Dedication pays off

The standout story for me in this issue of Boating NZ must be John Macfarlane’s feature on the remarkable rescue and restoration of Kokoru, a storied 1960 Jack Morgan motor launch badly damaged in a marina fire in 2022. Kokoru had just undergone a two-year restoration and been relaunched weeks before the fire. For her new owners, the fire was devastating, and they couldn’t face rebuilding the badly charred classic yet again. Kokoru’s future was looking bleak, but what followed showed she was a lucky boat after all, and that – thankfully – there are people with the vision to see what’s po...