Sail World: Sail and sailing, cruising, boating news Sail-World - Sailing, Cruising, Boating News


Collinson FX Market Commentary: May 6, 2013 - Oz interest rate cut? By Collinson FX, , 9:29 PM Sunday 05 May 2013 - Sail-World NZ GMT
Collinson FX Market Commentary: May 6, 2013 - Non-Farm Payrolls came in better than expected fueling the rally in equities. The AUD breached 1.0300 and the KIWI moved over 0.8500 once again. The rally has been sustained by concerted Central Bank intervention and seems likely to continue until fundamentals tip the balance ... [more]

ISAF and ILCA on thin ice? Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright By Marine Business-World, 9:09 PM Sunday 05 May 2013 - GMT
Extracts from an article written for Scuttlebutt USA by IPR lawyer John Harwood-Bee on the lawsuit between Laser designer Bruce Kirby, builder LPE and associated companies and ISAF and ILCA. ... [more]

Coastguards pay tribute to yacht crew after copybook rescue By RNLI/Sail-World Cruising, 8:36 PM Sunday 05 May 2013 - Sail-World Cruising Int GMT
British Coastguards have paid tribute to the preparedness of a yacht crew in an MOB(COB) situation, which possibly saved the life of the overboard crew member who was wearing a life jacket and tethered to the yacht. While the crew could not retrieve her, they pressed the registered DSC radio distress button and the crew member was speedily airlifted to hospital ... [more]

Wessex Exempt are worthy winners of 64th Wilson Trophy By Georgie Corlett, West Kirby , 8:19 PM Sunday 05 May 2013 - Sail-World UK GMT
The 2013 British Open Team Racing Championship for the Wilson Trophy was won by Wessex Exempt today (5 May) in a thrilling best of five final sailed on West Kirby’s marine lake. The six sailors overcame stiff competition from 34 teams from as far afield as America, Ireland and across the UK, eventually meeting Grafham Gorillas in the tense final round of the three-day event. ... [more]

Ulsan PWA World Cup - Slalom sailors paradise on day 2 By Chris Yates, , 7:11 PM Sunday 05 May 2013 - GMT
On day two of the Ulsan PWA World Cup, Jinha beach truly delivered the goods as winds of between 14-25 knots created a slalom sailors paradise for the entire afternoon. After several hours of adrenaline fueled slalom Alberto Menegatti (Starboard / Point-7 / Mystic) and Karin Jaggi (Patrik / Severne) were the sailors wearing the biggest smiles, as they claimed the opening bullets of the campaign. ... [more]

RC44 Trapani Cup - Team Aqua snatch victory on final day By Jo Grindley, , 6:13 PM Sunday 05 May 2013 - GMT
The RC44 Trapani Cup really did go down to the wire, with the eventual winner not decided until the final metres of the final race of the event. Team Aqua had laid the gauntlet down to Team CEEREF winning the opening two races of the day. Going into the final decider Aqua led by just one-point, CEEREF needed to put a boat between them and Aqua to win the regatta. ... [more]

How to go about targeting Luderick off the rocks By Gary Brown, new south wales , 5:49 PM Sunday 05 May 2013 - GMT
Luderick are moderately a sedentary schooling fish that will move between and within estuaries and coastal lakes, with a more pronounced movement or migration occurring prior to spawning. ... [more]

New Crew Transfer Vessel launched by Evolution Commercial By Mark Stothard, Perth , 5:24 PM Sunday 05 May 2013 - GMT
Evolution Commercial are pleased to announce the launch of the first of 2 Crew Transfer Catamarans built to service the Oil and Gas industry at Barrow Island. ... [more]

Extreme Sailing Series Act 3 - The Wave, Muscat victorious in Qingdao By Extreme Sailing Series, , 3:04 PM Sunday 05 May 2013 - Sail-World Asia GMT
In the third act of the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series, Qingdao saved its best for last on the final day and the pressure was understandably on from the first start gun with no quarter given on the water as the teams used classic match racing tactics to try and outwit their nearest rivals. ... [more]

Top of the Gulf Regatta - Challenging conditions on day 2 By Event Media, Pattaya , 2:54 PM Sunday 05 May 2013 - Sail-World Asia GMT
Strong winds greeted sailors on day two of the 2013 Top of the Gulf Regatta at Ocean Marina Yacht Club in Pattaya, Thailand. Windward/Leewards were the first order of the day for keelboat and multihull classes with IRC Racing 3 the exception, sailing a single passage race. Other classes went on to race a second race with the one-design Platu fleet squeezing in a third. ... [more]

Competitors taking to boats for quarter-finals of Wilson Trophy By Georgie Corlett, West Kirby , 2:43 PM Sunday 05 May 2013 - Sail-World UK GMT
The preliminary rounds have now been completed at the 2013 British Open Team Racing Championship for the Wilson Trophy. 34 teams from as far afield as America, Ireland and across the UK have been battling for quarter-final place qualification since Friday lunchtime. ... [more]

Extreme Sailing Series - Winning performance from SAP Extreme Sailing By Jo Uffendell, 11:07 AM Sunday 05 May 2013 - Sail-World Asia GMT
Extreme Sailing Series 2013 team SAP Extreme Sailing started the day as they meant to go on, making it first across the line in the very first race. Commenting on their winning performance today Jes Gram-Hansen said: 'We have had a superb day on the water, maybe even our best ever, with three race wins and third place overall in Act 3. ... [more]

