John Eichelsheim

Last week I had the privilege of spending two days in the snowy Southern Lakes district. I was there to go boating, which isn’t always at the front of people’s minds when temperatures are in the low single digits.

This range of luxurious, high-performance motor yachts can be customised to suit a range of uses, from serving as high-end super tenders, supporting your watersports obsession or coastal cruising with family and friends.

The Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show came to a successful conclusion last Sunday, and as I write, Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show, arguably the Southern Hemisphere’s largest, has just opened with 300 exhibitors and over 600 boats. Sydney International Boat Show is scheduled for the end of July.

Make sure your crew is prepared with lines and you have suitable fenders out as the boat is in a very unstable position when lying stationary with its bow into the wind.

Fuel prices are much in the news lately. As markets around the world react to the appalling actions of Russia in Ukraine, oil prices are rising fast and fuel supply is becoming constrained.