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When your boat goes up on a reef in a remote atoll the last thing you expect is your VHF call to be answered at four o’clock in the morning. Off Ile Boddam there is no beautiful soft sand to…
We secretly dreamt of the prestigious Nordic brands when we first sold up and left Sydney for Europe in search for a safe and comfortable blue water cruiser. Our hopes were set on our budget miraculously tripling or a Hallberg-Rassy…
For those of us who live on a cruising yacht you can be away from shore for extended periods. You will probably have a small and restricted fridge and you may enjoy yogurt, but ensuring you can have a constant…
Having good food on passage is most important in order keep energy levels up as well as morale, especially in adverse weather. But it also adds another dimension to the enjoyment of being on the ocean waves. Provisioning is actually…
In our early years of cruising, we learned the hard way about how important clean fuel is. I did not worry about the fuel as long as the primary fuel filter looked clean. On one offshore passage, however, the seaways…
Esperance Western Australia is just one of those wonderful places that is rarely visited and then only by boats travelling east or west across the Great Australian Bight. It is not to be missed. There is a friendly and welcoming…
When we first bought Kate seven years ago I found myself standing over our esky-sized Engel fridge wondering how we would ever manage to keep enough fresh food on board, let alone cold beer. I had sailing experience and professional…
PORTLAND, MAINE – A novelist who was twice rescued from storm-battered sailboats hopes his next adventure lacks in such drama. South Carolina author Michael Hurley plans to sail around the world after using the experience of scuttling his sailboat on…
Cruising skipper, racer, mentor, sailing instructor and instigator of a huge relief effort for the victims of Tropical Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu, Heather Sutton is one of the nominations for the inaugural Cruiser of the year award. Ideas locker editor…
As boat building capabilities overcome more and more engineering roadblocks, does there come a point when the design of such large yachts begins to hit the ridiculous (“totes ridic”, as my hipster son says)? Make your own mind up and…
Local residents of NSW town Brunswick Heads have expressed concerns that development plans for the boat harbour do not fit in with ethos of the area. Providing facilities for sailing, and maintaining a profitable business, are quite often constantly at…
How does circumnavigating Australia in a Top Hat sound? How about doing it singlehanded? Robert Lovelace was nominated by a reader and, after contacting Lovelace to congratulate him he sent CH the following story of that remarkable cruise. Well it…
Catamaran agency and marina, Multihull Central will be holding its first 'Seabbatical summit' to help inspire, educate and provide experience to those who attend. Two summits have been planned so far for Brisbane on the 18th and 19th of June…
Australian scientists are joining a privately-funded circumnavigation of Antarctica to investigate the impact of micro plastics and conduct a detailed whale survey. The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition is a philanthropic project by polar explorer Frederik Paulsen and coordinated by the Ecole…
The Advertiser. By Amelia Broadstock. PORT River dolphin numbers have increased tenfold in two decades — an environmental triumph experts attribute to improved water quality in the long-polluted industrial area. In a new study paper soon to be published, Port…
Fifteen months ago, the World ARC 2015-16 fleet set out from Saint Lucia to sail around the world. Amongst the crews were many nationalities, backgrounds and reasons for taking part. Since then, they have sailed well over 26,000 nautical miles,…
Driving hundreds of miles through the Australian Outback with a boat in tow to a regatta in the desert is not an adventure for the faint hearted. But that was exactly the challenge taken up by the 20 rugged yachting…
Keeping dry and warm while sailing appears to be an impossibility given the factors stacked up against that happening. So it stands to reason that companies attempting to provide us with clothing face an uphill battle. It is easy to…
From April 11 to 16, St. Barths will host the seventh edition of Les Voiles de St. Barth, an event that has become an essential part of the Caribbean racing schedule. And for good reason, because on the water the…
Stuff.co.nz. By Tom Hunt An elderly yachtie thought he was sailing through Wellington Harbour heads before his yacht crashed into rocks at Moa Point. What was a rescue operation on Monday night off the south end of the Wellington Airport…
