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How can I tell the story of Clair de Lune? How can one old timber sailboat cause so much emotion? This story is a rescue mission, an impractical, expensive adventure that we simply felt compelled to do. The restoration of…
Last year Jasna and I were hired to deliver a 3 million dollar yacht 2000 miles from Tahiti to Fiji. When I met the owner, I asked whether he had paper charts on board. His rather condescending reply was “no….
Our boat, Blue Pelican, is a Pearson 424 ketch. My wife Jody and I have been continuously cruising her for seven years, mainly east coast USA and Caribbean. In 2015 we transitted the Panama Canal and sailed Blue Pelican across…
“Breathe through your mouth,” I said as I tilted Captain Hunk’s head forward and pinched the soft part of his nose. I kicked the scallop bucket under his dripping blood. Three of the seven scallops we had caught snapped shut….
The stunning islands of the Caribbean sweep across the Atlantic in a shower of emerald pearls from the throat of Southern USA to the cleavage of South America. The tranquil Caribbean Sea on the leeward side licks at her white…
Marking an end to a month's port-hopping in company, World Cruising Club's annual ARC Portugal sailing rally concluded at Marina de Lagos on Wednesday 27th June with a celebratory dinner. Over one hundred crew have sailed with the multi-leg rally…
Sydney, NSW, Australia – 21 June 2018 – Proving that you can’t keep a good marina down, the century old Elizabeth Bay Marina recently opened again in its new incarnation. The marina is located in Elizabeth Bay, a harbourside…
ARC Europe 2018 ended with a packed final prizegiving dinner at Marina de Lagos on Sunday 17th June where crews from 19 yachts enjoyed a celebratory end to a memorable rally. Being a multi leg event sailing west to east…
“In water” construction at the new Margate Marina at Barretta south of Hobart has now started with the installation of the first piers and floating pontoons. This redevelopment of Margate Marina represents one of Tasmania’s biggest recreational boating investments, creating…
Thirty-two of the thirty-four yachts that departed from Southport on the Gold Coast, Australia with the Down Under ‘Go East’ Rally on May 15th 2018 have arrived in New Caledonia. Two vessels returned to Southport soon after departing with autopilot failure….
Maritime Safety Queensland issues a regular newsletter which often contains good articles that are of interest to the sailing community. Here's one from their latest about coping with silting at the entrance to the Mooloolah River at Mooloolaba, north of Brisbane….
PHUKET: More than 20 yachts and around 80 sailors are expected to compete in the 2018 Multihull Solutions Regatta, to be held on Chalong Bay on Phuket’s east coast from July 12-15, reports Phuket Yacht Club Commodore Scott Duncanson. …
SPONSORED CONTENT Explore some of the world’s best cruising grounds with the support and reassurance of a Sunsail lead crew on a flotilla holiday. The Sunsail Flotilla holidays offer an informal, relaxed and unique experience for families, couples and groups…
Quartz Africa After years of being on the decline, piracy off the coast of Somalia is making a comeback. The number of incidents in the Horn of Africa region doubled in 2017 compared to the previous year, according to the…
ABC Gold Coast. By Tom Forbes. Overseas billionaires and their superyachts could soon be heading down under to explore Australia's 'virgin' cruising grounds, if they are handed a tax break by the Federal Government. Under current laws, foreign-owned yachts…
Zulu Waterways is an Australian made online cruising guide, written by sailors for sailors. With a focus on anchorage information, it covers a range of essentials such as navigation advice and marina details, to everyday things like taps, bins and…
A contributor to Cruising Helmsman has sent us these worrying images. He bought a brand new portable generator so he could do some maintenance on his yacht without having to rely on shore power. He prefers not to name the…
Maui Now Two mariners were rescued from a grounded vessel off of Molokini Crater in Maui County waters on Wednesday night. The incident was reported at around 9:31 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 by the master of the 44-foot sailing…
With boat registrations now open and the production team in place, the tempo is building towards the 2019 MyState Australian Wooden Boat Festival being a ‘must see’ on the calendar of boat lovers everywhere. But it is not just boat…
The Frers 57, designed by Mani Frers, who follows in the footsteps of his famous father, German, flew to Australia from his home in Italy to attend the launch. Also on hand were noted builder John McConaghy and Jono Morris,…
Departing Southport Yacht Club (SYC) on May 14 2018, the 780nm Down Under Rally voyage will commence, heading for New Caledonia, with an estimated arrival date of 21 May 2018. The Go East Rally provides participants with the opportunity to…
The Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) has announced that the contract for latest dredging project on the Gold Coast Seaway has been awarded to local Gold Coast company, Neumann Contractors Pty Ltd. The $500,000 project will see dredging work on…
The Victorian government has announced that four marine search and rescue units in Victoria’s south-west will receive new boats as part of the $11.3 million funding package unveiled late last year. The four rescue units are Port Fairy Marine Rescue…
The Jakarta Post The Tourism Ministry is promoting potential destinations for marine tourism in Indonesia to yachter (sic) communities in Opua, New Zealand from April 20 to 21. Expected to be attended by 80 members of the Opua Cruising Club,…
The developers behind the proposed Eden Marina at Cattle Bay in Eden on the NSW south coast have announced that, following a recent judgement by the NSW Land and Environment Court, the marina has now been granted Development Approval (DA)….
