January 2022
KEEP CALM & CARRY ON SAILING
“Now we know what our parents went through during the Second World War.” Those were the words spoken by an acquaintance to a small group of us in Marc...
CARRY ON UP THE RIVER
On one side, vehicles roar maniacally along the main road towards elsewhere. But on the other, a silent river idles gently by. And in between them is ...
GEORGE DIBBERN; THE 1934 TRANS-TASMAN RACE PT 111 / Te Rapunga versus Ngataki
At North Head, Te Rapunga led Ngataki by half a mile and drew steadily away in the broad lead up the coast into a rising easterly. Te Rapunga last sig...
Mid-life Makeover
Normally I edit drone footage of new boats for Boating New Zealand’s boat reviews. Auckland’s most recent lockdown presented me with an opportunity to...
Fitting a gauge to your water tank
Take the guesswork out of estimating how much water your boat is carrying.
Most boats with an underfloor fuel tank will have a fuel gauge. Which is a...
Brief like your life depends on it
Ensuring everyone onboard knows what to do in the event of an emergency is part of a skipper’s responsibility. Always take the time to brief your crew...
The stray-line rig
Perhaps the simplest and probably the most effective rig for catching snapper, the stray-line rig benefits from a few subtleties.
Last month we looke...
Up the Creek: The Waikato River at Hamilton
Alex and Lesley Stone venture up the ultimate creek...
Our Up the Creek adventure this month breaks all the rules. For a start, we’re not sta...
Meet me at the METS
Not even new Covid variants and ongoing supply chain woes can stop the avalanche of new boating gear that’s coming to market in 2022. Masked and sani...
Your summer cruising library / January 2022
Another installment of interesting reads for January. Good books – they’re an essential part of the joys of cruising. And if the lockdowns continue – ...
Aotearoa to starboard PART 3 – FIORDLAND THEN HOME
The adventure continues for the crew of the Auckland yacht Flying Cloud as they take time to explore Fiordland before heading north for home.
Martin,...
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At 36° south, a line of latitude crosses the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, symbolically bisecting New Zealand’s North Island. This global connection inspi...
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