BOAT REVIEWS
Discover New Zealand’s best boats with expert reviews, specs, and local insights—sailboats, powerboats, and yachts covered.
Hunter 356
Major US yacht builder Hunter Marine build vessels that are strikingly different to the production n...
Horsepower (HP):
27
YEAR:
2000
Displacement (M):
6318
Construction:
GRP/balsa/Kevlar
CONSTRUCTION:
GRP/balsa/Kevlar
Bénéteau ‘Benny’ 53
The epitome of design, the Benny 53 Go offers the same level of style and comfort as a Sydney pentho...
Length Over All (M):
17.12
YEAR:
1990
Displacement (M):
15,599
Construction:
carbon, e-glass and epoxy
CONSTRUCTION:
carbon, e-glass and epoxy
Bavaria Match 42
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Dixon Performance Cruiser
Liara is a beautiful example of a comfortable performance cruiser endowed with spark and speed throu...
Horsepower (HP):
190
Length Over All (M):
19.8
Displacement (M):
23,500kg
Bols
Building and designing a yacht to smash world speed sailing records requires a big budget, lateral t...
Length Over All (M):
28.3
Displacement (M):
23 tonnes
CONSTRUCTION:
Carbon fibre/Airex
Bavaria Yachts 42
It was supposed to be a genteel cruise to assess the Bavaria 42 but Lawrence Schaffler says his test...
Displacement (M):
8400
Length Over All (M):
11.15
CONSTRUCTION:
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Bavaria Yachts 40
The first Bavaria 40 to enter New Zealand was launched at Westhaven in December. It's roomy, comfort...
Length Over All (M):
12.35
Displacement (M):
7,900
Beneteau Oceanis 411
Decades of chartering know-how have been synthesised in the Beneteau Oceanis 411's crisp lines, grea...
YEAR:
1997-2005
Seawind 1160
Following its launch at last year's Sydney Boat Show, Seawind Catamarans' 1160 looks to become the c...
Length Over All (M):
11.60
YEAR:
2004
Displacement (M):
7,000
Construction:
foam sad/vinylester
Length Over All (M):
11.30
CONSTRUCTION:
foam sad/vinylester
Hanse 371 (2003)
Voted 'Boat of the Show' at Europe's largest boat show in 2000, the Hanse 371 has become the German ...
Length Over All (M):
11.25
YEAR:
2003
Displacement (M):
5,950
Construction:
Fibreglass
Length Over All (M):
9.85
CONSTRUCTION:
Fibreglass
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 35 (Sun Fast 35)
Designed for comfortable family cruising and twilight club racing, the new Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 35 i...
Length Over All (M):
10.67
YEAR:
2003
Displacement (M):
5,200
Construction:
Fibreglass
Length Over All (M):
9.73
CONSTRUCTION:
Fibreglass
Elliott 1250 Tourer
This Aussie-built, Kiwi-designed deckhouse cruiser has the legs for fast passagemaking around the ba...
YEAR:
2002
Beneteau First 36.7
In March 2006, the latest model in Beneteau's First cruiser/racer range looked set to follow the suc...
YEAR:
2002
Hanse 341
German production yachtbuilder Hanse is making giant strides in Australia, but has yet to reach New ...
Horsepower (HP):
18
Length Over All (M):
10.35
YEAR:
2002
Displacement (M):
5150 approx
Construction:
GRP/foam core topsides & deck
Length Over All (M):
8.90
CONSTRUCTION:
GRP/foam core topsides & deck
JBoats J160
In 2006, Steve Raea tracked down one of America's leading one-design yacht builders, J Boats, which ...
Horsepower (HP):
88
Length Over All (M):
16.06
YEAR:
1996-2000
Displacement (M):
14,152
Construction:
Fibreglass
Length Over All (M):
14.48
CONSTRUCTION:
Fibreglass
Pacific 38 Offshore Cruiser/Racer
So said an Australian boat reviewer in the seventies and it is hard to argue with him. Perception wa...
Length Over All (M):
11.6
YEAR:
1982
Displacement (M):
7548
Construction:
Solid GRP (ply/grp decks)