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April 2022

April 2022

Marooned, 1959-style

My boyfriend Fred and I sprawled on a sandy cove of Motutapu Island, which adjoins Rangitoto in the Hauraki Gulf. That was a fun sail across,” I com...
April 2022

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 yacht, Golden Hind, the biggest private yacht yet ...
April 2022

RUM’S RETURN

When we last wrote about Rum Bucket it was the August 2020 issue of Boating New Zealand. Quintin Fowler and his crew were caught in a bureaucratic sto...
April 2022

Rust never sleeps

According to the musician Neil Young, “Rust Never Sleeps”. Young must have been a boat owner, because certainly rust, or more generically corrosion, n...
April 2022

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 independence that is hard to dismiss. There’s a pull in...
April 2022

Miami International Boat Show 2022- South Beach Soiree

Supersized and reimagined, the 2022 Miami International Boat Show served up a veritable banquet of new boat launches. Boating New Zealand’s Craig Rit...
April 2022

1970s Offshore Power Boat Wars – THUNDERSTRUCK

Gerard Richards revisits his youth, represented by a decade-long monohull battle for racing supremacy between the V8 inboard and multiple outboard mon...
April 2022

The power of movement

Finally, an overall recommendation: don’t overdo the strength of your trace: the thinner the trace diameter, the better your lures’ natural action. Go...
April 2022

THE PLACE TO BE

The South Island has a huge diversity of opportunities for trailer-boaties who are prepared to explore. With some difficulty, Tom Fraser whittles dow...
April 2022

Share the pain

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 a...

Docklands 5 Marine

Dockland 5 Marine is a haul out & hardstand facility on the beautiful Whangarei Harbour. Just a short distance to the Whangarei CBD, Dockland 5 Marine is the perfect place to carry out boat repai...

Sail Brokers

About Us We measure and evaluate each and every sail as it comes in and store and list them for sale on the owner's behalf. Looking through our database is quick and easy - first choose what type of sail you are looking for (eg Mainsail, Headsail, Spinnaker, Small Boats, Covers, Tents or Sail bags), scroll to find the size range you are interested in (all sails are measured in feet and inches), this will bring up a brief description of the sails we have in that size range. If you see a sail ...

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1975 Alan Mummery Ketch

The 1975 Alan Mummery Ketch is a classic, craftsman-built 12.2m (40-foot) timber cruising yacht with a robust three-skin kauri hull and centre cockpit layout.

Riviera 4600 SY

This vessel epitomises elegance with its sleek lines and contemporary design, offering a seamless fusion of indoor and outdoor living in a spacious, open-plan layout.