The Masteka Log

a Whitsundays chronicle

The Masteka Log

Seven days among the islands aboard the superyacht Masteka 2, told a day at a time.

The Whitsundays, Queensland · 25 – 31 July 2026

The album builds as the trip does: a page for each day, photos from the group chat, the story written at anchor.

The days

Day by day

The billing The Cast
Twelve players · in order of appearance
A Maison Gourraud production Day One Setting Out
Sat 25 July
First edition Day Two The Peak
Sun 26 July
In print Day Three The Masteka Cup
Mon 27 July
In print Day Four Castle Rock
Tue 28 July
In progress Day Five Whitehaven by Moonlight
Wed 29 July
In progress Day Six Seven Kilometres of White
Thu 30 July
Aloha night complete Day Seven The Voyage Home
Fri 31 July
The last chapter Special edition The Masteka Cup 2026
Two legs, one trophy
Champions: the Couples Special edition Death on the Masteka
The case file · R.I.P. Rex Marlin
Case closed Special feature Masteka Training Camp
The training film · 62 sec
Cut at 109 BPM Special edition From the Crew
The view from the wheelhouse
13 frames · narrated Special edition Life Aboard
The fine art of doing nothing
Cushions claimed Special edition Aloha Night
The final-night farewell in full colour
Leis on Special edition Merci, Boris
The chef’s five days
Gold leaf edition Every photo The Gallery
Swipe through the lot
733 photos and counting
The soundtrack

Press play, pour something

Two playlists carried this week — one for the dance floor, one for golden hour on the aft deck. Both live on, on Spotify:

Play That Song to Get Up and Dance The dance-floor edition · incl. “Murder on the Dancefloor” Coastal Grandmother, Easy Listening The sundowner edition · golden hour on the aft deck
The vessel

Masteka 2

Masteka 2 from the waterline at golden hour, photographed by her crew
From the waterline at golden hour — photographed by her own crew

Thirty-seven metres of Kha Shing build and Dubois styling, launched in 2009 and nominated for Superyacht of the Year in her class the same year. She is one of Australia's best-known charter yachts: Sydney Harbour in the summer months, then north with the winter to the Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef, with seasons in Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu besides.

Five cabins sleep up to twelve guests, with a full-beam master suite on the main deck and a crew of seven who know these waters well.

Length
37 m · 122 ft
Builder
Kha Shing · 2009
Styling
Dubois
Guests
12 · 5 cabins
Crew
7
Cruising
10 kn · 17.5 top
How this album builds

Photos from the trip WhatsApp chat land in photos/_inbox/. Cowork sorts them into each day's folder, and the day pages pick them up automatically; empty frames simply wait until their photo exists.

Say "add today's photos" and the day's page gets its hero, its figures and a first draft of the story.