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ver the last few years I’ve observed the interminable hiatus surrounding the development of Waiheke Island’s new Kennedy Point Marina with bemusement. An ongoing saga driven by objectors, detractors, nay-sayers and protesters – and I must confess I’ve not always understood their motives/methods. Things descended to a new low in recent weeks, with construction vehicles being sabotaged, building crews/security personnel being abused – and activists deliberately (illegally) entering the construction site, potentially endangering themselves. But perhaps the most cynical ploy of all came from the young lady who disrobed completely, entered the water and ‘insinuated’ her naked self against two gents in the water working on a cable. It’s hard to label this action as anything other than mischievous and provocative. Protesting is one thing – why was it necessary to be naked? And in that naked state, why get close-up and personal with the workers? What sort of reaction did she anticipate? I suspect any sympathy she and her fellow protesters might have enjoyed evaporated right there. Just to be clear: whether one is for or against the marina is irrelevant – the developers have secured the permission to build it. And they’ve jumped through plenty of hoops to acquire it – answering multiple challenges, consulting with iwi, appearing before various courts, modifying the marina’s design to meet concerns. They’ve also engaged a marine specialist to monitor the project’s impact on any blue penguin colonies. In short, they’ve crossed every ‘t’ and dotted every ‘i’ along the journey.
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For protesters to ignore that permission is to ignore the fundamental environmental framework that operates in this country – the entire machine that is the RMA and the legal processes that underpin it. The machine churned away for years, but it delivered a result. Reasonable people accept that and move on – even if they don’t necessarily agree with the result. It’s called democracy. In January this year something similar unfolded – on a much larger scale – when scores of Trump supporters invaded Washington’s Capitol. They too refused to accept the result of a democratic process – the US election had been ‘stolen’ from them. Their hooliganism was the complete antithesis of what anyone would have expected in the land of the free – and rightfully condemned by the rest of the world. We don’t need to emulate that sort of nonsense. On a much lighter note, this issue is my last as editor – the mantle passes on to John Eichelsheim –supremely talented, hugely experienced, very knowledgeable – and above all, a thorough gentleman. I’ve absolutely no doubt you will enjoy the energy and vibrance he will bring to the magazine. Happy Boating.
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070 Between two worlds
Ironically, one of the great joys of cruising is getting off the boat for a stroll on land. Especially after a long trip. But, equally ironically, these shore-side walks themselves often feel too long. You need wheels. BY ALEX STONE
The America’s Cup and a charity school in central Africa? Emma Outteridge has brought these two vastly different worlds together written a book about the experience. BY SARAH ELL
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The crew at Paihia’s Offshore Cruising Tenders factory demonstrate a healthy mind, healthy body attitude, in the boatbuilding sense. BY MATT VANCE
On May 13, 1995 the America’s Cup became New Zealand’s Cup – passing into the hands of one of just a few yacht clubs around the world to hold it: the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. BY SARAH ELL
044 Kaipara cruising The Kaipara is guarded by a treacherous bar that’s chalked up its fair share of maritime disasters. Which underscores the bravery and resourcefulness of the early settlers who made their harbour their home. A cruise is a fun way to explore it. BY KINSA HAYES
082 New growth 094 Three times happy A bloke and his boat can’t be kept apart. Even after two trial separations – the third one cemented the relationship. BY ALEX STONE
106 Catch the Fox Picton’s 168-year-old Edwin Fox is an extraordinary maritime time capsule that spans war, criminals and immigrants. BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER
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076 Boat Bling 078 The Catch No limits to greed BY JOHN EICHELSHEIM
088 DIY Boating Boost your phone BY NORMAN HOLTZHAUSEN
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A MAGNIFICENT, SNOWY BACKDROP COMPENSATED FOR NEAR-ZERO TEMPERATURES ENDURED BY 22 SPEEDSTERS PARTICIPATING IN THE INAUGURAL LAKE TEKAPO POWERBOAT RACE IN JULY.
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ORAMS COMPLETES FIRST STAGE
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he first stage of an extensive Orams Marine development at Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter has been completed. Years in the making, the project required extensive dredging and construction works before the installation of a 12,000m2 hardstand, three 90m marina piers, a new 820-tonne travel lift, a new 85-tonne travel lift and a water treatment plant. “What has been created here will serve the industry well into the future,” says Orams Marine CEO, Neven Barbour. “Strengthening the sea wall, containing contamination, plus the in-built water treatment plant – the result is a best-in-class engineering solution.”
Celebrating success. (L-R) Neven Barbour, Ralph Andrews, Craig Park, David Rankin and Peter Busfield.
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he event was convened by Don Weir – of the Timaru Yacht and Powerboat Club – who says Lake Tekapo racing will now become an annual event, falling under the umbrella of the existing Roaring 40s series. “This event (races 7 and 8 of the 9-round series) is usually held offshore at Timaru, but the weather at this time of the year often doesn’t cooperate – it’s too rough. So rather than cancelling the event, we elected to hold one of the two scheduled races on the lake where the conditions are a little more benign.” As it happened, the second race did take place the following day, though conditions were marginal, says Don. Held under the auspices of the New Zealand Boat Marathon Commission, the Roaring 40s series visits a variety of lakes in the South Island – including Dunstan, Roxburgh, Benmore and Aviemore. The final event is scheduled for Lake Waihola on 31 July. (Photos: George Empson)
...the Roaring 40s series visits a variety of lakes in the South Island...
David Rankin, chief executive of Auckland Council’s urban regeneration agency, Eke Panuku Development Auckland, says the development is a crucial component in the wider vision for Auckland’s waterfront. “The project is a good illustration of one of the core strategies we’ve been pursuing – to retain a genuine, authentic, working waterfront character. It’s great to finally see a big travel lift – the equipment pitches the country very competitively for the international superyacht market.” Added Peter Busfield, CEO of the NZ Marine Industry Association: “We have confidence for the future. New figures from the Superyacht Report say that with the number of superyachts now in construction, from 2022 there will be in excess of 6,000 superyachts over 30m in length, and around 8,000 by 2030. This provides a huge opportunity for Orams Marine and Auckland to try and capture some of that market.” The build of a work shed is now underway to allow the 85-tonne travel lift to drive in, providing a covered workspace. The next stage of development will see extensive commercial buildings (completed in the latter part of 2022), with residential development to follow.
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his year’s Auckland Boat Show (7-10 October) will feature homegrown innovation and world-leading products. Zero emissions jet propulsion, a carbon fibre catamaran able to cruise to Fiji in under 40 hours, and crew clothing made from recycled plastic bottles are just some of the innovations which will be on display. Since the show’s first edition in 1998, it has become a focal point for new, innovative and industry-leading products. This year’s show – staged at the America’s Cup marinas – continues the tradition. On display with Ray White Marine NZ, the Riva Ribelle 66 is a sleek, 20m open cruiser incorporating mahogany and polished stainless steel. Features include a garage with room for tender and Seabob and three spacious cabins. Local company Zerojet bring its electric jet system to the show. The team has produced an electric propulsion system with all the benefits of a jet, precise steering controls, easily-manoeuvrable across shallow reef ecosystems and beaches. The low-voltage system employs the safest (LiFePO4) type of cell chemistry available – which won’t catch fire even if punctured. Zerojet is available in conjunction with Offshore Cruising Tenders models. A new 20m carbon fibre powercat being built at Scott Lane Boatbuilders will have enough horsepower to reach around 45 knots – that means Fiji in approximately 40 hours. The foiling asymmetrical cat is being built for offshore powerboat championship winner Wayne Valder and will be powered by a pair of 1300hp MAN V8s. Fuel capacity is 9,200 litres. Crew wear provider VMG Clothing brings its Repreve® recycled plastic clothing to the show. The garments use plastic bottles which have been transformed into a reliable, durable fabric. The process embeds properties like wicking, adaptive warming and cooling and water repellence into a fabric. Orakei Marine will display the striking Lagoon 50 – on show for the first time in New Zealand. With her generous volume, the cat is available in three-, four-, or six-cabin configurations, there’s scope to craft the vessel to specific requirements. Joining it for the first time on show with Orakei is the Prestige 420S, with a large opening sunroof and single-level flooring. Tickets are on sale now and available from iTicket. All online ticket purchases go into the draw to win from a large prize pool.
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oating NZ met the 645CC at Tauranga. Mat Cranswick and Brady Wallace travelled up from the Extreme factory in Whakatane for the review. They were supported by a team from Tauranga’s MasterTech Marine, which launched a very impressive Extreme 915 we would use as photo boat. Extreme Boats is a perennial boat show award winner, testament to its build quality, attention to detail, specification level and innovation. The company listens to its customers, continuously refining and improving its designs to reflect owner feedback. And crucially for boat show awards success, Extreme pay close attention to the judging criteria. Unsurprisingly, the 645CC attracted considerable attention at the boat ramp. She’s a handsome vessel and
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packed to the gunwales with technology and features. Even the aluminium trailer is special, an Alloy-Tech, override-braked, dual-axle design with attractive alloy wheels built for MasterTech Marine. Rollers support the boat’s keel, while twin banks of rollers either side of the trailer position and cradle the boat. There’s no mistaking this boat is intended for sport fishing. The centre console layout frees up deck space fore and aft and allows easy access between bow and stern. The whole of the boat’s perimeter is available to fish from, with nothing to obstruct an angler battling a big fish. She’s stable at rest too, thanks to the 2.5m beam, wide chine flats and flooding keel chamber. The 645CC’s console is wide and relatively deep but there is ample room either side for easy passage thanks to the beamy hull. Built-in rod storage racks on the sides are a nice touch – perfect for storing gear when clearing the cockpit after a strike.
