Innehållsförteckning för September 2022 från Boating NZ

Base allocation is coming together, just four months after the venue announcement, with the confirmed sites now ready for selection in strict order of entry as set out in the Protocol. The Port de Barcelona and AC37 Events Limited (ACE) have collaborated to identify the satisfactory required spaces for all of the entered teams and communicate requirements effectively. Grant Dalton, CEO of Emirates Team New Zealand, has been impressed with how the process has been conducted: “I cannot speak highly enough of the work and commitment that has gone into getting us to this point with the Port de Barcelona. All of the bases are located in the Barcelona Port Vell area along with the dedicated America’s Cup race village, hospitality and fan zone areas which will create an amazing…

Forest & Bird has welcomed the release of a draft National Plan of Action on Sharks, which provides a constructive platform for protecting the diversity of sharks that live in Aotearoa New Zealand’s waters. These objectives include seeking to discourage the wasteful and cruel killing of sharks. In 2021, fishers reported killing and dumping over 102 tonnes of blue sharks, over 26 tonnes of mako sharks, and over 33 tonnes of porbeagle sharks – a practice that is legal using an exemption under the Fisheries Act. This equates to over 1300 adult pelagic sharks and substantially more if the fishers were discarding juveniles. These disturbing numbers were revealed by an Official Information Act request by Forest & Bird for data from the Ministry of Primary Industries. Recent observer reports revealed…

With borders open and international travel back underway, the Yachtfinders Global team are off to Europe to check out the latest offerings from Absolute Yachts. While this year’s international dealers’ meeting will once again be held online, the team is heading for Milan to visit the Absolute yard to check in on boats being built for the New Zealand market, then attending the Cannes Yachting Festival, the world’s most prestigious boat show, in early September. The Absolute production facility, southeast of Milan in northern Italy, is 4.8 hectares in size and has 250 employees. Three boats for New Zealand are currently under construction there: a 47 Fly for a client in Tauranga, a new sedan-style 48 Coupé and a Navetta 48. “We haven’t been able to go to the yard…

One of the new aspects of the 37th America’s Cup is the introduction of the America’s Cup Women’s Regatta and America’s Cup Youth events. These events have been developed to create new, accelerated, inclusive pathways into the America’s Cup for the growing global talent pool of female and youth sailors. Racing will be in a fleet of one-design AC40 yachts supplied by the America’s Cup teams. A shared shore and technical support team will be provided by the organisers. The participating teams will be split into two pools for an initial series of fleet racing. Both pools will race a series of 6-9 fleet races with the top three teams from each pool progressing to the final series of 3-4 fleet races to decide the top two teams to compete…

For a start, the ‘in the bay’ option comes with a caution. Okains Bay is the fourth bay westwards around the indented coast of Banks Peninsula from Lyttelton, so an easy day-sail from there. But, unlike all other Banks Peninsula anchorages, this is a wide, NE-facing bay, so frequently exposed to an epic Pacific Ocean swell. Not always safe to overnight – certainly we were too cautious to but spent daylight hours there while on a cruise from Akaroa back to Lyttelton. Previously, from Akaroa, we had borrowed a shipmate’s car and got there over the hill. Following the Opara River down from Highway 75 and Summit Road, we came to the ultimate New Zealand waterside destination. An historic town. Check. A unique museum. Check. A creek, brimful with stories.…

“IN WHAT WE HOPE will be the biggest year yet, 36° Brokers is thrilled to announce its returning support of the Cruising Rally for the 2022 PIC Coastal Classic,” says Marketing and Events Manager Stacey Clark. “Much fun has been had over past years, with pre-events, meet-and-greets, best-dressed crew, photo competitions and more, so we’re back at it again for another year, another round of sponsorship, and another fantastic weekend on the water!” This year marks the 40th anniversary since the Coastal Classic began in 1982, and for many Kiwi boaties, marks the opening of the summer sailing season. “The Cruising Rally Division is a fantastic way to be a part of all of the action and get amongst the 120nm journey from Auckland to the Bay of Islands. With…

MAN ENGINES IS going one better at the Cannes Yachting Festival 2022: Following on from its most powerful twelve-cylinder engine yet (2000hp), the MAN V12X boasts 30-litre displacement and 2200hp (1618 kW) at 2300rpm. “The MAN V12X marks the start of the next generation of yacht engines. We are acknowledging this milestone in engine technology with the new name V12X and giving the distinctive engine cover an X design,” explains Werner Kübler, Head of Engineering MAN Engines. “The redesign of the MAN V12X is accompanied by extra displacement for shipyards. As always, we have retained the excellent power-to-weight ratio that MAN engines are known for.” www.man-engines.com www.dieselmarine.co.nz…

