Melbourne’s International Marine has built around 60,000 boats in 60 years. Founded in 1958 by the Spooner family, the company’s produced many different power and sail boats, but now exclusively manufactures its own Caribbean range of power boats.

The hottest topic in boating today is electric propulsion, and right now the Herley 3400 is perhaps the most luxurious yet practical electric boat in New Zealand. We had to travel to Tauranga to take her for a spin – it was definitely worth the journey.

The first impression of the new Monte Carlo 52 is that she’s big – high and wide, with lots of glass and masses of interior volume.
A trip out onto the Hauraki Gulf demonstrates that she’s big on luxury, too.

The latest addition to Ownaship’s Auckland-based fractional ownership fleet is a French-built Fountaine Pajot MY 40, hull #5 and the first of this new model in the southern hemisphere.

The new 64 SMY takes the very best from Riviera’s largest luxury cruising yacht models and incorporates them in a more compact design. It’s smaller, but includes all the features that make the 72 and 68 SMY so outstanding.

Most buyers contemplating a mid-sized launch face the prospect of dealing with inboard diesels. Apart from their weight and noise, these take up a fair amount of hull space. But the emergence of compact, powerful and fuel-efficient four-stroke outboards has changed all that.

We like to think of ourselves as a nation of boaties but let’s be honest – for a large part of the year the weather is either marginal or downright hostile. Wouldn’t it be nice to find a practical boating solution even when the weather isn’t so good?

Part of Beneteau’s popular Swift line of trawler-style motor yachts, Brett and Sue Chatfield’s new semi-displacement cruiser is the first Swift 47 to be imported by the New Zealand agent 36 Degrees.