There’s good shelter for seated or standing passengers behind the console with its wrap-around glass screen. The width allows ample space for flush-mounted electronics – two 12-inch Raymarine Axiom MFDs in this case, plus Mercury instruments and a custom Extreme switch panel for the Raymarine CZone interface. There’s also a Vesper VHF radio system with advanced AIS and a four-speaker Fusion sound system. With her sophisticated sonar, this boat is equipped with twin transducers. Even with all that equipment the helm console and instrument fascia are uncrowded. Grab rails across the top of the fascia and machined into the targa top supports provide useful handholds underway. The wheel is adjustable, hydraulic steering is nicely weighted and the throttle and shift falls perfectly to hand, though it’s
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cable rather than digital. Lectrotab trim tabs with a useful automatic function keep the vessel on an even trim and underwater lights are mounted to the topsides of the trim tabs. The sturdy targa top is supported with billet aluminium uprights. The canvas roof provides shade and rain protection and is furnished with useful roof racks for spearguns, tag poles and the like. A flexible solar roof panel keeps the batteries topped up, there’s an LED floodlight/spotlight on the roof’s leading edge, and an LED cockpit floodlight under the sixposition rocket launcher. Optional side screens block off the side decks for improved weather protection. A seat in front of the console is standard fare for boats of this type, but the 645CC’s is more generous than most. The whole front of the console – seat, seat back and all – hinges up to reveal great storage inside the console. It’s a large space: dry, lined and furnished with seating under which a toilet can be fitted. A deep-cycle battery for the bow-mounted Haswing electric
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OPPOSITE All of the deck space is easily accessible and useable, including the swim platforms. The casting deck on the bow is great for lure fishing. ABOVE The console is wide and deep, offering good protection and ample space for instruments. The flexible solar panel on the targa roof helps with battery management and the well-designed transom is a joy to fish from.
trolling motor, isolation switches and battery charger are located inside the console, as is access to the console’s electronics is via removable panels. One of the downsides of many centre console designs is finding somewhere to store the catch. With a flooding keel and a large underfloor fuel tank, for the 645CC an underfloor locker is impractical, while space inside the helm seat module is used for other things – more on that later. But Extreme has found room for a large, removable, insulated bin under the casting platform in the bow. The whole platform hinges upwards to access the fish bin, opening the captive bin lid at the same time. The bow platform is designed for fishing – a removable U-shaped padded support tube is meant for bracing against – but if conditions
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make standing on the platform too risky, anglers can fish from the foredeck. There’s toe room under the bow platform to facilitate this. We used the Haswing’s ‘anchor’ facility to hold the boat in place while photographing its interior, but a neatly enclosed Savwinch drum winch normally takes care of anchor duties. The winch is operated remotely from the helm with the Sarca anchor carried permanently on the short bowsprit. The bow platform, decks, swim platforms and coamings are covered in attractive looking ‘mocha’ coloured SeaDek. It is remarkable how much the designers have packed into this boat, especially given that it’s a centre console. The helm seat module has twin seats, each with a folddown bolster. The seats hinge forward to reveal a gas hob – the approved gas locker is built into the centre console – a food prep area and a sink with fresh running water. Underneath is a fridge and a couple of drawers, with additional storage across the back and in the side of the module – even a pull-out rubbish bin. An amazing utilisation of limited space. The cockpit and transom are all about fishing. A welldesigned – if not overly large – bait station sporting tackle drawers, a battery locker and four rod holders is situatedf aft amidships with integrated tuna tubes (2) either side, a live bait tank to port under the walk-through and second anchor locker to starboard . When not in use, the drop-in transom doors are stored in the centre console. This boat boasts three rotating, stainless steel throughcoaming rod holders per side, plus one fixed, upright model, providing plenty of trolling position options. The targa is easily sturdy enough to mount game poles.
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Extreme 645CC PRICE AS REVIEWED
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Extreme Boats Ltd www.extremeboats.co.nz HIGHLIGHTS Clever packaging and great use of limited space Fisher-friendly layout, highly specc’d and packed with innovative features
Swim platforms either side of the V6 Mercury have sturdy cages (and more rod holders), one with a drop-down door/boarding ladder and the other with a side-opening door for easier boarding from a floating pontoon or jetty. The platforms add to the boat’s versatility, whether fishing, diving or enjoying other watersports. Washdown hoses either side help keep the boat clean, handwashers on both sides keep the hands clean and LED cockpit lighting make it easier to see in low light conditions. Lights on the gunwales outside the boat are a nice touch, too, designed to facilitate coming alongside at night. The show boat is equipped with a 200hp V6 Mercury four-stroke outboard. This engine propels the 645CC to nearly 40 knots and provides excellent throttle response. Hole shots are good and noise levels are relatively low for an open aluminium boat. There isn’t a lot of hull noise when the boat’s underway and the hull is a dry runner, too, its wide chine flats doing an excellent job of directing spray away from the boat. There’s plenty of structure under the floor and Extremes are strongly built and well finished. The 645CC rides well, the automatic trim tabs doing a good
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job of maintaining optimum trim for the sea conditions and boat speed. The propeller lost a bit of grip in the sharpest of turns while throwing the boat around for the pictures. But since this was the first time this 645CC had been in the water, there is a bit of engine height and propeller fine-tuning still to do. In every other respect – engine trim range and response, response to the throttle and wheel, overall ride and handling – performance was excellent. On a windy day side curtains might be welcome, but we managed to stay mostly dry without them. In similar, quite windy conditions with a lumpy sea outside the harbour, many centre consoles would have been much wetter. The Extreme 645CC is clearly a high-quality offering that will appeal to a small group of owners wanting a trailer boat with everything – this boat certainly has more kit than most and offers a level of comfort and convenience not many centre consoles can match. This is a good-looking, impressive vessel, which the Hutchwilco NZ Boat Show judges recognised in May – spending a few hours with her on the water only served to confirm the judges’ opinions. BNZ
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Ironically, one of the great joys of cruising is getting off the boat for a stroll on land. Especially after a long trip. But, equally ironically, these shore-side walks themselves often feel too long. Too much like hard work. You need wheels – ideally electric-assisted.
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feature Cruising Bikes
WORDS BY ALEX STONE PHOTOGRAPH BY LESLEY STONE
OPPOSITE Bikes to suit all ages and budgets are available. LEFT Fold-up bikes aren’t new – these Italian troops were using them during WW1 (Photo: Wikipedia)
alking on land is not as effortless as sliding splendidly along under sail, or sitting at ease on your launch’s skipper’s chair. So it’s a good idea for cruising yachts and launches to have a pair (or two) of wheels aboard. But how to stow them while at sea? Where to find good models? Though folding bikes have become a common part of a cruising yacht’s inventory, they haven’t always been efficient or handy. For one thing, just about every bicycle I’ve seen on boats was rusted. Badly. Rust-dust and boat interiors don’t go well together. Also, bikes on boats have tended to be tricky to unfold, or awkward to ride, with their small wheels providing less gyroscopic stability. The new generation of folding bikes addresses these concerns. And what’s more, there’s a surprisingly large range – with attendant price-tags – to choose from. You’re looking at anything from $500 to $5,000 – depending on how much you want to pedal. Just about all folding bikes are now made with aluminium alloy frames, or other non-rusting materials, to save weight. And they all now have stainless steel chains. An expected innovation is a carbon belt drive, coming soon to the bike market. This will probably add around $600 to $700 to the average price of an e-bike. So the rust thing is mostly taken care of. Plus, there’s now the electric option. With or without pedals. Taking a stroll on land has suddenly been turned into a cornucopia of new options for adventure, with a far bigger capacity or ‘range’ thrown in. Most electric bike batteries have a charge life of around three hours – and biking of this nature averages around 20km/h. Simple maths says you’re looking at an at-least 35 km range (there and back) for on-shore outings. Further – if
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you’re happy to go by pedal power alone. So, where to find out more about folding bikes? I’d say it pays to start with a yachtie, an engineer, a bike designer, a man who rides a boat every day with bike in hand. He probably knows a thing or two about the practicalities of mixing bikes and boats and salt water spray. Chris Hoff-Nielson is a German-educated automotive design engineer and previously worked as a mechanical designer for some of Europe’s major motor car marques. As part of his environmental ethos he’s made a progression to bikes, e-bikes and scooters. Ironically, and simultaneously, he and the car industry are now merging with the marketing of bicycles. For example, at his three Bikes & Beyond outlets (Newmarket, Devonport and Waiheke Island), among the folding bikes on offer are those branded ‘Ford’. And if you’re still thinking gas-guzzling, Christian tells me that if you now buy a new-model Ford Mustang in the US, they’ll throw in a couple of the folding bikes as well! Aluminium alloy folding bikes were pioneered in the 1970s by a San Francisco-based Japanese designer, Dr David Hon. He and his brother Henry started the Dahon company with their breakthrough folding bike – the first small enough to fit under a commuter train seat. The necessity that mothered this invention was David’s daily trips to university to complete his PhD, in the physics of ‘tactical lasers’ (not bicycles). There’s now a range of 50 folding bikes of his design, including the specialised Marine D7. It can fold into a handy cloth bag with dimensions of 70 x 25 x 65cm. Bike & Beyond is the New Zealand distributor for Dahon bikes. The Marine D7 has an internal hub on the back wheel – no deraillieur needed (the hanging, changing-angle contraption for the chain to go around, that almost all geared bikes have).
