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Scientists have found a new challenge for the world's struggling coral reefs.

A Saudi Arabian princess has narrowly missing immolation in a megayacht on which she had been cruising the Greek Islands

Too early as yet to talk figures, but Marine Queensland has expressed satisfaction with BIBS.

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New Zealand round-the-world record-holder Pete Bethune is advertising his futuristic trimaran Earthrace for sale.

Paul Lewis reports in the Herald on Sunday, on the latest downsizing in Emirates Team New Zealand:

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Ingrid Abery images from Day of the Rolex Maxi Cup in Sardinia.

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  Evan Walker from Sydney’s Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and the Royal Perth Yacht Club’s Robert Gibbs will meet in the final of the Barbagallo Marine Australian Match Racing Championships on Perth’s Swan River tomorrow (Sunday). Both skippers won their ...

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Following a scheduled maintenance day, the team was back into it on Friday in Anacortes for another round of testing the new BMW ORACLE Racing 90. The day started with a visit from United States Congressman Rick Larsen. He ...

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Evan Walker from the CYCA and RPYC's Robert Gibbs will meet in final of the Barbagallo Marine Australian Match titles.

Kinley Fowler reports on Mirsky Racing Team's racing at St Moritz Match Race.

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Another beautiful day in Qingdao; the winds were not bad

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The 19th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup ended today after racing was cancelled.

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The second day of the Grand Prix Romandie.com Act 1 started in torrential rain with a two and a half hour delay due to the lack of wind. Alinghi took the first race, struggled...

Mathieu Richard won first semi-final round against Philippe Presti - Ian Williams is against Adam Minoprio in other semi

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup concludes in Porto Cervo

Photos by http://www.maxranchi.com/Rubbini Leads After Two Races At Circolo Velico Audi Sailing Series Event No. 4The twelve teams competing on day one of the Santa Margherita Ligure edition of the Melges 32 2008 Audi Sailing Series were faced with tricky conditions for the first two races of the series. Racing started in an eleven knot southerly breeze...

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Shifty breeze returns for penultimate day of the St Moritz Match Race

Cartoon Alinghi.comI can understand a crew on a Flying Tiger running aground but an America’s Cup winning crew! It must have to do with winning the Cup… I heard that DC has hit a few things out sailing!Quote from on board Numbers… “Nothing sails like a loner!” – Brad Butterworthhttp://www.sailkarma.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

 Unfortunately racing was cancelled due to no wind, but Numbers, powered by Alinghi, won its class and Alinghi.com talks to Ernesto Bertarelli about the week onboard Dan Meyers’ Vrolijk 66...

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Received an Email from the Judge who keeps track of all the Jury reports and publishes them in the IJ-Report web site. He presented the following case: Part of the IJ Report from the "International 420 & International 470 Open Junior European Championships" might be something you would consider for your blog.... "Two judges observed...

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You can meet Australia’s Olympic Gold Medallist sailors and find out how to get involved in sailing at the Middle Harbour Yacht Club summer open day on Sunday 14 September. Members of the Australian Sailing Team, including Gold Medallists ...

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Last year they had a horror start, in fact for Leon Thomas and his Townsville crew aboard their 7 metre sports boat Guilty Pleasures, a non start, in the 2007 Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week. T-Boned in a prestart ...

Sydney skipper Evan Walker retains his place at the top of the leader board at the end of the second day of the Barbagallo Marine Australian Match Racing Championships, though his undefeated run of the first day is broken. ...

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A one-hour postponement saw the wind build from zip to 20 knots and more. With the wind came the sea - short, sharp and steep. And, whilst it was not all plain sailing, today was one of those days off Porto Cervo that sailors live for. Principal Race Officer Peter Craig and the race committee kept crews in the harbour for an extra hour, which would have...

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Having set out from Hong Kong on 14th August 2008, Gitana 13 is tackling the climb up the Atlantic having rounded the legendary Cape of Good Hope in the early hours of yesterday. At a reduced pace over the ...

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Leaving the haven of peace that is Port Elizabeth on 1st September, after 36 hours sitting it out bare poled, the boat was white with salt. The water, pulverised by the violent gusts from Sunday 31st August, had deposited ...

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Second Time lucky for Townsville sailors on Guilty Pleasures at Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week

Felix Kling at Rule2blog has created a document listing all of the changes between the 2005 rules and the first version of the 2009 rules. Unfortunately it isn’t the final copy of the 2009 rules and I haven’t had a chance to check the difference, but you can bet that the changes would be negligible. It also includes the changes in the...

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ACR Electronics received FCC approvals and will soon begin shipping the GlobalFix" iPRO, next generation 406 MHz EPIRB

ACR Electronics received FCC approvals and will soon begin shipping the GlobalFix" iPRO, next generation 406 MHz EPIRB

Big breeze images of Charles Caudrelier's SolOceans one design

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Day three at St Moritz Match Race Monnin and Minoprio took the upper hand.

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Richard Branson will this week join America's Cup Challenger, Team Origin, in new attempt on transatlantic record

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Big Smiles from an overflowing roomful of sailors at the weather briefing for 2008 Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week.