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Jack Hargraves, an Auckland-based yachtie who spends a lot of time in Fiji, has posted on Facebook the story of an old Swan 57 that ran aground on a reef near Musket Cove. Apparently the owner was sailing single-handed, coming…
Organisation for the 2016 Wooden Boat festival of Geelong is well advanced at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club. The festival will be held over the Labour Day weekend commencing on Saturday12th March and running until Monday 14th. Over 150 entries,…
Is it the journey or the destination? Yachties who, like us, are part-time cruisers live on a limited time schedule. This can often lead people to be too defined about where they want to go and when. They head off…
I do not know about you but I like hot showers. I like hot water to wash up with and sometimes, to save gas, I will fill the kettle with hot water before I boil it for coffee. Problem is…
The Shag Islet Cruising Yacht Club annual Rendezvous has finished once again. Cruising Helmsman attended the weekend-long party as part of its continued support for the 'exclusively, non-exclusive' yacht club. Over 160 boats anchored in the Whitsunday waters of Gloucester…
Billed as one of the best cruising destinations in Australia, the Tasmanian Government's Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) organisation has launched an online resource for visiting cruisers. Cruising Tasmania is chock full of checklists and resources to get you safely…
News.com.au FOR 16-year-old Mara Stransky traffic lights are a fascinating concept. After all, when you’ve lived most of your short life on a boat, including the last five sailing the world on a 50-foot catamaran, there’s not much need for…
Participants in this year’s Multihull Solutions Wonderful Sail2Indonesia Rally have arrived in Indonesia after clearing out of Australia at Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, and experiencing a dream run across the Arafura Sea. The 48 participants will spend the…
At the recent Sydney International Boat Show one multihull manufacturer delivered short seminars for people interested in buying into the charter boat market. Due to such a great interest in those presentations Multihull Central decided to make it into a…
Australia’s first maritime explorers examined our rivers hoping to find a way into the mythical ‘inland sea’, Matthew Flinders sallying forth with this in mind in 1799 aboard the Norfolk. He anchored in the mouth of the Clarence River, named…
A growing El Nino in equatorial Pacific tends to suppress hurricane activity in the Atlantic but enhance it in the Pacific. This is certainly the case so far for the season. Ocean Navigator discusses the likelihood of the season for…
The Mercury. By Nokuthula Ntuli. Durban – Families whose loved ones were on the catamaran Sunsail that went missing in the Indian Ocean in January, are now considering having the three men declared dead. While they have not given up…
The Chagos community are seeking the help of all yachties who have been to Chagos or may go sometime in the future (or who just want to share an opinion). The residents of this remote island chain in the middle…
(August 9, 2015) – The Safety at Sea Committee of the Cruising Club of America has just published an updated version of its highly regarded Suddenly Alone workbook, now titled Safety for Cruising Couples – Including “Suddenly Alone.” The workbook…
When so many people would love to own a boat and embrace the cruising lifestyle, it's a crying shame that so many vessels around the world lie abandoned or sunk at their moorings. In Related Content (top right) there is…
In 2014, Mark Hipgrave and two friends set off from Queensland to deliver his Beneteau 36 The Healer to New Plymouth in New Zealand for the start of the Solo Tasman Race. He employed professional weather router Bob McDavitt to…
July 2015 – The Royal Langkawi Yacht Club’s (RLYC) redevelopment of its club and marina which began in February 2015 has progressed with excellent results. The redevelopment to enhance the club’s facilities and services has, along the way, been reassessed…
The Speakers are in. The time is set: 2:30 every day. Now all we need is you. The Sydney International Boat Show has provided Cruising Helmsman magazine an opportunity to present a truncated version of its 'Captain's Deck' seminars held…
Daily Echo A MEMBER of Swanage Lifeboat crew described the “needle in a haystack” situation when trying to locate a missing yacht after it suffered engine failure in the middle of the English Channel. Solent Coastguard requested the launch of…
Learn how to fund the dream of catamaran cruising into reality sooner, with charter boat ownership. Multihull Central will be hosting daily Charter Boat Ownership Seminars for the first time at the upcoming Sydney Boat Show at Darling Harbour from…