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...ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THE FOLDING BIKE MARKET IS MADE UP OF BOATIES AND MOTORHOME OWNERS.
RIGHT Easy to fold and compact in size. Ideal for a boat. OPPOSITE Folding bikes are convenient for shore-based excursions. BELOW And what colour would you like...?
Supporting Kiwi ingenuity is the added bonus of visiting Bikes & Beyond. Chris designs his own electric bikes – those of the Onya range. He was fortunate to gain the rights to build on the existing Dahon ‘frame geometry’ to convert to folding, and to electric auxiliary power. Onya bikes are notable because they’re light (19kg), unisex and unisize. An intelligent design feature is that the handlebars and seat angle away from each other as they are adjusted upwards, thereby automatically allowing for taller people with longer arms, and vice versa. Chris’ Onya designs are now licensed and marketed in 15 countries, including Belgium, Poland and Israel, with more being added. An interesting design consideration, he says, is that there’s at least 6kg to be added to any electric-assisted bike design when converting it, or designing from scratch. This is made up of the electric motor and battery (66%), and from having to ‘beef-up’
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other components to address additional loading (33%). Interestingly, only about half of the folding bike market is made up of boaties and motorhome owners. The rest are generally of a younger demographic, buying these bikes to be able to carry them up to their offices or apartments. Most people, says Christian, budget around $2,000 to $3,000 for a good bike. But you can start way lower. The pedal-powered (non electric-assisted) folding bikes start at $595 for the Dahon and Ford ranges, and go up to around $895. The more expensive ones appear to have a greater rigidity in the frame design. The most popular folding e-bike at Bikes & Beyond is the Onya F-19. It costs $3,390 and will give you at least a 45km only-electric range. Chris’ first customer for these bikes was, in fact, a cruising yachting couple – they bought four. If you do have more space aboard, you could go for the (nonfolding) E-Vinci, a German design e-bike that sells for $2,240, with normal bike-sized wheels. Here’s where the decision about smaller (for the folding bikes) or bigger wheels comes into play. Bigger-wheeled bikes are more stable. But, as Chris points out, the smaller-wheeled folding bikes are more manoeuvrable in tight situations – as many boaties find out, having to navigate marina pontoons and gates, and crowded pathways or boardwalks. At the other end of the price range is the folding Avanti, a New Zealand-designed, Taiwanese-made (with a Japanese motor) e-bike that costs $5,299. It weighs 24kg, has a 75km (possible) electric range, with hydraulic brakes, all internalrouting of wiring, and no deraillieur – which means it’s easier to fold and lay down without damage. Bike trips from boats often involve awkward luggage – or kid-carrying. For this Chris recommends the Tern HSD ‘Captain’s Chair’ design. This essentially has an extended pillion seat, capable of accomodating even three small children. It has fold-down handlebars, and costs $5,499. The thing to look for in terms of efficiency for e-bikes, he says, is a mid-drive motor. That is, one working directly through the pedal hub. This amounts to a superior ability to climb hills. What about charging your bike on-board the boat? Campingstyle 12-volt chargers are freely-available. Putting out 150 watts, they cost a little over $100 and typically charge an e-bike battery in about three hours.
SCOOTERS? Electric scooters are now a ubiquitous part of the cityscape – and can be considered for boats, too. They are even smaller when folded up, and lighter. But, says Chris, scooters are generally designed for lighter riders of around 65kg. Some have a range of 40km, but long trips on a scooter can become uncomfortable – their quick-bouncy motion and the standing stance is unforgiving on the knees. Also, there’s no space for luggage, unless you have a backpack. And unlike an electric bike, which you can still pedal, a scooter won’t get you back to the boat if the battery runs out. Electric scooters start at a price of around $1,300. The cleverest things at Chris’ shop are the new smart helmets – the Livall range just launched and marketed here by Sanchitt Mittal. Your bike being nicked while you’re shopping is a perennial worry with boaties ashore in strange places. With a smart helmet linked to your e-bike or scooter, it will be locked and won’t go at all (not even pedalling), unless you and your smart helmet are astride it. There are 17 models of smart helmets, ranging in price from $99 to $249. Livall also does an electric scooter that lights up like a Christmas tree. There are dozens of folding bikes and scooters to try out at at good bike shops around the country – too many to go into details of each in this brief overview. But rest assured alloy folding bikes are a very worthwhile addition to any cruising boat’s complement. Check them out. BNZ
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review Maritimo M55
WORDS BY KEVIN GREEN PHOTOGRAPHY KEVIN GREEN AND MARITIMO
Maritimo’s fame comes from its highly refined flybridge cruisers which have put it on the global map – the new M55 is the very essence of what this premium Australian builder does.
lybridge cruisers offer three levels of living space and commanding views from the helm, but for the more adventurous there has to be a sturdy hull beneath, something that 60 years of building boats (18 years building Maritimos) has taught founder Bill Barry-Cotter and now his son Tom. Barry-Cotter’s been crafting luxury motor yachts for decades, so there’s vast experience and a successful methodology that goes into every Maritimo, a fact noticed by the more discerning cruiser keen to tackle the 36,000 nautical miles of Australia’s remote coastline. Given these credentials, it’s no surprise that Australia is home to some of the world’s finest long-range, cruising motor yachts. The M55 was launched at Australia’s Sanctuary Cove Boat Show in May – another sibling to the five-boat flybridge range of M51, M59, M64 and M70. The 56-foot M55 hits the sweet spot for a manageable two-person motor yacht.
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The challenge with towering flybridge cruisers is avoiding making them ungainly and top-heavy for offshore passagemaking. The M55 has tackled this challenge well by being beamier than most rivals and by use of a lightweight laminate schedule and patented structure system within the flybridge superstructure to manage weight. Add to this some stylish aesthetics, including moulded bridge wings (a legacy from past Maritimo flybridge motor yachts), and you have a timeless profile on top of a solid GRP hull that will give no unpleasant surprises as the years pass.
HAND-BUILT QUALITY Stepping aboard the M55 is easily done via the optioned ‘adventure deck’ – a vast, teak swim platform with hydraulic aft section to float a tender and includes a full-beam wet bar. Handily, the entire transom deck hinges open on electric actuators to reveal a 2.8m tender garage with folding 250kg davit option. Inside is the aft cockpit, completely shaded by the flybridge overhang, so ideal for diners around the couch and swivel table. Beneath here, a teak-clad hatch gives easy access to the engine room. Yet more lounging space is found by walking along the wide side decks, their tall bulwarks guiding me safely to the bow where this first hull sported double sunbeds. Prolong the time here with an optional Euro Awning. However, a dinghy and davit can also be installed. Beyond,
TOP Sweeping lines and curves – signature Maritimo. TOP RIGHT & RIGHT The M55’s interior is all about elegance and free-flowing spaces. ABOVE Clever storage solutions – they’re all over the vessel.
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on the bow is an oversized foot-operated Muir windlass/capstan combined with an equally large Bruce anchor. It should handle all anchoring duties comfortably. The other mooring essential, sturdy cleats, are handily placed all around and mid-ships.
SIMPLE SYSTEMS Climbing down into the engine room reveals a spacious area, dominated by the Volvo power plants and Onan 17.5kW generator. If desired there is also space for a gyro such as Seakeeper. The direct-shaft drives within this M55 were powered by upgraded twin Volvo Penta D13-800MHPs (twin Volvo Penta D11-670MHPs are standard). Other options are Volvo Penta D13-1000MHP or Scania Di13925MHP power units.
ABOVE Do you watch the TV or admire the views through the massive windows? Views for me. RIGHT This M55 is powered by twin 800hp Volvos that drive her to around 30 knots. OPPOSITE The transition on to the plane is effortless; as always, a Maritimo interior is immaculate.
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Hand-built quality, combined with clever use of technology and new materials is another feature of the company.
The fuel system comprises three moulded GRP tanks designed to lower the vessel’s centre of gravity and further increase stability. Service points on the inboard and outboard sides of the engines are accessible, as are the Racor fuel filters. Electrics and batteries are high above any water incursion points. Traditional tinned wiring is used throughout the M55. Key features – a deep vee hull, long keel, modest deadrise and flat aft sections for planing – combine to give the M55 good offshore characteristics. Additional directional stability comes from moulded spray rails. Inside, a tall structural GRP grid creates deep bilges in this solid-laminate, hand-laid GRP hull and balsa-cored deck.
OUTDOOR LIVING Maximising outdoor living space is what Maritimo understands, given Australia’s mild year-round climate, but it also knows that interiors have to be functional rather than fussy. So stepping inside the saloon I’ve come to the island galley, the floor clad in ultra-hard-wearing Karndean. I confess to not trying this material when wet but it matched the classic gloss Walnut interior well. Extensively fitted, the galley is a bluewater model thanks to a large upright refrigerator (plus drawers), microwave and separate oven with a three-plate electric hob. All by Miele. Other key white goods are a small dishwasher and, downstairs, the option for a combination or split washer-dryer. Usability is apparent in the galley, with several cooks easily gathering around the island bench and reaching victuals from the custom pantry racks. A step-up on the woollen carpet gives the ambience of a much larger vessel, thanks to that generous beam and tall windows placed ideally at eye height when resting on the couches or at the fold-out dining table. Australians being avid cricketers, the saloon can house an entire team and the front-located television can be elevated to satiate their viewing. A couple of Ottomans give flexibility and casualness to this relaxed area. Forward is the staircase down to the three cabins, naturally lit by the overhead front saloon window.
