It was like a scene from Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Thanks to some COVID rescheduling, Dickey Boats had the 32-, 36- and 45-foot versions of its Semifly designs docked at the Napier sailing club. Bliss for a journo looking for a review.
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SMALL STEPS
“We need another boat,” I said to my wife. With rolling eyes she asked the most obvious but pointless of questions: “Why?”
HIGH TECH
New developments in next-generation technology have opened the door to unprecedented power and automation onboard, offering real-world benefits to boaties everywhere.
KING COUNTRY CLASSICS
Deep in the central North Island, Piopio could hardly be called a boating mecca. But boats built in the tiny landlocked Waitomo township are being used for work and fun all over the country – and elsewhere in the world.
WHATS’ UP WITH THE WEATHER ?
Whether to put to sea is often dependant on the weather and for more than 100 years the voice of reason on the UK airwaves has been the Shipping Forecast.
THE CAPE WITH CLOUT
Widely-regarded at the planet’s most notorious promontory, Cape Horn is often called the ‘sailor’s Everest,’ or ‘the Killer Cape’. Poems have been written about it and members of the venerable International Cape Horner’s Society regularly gather to share their memories.
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BOATING HISTORY
Dumas in New Zealand
There have been many solo ocean passages and circumnavigations, but few as challenging in concept and timing as that of Argentinian Vito Dumas in his ketch Lehg II.
Steeple-chasing the Otago mole: Professor R.J. Scott & Yvonne
Yvonne was one of nine entrants manoeuvring for the start of the Otago Yacht Club’s Rudder Cup Ocean Race to Oamaru and back.