Innehållsförteckning för July 2017 från Boating NZ

Like many New Zealanders, I suspect, I am sorely in need of a Hannibal Lecter mask to stop me chewing my nails. As I write, the drama of the event unfolding in Bermuda is shredding my nerves and the scars from the last America’s Cup are etched deeply into my psyche. By the time you read this it might all be over, but I will not get ahead of myself. Stepping back for a more objective view though, I am struck by the nationwide spirit of support, enthusiasm and solidarity for the six gents on the ETNZ boat. Even people who wouldn’t know a jib from a jibe have become caught up in the excitement, all striking the same fingers-in-mouth pose in front of the telly. I don’t know this…

Kennedy Point Boatharbour Ltd has been given the go-ahead to build a new 186-berth floating marina at Kennedy Point in Putiki Bay, Waiheke Island. An independent panel of five commissioners delegated by Auckland Council granted the project resource consent in May after a weeklong hearing in April. The Marina will be located west of the existing SeaLink car ferry terminal at Kennedy Point and will be accessible from Donald Bruce Road to the south of the breakwater. It will have 186 berths, up to 19 pile moorings and 30 public day berths. It will also have two Swedish-designed floating breakwaters to protect the berths, floating pontoons piers and wharf, as well as a marina office, storage for kayaks and stand-up paddleboards, visitor facilities, café/public space, meeting room and a car…

New Zealander Stanley Paris aims to become the first octogenarian to sail non-stop and single-handed around the world Now residing in St. Augustine, Florida, Paris plans to break the course record from Bermuda to Bermuda. The extreme sportsman’s yacht – Kiwi Spirit II – was built at the Kiel-based Knierim shipyard in Germany. Designed by Pascal Conq, the 17.33m vessel is reminiscent of an IMOCA class Open 60, used for the Vendée Globe – the world’s toughest single-handed race. Paris says the yacht “seems ideal for me to sail around the globe on my own in under 150 days.” His adventure CV spans Ironman triathlon to cycling 3,000 miles in 30 days – a feat he achieved just last year. Yet when it comes to sailing, the eternally young gent…

tickets go on sale 1st July www.auckland boatshow.com Exhibitor space is nearly sold out for this year’s Auckland On Water Boat Show, scheduled for September 28 to October 1 at Auckland’s Viaduct Events Centre. Now in its 19th year, this gala event is New Zealand’s biggest on-water boat show With more than 200 major New Zealand marine companies exhibiting in one location, visitors will enjoy expanded on and off-water displays from Mercury Marine, Orakei Marine, Maritimo, Riviera and from New Zealand boat builders and designers Lloyd Stevenson, Scott Lane, Allan Tongs and Roger Hill as well as a variety of new and used yachts and motor yachts from leading international manufacturers. New Zealand agents will display yachts from Jeanneau, Beneteau, Hanse and Dehler, alongside new and used imported and New…

Self-confessed ‘fishing addicts’ Mohammed and Shazia Irfaaz are the winners of the $150,000 Surtees/ Yamaha Grand Prize Package presented at May’s Hutchwilco Boat Show. The prize, the largest and most valuable prize ever given away at a boat show in Australasia, was drawn under Police supervision in front of the event’s exhibitors. Mohammed and Shazia received their life-changing call shortly after the show closed and were understandably jubilant. The pair say they watch all of the fishing shows on TV, have been coming to the Hutchwilco Show for the last four years and only recently sold their small fishing boat. They are now relishing going fishing in style with their three children (aged three, five and six) in their new 7m Surtees 700 Game Fisher. Powered by twin Yamaha 115hp…

