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Superior 1050 SS

Built to order for a Whangaroa gamefishing couple. Grant Dixon heads out aboard the Kiwi-built sports sedan.

Single 370hp Yanmar 25.5 knots top speed Two cabins

Superior 1050 SS on test off Stevensons Island. Video by Roger Mills

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Cockpit controls let the skipper steer, throttle, run the autopilot and bow thruster mid-fight. A Seakeeper gyro steadies her at rest and on the drift.

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