Finn Gold Cup - Wright does it wright
Ed Wright (GBR) put a wrong to right today in winning the Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco.

Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week Day 2 - Colourful spinnaker start
With the prospect of a steady afternoon breeze, the 23.5 nautical mile Townsville race was today's course.

Try Crewing on a sailing boat
Have you ever dreamt about being part of a yacht crew?

PWA Almanarre, Hyeres Women's Slalom World Tour Final - Day one
Arrigheti storms into the lead with three solid bullets in an action packed afternoon

WMRT: A Touch of Luck defines Day 4 of the St Moritz Match Race
The weather has tested the skippers' mettle all week and today it created a spectacular sporting moment that had the cro

Steiner X-Yachts Gold Cup in Tuscany Day 3
Steiner X-Yachts Gold Cup - Third day of racing today at Marina di Scarlino in Maremma Tuscany.

Laser Worlds 2010 - Slingsby's double wins have him on track for title
Laser Worlds 2010 - Tom Slingsby's two strong wins today bring the Australian's third Laser world title in four years wi

RS:X World Championships - Kerteminde rollercoaster ride
RS:X World Championships - Rollercoaster ride was the best description of today's two final race.

St Moritz Match Race - Team GAC Pindar progress to semi-finals
World Match Racing Tour - Williams and his Team GAC Pindar crew got off to a flying start at the St Moritz Match Race.

Sydney's 2010-2011 Harbour racing season wet and windy start
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's 2010-2011 harbour racing season has opened with less than half the entered boats.

Knud Olsen, father of the OK Dinghy, dies
The British OK Association have advised of the death of class designer, Knud Olson at the age of 90. His son writes:

Laser World Championships - The pressure cooker penultimate day
Laser World Championships - It's the penultimate day and in both senses the pressure is building nicely.

Racing Hots up on Day 2 of Australian Youth Match Racing Championships
Tasmanian Skipper Elliot Noye and his crew are at the top of the table after a perfect score card today.

NSW Maritime Alert: Flooding Waters and Debris
An alert to boaters in the Murray River region due to heavy rains falling across northern Victoria and the Albury area

Gladwell's Line: America's Cup 70: A boat for a Cup or Circus?
On Monday 13 September the boat for the 34th America's Cup is due to be announced, along with the Protocol for that Seri

Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week day 1 - Going hard right
The fourth annual Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week began today as the IRC fleet was gunned away at 11.00am

Finn Gold Cup - Wright extends
Finn Gold Cup race nine was sailed in 16-20 knots with the right again proving popular with most of the fleet.

Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week day 1 start images
Images from Day 1 at Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week.

Ten Opti-Tackers gifted to RYCT Dinghy Group
The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania's annual Sail School got under way today with a record 151 participants.

Casey on track at Finn World Championship
Casey has had a consistent week and finds himself well entrenched in the top 10 for Saturday's final race

RS:X World Championship - Crisp narrowly misses spot in medal race
The Australian Sailing Team's Jessica Crisp has narrowly missed out on a place in the medal race.

Laser World Championships - Slingsby holds his lead as black flags fly
Tom Slingsby continues to lead the fleet at the 2010 Laser World Championship after a tricky opening day.

Local Hero owner ecstatic winner of Audi at Hamilton Island Race Week
The ultimate winner of the Audi from all the first placed division boats was chosen by the best time trial

PWA Women's Slalom World Tour Final 2010 - Event Preview
PWA slalom season 2010 draws to a close, it's Almanarre that will this time play host to the final all female showdown.

World Match Racing: Mountains of Suspense at the St. Moritz Match Race
The tension was palpable deep in the Swiss Alps at the St. Moritz Match Race today as the final push to qualify for the

Marine Rescue and Coast Guard National Board mediation ends
Marine Rescue NSW and the Coast Guard National Board protracted negotiations came to an end on 2 September 2010.

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup preparations underway
Preparations for the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup which will take place in Porto Cervo fifth to 11th September are in full swing

470 Open European Championships - Greek teams on the move
Mens qualifying fleets headed out to decide their final of six heats before being reshuffled into Gold and Silver fleets

Laser Worlds Day 5: Black flags - Slingsby survives, Goodison down
Tom Slingsby emerged from two emotionally bruising first pair of Finals races at the Laser World Championships off Hayli

Laser World Championships - Finals showdown, perfect conditions
Laser World Championships - Another day to order as they reach the Finals stage and the Junior Worlds resume racing.

A sizeable IMOCA Fleet for the End of 2010
The Imoca skippers will meet up again in October for the Route du Rhum and in December for the Barcelona World Race

The French Apprentice turns Master at the St. Moritz Match Race
Damien Iehl (FRA) French Match Racing Team was the aggressor on day two of The St. Moritz Match Race

Hamilton Island Race Week - A great week for Beneteau owners
Beneteau Vicsail invited the Beneteau family to join the team at the exquisite yacht club for lunch

Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week-Shunning cold, sailing to the sun
It's not only the sea birds and whales that migrate north for the winter, but sailors too.

