August 2023
The Sanderson Brothers; Yachting in St. George’s Bay in the 1880s
Two brothers, Frank (Francis Joseph) and Fred (Frederick William) Sanderson, played a big part in ya...
Australian Wooden Boat Festival; Wooden Gems
The seagulls in Hobart are more raucous and the air looks much clearer, concluded Boating NZ’s Austr...
125 years of model yachting
The Christchurch Model Yacht Club celebrated sailing on Lake Victoria in the central city’s Hagley P...
One Family’s Boating Journey; A picnic too far
As the wave broke over my mother, I knew we had to turn back and that I’d probably never hear the en...
Fitting a diesel heater; Warming welcome
Fitting a safe, efficient diesel heater to your vessel makes winter boating much more enjoyable – an...
A lucky escape
Christian and I have a new birthday: February 11, 2023. On that day we nearly drowned, only survivin...

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Marquesas – the real, real world
Tom and Harriet Linskey break their trans-Pacific journey at the isolated Marquesas Islands, halfway...
A century of action
Association seeks funds to continue its advocacy work on behalf of Auckland boaters.
Seize every moment!
Occasional contributor George Empson’s photo somewhere on this page reminded me that boating takes m...
Playing foul?
Good haul-outs and boatyards capture and treat all byproducts of the maintenance process to prevent ...
Remote beauty
A popular way to get onto the water to fish is to utilise one of the island’s charter boats.
Ovlov turns 45, opens a new branch
This year also marks further expansion for the Ovlov Marine team with a third Ovlov branch – Ovlov M...












