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New Dufour 37 Announced

New Dufour 37 Announced

July 11, 2022

Dufour Yachts has announced the release of its latest model, the Dufour 37, which will be unveiled at the 2022 Cannes Yachting Festival from 6-11 September. The Dufour 37 surpasses all others in her class with the remarkable range of living…

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Tom’s Pacific Journey

Tom’s Pacific Journey

July 8, 2022

By the time you read this I’ll be making my way west towards the setting sun, while watching the South American continent slowly sink behind Maiwar’s stern. My time in Peru has been an adventure in itself, I will be sad to leave my…

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Full Steam Ahead for Lady Hopetoun

Full Steam Ahead for Lady Hopetoun

July 4, 2022

April 2022 saw the culmination of Sydney Heritage Fleet’s SWAP program This saw the successful re-float of 1927 steamship John Oxley from atop its work barge, and replacement with the 1912 Sydney Harbour ferry Kanangra. This was a huge job that has involved an…

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Race yachts prepare at Rivergate

Race yachts prepare at Rivergate

June 30, 2022

Rivergate Marina & Shipyard is the Race preparation destination for contenders in the 2022 Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race. Some of the most high-profile racing yachts will set forth from the start line just east of Green Island on Brisbane’s…

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Team Australia wins Sail GP event at Chicago’s Navy Pier

Team Australia wins Sail GP event at Chicago’s Navy Pier

June 23, 2022

“Never count us out,” a smiling Team Australia skipper Tom Slingsby told AFLOAT Magazine last week in Chicago, Illinois. The Australian team had just mounted an improbable comeback by stealing upstart Canada’s thunder with an impressive win in the Chicago Finals in the high-powered…

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52nd Newport Bermuda Race

52nd Newport Bermuda Race

June 23, 2022

HAMILTON, Bermuda (June 22, 2022)—Overnight, the great majority of the 186-boat fleet arrived in Bermuda and yesterday’s provisional divisional leaders have all been confirmed as the winners in the 52nd running of the Newport Bermuda Race. (See full results.)   Winning…

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The Vendée Arctique – to Iceland and Return

The Vendée Arctique – to Iceland and Return

June 23, 2022

The second edition of what was originally a 3,500-nautical mile trip around Iceland and back to Les Sables d’Olonne, saw the course being shortened by race director Francis Le Goff because of a dangerous depression in the North Atlantic. It was then “neutralised”…