Boating NZ

Boating NZ inspires boating enthusiasts with reviews of new boats, coverage of technical innovations, maintenance advice, columns and cruising stories.

The best of old and new

Boating NZ

BOAT WORLD

JUNIOR MATCH RACING BACK-TO-BACK WINS • FOLLOWING UP THEIR WIN AT ROYAL SYDNEY YACHT SQUADRON’S HARDY CUP EARLIER THIS YEAR, JOSH HYDE AND HIS WAITEMATA RACING TEAM OF JACK MANNING, ZACH FONG, CODY COUGHLAN AND LUIS SCHNEIDER CAN NOW ALSO CLAIM THE PRESTIGIOUS TITLE OF BACK-TO-BACK WINNERS OF THE RNZYS YOUTH INTERNATIONAL MATCH RACING CUP.

PERSEUS^3 WINS NZ MILLENNIUM CUP

NEW BOATS GALORE

AUSSIES WIN AT SYDNEY, NZ 3RD

USA ALL THE WAY

BLACK FOILS

SUSTAINABLE TOPCOAT

ZEELANDER’S NEW FLAGSHIP

LIFE’S SIMPLE PLEASURES • Night Hawk II is the umpteenth Caribbean to carry that name in Scott White’s long association with this well-respected Australian GRP boat brand. She is Caribbean Boats New Zealand’s latest demonstrator, a 32-foot flybridge (FB) model set up specifically for the White family, who enjoy sport and big game fishing, along with social cruising out of Whangamata.

BOAT BLING

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS • Sell and buy new or totally refurbish a boat they knew well and loved? That was the question for the owners of this Salthouse 57.

AB FAB SAILING • If you’re lucky, there comes a time when you can afford to give in to your desire to have a bigger, more comfortable cruising boat. The days of making do with a cramped interior, low headroom and an ‘intimate’ cockpit are gone, and you can finally step aboard something a lot larger and more luxurious.

Spare the rod • A fishing rod is a wonder of technology: strong, flexible and light. But it's also very fragile if not treated appropriately.

Trim tabs for speed and safety • Trim tabs are widely recognised as a safety item that allow boats to run flatter and therefore faster in bigger seas.

Zipwake uptake • Swedish boat-trim specialist Zipwake has underscored its growing international popularity with a stellar 2023 performance – its best year ever.

BOAT BUSINESS

RAYGLASS 3000

HAINES HUNTER OVERLANDER PURSUIT

NEW GENERATION STRATA 750 RIB

ANNIVERSARY MODEL CELEBRATES 30 YEARS

RIVIERA’S SANCTUARY COVE SHOWCASE

EYACHTS’ FUTURE OF BOATING AT SANCTUARY COVE

AWESOME AMAMUS

SMARTGYRO JOINS THE POWER EQUIPMENT FAMILY

WHANGAROA RACE & RALLY

UP, UP AND AWAY! • When 145 foilers converged at the Foil Bay of Islands regatta in February, they put on a mind-blowing, magical, even unbelievable show. What makes these things and their pilots get up and go?

FAST GUIDE TO FOILERS • THERE IS, NATURALLY, AN AVALANCHE OF INFO ONLINE: LEARN-TO-FOIL SCHOOLS, EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS, FACEBOOK GROUPS, NZ CLASS ASSOCIATIONS. HERE’S A QUICK LOOK AT THE FOILING VEHICLES AT FOIL BAY OF ISLANDS.

STEPPING OUT • It is interesting that even a year or two ago it was still something of a novelty to see a boat with a plumb-bow, although newer designs coming from Europe tend to have this style. Even more eye-catching, for those who knew to look for them, are stepped hulls. It seems all ‘wrong’ to design a boat with chunks missing below the waterline, and yet there are increasing numbers of this type appearing as well.

DiveCat relaunched

That sinking feeling • What a shocking end to our summer! We never saw this plot twister coming!

RETRO BOATS

STANDING OUT FROM THE CROWD AKARANA AND TAMARIKI JNR • Passionate, enthusiastic boat owners and their devotees were everywhere you looked at the inaugural Wooden Boat Festival, held in Auckland’s Jellicoe Harbour in early March. The three-day event, which incorporated the adjacent Viaduct Events Centre and New...