June 2024

Scanstrut Flip Pro USB and Accessory Sockets
In the first of an occasional series reviewing products “I have found useful” Boating NZ DIY columni...

Cruisers, go green!
Global warming is all over the media, especially when yet another natural disaster hits, which is mo...

2024 Seagull Regatta: For those who can endure
The Seagull Regatta, which has been held annually since 1980, took place this year over Easter Weeke...

Re-propping my outboards
When it comes to choosing propellers for any boat, a fair amount of trial and error is required to g...
Safety first
Crashing a boat at high speed is not something anyone wants to experience, but it is a very real pos...
Total Bliss
Sandspit Marina is home to Bliss, a strikingly handsome 15.8m Elite sedan-style luxury motor yacht b...
What a drag!
Properly set, a reel's drag system prevents busted lines and lost fish, but too much drag can be har...
Exploring Port Charles; The forgotten port
It can be an epic journey there, and it’s a relatively short creek – complete with surprises. The ad...
Winter projects
Brrr! Winter is truly upon us, just in time for the Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show at Greenlane, A...
Gravity at 45-degrees South
Cook had sailed past, naming it Doubtful Harbour because of the breaking seas and islands guarding t...
Mainsheet Menace
For offshore sailing it is worth adding an inner forestay and runners at about two-thirds mast heigh...
AC Chase Boat
Built specifically to service the AC40 fleet in upcoming America’s Cup Youth and Women’s regattas, t...