Farr 40 Australian season will be intense training for Worlds 2011
The first regatta will take place at Port Stephens on the New South Wales central coast

Laser World Championship images from Hayling Island
The latest images from the Laser World Championships at Hayling Island from Suellen Hurling

470 European Championships - Leaders put the hammer down
Istanbul produced sun, wind and waves for a spectacular day three of the event.

Fleet Race Challenge to find 'Best' IRC and OMR Sailors at King's Cup
The 2010 Phuket King's Cup Regatta introduces the IRC Combined Fleet Race and OMR Combined Fleet Race.

Finn Gold Cup - Battle for supremacy
Rafa Trujillo (ESP) who scored 1-2 and Ed Wright (GBR) who scored 2-5 increased their lead over the rest of the fleet

Heaven Can Wait regatta -Superstars Slingsby and Outteridge on board
Two of Australia's international sailing superstars, Tom Slingsby and Nathan Outteridge, will participate in this year's

Youngsters get taste of big boat sailing
Hobart ocean racing yacht Auch returned to competition on the River Derwent last Sunday, under new ownership.

Windsurfers head into finals series at 2010 World Championship
Racing has entered the finals stage at the 2010 RS:X World Championship in Kerteminde, Denmark

Mirsky Racing Team - Highs and lows at St Moritz Match Cup
Highs and lows on day two of St Moritz for Mirsky Racing Team (MRT) with a scoreline of four wins and four losses.

Record Nominations for Australian Yachting Awards
Nominations for the 2010 Australian Yachting Awards have closed with a record number of nominations - 75

Rolex Middle Sea Race 2010 - Maltese task force
Rolex Middle Sea Race 2010 - The major surrounding noise will resonate around Esimit Europa 2 but, there is much more.

Laser World Championships - Slingsby extends heading into final phase
Laser World Championships - Overall leader Slingsby carries his consistent momentum into the critical six race Finals.

RS:X World Championships - Olympic legend flies into the lead
RS:X World Championships - Olympic medallist Alessandra Sensini from Italy pulled into the lead.

First ever RS100 UK National Championship 2010 - preview
UK National Championship - This weekend Parkstone Yacht Club will host for the new RS100 racing dinghy from RS Sailing.

Global Ocean Race - Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron enter
Global Ocean Race (GOR) latest entry is the Franco-British duo of Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron.

Podium finish for Georgia in Hamilton Island Grand Prix IRC Division
Moderate Hamilton Island conditions were close to ideal for the IRC52 Georgia

Velux 5 Oceans team up with top marine forecaster
Velux 5 Oceans has teamed up with marine forecast service PredictWind to ensure the most accurate weather information.

NSW Youth Championship NoR Now Available
It's that time again and the NSW Youth Championship is fast approaching.

Finn Gold Cup - A comfortable lead
Ed Wright (GBR) has taken a comfortable lead at the 2010 Finn Gold Cup in San Francisco after another outstanding day

Laser World Championship - Two race wins for Slingsby on perfect day
The Australian Sailing Team's Tom Slingsby has had the perfect day's racing at the 2010 Laser World Championship.

Who's Who at U.S. Qualifying Series for NYYC Invitational Cup
NYYC Invitational Cup U.S. Qualifying Series will be held in Newport on September 7-11. 24 yacht clubs will race.

Mirsky Racing Team has shaky start to St Moritz Match Race
Mirksy Racing Team did not have the best of days at the St Moritz Match Race, part of the World Match Racing Tour.

New 'double' World Record ratified for Oman Air Majan
The WSSR Council announces the ratification of a 'double' new World Record.

RS:X World Championships - A busy lay day
It may be layday at the RS:X World Championships in Kerteminde, Denmark, but ashore various groups have been active

World Match Racing Tour St Moritz Match Race - Fierce start to day 1
So what would happen when Ainslie and Williams went head-to-head?

DPI Fisheries - Have your say on draft aboriginal fishing strategy
DPI Fisheries Victoria has released a draft Aboriginal Fishing Strategy for public comment.

Norwegian Sailing Federation expands RS Feva Class
Following last year's highly successful project to boost junior sailing participation with the introduction of the RS Fe

Rolex Farr 40 World Championship 2011 at Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
Farr 40 Class Association has announced the 2011 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship will take place at RSYS

Finn Gold Cup - A Wright day
The day belonged to third overall Ed Wright (GBR) after dominating and winning both races.

Laser Standard and Junior World Championships 2010 - Hayling Island
Laser Standard and Junior World Championships 2010 - Competitors were welcomed by 'typical' British weather.

Laser Worlds - Day 2 balancing act
Laser World Championships - Today's two testing qualifying heats, the early high score discard was top of for most.

RS:X World Championship - Van Rijsselberge soars ahead
RS:X World Championship - Dutch sailor Dorian van Rijsselberge has launched himself into the lead today.

ISAF World Match Racing Tour Championship - Set to challenge
ISAF World Match Racing Tour Championship - The race village at the Segel-Club St. Moritz was buzzing today.