Y ou wouldn’t know it from a casual appraisal, but Cation is entirely carbon fibre. She weighs around 12 tonnes lightship and though she’s billed as a performance-cruiser the visual clues suggest the scale’s tipped to performance. Consider the streamlined coachroof, the sleek, carbon-fibre rig, the black 3DI sails and square-top main, the knife-like hulls with their reverse bows, the asymmetric dagger-boards – and on it goes. And for those who remember their high-school chemistry, a final clue is in the name and logo. A ‘cation’ (pronounced cat-ion) is a positively-charged atom – a phrase that perfectly captures the character of owner Graham Catley. It also draws on his surname and, of course, the catamaran. A sailor with a long (and ongoing) background in the adrenalinlaced world of 18-foot skiff…

The fact is that these creatures lead busy lives of their own, and will react to humans accordingly. Some will attempt to avoid interaction while others may seek it out. Whispers II was surfing under kite at 15 knots when she hit the whale. Two of our sons were aboard, racing from Wellington to Sydney on the first leg of the 1994 Tasman Triangle. Ben and Josh both still rate this as one of the more dramatic moments of their 100,000-plus sea-miles. There was no warning,” says Ben. “It just appeared in a trough. We crashed to an abrupt halt. There was blood in the water, but by the time we’d finished assessing our own damage there was no sign of any stricken whale.” Certainly it was not the sort…

T eam Effort, an 8.4m walk-around centre-cab, is ample illustration why the company is growing fast. A dedicated sport-fisher with stay-away credentials, it’s Everyman Principal Russell Spiers’ personal boat, but its configuration and detailing incorporate the pooled knowledge and expertise of the whole crew at Everyman Boats. The team pulled out all the stops to have this boat ready, taking it from delivery of the aluminium plates to the first on-water trial in just five weeks. Team Effort was used as a demonstrator for the latest Simrad marine electronics at the recent Navico Conference in Auckland. Getting her finished in time was a marathon effort, explained Russell, but the Everyman crew pulled together and delivered on time. Shortly after the Navico event Team Effort raised plenty of eyebrows at the Hutchwilco…

O ther than its hull material, the Herley Commander shares very little with other aluminium trailer boats. Its looks are like no other Kiwi-built 7m trailer boat, which has the potential to polarise potential customers, but its unusual design translates into a smooth, unruffled ride, lots of internal volume and surefooted handling. The culmination of a fruitful collaboration between Nick Herd, a timber and composites boatbuilder, and ex-Navy commercial boat operator Sean Kelly, the Herley Commander is a large-volume, planing trailer boat with a long waterline. Its lines reference traditional and workboat styles: plumb bow, lashings of timber trim, pronounced tumblehome aft and raked windscreens for the wheelhouse. TOTALLY DIFFERENT Recognising they are competing in a crowded marketplace, Herd and Kelly wanted the Commander to be totally different. They had…

Russia is developing a massive survey submarine for scientific research in the Arctic Circle in the hope of finding previously untapped natural resources. Fuelled by a nuclear reactor the vessel will be the largest civilian submersible ever constructed. It’s from the drawing board of the Rubin Design Bureau, responsible for the Soviet Union’s 1980s Typhoon-class missile submarines. Designed to conduct surveys using very low frequency active sonar for penetrating the sea floor, the sub will have two sets of wing-like sonar receivers that retract into its hull. Russia is hoping to find mineral and energy resources in areas of the Arctic that are being uncovered by global warming and melting ice. It has laid claim to large parts of the North Pole and Arctic circle in recent years. Able to…

Four more ships will be built at STX France between 2022-2026 The newest member of Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis class of ships, Symphony of the Seas, has been floated out at the shipyard and is now one step closer to completion as her April 2018 debut approaches. At 362m the 230,000-ton behemoth will inherit the title of world’s largest cruise ship. She is under construction at STX France in St. Nazaire, France. With the exterior now done, interior work will continue until the April 2018 handover. She is the fourth Oasis-class vessel, and heavier than her sister – Harmony of the Seas – which comes in at 226,963 tons. The sisters are nevertheless the same length. Four more ships will be built at STX France between 2022-2026, each able to…

