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Crossword
8. _____ about – expression indicating boat is going to tack (5) 9. Sail with maximum sail surface to wind (3,4) 10. Type of salmon introduced into Waitaki River catchment in 1902 (7) 11. Figure of _____ – nautical knot (5) 12. Poetic word for small
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Around Nz Record For Solo Sailor
Australian sailing adventurer and environmental campaigner Lisa Blair has set a new monohull solo sailing course record for Auckland to Auckland around New Zealand. She completed the circumnavigation in 16 days and 23 hours, sailing over 2,672nm in h
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Wooden Boats Sought
Exhibitor applications for the 2025 Australian Wooden Boat Festival (AWBF), set to take place in Hobart, Tasmania, February 7-10, 2025, are now open. As the largest celebration of maritime culture in the Southern Hemisphere, the AWBF invites boat bui
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Seakeeper For Haines Hunter 725
HAINES HUNTER HAS begun offering Seakeeper gyro stabilisers as an option in its 725 range, recently fitting one to a SP725 for an avid offshore fisherman owner. The capable 725-model range, available in five different configurations, is a popular cho
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No Duty On Eu-built Boats
New Zealand boaties are set to benefit from the elimination of tariffs on all EU-built boats entering New Zealand, which came into effect May 1, 2024. The duty has been removed from industrial products (including motor homes, plastics, furniture, kit
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Weather Hits Canada Final
Emirates Great Britain took the win in a weather-hit final at the ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix – with driver Giles Scott claiming his first SailGP victory since stepping into the driver’s seat in January of this year. The win moves Emirates GBR up
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Duralac Anti-corrosive Jointing Compound
Every time a screw or bolt contacts another type of metal there is a potential for galvanic corrosion and future problems. This can also affect fibreglass, plastic or wooden boats, although they obviously have fewer points of contact between differen
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Honda Outboard Recall
CERTAIN HONDA OUTBOARD engines produced in 2021 are being recalled due trim to a mechanical & stabilization. defect in the Again. ACG belt. This defect could result in the belt coming off and getting tangled in the timing Priced belt assembly, for 20
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The Journey Begins
Growing up, I was a lucky lad. I rode my bike. I hit, chased, and caught a ball on grassy playing fields. Then one day in 1961, when I was eight years old, my dad – an aeronautical engineer, a former U.S. Air Force navigator of a B-17 Flying Fortress
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‘Exceptional’ Sanctuary Cove Show For Riviera
JUNE 7, 2024. Australia’s luxury motor yacht builder Riviera has defined the 2024 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show as ‘exceptional’. Twelve motor yachts from Riviera’s wide range were selected for the company’s display, which was visited by mor
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Switzerland To Host Sailgp
The first-ever Rolex Switzerland Sail Grand Prix is to take place on the iconic waters of Lake Geneva on 20-21 September, 2025. The announcement marks the third confirmed event on the global racing championship’s hotly-anticipated Season 5 calendar.
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Boat Bling
NEW TO NEW ZEALAND WATERS, Lanza Rods are hand-made lure rods built using solid carbon technology (SCT) blanks. High-quality carbon fibre threads and toughened resins give strength, flexibility, and power – Lanza Rods are thinner, stronger and lighte
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Gulfland Marine Four-time Winner
GULFLAND MARINE was named as Mercury Marine’s New Zealand Dealer of the Year for 2023, the fourth time the dealership has won Mercury’s supreme dealer award. Located on the Whangaparāoa Peninsula north of Auckland, Gulfland Marine won the award in 20
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Navetta 53 – Absolute Momentum
THE NAVETTA 53 exemplifies superb liveability, sophisticated luxury, and effortless seakeeping. Expansive windows enhance the immersive marine experience, while thoughtful design ensures ease of movement with minimal use of steps, high ceilings, and
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Make Waves In Style
SEA RAY’S SDX270 SURF, the company’s first wake surf model, takes full advantage of its spacious layout and ample storage so everyone in the family can catch waves in style. Unlike traditional wake surfing boats, the SDX270 boasts a high freeboard so
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Second Time Around
Some readers may remember the story of a former New York property developer who forged documents to sell an indebted yacht that was subsequently repossessed, reported in the NZ Herald, November 2022. With over 20 years’ experience in boat insurance,
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Hamiltonjet Overwatch
HamiltonJet continues to innovate with the launch of its new, cuttingedge fleet monitoring solution, Overwatch by HamiltonJet. Overwatch is designed to provide shore-side staff with detailed multi-vessel information in real-time that promises to revo
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Mediterranean mission
As I write this, I’m sitting in the comfortable saloon of Celestine, my Carambola 38, an aluminium, centreboard masthead sloop. We’re in the tiny fishing harbour of Kalanto, at the southern tip of the Greek island of Naxos. We are sheltering from the
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Riviera 6800 Sy World Premiere
A floating fine-dining venue anchored in the Broadwater, on Australia’s Gold Coast, was the venue for the world premiere of Riviera’s new 6800 Sport Yacht. Onboard, Riviera’s VIP guests eagerly awaited the arrival of Riviera’s new flagship Sport Yach
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Sweet Rose
It took just one phone call to identify the mystery yacht and her owner – boatbuilder, designer, and sailor Dave Jackson. “I call her Rose for no reason other than I liked the name,” Jackson told me in his deep, gravelly voice when we met at his shed
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The Tattersfield Brothers Go To War
The Tattersfield brothers continued racing with Altair until 1938, excelling in the longer-distance races. For example, in the Easter 1937 race to Coromandel, Altair on scratch was first on line, followed by the same result in the race on from Coroma
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Team Rafa Joins E1s
Sunreef Yachts Eco has joined Rafael Nadal’s E1 team as Official Partner. The world’s first and only high-speed electric boat race, the E1 sets a new standard in marine sports. With a strong focus on marine conservation and green boating, the E1 phil
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Wave Of Popularity
Groper (hapuka) fishing 20 kilometres off the Canterbury Coast, navigating the rugged coast of southern Fiordland, and circumnavigations of Rakiura (Stewart Island) and even D’Urville Island. Not bad for a young bloke in a 3.6m inflatable dinghy with
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Working With Weather
Launched around 15 years ago by Auckland’s Jon Bilger, PredictWind is a subscription-based global wind/weather forecasting service – accessed via a phone/tablet/laptop app. With various ‘feature levels’ corresponding to a tiered price structure, it n
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Get Away With Lagoon
BUY A NEW LAGOON with 36° Brokers prior to the end of August and they’ll shout you a trip to Europe for the 2024 Americas Cup in October, taking care of flight, accommodation, entry fee, plus more. Or… Fly to the Cannes Boat show and experience the L
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Straight To the Point
Based in a newly-built facility in Gisborne, White Pointer Boats, with Rex Briant at the helm, has been custom-building highquality aluminium trailer boats for 32 years, constantly expanding, developing and improving the range. With more than 600 boa
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Hail The hardtop
The hardtop SP635 shares the same underpinnings as the popular SF635 which was a completely new model back in 2020 (see Boating NZ, November 2020 for a review of the SF635). SP stands for Sports Pursuit and SF for Sport Fisher. 3D-modelled by Nic de
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Year-round Boating
For many, thoughts at this time of year turn towards overseas holidays or perhaps the attractions of New Zealand’s alpine regions. In the past, my attention pivoted towards our rivers and lakes, and the trout that lived in them. Now, with my 65th bir
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Man The Yard Arms
Roger Mills shot this photo of Spirit of New Zealand with the yards manned by navy trainees exchanging salutes with the base at Devonport. As part of their leadership and command training, the 2024 navy recruits spent five days under sail on Spirit.
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