Boat Reviews NZ

Marex is a Norwegian company with a 45-year boatbuilding heritage and numerous international design and excellence awards, including European Power Boat of the Year in 2009, 2013 and 2017.

Multihulls offer a heady blend of cruising and chilling. To taste this happy mix you should explore Fountaine Pajot’s new Lucia 40, the latest addition to Auckland’s Ownaship fleet.

This Mangawhai-based Senator SL1170 is the largest Senator pontoon boat to date and the first recreational vessel in the world to be fitted with Sealegs’ heavy-duty SL100 all-wheel-drive amphibious system.

The Haines Hunter SS660 (Sport Sedan) debuted in 2006, quickly becoming a sought-after model that’s maintained a strong sales record ever since. But the folk at Haines Hunter haven’t been sitting on their hands: the SS660’s received a makeover.

Purekraft is a relative newcomer among aluminium trailer boat brands, but the personnel behind it certainly have the right credentials.

I always look forward to reviewing an Extreme, but this one is something special – an 885 Game King fitted with Yamaha’s awesome new 425hp XTO Offshore V8 outboard.

After 60 years of building luxury boats, Jeanneau’s become one of the best known and most respected brands in the world of fibreglass vessels. And while the name’s synonymous with cruising yachts, the company also has an extensive range of launches.

Smuggler Marine’s latest model presents the usual craftsmanship and while the slightly unusual colour scheme chosen by the customer’s wife may not be universally appealing, it’s undeniably striking.

Marvic is one of the most recent additions to Taupo’s pleasure boat fleet. She’s certainly one of the larger vessels that call the new marina at Motuapa home and she’s turning quite a few heads around the Great Lake.

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.