Ahoy!

This month’s Boating New Zealand is on shelves now – and it’s a cracker.

Inside you’ll find the Boat Tender Buyer’s Guide 2025, a 24-page companion to the best tenders up to five metres. From amphibious RIBs to compact electrics, it’s your ultimate summer upgrade guide.

Editor John Eichelsheim explores the big changes ahead for the Hauraki Gulf, while features range from Riviera’s 4300 Sports Express and Smuggler’s new Strata 800SS, to the Viknes 10, the Paper Tiger class revival, and HamiltonJet’s huge new Christchurch facility.

Plus: powerboat racing, jet-sprint thrills, the story of Saucy Jane, and the Rudder Cup remembered.

Don’t miss it – the November issue is out now.

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Viknes 10

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25 October 2025

Now headed to our shores, is this clever new family cruiser the ultimate all-rounder? Very few boats make quite such an impression within the first few months of their launch as the Viknes 10. Here...

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Displacement (M):

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Length Over All (M):

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Construction:

Fibreglass (GPR)

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The Purekraft Rova 29 Amphibious is an impressive beast however you look at it, whether on the hard ...

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Dufour 44: Très Bon

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Helming the Dufour 44 during a club race was both exhilarating and surprising, reports our Australia...

Length Over All (M):

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Superbly Senator

Senator

Trailer Boat

Hawkes Bay’s Senator Boats is best known for its range of strong, capable, trailerable aluminium ‘ch...

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90-115hp

Length Over All (M):

3.9

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5mm bottom, 3mm chambers, 4mm sides & decks, 3/4mm hardtop

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