Sailing News

CELEBRITY yachtsman Tom Cunliffe is making a special appearance at Barry Yacht Club on Thursday, November 26, at 8pm to give a talk on seafaring and survival in hard times.

A search is underway for a solo sailor out of Halifax who has not turned up in Bermuda as planned.

Justice Shirley Kornreich has adopted the unanimous recommendations made by the Expert Panel which took testimony from both Golden Gate Yacht Club and the defending Societe Nautique de Geneve in New York on November 7, 2009.

An Australian schoolgirl bidding to become the youngest solo round-the-world sailor crossed the equator on Thursday, in what her supporters dubbed a "significant landmark" in her record attempt.

The Dartmouth womena s sailing team finished 13th overall in the Atlantic Coast Championship, hosted by Brown University last weekend in Providence, R.I. Head coach John Storck said the finish was a disappointing end to an accomplished season for the Big Green.

Photograph: Hannah Johnston/Getty Images Britain's TeamOrigin lost the first of its best-of-three semi-final match with the Italian team Azzurra, in a regatta for America's Cup challengers in Nice.

Sailing to Victory -- The UCI Sailing Team outperformed the University of Hawaii and the University of Southern California at the Sloop Pacific Coast Championship.

PURE yachting has come up with their new line of rigid inflatable boats at the U.S. Sailboat and Powerboats Shows.

Boat Name:- De Verwachting Location:- Hamble, Southampton Model:- Klipper Aak Sailing Barge Broker's Comments:- The Boat Connection is pleased to offer this Stunning sailing barge moored in an outstanding landscape.

Qatar Marine Sports Federation and Oman Sail officials during a press conference in Doha yesterday.

The 72-foot sailing vessel Momentum ran aground early yesterday morning nearly 300 yards off the Sheraton-Waikiki hotel.

Bon voyage ... Williamstown resident Kieran Doohan is setting sail on a youth endeavour ship.

Variety Cruises' first Gay Cruise program will set sail August 20-27, 2010. Showcasing Greece and the Greek islands, the cruise spends seven days exploring dazzling Mykonos, Santorini and island gems on the PANORAMA premium sail cruiser.

ON A MISSION: Oman Sail's crew members pose with Qatar's private sailing team Al Markab's owner Sheikh Salman bin Jabor al-Thani. Picture by Jayan Orma Doha: Oman Sail's new Arabian 100 Class trimaran - Majan' has docked in the waters of Corniche, yesterday.

There's one match outstanding to complete the round robin at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice CA te d'Azur, but the four semi finalists are confirmed.

AN unmanned yacht broke free from its moorings and was blown clean across the Bay in the weekend's storms.

In the vacuum of space, photons - not wind - may someday fill the sails of lightweight spacecraft, propelling them without need for engines or fuel.

A new study of Polynesian canoe designs suggests that New Zealand may have been settled by sea-faring Hawaiians.

Team New Zealand is now a clear leader of the Louis Vuitton Trophy competition after beating Franco-German yacht All4one today.

By Juhan Samuel, Kochi , Nov 15 : The Central Industrial Security Force have seized a French yacht in Kochi after it entered the port without valid documents.