2022
One man and his boats: Bill Couldrey Part IV; Tiromoana, 1937 to Wairiki, 1938
Although Arnold (Bill) Couldrey was producing some of the iconic yachts and launches of the period b...
One Family’s Boating Journey: First principles
This column marks the second sail of our 2022 spring-summer season, which we undertook in September....
On final approach
The John Lidgard-designed 60ft sloop Fuga Ultima (launched in 1985 as Final Approach) has come up fo...
No more bad vibes
One of the advantages of an aluminium boat is the rigidity of the hull. While there may be a small a...
Trans- Tasman Solo Yacht Race 2023: Race entries roll in
Sailors will race single-handedly across the Tasman Sea from New Plymouth to Southport in April 2023...
Radio waves
Continuing our series on the yacht clubs of New Zealand, we thought we’d visit a couple in each isla...
Meet the poor knights
The Poor Knights Islands, Tawhiti Rahi, 23 kilometres east of Tutukaka, are steeped in history, rich...
Leaders in their field (Part 1)
A leader might be just a relatively short length of line, but its diverse roles make leader use esse...
Welcome back to the Cove
Some Kiwi cruisers on Pacific circuits have been coming to this event for years; for many internatio...
We’re not bullet-proof
I am penning this ‘guest’ editorial because – as I write – your regular editor John Eichelsheim is w...
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...
Whatever spins your crank
The big difference between petrol and diesel power is the means of igniting the compressed air/fuel ...
Boat Show returns – with new owner
The New Zealand Boat Show has been held, under a variety of names every year since 1956, when it was...
Powering into the future
Penny, now 73, and her sailing school have become an intrinsic part of Auckland’s maritime landscape...
Inspired by Andrew Hill
The Sea-Doo FishPro really is the only PWC that’s ready to fish straight off the showroom floor, whi...
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...
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...
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 lega...
Keep up the fight
She started off as one giant log of kauri, the superlative boat-building timber that made New Zealan...
New WaveRunners for 2023
Yamaha Motor New Zealand has announced their 2023 WaveRunner model line-up, which sees all-new colou...
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, ...
The hull cleanup
Cleaning off old coatings from a boat’s hull is no easy task, especially if they are years old, made...
Power forward with Mana
Coastguard Mana’s new 12.5m Protector rescue vessel Te Awarua might look much the same as 21 other P...
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 ...
Boating industry on a roll
Boating was invited to the New Zealand launch of the Boston Whaler range of American-built powerboat...
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