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Endeavour’s Ghost Crew
The original ship carried about 94 crew, and would have been crowded, as seen here on the decks of the…
I’ll Show You Bravery
Glowing with the joy of being where she belongs, Virginia sails Overproof towards New Caledonia. Credit: Virginia Iliff This feature…
El Niño
El Niño drying weather has reduced the fresh water supply to the Panama Canal, reducing the amount of traffic this…
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Real People, Real Pressure in Simulated Marine Rescue NSW Exercise at Jervis Bay
September 21, 2026
RS Simulated patients are retrieved from the life raft by Marine Rescue NSW volunteers The following media release has been…
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Match Racing Momentum Builds in Geelong Ahead of Australian Youth Championship
September 21, 2026
Open Match Racing Regatta at RGYC 2026 The following media release has been supplied and includes sailing news for AFLOAT…
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Sail Expo 2026 Set to Showcase the Best of Sailing On and Off the Water
September 21, 2026
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 455 Credit: Jeanneau The following media release has been supplied and includes sailing and marine industry news…
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Have Your Say on River Heads Boating Facilities Upgrade Design
September 21, 2026
The following media release has been supplied and includes boating news for AFLOAT Magazine readers. The Queensland Government is inviting…
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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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