Unveiling the Robalo R180 + Video By Jarrod Day, Melbourne , 10:56 AM Sunday 05 May 2013 - GMT
I was totally blown away recently after receiving an email in that I was asked to join a group of manly men to overlook, test and unveil a new range of boats. ... [more]

RC44 Trapani cup 2013 - Match Racing + Video clips By Jo Grindley, , 9:35 AM Sunday 05 May 2013 - GMT
With no discards allowed at the RC44 events, no-one is taking bets on who will lift the RC44 Trapani Cup. ... [more]

CYCA Winter Series - Tricky and shifty weather conditions for race two By Jennifer Crooks, , 8:58 AM Sunday 05 May 2013 - Sail-World AUS GMT
Mother Nature smiled on the 124 yachts competing in Race two of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Winter Series, providing competitors with a glorious sunny day and moderate south south-westerly winds. ... [more]

Fremantle to Bali Race and Rally - General Lee stuns race fleet By Bernie Kaaks, 4:38 AM Sunday 05 May 2013 - Sail-World AUS GMT
The Wonderful Indonesia Fremantle to Bali race is organised by Fremantle Sailing Club in partnership with the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy. After a solid night’s sailing in relatively light east to south easterly breezes, the canting keel super maxi Super Sled is this morning bowling along the WA coast at an average of more than 13 knots. ... [more]

Chinese billionaire plans four new marinas By Media Services, , 1:55 AM Sunday 05 May 2013 - GMT
A Chinese billionaire and property developer has grand plans for a lineup of new marinas around the coast of China, predicting a time when demand will far exceed supply. ... [more]

Hamilton Island expands social media campaign By Sophie Baker, 1:46 AM Sunday 05 May 2013 - GMT
Australia’s premier island destination has unveiled a short documentary of the global social media initiative, as well as announced a second Instameet in May 2013. ... [more]

Spitfire-inspired Aeroboat launches at Rolls-Royce, London By Claydon Reeves, 1:30 AM Sunday 05 May 2013 - GMT
The Aeroboat, a 15m day boat, powered by a V12 Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine has been launched at Rolls-Royce in Berkeley Square, London UK. ... [more]

Boat handling course a proven show winner By BIA Vic, 1:21 AM Sunday 05 May 2013 - GMT
The 2013 BIA Melbourne Boat Show will offer a free Boat Handling Course to everybody who buys a boat at the show. ... [more]

Club Marine Australian Marine Export & Superyacht Awards approach By AIMEX, 1:07 AM Sunday 05 May 2013 - GMT
Applications for the prestigious 2013 Club Marine Australian Marine Industry Export and Superyacht Awards have now been judged with the announcement of the 2013 winners to be made at the ASMEX Conference gala dinner on Tuesday 21 May at Sanctuary Cove, Queensland. ... [more]

America's Cup: Coutts and Dalton share their views on the Cup's future By Richard Gladwell, 11:20 PM Saturday 04 May 2013 - GMT
The heads of two America's Cup teams squared off in Auckland on Friday May 3, 2013, at a fundraising dinner to support the 2016 Paralympic campaign of two America's Cup sailors, Rick Dodson and David Barnes. Here is the second of a two part feature covering the Question and Answer session between Grant Dalton and Russell Coutts, in front of a very sailing knowledgeable audience ... [more]

James Frecheville: A passion for building wooden boats By Lee Mylchreest, 10:42 PM Saturday 04 May 2013 - Sail-World Cruising Aus GMT
James Frecheville learnt to sail at the age of 8. I don't know when he developed his passion for wooden boats and the creation of a boat an owner will 'not own, but have stewardship over' but it must have developed during his long career of sailing everything from skiff to cruising keelboat. ... [more]

RC44 Trapani Cup - Tumultuous day 4 for Artemis Racing By Paul Cayard, , 9:44 PM Saturday 04 May 2013 - GMT
On day four of the 2013 RC44 Trapani Cup, only two races were held due to thunder and lightning all around the area. The clouds generated strong winds in the 16-23 knot range from the northeast. In the first race, Artemis Racing sailed a pretty smooth race and we finished second behind Cereef with Katusha third. ... [more]

Phoenicia seeks sponsorship to sail the Atlantic By Nancy Knudsen, , 9:06 PM Saturday 04 May 2013 - Sail-World Cruising Int GMT
In 1492 Columbus might have crossed the Ocean Blue and 'discovered' America in his three sailing ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, but it is just possible that the Phoenicians sailed the Atlantic 2,000 years earlier. Money is needed to prove it. ... [more]

Page  Page Back 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Page Forward




 
Our Advertisers are committed to our sport, please support them!
This site and its contents are © Copyright TetraMedia Pty. Ltd and/or the original author, photographer etc. All Rights Reserved.

Photographs are copyright by law. If you wish to use or buy a photograph you must contact the photographer directly (there is a hyperlink in most cases to their website, or do a Google search.) with your request.

Please do not contact Sail-World.com as we cannot give permission for use of other photographer’s images.

Only if the photographer named on the image is Sail-world.com, Powerboat-world.com, Marinebusiness-world.com or NZBoating-World.com. Contact us .
Ph: +61 2 8006 1873 fax: +61 2 8076 0459 or complete our feedback form    Contact us .
   View our Privacy Policy.    [Go Home]     [  Banner Advertising Specification]    [Bot Archive ]

Customised news feeds -Marine Industry companies, Clubs and Associations have their own customised version of our news feed on their website.
Look_here_to_see_examples
 
CLD