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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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Marine Rescue NSW Offering Full General Boat Licence for First Time at Lemon Tree Passage and Hawkesbury Units
October 26, 2026
Marine Rescue NSW boat license training and education. CRedit: MRNSW Marine Rescue NSW has taken its boating education program to…
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Sail Expo 2026 Celebrates a Standout Weekend in Sydney
October 26, 2026
Sail Expo 2026. Credit: RPAYC Beautiful weather, more than 25 new yachts, and strong support from sailors and the marine…
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Australian Sailing Strengthens Wingfoil in Performance Pathways Pre-Nationals Camp
October 26, 2026
Emma Webb at Queensland Youth Sail CREDIT Down Under Sail. The Australian Sailing High Performance Pathway program is inviting Wingfoil…
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Caribbean Comes Home to Record-Breaking Melbourne Boat Show
October 26, 2026
Caribbean F40 and F27 Flybridge at Melbourne Boat Show More than 42,000 visitors went to the 64th Melbourne Boat Show…
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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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