Indholdsfortegnelse for February 2021 i Boating NZ

The machine that is the America’s Cup is often vilified – even by die-hard yacht-racing enthusiasts – as a toxic, unsavoury circus populated by a cast of unscrupulous, self-serving, egodriven elitists with a limited grasp of what goes on in real life. And they have a point: much of the action – and it’s seemingly written into the event’s DNA – always revolves around a barrage of protests and accusations, of legal challenges and counter-challenges. Victims vs villains. Always an unpleasant, headline-grabbing sideshow, far removed from the values of what was once considered the sport of kings. How did it come to this? But we saw a different and far more edifying slice of the America’s Cup on Sunday, January 17 following the catastrophic capsize of the American Magic team’s…

The inclusion of females in the New Zealand SailGP team progressed in January with six of the country’s top female sailors trialling for spots on the boat. New Zealand announced its intention last year to field a SailGP Team, sailed on F50 foiling catamarans. It is headed by co-chief executives Peter Burling and Blair Tuke and the pair, along with former Yachting New Zealand high performance director Jez Fanstone, held the trials at the Manly Sailing Club. The six triallists, which included Alex Maloney, Molly Meech, Erica Dawson, Liv Mackay and Gemma Jones, predominantly sailed Waszp foiling boats over the weekend but also did strategy sessions as Burling, Tuke and Fanstone assessed the hopefuls. SailGP plans to advance gender equity. There are presently five roles on the cats, including two…

New rules to stop the spread of aquatic pests across the Bay of Plenty come in to force this summer with boat ramp users now required to self-certify that their vessels and trailers are free from freshwater fish and plant pests. Bay of Plenty Regional Council Biosecurity Manager Greg Corbett says the rules contained within the Bay of Plenty Regional Pest Management Plan 2020 – 2030, which became operative on the 17 December 2020, ensure that lake users take an active role in protecting the long-term health of the region’s lakes and rivers. “Ultimately everyone benefits from these new rules. Preventing the spread of aquatic pest plants and fish that can choke the lakes, making them murky and causing the decline of native species, is vital. “The rules themselves are…

Cortex is best described as a VHF radio packaged with a host of additional, built-in features geared to improved safety, better navigation, sharper security – and easier communication with other boats. It’s widely considered a ‘game-changer’. Among the product’s most notable attractions are its modest ‘footprint’ and low power consumption. It comprises a small but super-smart ‘hub’ (mounted behind a bulkhead, for example), and a separate wireless, touchscreen handset that looks and feels like a smartphone. The handset lives in a docking station for charging. Wired handsets (tethered to the hub) are also available. But Cortex’s stand-out ability is its diverse functionality. While it’s first and foremost a VHF radio, the additional built-in features (which harness DSC, AIS and GPS technology) promise to transform the user’s boating experience. These features…

If you take the idea of the American bowrider, discard the white linen and shampoo, add some Kiwi practicality to it and put a hull under it that will get you home when it’s blowing 40 bastards from the southwest, you are on to something quite unique. The new Rae Line 205 is just that. A convertible-Mustang-of-the-seas look about her lines, she has the hood-down style, a throaty roar and an elegant ride to prove it. In a market flooded with facsimiles, the 205 is a refreshing departure from the norm and a great step up from the already well-loved Rae Line range. CONSTRUCTION As is so often the case, good design results from finding something that works and building from it. The new 205 has been three years in…

BOAT MONSTER WAS appointed Invincible distributor for Australia and New Zealand in 2020. The first Invincible, a 35-foot Catamaran, landed at Port Kemblar, NSW in early December. The boat went straight into the water and made its way to Boat Monster’s new premises on Sydney’s northern beaches. Boat Monster’s principals, Sam and Lucy Wallrock, tested Invincible’s range of monohulls and catamarans at the Miami Boat Show in February 2020, deciding the 35-foot Catamaran was the ideal boat for the Australian launch. The 35-foot Catamaran is a stable twinhull fishing boat designed for maximum performance with twin or quad outboard configurations up to 1200hp 1200hp. The 360o walk-around deck provides excellent fishability with ample under-deck storage for your equipment and catch. Sea trials are currently being arranged. Invincible Boat Company is…

