Saddam Hussen’s yacht Qadissiyat Saddam was for sale under the name of Ocean Breeze, at 23.5m Euros
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One of the biggest slalom fleets in almost a decade hits the water for the start of the six day long Alacati epic
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The first commercial cargo of wine shipped from France by sail since the late 1800s arrived in Ireland recently.
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GBR 470 girls, Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark have been disqualified from race one of their 2008 Olympic regatta
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Work starts on Portland Marina which will be used by the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games in 2012
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The RS:X windsurfer made its debut at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on Monday
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It was a great day three of racing for the Dutch Yngling, who closed the gap on the British leaders to just three points
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‘If you can’t see the pictures, they don’t exist’. ‘If the pictures are there, may as well show them off’.
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Nicolas Charbonnier and Olivier Bausset of France displayed their renowned guile in extreme conditions on Monday to lead
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49ers are fun to shoot - more pictures.
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Day 1 of the 2008 Olympics started off looking beautiful. We towed out to D course (the far one) in a fresh 12-15 knots. It looked like an awesome day was about to happen. However, the wind dropped off and we were back to typical Qingdao conditions.
The first race we got a perfect start, but unfortunately tacked shy of the first shift. We still had a solid rounding in the top 15, but got boxed out on the reach and downwind. We hard a hard time picking lanes in the fickle conditions, and got passed from all sides. We finished our first race in a disappointing 26th.
Nigel gave us a pretty good talk before the next race, and that motivated us. He said now the real racing happens, OCS’, protests, lots of things will happen. Sure enough, there was an OCS, and there are a few protests going on this evening.
Again in race 2 we got a fantastic start, but just werent sure what to do with it. We hung it out to the left to round about 10th, made a great move on the reach and downwind to be just with the top 5, but chose the wrong gate. We rallied to finish a solid 12th.
The regatta is long, and lots can happen. We’re keeping our heads high and we’re ready to push on. More tomorrow! Goodnight from Qingdao!
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ISAF should be carefully considering the open letter to President Goran Petersson from UK Catamaran Racing Association.
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49er series kicks off.
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First race DSQ for the 2008 49er World Champions, young Australian’s Nathan Outteridge and Ben Austin. But now they lead
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Four of the six Australian sailing crews competing today are now in top three leader board positions
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Final race of the 2008 Powerboat P1 World Championship has been re-scheduled for 3 weeks later than originally planned
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From top end yachts to accessory retailers, SIBS was a case of the harder you worked, the better your results.
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Today heralded the start of Wot Rocket’s first official attempt on the 500m world speed sailing record of 49.09 knots.
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Australia’s Jessica Crisp led for most of the first beat but China’s Jian Yin sailed inside her to lead.
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Australia’s Jessica Crisp led for most of the first beat but China’s Jian Yin sailied inside her to lead.
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Sail away with Sunsail Yacht Charters this September and receive 20% off monohull yacht charter rates in the Whitsundays
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Greetings from Qingdao, on this third day of the 2008 Sailing Olympics.
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Perfect weather for Day 3 of the 2008 Beijing Olympic regatta being sailed in Qingdao.
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Visual Solutions Studio, Urban Voyage has been making waves within the Superyachting world with some unique capabilities
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NZ marine electronics company, ENL supplied electronics packages to World Superyacht Award winners.
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The Race Office announced a further change to the course as 40-knot winds are expected to sweep over the race area
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Sail-World’s Nancy Knudsen and her Skipper husband Ted Nobbs have reluctantly decided to sell Blackwattle, a Peterson 46
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CEO, chairman and board resign from Grow Boating, the marine industry’s marketing and promotional organisation.
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Australia’s Newest Tall Ship Skipper Robin Cooke is about to fulfill his 13-year long dream to sail on The Joshua C
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Boating Industry Association reveals ambitious plan to attract school leavers to the marine industry.
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North Sails Australia will provide detailed weather information to all competitors for the week of Whitsunday racing, fr
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The 2008 Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week fleet compete in the Double Cone-Armit Island race on Friday.
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Gold Coast to host largest gathering of world powerboating officials since 1980.
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Well know New South Wales Yachting identity Roger Hickman has been elected Board President of Yachting NSW.
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The world’s wealthiest city invites the marine industry to inaugural Emirates Boat Show International in Abu Dhabi.
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BT’s Nick Moloney reports on his recent iShares Cup event in Cowes.
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Terry O’Donnell joins the Committee Team at the relatively new Docklands Yacht Club.
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For many Vendee Globe contenders August means it’s time for a well deserved rest, others sailing for final qualification
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