Boating New Zealand

With over 150 years of innovation and experience having gone into Beneteau’s designs, 36° is proud to bring you this line up. 

It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the death of boating legend John Street, MNZM, who passed away on December 21.

When he first arrived in Auckland on August 2, 1933 to join HMS Diomede the Auckland Star called Sub-Lieutenant Home (pronounced Hume by the way) Kidston “tall, good-natured, good-looking”. Its feature writer could have added “fabulously wealthy” to that description. His de Havilland Moth aeroplane and his Riley-engined Vosper Jolly Boat speedboat had arrived on the Rangitane with him. Yet to come were a Mercedes-Benz SSK sports car and a six-metre yacht, Bird O’ Freedom.

With 49 editions under its belt so far, the most prestigious static contest in North America has now reached its 50th anniversary. And it continues to grow in every sense.

D. Ault Salt closed his eyes, tugged his grey beard, and thought: Life is good.