Boat Reviews NZ

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.

The new 641 Offshore is Tristram Marine’s smallest ‘blue water’ model, pitched very much at the sport fishing market. It’s an updated version of the boat we first reviewed in 2011.

A new fibreglass trailer boat model from a New Zealand boat builder is always a cause for excitement, so I was looking forward to meeting Buccaneer Pleasure Craft’s new 630 Enforcer RIB.