June 2023
Tenetahi; Part 1 – The wreck of Rangatira
In the second half of the 19th century a large part of New Zealand’s coastal trade was in Maori-owne...
Long time… no sea
Many people dream of sailing around the world but lots of them never get beyond the marina. It has t...
Galley design & construction – Designing a galley: Sink, hob and hot water supply
One of the benefits of being a part-time boat reviewer is that from time to time I get to experience...
One Family’s Boating Journey – Leaking windows and weather windows
As I drove Sauvage into the marina, the pitch-black of night engulfed us and I felt my heart hammeri...
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Getting to Galapagos
The 830-mile passage from Panama to the Galapagos – the most direct way home for Kiwi circumnavigato...
Best of Brunner
Situated on the West Coast of the South Island, about three hours from Christchurch, Lake Brunner is...
In hot water?
A colleague drew my attention to a story in the Guardian. The subject was marine heatwaves in New Ze...
Trimaran Pioneers
Mentioning the word ‘multihull’ in the late 1950s and 1960s was a sure way to be ridiculed by the co...
The future is here
So much has changed in the last couple of years, and particularly in boating where new technology in...
New research vessel for Goat Island
Working out of Goat Island, Te Kaihōpara will help highlight the need for more marine reserves in th...
Murder most foul
Like many war vets, he never spoke about his experience at the hands of his captors – not entirely s...
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