Explore some beautiful destinations


Moonlight across the Southern Ocean

Waychinicup: the locals swear it is safe, but that's the Southern Ocean just outside that narrow crack.

Jack and Judith Binder take on one of the most feared stretches of water on the planet when they set out on a 1,600nm passage from Albany to Tasmania in their Hartley ferro cutter.

Cuba Viva la revolucion!

Cuba is opening up and adventurous cruisers are benefiting, explain Ian and Andrea Treleaven, who recently visited the land of the Buena Vista Social Club.

Venture into Vietnam

Reprinted from Australian Yachting April 2008: With its world heritage-listed bays and unspoilt coast, Vietnam is appealing to cruising sailors and regional racers from Hong Kong, reports Fiona Harper.

Simply magic

Jill Knight finds the New Caledonia of today just as exciting and memorable as the laid-back but exotic destination she encountered 25 years ago.

Tall, green, and beautiful

Don and Agnes Reed explore the beautiful islands of the Marquesas on their way home from Panama to Australia. These islands lie in the eastern corner of the vast area of French Polynesian islands and on most maps appear only as small dots.

On passage with Cooee

Jill Knight is reminded that the journey is just as an important part of the cruising experience as the final destination when she embarks on the 800nm passage to Noumea.

Out of Cairns

Cairns makes a great base from which to explore tropical Queensland.

Destinations: Pittwater

Bungan Beach, Pittwater

A haven for cruising sailors, yet only a stone's throw from Sydney, Pittwater is unrivalled as a destination, reports Matthew Smeal.

Cruising the Whitsundays - the things you wished you'd known

Race week fleet 2008

Petrea Heathwood shares some of the lessons many first-timers have to learn the hard way.

Cavalier times in Victoria

Swell crashes on Lady Julia Percy Island.

Peter Nyga rekindles his passion for the ocean during a delivery trip from Hastings to Portland in a Cavalier 26.

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