Flotilla fun

The dreaded Bucket List keeps raising its ugly head and when it aligns with Fate’s fickle finger you’ve no choice but to submitWORDS AND…

Ocean Passage

Jim Lott and wife Karin recently returned from a seven-year global cruise. This puts him in a useful place for considering the differences…

Dorian’s fury

Black Sound in Green Turtle Cay in the northern Bahamas is a good hurricane hole. Kiwi sailor David Kitching had previously sheltered there…

On trend

Boatbuilders and equipment manufacturers worldwide have released a tsunami of innovation in recent months. From automated docking systems…

Shaping a dream

Your accountant, partner and golfing friends will all tell you that with boats, chartering is better than buying, and buying second-hand…

HOT STUFF on the NOOSA

What started off as a leisurely river cruise through the Australian bush turned into a race for survival for a Taupo couple when a bush…

What lies below

With massive salt deposits and active mining operations deep below their bottoms, the Great Lakes may just be one of the strangest boating…

Saving uWHILNA

An 18m 110-year old yawl lying in Wellington’s Mana Marina is a rare, surviving example of the work of her American designer – Charles…