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Antiques & Classics

Farr reaching success: The Farr 1020 story

One of the most successful one-design keelers in New Zealand has been the Farr 1020. Designed by Bruce Farr and his team in 1981 and built by Sea Nymp...
Boat World

RNZYS Admirals Cup team

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) has announced its participation in the 2025 Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) Admiral’s Cup, one of the most...
Boat World

REDHOT MARINE Formula V Series

The REDHOT Marine Formula V Series has returned for the 2024-2025 season, with round one kicking off the season in Wanganui on the weekend of 23/24 No...
Bay of Islands Sailing Week

BOI Sailing Week 2025: Divisions Filling Fast

Entries for every division are filling fast and regatta organisers are urging early registration.
Runup to Auckland

Congratulations to SailGP’s Katja Salskov-Iversen on her pregnancy! What does this mean for he...

At the Breaking Boundaries event held at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club last night (Thursday 16 January, 2025), Danish SailGP strategist Katja Salskov-I...
Book Review

An Indigenous Ocean

The best time and place to curl up with a good book is during your summer cruise or boating day trips, in the saloon, cockpit, foredeck beanbag or und...
Book Review

An Island to Oneself

Summer reading inspired by our Big Blue Backyard
Antiques & Classics

Classic yachts (and launches) as ‘Protected New Zealand Objects’

Formed in the mid-1990s, The Classic Yacht Association was at the forefront of protecting classic yachts from unlawful export from New Zealand. New Z...
Book Review

Sailing to the Heart of Japan – A Cruising Adventure and How-To Guide

Summer reading inspired by our Big Blue Backyard
Book Review

Mana of the Pacific – Wisdom from Across Oceania

The best time and place to curl up with a good book is during your summer cruise or boating day trips, in the saloon, cockpit, foredeck beanbag or und...
Features

Interceptor Trim Tabs: Easy Rider

You don’t need a megayacht to enjoy the benefits of technologically advanced stabiliser systems. Interceptor tabs cut the chop and reduce the roll to ...
Book Review

The Team That Hit The Rocks – The Inside Story of the Wahine Disaster

The best time and place to curl up with a good book is during your summer cruise or boating day trips, in the saloon, cockpit, foredeck beanbag or und...
DIY Boating

What a hoot! Tai Mate: A whimsical dinghy with a retro twist

You're not imagining something out of a children's storybook. This quirky vessel, owned by retro-boat enthusiast Barry Anderson, is a 9ft (2.7-metre) ...
Boat Refurbishments

Refurbishing a Kiwi classic: Johan Joubert’s journey with Voyager

Few vessels evoke as much nostalgia and pride as the Vindex 32, a Kiwi icon designed and built by Jim Young in the 1970s.
January 2025

5-raters and spoon bows too

However, by 1895 the 5-raters were attracting even more attention than their smaller stablemates. Where the 2½-raters had become handy 35 to 36ft harb...
Antiques & Classics

Brest Maritime Festival 2024: World classics extravaganza

Every four years since the 1990s, Brittany’s largest port, Brest, has played host to a gathering of traditional craft from around the world. Over time...
Features

International Voyage Certificate: Cat 1 rules and regulation changes

New Zealand-registered pleasure craft departing on offshore voyages have for many decades required a safety inspection. This is still the case, but th...
Featured Cruising Boats

Nordic rescue: Classic redemption

While you were shivering in a cold and windy Aotearoa, hundreds of kilometres away, a young couple was sitting in the Fijian sunshine and enjoying the...
January 2025

Pillie power!

What is it about pilchards that makes them irresistible to so many fish? 
A Very Brief History

Strange little flags…

Today burgees are now widely used by yacht clubs, senior club officers, sailing organisations, and boaties all around the globe.
Features

Southern summer roadie: Part 1

The look on Anna’s face as we cruised along Piopiotahi Milford Sound said it all: she was mesmerised. The water was flat, not a cloud stirred, and Mit...
December 2024

One hull or two hulls? The catamaran conundrum

Could you? Should you? Yes, you: Would you make the leap from monohull to catamaran? Cat converts swear they will never, ever go back to merely one hu...
News

Gettin’ jiggy with it!