RAY WHITE MARINE NZ recently opened its doors in the Auckland Viaduct with a new team. Located on Halsey Street right beside the Viaduct marina, the new office is right in the middle of a marine hotspot. Ray White is Australasia’s most successful real estate and marine business with over 110 years of experience. “Not many people in New Zealand realise just how successful Ray White Marine Australia has been, so it was natural to extend that formula and opportunity to our clients and customers here in New Zealand,” says Grant Dickson, Director of Ray White Marine NZ. And with 182 offices across New Zealand, Ray White is well-positioned to deliver. Ray White Marine NZ can offer new sales from a world-class line-up including Ferretti Yachts, Pershing, Itama, Riva, Mochi…

OYSTER YACHTS RECENTLY announced the Oyster 495, the company’s much anticipated 50-foot yacht, which promises to set the standard in her class. Hand-built, the 495 offers many of the exceptional features found on the luxury boat builder’s larger yachts. Easily handled by a couple or family, she is equally at home on coastal cruising trips, crossing an ocean or circumnavigating the globe. The 495 is a collaboration between Humphreys Yacht Design and Oyster’s own in-house design studio, overseen by Oyster’s CEO & owner Richard Hadida and Oyster’s founder Richard Matthews. The powerful G6 twin-rudder hull form delivers performance cruising and clean lines. The beam is set well aft, contributing form, stability and great sailing performance, making the Oyster 495 a true live aboard, go-anywhere blue-water yacht. It is designed to…

The rescue of vintage vessels is always a difficult – and usually expensive – exercise. Fortunately, there are guardian angels willing to roll up their sleeves and reach for their wallets to help bring the old ladies of the sea back to life. Gents like Oliver Berking. Berking does it because he doesn’t like burying his head in the sand, pretending nothing is happening. For him, while money is certainly an issue, it’s not the only consideration in the world. When old sailing legends like Jenetta or the Australian America’s Cup challenger Gretel need to be saved, he’s to be found on the front line. Born in Flensburg in 1962 (right at the time when Gretel was being defeated by Weatherly in Newport), Berking is the prototype of the patron…

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Hitting the water just after the New Year break was this new EC powercat, designed by Ron Given and built by Craig Partridge Yachts in Kerikeri. Built for an Auckland-based owner, this 10.8m boat is the fourth of these powercats Partridge has produced. She features two double cabins and two heads, with the option of an additional double berth in the saloon. She’s powered by twin Yanmar 110hp diesels on ZF saildrives, cruises at 15 knots and has a top speed of 20 knots. Made of timber, foam and glass composite, Hōne Rua also features lithium batteries and a Raymarine radar and electronics package.…

Fans of international sailing races have enjoyed a front-row seat to the rapid development of foiling technology over the last few years. But in the shadows of international competition, another much quieter revolution has been taking place in parallel, as foiling begins to spread into the mainstream. We like to think of foiling as a relatively new thing, but the reality is that people have been flying on water for more than a century, as evidenced by a British patent granted to French inventor Emmanuel Denis Farcot for a ‘skiing boat’ way back in 1869. According to the patent application, Farcot’s innovative hull design used “wedge-shaped fins, which have the effect of lifting it in the water and reducing the draught.” He didn’t just get the patent, he actually made…

It’s surprising how few people have done this – or perhaps not surprising, given the rugged nature of the Fiordland and Wairarapa coasts. That was where the trimaran Rose Noelle came to grief in 1989, if you recall. Which led to a survival tale for the ages, when John Glennie, James Nalepka, Rick Hellriegel and Phil Hoffman survived adrift on the wreckage for 119 days, before washing up on Great Barrier Island. And yes, Mike and his yacht Cavatina had the lot thrown at them on this trip too – including 12 hours running under bare poles in 60 knots off the South Island’s east coast. But he’s seen it all before You may recognise Mike’s name as the regular mate aboard Henk Haazen’s remarkable ice-capable steel yacht Tiama. Together…