INVERCARGILL MARINE SHOP Pleasure and Marine Ltd has been appointed the FatCat Dealer for Southland. Pleasure and Marine Ltd will initially be stocking Fatcat 4000 and 4500 Fisherman (tiller steer) models and have access to the full range of cabin and console configurations. FatCats are wide-bodied catamaran boats. They are designed to perform across all sea conditions, giving a soft, stable ride with space, stability and safety. Built from roto-moulded polyethylene, they are robust, quiet, virtually maintenance free, and great value. FatCat produces the FatCat 4000 and recently released FatCat 4500 models from its factory in Auckland. www.fatcat.nz www.facebook.com/Pleasure-Marine-Ltd-331976266889330…

Before his retirement a few a years ago, Greg headed up the outboard motor division of Yamaha Motors in New Zealand, so he knows a thing or two about trailer boats. He’s always been a fan of Buccaneer boats, especially this model, which, says Greg, “is a superb hull for its waterline length” – during his time with Yamaha he enjoyed many powerboat rallies in versions of the same hull. So, when he was looking for a boat for the Cromwell holiday home he shares with wife Margaret, another 605 Exess was the obvious choice. I reviewed Greg’s first Buccaneer 605 Exess with him on Lake Tarawera on a cold winter’s day. Twenty-some years later, I got to review Greg’s second Buccaneer 605 Exess, an XL model – essentially the…

The regular (Eurocentric) history of sailing fast boats says that everything changed with the advent of the first planing monohulls, designed by Uffa Fox in England in 1928. But see this – here’s a picture of Kahurangi, a Patiki Class pointy scow, a unique New Zealand development class, doing exactly that (probably faster) decades before in the inner harbour at Napier. This picture is imperfectly dated, but it is well before 1928. For further proof, there’s the fact that Kahurangi was photographed in the Napier Sailing Club’s previous waters of the inner harbour. That was before this large expanse of estuary was lifted out of sight in the February 1931 earthquake. Where the Napier Sailing Club once was – right where this picture was taken – is now the runway…

Yamaha Marine New Zealand, has announced the winners of their #ImRepoweringWithYamaha competition. Yamaha launched the competition in June, looking for one lucky boat owner to receive a new Yamaha outboard motor, rigged and installed on their boat for free. Boaties were asked to create a video telling the judging panel about themselves and their boat and why they needed a Yamaha repower. With over 200 entries, and so many worthy Kiwi boaties who were in need of a new Yamaha fourstroke, instead of giving away one motor, Yamaha Marine New Zealand elected to give away three four-stroke Yamaha outboards. Aroha Te-Kahika of Palmerston North, will get a repower of his vessel, Josh Schroder of Turangi will receive a new Yamaha four-stroke on his 5m Ramco and the Anderson family of…

In their first regatta back on the international Waszp circuit, New Zealand sailors Sam Street and Elise Beavis have taken out both the Men’s and Women’s 2022 International Waszp World Championship held 14 to 17 July in Lake Garda, Italy – a New Zealand clean sweep of the class. The Waszp is a one-person, one-design foiling boat that takes the place of traditional centreboard dinghies in the development of the new generation of foiling sailors. The Waszp class works alongside SailGP as a talent identification class while also giving traditional sailors an easily accessible transition boat to teach foiling techniques. With this year’s Northern Hemisphere sailing season in full swing and with New Zealand sailors getting their first opportunity to return to the international circuit, the New Zealand sailing community…

The Alinghi Red Bull Racing team launched its training vessel in Barcelona on August 9. It used to be Te Aihe, the first AC75 ever built, used so effectively by Emirates Team New Zealand to work up for the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland. Re-christened Alinghi Red Bull Racing with a fresh new livery, it marks the official launch of the latest Swiss challenge for the America’s Cup. Having purchased the boat early in the cycle from Emirates Team New Zealand, the Alinghi Red Bull Racing Team have been working flat-out to prepare the AC75 for its first sail. And adding experience to the Swiss team are two legends of the America’s Cup in the form of Dean Barker from New Zealand, a veteran campaigner, part of the winning New…

