Boat Reviews NZ

Cruising catamarans can end up being a compromise, with sailing performance and convenience traded off against interior volume. Bavaria’s Nautitech Open 40 puts paid to that, being both pleasurable to sail and roomy enough to really stretch out.

Recently updated and refreshed, the SP725 is one of Haines Hunter’s premium models. Sarisha is the company’s demo vessel, so nearly every box on the extensive options list has been ticked, including the one for a 4.2-litre 300hp V6 Yamaha outboard.

The first Greenline 48 Flybridge Cruiser in the country, Kiwi Green was purchased from the factory in Slovenia and then cruised for several weeks through the Adriatic by owners Richard and Susie Wardenburg.

It might have been mid-winter, but Sydney turned on a cracker day for our run down the coast in the new Maritimo X60 sport yacht.

Sailing is a breeze aboard Beneteau’s new Oceanis 51.1, thanks to some smart systems.

Sealegs has been making amphibious craft for 17 years, driving a continuous process of development and improvement. The latest iteration, the 7.3m Electric E4, is battery-powered.

The new Aquila 36 made its Downunder debut at the Sydney Boat Show and it won’t be long before we see this versatile power cat in New Zealand too.

There’s no mistaking the new Caribbean 49 for anything other than a Caribbean. And that’s a good thing!

The award-winning Marco 950 Sou’wester Resolute is the Tauranga company’s third custom aluminium build for Hamiltonian Mike Callagher – and the second to bear that name.

Haines Hunter has sold over 3000 SF535s and the model’s been around so long it’s become part of the fabric of New Zealand power boating. It’s so familiar, we sometimes forget just how good the SF535 really is.

Beneteau’s latest Sports Cruiser, the GT 40, makes quite a stylish statement. Combining sweeping curves with a steeply raked, one-piece windscreen and funky angular windows, she looks fast even at rest.