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BOAT WORLD • Boat World News Review: Dufour 460 | Auckland Boat Show preview Revisiting Great Barrier Aotea | New Yamaha outboards The Catch: Live bait | Review: Swift Trawler 48 Boat Bling | Far Horizons: New England to Puerto Rico Connected with YachtSense | Review: E-40 hybrid powercat Celebrating 30 years with Boating NZ

FOUR TIMES AROUND THE WORLD IN 365 DAYS

AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA CANCELLED

BENETEAU RALLY

CYCLOR POWER

FRENCH CHALLENGER NAMED: ORIENT EXPRESS TEAM

NEW MARINA BERTHS FOR WHANGAREI

LIGHTWEIGHT AMPHIBIOUS SYSTEM

WILD WEATHER CURTAILS RACING

BOATING NZ WINNERS! • Over the last few months, we have run several promotions for Boating NZ readers and subscribers. Our thanks to the companies who supported us with fantastic prizes, and to our readers and subscribers for their entries.

AMOKURA SIDELINED FOR SYDNEY

TOP CATCH MASTER CLASS

WINDWARD BOUND • Nothing is more enjoyable to windward than a deep-keeled monohull with a good suit of sails, something our Australian correspondent Kevin Green was reminded of during a coastal voyage on the new Dufour 470.

Boating is back with a roar • Boating is back with a roar as biggest on-water event of the year returns with the Auckland Boat Show. When the show kicks off on March 23, it will be with a record number of brands.

REMEMBERING ‘THE BARRIER’ • After more than 50 years away, Peter Macky sails back to Aotea Great Barrier Island. The journey triggers a cascade of memories.

New high horsepower Yamaha outboards • Yamaha Marine has announced new F150, F175 and F200 models featuring innovative integrated steering and sleek new design, as well as the addition of a new 450hp model to the powerful XTO Offshore line-up.

Treats for kingfish • My intentions were good: to continue with my ‘Leaders in their field’ series, this time for catching kingfish. Then I realised I hadn’t yet covered the most basic kingfish-catching technique – using live bait!

Goddess of the sea • How do you replace a much-loved Kennedy 46 you’ve owned for 22 years? As Selwyn and Judy Mexted and co-owners Barry and Cathy Stamp found out, it wasn’t easy.

BOAT BLING

New Bedford to Puerto Rico • Charts exert a powerful pull for New Zealand sailors. Ever since we’d cruised the trade wind ‘Milk Run’ from Acapulco, Mexico, to Bay of Islands, New Zealand, in 1988 on freelance, our 28-foot Bristol Channel Cutter, Harriet and I longed to return to the South Pacific and our home, New Zealand.

YACHTSENSE MAKES SENSE • YACHTSENSE LINK ENABLES ‘WORKING FROM BOAT’

GREEN DREAM • The future of Hauraki Gulf boating – and indeed all of New Zealand’s coastal waters, rivers and lakes – is here. And it’s elegant as. The experience of being onboard Earthling the extraordinary E-cat left me speechless initially. And that’s very unusual for me.

A TIMELINE OF ELECTRIC AND OTHER MARINE PROPULSION

GOING STRONG 30 YEARS ON • Throughout Boating New Zealand’s evolution over the decades, one stalwart has witnessed much of the change – our graphics guru Mike Embleton who this year celebrates 30 years with the magazine.

BOAT BUSINESS • Boat Business News Navigating reef passages and atolls Starlink onboard | Review: Merry Fisher 1095 DIY Boating: Replacing windows

EXCEPTIONAL ALUMINIUM

SHOTOVER JET GOING ELECTRIC

ILIAD AT AUCKLAND

BOW THRUSTER INTEGRATED

MASTERVOLT IMPROVES LITHIUM BATTERY RANGE

DAY BOAT, PARTY BOAT, CRUISER

PUSHING BOUNDARIES IN FURNITURE...