Power On : Keep trim

Forget about reaching for your remote control/hand throttle.

Ahoy! Fun free family activity abounds at Auckland Wooden Boat Festival

The festival is on Friday 1 March – Sunday 3 March from 10am-6pm at Viaduct Events Centre and Jellicoe Harbour.

Lake Tahoe 50 years of elegance

With 49 editions under its belt so far, the most prestigious static contest in North America has now reached its 50th anniversary. And it…

A walk on the wild side

Lapsed jetboating enthusiast Stewart Hydes spent eight years working for Fi-GLASS Boats in Christchurch, so it speaks volumes he opted for…

New lives for old boats

The restoration and ownership of classic boats is booming – across New Zealand and around the globe. Tom Fraser catches up with Dave…

Salthouse Coach Boat

How a decades-long family boat building empire has happily downsized to build the world’s best coach boats.

Up the WAHS!

It’s an overlooked, quiet, and quite beautiful waterway right close – surprisingly so – to Auckland. Me old shipmate Tony and I decided to…

A Shaw thing

The newest entry in the field is the Shaw S3 Tender, a rigid 2.9m planing tender, the brainchild of Auckland-based yacht designer Rob Shaw.

A legacy of success

The marine industry in New Zealand is small, consisting of passionate and talented people with companies that punch above their weight…

Boat & Bike Croatia

The route across each island is along quiet, perfectly maintained roads and winds through mountainous terrain and verdant vegetation.

Self-built Sportfisher

Fifteen-year-old Mack Lane built his own 4.5m open top fishing boat from plywood sheathed in fibreglass, with some guidance from his…

Night Rescue

We realised that rescuing someone at sea is not easy, especially at night.