FULL-BEAM Nestled deep and using the entire 17-foot beam, the owner’s suite is, for me, best in class. It’s a huge rectangle with more
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LEFT The M55’s layout, her covered aft deck, and the spacious engine room. BELOW Viewed from any angle, she makes a statement – and especially at speed.
than 6’4’’ headroom and there aren’t any impinging bulkheads around the king-sized bed. Elongated hull windows provide light but the two opening portholes could be more generous (or even numerous) to increase air flow. The ensuite bathroom is another spacious and easily cleaned area on the M55, with natural ventilation and a spacious shower cubicle. Also pleasing is the bow cabin because instead of the usual bed set fore and aft, this one is offset to starboard, giving walking space around it. Overhead are two large opening skylights. With a similar bathroom that has dual doors, this is an excellent suite. The third cabin, with its bunks and large portlight, completes this excellent accommodation layout. The bunks can be moved together to create a double. Add to this an optional bed in the flybridge for a visiting skipper or noisy teenager, and you have a versatile family boat in the M55. The business end of the M55 is up the wide internal staircase to the flybridge to another very liveable space. At the starboard-set console, the look is fairly basic yet functional,
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reflecting the use of straight shaft drives with simple fore and aft joystick controls. Inexperienced owners may well option a Twin Disc or Yacht Controller joystick system. On hull one, the essentials included manual tabs, the hydraulic wheel, and Garmin smarts (glass screen, radar and autopilot) – all ergonomically laid out. In addition, the aft
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cockpit can house a second control console on port, ideal for docking either side. The clever use of technology and new materials is another feature of the company. Throughout the three-cabin layout on hull number one, for example, there is an impeccable grain-matched enviro-veneer, hand-sprayed by Maritimo craftspeople. The advantage of this new manmade veneer technology lies in its resistance to UV light. Also, any surface within the boat’s CNC kit-built panels can be replaced with an exact match, should any damage occur. Clever and stylish.
GOLD COAST CRUISE The shallow waterways of the Broadwater on the Gold Coast are challenging but much less so when viewed from the towering flybridge of the M55, allowing me to discern the colours of shallows from deep water.
As I accelerated the graduated wheel required only a mere twitch to adjust our course. No discernible feeling of transitioning to planing – it was all one movement from wow-to-go and done without the need for tabs as we reached a comfortable cruising speed of 22 knots. Beyond, I clicked the tabs a few percent to drop the bow a tad and simply enjoyed the drive. The GPS stopped climbing at 29.7 knots. Sadly, stormy weather prevented us going offshore so I replicated waves by doing doughnuts, which revealed a tight two-boat turning circle and no groans from the M55. Finally, with lunch on our minds, I slowed and backed us into a cove, using the simple combination of the engines and a touch of the fore and aft thrusters. Predictable and without drama, which indeed sums up this Maritimo.
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On May 13, 1995, history was made in the waters off San Diego, when, as Pete Montgomery famously put it, America’s Cup became New Zealand’s Cup. But not just New Zealand’s Cup – in fact, the oldest trophy in sport had now passed into the hands of one of just a few yacht clubs around the world to hold it: the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
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WORDS BY SARAH ELL PHOTOGRAPHY BY IVOR WILKINS
he story and fortunes of ‘the Squaddie’, as it is affectionately known, have been tied to the quest for the America’s Cup ever since the first Kiwi tilt at the trophy, off the waters of Fremantle, Western Australia, in 1986–87. But the club has a much longer and broader history than that. While it may have celebrated its 150th birthday this year by defending its precious cup on the waters of the Waitematā, it has been the home of many other triumphs and disappointments, hard-fought campaigns, classic yachts, close racing, good times and shenanigans. Yachting writer Ivor Wilkins, editor of the club’s magazine Breeze, has brought together the century and a half of the club’s history in a book to be released in September, and this month the club will celebrate with a gala black-tie dinner. While some events to mark the milestone had to be postponed or downsized due to Covid restrictions, including some events around this year’s 36th America’s Cup, there has still been plenty
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LEFT One of the world’s oldest clubs, the Squaddie is in fine form. TOP RIGHT An exclusive group of gents: all were RNZYS commodores during America’s Cup finals. Front (L–R) John Crawford (2007), Peter Hay (1995), Bill Endean (2003). Back (L–R): Steve Burrett (2013), Steve Mair (2017) and Aaron Young (2021). RIGHT Not all about sailing. RNZYS members assembled for a game of cricket on Waiheke Island (circa late 1800s).
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Ariki in full cry. She was once the quickest boat on the harbour.
Magic Bus – another standout and innovative design that quickly made an impact.
of opportunity to celebrate the birthday of this country’s oldest yacht club. In fact, the RNZYS is one of the oldest clubs in the world: when its predecessor, the Auckland Yacht Club, was first formed in 1851 (the same year the America’s Cup was first sailed), there were only a handful of them around the globe, mostly in Europe, although our cousins across the ditch had got in early with a couple of clubs in Tasmania by then. The call for the young city of Auckland to bring together an ‘aquatic confederacy’ sprang from the success of the first Anniversary Regattas, staged from 1842. The nascent club went through a few false starts and resurgences of interest until finally, in 1871, a group of possibly drunken sailors decided to get it underway once and for all. Wilkins writes: ‘After the
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RNZYS’s original reading room.
LEFT The crew of the odds-beating Rainbow II. RIGHT The media celebrates New Zealand’s One Ton Cup victory in 1971.
1871 Anniversary Regatta prizegiving, a group of keen yachtsmen gathered at the Thames Hotel and decided that a one-day regatta every 12 months was not sufficient for their needs. Urged out onto the street at the 11pm closing time, members of the group continued their deliberations under the light of a gas lamp. And thus, the legend goes, the Auckland Yacht Club was born anew.’ The new club slowly grew in popularity and professionalism, hand-in-hand with the city’s
growing boatbuilding industry. By the 1880s and ’90s the beautiful creations of the Logan and Bailey families were dominating the fleet, yachts like Viking and Waitangi, both of which are still on the squadron’s register, then masterpieces such as Ariki, Thelma, Rainbow and Iorangi. Alongside the yachts, there was also a growing fleet of ‘oil launches’. While some small pleasure boats had been powered by steam for some years, it wasn’t until the 1890s that the first diesel-powered
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ABOVE The America’s Cup – at long last, is New Zealand’s Cup. RIGHT The One Ton Cup winner –now splendidly restored. BELOW The inimitable Ranger – she ruled the roost for decades.
launches began to putt their way around the harbour. The development of more efficient and reliable engines, and the ability to add more and more power, inevitably led to launch racing, and in 1903 the squadron organised its first powered-boat race. These events proved immensely popular with spectators, and in 1909 the first Rudder Cup 100-mile race around the gulf was run. Wilkins writes: ‘The success of events like the Rudder Cup and the obvious appeal of new technology saw launches continue to flourish, to the point where the 1910 RNZYS annual report recorded that launches exceeded yachts on the club’s boat register by 32 to 26.’ The club’s growth and development was set back a little by the two world wars and the economic recession in between, but the inter-war years were notable for the design and launch of one of the great classics of the Waitematā Harbour, the 18m Ranger, which hit the water in 1938. ‘As peacetime life and activity resumed, Ranger, built by Lou Tercel and his dock-worker brothers in their Ponsonby back yard, [Ranger] became a harbour legend. She displaced Ariki as the alpha line-honours machine, ruled the roost for 30 years and repelled repeated assaults from would-be Ranger-beaters. ‘Never content to rest on his laurels, Tercel was a perpetual tinkerer. Ranger’s reign through the dramatic leaps in design and technology that followed the war years owed much to his constant improvements.’ Ranger still races as part of the squadron fleet, following an extensive restoration by former commodore Ian Cook. The squadron’s boats and sailors really started to come to world attention in the 1960s, when the foundations began to be laid for the campaigns which would eventually lead to the club’s victory in the America’s Cup.
