ...

Global Ocean Race: Buckley Systems home tomorrow morning By Ross and Campbell Field, 11:24 AM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
Buckley Systems (Ross and Campbell Field) pulled out of the Global Ocean Race, about a week ago after a sequence of crash tacks and gybes while sailing in heavy seas. They are due to arrive back in Auckland at 0900hrs tomorrow, Friday 10 February. Ross Fields is off the boat already, in Tauranga, to see a medical specialist. ...

Australian Jessica Crisp starts 2012 in winning style By Craig Heydon, 10:36 AM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
Triple Olympian and Australian Sailing Team member Jessica Crisp has started 2012 in winning style with regatta victories on either side of the Tasman. Crisp picked up her first win for the year at the 2012 RS:X Australian Championships at Hawks Nest in New South Wales over the Australia Day weekend. ...

Mardi Gras Regatta on Sydney Harbour preview By ASCC, 9:58 AM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
Mardi Gras Regatta is a multi-race one day regatta in three person Elliot keel boats. The annual event is organised by the Australian Sailing and Cruising Club Inc (ASCC) and sets sail on Saturday February 11. ASCC Commodore Neil Cossor said the LGBT sailing group provides sailing and boating opportunities for all levels of ability and welcomes both sail and powerboat enthusiasts. ...

Legendary America's Cup yachts en route to Sydney Harbour By Ben Morgan, , 9:44 AM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
KA5 Australia and KA14 Steak n Kidney, two of Australia's legendary 12 metre America's Cup racing yachts, will arrive into Sydney Harbour on Saturday 11th February 2012. The arrival will mark the completion of a six month recovery effort which has seen the yachts visit Mackay, Keppel Bay, Gladstone, Mooloolaba, Brisbane, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Nelsons Bay and Newcastle. ...

Hardy Cup - David Gilmour victorious By Peter Campbell, , 9:16 AM Thursday Feb 2012 GMT
Hardy Cup 2012, an ISAF Grade 3 under 25 match racing regatta, final day of racing got underway on Sydney Harbour. David Gilmour today became the first West Australian yachtsman to win the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron’s prestigious Hardy Cup. ...

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