April 2022
Marooned, 1959-style
My boyfriend Fred and I sprawled on a sandy cove of Motutapu Island, which adjoins Rangitoto in the ...
VINTAGE VIEW – ONE MAN AND HIS BOATS; HARRY JENKINS, PART3 – Wartime Pacific cruises
Harry Jenkins could trace his ancestry through his mother’s side back to Sir Francis Drake. His new ...
RUM’S RETURN
When we last wrote about Rum Bucket it was the August 2020 issue of Boating New Zealand. Quintin Fow...
Rust never sleeps
According to the musician Neil Young, “Rust Never Sleeps”. Young must have been a boat owner, becaus...
ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – Faulty heads and Wi-Fi solutions
Sailing the great expanse of water that surrounds New Zealand offers a sense of liberation and indep...
Miami International Boat Show 2022- South Beach Soiree
Supersized and reimagined, the 2022 Miami International Boat Show served up a veritable banquet of ...
1970s Offshore Power Boat Wars – THUNDERSTRUCK
Gerard Richards revisits his youth, represented by a decade-long monohull battle for racing supremac...
The power of movement
Finally, an overall recommendation: don’t overdo the strength of your trace: the thinner the trace d...
THE PLACE TO BE
The South Island has a huge diversity of opportunities for trailer-boaties who are prepared to expl...
Share the pain
Fuel prices are much in the news lately. As markets around the world react to the appalling actions ...
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