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December 12, 2025

Image: Australian Sailing – SailLAB in action   Australian Sailing has officially launched SailLAB, an exciting new free STEM education program designed to bring the science and innovation of sailing directly into Australian classrooms.   Developed with support from the Western Australian Government’s Strategic…

November 28, 2025

Image: The man’s boat is returned to shore by volunteers on board Marine Rescue NSW vessel Iluka Yamba Credit: MRNSW Volunteers from Marine Rescue Iluka Yamba rescued a man from the Clarence River after his boat overturned off Goodwood Island.

November 26, 2025

  Day 4, “the finals” of the 2025 Harken International Youth Match Racing Championship began with a delayed start as the race committee waited for “any” breeze to build. A gentle, variable north-easterly surface promised a tricky day of light, shifting breeze as the…

November 26, 2025

Image: John Betrand in the Finn Credit: Robert Deaves   John Bertrand AO has received his Barranjoey Pin at the Australian Sailing Team (AST) camp in Melbourne. The pin is a symbol of Australia’s Olympic and Paralympic sailing legacy and was presented…

November 26, 2025

Metstrade 2025 (18 – 20 November) closed after welcoming thousands of leading leisure marine professionals from across the world to the biggest edition of the show to date. Metstrade 2025 took over the entire RAI Amsterdam complex for the first time due to…

November 21, 2025

Photo Credit Grégoire Le Bacon The following media release has been supplied by Tahiti Tourisme and includes the latest Tahiti travel updates 2026, shared here for Afloat Magazine readers with an interest in Pacific destinations and marine lifestyle travel. With 118 islands of unimaginably…

November 20, 2025

Image Credit: Sail Media The weekend of 15th & 16th November saw 92 skiffs across the two classes gather at Middle Harbour 16’s for the first round of the 2025 State Championship proudly sponsored by Red Pumps Concrete Pumping Solutions. Racing was conducted…

November 18, 2025

Smiths Falls, ON — November 18, 2025— Le Boat, the leader in luxury houseboat vacations across Canada and Europe, is thrilled to announce limited-time Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers — giving travellers the chance to book their dream boating getaway for less.

November 13, 2025

Image: Maritimo S50 Ever evolving, Maritimo introduces new design features in its latest vessel. Maritimo, Australia’s world-class luxury motor yacht builder, expands its next-generation model lineup with the global reveal of the all-new S50 Sedan Motor Yacht. The new S50 will make its global…

November 11, 2025

Team Brady fought off a close challenge from Team Rafa to win the inaugural E1 Miami GP and be crowned E1 2025 Champions of the Water. After an intense and thrilling nine-race series that has spanned four continents, Team Brady – piloted by…

November 11, 2025

Image: Australian designed and built Maritimo M50 The Boating Industry Association Ltd (BIA) is urging all levels of Australian government to strategically back the nation’s world-class marine manufacturing and recreational boating sector, warning that a critical skills shortage is threatening the industry’s massive economic…

November 11, 2025

Image: Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, Race Day 6. EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND, winners of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Emirates Team New Zealand is proud to have been named the 2025 World Sailing Team of the Year, a prestigious honour that recognises…