2022
One man and his boats: Bill Couldrey Part IV; Tiromoana, 1937 to Wairiki, 1938
Although Arnold (Bill) Couldrey was producing some of the iconic yachts and launches of the period by 1937, he was by no mean...
One Family’s Boating Journey: First principles
This column marks the second sail of our 2022 spring-summer season, which we undertook in September. It was not without its c...
On final approach
The John Lidgard-designed 60ft sloop Fuga Ultima (launched in 1985 as Final Approach) has come up for sale in Puerto Vallarta...
No more bad vibes
One of the advantages of an aluminium boat is the rigidity of the hull. While there may be a small amount of flex, depending ...
Trans- Tasman Solo Yacht Race 2023: Race entries roll in
Sailors will race single-handedly across the Tasman Sea from New Plymouth to Southport in April 2023.
Radio waves
Continuing our series on the yacht clubs of New Zealand, we thought we’d visit a couple in each island with the easiest acces...
Meet the poor knights
The Poor Knights Islands, Tawhiti Rahi, 23 kilometres east of Tutukaka, are steeped in history, rich in scenic beauty, and ma...
Leaders in their field (Part 1)
A leader might be just a relatively short length of line, but its diverse roles make leader use essential to most forms of fi...
Welcome back to the Cove
Some Kiwi cruisers on Pacific circuits have been coming to this event for years; for many international yachts on a circumnav...
We’re not bullet-proof
I am penning this ‘guest’ editorial because – as I write – your regular editor John Eichelsheim is winging his way across the...
Daring update
The Daring – an 1800s schooner – was uncovered by shifting sands on Auckland’s Muriwai Beach in 2018.
One Family’s Boating Journey – First sail of spring
I am retrospectively writing this article as we depart Gulf Harbour Marina for our second sail of the season. Fair sailing co...
Getting hot under the collar
An overheating boat engine can have many causes, but one of the first things to check is the health of the heat exchanger.
NZ marinas reaching environmental benchmarks
Marina operators are working hard, individually and collectively, to minimise the impact they have on their local environment...
Family classic powered up for summer
A much-loved family boat which has travelled halfway across the world to the Hauraki Gulf has been given a new lease on life,...
Marco Polo
One of the blessings of being a writer for a boating magazine like this is that you write mainly about heroes – heroes at the...
Whatever spins your crank
The big difference between petrol and diesel power is the means of igniting the compressed air/fuel mixture in the combustion...
Boat Show returns – with new owner
The New Zealand Boat Show has been held, under a variety of names every year since 1956, when it was first held at Auckland S...
Powering into the future
Penny, now 73, and her sailing school have become an intrinsic part of Auckland’s maritime landscape.
Inspired by Andrew Hill
The Sea-Doo FishPro really is the only PWC that’s ready to fish straight off the showroom floor, whichever model you choose.
A Sailing Journey along Australia’s East Coast Pt2: Australia’s Golden Waters Gold Coast...
Approaching the Gold Coast on my old quarter-tonner Skyebird after a few rough days at sea, alone and with a broken autopilot...
Best marinas, boatyards
The New Zealand Marina Operators Association (NZMOA) has recognised the country’s very best marinas and boatyards for 2022.
A winding history
Alex and Lesley Stone and old shipmate Tony Hards venture up the Whangateau Estuary and Omaha River
Refit catches covid
Menai is now ship-shape for us to enjoy – aged, but now sound, beautiful, and ready for the next generation.
One Family’s Boating Journey: Learning the ropes with Penny
Well surprisingly – or not – our first sail of the year, meaning the spring/summer season, is yet to happen. I have managed t...
One man and his boats: Harold George; Victory at war
Harold George had a busy decade in the 1930s. Despite the Depression the Lovegrove & George legal practice in Queen Stree...
Keep up the fight
She started off as one giant log of kauri, the superlative boat-building timber that made New Zealand famous and the British ...
New WaveRunners for 2023
Yamaha Motor New Zealand has announced their 2023 WaveRunner model line-up, which sees all-new colours and updated decals acr...
Find those fish (Part 4): Work-ups – a wild gannet chase!
Hovering, fluttering and feeding seabirds often indicate feeding predators.
Berthing stern-first
Berthing a twin-engine vessel stern-first with the wind blowing up or down the fairway.
Cruising in Greece Post-Covid
Having motored my yacht, Celestine, a Carambola 38, across the width of Europe, by river and canal, in 2019 (Boating New Zeal...
The hull cleanup
Cleaning off old coatings from a boat’s hull is no easy task, especially if they are years old, made up of a variety of mater...
Power forward with Mana
Coastguard Mana’s new 12.5m Protector rescue vessel Te Awarua might look much the same as 21 other Protectors that make up Co...
Plenty to look forward to
Megan and I went along to the opening day of the Women’s Rugby World Cup in Auckland City. She’s not a rugby fan, and despite...
One out of the box
The concept of carrying cargo in standardised containers was first formulated by US truck driver Malcolm McLean.
Boat-building boomtown
Few people know the story of Fairlie’s short but remarkable period as a boatbuilding mecca in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
Waikawa Women
Thirty boats and more than 220 female sailors raced in two divisions, over both triangle and ‘harbour’ courses in the waters ...
In search of the General
When the Image Boats-built Seastar isn’t deployed on commercial workboat duties or tourism charters in the spectacular waters...
Boating industry on a roll
Boating was invited to the New Zealand launch of the Boston Whaler range of American-built powerboats at the Auckland headqua...