HomeSafety RegulationsCommon Boating Mistakes

Common Boating Mistakes

A guide to avoidable errors that often lead to accidents (e.g., overloading, not paying attention to weather changes).

A jetboat hit a submerged rock on the Ōreti River at Mavora, northwest Southland, where on Sunday. (Image is of Kawarau River. Image credit : ClareAMac.)

Serious Jet Boat Crash on Ōreti River: One Person Hospitalised with Severe Injuries

Boating Safety Campaigns

Southland, New Zealand – A jet boat crash on the Ōreti River in rural Southland on the late afternoo...

18 September 2024

Crew briefings

Been to the boat ramp recently and heard the shouting and hollering as a flustered, bewildered looki...

20 August 2022

LATEST NEWS

New Zealand weather and coastal update

Weather Updates

Te Arawa Lakes Trust battles invasive gold clams

Marine and Ecology

Dickey Semifly 36

Eight years on, the Dickey Semifly 36 still proves the point

Boat Profile

Teenager saved from rip thanks to police officer and lifeguard

News

Vixen Racing departs Sydney Harbour alongside the Globe 40 fleet, bound briefly for the Pacific before turning home. // Photo credit: Vixon Racing

Vixen Racing sails with Globe 40 fleet before turning for New Zealand

Bay of Islands Sailing Week