Australian state and local governments could learn from the Irish, who are establishing a cruising route up the west coast to increase opportunities for local businesses servicing the marine sector: Derry Now. Derry City and Strabane District Council are taking…
Cruising the South Pacific is an awesome experience, all agree. You experience the opportunity to visit fantastic atolls and islands and assimilate in the native lifestyle. But we also all know that island living can be hard. Most islanders do…
Award-winning marina precinct, Abell Point Marina, welcomes new General Manager, Kate Purdie, to the team. Ms Purdie replaces Luke McCaul as General Manager of the largest marina on the east coast of Queensland. With 517 wet berths and berthing to…
Marine mobile app NEBO continues to impress skippers the world over with a new feature in its latest update making it even easier to enjoy a safe and carefree boating experience. Nebo’s new “Pre-Start Checklist” feature enables users to create…
The Whitsunday Times. By Peter Carruthers. ONE year ago last week a frail and confused tabby was found at Shute Harbour after its floating home slipped its moorings and was forced ashore by the cyclonic winds of Cyclone Debbie. A…
While not strictly a yacht cruising story, we thought this piece from the Maritime Professional would be of interest to our readers: A surge in armed attacks against ships around West Africa is pushing up global levels of piracy and…
The Northern Star reports that a sailor is lucky to be alive after his 25ft yacht capsized while he was attempting to cross the Ballina bar in northern New South Wales at 3.30pm on April 5. NSW Surf Life Saving duty…
St Thomas, 4 April 2018 – Just six months after the devastation caused by Irma and Maria, two category 5 hurricanes that swept through Caribbean last year, life in some areas, including on the US Virgin Island of St Thomas,…
Fiji Sun Online by NACANIELI TUILEVUKA A recent study undertaken by Port Denarau marina revealed that the yacht industry contributed over $42 million to the Fiji economy, last year. In 2017, Port Denarau recorded 554 cruising yachts and 65 super yachts,…
Most cruising sailors and other travellers look forward to eating fresh seafood when visiting Pacific islands. Many sailors catch their own fish from nearby reefs and some choose to buy from the ubiquitous coastal fish markets. In the latter case,…
Before my wife Frances and I started full-time cruising we wondered if sailing around the world was enough to satisfy us. On the face of it this may seem like an odd thing to say but, in fact, after nine…
If you are reading this magazine chances are you own a cruising yacht and spend as much time as possible on board your vessel of pride. While out on the water you will probably experience the best and worst of…
AirMed & Rescue Magazine Three yachsmen were rescued off the coast of Morgan Bay, South Africa, after abandoning their yacht. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) was alerted to the three missing sailors after the wife of one reported that…
Food poisoning is rare; even so one in five Australians can expect to get food poisoning each year. We think of food poisoning bugs just giving us a nasty bout of ‘gastro’, which is true in most cases; but it…
How many articles have been written on how to get better value out of the power expended to keep a yacht’s food refrigerated? Well, I have read many and was getting nowhere. According to my reading, if my problem was…
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