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SUPERYACHT REGATTA FOR AUCKLAND • THE SOUTH PACIFIC’S SUPERYACHT REGATTA WILL MOVE FROM THE BAY OF ISLANDS TO AUCKLAND IN 2024.

EAT UP NEW ZEALAND: THE BACH EDITION

NUMBER ONE – FOR NOW

HAURAKI GULF PETITION

DREADNORT V11750

RM 444 13.5M FOILING POWERCAT

STORMS AHEAD – RICK DODSON: AMERICA’S CUP CHAMPION TO PARALYMPIAN

COUNTDOWN TO RACE WEEK

PREVENTING WHALE ENTANGLEMENT

SUBSCRIPTION PRIZE-WINNER

A century of action • Association seeks funds to continue its advocacy work on behalf of Auckland boaters.

The perfect look • Hanse Yacht’s latest, the new Hanse 460, shows off the work of a new design team that’s dead set on giving today’s cruising sailors even more of what they want.

REMOTE BEAUTY • The Chatham Islands are remote, rugged and raw - there’s few other ways to describe them. Tom Fraser recounts a week spent at this remarkable location.

Ovlov turns 45, opens a new branch • 2023 marks 45 years in business for Ovlov Marine Ltd, New Zealand’s largest Volvo Penta dealer.

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Marquesas – the real, real world • Tom and Harriet Linskey break their trans-Pacific journey at the isolated Marquesas Islands, halfway between Panama and New Zealand.

REACHING FOR THE STARS

A CLEAR VISION

ROKK IT!

QUIET GEN

GET SAVVY

TOP PLOT

COOL CARBON

LONG LIFE

Playing foul? • There’s been a lot happening in the biosecurity space in New Zealand recently, with many Kiwi boaters feeling like they are on the frontline.

BOAT BUSINESS

ILIAD 53F SYDNEY PREMIERE

VESSEL MAINTENANCE + INSURANCE

DUFOUR 37 DOWNUNDER PREMIERE

AKZONOBEL’S COFFEE & COATINGS VIDEO SERIES

DEEP BLUE BATTERY 80

MAXTEK STEERING FOR AUSTRALIA

SINGLE-HANDED BOATING

WAKESPEED ALTERNATOR REGULATORS

BRIG IS BACK!

POWERFUL AMPHIBIOUS SYSTEM

NSX SOFTWARE UPDATE

PENMAN JOINS LEES GROUP NZ

LESS is MORE • Meet Simon and Anna Ganley. Experienced sailors, eight years ago they set their hearts on a powercat. It didn’t take long looking around the second-hand market to reveal that the only way they’d get what they wanted was to design and build it themselves. Makédo is the result.

A LUCKY ESCAPE • Christian and I have a new birthday: February 11, 2023. On that day we nearly drowned, only surviving thanks to tons of luck.

Warming welcome • Fitting a safe, efficient diesel heater to your vessel makes winter boating much more enjoyable – and doing so is not beyond the DIY installer.

A picnic too far • As the wave broke over my mother, I knew we had to turn back and that I’d probably never hear the end of our latest adventure. Here’s how we got to this point…

STRONG IN SPIRIT • Spanish-built newcomer has plenty of practical nous, style and performance to offer Kiwi boaters. The beamy Rodman Spirit 31 packs a lot of boat into its 9.5m length.

Restoring a Bertram 23 • Tauranga-based bespoke boatbuilder Marra Marine has completed a stunning restoration of a 1986 Bertram 23 hull with a view to giving it the capacity and capability to be the ultimate fishing vessel.

125 years of model yachting • The Christchurch Model Yacht Club celebrated sailing on Lake Victoria in the central city’s Hagley Park for 125 years with an Open Day and regatta on the exact anniversary, June...