The winner of Boating New Zealand magazine’s inaugural NZ Retro Boat Trophy went to Tugboat, a Savage Electra Glass ski-boat designed in Australia but manufactured in Christchurch in the 1970s.
More than 1.3 kilometres of boats on the water, and 200 more vessels on land mean this year’s Auckland Boat Show is lining up to be the biggest New Zealand’s ever seen.
The SailGP schedule for 2026 has just dropped, and New Zealand appears to be out.
While New Zealand had been on the SailGP map in the past few year with Christchurch and then in 2025 in Auckland, where it was generally agreed, the world-wide SailGP community saw an amazing event - the new schedule replaces New Zealand with Perth.
The SailGP release does note that this is not the final schedule - but looking at the dates, I cannot see where Auckland could fit - I hope I am wrong!