After the show, I spent the day on board cruising Sydney Harbour and taking the vessel out past the heads into the rolling ocean swells. The weather for the sea trial was sunny and warm with a light breeze – and a lot of ferry wakes. Since the brand’s inception just over three years ago, ILIAD has quickly become an established brand in the Australasian motor yachting space. With their all-new ILIAD 62 model having recently been nominated for the 2022 Multihull of the Year, one of the most prestigious awards in yachting, ILIAD is beginning to turn more and more heads in the industry. The ILIAD 62 is a highly fuel-efficient, lightweight, long-range passage-making vessel. Built to Category-A standards, the boat is immediately ready for travelling the globe and…

She has a megawatt smile that out-dazzles the midday sun. She’s also an astute businesswoman, an organiser of people (including politicians) and logistics, and previously a planner and facilitator of complicated travel itineraries to exotic places. In sum, Viki Moore is the perfect person to be running the Island Cruising Club. Although it was established as a limited liability company, the Island Cruising Club is, in reality, more like a club or a cooperative. With Viki at the heart of it. It’s been around since the 1980s, with the purpose of assembling and managing rallies for New Zealand cruising boats to visit the islands of the South Pacific, in the relative safety of a group of other yachts, sharing resources such as professional weather forecasters and passage routers. Viki bought…

JEANNEAU HAS UNVEILED its line-up for Cannes Yachting Festival in France this September. Jeanneau Yachts 65, the flagship, will make its world debut at the festival with other new Jeanneau motorboats and sailboats on display. Sailboats include the Sun Odyssey 410, Sun Odyssey 490 and the new Jeanneau Yachts 60, on display at Port de Canto. Motorboats will be at Vieux Port, including the Cap Camarat 9.0 WA, Cap Camarat 10.5 WA Série2, Cap Camarat 12.5 WA, Cap Camarat 9.0 CC, Merry Fisher 1095 Fly and the new models Cap Camarat 10.5 CC, Merry Fisher 1295 Fly and DB/43. www.jeanneau.com www.orakeimarine.co.nz…

PRESTIGE WILL SHOW the M48 and X60 together for the first time at the Cannes Yachting Festival this September. The M48, the first model in the M-Line, a new line of power catamarans announced in last September, reveals generous, brightly lit, and refined living spaces. “The M48 is a villa that opens on to the sea, with an owner’s suite worthy of that found on a 70-footer, ergonomic design and excellent flow onboard with wide side decks to ensure safety on board,” explains Camilo Garroni, PRESTIGE Designer. Launched in 2021, the X-Line family of PRESTIGE is expanding with a new model, the X60. With a design concept based on voluminous living spaces, easy flow of movement, and natural light, the X60 features unique architecture, clever layouts, and luxurious finishes. Like…

EYACHTS HAD THE ENTIRE range of Axopar boats, ranging from 22 to 37ft, as well as the premiere of Pardo Yachts 43 and 38, at this year’s Sydney International Boat Show. Eyachts was the first to bring European day-boats downunder in 2007. Many cruisers are seeing these as viable reasons to downsize, realising they only spend a few nights onboard each year. On the Axopar side of the stand, each model was set for its own adventure, fitted with paddleboards, water-skis, bikes and donuts, provided by Jobe, Axopar’s watersports partner. From the sidewalk onlookers peeked through the gullwing doors of the Axopar 37 to find a spacious cabin and separate head. The premiering Mediterrana edition also featured an aft cabin sleeping four onboard. The little sister, the Axopar 22 T-Top,…

KIWI BOATIES WILL soon have access to a new range of powerboats produced by one of Europe’s most prestigious manufacturers. Auckland brokers Your Marine has become the New Zealand sole agency for Rodman Boats. The first boats, scheduled to arrive in October, were quickly snapped up by local buyers, and more are on the way. The team at Your Marine was attracted to the marque after seeing Rodman Boats on display at the Paris Boat Show in 2019. Rodman has a long history of commercial shipbuilding, which has now carried over into the leisure market, creating boats which offer durability, reliability and European flair. Founded in 1974, the Rodman group is the oldest boatbuilding company in Spain. It has produced more than 15,000 boats, from fast, fun day-boats to luxurious…