BANGKOK, Thailand – The 12th Top of the Gulf Regatta Presented by Ocean Marina is set to welcome a diverse fleet of 200 plus boats and more than 700 sailors from novice to national and regional champions, Olympic windsurfers and…
A Tasmanian yachtsman has designed what he believes to be the most effective danbuoy system ever invented and is looking for buyers, or even companies to produce his patented design. Believing the current available danbuoy launch systems to be useless,…
Measuring a mere 27 kilometres from east to west and 15kms from north to south, the three main islands which make up the Republic of Malta rank in the top ten smallest sovereign states in the world. Sailors have used…
Huon Chief is back sailing in the waters where she was designed, built and sailed for most of her now 40 years of existence. A yacht described by many as an icon of post-war Tasmanian yachting history. I have had…
When a friend invited me to visit her in Mallorca where she had been living for two years, I was at first divided. There was the excitement of seeing her again and exploring what is always spoken of as a…
When the Yugoslav Republic disintegrated in the 1990s the east coast of the Adriatic descended into horrific violence. Now, almost twenty years later, the area is peaceful, the damaged buildings have been rebuilt, the economies have stabilised and tourism has…
At least one yacht from Europe by ship, many by road trailer from across Australia, the rest under sail; and they’re all headed for Hamilton Island Race Week 2016. Such is the interest in this year’s regatta that entries are…
The Daily Echo. What do you do when you win a yacht? Well, first thing’s first, you learn how to sail it. On a whim Anna Millington, 29, decided to enter the competition to win the 23ft vessel when she…
World, national and Magnetic Island Race Week champion Peter Sorensen has declared he is heading back to the scene of his last Queensland regatta win, the 2015 Magnetic Island Race Week. Sorensen and his Sydney 36 The Philosopher’s Club team…
By John Martin, Island Cruising Association You’d think the most likely time someone would fall overboard at sea was in bad weather with rough seas and a pitching, heaving vessel… you’d be wrong! There’s no question that men are more…
John & Lyn Martin – Island Cruising Association (NZ) It’s been an exciting start to the year with the inclusion of Sail Karimata in the 2016 program, the new documentation regime now set in concrete and at the time of…
If you are wondering where you can have the blue carpet rolled out on arrival and be treated like a VIB (Very Important Boatie), look no further than Abell Point Marina in 2016. The new Abell Point Marina is designed to…
The Weather Channel, AP Press. A recent sailing trip turned into a nightmare for David Thompson when a large wave knocked him from his sailboat off the northern coast of Puerto Rico. Clinging to a tether on the back of…
Mashable. By Jessica Clautz. A 14-member crew aboard two balsa wood rafts was rescued off the coast of Chile on Thursday, after the vessels were swept up in strong currents hundreds of miles off Chile's coast. The crewmembers had intended to…
Broward & Palm Beach New Times. By Dierdra Funcheaon. Karine Prudent was on her boat near the Venetian Causeway in Miami Beach this Tuesday morning when an officer pulled up alongside. “It's 10. Let's go!” he shouted. Prudent, age 45, has…
A rotund character by the name of ‘Wilson’ will be having a ball, literally, when a large and fun-loving fleet of Jeanneau yachts gather for the Commodores Cup cruising series at the 2016 Sail Port Stephens regatta, April 11-13. Wilson…
GREENWICH, CONN. (March 15, 2016) – In 1922 the first Reader’s Digest magazine was published, radio arrived at the White House, and Babe Ruth signed a three-year contract with the Yankees. That same year also saw a quieter milestone achieved…
National Geographic. By Kristin Romey. The oldest shipwreck from Europe's Golden Age of Exploration has been found off the coast of Oman, the country's Ministry of Heritage and Culture announced on Tuesday. The wreck is believed to be that of…
The Bureau of Meteorology is closely monitoring a tropical low in the Gulf of Carpentaria, forecast to move slowly east today and intensify slightly. At this stage the likelihood of a tropical cyclone developing is considered low, increasing to moderate…
Celebrating the beauty and diversity of Australia’s heritage vessels and their craftspeople, the Australian National Maritime Museum will present the Classic and Wooden Boat Festival from 15-17 April 2016 in Sydney’s Darling Harbour. The Australian National Maritime Museum’s CEO, Kevin…
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