Features

Thanks to communication protocols such as NMEA2000, convergence in the marine electronic sector is accelerating. Auckland’s Vesper Marine…

Everyone dealt with Covid lockdown’s cabin fever last year in different ways. Mike Delamore took off on a solo circumnavigation of New…

“We need another boat,” I said to my wife. With rolling eyes she asked the most obvious but pointless of questions: “Why?”

Following all the fuss about foiling, Kerikeri boatbuilder Craig Partridge decided it was time to teach an old Animal some new tricks.

New developments in next-generation technology have opened the door to unprecedented power and automation onboard, offering real-world…

Deep in the central North Island, Piopio could hardly be called a boating mecca. But boats built in the tiny landlocked Waitomo township…

Whether to put to sea is often dependant on the weather and for more than 100 years the voice of reason on the UK airwaves has been the…

Widely-regarded at the planet’s most notorious promontory, Cape Horn is often called the ‘sailor’s Everest,’ or ‘the Killer Cape’. Poems…

Sam Fortescue meets a boat that redefines the art of the possible in sustainable design.

There are a few important factors you need to run a successful women’s regatta: a great location, superb sailing conditions – and plenty of…

Recently-refurbished with plenty of extras, Bad Uncle is a 20-year-old Lazercraft 620 that flaunts her makeover with a large dollop of…

Modern boaties may struggle to remember when they last licked a stamp but, as philatelists will attest, New Zealand’s postal legacy is…