Indonesia defied doomsayers to become a surprise success story

Many countries are going badly. Indonesia was always going to be one. Or so we thought. It's turned out to be one of the surprise success stories. Peter Hartcher is the international editor.

Extra Oats means longer, lighter and louder

SHE moans and squeals and bends and surges. But the ride aboard four-time Rolex Sydney to Hobart line honours winner Wild Oats XI is anything but rough.

Keel was Lexcen's: designer

A BOAT designer who worked on Australia's 1987 defence of the America's Cup has defended Ben Lexcen as the designer of the celebrated winged keel.

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Ruby's claim to Fame

Boat User Fears On Distress Beacons

SEARCH and rescue authorities fear thousands of Australian boat users will hit the water this summer carrying emergency beacons that will not work because overseas authorities are decommissioning the satellite receiver that picks up the distress signals.

Sos Issued Over Boat Emergency Beacons

SEARCH and rescue authorities fear thousands of Australian boat users will hit the water this summer carrying emergency beacons that do not work because overseas authorities are to cut the satellite receiver that picks up the distress signals.

Fear For Boat Users As Distress Beacons Are Phased Out

SEARCH and rescue authorities fear thousands of Australian boat users will hit the water this summer carrying emergency beacons that don't work because overseas authorities are decommissioning the satellite receiver that picks up the distress signals.

We're In The Same Boat

NOAH'S Ark, built to save humanity and the animal kingdom in the face of a great flood, is being reconstructed in model form on Mount Ararat as a warning to mankind to act now to prevent global warming.

Megan Checks Out $3m Model In Our East

WITH the auctions really not getting a kick along for another couple of weeks, Picket Fences has been checking out some of Sydney's new boutique developments. One thing is obvious, the quality is only getting better. One even turned the head of model Megan Gale. She had a close look at a Torrens ti