July 2022
BOATS OF THE FUTURE
Next-generation technology has opened the door to unprecedented advances in marine electronics and e...
FIND THOSE FISH (PART 1): Current favourites
Oceanic currents, temperature breaks, structure and concentrations of baitfish are key factors when ...
ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – Jobs Weekends
It’s the first weekend in June, and I’m sitting on SV Sauvage writing this article at Gulf Harbour M...
HIDE & SEEK
I’m sure every boatie who ever worked on their boat has, more than once, spent more time looking for...
INAUGURAL ALAN WRIGHT DAY: 100+ BOATS, ONE DESIGNER
Forty-one years ago, one man was amazed to observe over 100 yachts of his own design gathered on the...
ONE MAN AND HIS BOATS: Chuck Auger
A few weeks ago I spotted a tiny, battered trophy of a gaff cutter yacht in a box of miscellaneous i...
A JOURNEY UP THE TE HOIERE PELORUS RIVER DELTA – CRYSTAL-CLEAR PELORUS
Lesley and I sneak up the Pelorus River delta in our wee rubber dinghy powered by a purringly-quiet ...
A break in the weather
It’s been slow coming, but winter seems to have finally arrived. In the South Island, ski fields ope...
Mystic Miss: Forgotten Warrior
In 1969, offshore powerboat racing was about to break away from competing in production recreational...
Sanctuary Cove 2022
One of the best parts of any show is that the people behind any product or brand are usually present...
Akaroa Yacht Club
Akaroa Cruising Club changed its name to Akaroa Yacht Club in 2012, the year the Wellington-Akaroa R...
Raising Divecat II: The big lift
When they lifted her, we discovered she was carrying nearly four tonnes of sludge, silt, marine grow...
Reverse docking
A cheat for when you are struggling to come alongside a dock bow-first because it’s a tight space an...
Wet bilges
Over the years, we’ve had many incidents of water trapped in the bilge, some caused by our own stupi...
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