February 2008

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Gitana 13 crossed the finish line of La Route de l’Or, smashing the route record by over 14 days

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Winds of 14 to 35 kts are being recorded in various locations around the Hauraki Gulf today for the final scheduled day

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The inaugural BMW Auckland Regatta Week opened its account with the weather gods today

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Ocean Photography’s Will Calver was on the water today at Takapuna for Day 5 of the 2008 Tornado Worlds

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Images from Race 8 of the 2008 Tornado Worlds sailed off Takapuna, New Zealand

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DYT delivers a shipment of pleasure yachts to Jebel Ali, Dubai in time for the Dubai International Boat Show.

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The Whitsunday Marine Art Show might be 3 months away but the annual Marine Art Exhibition is already gaining momentum

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Light winds have meant that there has been no racing in the Tornado World Championships on Day 3

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Coomera and Hope Island production managers prove informative tour guides as surf club chiefs tour Maritimo plants.

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Spirit of Queensland and Ichi Ban will fight for line honours in the 60th Brisbane to Gladstone race

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Mel and Bucci, an Australian/Italian team will be your hosts on board this 5 star catamaran off the coast of Sicily.

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Tom Phipps and Marcus Lynch performed a spectacular capsize just after rounding Mark 1

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The Huon Tasmanian Salmon Port Esperance Regatta is on again this Easter with races for keel boats and dinghies.

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Twelve Sydney 38’s will be competing in the one design class while six Sydney 32 yachts will race in a separate division

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Images from Christophe Favreau from the recent SLAM-Winning Appliances J.J. Giltinan 18ft Skiff Worlds

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The Bow Tent from NauticsEurope can keep your clothes - and you - dry in the windiest anchorage.

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‘Don’t put your Yachtmaster Certificate on Facebook’says the MCA after a UK woman photocopied and used one from Facebook

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Darren Bundock, ISAF #1 ranked competitor at the 2008 Tornado World Championships reviews the day’s racing

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The ABN AMRO North Sea Regatta 2008 (Netherlands) attracts more and more one design classes

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Audi AG has signed a three-year contract to become the title sponsor of the MedCup Circuit featuring TP52 Class racing

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1968 saw the beginning of the story of the Italian shipyard Feretti, now at the highest levels of the Nautical Industry

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Aussie Boat Sales has been appointed the southern states’ authorised agent for pilothouse yacht marque Buizen Yachts.Original post by Tillerman and software by Elliott Back

Variety, the children’s charity is branching out from car rally fundraiser, aka ‘The Bash’, and going to sea.

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Here are the full results set for the third race, fourth and overall in the Tornado World Championships being sailed at

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Fedor Konyukhov Russian adventure sailor currently sailing a record circumnavigation around Antarctica Cup Racetrack

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The German crew of Roland Gaebler and Gunnar Struckman have come out on top after day one.

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Blue skies, a south wester and 12-15 knot breeze on Hauraki Gulf for the first race of the 2008 Tornado World Championsh

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Darren Bundock, ISAF #1 ranked competitor at the 2008 Tornado World Championships reviews the day’s racing

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Queensland Marine Services cleverly sailed, scored the dual honours win to claim the overall lead in the series.

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Fresh offshore winds are forecast for the first day of racing at the 2008 Tornado World Championships.

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$4 million is to be spent this year on a 2.5 acre sailing village in Kochi (Cochin) India - good news for cruisers

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After three days of sailing on Sydney Harbour and offshore, Lang Walker’s Kokomo have defended the double crown.

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Ten-strong Clipper international fleet crossed the Qingdao start line headed out on the 4,400 mile leg to Hawaii

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The complicated process of sorting the righting slings and tow ropes, started early afternoon

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Brenton and Tracy Peglar’s new Sydney 36CR Another Planet dominated the results in this years Lexus Bluewater Classic.

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The OKI 24 Hour Yacht Race finally got underway today (24 February) at Lake Pupuke in Auckland

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SB3’s are already beginning to arrive in Sydney for the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta

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Weather beaten sailors braved the elements and one crafty sea dog mastered them on the final day of the Crown Series.

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2008 Giltinan International Championship - Gotta Love It 7 officially the new 18 footer world champions

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Your Home’s Value Might Be Falling, but These Billionaire Toys are appreciating

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The 2008 Riviera NSW Interclub game fishing tournament began on Saturday with a spectacular sailpast of 200 + boats.

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Ben Gladwell dragged himself out of bed and got down to Devonport Wharf to take these shots of the delayed start of the

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