The Australian National Maritime Museum is calling on adventure seekers and history lovers to sign up and join the crew of its replica of James Cook’s 18th-century vessel HMB Endeavour as it embarks on a new sailing program in 2015…
Bellingham Marine is holding a photo contest for photos of marinas, winners will receive a Yeti Hopper and be featured in the company’s 2016 wall calendar. Marinas are growing around the world, assisting boaties and yachties alike while saving a…
In October this year the Port2Port Rally will leave in a leisurely fashion from New Caledonia. Open to all yachts finishing off the puddle jump and joining hands with the Island Cruising Association pacific Circuit Rally, the Port2Port provides assistance…
PHUKET, Thailand – A near-record fleet is set to compete this week in the 12th Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek off Phuket's southeast coast. Racing over four days from 16th to 19th July, the 38-strong fleet sees two TP52s competing…
We are sitting at anchor in the south arm of Port Clinton Queensland, which is not a port at all in the usual sense. Not a building, road, wharf or beacon anywhere. The wind has been howling through at 25…
On a recent cruise to the remote and picturesque Louisiade Archipelago in eastern Papua New Guinea an interesting discovery lay tucked away in a clearing above the mangrove lined shore. At the time, little was thought of it as the…
John Kanafoski was rescued by the US Coast Guard off Florida after his small yacht caught fire and he abandoned it to save his dog. The coastguard reported that Kanafoski was found 69 miles west of Hudson, Florida. The man…
The vessel in question is a De Haviland Norseman 14 foot aluminium dinghy that I suspect was made around 1972. It has three thwarts and currently pushed by a 11 kilowatt Mercury two stroke. Running properly it will do 20…
We stood transfixed under Dingo's spray hood and, wine glasses in hand, watched in horror as 70-knot winds wrought havoc on the boats to leeward. Our friends’ 40-foot Dufour was sheering wildly, the anchor was dragging and their inflatable, tied…
52 Cruising boats of all shapes and sizes from all over the world, came together for the start of the Multihull Solutions 2015 Sail 2 Indonesia Rally run by the Island Cruising Association. The official muster was held at the…
The first time Donna Lange sailed around the world by herself it was hardly an easy journey. Over 290 days at sea in her 28-foot sailboat, Inspired Insanity, she battled through 60-foot waves and 55-knot winds. She hit tropical storms…
The Royal Geelong Yacht Club has announced a long-term partnership has been secured with Geelong’s Rex Gorell Land Rover for the Festival of Sails regatta. Rex Gorell Land Rover will be the presenting partner for the next three years, following…
On 30 September 1969, the Coral Sea Island Bill officially acquired Australia’s tenth external territory. The Coral Sea occupies that part of the Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Australia between the parallels of Sandy Cape and Torres Strait, bounded…
A recent survey has been produced discussing gender balance in various sports in Australia, with sailing putting in a poor showing of female participation. Some sports are still overwhelmingly played by one sex more than the other: 85% of regular…
Representatives from Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Mauritius are in Australia working with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to strengthen search and rescue capabilities in the Indian Ocean region. The Search and Rescue Capability Partnership Program commenced in January and…
The Furneaux Group is a jewel in Bass Strait. It consists of some 52 isles, many offering safe, unspoilt and varied anchorages. We have spent several summers exploring these waters. For us the attraction is its remoteness and the fact…
As the fleet for Hamilton Island Race Week 2015 continues to grow at a record pace, a new trend is emerging. A sizeable increase in interest in the regatta from ‘highway helmsmen’ – trailable yacht owners. This unexpected surge of…
He sailed three times around the world without stopping and has circumnavigated a total of nine times without major incident. But luck ran out for famous Australian solo sailor Jon Sanders yesterday when his yacht began to fill with water…
This week, two World Cruising Club rallies converged on Marina de Lagos in southern Portugal marking the end of their multi-leg journeys to the Algarve. ARC Europe began six weeks ago in Nanny Cay, Tortola and Portsmouth, Virginia and the…
The 9th annual Seawind Whitsunday Rally, hosted by Multihull Central last week, saw over half a dozen catamarans and thirty crew enjoy island hopping around the beautiful Whitsunday Islands for a week of social racing, sundowners plus onshore and offshore parties….
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