The John Faire story: Humble legend
For nearly seven decades, John Faire has been involved in every aspect of yacht ...
The Russell Pauling story
Fortunate fellow
During the 1970s and 80s, Epiglass was the leading force in th...
The Westhaven Marina story — Part 1
The formative years: 1928–2004
This month signifies a major shift at Westhaven ...
Kiwi yachting master, the Richard Macalister story
In 1980, a relatively unknown Wellington sailor, Richard Macalister, then aged 2...
The Greg Fenwick story
Architectural moves
Fenwick's father, John, was the CEO of John Fenwick & C...
Dedicated boaties: The Ron and Michelle Copeland story
A skilled engineer, boat restorer and sailor, Ron Copeland is a dedicated advoca...
True voyagers: the Eric and Cathy Gray story
While world circumnavigations are seemingly routine these days, the challenge of...
The OK Dinghy: The New Zealand dominance
For nearly 70 years, the OK Dinghy has been one of this country’s most popular i...
A true Kiwi navigator: The John Mansell story
John Mansell has lived his life intimately connected to the sea. John Macfarlane...
Industry trailblazer: the Russ Bowler story (Part 2)
For many of those involved in
the 1987 New Zealand Challenge,
not least Micha...
The Russ Bowler story pt1: By Design
Russ Bowler was Bruce Farr’s partner for over 40 years. A skilled designer/sailo...
The Peter Lester Story
Peter Lester
1954 – 2025
The worldwide sailing community was shocked to hear o...
Attitude is everything: The John Morrison story
Sailor and entrepreneur John Morrison’s story is a real rags-to-riches one. Grow...
Formula 4000 restoration: Total reform
The immaculate Formula 4000 slid slowly past me down the fairway, stopped, spun ...
A free-spirited talent: The Graeme Woodroffe story
The late Graeme Woodroffe was one of New Zealand’s best-performing helmsmen/skip...
Simply the best: the Jo Aleh, MNZM, story
In a sailing career that’s
been short on financial assistance and long in dete...
Kokoru: A Phoenix from the ashes
Some boats are just born lucky.
Kokoru is one of those boats.
Designed and b...
The Robert Brooke story
Role model
From the ashes of a cut-off boatbuilding career, Robert Brooke reinv...
Dynamic duo: The John and Linda Parrish story
Race management is one of those critical jobs that has to be done just right and...
excel-lent refurbishment
It’s glorious powerboat weather and ideal for an impromptu speed test
of the U...
Ragtime – the ‘Black Box’ returns
One of the most famous New Zealand keelers is Ragtime, designed and built by the...
Terrance (Terry) Cookson 1932 – 2024
Born in 1932 in Merseyside, England, Terrance (Terry) Cookson completed a shipwr...
Chris Robertson 1927-2024
Many in the marine industry were saddened to hear of boatbuilder Chris Robertson...
Farr reaching success: The Farr 1020 story
One of the most successful one-design keelers in New Zealand has been the Farr 1...
Motoring ahead: The Hugh Stewart story
On December 20th, a 73-year-old will retire from a company and brand he’s been a...
THE Richard (Dick) Jones story: Sharp as a tack
Born in 1935 to a Papamoa farming couple Kingsley and Gwen Jones, Richard didn’t...
Katoa, a Given 14.5m Sailing Catamaran
The Katoa project began 15 years ago in a 18m x 10m shed on the couple’s Dairy F...
Sailing Away: The Brett Bakewell-White Story
Bakewell-White’s boating story begins with his grandfather, the late Richard (Di...
The Alastair Shanks Story – Fun-loving sailor
Alastair Shanks was born in Scotland in April 1940, towards the end of the so-ca...
Thrills without bills (the JT 8.5m racing catamaran)
Introducing John Tetzlaff – full time sparmaker and part-time multihull designer...