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You have to respect where you have come from to get where you are going. Sailmaker Chris Bouzaid’s successful tilt at the One Ton Cup in Germany in 1969 turned the international spotlight on the sailors, designers and boatbuilders down here at the bottom of the world – and put New Zealand on top of it. This was the era of fast, super-light boats, design and materials innovation and super-smart sailing that fed on the Kiwi can-do, numbereight-wire mentality, with designers such as John Lidgard, Ron Holland, Paul Whiting and Jim Young pushing the boundaries and setting a new standard. These advances, and New Zealand success in other international regattas, inevitably led to the squadron throwing its hat into yacht racing’s biggest ring. In 1984, the squadron made its first challenge for the America’s Cup – and in his book Wilkins debunks the long-told myth that the club was blindsided by a Australian-based Belgian businessman making the initial entry without telling them (in fact, a former commodore says extensive discussions were held with Marcel Fachler before accepting his offer to bankroll the initial entry). Merchant bankers Michael Fay and David Richwhite came aboard and, in the summer of 1986–87, the yachting world
150TH YEAR COMMEMORATIVE BOOK ($154.44) The RNZYS 150th Commemorative Book is a beautiful coffee table style publication, finished to a very high quality and includes 464 pages in full colour. The book covers the foundations of the club in 1871 and extends right through to the conclusion of the successful America’s Cup defence in 2021. The overarching theme is of the Squadron’s leading role in the wider story of New Zealand’s outstanding yachting achievements on the global stage, and the comprehensive history of our great club. The book is scheduled for launch on 6th October.
thrilled to the sight of the ‘plastic fantastics’, the fibreglass 12 Metres KZ3, 5 and 7, racing in the waters off Fremantle. It wasn’t to be the fairytale ending many Kiwis hoped for, Chris Dickson’s dream run brought to an end by our new favourite enemy, Dennis Conner, but with the benefit of hindsight it was only eight short years later that Russell Coutts and Peter Blake finally held the Cup aloft after the successful 1995 campaign. As all good sailing fans know, the ’95 victory was followed by the triumphant return, the successful defence, the horror loss, the disaster of San Francisco, the redemption of Bermuda and the glory of 2021. The story of the squadron is not just about the America’s Cup, however shiny the cup might be in its upstairs trophy cabinet. Wilkins’ book shows the squadron’s history to be a rich tapestry of big boats and small, racing and cruising, power and sail – although Team New Zealand’s spectacular victory earlier this year certainly did provide a happy ending. Today the club has around 3,500 members, and just under 1,000 boats on its register, two thirds of them sail-powered. It has a staff of around 65 people, running not only racing but also hospitality and events, as well as a large cohort of volunteers that keep the sailing and social events running. As younger members have risen up the ranks to take positions of authority, and to respond to changes in how we sail and what we want from a yacht club, racing divisions and events are reviewed, and there is a greater emphasis on the whole family being involved. As Wilkins writes: ‘The challenge is always in striking a balance, respecting tradition while forging ahead and remaining relevant and appealing to new generations. “I believe we have been quite forward thinking in our willingness to adapt and change and not being afraid to take those steps,” said [club CEO Hayden] Porter. “In the process, it is very important that we do not forget our roots. You have to respect where you have come from to get where you are going.” BNZ
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feature Cruising
WORDS BY KINSA HAYS PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARGARET COUPER
RIGHT A fun escape from city life.
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CRUISING THE KAIPARA New Zealand’s largest natural harbour, the Kaipara is guarded by a treacherous bar that’s chalked up its fair share of maritime disasters. Which underscores the bravery and resourcefulness of the early settlers who made the harbour their home.
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he last time I’d seen Kewpie Too was 1962 in the Bay of Islands. We’d sailed on the iconic tourist trip to Cape Brett and through the Hole in the Rock, marvelling as we gently rocked our way through the stone archway. Now she was in the Kaipara River, that roiling brown highway between the mangroves at Parakai, Helensville. I wanted to sail on her again. I found the website and chose the very affordable two-day cruise on the Kaipara Harbour, staying the night in Dargaville in an old hotel. Then I discovered that her sister boat, Kewpie, was based in my home-town, Tauranga. She used to do the Cream Trip run in the Bay of Islands, calling into isolated settlements to pick up the daily cream cans. Kewpie’s owner, Amy Neale, is the first female skipper in the boat’s history. I boarded Kewpie at Pilot’s Bay at her Mount Maunganui (Mauao) base and was amused by the nod to her past – two old-fashioned cream cans tucked away on deck. The hour-long harbour round trip had the option of a drop-off at Matakana Island. We were requested to stick to the beach but the crystalclear water was perfect for swimming. Walking along the white sand, I made myself comfortable
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BELOW An example of Kaipara’s early freight infrastructure, and a scene from colonial Dargaville.
against a downed tree trunk and read my book, to be picked up by the next cruise. Very pleasant – but only a curtain-raiser for the main event – cruising the Kaipara aboard the MV Kewpie Too, ‘retracing the routes of historic steamers from a bygone era and exploring the distant reaches of the Kaipara…’ Both boats were built in Opua – Kewpie in 1953 and Kewpie Too in 1958 – and were named after a local character and guide, Ted Cubitt, ‘Kewpie’. Each was a 17m kauri hull with slightly different deck designs. Easter Saturday morning found our keen group of 31 boarding. Terry and Gaye Somers have been operating this run for 40 years. It showed in their encyclopaedic knowledge and smooth organisation.
FAR RIGHT Built in 1894, the Huia held the record for the fastest passage from Australia to New Zealand.
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THE FIRST ROLL-ON, ROLL-OFF SHIPS How did they load ‘the grey pillars’ of timber into ships not designed for the cargo? Those seamen were skilled, daring and inventive. Sailing up Kaipara creeks, they drove the ship’s bow into the mud at high tide and made her fast. The stern would still be in the deep water of the river channel even at low tide. Shipwrights and carpenters then ‘sprung’ the planks at the bow to open the front end of the boat. The ‘pillars’ were hand-sawn, the logs squared and then loaded onto a trolley and packed tightly into the ship’s hold or lashed on deck. The shipwrights then refastened the bow planks.
The Kaipara Harbour is a massive tidal estuary. Originally a complex river system, the valleys became drowned with the temperature rise 10,000 years ago. Five major rivers and many streams flow into the harbour carrying silt from upland erosion. “It’s too thick to drink and too thin to plough,” commented an early settler. The Kaipara is the largest enclosed waterway in the southern hemisphere. Tributaries from the Waitakere ranges of Auckland
to the Hikurangi swamps of Whangarei create a network of navigable creeks. Boats were the means of connection between supplies, settlers and export markets. The Kauri Coast looked very different in 1840, Terry told us. Tall grey pillars of kahikatea and kauri – in demand overseas – grew right to the water’s edge, towering over the land. The country’s first export crops were logs milled around the little settlements that sprung up along these rivers. As
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demand increased, square-rigged sailing ships defied the risks of the Kaipara bar, and utilising tidal flow, sailed upriver to the settlements. The Kaipara became a major port and a Port of Entry. Up to 20 ships arrived or left daily. The blue-roofed Maritime Customs Office in Poutu once housed a Harbour Master, Customs and a signal station. Despatch riders on horseback rode along the beach to ensure the flag signals at the old lighthouse coincided with those of the port. From the 1860s kauri gum became a new source of income. Gum was used mostly as a bonding agent in making linoleum and varnish. Diggers flocked to the gumfields, particularly from Dalmatia, the old Yugoslavia. Upon arrival, they’d stay a night at one of the two-storey colonial hotels (now mostly boarding houses) before heading off to the uncomfortable life of gum digging. Their descendants still live in the area, farming, fishing or in small business.
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In colonial times, the banks would have been lined with wharves for coastal trading by schooners and cutters.
LEFT Terry and Gaye Somers – your affable hosts for the cruise. RIGHT A tribute to the pioneering settlers – many of whom became gum-diggers. BOTTOM RIGHT A storm uncovered the long-lost Daring, and a charming spot for refreshments – the Commercial Hotel.
Kewpie Too rock’n’rolled gently across the opening of the harbour to the Tasman Sea. Surf was breaking on the sandbars – this area is known as The Graveyard. The current flows at 7-8 knots, sandbars change constantly and wind sweeps through the narrow opening. A wind shift could send a ship to her doom. More than 110 ships have foundered here. In 2018 storms uncovered a rare find. The Daring, a 17m schooner, beached in 1865 during wild gales, was buried by sand and forgotten. Carefully uplifted from its grave, the well-built boat is currently being conserved at Mangawhai where she will ultimately be displayed at the yet-to-be-built Daring Discovery Centre. We sailed up deep creeks, a new vista opening out around each corner. In colonial times, the banks would have been lined with wharves for coastal trading by schooners and cutters. Waterways were highways that connected settlers. With a wealth of timber to build boats from and the necessity for a supply line, New Zealand’s boatbuilding tradition was launched. Hulls were fashioned from kauri planking fastened to curved
pohutukawa frames and a keel. Kauri was durable, strong, straight and even-grained. Pohutukawa branches have natural crooks and curves. Both are easy to work. Flat-bottomed scows could land on beaches or mud. In 1894 James Barber built the Huia, a tops’l schooner which held the record for the fastest journey from Australia to New Zealand. Thompson’s boatyard in Dargaville built hundreds of schooners, whalers and sailboats. In 1907 the boatyard was contracted to build whalers for Ernest Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition – and quickly. In this race to the pole there was limited time to complete the boats. Shackleton planned his arrival at King Edward VII Land for January 1908. On his return to England Shackleton wrote: “In regard to the boats, it will interest you to know that they gave every satisfaction under trying conditions in the Antarctic. They proved to be admirably suited for the work of the expedition, and reflected great credit upon your firm.” In his commentary, our skipper Terry pointed out the shed where they’d been built. Kewpie Too pulled into the wharf at Pahi. The river settlements became ghost towns almost overnight following the demise of the kauri industry, but Pahi was buzzing with holidaymakers on this perfect day. We disembarked and joined a coach for the 50km run to Dargaville, passing through Ruawai which grows 90% of New Zealand’s kumara crop. A warm climate, a thin layer of river silt over a clay bed and the flat landscape combine to provide ideal conditions. We stayed at the Northern Wairoa Hotel, built in 1923. Walking alongside the river, we were attracted to a crowd at the Northern Wairoa Boating Club – the annual regatta was in progress. Boats from settlements around the Kaipara had gathered to follow the tradition begun in colonial times – to race and hold a party. I grabbed a rum and coke and settled down to watch. Most of today’s boats were launches. Locals and ducks lined the banks as
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LEFT & ABOVE Some of the local wildlife species you’re likely to see on the cruise. BELOW Back home after a perfect cruise enlivened by knowledgeable commentary from the crew.
