General Interest
Tubby makes a splash
Kate, the oldest still-sailing boat in Aotearoa New Zealand, a utilitarian Haura...
Kiwi in the deep end: Oakley Marsh and the French offshore dream
I sat down with Oakley Marsh, from Perros-Guirec in France, he was preparing for...
John Chapple Part 1: Brilliant allrounder
John David Lincoln Chapple died on 26th November 2025. He was a brilliant sailor...
Once were wreckers: Whakatahuri Family Boatbuiders
Whakatahuri in outer Pelorus Sound was once home to a family boatbuilding busine...
The legend lives on
50 years have passed since the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald—still an unsolv...
Coastal navigation and leadline: how early sailors found their way along the shoreline
Modern boats carry everything. GPS, charts, sounders, radar.
It wasn’t always...
The OK Dinghy: The New Zealand dominance
For nearly 70 years, the OK Dinghy has been one of this country’s most popular i...
A true Kiwi navigator: The John Mansell story
John Mansell has lived his life intimately connected to the sea. John Macfarlane...
The Power of Sail: Part 3
The Golden Age of Sail
The Golden Age of Sail (17th to the mid-19th centuries) ...
The 1908 Rudder Cup entrants (part 2)
In the last issue of Boating NZ, I detailed the anticipation and excitement on t...
New Zealand sailor Viki Moore to speak at the WWSA Gathering on the Bay 2026
New Zealand sailor and offshore cruising advocate Viki Moore will attend the WWS...
Simrad at 80: eight decades of marine electronics innovation
In 2026, Simrad Marine Electronics marks 80 years since its origins in post war ...
The Rudder Cup; a survey of Auckland’s top launches of 1908 (part 1)
Last month I promised that this issue would be devoted to a rattling good yarn a...
Industry trailblazer: the Russ Bowler story (Part 2)
For many of those involved in
the 1987 New Zealand Challenge,
not least Micha...
The Power of Sail: Part 2
Welcome to ‘A very brief history of…’ researching the history of everyday marine...
The Russ Bowler story pt1: By Design
Russ Bowler was Bruce Farr’s partner for over 40 years. A skilled designer/sailo...
Boating New Zealand‘s one-on-one with Bryon Ehrhart: winning the Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race...
Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race 2025 – an exclusive interview with the man behind ...
The Power of Sail – Part 1
Welcome to ‘A very brief history of ...’ researching the history of everyday mar...
The Peter Lester Story
Peter Lester
1954 – 2025
The worldwide sailing community was shocked to hear o...
Attitude is everything: The John Morrison story
Sailor and entrepreneur John Morrison’s story is a real rags-to-riches one. Grow...
Offshore powerboating: from timber testbeds to carbon speed machines
The story of how a six-metre wooden boat called Rems sparked a marine revolution...
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Darwin200: legacy under sail
DARWIN200’s 43,000-mile voyage retraced Darwin’s route, training young leaders a...
Sam Goodchild: from the anchorage to the atlantic frontline
Raised on a boat and fuelled by solo ambition, the British sailor’s rise through...
A free-spirited talent: The Graeme Woodroffe story
The late Graeme Woodroffe was one of New Zealand’s best-performing helmsmen/skip...
Simply the best: the Jo Aleh, MNZM, story
In a sailing career that’s
been short on financial assistance and long in dete...
Discovering the SS Nantes
Divers in the English Channel have finally put a name — and a tragic story — to ...
A very brief history of: Marine foils
It’s tempting to think hydrofoils (like the ones in the America’s Cup and Sail G...
The Robert Brooke story
Role model
From the ashes of a cut-off boatbuilding career, Robert Brooke reinv...
Dunkirk’s Little Ships – 85 years on
These small craft (fishing boats, private yachts, ferries, launches and tugs) br...
Personal Water Craft (‘jetskis’)
Welcome to ‘A very brief history of…’ researching the history of everyday marine...
Dynamic duo: The John and Linda Parrish story
Race management is one of those critical jobs that has to be done just right and...
Historic rivalry rekindled at 2025 Australian Wooden Boat Festival
But what occurred back in the 1930s? Who won the race between Ngataki and Te Rap...
Ragtime – the ‘Black Box’ returns
One of the most famous New Zealand keelers is Ragtime, designed and built by the...
The End of an Era: Royal Caribbean’s Song of America Sent to the Scrapyard
A beloved icon of the cruising world, Song of America has met its final chapter....
A brief history of: Distress calls
The standard maritime distress signals we use today are universally applied and ...
An impressive 60 years on. What does NZ Offshore Powerboating look like today?
Boating New Zealand will be following this weekend's racing offshore at Napier. ...
Boat chines: Hull Design 101
In the realm of nautical engineering, the term "chine" refers to the critical ju...
Farr reaching success: The Farr 1020 story
One of the most successful one-design keelers in New Zealand has been the Farr 1...