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Bumping Along the Great Sandy
Running under foresail through the Great Sandy Strait. Photo: Kevin Green This feature article originally appeared in AFLOAT Magazine…
Sydney 38 – 65 Hulls
A Sydney 38 fleet during a tight start. Photo: Andrea Francolini This feature article originally appeared in AFLOAT Magazine…
The Rudder: Chronicle of an Era
The Rudder Magazine was America’s foremost yachting journal in the post-war years. Credit: The Rudder This feature article originally appeared…
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Wind Returns for Grand Finale at Jeanneau and 74 Islands Airlie Beach Race Week
August 13, 2026
Wazza Red boat finished on the podium. Credit: Andrea Francolini ABRW The following media release has been supplied by Airlie…
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Sydney Boat Show Delivers Strong Four-Day Showcase for Australia’s Boating Industry
August 13, 2026
2026 Sydney Boat Show The following media release has been supplied by the Boating Industry Association (BIA) and highlights the…
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Australian Sailing Team Wraps Up Five-Week Block in Los Angeles
August 13, 2026
Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown, Credit: LEXI PLINE-47 The following media release has been supplied by the Australian Sailing Team…
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Marine Rescue NSW Records Second Busiest July On Record
August 13, 2026
Lake Macquarie 30 assists a disabled vessel. Credit: MRNSW The following media release has been supplied by Marine Rescue NSW…
Adventures Afloat See All
Sailing in Maine – a cruiser’s paradise
Main photo: Wooden Boat School campus setting at Brooklyn with myriad of islands on this Atlantic seaboard in the far north-east of the United States of America. Few places in…
Chartering a Catamaran in Croatia
Chartering a catamaran in Croatia is the holiday of a lifetime … but when your own boat is a 26ft monohull and the charter yacht is 45ft…
Adrift in Caledonia
Northerly winds dictated the route of our week’s cruise around the Inner Hebrides, so with full sail up on our Contessa 32 we headed south along the rock strewn coasts…
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December issue of Afloat is out now! 🎄⚓️
Set off with Kevin Green in Adrift in the Coral Sea. Meanwhile, Daniel Houden shares what it’s like to own a Fleming in Owner’s Angle Fleming 55 and Bruce Stannard recounts The Luck of the Lioness. Next up, Malcolm Riley discuses Remote Forecasts, Jill Knight explores what lures people to natural bodies of water in Blue Mind, and Quirky takes us through Mers-El-Kebir and much more! 🌊⛵️🛥
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AFLOAT November 2025 out now! ⚓️
Cruise with Stephen Reed from St Helens to Flinders Island in Sailing Northeast Tassie. Meanwhile, David Salter recounts a time when Australia was the centre of the yachting world in Freo ‘87 and Allan Porter recalls the life of an intrepid Dutch sailor in From Boat Arrival to Hall of Fame. Next up, Malcolm Riley discuses Sudden Stratospheric Warming, Jill Knight investigates stereotypes in It’s Five O’clock Somehwere, and Quirky takes us Around Africa on the Wet Bits and much more! 🌊⛵️🛥
To read the November issue go to www.afloat.com.au
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So awesome to see some of the nicest local sailors you could meet, making the cover! Yay for the good guys!
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