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The political leader of Australia's most populous state, NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell announced on Monday night that his cabinet had scrapped an unpopular ban on regular unleaded petrol, which critics had claimed would drive up prices. But marine industry pundits are convinced there are only dangers to boats and increased expense for boaties in ethanol blended fuels.
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GPS-enabled devices could be compromised if a plan to expand the United States’ broadband system goes forward, yet the company that proposes to build a broadband cell-phone communications network it calls LightSquared, 4G-LTE wireless broadband, seems to be as yet completely undaunted by marine industry concern that the vital GPS system is under threat
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Inside Sailing is a new series that will bring the latest sailing news from all around the world. It takes the audience on a tour around the globe for some of the world’s greatest sailing locations, while it educates them on the secrets of the sport. The viewers will learn what it takes to be a champion in many disciplines from windsurfing to yachting!
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Wind Athletes Canada is thrilled to announce that Paul D. Phelan, the inspiration for the establishment of Wind Athletes Canada, is the recipient of the Canadian Yachting Association’s 2011 Canadian Rolex Sailor of the Year Award.
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Around the world, as internet connectivity leaps ahead with the popularity of Smart phones and tablet technology, as well as soon to be commonplace web-enabled TV, online advertising is outstripping all print media.
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Quantum Key West Race Week - Sebago is celebrating the start of 2012 as the official footwear sponsor for the event. One of the most prominent regattas in the world, the US based event annually attracts the world’s top racers.
The Quantum Sailing Team are continuing their record success from last year into the first event of the new race season, coming first or second in all 10 races
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Online Auction, Lots closing from: 3 Feb 2012 11:00 PM AWST - By order of Alinghi Team
Over 150 lots comprising - meteorological equipment, boat electronic equipment, sailing equipment, Audio/Visual equipment, tooling and metal working machinery and professional kitchen and catering equipment to be sold in an online auction.
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Garmin the global leader in satellite navigation, has now commenced shipping of the two new black-box digital sonar solutions – the GSD™ 24 and GSD 26. Combining great value with enhanced performance, the GSD 24 has been redesigned from the ground up to provide dramatically improved target separation and bottom tracking for the recreational fisherman.
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Clipper Round the World Yacht Race operator, Clipper Ventures Plc, has today revealed details of its first official footwear partner at the London Boat Show. The Rockport Company® has entered into a global, two-year partnership running until 2014. Rockport will provide hundreds of pairs of its Hydromotion 2 performance sailing shoes to all skippers, team members, and Clipper Race staff
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It’s certainly symbolic of the shift in power, and testament to the foresight and might of China, that the Ferrari of the yachting world, Ferretti Group (under which there are eight brands: Ferretti, Pershing, Riva, Itama, Bertram, Mochi Craft, CRN and Custom Line) is now under the control of the state-owned parent of China’s biggest bulldozer-maker.
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Weichai Group (SHIGWeichai Group) has announced that it has reached agreements with the major creditors of the world’s largest luxury yacht maker, the Italian company Ferretti Group ('Ferretti'), to acquire a controlling interest in Ferretti by participating in Ferretti's debt restructuring.
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Sail-World.com is the largest sailing news network in the world. Around the world each day on www.Sail-World.com, we publish up to fifty stories; but, because the site uses geo-location, (meaning that it knows where you are), we only deliver U.S. interest stories to U.S. based audiences and UK interest stories to UK readers for example and as such, most of us only see about 20 new stories each day
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The 41’ steel hulled MV Intrepid was fishing approximately 7.5kms from Sydney’s famous North Head when the skipper noticed smoke billowing from the vessel’s engine compartment. Realising the boat was now listing severely and they were in serious trouble, the decision was made to active their GME MT400 Emergency Beacon and abandon ship,.
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Reports in an English newspaper reveal that Ben Ainslie will announce in a few hours, a team to be backed by the America's Defender's Patron, software billionaire, Larry Ellison. The team will be unsponsored with Ellison as its Patron. The team will be entered under the burgee of a British yacht club. The team plan to compete in the America's Cup World Series from September 2012
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The US-registered maxi, Rambler 100, with a crew of 21, had just passed the Fastnet Rock at around 6.30pm on August 15th when disaster struck. In relatively calm but foggy conditions, Rambler’s keel snapped, causing it to capsize within 15 seconds, throwing the entire crew overboard. Did you know that tragedy, was however prevented in the 2011 race by an Australian made GME PLB?
