November 2022
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 th...
Getting hot under the collar
An overheating boat engine can have many causes, but one of the first things to check is the health ...
NZ marinas reaching environmental benchmarks
Marina operators are working hard, individually and collectively, to minimise the impact they have o...
Family classic powered up for summer
A much-loved family boat which has travelled halfway across the world to the Hauraki Gulf has been g...
Marco Polo
One of the blessings of being a writer for a boating magazine like this is that you write mainly abo...
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 an...
Best marinas, boatyards
The New Zealand Marina Operators Association (NZMOA) has recognised the country’s very best marinas ...
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 gen...
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...
One out of the box
The concept of carrying cargo in standardised containers was first formulated by US truck driver Mal...
Boat-building boomtown
Few people know the story of Fairlie’s short but remarkable period as a boatbuilding mecca in the la...
Waikawa Women
Thirty boats and more than 220 female sailors raced in two divisions, over both triangle and ‘harbou...
In search of the General
When the Image Boats-built Seastar isn’t deployed on commercial workboat duties or tourism charters ...
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