Loki and McConaghy - Winners at Hamilton Island
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2010 - The Loki 63' won the IRC Grand Prix at Hamilton Island, and became the champion.

34th America's Cup - Year, new fast boat and fair Protocol rules
34th America's Cup organizers plan to host a press conference to reveal three cornerstones of the next competition.

Laser Worlds - A sea-breeze second day
Laser Senior and Junior Championships - After a postponement ashore for two hours both fleets have been sent afloat.

2010 Finn Gold Cup - Trujillo takes the lead
After two fantastic races on San Francisco Bay Rafa Trujillo (ESP) takes the early lead in the 2010 Finn Gold Cup.

Farr Yacht Design joins Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's VOR title pursuit
Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority appoints Farr Yacht Design to develop team's state-of-the-art Volvo Open 70

Images from San Francisco: Images from Day 1
Erik Simonson presents a gallery of images from Day 1 of the Finn Gold Cup, being held in San Francisco Bay.

RS:X World Championship - Mixed day for Aussie windsurfers
Australian sailors had a tough day on the water on day two of the RS:X World Championship in Kerteminde, Denmark.

Laser World Championship 2010 - Solid start for Slingsby
Racing is underway at the Laser World Championship with Tom Slingsby the best placed Australian sailor after two races.

Australian RSYS team win British Youth Match Race Nationals
Young Antipodeans Win the RYA GBR Youth Match Race Nationals in an Ashes preview.

Laser World Championships Day 1 - Bullot puts field on notice
Racing Day 1 broke the pattern of blustery winds and intermittent rain which have prevailed

RS:X World Championship - Sniff of champagne for China and New Zealand
RS:X World Championship -Conditions came alive on the Bay of Kerteminde, Denmark for day two.

Flying Fifteen Europeans: Steve Goacher and Phil Evans retain title
An Atlantic size depression fell on the chasing crews as gale force winds mean't no racing on the final day of the Flyin

World Match Racing Tour Championship - Sailors prepare to do battle
World Match Racing Tour Championship - Twelve of the most successful skippers are preparing for a week-long series.

Hobie 16 World Championships - Le Gal and Obert new World Champions
Hobie 16 World Championships - The final day of racing ended with more volleyball than sailing.

Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland records smashed by Volvo Open 70s
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race - Groupama claimed both the race win and course record yesterday.

2010 Finn Gold Cup underway in San Francisco
2010 Finn Gold Cup - Beginning with a flag parade by all 29 nations represented, the regatta was opened.

RS:X Worlds - Early lead to Poland
Class act of the day in the Blue fleet was Poland's Piotr Myszka, leading the Men's regatta overall having scored a 2-1

Laser Worlds 2010 - Practice race cancelled
Strong winds disrupted the Laser Worlds at Hayling Island Sailing Club, near Portsmouth on Sunday.

Magnetic Island Race Week - fastest growing regatta in Australia
For a quarter of a century, two iconic Queensland yachting events Airlie Beach Race Week and Hamilton Island Race Week,

Extreme Sailing Series Day 4: Guichard secures victory at Kiel
Extreme Sailing Series 2010 - Yann Guichard and his crew on Groupe Edmond de Rothschild have won the third round.

Hobie 16 Worlds - Racing starts-stops in the first day of the finals
Hobie 16 World Championships - The first day of the finals, held in Weihai, China, provided some great beach weather.

Audi MedCup Circuit 2010 - A Kiwi reprise in Murcia
Audi MedCup Circuit 2010 - Emirates Team New Zealand's return to Cartagena proved something of a repeat performance.

Extreme Sailing Series - Another podium finish for Ecover
Extreme Sailing Series - In Kiel today, the Ecover Sailing Team leave stage three with another podium finish.

Laser World Championships 2010 - Slingsby bids for third world title
Laser World Championships 2010 - Australia's Tom Slingsby is hoping that he can extend his run of winning form.

Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland 2010 - First victory for Groupama
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland 2010 - It was at 1126 hours BST on Sunday that Cammas and his ten crew took victory.

Groupama sets new record for Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race 2010 - Groupama crossed the Royal Yacht Squadron Line today at 11.26.55 (BST).

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - Just seconds the difference
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - The closest divisional battle was with Archambault 31 Aroona and the BH36 Local Hero

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - The final cruising encounter
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week - The large contingent of cruising boats once again provided the colour and spectacle.

Little America's Cup: Images from the final day
Christophe Launay presents this gallery of images from the final day of the Little America's Cup sailed at Newport unde

New boats winners in Derwent Sailing Squadron Winter Series
The ocean racing yacht Dump Truck and the SB3 sports boat Toll Shipping today finished their first pennant series

Round Britain and Ireland Race - Close to the finish
At 0800 BST, Groupama, was just 40 miles from the finish of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race.

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week: Crosbie Lorimer's Final Day Images
Despite another unpromising cloud covered dawn, the weather for the final day of racing