Top 20 Cruising Destinations for Your Bucket List
From Caribbean hot spots, to quiet anchorages at the bottom of the world, these are some of the most beautiful sailing spots on the planet.
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From the barrier reefs of Australia to the mystic green peaks of New Zealand, charter vacations in Australiasia guarantee a memorable, rare experience for all.
From Caribbean hot spots, to quiet anchorages at the bottom of the world, these are some of the most beautiful sailing spots on the planet.
The sail from Sydney to the Gold Coast yields a feisty adventure for the Contessa 25 Skyebird.
Dan Morris, a former cruising kid turned America’s Cup sailor, shares how his love for rigging led to a career in high-performance sailing.
A pair of sailors find that cruising from Hobart, Tasmania, to Melbourne, Australia, on a schedule is a difficult scenario.
Fatty and Carolyn are once again enchanted by one of their favorite cruising grounds, New Zealand.
Will Veteran singlehander Jon Sanders make his final landfall?
For those crossing the Pacific, reaching Sydney Harbour in time for New Year’s Eve provides the perfect occasion to celebrate.
Cruisers team up with Coral Bay Eco Tours, to view and research the gentle giants of the ocean.
When it comes to remarkable traditions and history, and a collection of boats second to none, the Australian wooden boat festival in Tasmania can’t be beat.
A pair of dolphins rides Dream Time‘s bow wake through glassy, calm water off Australia.
Hidden in a corner of New Zealand’s Bay of Islands, this little-known hideaway came in handy during a late spring gale.
Once an Indian Ocean communications hub, Cap’n Fatty finds Direction Island to be an escape from the rest of the world when the Wi-Fi goes down.
The Pacific? No problem. It’s the islands-filled bay between here and there that a circumnavigator finds vexing.
Explore the rugged and beautiful Muiron Islands Marine Management Area and waters of the protected Exmouth Gulf in Australia with Cruise Ningaloo.
A cruise to the tropics and back introduces a sailing family to life downunder.
The final few miles of a 6,000 mile journey from Darwin, Australia, to Durban, South Africa prove to be the biggest challenge of the solo crossing.
When the final curtain came down on a solo crossing from Tonga to New Zealand’s Bay of Islands, a happy ending was roundly applauded by all involved.
Beckoned by a Clearing A war story and sea tale born decades earlier in a subantarctic forest attracts Wanderer III to the wild and remote Auckland Islands.
Adventurous parents tackle a crossing from South Africa to Western Australia in their Open 40 – with two kids onboard.
A sailing family celebrates the close of four years voyaging in Tasmania with a visit to a jewel of the Southern Hemisphere.
For cruisers and charterers alike, a Pacific crossing will land you in New Zealand’s islands of enchantment.
A tragedy on the high sea can happen very quickly, as experienced sailor Jo Ivory found when her friend Charlie Gallagher was washed overboard. It
Schooner searchers hopeful after life-raft sightings.
The sailors’ 38-foot boat was knocked down in 30-foot seas.