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Cruising New Zealand
Milford Sound in Fiordland was a major highlight of our South Island cruise. Photo: Andrew Robertson This feature article originally…
Lines That Last
This is a lovely deck saloon Northshore 36 with an Adams hull. Photo: Blair Harrison This feature article originally appeared…
Endeavour’s Ghost Crew
The original ship carried about 94 crew, and would have been crowded, as seen here on the decks of the…
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2027 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Program Launched
November 11, 2026
(L-R) AWBF General Manager and Festival Director Paul Stephanus, TasPort’s Senior Advisor Community Engagement and Partnerships Natasha Wardale and TasPort’s Towage Tug Master…
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Matador and Beau Ideal Claim Honours at LGT Wealth Management Australia Cup
November 11, 2026
Australia Cup 2026 Gusto. Credit: James Hill The following media release has been supplied and includes yacht racing news for…
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Australian Star – A Shining Example of Composite Construction
November 11, 2026
Australian Star Aerial View The following supplied article includes Australian marine industry and river cruising news for AFLOAT Magazine readers.
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Australian Sailing Team Names 2027 World Sailing Championships Team
November 11, 2026
ILCA6 Squad. Credit: Beau Outteridge The following media release has been supplied and includes Australian sailing news for AFLOAT Magazine…
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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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