Photo courtesy Bernadette Villaluz

The Philippine International Windsurfing Open 2009 brings the World of windsurfing to Puerto Galera on 6th - 8th February.

The 2009 International Windsurfing Open event is the fourth in the series of Puerto Galera windsurfing competitions and will be held at the Sandbar Windsurfing School on Boquete Beach, Muelle Bay. The 2008 windsurfing open event saw more than 70 windsurfers compete in Puerto Galera from as far away as Japan and Hawaii. The usually strong breeze, with wind speeds in excess of 20 knots, will ensure maximum enjoyment for the competitors and fantastic photography opportunities.

Photo courtesy Martyn Willes

The Presidents Cup Regatta 2009 will be held in the waters off beautiful Boracay Island, between 18th - 21st February.

The Presidents Cup Regatta follows the Manila Boracay Race and is billed as the windiest sailing regatta in Asia. The most expensive racing yachts will be here, racing alongside entrants from all around the Philippines; Boracay Island is one of two places in Asia where good sailing breeze and blue water is virtually guaranteed (Puerto Galera is the other).

The President's Cup Regatta is the most competitive Philippine sailing event, organized by the Manila Yacht Club

Photo courtesy Humminbird

The Philippine Boat Show and SEA Exposition will give everyone who has any interest in the water a reason to be at the Mall Of Asia, Pasay City, on 20th - 23rd March, 2009. For example, in the world of marine electronics: satellite navigation, a Global Positioning System (GPSs) can now deliver accuracy to within a few metres without you having to take out a mortgage; and, fish finder, the dancing red dot depth gauge/fish finder of old has been replaced with fancy colour TV screens where the fish finder also shows size of fish.

The latest marine electronics systems combine GPS positioning, mapping, depth/height, fish finder and radar into a single unit where the only limit to the usefulness is the size of the screen you have to view all the information on

Photo courtesy Dennis Shepherd

The Philippine Boat Show 2009 will bring beach resort toys for the boys and for the girls. Almost anything that floats will be on display and some will be demonstrated on the water at The Esplanade in front of the Mall Of Asia, Pasay City.

If you are a beach resort owner and want to find out how to tempt new guests to rate your beach resort as the best beach resort in the Philippines for on/in/under-water fun then you will find all the beach resort toys you need at the Philippine Boat Show, many of them manufactured by international companies in the Philippines.

How to Jump Off A Boat: I am frequently asked whether it is important to be able to swim before you choose to go sailing, my reply is always the same, "it's not so important, the idea is to stay on the boat . . . boating is a safe sport". However, there are alternate philosophies.

And so, when I received this video from a game fishing friend of mine I was not surprised to learn that one of his shipmates had formulated such an alternate philosophy, and wanted to demonstrate it to the World. The alternate philosophy is: to jump off a boat is fun, so long as the skipper is a friend.

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