The Covid pandemic had prevented a refit and the forecast was favourable for a cruise north to enjoy the tropical Australian winter. So, my wife and I cast-off in early April 2021. Our pocket cruiser Skyebird, an Australian-built Contessa 25, was a former racer-cruiser that had known these waters well in her racing heyday. But that was nearly 50 years ago, prompting my mind to wander between skin fittings, rudder bearings and all the sundry items that kept her tired fibreglass hull afloat. The east coast of Australia is the most popular boating area in that vast island and also the most populated, so compared with the rest of the country, boaters have access to services as they voyage north along the Pacific coast. Stretching from the edge of the…

This is an eight-image pano (eight images stitched together) of the Milky Way Arch over the Cape Egmont Lighthouse, Taranaki, with the Taranaki Muanga in the background. The photo is by Peter Florence, Photoflo Photography: “It was taken on a Canon 6D camera with a Sigma 14mm lens in early March 2022 – as we hadn’t had many clear nights for shooting, I decided to shoot all night and into the morning capturing many images while I had clear skies.” See Lindsay Wright’s story on the lives of Lighthouse keepers, page 60. Photoflo Photography: www.photoflo-photography.nz https://www.facebook.com/Photoflophotography.1…

The New Zealand Millennium Cup’s notice of race has been released. After a hiatus in 2022, the 2023 edition of the race is already drawing in yachts with early entries signing up before the official release. Raced in the Bay of Islands, the New Zealand Millennium Cup is the world’s most southerly superyacht regatta with superyachts journeying from across the globe to take part. The 144 islands and islets of the Bay of Islands make a startlingly beautiful backdrop for the superyachts competing in the Cup. February’s summer weather with afternoon breezes provide perfect racing conditions and the regatta is renowned for its on-water competitiveness and on-land hospitality. Hoek-designed, Pendennis-built 39-metre Halekai will join the racing for the first time this year, bringing truly classic lines to the Bay. She’ll…

• CAT63’s length is 19.37m. • Designed and built by Istanbul’s Soyaslan in Tuzla, Turkey. • Cold moulding in wood is a rare skill requiring experienced craftspeople • Solar panels and large lithium battery bank. Boutique boat builder Soyaslan has just launched what is believed to be the world’s longest cold-moulded catamaran. Its striking CAT63 project measures 19.37m overall and was designed and built in Turkey, with styling from Tumer Design Studio. It might be wooden, but the ultra-modern lines of the boat will draw attention in any port or anchorage. The sheerline swoops from low sterns up towards the heavily flared bows, which are themselves raked aft. The white coachroof hovers above a pool of black glazing, with a streamlined hard-top shading the flybridge. Building such a complex design…

Saildrone (SD) 1079 has just completed a first-of-its-kind mission to remote areas of the equatorial tropical Atlantic. Sailing 11,910 nautical miles (22,057 km) and spending 370 days at sea, SD 1079 mission was to collect CO2 data to improve global carbon projections and help enable sustainable ocean resource management. SD 1079’s voyage set a new Saildrone record for autonomous, uncrewed endurance, beating our previous record holder, SD 1020, by 31nm. SD 1020 circumnavigated Antarctica in 2019, covering 11,879 nautical miles during that voyage. “This has been a phenomenal mission,” said Richard Jenkins, Saildrone founder and CEO. “Not just by the range and endurance of SD 1079, but by the ability to take these crucial measurements in very remote parts of our oceans. Areas that are very hard to reach with…

This highly-anticipated event promised and delivered a stellar showcase of the boating lifestyle, with a large fleet of luxury yachts and sailboats on the water and a host of premium exhibitors displaying the latest trailer boats and extensive demonstrations of marine technology. Held in both the International Convention Centre Sydney across three levels and on the waters of Cockle Bay, the show was an epic display of all things recreational maritime. With more than 200 boats on the water and over 37,000m2 of land-based exhibitor space, all of it surrounded by some of Sydney’s best restaurants, there was a carnival-like atmosphere every day. In Australia, one in 10 people hold a boat license, and almost one in five households in New South Wales (NSW) own a boat or a watercraft.…

NEEL TRIMARANS’ newest model exudes power, speed, safety and elegance. The NEEL 52 trimaran accommodates up to 12 people but is easily handled by a small crew. It can offer up to six double cabins and two crew stations as an option. The Marc Lombard Yacht Design Group has consolidated the key attributes of the NEEL 43 and NEEL 47 in the new model: voluminous hull floats that provide stability, high freeboard, and a central ‘rockered’ hull, which facilitates tacking and manoeuvring when in port. The trimaran features NEEL’s ‘Cockloon,’ an impressive interior/exterior living space that incorporates the shipyard’s Full Beam Cockpit with multiple seating configurations. The helm station has a triple seat with easy access from the cockpit or deck, to ensure good communication between skipper and crew. The…