I t’s 9am on a rainy Thursday, down the bottom end of Waiheke Island. A turbulent ferry trip and a heartstopping taxi ride have brought me to the Orapiu wharf, from where I can see my home for the next two days, her bright red hull bobbing gently in the grey waters. Steinlager 2 is in the middle of a four-day charter, hosting a class of Year 13 outdoor education students from Botany Downs Secondary College in East Auckland. They’re sitting around the cockpit in wet-weather gear, still smiling despite the inclement weather. These kids have taken a beating these past few days. The original plan was to sail from Auckland to Great Barrier via Kawau, but high winds and particularly high seas kept them in the shelter of Waiheke.…

A family-size, easy-to-use amphibious inflatable at an affordable price point W e’ve all been there: waiting on the boat ramp for the guy who’s parked his trailer half a kilometre away. The queue to retrieve is backing up as Mum stands up to her thighs in the water, hanging out the boat, while the kids wriggle and whine and want to get out NOW! A better way? What if the trailer was actually part of the boat? A a simple idea, but it’s taken thousands of hours of design work and years of development to get the first Penguin amphibious inflatable on the road – and on the water. Former investment banker David Gibson has turned his longterm interest in amphibious craft into reality, working with Craig Loomes and Andre…

S ituated in the tropical northern hemisphere 2,500 nautical miles from New Zealand, the Marshall Islands comprise more than 1,220 islands grouped into 29 coral atolls, plus five single ocean islands. The total land area is only 180km2, yet the overall footprint is nearly two million square kilometres. Before I sailed there, the only thing I knew about these islands was that one of them was called Bikini and that in peacetime the Americans had nuked the hell out of it, making it unfit for human habitation. We watched a documentary of the exodus from Bikini Atoll prior to the bombing in 1946. One of the most poignant moments was of a sailing canoe being loaded onto the ship that took the Bikini Islanders away from their home. For over…

L ionel – despite his 85 years – is a remarkably active, agile, bright-eyed gent who looks like he might have stepped straight from the pages of a Dickens novel. He’s something of a traditionalist – doesn’t have a mobile phone or a computer – and his craftsmanship is legendary among the marine fraternity. Always busy, he’s often referred to as the ‘chap who built 57 vessels in as many years’. These range from small dinghies to displacement yachts and launches, and include restorations of historic steamboats, as well as bluewater cruisers that have taken him all over the South Pacific. What these vessels have in common – other than their builder – is their wooden construction. And he’s built every one of them single-handedly. He’s always preferred working alone.…

Puzzle no.237 Across 1. _____ and filling - alternately letting sails draw, then spilling wind, to keep vessel in one spot (7) 5. Wrap several turns of line around shank of hook to secure it (5) 8. First name of NZ sailor in photo (5) 9. Those who fish for recreation (7) 10. Conger ___ – marine creature found in NZ coastal waters (3) 11. Naval drills or training manoeuvres (9) 12. Small marine fish of herring family (5) 14. Another word for boat spars (5) 16. Group of islands in Southern Ocean undergoing eradication of mice (9) 19. Small alcoholic drink to warm you up after cold wet day on boat, maybe (3) 20. Structure that projects from side of boat or ship (7) 21. Makes vibrating noise like…

Some 17 years after she was salvaged from a South Carolina harbour, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley – sunk in 1864 – has finally revealed how she was propelled. The sub secured its place in history by becoming the first submersible to sink an enemy warship, when it attacked the Union’s 1124-ton screw sloop USS Housatonic. This vessel had been on blockade-duty in Charleston’s outer harbour. Sadly, the Hunley’s glory was short-lived: she was too close to her deadly torpedo when it detonated – and she quickly followed her victim to a watery grave. All eight crew members died. The sub was salvaged in 2000, and two scientists have spent the past 17 years collecting the crew’s remains and restoring the vessel as part of a painstaking clean-up operation. That…

