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Stabicraft 2050 Frontier Profish

Stabicraft
Trailer Boat
Where this model really excels is fishability.
Horsepower (HP):
150-200
Displacement (M):
875kg (dry, no motor)
Length Over All (M):
6.3
Construction:
Arrow pontoons, wide-body hull

Stabicraft 2050 Frontier Profish

Stabicraft
Where this model really excels is fishability.
Displacement (M):
875kg (dry, no motor)
Length Over All (M):
6.3
Construction:
Arrow pontoons, wide-body hull
BOAT REVIEW

Candela C-8 Hardtop

Candela
Trailer Boat
The Candela C-8 is clearly a much more mature and technologically advanced model than its predecesso...
Horsepower (HP):
45/50kW
Displacement (M):
1850
Length Over All (M):
8.5
Construction:
Vacumm-infused carbon fibre
BOAT REVIEW

Dibley 7.5m Sportsboat

Dibley
Sailing Boat
Despite the lack of gennaker it’s still a fun and fantastic ride down the harbour, and reminds me ho...
Construction:
Vacuum-infused
BOAT REVIEW

Dickey Pacific 62

Dickey
Power Boat
Passage making is about long days at sea, often with swell and waves running at different angles, or...
Horsepower (HP):
300
Displacement (M):
18,000
Length Over All (M):
18.75

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Electric & Hybrid Boats

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1977 Firecrest Half Cabin

Listing type:
Used
Usage:
family
Class:
Power Trailer Boats
Hull Material:
fibreglass

2005 Haines Signature 600RF

Listing type:
Used
Usage:
charter
Class:
Power Trailer Boats
Hull Material:
fibreglass

2005 Ganley Solution 43

Listing type:
Used
Usage:
cruising
Class:
Sail Boats
Hull Material:
steel

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Listing type:
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Usage:
leisure
Class:
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Hull Material:
polyethylene-plastic

1972 Adams 45

Listing type:
Used
Usage:
leisure
Class:
Sail Boats
Hull Material:
steel

1972 Delta Delta 36

Listing type:
Used
Usage:
leisure
Class:
Sail Boats
Hull Material:
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Marine industry growth means new offices at Cracker Bay: Work, play, and look out over the Waitematā

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