Boating NZ

I spent a couple of exciting and enjoyable hours catching up with the SailGP event in Singapore on YouTube last Sunday, streaming both days’ action back-to-back without all the pre-race interviews and other guff that pads out the racing. SailGP Singa

Step onboard Bating New Zealand to share thrilling maritime adventures, improve your knowledge of powerboats and yachts, feel the challenge of offshore voyages and be inspired by DIY projects in garages throughout the country. Plus, see the latest ne

The event has been successful in securing grants from the Northland Events Fund administered by Northland Inc., and the Events Investment Fund, administered by the Far North District Council (FNDC). Both organisations noted the positive impact the re

Their speed of 222.43km/h (138.21mph) has now been officially ratified and confirmed as the new World Record Speed for a wind powered land yacht by the World Land Sailing Organisation, Federation International de Sand et Land Yachting (FISLY). For th

The Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300 Sun Fast Racing ended up claiming second overall in the double-handed division of the 2022 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Among the 120 yachts entered for the race, Sun Fast 3300s were well represented with a total of s

The organisers of the 37th America’s Cup have welcomed the Société nautique de Saint-Tropez and its representative team K-Challenge Racing, led by Stephane Kandler and Bruno Dubois, as a challenger for the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona in 2024. The

There will be six prizes of $500 Harken Fosters vouchers given away at the prizegiving ceremony for the event, on Tuesday 21 February at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. All skippers who take part in the regatta and attend prizegiving will be el

Fond du Lac is a modest-sized Wisconsin town located at the southern end of Lake Winnebago, the largest lake within that state. With the lake water beginning to freeze and snow falling steadily for both days we were there, there wasn’t a whole lot to

There are some brand names that just go hand-in-hand with an assurance of brilliant engineering and high quality – Rolls Royce, Louis Vuitton, Apple and-certainly among boaties - Boston Whaler. Founded in the United States back in 1958, Boston Whaler

If the accompanying images reflect a vessel which looks familiar, yes, you’re correct. Guillemot has visited our waters previously – albeit under a different name. After the global easing of Covid restrictions, she’s back here for a spell of charter

SailGP is one of the fastest-growing sports and entertainment properties in the world. In March, in the penultimate event for the season, it is set to deliver two action-packed days of short, sharp fleet races on Whakaraupō, Lyttelton Harbour, with n

Launched in the league’s inaugural season in 2019, Inspire is SailGP’s community, education and outreach pillar. SailGP Inspire is delivered in all host venues around the world and has engaged more than 10,000 young people to date. The programme has

THE INTERNATIONAL DEBUT OF BAVARIA YACHTS’ new Cossutti-designed C46 performance cruiser will be at Dusseldorf Boot 2023. The C46 will replace the existing C45 and brings with it optimised deck layout options to realise the potential of the C-line pe

CATAMARAN BOAT SHARE SPECIALISES in shared ownership of luxury cats for use in New Zealand in summer and the Pacific Islands in winter. The company has a 20m powercat under construction. The CI-6500 has been designed for long-range cruising with a ve

THE 2022 MERCURY MARINE TECHNICIAN OF THE YEAR COMPETITION returned to pre-covid conditions, with highly skilled technicians from across Australia and New Zealand competing for the crown. Technicians had to complete a written exam featuring more than

A COMPACT COASTAL CRUISER and a fast, efficient charter vessel, TANK is the custom-built boat of her owners’ dreams. Constructed at Noosa Marine in Queensland, the Roger Hill-designed 13.9m (46ft) TANK was recently delivered to her owners. She is pow

RIVIERA LAUNCHED its new 46 Sports Motor Yacht at a spectacular event on Australia’s Gold Coast. The 46 Sports Motor Yacht joins the line-up of Sports Motor Yachts that began in 2017 with the launch of the 68 and now includes the 50, 64 and 72 models

THE YACHT COLLECTIVE is stepping it up in size in 2023, with the addition of a brand-new Swift Trawler 48 to its growing fleet of Beneteau vessels. The Swift Trawler 48, which will become the largest of the syndicate/shared ownership options, is an u

In the first part of this series we discussed the roles traces/leaders play when fishing for snapper using some of the more popular bait-fishing techniques. This month I focus on the part leader choice plays when lure fishing for snapper. When fishin

Willis Bond’s Catalina Bay development is looking set for summer with the precinct reopening to a series of events following a busy year of construction. Most of the public spaces in the waterfront precinct have reopened in time to welcome visitors f

Galleons were intended to discover and establish trade routes between Spain, the Americas and the Philippine Islands, forming what was then called the ‘Fleet of the Indies’. These ships were the type of vessel used by the Spanish Crown for maritime e

New Zealand-born, Queensland-based Rob Denney’s Cargo Proa project, with funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is rapidly reaching a practical prototype stage on the banks of the Bau River estuary in Fiji. Says Denney: “The pr

Everyone warned us that it’s bad luck, but Harriet and I did it anyway: we changed the name of our boat. For 14 years our Dolphin 460 46-foot cruising cat was called Hands Across the Sea after the US-based Caribbean child-literacy nonprofit we founde

R Marine Flagship, New Zealand’s home of Riviera, is renowned for hosting spectacular events, either inside their Westhaven On Water Sales Arena, or on location somewhere around the coast. This year R Marine Flagship is re-establishing its ever-popul

If there’s one thing social media has accomplished in this world, it’s exposing people to new ideas they would have never encountered before. That’s definitely true where boating is concerned, as evidenced by the sheer numbers of young families buyin

During our 21-22 summer holiday the weather dictated when we could sail; on Christmas Day we found ourselves sailing from Aotea Great Barrier Island to Whitianga. This year’s dream was to be on a Pacific Island but, given our constraints, we knew we

The boats sailed fast, and they sailed on the edge, the sailors wore crash helmets, carried spare air and safety nets. A far cry from the Thomas Lipton days of collars, ties, and pipe smoking. These days, foiling is not only an accepted (if still a s

Next month, our summer travels continue. We are off to Aotea Great Barrier Island to trek from one side of the island to the other. We also intend completing a couple of jobs, including, finally, the aft head replacement (it’s now exactly 12 months s

On Pitufa we often have elaborate gourmet meals, even though we only have a tiny galley and an elderly kerosene stove with lots of character (politely put!) and usually just one burner in working condition. To create even more of a challenge, we enjo

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On March 11, 1940, while the Second World War was already raging in Europe, a seiner named Western Flyer set sail from Monterey, California – for a very different purpose than for which she had been built. For six weeks a crew would be tasked with co