30 boats churned up brown foam, creating waves that tossed the tall riverbank reeds into a frenzy. The party lasted until 3am we were told. Next morning we set off down the river on our return journey accompanied by launches sailing home and, no doubt, owners with hangovers. Manchurian rice grass lined the banks. A pest brought in with a sailing ship’s ballast, it grows in fresh water, doesn’t respond to poison and can’t be burned. Northern shearwaters or mutton birds carried out an aerial inspection of us. The first overwintering seals basked on rocks in the sun. Dolphins leaped beside sandbanks. Spoonbills, oyster catchers and other seabirds fed in the shallows. Hot Cross Buns, coffee and lunch, tea and cake were fed to us by the ever-cheerful Gaye. The passengers themselves were a source of good conversation. It was a weekend of delights that I can heartily recommend if you want to escape from the city. BNZ
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review Highfield Patrol 600
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WORDS BY NORMAN HOLTZHAUSEN PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO BY ROGER MILLS
Until recently the Highfield brand of aluminium-hulled RIBs has been relatively unknown in New Zealand. And yet it is probably the world’s leading manufacturer of RIBs and tenders, having delivered over 27,000 boats in just 10 years since the company’s formation.
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he boats are now sold through a worldwide dealer network into 45 countries. Tracing its lineage back to the Australian line of Swift boats, Highfield is now a joint FrenchChinese-owned company with a dedicated factory in China. It has the benefit of Australian design and technology, European management and Chinese manufacturing. Here in New Zealand Highfield boats are distributed by Aakron Xpress, a company with a portfolio that in addition to boats also spans trailers (of all types) and outboard engines. So it’s well-placed to provide a complete end-to-end solution for the prospective trailer boat owner and has its own network of 19 dealers from Dunedin to Kerikeri. The new Highfield Patrol 600 is a solidly-built aluminium-
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hulled RIB with large PVC tubes. Adding to its appeal, it is one of the first boats in the country to be fitted with Suzuki’s new drive-by-wire electronic controls. Launched by Suzuki late in 2020, this technology was a world-first in the mid-range outboard market. The technology’s already well-established at the top end of the market, with most outboard brands offering a digital solution for their 200hp and larger models. But Suzuki is the first manufacturer to make digital throttle-and-shift controls available further down its line of four-stroke DF115BG and DF140BG models. The Patrol 600 is fitted with the 140hp – and it makes for a stunning combination. The review boat’s semi-military style grey and black colour scheme is a very popular option at the moment. A super-deep V profile with a 26o deadrise offers maximum ride comfort from | subscribe | www.boatingnz.co.nz/subscribe/
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RIGHT Those strakes do a great job – keeping the RIB securely on track even during our wild driving. BOTTOM The RIB’s agility is acccentuated by the flyby-wire digital controls. A thrill to drive.
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A roomy interior, fantastic ride quality, ample power and easy controls. the solidly-built 5083 aluminium hull. Although every hull design is a compromise, a RIB like this has the best of both worlds with the wide tubes providing stability at rest to counter the tenderness of the deep V. And yet at speed those tubes are clear of the water, providing a fast, comfortable and efficient ride as she lifts onto her planing strakes. At 6m LOA, the Patrol 600 sits in the middle of the Highfield range (it extends to an 8.2m model). Still, the wide 2.48m beam (near maximum street legal without special towing considerations), makes for a very roomy boat. Another trick Highfield has implemented is to offset the centre console slightly to starboard, creating an easy walkway between the forward area and the stern. Other seating configurations are also available. I couldn’t fault the design or workmanship of the hull. The welding is exceptional and the powder-coated finish is flawless, and very hard-wearing. Lifting points are a standard feature in this model, since one of its target markets is as a tender for a larger vessel. A super-robust rollbar is fitted in the stern – it does double duty as a mount for the VHF antenna and navigation lights, and also becomes a sturdy towing point for water toys or skiers. The helm’s well-placed midway down the hull. RIBs sometimes have the weight positioned too far aft, causing safety issues if the bow rises too quickly
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under hard acceleration. The Patrol 600 has no such problem, and even with only two occupants seated in the rear half of the boat the weight distribution was spot on. The double helm seat is, like most items on this boat, well thought out and multipurpose. A windscreen provides shelter for the skipper and passenger while seated, and a T-top is available as an option. An aluminium footrest under the seat swings up, providing a space for a chilly bin to slide in – it’s held securely in place when that bracket is swung down again. A sturdy grabrail all along the sides of the centre console ensures safety when moving past the console, and the seat squab swings up to act as a back support when standing at the helm. The front cockpit provides further seating in a double bow seat with a storage locker underneath. The latches for this are covered in sturdy rubber – a great shin-saving idea. A forward-facing seat on the console swings up to reveal another large storage area as well as provide access to the back of the helm. The anchor locker right in the bow also forms a wide and stable step, along with another flat pad over the bowsprit on the top of the tubes. Together these provide a set of steps for getting on/off the bow, such as onto a wharf or another boat. All walking surfaces – as well as the deck area – are covered with a brushed closed cell foam teak finish covering that
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OPPOSITE With its quasi-military styling, it’s easy to imagine yourself as part of the SAS. RIGHT Suzuki’s 140hp plant delivers heaps of performance – you could probably do with a smaller engine.
is non-slip even when wet. It’s also comfortable on bare feet. Tubes are divided into six separate sealed sections – they offer a wide and comfortable seat. There are grab ropes and protective pads all the way along both sides. A heavy-duty rubbing strake along the widest point outside the boat protects the tubes from damage when coming alongside a wharf or another boat. This boat has Mehler Valmex PVC tubes but Hypalon is also an option. Some features are less visible, such as the 140-litre underfloor fuel tank and Maxtek hydraulic steering system. Being an open boat, water in the cockpit can be an issue but there are two systems for dealing with it. Normally the cockpit drains into the bilge where a largecapacity automatic bilge pump gets rid of it. In rough conditions there are plugs next to each drain to close these up, and the scuppers are then opened to allow the cockpit to self-drain through the transom. Instrumentation on this boat is reasonably basic – it’s destined to serve as a superyacht tender. A Lowrance Elite FS 7 provides chartplotter and fishfinder functions, with a Suzuki digital display for the engine. A digital switching system is installed into the dash, and everything is touch-control. A VHF and stereo complete the dash installation.
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Aakron Xpress www.aakronxpress.co.nz HIGHLIGHTS Space – the offset centre console helps with movement to the bow area Quality of construction – this is one tough mother
DRIVE TIME With digital controls, starting the engine is a push-button affair – the Suzuki DF140 murmured into life. Handling was light and easy, and once we were clear of the inner harbour we nudged the digital throttle forward. Happily, the throttle remained firmly wherever we positioned it, with no tendency to move even during vigorous wake-jumping. The digital controls also protect against user error – it’s not possible to slam the engine from forward into reverse – the electronics handle the transitions without causing damage. Low-speed manoeuvring is particularly pleasing – repeatedly switching between forward and reverse is instant and smooth. With just two people on board a speed of close to 40 knots came up quickly, pretty good for a 6m boat with just 140 horses. The hull is rated for up to 150hp, although I’d say even the smaller 115hp Suzuki would be more than adequate. The effects of that deep V hull with the planing strakes were immediately obvious – the hull flies along smoothly. The big pontoons kept
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the spray out the boat, keeping us dry. Tights turns were also easy and comfortable, with the pontoons coming into play to grab and help to haul the boat around sharply with very little side-slip. I also explored a bit of driving in reverse and could see when the scupper drain valve feature could be useful. And through all of this that wonderfully light shift and throttle was an absolute pleasure. Again, with that very light engine control, bringing her back to the boat ramp and onto the trailer was easy. Despite being to light to use it provides positive feedback, there is no doubt whether the engine is in gear or neutral. Overall, the Highfield Patrol 600 is a fine example of a 6m RIB. A roomy interior, fantastic ride quality, ample power and easy controls. The powder-coated aluminium hull is very tough, and with slightly upspec’d electronics she would be a fantastic fishing, diving or general family boat. As tested, she is a robust tender for her new owner, rated to carry up the 14 people or a similar weight of supplies for her mothership. BNZ
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DENRAY JOINS HUTCHWILCO THE HUTCHWILCO GROUP has acquired Denray Marine Services. Denray’s operations centre around liferaft, lifeboat and lifeboat davit supply and service for the commercial shipping market. Denray distributes Viking liferafts in New Zealand and offers helicopter underwater escape training (HUET). Hutchwilco also operates Wilco Marine Services, which focusses on liferaft and safety solutions for superyachts and recreational boats, as well as Actron Fire Services, specialising in servicing and inspection of fire protection systems. This acquisition will enable Hutchwilco to increase its presence in the market and expand its range. The companies will continue to operate independently. www.hutchwilco.co.nz
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MARINE PRECINCT TAKES SHAPE WORK ON a new marine precinct is well underway at Tamaki Marine Park alongside the Tamaki River. When finished, the marine precinct will comprise two large 30m x 15m x 10.5m boat sheds with high door clearance suitable for boat painting or boat building businesses, a 30m x 30m x 10.5m highcanopy shed offering undercover boat yard facilities and seven standardised trade units, each measuring 6m x 18m. The whole yard will be detailed in concrete. Auckland’s newest marine precinct will complement Tamaki Marine Park’s current marina and dry stack boat storage businesses on the Tamaki River. Construction is expected to be completed in December this year. www.tamakimarinepark.co.nz