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The largest boat show in Canada, the Toronto International Boat Show's premier night is set for Friday 13th January from 4pm-9pm. You are welcomed to come experience the show in a truly unique and magical way!
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Did you know that all of sailing navigation starts with the boat log? And that this vital document can be used in a court of law? Captain John shows you how to make sure your boat log includes these entries for safety's sake!
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This Sunday Tom Slingsby, Triple Laser World Champion and 2010 World Sailor of the Year is aiming to take his fourth Laser World Championship at Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, as part of his journey to the London 2012 Olympics.
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There is no place for having power boats pulling wake in the middle of an Olympic sailing course, any more than there is for having cameraman on the field in a game of football, or driving in cars ahead of the athletes in the Olympic stadium.
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The World Yacht Racing Forum’s fourth edition came to a close this evening after two days of presentations, constructive debates, and networking sessions. There were over 200 delegates and fifty speakers from around the globe in attendance with different presentations, shared ideas, and business cards
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At 72 years old Neil Pryde is one of the stalwarts of the Phuket Kings Cup and indeed of Asian sailing. Pryde, a New Zealand born sailor has been in Asia for almost 50 years and he loves the sailing conditions Asia has to offer.
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The 25th annual Phuket King's Cup regatta, which will run from December 3rd to 10th in Phuket, Thailand has attracted one of the most diverse international fleets in the world. Thailand is a perfectly located sailing paradise and in the year the event celebrates its quarter century, it has attracted skippers from 15 countries in the keelboat class of the regatta alone.
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The very first of a new 12-strong fleet of Clipper 70s has now been released from its mould as the construction of an expanded fleet for the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race makes progress on schedule ahead of its completion in the coming year. This is the first of an order for twelve identical new Castro-designed yachts, with an option on four more.
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Sailing and boating clubs and events need to address the need for copyright protection of images taken by event photographers. This is not a new problem, but as the media world consumes more and more images, the problem of unattributed or incorrectly attributed images being supplied by clubs and events to media is growing.
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Internet TV is watch it where you want, when you want, download it … and it has become very significant for the sport of sailing’ says World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) Chief Executive Officer Jim O'Toole. Our Tour Card Holders are our single biggest asset – they are the headline acts that attract live spectators, TV and IPTV viewers around the world to watch Championship events.
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Its just two weeks to Perth 2011, the largest fleet (in combination), the Laser Radial and Laser Standard will be sailing their 2011 World Championships and there is significant equipment issue looming.
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When it comes to sailing gear, there is no cooler place to drool than the annual METS tradeshow, held each year in Mid-November in Amsterdam. While the nightlife is legendary, the show itself is offers are rare glimpse at brand-new gear that won’t be in full circulation until next year, as well as European kit that won’t necessarily make it’s way to the States.
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For the last five years a not very secret project has been aiming to deliver a better more durable Laser sail. The final prototypes have been tested for more than 18 months, they’ve passed with flying colours, its reported that the World Council unanimously voted for a routine equipment change a long time ago but the project is now very much stalled.
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President of the International Sailing Federation, Göran Petersson, delivered the President’s Report to ISAF Council members during their first day of meetings at the 2011 ISAF Annual Conference held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Read the full transcript of the President's Report below…
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Queensland’s leading yacht club, the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron (RQYS) in Australia, is seeking an experienced and self-motivated person to fill the fulltime role of Regatta and Sailing Manager.
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A new app for Android and iPhone has been released from ChronGlobal called Tidal Chronoscope® that is slated to give the ability to know GPS Tide predictions as easily as the time. Designing this App came with one goal: Create an incredibly easy and simple way to instantly give you tide information at your very location at the touch of a screen, along with lunar and solar positions.
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This week the Laser Class President Heini Wellmann and Class Executive Secretary Jeff Martin announced that after an overwhelming vote by International Laser Class membership to change the class rules, they will be applying to ISAF to have that change ratified. The response from Bruce Kirby, was forthright
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The New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex took place in September and is now set to debut on ESPN Classic on Friday, November 4, at 8pm Eastern Time. It will be re-aired on Sunday November 6 at 2:30pm Eastern Time on ESPN2. Check local listings for the appropriate channels.
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