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November 2022

Boat Brief

Daring update

The Daring – an 1800s schooner – was uncovered by shifting sands on Auckland’s Muriwai Beach in 2018.

2 years ago

November 2022

One Family’s Boating Journey – First sail of spring

I am retrospectively writing this article as we depart Gulf Harbour Marina for our second sail of the season. Fair sailing conditions are expected, bu...

2 years ago

DIY Boating

Getting hot under the collar

An overheating boat engine can have many causes, but one of the first things to check is the health of the heat exchanger.

2 years ago

Boat Brief

NZ marinas reaching environmental benchmarks

Marina operators are working hard, individually and collectively, to minimise the impact they have on their local environments.

2 years ago

Boat Brief

Family classic powered up for summer

A much-loved family boat which has travelled halfway across the world to the Hauraki Gulf has been given a new lease on life, to serve a new generatio...

2 years ago

Book Review

Marco Polo

One of the blessings of being a writer for a boating magazine like this is that you write mainly about heroes – heroes at the helm, heroes at the desi...

2 years ago

November 2022

Carrots anyone?

Good looking and great in the pan, gurnard is a popular recreational catch.

2 years ago

Features

A Sailing Journey along Australia’s East Coast Pt2: Australia’s Golden Waters Gold Coast...

Approaching the Gold Coast on my old quarter-tonner Skyebird after a few rough days at sea, alone and with a broken autopilot, I was heartily glad to ...

2 years ago

Boat Brief

Best marinas, boatyards

The New Zealand Marina Operators Association (NZMOA) has recognised the country’s very best marinas and boatyards for 2022.

2 years ago

Features

A winding history

Alex and Lesley Stone and old shipmate Tony Hards venture up the Whangateau Estuary and Omaha River

2 years ago

Features

Refit catches covid

Menai is now ship-shape for us to enjoy – aged, but now sound, beautiful, and ready for the next generation.

2 years ago

Editors Note

Plenty to look forward to

Megan and I went along to the opening day of the Women’s Rugby World Cup in Auckland City. She’s not a rugby fan, and despite being born and bred in A...

2 years ago

Features

One out of the box

The concept of carrying cargo in standardised containers was first formulated by US truck driver Malcolm McLean.

2 years ago

Features

Boat-building boomtown

Few people know the story of Fairlie’s short but remarkable period as a boatbuilding mecca in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

2 years ago

Boat Brief

Waikawa Women

Thirty boats and more than 220 female sailors raced in two divisions, over both triangle and ‘harbour’ courses in the waters off Picton.

2 years ago

Features

In search of the General

When the Image Boats-built Seastar isn’t deployed on commercial workboat duties or tourism charters in the spectacular waters of Fiordland, she is hun...

2 years ago

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NZ Events Worth Adding to Your Calendar

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FISHING

Hook Me Up Fishing Competition - Matakana vs Hillside, 7 Mar 2025 in Whakatane

The Kubota Billfish Classic, 12 - 15 Mar 2025 in Mercury Bay, Whitianga

ITM Fishing Competition, 13 - 16 Mar 2025 in Whangaroa

NZ Lure Masters (Catch, Measure and Release competition), 3 & 4 Oct 2025, New Zealand wide

REGATTAS

Toyota Youth International Match Racing Cup, 26 Feb - 4 Mar 2025 in Auckland

PIC Harbour Classic, 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2025 in Auckland

Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race 2025, starting 11 Oct 2025 TBC from Sydney Harbour

PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic, 24 Oct 2025 TBC from Auckland to Russell

Rolex Sydney to Hobart, 26 Dec 2025 starts in Sydney, Australia

HYDRO THUNDER

Lucas Oil Hydro Thunder Race - Lake Rotoiti, 8 - 9 Mar 2025 at Nelson Lakes

Lucas Oil Hydro Thunder Race - Lake Twizel, 29 - 30 Mar 2025 at Twizel

JET BOAT RACING

2024/25 NZ Jetsprint Championship R4, 23 Feb 2025 at Wanganui

2025 NZ Marathon Coast-to-Coast, 16 to 25 Mar 2025 starting at Greymouth ad finishing at Christchurch

WATERSPORTS

IWWF University Nationals (waterskiing), 26 February to 2 March Orakei Basin, Auckland

MEET UPS

Bay of Plenty Trailer Yacht Cruising Rally, Easter 2025 at Lake Rotoiti, BOP

SHOWS

Moana Auckland - New Zealand's Ocean Festival, 27 Jan to 9 Mar 2025 in Auckland

Auckland Boat Show, 6 - 9 Mar 2025 to be held at the Viaduct Events Centre and Jellicoe Harbour, Auckland

The Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show, 15-18 May 2025 to be held at the Viaduct Events Centre and Jellicoe Harbour, Auckland

NZ Boat, Fish and Dive Show, 30 & 31 Aug 2025 to be held at Mystery Creek Events Centre, Waipa

NEWS TIPS?
Send your photos, videos, stories, and tip-offs to ahoy@boatingnz.co.nz or call us on 022-023-7507.

November 2022

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Weekly Newsletter

Social Media

One Family’s Boating Journey – First sail of spring

Getting hot under the collar

NZ marinas reaching environmental benchmarks

Family classic powered up for summer

Marco Polo

Carrots anyone?

Best marinas, boatyards

A winding history

Refit catches covid

Plenty to look forward to

One out of the box

Boat-building boomtown

Waikawa Women

In search of the General