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EXPERIENCED TRIO AT THE HELM FOUNDED IN 1974 by Ken Lusty, Lusty & Blundell Ltd (L&B) is now owned by CEO Mark Milburn, qualified boatbuilder and experienced businessman Cameron Maher and L&B OEM sales manager Morgan Brodie. Mark, who becomes Managing Director, has spent more than 20 years with L&B, the last 12 as CEO. A former New Zealand Laser Youth Champion and Olympic campaigner, with a degree in Economics and a background in navigation and communications systems design and installation, Mark has successfully steered the company through the Global Financial Crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic. He is focussed on improving the company’s product lines, forging new partnerships and building a strong and experienced management team. His mantra is customer service and adding value. Cameron is Sales Director. A qualified boatbuilder, he grew up fishing and diving the Hauraki Gulf before heading offshore to race and cruise the world’s oceans. He has 15 years of experience in sales and marketing business ownership in Australia. He will focus on the marine, industrial and leisure sectors and lead L&B’s 15-strong sales team. Morgan worked in senior sales roles for 16 years and helped to establish and run L&B’s Tauranga branch. He has been an account manager for the lower North Island and parts of the South Island. With a strong focus on delivering growth, Morgan will continue as the company’s OEM Sales Manager. www.lusty-blundell.co.nz
BRUNSWICK ACQUIRES NAVICO BRUNSWICK CORPORATION has entered into an agreement to acquire Navico, a global leader in marine electronics and sensors for US$1.05 billion. As a result of this acquisition, Brunswick will add the Lowrance, Simrad, B&G, and C-MAP brands to its Advanced Systems Group (ASG), which includes the leading Parts & Accessories (P&A) brands in power management, digital control and monitoring, and networked devices. Navico is a privately-held global company based in Egersund, Norway and co-owned by Altor Fund IV and Goldman Sachs Asset Management. It is a leading provider of multi-function displays, fish finders, autopilots, sonar, radar, and cartography. Navico’s strong brands serve most major powerboat and sailing markets for both recreational and commercial applications. With the addition of Navico, Brunswick expects its P&A businesses to have revenues on a run-rate basis exceeding US$2.0 billion. www.brunswick.com www.navico.com
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NAVICO, parent company to the Lowrance, Simrad Yachting, B&G and C-MAP brands, has appointed Adrian Hogg and Ben Maule to its sales team in New Zealand. Adrian joins as the Key Account & Retail Manager (New Zealand) responsible for all large and local retail customers. Ben joins as Territory Manager – Boat Builders & Technical Dealers, responsible for boatbuilders and custom dealers in New Zealand. Adrian spent the last nine years as Mares Asia Pacific Ltd’s Subsidiary Manager after nine years as Sales and Marketing Manager for Douglas Johnson & Co Ltd (Shimano NZ). He was awarded honorary life membership of Coast Guard North Shore for volunteer services spanning 15 years. Ben previously worked for Navico as National Sales Manager (20132017), before leaving to travel abroad. Adrian and Ben are both based at Navico’s Auckland office. CONTACT www.lowrance.com, www.simrad-yachting.com, pro.simrad-yachting.com, www.bandg.com and www.c-map.com
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SEALEGS INTERNATIONAL has appointed Jack Ewen as Global Sales Manager and Fares Hamed as Global Service Manager. Jack built his experience and skills at Sealegs on the back of a Bachelor of Business degree, working his way up from a junior sales rep to NZ Sales Manager. CEO David McKee Wright says “Jack’s early success at Sealegs demonstrated his passion for people our products. I’ve known him since he was just seven and even then he loved engaging with people about Sealegs.” Jack is very much looking forward to his new role. “I’m privileged to work with a very strong and experienced team – I’m certain my knowledge of the people and processes at Head Office will enable me to do in my new role what I love most – help others.” Fares Hamed – the newly appointed Global Service Manager – started with the company six years ago. Based at Head Office in Auckland, Fares worked his way across departments, starting with pre-production and warehousing, before taking a more senior role as Parts Manager. Taking over the after-sales department has been his goal for years. “I enjoy working with Sealegs’ customers, providing them with the amphibious difference, and always striving to maintain the sense of joy owning a Sealegs provides.” “Fares has a wealth of knowledge about our products and understands Sealegs’ sector of the marine industry. He always provides excellent service to our customers,” says McKee-Wright. CONTACT www.sealegs.com
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THE ORGANISERS OF the Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show have confirmed that the 2022 show will be held, as scheduled, at the Auckland Showgrounds in Greenlane on May 12-15. This follows the announcement that the Showgrounds’ landlord, the Cornwall Park Trust Board, has appointed the NZ Exhibition & Events Company to operate the Showgrounds as New Zealand’s premier events and exhibition venue. Boat Show general manager, Dave Gibbs, says the announcement is a great result. “As New Zealand’s longest-running, largest and most popular show, we know how much the industry, and the boating public, rely on and look forward to the show being held in May each year.” Dave says planning is already underway for the 2022 show, which is widely-acknowledged as the best boat show in Australasia. The 2021 Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show, held in May this year, attracted 39,094 and saw many exhibitors sell record numbers of boats and marine and fishing equipment. JONATHAN BAKKER 36O BROKERS 36° BROKERS has appointed Jono Bakker as the company’s new General Manager. Jono brings over 17 years’ combined experience in the marine industry, most recently as Sales Manager at Family Boats and General Manager of Southern Boats. He will support 36° Brokers’ growth strategy in New Zealand and across the Pacific. His focus will be on the strategic development of the 36° Brokers brand, while providing support in the successful sale of new and brokerage vessels. CONTACT www.36degrees.nz ABOVE: Jono (left) is congratulated by 36o Brokers owner Conrad Gair.
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MULTIHULL SOLUTIONS ENTERS HALL OF FAME MULTIHULL SOLUTIONS HAS been recognised as Fountaine Pajot’s leading international dealer and inducted into the shipyard’s new Hall of Fame. The award was bestowed upon Multihull Solutions by Fountaine Pajot’s deputy CEO Romain Motteau who said it was the highest accolade possible for a dealer in their network. Since its launch 13 years ago, Multihull Solutions has won Fountaine Pajot’s Dealer of the Year several times. This year it is enjoying exceptional sales across its range of sailing catamarans and motor yachts, with 30 new boats sold since January and up to three years’ worth of forward orders placed. www.multihullsolutions.com.au
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RIGHT Emma with two of the school’s enthusiastic students.
BET WE EN TWO WO RL DS The glittering world of the America’s Cup with its multi-million dollar campaigns, champagne sponsors and privileged participants, might seem completely incompatible with a charity school in central Africa. But Emma Outteridge, a Kiwi woman with a strong sense of compassion and a drive to make a difference, has brought these two vastly different worlds together and written a book about the experience.
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utteridge was born in Nouméa – while her Kiwi parents Ross and Jo Blackman were cruising the Pacific. The Blackmans had traded life ashore for a 32-foot cruising yacht in 1981 and set off with “no set plans but a vague hope of eventually reaching Hawaii.” Ross was a sailmaker and an experienced sailor, but Jo had never even been on an overnight passage and learned sailing and navigation (pre-computers) as they went along. It’s the kind of can-do attitude you see reflected in Outteridge’s own approach to life. The family eventually set up base in the Bay of Islands, with Ross working in marine sales. Life was simple enough until he got the call from his friend Tom Schnackenberg, to come and run the New Zealand Challenge sail loft in San Diego for the 1988 “big boat” America’s Cup attempt. Bitten by the America’s Cup bug, the family moved back to San Diego for the 1992 challenge, and the 1995 victory which saw the Cup come to New Zealand for the first time, where Ross became chief executive of Team New Zealand. Emma and Nick grew up as ‘Cup kids’, living in an apartment complex with the other Kiwi families and eating communal meals at the team base. The highstakes, big money world of grand prix yacht racing was all they knew. “Growing up in the America’s Cup world, as a little kid I just thought that was what everyone did, that you follow this sailing event around the world,” Outteridge says. “Then obviously you grow up and realise that’s not the case. “But when I went to university [in Wellington] I really had a bit of an awakening there. Being in the university scene, you’re learning all of these new things, and my eyes were opened to the fact that there was whole wide world out there, one that didn’t revolve around the America’s Cup and sailing, but also that beyond New Zealand there were a lot of people who were doing it quite tough around the world.” She became determined to do something to make a difference, to use the happy accident of her birth into a life of privilege to make change in the world.
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In 2009, after some searching, she signed up to spend six months volunteering at St Paul KAASO, a charity primary school in near Lake Victoria in southern Uganda. KAASO was set up by a Ugandan couple in 1996, initially to cater for children orphaned by the country’s HIV/AIDS epidemic, but then taking on other local children whose parents wanted them to have a quality education and escape from a life of poverty. “Through my extensive childhood travelling with the
TOP The school’s situated in rural Uganda; creativity with balloons; and Henry – the student Emma sponsored. (Photo Beau Outteridge) ABOVE “When you sing you begin with do-re-mi...”
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America’s Cup, I felt like I had been to so many different places and seen different things, but when I arrived in Uganda I was completely blown away by how different everything was,” she says. “There was no common point of reference, so it was such an extreme culture shock.” At first, Outteridge and her fellow volunteers (the ‘Kiwi girls’) found themselves fish out of water, unsure of how to fit in to the local way of life and struggling to find the best way to be of assistance at the school.
“There was no common point of reference, so it was such an extreme culture shock.”