IN EARLY DECEMBER Lusty & Blundell hosted a fun and informative America’s Cup briefing and industry network event in its spacious showroom on Auckland’s North Shore Attended by the around 50 members of the marine industry and media, the event featured an in-depth pre-America’s Cup World Series presentation from sailing expert and America’s Cup commentator Richard Gladwell. Richard shared footage of the four teams in action to highlight his observations on different design approaches, the conditions that favour each team, developments in technology and his opinions on how the races will play out. Company co-founder Carl Omundsen also shared the latest developments and innovations in Vesper Marine’s exciting new all-in-one solution for VHF, AIS and Monitoring – Vesper Cortex. Cortex redefines how we see, use and interact with various systems…

Ahairline crack dribbling rust down a swage fitting was the first sign that something was wrong and several years of smug procrastination were about to be shattered. Leafing through the battered notebook that a previous owner had used to record the major maintenance on our 35-year-old kauri keeler, I found a cryptic, one-line entry: “new standing rigging 2001.” So those shiny strands of stainless steel wire I’d been relying on to maintain the verticality of the tapered aluminium spar were 19 years old – time to broach the protective barrier of gorse growing in my wallet and renew it. A friend had re-rigged his tubby steel cruising yacht with Dyneema – an ‘ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene’ rope developed in Holland. It’s commonly used by harbour tugs for tow ropes and…

With images of the massive AC75 monohulls being beamed around the world this summer, foiling is the hot topic. Why should the big boys have all the fun? One of the latest boats to add ‘flying’ to its sailing repertoire is Animal Biscuits, a 7.5m Shaw sportsboat – already a proven performer with its hull in the water. Partridge has always been one for pushing the envelope – his 8.5m Greg Elliott design Gorilla Biscuits turned heads with its racks and wings in the 1980s; he sailed his Ross 9m Black Out and then the Ross 45 M1 in the two-handed Round the North Island; and Animal Biscuits has been one of the fastest boats of its generation. But with this bright pink sportsboat getting into its second decade, he…

Puzzle no.279 Across 1. Cleaned boat hull (7) 5. Time as indicated every half hour of watch on board ship (5) 8. This describes slightly rough sea (5) 9. Fast narrow Mediterranean sailing vessel (7) 10. Marine covers and canopies are made of this (6) 12. Point far below surface of sea (6) 13. _____ tack – taking opposite course from opponent in sailing race (5) 15. Remove ropes etc from masts and sails (5) 17. Sheen of polished brightwork on boat (6) 18. Sea _____ – marine arthropod found in NZ waters (6) 21. Shape up or ____ ___ – sounds like a nautical saying! (4,3) 22. Lay boat rope in loose coils to prevent tangling (5) 23. Starboard side (5) 24. Boat steering mechanisms (7) Down 1. Joins…

Widely-considered one of the world’s most elegant motoryacht classics – the 90-year-old Atlantide has arrived at the Royal Huisman and Huisfit Shipyard in the Netherlands for a complete refit. Built by the British shipyard Philip & Sons in 1930 (designed by naval architect Alfred Mylne) Atlantide has changed ownership (and names) many times over her illustrious career and has also enjoyed numerous refits. She is now owned by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dr Jim Clark. The project follows Huisfit’s earlier refit (in 2020) of Clark’s other famous vessel – the J-Class Hanuman. The shipyard has a lengthy track record with the restoration of classics and conversions and received the prestigious ‘Best Rebuilt Yacht Award’ for the 1913 Herreshoff schooner Vagrant in November last year. Atlantide was originally built as Calista for…