SIMRAD YACHTING HAS outfitted the bridge of the Plastic Odyssey research vessel, supporting its three-year expedition around the globe to tackle the issue of plastic pollution in our planet’s oceans. Plastic Odyssey’s goal is to address plastic pollution on a global scale by travelling to low and middle-income countries – where coastal cities have amassed huge quantities of plastic – in hopes of turning these areas into local micro-factories as the main raw material for the transformation of plastic waste into building materials and fuel, thanks to low-tech and easily transferable technologies. Plastic Odyssey also plans to work towards a plastic-free future through the development of various awareness-raising, educational and social sciences research programmes. Official departure will be from Marseille’s Vieux Port on 1 October. www.simrad-yachting.com…

EXPERIENCED PROCUREMENT and Logistics specialist Catherine Rose has joined the fast-growing Lusty and Blundell team at its Albany headquarters in Auckland. Catherine comes with a wealth of knowledge in the vital P&L field, having spent 14 years as a key member of the supply chain team for a large international company. “Catherine’s experience in dealing with suppliers from all over the world is proving a real asset for us,” says L&B’s Grant Matthew. “She is helping us ensure the continuity of supply across our wide product range and, in these challenging times, making sure our OEM customers, key accounts and end users have everything they need, when they need it.” A keen life-long yachtie, Catherine says she loves working for L&B. www.lusty-blundell.co.nz…

PROPSPEED UNDERWATER coatings make vessels more fuel efficient, improve performance and offset fuel costs, owners say. Joe Riccio: “Before Propspeed, the boat was doing about 25.5mph (22.2kt), burning 16.4 gallons an hour (62.1lph) on average. When I went for the first ride with Propspeed, I was going 27.8mph (24.15kt) and burning 15.8 gallons an hour (59.8lph) on average. And when it came time to lay her up for the season, all the running gear was spotless…” Mark Corke, Grand Banks 32: “I’ve run the boat enough over the years to be very familiar with its characteristics; at 1800 rpm, the boat’s speed is a consistent 8 knots. After application, running the engine at the same rpms gave an increase in speed of half a knot and a noticeable decrease in…

THE FIRST SILENT 60 fitted with a kite wing will be on display in Cannes. The easy-to-use kite wing generates up to 10 times the power of a conventional sail. Launched from a fold-away mast on the foredeck, the kite wing is capable of pulling the 30-ton SILENT 60 at 4-5 knots. Furthermore, it reduces the consumption of the e-motors, thus extending the range can also serve as reserve propulsion if there’s a breakdown. The yacht can cruise efficiently with zero emissions solely on solar power for up to 100 nautical miles a day for weeks, has a cruising speed of 6-8 knots and can reach up to 20 knots. The first SILENT Tender will also be on display in Cannes. The ST400 model is four metres long, built of…

Puzzle no.298 Across 1. ______Inflatables – NZ boat company based in Auckland (8) 6. Adjust sail to suit wind (4) 8. Raises sails on boat (6) 9. NZ Sea _____ – members of junior naval-style training corps (6) 10. Swing boom across wind (4) 11. Crossbeam at stern of boat (7) 12. In _____ – head to wind, unable to move or tack (5) 14. _____ keel – additional keel for protection and to increase lateral resistance (5) 16. What sailor does when wind dies? (7) 20. Nautical ____ – unit measuring distances at sea (4) 22. Seabird in photo (6) 23. Go over articles in Boating NZ again! (6) 24. ____ Peter – flag showing vessel is ready to sail (4) 25. Manoeuvrability of boat in water (8) Down…

At Tamaki Marine Park (TMP) in Auckland, 1200m2 of undercover boat yard hardstand space is available – and this does not include the additional 1650m2 of the trade units or the two large boat sheds occupied by onsite boatbuilder Condon Marine Services (CMS) and onsite boat painter Gloss Boats Marine Spraying. This undercover space really comes into its own during winter when the weather is often inclement. Undercover work areas allow work to continue regardless of the weather, so projects need not suffer weather related delays. “For example,” says TMP’s Martin Hannon, “if a contractor allows five days for a project, he can be confident of delivering within that time frame without problems and delays resulting from working outside in poor weather.” Tamaki Marine Park offers canopy space under-cover, as…