ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – Kitset water solution
I’m writing this article during the 2022 April school holidays while anchored at Great Barrier Island, our newly favourite sailing…
THE PETER BURLING & BLAIR TUKE STORY – The Golden Boys
Blair Tuke still remembers the first time he saw his name etched on the inside of a beer bottle cap.
Ewincher Reader’s Choice Favourite Anchorage
Boating NZ readers were asked to share their favourite anchorages with us, accompanied by a photo if possible, and explain why they liked…
A popping little cockle
With the sudden reappearance of a little clinker runabout last seen working around Picton Harbour nearly 30 years ago, older locals can be…
Dynamic trim
After a Covid-induced hiatus of three years Advance Trident Limited (ATL) welcomed Zipwake’s Patric Nilsson to New Zealand for the…
More fish in the sea
Why aren’t we doing more to breed and release native fish? A simple question with complicated answers. Alex Stone looks at some of the…
Grow your own floating garden
The days when sailors had to survive on a diet of salted pork and ship’s biscuits while scurvy loosened their teeth are long gone, but many…
Superyachts to return
New Zealand’s air and sea borders will open from August 1, allowing tourists to again enjoy one of the world’s great natural……
Saving the Success
A new Heritage Trust has been established to purchase the historic scow Success and restore her as near as possible to original condition…
Of whales and men
The Arctic Circle, at 66 degrees 34 minutes north, was well astern and the compass card, becoming unreliable at these latitudes, danced…
Boy Wells and Florence Part II
In last month’s issue Ian Wells had arrived at the point where his halfbrother Boy Wells of Whitianga was contemplating removing the…
Doctor’s orders
They were doctor’s orders of the kind Bernie Reid could only agree with. Keep rowing, mate – even if it hurts your ageing knees.
