October 2022
One Family’s Boating Journey: Learning the ropes with Penny
Well surprisingly – or not – our first sail of the year, meaning the spring/summer season, is yet to happen. I have managed t...

One man and his boats: Harold George; Victory at war
Harold George had a busy decade in the 1930s. Despite the Depression the Lovegrove & George legal practice in Queen Stree...
Keep up the fight
She started off as one giant log of kauri, the superlative boat-building timber that made New Zealand famous and the British ...
New WaveRunners for 2023
Yamaha Motor New Zealand has announced their 2023 WaveRunner model line-up, which sees all-new colours and updated decals acr...
Find those fish (Part 4): Work-ups – a wild gannet chase!
Hovering, fluttering and feeding seabirds often indicate feeding predators.
Berthing stern-first
Berthing a twin-engine vessel stern-first with the wind blowing up or down the fairway.
Cruising in Greece Post-Covid
Having motored my yacht, Celestine, a Carambola 38, across the width of Europe, by river and canal, in 2019 (Boating New Zeal...
The hull cleanup
Cleaning off old coatings from a boat’s hull is no easy task, especially if they are years old, made up of a variety of mater...
Power forward with Mana
Coastguard Mana’s new 12.5m Protector rescue vessel Te Awarua might look much the same as 21 other Protectors that make up Co...
Boating industry on a roll
Boating was invited to the New Zealand launch of the Boston Whaler range of American-built powerboats at the Auckland headqua...
Egmont Air puts on the Gloss
Egmont Air, trusted suppliers to the boatbuilding and manufacturing industry, offer a comprehensive design-to-installation se...
MRX fleet powering into the future
MRXs are used many times a week by a variety of people, and I can’t think of a harder job for an engine, doing short trips wh...
12 Hot Trends to Watch in 2023
Innovative engineering and technological breakthroughs are making boating easier, safer and more comfortable than ever. Here ...
Opua Marina: State of the art
Bay of Islands Marina is a relatively modern marina that was only opened by Far North Holdings 22 years ago, but it is built ...
40 years of the ‘Classic’
What began as a drag race for sailors, open to everyone and with no handicaps, will celebrate its 40th start this October.
In pursuit of a dream
The 40-footer first came to New Zealand while being sailed two-handed round the world in the 2010 Global Ocean Race by Ross a...







