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Winter Wonderland

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BOAT WORLD

ROARING 40S

QUANTUM RACING ROLEX TP52 WORLD CHAMPIONS

BREAKTHROUGH MEDAL FOR NEW ZEALAND NACRA PAIR

GOLD AWARD FOR ELECTRIC FERRY

2022 SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW

NEW BASE FOR ETNZ

PREDATOR FREE RAKIURA

DAMPENER FOR PROJECT SPEED

CELEBRATION OF 40 YEARS OF RACING

WOMEN’S AND YOUTH AMERICA’S CUP EVENTS FORMATS ANNOUNCED

BERGE BULK SHIP WITH WINDWINGS

BOAT HARBOUR GAINS CONSENTR

JOHN LIDGARD 1931 – 2022

VISIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN • Cruising the Mediterranean, relaxing in warm sunshine and anchoring in a perfect bay every night has been a fantasy for many Kiwis over the past couple of covid-affected years — not to mention more recently, in the depths of a very wet winter. Well, if you can’t go to the Mediterranean, this new trawler-style launch can bring the Med to you.

LOVE IN THE TIME OF THE COVID • Alex Stone with the story of a remarkable re-fit in Auckland

BOAT BLING

THRILLS IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN • An edited extract from Mark Sedon’s self-published book What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

XPRESS YOURSELF • The Fjord 38 xpress offers performance, accommodation and a versatile deck layout in a stylish package. This stylish and sturdy open day-boat can also take you on coastal hops and has the performance to return home, no matter the weather.

THE RESOLUTION IS HERE • Consumer marine electronics continue to evolve and improve. And, it seems, every few months new, improved models, software updates and additional features are announced, the user experience increasingly converging with what’s familiar in automotive and consumer electronics.

CTEK PERFORMANCE • CHARGING AND MAINTAINING YOUR BATTERIES OVER WINTER

Calamari time! • The cooler months may not suit some anglers, but they signal productive and tasty times ahead for squid (egi) fishers!

BOAT BUSINESS

EXCESS 14

NAUT LAUNCH ELECTRIC BEACHCOMBER

SYDNEY SHOW-STOPPER

WALKABOUT ON WATER

HUTCHWILCO OPENS SI BRANCH

GONE WITH THE WYNNS GO HYBRID

SALES WITH FLAIR

CORA CAT 48 – SPACE, PACE, GRACE

SUPERYACHT NEW ZEALAND LAUNCHES TO THE WORLD

READ ABOUT RIVIERA

ZEROJET GOES GLOBAL

Crew briefings • Been to the boat ramp recently and heard the shouting and hollering as a flustered, bewildered looking crew leaps ashore with a line, frantically looking for something to tie it to? That would be the result of a poor crew briefing – or a complete lack thereof.

ELECTRIC FLIGHT • Trailer boats don’t come more unconventional than the Candela C7. Boating NZ travelled to beautiful Lake Wanaka to experience the Swedish-built electric-powered foiling monohull.

Bilge pump disaster • Is you bilge pump installation up to moving a large volume of water out of your hull should the need arise?

Sharing the fun • Westhaven-based Ownaship – the country’s biggest ‘boat-share’ player – recently took delivery of its 11th Rayglass 3500 launch. Like the other 10 in the fleet, this one belongs to a syndicate of six owners, a sharing model Ownaship managing director Simon Barker says has multiple attractions.

THE FLEET

THE RAYGLASS 3500

ULTIMATE PRINCESS • Standing out amidst the flybridge sweet spot of 50-plus-footers takes something special and this is what British builder Princess Yachts has delivered with its well-proven F55.

HULL AND SYSTEMS

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!

A WATERPROOF RECIPE • Flexible spray...