Heavy metal should feature in every angler's bag of tricks, but there's a huge variety of jigs and jigging techniques. By Mark Kitteridge. One only h...
Book Review

Book Review: Swirly World by Andrew Fagan

From the time I heard about this book until now, I cannot get the Mockers 'Forever Tuesday Morning' out of my head -- it's too late for you now as wel...
Build Your Own

Teaching the art of boat building: Inside Devonport’s inspiring school programme

In a maritime haven like Devonport, it seems only natural that a passion for the sea and boat building would find its way into the community’s schools...
Features

Pataua on Northland’s East Coast: Quiet moments. Good.

Most often the magic of boating finds itself in moments that are not dramatic. Quiet moments of reflection. Just you, the boat, the breeze, the birds,...
A Very Brief History

The Anchor

Anchors might be synonymous with boating, but anchors have evolved a great deal over time, writes Tom O'Neil. The history of the anchor dates back mo...
2024

Toyota Towing Tips: launching & retrieving

We’ve all seen the insurance company’s television advert where the newbie boatie arrives at the busy boat ramp and is faced with backing his recent pu...
Features

Motoring ahead: The Hugh Stewart story

On December 20th, a 73-year-old will retire from a company and brand he’s been associated with since 1981. The man is Hugh Stewart, and the brand is o...
Richard (Dick) Jones
Features

THE Richard (Dick) Jones story: Sharp as a tack

Born in 1935 to a Papamoa farming couple Kingsley and Gwen Jones, Richard didn’t know his father as he served with the Second New Zealand Expeditionar...
The Catch

Yay for squid!

The most spectacular demonstration of how good a bait squid can be occurred on a trip to the King Bank, off the Three Kings Islands in the mid 1980s. ...
Boating history

Holmglen: The 65th Anniversary of Its Mystery Sinking

Sixty-five years ago this month, the Holmglen, a sturdy 485-ton coastal freighter with only three years in service, met a mysterious and tragic end ju...
Boat Experiences
Given

Katoa, a Given 14.5m Sailing Catamaran

The Katoa project began 15 years ago in a 18m x 10m shed on the couple’s Dairy Flat property. Most catamarans are built as separate components – two h...
Boating history

Auckland Welcomes ARM Cuauhtémoc: The Mexican Navy’s Proud Tall Ship Visits New Zealand

The iconic ARM Cuauhtémoc sailed into Auckland’s Princes Wharf on October 28, 2024.
AC37

Looking Back At America’s Cup: Challenger decided

The challenger series for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup began at the end of August. After three years of waiting and speculating, which gradual...
Features

8 Great Ways To Upgrade Your Boat

Looking at new boats is always a bit of a double-edged sword. On one hand, it’s fun to check out the latest new innovations and marvel at the latest e...
Features

The 2½ raters of the 1890s

New Zealand was by no means a backwater in yacht design and construction in 1890. The new ideas had been spread rapidly around the world by publicatio...
October 2024

Towing Tips

Do enough miles with a boat in tow and you will have a ‘Minties Moment’ or two, one of those occasions where only you and your drycleaner know how clo...
Environment

In Darwin’s footsteps

In 1835 British naturalist Charles Darwin stepped ashore at the remote Galápagos Islands. The visit led to his controversial book – On the Origin of S...
Build Up to AC38

Opinion Editorial: New Zealand’s America’s Cup: What’s Next?

Wow! What an incredible season of America’s Cup racing. For New Zealand, what an amazing result! Whether it’s foiling, sailing, or whatever these AC75...

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NZ Events Worth Adding to Your Calendar

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FISHING

White Pointer Boats 30th Anniversary Fishing Comp, 5 - 8 Feb 2025 in Waihau Bay

Makaira Trailer Boat Competition, 25 & 26 Jan 2025 in Whangaroa

Stabicraft Fish N Chicks Tournament, 6 - 8 Feb 2025 in Tauranga. Dress up theme is “Ladies of their Time”. Raising funds to help find a cure for Breast Cancer.

