Port Douglas Race Week 2026

Port Douglas Race Week 2026

From the Bow of YKnot Racing at the Port Douglas Race Week 2026 For those who haven’t sailed it, this is a five-day annual event that runs right alongside the massive Port Douglas Carnivale. While the tourists are packing Macrossan Street for the parade and fireworks,...
North by Northwest

North by Northwest

North by Northwest Delivering from Maggie to Port DouglasA passage of 199 nautical miles up the Queensland coast We were tied up in Nelly Bay, on the south-eastern shore of Magnetic Island, with nowhere to go. The south-east trade winds — the engine of...
Luxury cruising

Luxury cruising

Luxury Meets Unreal Offshore Speed Through the Lens: Capturing the Nautitech 542 There are boats built for the marina, and then there are boats built to move. When I recently had the chance to work with Inspire Marine to document Baruch, a 2019 Nautitech 542, it was...
Delivering ‘Mell’ to Her New Home

Delivering ‘Mell’ to Her New Home

Hanse delivery Melbourne to Newcastle Owner: Scott KnightsVice CommodoreNewcastle Cruising Yacht Club There is a specific kind of magic that happens when a boat begins its next chapter. Last week, I had the pleasure of joining Scott Knights, the Vice Commodore of the...
Shimmer

Shimmer

Hanse 505 – Shimmer Skipper: Steve TwentymanSafety Beach Sailing Club (SBSC) Shimmer is one of the yachts I sail on most regularly, and over time she’s become a familiar and trusted platform. Sailing out of Safety Beach Sailing Club, much of our time together has been...