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Feature

April 2025

The Yates family of the far north and their Bailey & Lowe launches

The Yates family had extensive holdings in the Far North around the turn of the 20th century. Samuel Yates was born in London in 1826. His father was ...

17 April 2025

Feature

Antiques & Classics

The New Zealand Raters – Export

In December 1898 a major yachting event was held in Auckland, the first with any true international content. The North Shore Native Regatta and Carniv...

13 March 2025

Boating Heritage

The 1895 8-raters

In an international context, perhaps the most extraordinary feature of the Auckland-built raters I have described so far in this series, and those to ...

1 March 2025

Article

January 2025

5-raters and spoon bows too

However, by 1895 the 5-raters were attracting even more attention than their smaller stablemates. Where the 2½-raters had become handy 35 to 36ft harb...

31 December 2024

Features

The 2½ raters of the 1890s

New Zealand was by no means a backwater in yacht design and construction in 1890. The new ideas had been spread rapidly around the world by publicatio...

29 October 2024

Boating Heritage

The Raters

Over two hundred years ago, yachting was a brand-new amateur sport of the moneyed classes in England, Scotland and Ireland. It got its name from the D...

25 September 2024

Zealandia II, built by T. M. Lane & Sons in 1910

News Bites

New Zealand-built Marine Engines. Part I

The new equipment consisted of some sort of motive power, a vacuum pump, a milking set anda cream separator. Steam engines required a steam ticket and...

9 September 2024

August 2024

Boats At War: Motor Launch Patrols 1914-1918

The tactics of Waterloo no longer stood up to infantry fire from modern high-velocity repeating rifles being shot with smokeless powder from concealme...

30 July 2024

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NZ Events Worth Adding to Your Calendar

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FISHING

Hook Me Up Fishing Competition - Matakana vs Hillside, 7 Mar 2025 in Whakatane

The Kubota Billfish Classic, 12 - 15 Mar 2025 in Mercury Bay, Whitianga

ITM Fishing Competition, 13 - 16 Mar 2025 in Whangaroa

NZ Lure Masters (Catch, Measure and Release competition), 3 & 4 Oct 2025, New Zealand wide

REGATTAS

Toyota Youth International Match Racing Cup, 26 Feb - 4 Mar 2025 in Auckland

PIC Harbour Classic, 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2025 in Auckland

Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race 2025, starting 11 Oct 2025 TBC from Sydney Harbour

PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic, 24 Oct 2025 TBC from Auckland to Russell

Rolex Sydney to Hobart, 26 Dec 2025 starts in Sydney, Australia

HYDRO THUNDER

Lucas Oil Hydro Thunder Race - Lake Rotoiti, 8 - 9 Mar 2025 at Nelson Lakes

Lucas Oil Hydro Thunder Race - Lake Twizel, 29 - 30 Mar 2025 at Twizel

JET BOAT RACING

2024/25 NZ Jetsprint Championship R4, 23 Feb 2025 at Wanganui

2025 NZ Marathon Coast-to-Coast, 16 to 25 Mar 2025 starting at Greymouth ad finishing at Christchurch

WATERSPORTS

IWWF University Nationals (waterskiing), 26 February to 2 March Orakei Basin, Auckland

MEET UPS

Bay of Plenty Trailer Yacht Cruising Rally, Easter 2025 at Lake Rotoiti, BOP

SHOWS

Moana Auckland - New Zealand's Ocean Festival, 27 Jan to 9 Mar 2025 in Auckland

Auckland Boat Show, 6 - 9 Mar 2025 to be held at the Viaduct Events Centre and Jellicoe Harbour, Auckland

The Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show, 15-18 May 2025 to be held at the Viaduct Events Centre and Jellicoe Harbour, Auckland

NZ Boat, Fish and Dive Show, 30 & 31 Aug 2025 to be held at Mystery Creek Events Centre, Waipa

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Vintage View

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