Surtees Annual Fishing Competition, 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2025 in Whakatane

Hook Me Up Fishing Competition - Matakana vs Hillside, 7 Mar 2025 in Whakatane

The Kubota Billfish Classic, 12 - 15 Mar 2025 in Mercury Bay, Whitianga

ITM Fishing Competition, 13 - 16 Mar 2025 in Whangaroa

NZ Lure Masters (Catch, Measure and Release competition), 3 & 4 Oct 2025, New Zealand wide

Stabicraft Te Anau Manapouri Fishing Classic, 25 - 27 Oct 2025 TBC in Te Anau Manapouri

REGATTAS

Rolex Sydney to Hobart, 26 Dec 2024 starts in Sydney, Australia

New Zealand Sail Grand Prix, 18 & 19 Jan 2025 in Auckland

Bay of Islands Sailing Week, 21 - 24 Jan 2025 at Bay of Islands

NZ Millenium Cup, 1 - 4 Feb 2025 at Waitemata Harbour

Toyota Youth International Match Racing Cup, 26 Feb - 4 Mar 2025 in Auckland

PIC Harbour Classic, 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2025 in Auckland

Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race 2025, starting 11 Oct 2025 TBC from Sydney Harbour

PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic, 24 Oct 2025 TBC from Auckland to Russell

NZ Match Racing Championships, 2025 dates tbc in Auckland

HYDRO THUNDER

Lucas Oil Hydro Thunder Race - Mangakino, 18 & 19 Jan 2025 at Mangakino

Lucas Oil Hydro Thunder Race - Karapiro, 7 - 9 Feb 2025 at Karapiro

Lucas Oil Hydro Thunder Race - Lake Rotoiti, 8 - 9 Mar 2025 at Nelson Lakes

Lucas Oil Hydro Thunder Race - Lake Twizel, 29 - 30 Mar 2025 at Twizel

JET BOAT RACING

2024/25 NZ Jetsprint Championship R2, 1 Dec 2024 at Featherston

2024/25 NZ Jetsprint Championship R3, 27 Dec 2024 at Wanganui

UIM World Jetsprint Championships, 25 Jan -2 Feb 2025 at Wanaka (25 & 26 Jan) and Wanganui (1 & 2 Feb)

2024/25 NZ Jetsprint Championship R4, 23 Feb 2025 at Wanganui

2025 NZ Marathon Coast-to-Coast, 16 to 25 Mar 2025 starting at Greymouth ad finishing at Christchurch

2024 Golden Homes NZ Jet Boat Marathon, 2025 dates TBC on Southland Rivers (Oreti, Waiau and Mataura)

National Jet Boat Rally 2024, 2025 date TBC at Oliver Road, Bendigo (near Cromwell)

WATERSPORTS

Yamaha Rollo's Marine Bridge 2 Bridge, 2025 dates tbc Staged on the Waikato River between Cambridge & Taupiri, based in Hamilton, New Zealand

NON-MOTORISED SPORT

Waka Ama - 2025 National Sprint Championships, 12 - 18 Jan 2025 at Lake Karapiro, Cambridge

Waka Ama - 2025 Secondary School Nationals, 24 - 28 Mar 2025 at Lake Tikitapu, Rotorua

ANTIQUE, CLASSIC & RETRO BOATS

25th NZ Antique & Classic Boat Show , 1 & 2 Mar 2025 at Lake Rotoiti, Nelson Lakes

SHOWS

Moana Auckland - New Zealand's Ocean Festival, 27 Jan to 9 Mar 2025 in Auckland

Auckland Boat Show, 6 - 9 Mar 2025 to be held at the Viaduct Events Centre and Jellicoe Harbour, Auckland

The Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show, 15-18 May 2025 to be held at the Viaduct Events Centre and Jellicoe Harbour, Auckland

NZ Boat, Fish and Dive Show, 30 & 31 Aug 2025 to be held at Mystery Creek Events Centre, Waipa

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