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Features

Just Denmark

Just Denmark

Heading north in the Baltic Sea. Photo: Karen Eriksen This feature article originally appeared in AFLOAT Magazine and forms…

The Wreck of the Thisbe

The Wreck of the Thisbe

The north Fraser coast, near where the Thisbe met her fate. Photo: Kevin Green This feature article originally appeared in…

The Hidden World Beneath the Coral Sea

The Hidden World Beneath the Coral Sea

The Coral Sea off Queensland, renowned for its pristine waters and complex underwater topography. Photo: Tourism Queensland This feature article…

News, Events & Reviews

Event
Los Gallos Claim Canada Sail Grand Prix Title in Four-Boat Thriller

Los Gallos Claim Canada Sail Grand Prix Title in Four-Boat Thriller

June 25, 2026

Los Gallos Claim Canada Sail Grand Prix Title in Four-Boat Thriller The following media release has been supplied and includes…

Event
Wedgetail and Balancing Act Crowned Champions of Inaugural Brisbane to Bundaberg Yacht Race

Wedgetail and Balancing Act Crowned Champions of Inaugural Brisbane to Bundaberg Yacht Race

June 24, 2026

Balancing Act winning PHS. Credit @sailogirlhq The inaugural Brisbane to Bundaberg Yacht Race, organised by Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, delivered…

News
Quick Response by Marine Rescue Terrigal Aids Stranded Skipper to Safety

Quick Response by Marine Rescue Terrigal Aids Stranded Skipper to Safety

June 24, 2026

The young fisherman was relieved to be taken on board the rescue vessel. Credit: MRNSW  A young fisherman required assistance…

Event
Rivalry and Revelry Coming to Jeanneau and 74 Islands Airlie Beach Race Week

Rivalry and Revelry Coming to Jeanneau and 74 Islands Airlie Beach Race Week

June 24, 2026

Frantic on the race course in 2016. Credit: Andrea Francolini Entries in the Rating Passage division at Jeanneau and 74…

Adventures Afloat

Weather: Interpret – Adjust – Prepare

Weather: Interpret – Adjust – Prepare

Weather forecasts are never going to be perfect. As mariners, it is our responsibility to interpret, adjust, and prepare. Technology is transforming our reception of weather forecasts. They are improving…

Sailing in Maine – a cruiser’s paradise

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

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

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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7 months ago

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! 🌊⛵️🛥 

📸 - Geraldine Wilkes

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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! 🌊⛵️🛥 

📸 - Geraldine Wilkes

#priceless #afloat #afloatmagazine #yachtingmagazine #boatingmagazine #yachtlife #boating
8 months ago

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

📸 - @saltydingomedia

#priceless #afloat #afloatmagazine #yachtingmagazine #boatingmagazine #yachtlife #boating
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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

📸 - @saltydingomedia 

#priceless #afloat #afloatmagazine #yachtingmagazine #boatingmagazine #yachtlife #boating