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Paradise Revisited
The chartered Fountaine Pajot Isla 40 proved an ideal family vessel for the Bahamas cruise. Credit: Betsy Lewis This feature…
The other war: the AC saga
Emirates Team New Zealand continue preparations for AC38. Credit: America’s Cup Media This feature article originally appeared in AFLOAT…
The Buccaneer’s Wake
The Malacca Strait was the thoroughfare to riches for many a buccaneer, including William Dampier. Credit: Kevin Green This feature…
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Marine Rescue Brunswick Volunteers Rescue Three Men Stranded on Offshore Rock Overnight
June 11, 2026
Rescue vessel Brunswick 30 was deployed after reports of people in distress near the Three Sisters. The following media release…
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Major Milestone Reached for Queensland’s Waterways
June 11, 2026
Queensland celebrated the removal of more than 2,000 derelict vessels from state waterways. The following media release has been supplied…
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Whitworths Tackers Boat Program Recipients Announced
June 11, 2026
The 2026 Whitworths Tackers Boat Program will support nine Discover Sailing Centres with discounted Tackers boats. The following media release…
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Melbourne Turns it on for Final Day of Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta
June 11, 2026
Jacobina won Division 1 at the Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta on Port Phillip. Credit: Andrea Francolini / AWKR The following…
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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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