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.
Captain’s Inn
Renovating the old boat became a welcome distraction and motivation for the couple to move on.
Power-On: Ski-boat racers
Before going racing, taking the hull to a boatbuilder for a once-over is a smart way to ensure the transom and hull survive the punishment…
Creek in a hundred
My Gold Card birthday present was a weekend of precious father-daughter-boats time. Zoë and I first watched a Women’s World Cup Soccer…
Europe by river
Thanks to the extensive network of canals and locks interconnecting its majestic waterways, a river cruise is a fun, adventurous way to…
Australian Wooden Boat Festival; Wooden Gems
The seagulls in Hobart are more raucous and the air looks much clearer, concluded Boating NZ’s Australian correspondent Kevin Green, on…