Whakatane-based Extreme Boats took out this year’s Supreme Winner Award (and the Specialist Fishing Boat Up To 8m Award) with its impressive Extreme 745 Centre Console Legacy Series. This is the second consecutive year the aluminium boat manufacturer has taken out the top award. The company also secured the Award for Specialist Fishing Boat Up To 7m with its Extreme 645 Centre Console Legacy Series. Auckland marine electronics company Electronic Navigation Ltd won the New Zealand Boat Show Most Innovative Local Product for the latest iteration of its WAASP Wireless, a portable underwater obstacle detector that is fast finding favour with superyacht, naval and commercial captains around the world. Dave Moran, renowned diver, magazine publisher and a key member of the team that created Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World and took…

follow the race www.volvooceanrace.com The Volvo Ocean Race will switch from a three-year to a two-year cycle after the upcoming 2017-18 edition, a change that will provide more continuity and more commercial value for professional sailing teams, sponsors and host cities. Confirmation of the change will mean at least some race activity in every calendar year from now on – meaning more action for fans of sailing’s iconic race around the world, more continuous employment for the professional sailors involved, and even greater return on investment for the stakeholders backing the teams. The 2017-18 edition starts 22 October from Alicante and will finish at the end of June next year in The Hague, Netherlands. The three races after that will run 2019-20, 2021-22 and 2023-24 and the tender process for…

A marine chart is no mere piece of paper. On one level it may be a map of a designated stretch of coastline – or ocean – showing depth contours and sea floor features. Properly used, it can save your life – or prevent drastic damage to your boat or crew. But on a more fanciful level, a chart also does great service spread over a kitchen table to plan next summer’s cruising itinerary while winter gales thrash around outdoors. A chart – calling it a map will earn withering scorn from navigation tutors and experienced seafarers – is the culmination of painstaking survey work and a long tradition of navigational excellence. One of the hardest chartwork lessons can be learning to place your entire faith in a piece of…

W e were still 400 miles away from the Marquesas Islands on our Pacific crossing when I woke to the beating sound of heavy rain. A storm was building and I could tell the lightning was getting closer as it streaked across in defined, jagged lines. While I made my rounds, checking all of Shapeshifter’s hatches, catches and valves, Colin our skipper set our autopilot. Colin had recently christened it ‘Einstein’ because it was “bloody brilliant.” I said maybe we should call him, ‘Ironarmed Einstein,’ referencing how he played the boat with his linear actuator, back and forth like Einstein’s violin bow. I looked at the plotter screen at the nav station. Two amoeba storm cells had merged together and we were now in the dead centre of a larger…

I t was really hard to depart Akaroa, not only because we were leaving behind some great new friends and an amazing place, but also because it signalled the end of our journey around New Zealand. Ulrika had put family first and flew back to Sweden for her mother’s 90th birthday – she had plenty of ‘FOMO’ as we prepared the boat for the final passage. My good friend Phil was down in Christchurch on business and was keen to join the passage to Auckland. Cyclone Cook was on its way as Easter approached so things were not looking too promising, but as it unfolded I could see a weather window opening behind Cook which promised a fast downwind passage to East Cape. We set sail Easter Saturday about 14h00,…

W ell, they’re just a few of the projects that have been through the engine room of Auckland’s Jackson Industries, a specialist composite engineering and precision machining company. Exploring the company’s project resumé is a bit like wandering through a high-tech Victorian emporium – you never know what you’ll find. That versatility notwithstanding, Jackson’s focus is, in fact, weighted heavily to water. No matter how esoteric, projects usually have a marine angle. The cow’s a case in point. The massive 6.5m-high bovine was recently unveiled in Morrinsville where she’s destined to become an iconic symbol of the Waikato’s primary industry. A bit like Ohakune’s carrot and Gore’s trout. Built by Hamilton composite engineering/boatbuilding company Matcraft Industries, the Mega Cow is the brainchild of the late Laurie Maber – a former…