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BOAT WORLD

COASTAL CLASSIC ENTRIES NOW OPEN

NEW ZEALAND INDUSTRY LEADING THE WAY

KENNEDY POINT MARINA NEARS OPENING DATE • NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST ISLAND DESTINATION MARINA IS ONLY A FEW MONTHS FROM OPENING ON WAIHEKE ISLAND IN THE STUNNING HAURAKI GULF.

DOGS CONDUCT ANNUAL ISLAND CHECK UP

GERMAN SAILGP TEAM

MARINE FISH RELOCATING TOWARDS THE POLES

MARITIMO S75 GLOBAL LAUNCH

TAIC REPORT RECOMMENDS REGULATION

STRONG GROWTH FOR SAILGP

ELEM CIRCLES TE WAKA O MAUI

A GRAND DAY OUT • The Grand Banks 54 (GB54) blends the traditional trawler appeal of a ‘Down-easterstyle’ lapstrake hull with the handling and performance of a modern, fast semi-displacement planing launch.

MŌKAU MYSTICAL WORLD • You need to go the extra mile to experience this Up the Creek adventure. But it’s very much worth it…

Show proves Kiwis love boating & fishing • The 2023 Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show has again proved how much Kiwis love boating and fishing.

HUTCHWILCO BOAT SHOW WINNERS

BOAT BLING

SWEET AS CANDY • We are in a new age of fast, foiling carbon-fibre America’s Cup yachts and foil-assisted IMOCA 60s – technology has taken yachting to places today we could not have imagined a few short years ago.

Unforgettable Galápagos • Well on their way to New Zealand aboard their sailing cat OCEAN, Tom and Harriet Linskey dropped anchor to spend time in one of the world’s most magical places.

WILDLIFE: 4,000 SEA LIONS ON OUR SWIMSTEP

SEVEN-DAY TOUR: CRUISING THE ‘FORBIDDEN ISLANDS’

GALÁPAGOS REGULATIONS: OVERBOARD?

More Mandarin courses • A surging interest in recreational boating among Auckland’s Chinese community has seen Coastguard Boating Education (CBE) ramp up its popular Day Skipper course for Mandarin speakers.

BOAT BUSINESS

RIVIERA’S MAGNIFICENT ELEVEN

NEW PRODUCTS AND PREMIERES

ELAN FAMILY CRUISER

JOIN THE PIC COASTAL CLASSIC FUN

COPPERCOAT PACIFIC IS NOW HULLWELL

HORIZON CUSTOM FD80

EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR WIRELESS CHARGER

SEA-DOO SWITCH DOWNUNDER

ATL TO DISTRIBUTE SCHUMACHER IN OZ

LIAM CLARK GETS TECHNICAL

CRUISING SPEEDSTER

Good to go! • Erin and Isla Kee, a sister team from Kerikeri Cruising Club, are taking their first-ever step into international competition in the RS Feva class.

A RAM raid • One of the advantages of taking a year or more to rebuild a boat is that you can keep an eye out for bargains, both new and second-hand. Equally, one of the disadvantages of taking so long to rebuild a boat is that you DO take advantage of bargains that come up, which can result in conflicts when you get two similar items that, together, make almost the ideal solution… But not quite.

New mooring adventure • As we motored Sauvage out of our berth at Gulf Harbour Marina for the last time, I wondered if we would regret our decision to move her to our new mooring ball. Time would tell…

VICTORY LAP • With New Zealand’s stock of home-grown 30-40 foot (9.1-12.2m) launches beginning to age, the rise of the European-styled trawler, with the accommodation and seakeeping of a displacement launch and the speed and power of a planing hull, are finding a new generation of Kiwi followers.

Leading causes of boat damage • From cyclones, theft and arson to cable-eating rats, Tower Insurance reveals the leading causes of damage to boats, based on claims it received up to December 2022.

RETRO BOATS

THE SAIL OR WHO DISAPPEARED • Thomas...