DRAG IS EVERYTHING For all their unfamiliar appearance, the AC75s are bound by the laws of physics, so we first need to cover some basic theory to understand what’s going on. At the root of all performance sailboat design is the keystone ‘drag-is-bad’ principle – minimise drag and everything gets better. Sounds obvious and all the teams know this, but there is always a downside to any gain. The degree to which the teams push one area of design, to the detriment of another, indicates how they have prioritised the cost-benefit balance. Yacht design at its core is an exercise in compromise management and effective integration. Why is drag bad? Speed is the goal – and speed comes from the differential between thrust and drag. Maximising thrust from the standard,…

For all of their high-tech engineering, all hydrofoils used today still fall into one of two broad categories – surface-piercing blades, and T-bars. Typically V-shaped and hydraulically activated, surface-piercing blades extend from the sides of the boat, often in a movement that’s reminiscent of a giant spider stretching its legs. T-bars, on the other hand, extend vertically into the water from the bottom of the boat and remain hidden from view until the boat takes off. Regardless of their type, all foils operate in a similar manner, functioning like an aircraft wing by forcing more water under the blade than over it, thus creating higher pressure below the structure than above it. Vertical lift is the inevitable result. The more water that passes over the blade, the more lift is…

THE 32ND EDITION OF the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show (SCIBS) will return to The Marine Village from 20 to 23 May 2021. Exhibitor registrations officially opened in December 2020. Building on momentum from the recent Sanctuary Cove Boating Festival, held as a precursor to the main event in 2021 and attracting an impressive 20,000 visitors, SCIBS is the southern hemisphere’s premier marine event. This year’s event is guaranteed to be highly anticipated, with brands eager to replicate the success of both the Sanctuary Cove Boating Festival and SCIBS 2019 – the most successful show in recent memory with 47,000 visitors over four days. Tickets to the four-day event will go on sale in February, with free entry for children under the age of 16. Event organisers continue to work…

UPGRADED HASWING The new Generation 1.5 Haswing Cayman B GPS bow-mount trolling motor is now available in New Zealand. Often described as “the best value bang-for-buck” trolling motor on the market, the Haswing Cayman B now offers 12V and 24V models in shaft sizes up to 72 inches, for boats up to 6.5m and weighing up to 1850kg. With an upgraded GPS for better accuracy, the Generation 1.5 Cayman comes with wireless remote with Anchor lock function. When combined with the Helmsman App, the Gen 1.5 can perform a host of other advanced features including Route To, Cruise Control and much more. Competitively priced and backed by a 24-month warranty, all Haswing Cayman B trolling motors are suitable for use in both salt and fresh water. WWW.LUSTY-BLUNDELL.CO.NZ COMMON YACHTSENSE Raymarine’s…

Within weeks I had my first peek inside this time capsule of Auckland sailing which set me on a path of talking to some wonderful people about the Davis family and their boating endeavours. Today the Davis Boatshed is romantic and mysterious. On the outside, peeling paint and weatherboards provide only a hint of the family’s love of boating and marine craftsmanship. Two boats – a trailer-sailer and a small runabout – are currently stored in the shed. A third was recently removed to be finished and launched (more on that later). Ivy grows through to the interior and, along with dust and spiderwebs, covers decades of old equipment and materials that were once the tools of the trade for the Davis Family Boat Brothers. Carol Hinton kindly let me…

Maritime historians have speculated about Tui’s whereabouts for many years. While everyone knew this iconic little Kiwi design had been built in exotic timbers and presented to the family during their 1953-4 visit, no one could say what happened to her after that. The trail simply vapourised. Did the family accept the gift? Was Tui ever shipped back to the UK? She was meant to help the then five-year-old Prince Charles learn to sail – but did he ever use the dinghy? Did she still exist? Dark rumours swirled – the Royals had abandoned her – she was probably serving as a chook coop on a remote Waikato farm. That all changed a few years ago when Greg Fenwick – previously general manager of Yamaha Marine – visited the Britannia…