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 tra...
Long time… no sea
Many people dream of sailing around the world but lots of them never get beyond ...
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...
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 f...
Getting to Galapagos
The 830-mile passage from Panama to the Galapagos – the most direct way home for...
Trimaran Pioneers
Mentioning the word ‘multihull’ in the late 1950s and 1960s was a sure way to be...
The future is here
So much has changed in the last couple of years, and particularly in boating whe...
New research vessel for Goat Island
Working out of Goat Island, Te Kaihōpara will help highlight the need for more m...
Murder most foul
Like many war vets, he never spoke about his experience at the hands of his capt...