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@dventures of Captain Liz – Becoming A Yacht Captain
Captain Liz aboard a racing catamaran in Thailand. Photo: Cape Panwa Race Week/Guy Nowell This feature article originally appeared in…
Fast and Bonnie
Credit: Richard Mille Fife Regatta This feature article originally appeared in AFLOAT Magazine and forms part of our latest…
Sailing’s Greatest Mistake – the Etchells Story
Credit: Australian Etchells Association This feature article originally appeared in AFLOAT Magazine and forms part of our latest edition…
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Australia Announces Youth Olympic Games Athlete Selections
September 11, 2026
Sophie Brazier will represent Australia in the Women’s Windsurfing competition at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Credit: Justin Mitchell…
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One Last Race Decides Outcomes at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week
September 11, 2026
Spinnaker Division 1 gets off the start at SeaLink Magnetic Island Race Week. Credit: Revolution Productions Supplied by SeaLink Magnetic…
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Refurbished Marine Rescue Eden Vessel Struck While Berthed Days Before Official Welcome
September 11, 2026
ED 30 was delivered to the unit in July The following media release has been supplied and includes marine rescue…
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Team Australia Unveils Elite Australian Seven-Sailor Team for the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup
September 11, 2026
Jason, Tom N, Kinley, Tash, Sam, Luke, Tom S The following media release has been supplied by Team Australia and…
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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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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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