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October 2022

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...
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Victory coming up the harbour after the 1932 Balokovic Cup race carrying her old vertical-cut mainsail. One man and his boats: Harold George; Victory at war
In history

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...
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Features

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 ...
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Boat Brief

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...
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Fishing

Find those fish (Part 4): Work-ups – a wild gannet chase!

Hovering, fluttering and feeding seabirds often indicate feeding predators.
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Boat Business

Berthing stern-first

Berthing a twin-engine vessel stern-first with the wind blowing up or down the fairway.
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Features

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...
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DIY Boating

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...
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Features

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...
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Editors Note

Boating industry on a roll

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Boating was invited to the New Zealand launch of the Boston Whaler range of American-built powerboats at the Auckland headqua...
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October 2022

Egmont Air puts on the Gloss

Egmont Air, trusted suppliers to the boatbuilding and manufacturing industry, offer a comprehensive design-to-installation se...
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October 2022

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...
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Features

12 Hot Trends to Watch in 2023

Innovative engineering and technological breakthroughs are making boating easier, safer and more comfortable than ever. Here ...
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Boat Business

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 ...
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Features

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.
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Features

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...
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