Boating New Zealand

Fans of high-octane yacht racing will have been disappointed to learn that the SailGP event scheduled for Auckland in March is no longer coming.

How a decades-long family boat building empire has happily downsized to build the world’s best coach boats.

Alex Stone looks at tempting onboard reading options for this summer

Fresh from Eton and straight from the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, Lieutenant Home Reginald Arthur Kidston joined HMS Diomede on the New Zealand Station in August 1933. He was 23. He had been racing cars since he was at school. At 14 he had a Morgan three-wheeler, followed by a Bugatti Type 37C. After he joined the Navy he bought a 4½ litre Bentley and an MG K3 Magnette.

Each year, the week after the world famous Henley Regatta, the River Thames at Henley plays host to the Thames Traditional Boat Festival.