A former fishing fleet workhorse has been reborn as a source of serious fun, writes Richard Allen. They are romantic-looking boats and people are drawn to the fact that they are sailing a boat that ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The seaside town of Queenscliff could soon lose one of its proudest and oldest tourist attractions - the historic couta boats moored at ...

This beautiful 14-metre (46-foot) yacht started out as the addition to a Mornington Peninsula holiday cottage. The Jane is so curvaceous and sassily-appointed that anybody with an eye to recognise a ...

THIS past weekend saw the Hibberdene Ski-boat Club host another very successful Couta Classic. With almost perfect conditions on both days, some very good-sized couta were brought to the scales. Andre ...

Christine Nel with a 4,9kg shad caught off Port Edward. WHO says one needs to invest thousands of rands to buy a boat and go deep sea fishing in order to catch couta? Definitely not Clive Naidoo. On ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With Melbourne noticeably mild, it fell to Eddie McGuire to put some heat under the annual KPMG Couta Boat sailing regatta at Sorrento.

The annual Couta Boat Classic is one of the highlights of the nation’s corporate calendar, attracting a Who’s Who of the Australian business elite for the January race at the seaside town of Sorrento.

The Couta Boat occupies the ground floor of a grand old guesthouse. Service is friendly and fairly efficient and the menu mixes crowd-pleasers (Portarlington mussels ...

This beautiful 14-metre (46-foot) yacht started out as the addition to a Mornington Peninsula holiday cottage. The Jane is so curvaceous and sassily-appointed that anybody with an eye to recognise a ...

History is tangible at this 1902 Edwardian guesthouse. It's in the iron lacework above the patio seating and in the ceiling rose of the cosy dining room with attentive service. Prime the palate with a ...