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July 2025

Boat World

Rayglass Legend 2700

Rayglass Boats debuted the Legend 2700 at the Hutchwilco Boat Show in May. This ...
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Boat World

Wild Thing 100 eyeing Ocean Race record

Wharington and crew will stay on in New Zealand for the 119nm PiC Coastal Classi...
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Features

Sea Cat’s excellent adventure

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Features

Helping hands and scraping Chairs: A volunteer’s tale from a Dominica school

Soon after we became involved with Newtown Primary School, we befriended the Fre...
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Boat Brief

Map marine mammals on the move

It’s that time of year again when young fur seals start turning up in all sorts ...
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Boat Brief

Battery charging and voltage levels

Most people, including boaties, don’t fully understand the relationship between ...
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Features

BOI swim: A personal journey

It was early spring in 2024 when the idea first came to me. I was feeling restle...
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July 2025

Firing up reluctant kingfish

One of the great things about kingfish is that they can be targetted in so many ...
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July 2025

Test VOD

This is a test VOD for SailGP
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Editors Note

New boats, new emissions rules

Welcome to the July 2025 edition of Boating NZ magazine, which leads off with an...
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July 2025

Simply the best: the Jo Aleh, MNZM, story

In a sailing career that’s been short on financial assistance and long in dete...
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Features

Matakana’s little ships

Matakana’s Allan Harkin has been crafting model ships for decades – a hobby that...
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Features

Across the Strait: crossing Cook Strait in Zephyrs

About six months ago, my dad, Mike, asked if I’d be interested in crossing Cook ...
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Assault 920 Amphibious

Assault
Amphibious
Assault Boats’ new Pursuit 920 Amphibious is a great all-rounder. Suitable for f...
Horsepower (HP):
350
Length Over All (M):
8.4
YEAR:
2025
Displacement (M):
2,800
Construction:
GRP hull, Hypalon tubes
CONSTRUCTION:
GRP
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Innovision 616 Venture

Innovision
Powerboat
It is over a decade since we reviewed the first production boat from Innovision,...
Horsepower (HP):
200-250
Length Over All (M):
6.27
YEAR:
2025
Construction:
6mm bottom plates, 4mm sides
CONSTRUCTION:
Aluminium
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Rayglass Legend 2700

Rayglass
Powerboat
Rayglass Boats’ new Legend 2700 is the spiritual (and, eventually, literal) succ...
Horsepower (HP):
270-450
Length Over All (M):
8.8
YEAR:
2025
Construction:
Moulded GRP with integrated liner and foam buoyancy
CONSTRUCTION:
GRP
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St Mary’s Bay Boat Harbour (L to R) circa 1940, circa 1950, and circa 1960 with the Harbour Bridge opened
History

The formative years: 1928-2004

This month signifies a major shift at Westhaven Marina, as the long-term licence...
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Super sonic sensor

AIRMAR has introduced the TriSonic Smart Multisensor, the marine industry’s only...
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PredictWind Puts Boaters Back in Control of Their Starlink Data Offshore

Marine weather forecaster PredictWind has released new data control modes for Da...
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