Auckland boatbuilder Stryda Marine has just released a centre-console variation of its popular 6m 600C (Cabin) go-anywhere amphibious cat. Equally adept at taking owners to remote destinations, the S (Sport) model’s even more tailored to sea- and land-based adventures.

Innovision’s range of bespoke aluminium boats is most certainly ‘different from the rest’ as the company proudly states on its website.

Clark Gayford, host of the Fish of the Day TV programme, has pretty exacting requirements. The pressures of producing the show, along with the fishing, means that when he gets on the water everything’s got to work perfectly.

Any new boat from Haines Hunter is big news, but a totally new design makes the SF/SS635 an especially significant arrival.

I reviewed the Offshore 650 Pro Dive for the May 2020 edition of Boating NZ, coming away impressed by the quality of construction and the superb ride. Her new hardtop sister doesn’t disappoint either.

Once a ‘party trick’ with a limited market, amphibious boats have been steadily gaining traction with a wider audience of boat owners. Smuggler’s latest Strata 700 – with its centre-console configuration – will add further impetus.

A new release from Tristram Marine is always significant, but the 821 Offshore is more so than most.

Jonathan Barlow and the crew at Offshore Boats NZ gave boat designer Alan Walker a very specific brief for the Offshore 650: ride, ride, ride!