Then, having found her place and realising she could make a difference by sponsoring a local child, Henry, through secondary education, she found the shift back into ‘real life’ – working in hospitality for the Louis Vuitton series in Europe – just as difficult, if not more so. “If I thought I was unprepared for the shock of moving to Uganda, I was completely unprepared for the shock of returning,” she says. “I was just completely floored by how hard
it was transitioning back into what had been my normal life.” Outteridge says she was constantly converting how much things cost into Ugandan currency and working out how much maize she could buy for the same amount, overwhelmed by emotion and not knowing what to do next. Caught between these two vastly different worlds, she was torn between which one to give up when she realised that, in fact, she could do the most good by being a bridge between them.
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Published by Allen & Unwin, Between Two Worlds is available in most bookshops, and a portion of the proceeds will go to KAASO (RRP$36.99). WATCH IT
LEFT The score says it all. RIGHT The school began as a facility for orphans left destitute by HIV/AIDS. Today it’s a flourishing institution.
“It was the community of sailors that helped me to realise it,” she says. “Once I got over the initial shock of not being able to talk about what I’d done without bursting into tears all the time, I couldn’t stop talking about it. These people made me realise that I didn’t have to give up one world or the other, and that the most valuable way for me to help was being between these two worlds and connecting both sides.” Her mission became sharing her passion for and knowledge of KAASO with those much more fortunate friends involved in the international sailing community and encouraging them to financially support Ugandan children through higher education. Through the Kiwi Sponsorships programme Outteridge founded, more than 70 children have been able to access a higher quality of life, including her own Henry, who has now completed university and is working in a lab developing vaccines against HIV/AIDS. “I found people really wanted to help and support it because they knew how much time I had spent there and the connections I’d made, and that this was something that was legitimate and trustworthy and honest, that they could support and that they could grow to care about. “At the beginning I felt like it would be a one-way flow, helping the children in Uganda, but over time I’ve realised that the flow is both ways. Through their sponsorships, these people are able to teach their children about the value of education and the value of things they might take for granted. They have the chance to be involved in something significant.” Her book – Between Two Worlds – paints a vivid picture of Outteridge’s time in Africa, drawn on extensive diaries she kept at the time. “It’s been quite a journey – I’ve been writing this book for twelve years, and started it when I was first in the village,” she says. “I thought it was such a phenomenal story. I had a huge stack of diaries and I scribbled down everything anyone said.” But despite writing it in fits-and-starts, “on scraps of paper and boarding passes and serviettes in cafés around the world”, it wasn’t until last year that the whole story really took shape. With her husband, Australian sailor Nathan Outteridge, and their toddler son Jack, she flew into Auckland in March 2020 for a visit which was only supposed to be a few weeks long – and we all know what happened next. “It was really because of Covid that the book actually happened,” Outteridge says. “All of a sudden we had a lot of
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THECATCH with JOHN EICHELSHEIM
RIGHT Bhana opened the lid on on this fish bin at Tairua, which was filled with an estimated 300 pink maomao and a few other reef fish. Photo: Mike Bhana BELOW Some boats had multiple fish bins onboard. Photo: Mike Bhana
No limits to greed Pink maomao. Chances are many Kiwis don’t even know what pink maomao are, but if you have dived/fished the waters of northern New Zealand, you have almost certainly come across this attractive, brightly coloured reef fish.
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species of sea bass, pink maomao are a deepwater species rarely being seen above 20 metres and found around northern offshore islands like the Alderman group in the northern Bay of Plenty. They are often deep below those vivid blue surface-feeding schools of the similarly named but unrelated blue maomao. Or at least they did. Recent reports by Tairua residents and others in seaside towns on the eastern side of the Coromandel Peninsula, backed by disturbing images of fish-bins full of pink maomao, have exposed what appears to be a well-organised ring of ‘recreational’ fishers targeting pink maomao and possibly other reef species as well. It appears fleets of 5-6m trailer boats, crewed by five or six anglers armed with rods and reels (including electric reels) and strings of small hooks, have been setting out from Tairua, Pauanui, Whitianga, Whangamata and other coastal towns to fish Coromandel’s offshore reefs and islands, apparently targeting pink maomao.
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This phenomenon has been going on for at least six months, mostly mid-week. Documentary film maker, recreational fisher, diver and environmentalist Mike Bhana helped bring this behaviour to the public’s attention after watching 12 boat loads of fishermen returning from nearby coastal fisheries with what he says was 1,500-2,500 pink maomao.
“One of these boats had six bin-loads” he told the NZ Herald. A bin on another boat Bhana was able to open and photograph contained an estimated 300 fish. “We had reports of the boats rafted up on these offshore pinnacles fishing pink maomao all day and this has been going on for weeks, months. Every calm day they have been fishing these same reefs. Small pinnacles like these are incredibly vulnerable to overfishing especially if the target is reef species. This is our community – we can’t have this happening. We look after this fishery and have people coming in and raping it,” he said. His frustration is shared by the rest of the community: “There’s got to be an urgent change to legislation. Otherwise, we’re wholesale slaughtering it.”
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“There’s got to be an urgent change to legislation. Otherwise, we’re wholesale slaughtering it.” A flurry of social media posts generated a Facebook furore and mainstream media soon picked up the story. Locals dub one group “The Tight Five”. The same five trailer boats, each with five or six crew, plus a skipper, were observed leaving a Coromandel harbour four days in a row during a recent stretch of fine weather. Tairua residents believe the group took thousands of fish every day. Trailer and vehicle registrations have been recorded. Tairua local and long-time honorary fishery officer Brian Hart told media that on June 17 and 18 fisheries officers and police checked three boats with a combined total of 13 people onboard. They had 1,200 fish between them! Hart believes it is possible these fish are being offloaded to an illegal market. “This sort of behaviour shows these people are morally bankrupt and have no respect for our ocean,” he said. And they can take as many fish as they like because, unlike snapper, trevally or kingfish, there is no specific limit for maomao, nor is pink maomao covered by the combined daily limit of 20 finfish per angler protecting many other species. It’s open season. In fact, only 25 fish species enjoy some measure of protection from recreational anglers. The rest are not even on the list. Unsurprisingly, Tairua locals are incensed. Tempers flared. The local iwi, Ngati Hei, declared a rāhui on taking pink maomao in its rohe, between Whangapoua and Whangamata, a move strongly supported by the local community. However, observing a rāhui (or not) is voluntary, so whether it will discourage this sort of
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LEFT Pink maomao is an attractive, slowgrowing reef species that’s seldom targeted by recreational anglers. Photo: Wild Film Ltd.
unethical and short-sighted behaviour remains to be seen, though I suspect the prospect of further confrontations with angry locals may well be disincentive enough. “We’re calling on the conscience of New Zealanders to abide by it. It’s for their own good – actually it’s for their grandchildren’s own good that we are vigilant,” said Ngāti Hei kaumātua Joe Davis. The rāhui would stay in place “till the legislators sit up and take notice.” In recent weeks access to the wharf at Tairua was blocked, boats were turned away and threats were made. But with emotions running high, Bhana is concerned residents will take matters into their own hands. “People are really angry and the worry is somebody does something stupid and a local ends up in trouble and these guys carry on what they’re doing.” Bhana wonders if at least some of the visiting recreational trailer boats are carrying paying anglers. If so, perhaps the catch is going home with the customers, but such charters are illegal, since the vessels are not in survey and skippers are unlicenced. Another possibility is that fish are being caught to sell, which is also illegal. When confronted by angry residents one skipper reportedly admitted to selling maomao to “pay for his new Evinrude [outboard]”. There’s certainly a ready market today for ‘red’ fish that didn’t exist 20 or 30 years ago, but it’s against the law to sell recreationally caught fish of any sort. Andrew McNabb is among the Tairua locals who witnessed the group launching from the town’s two wharves over the past several months. Last summer he worked for NIWA surveying catches brought into Pauanui and said some fishers were bringing in species not usually targeted by recreational fishers, including banded perch, golden snapper, pigfish and big granddaddy groper. In the wake of what’s happening in the eastern Coromandel there is some hope this pink maomao furore will be a catalyst for change. Recreational fishing advocacy group Legasea, supported by the NZ Sport Fishing Council, has held talks with Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) staff seeking legislation to protect 80
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pink maomao and other reef species, while communities have suggested changes to fishing rules. MPI director of compliance services, Gary Orr, acknowledged staff had seen video footage of pink maomao being landed at Tairua Harbour and fielded calls from people in the community concerned about the amount of pink maomao being fished in the area. “If MPI finds evidence that any of this fish is being sold, we would take appropriate compliance action. We encourage anyone who has been approached to buy pink maomao or any recreationally caught fish to contact our 0800 4 POACHER hotline. “We are looking into this in relation to the issues raised recently and considering if the current settings remain appropriate or if more controls are needed,” said Orr. Mike Bhana’s change.org petition, seeking urgent Government legislation to protect pink maomao and other reef fish, had received more than 8,000 signatures at the time of writing and Fisheries Minister David Parker has sought official advice on how to update the rules around recreational bag limits for pink maomao. In my opinion changes to the rules can’t come quickly enough, but the attitudes towards the fishery need to change as well. This sort of exploitation has to stop. The responsibility for sustainable management of our marine resources lies with all New Zealanders, regardless of birth country, upbringing or cultural affiliation. The ocean’s bounty is a gift to enjoy, but it is not a free for all. Sadly, exploiting loopholes in the rules is not illegal, just short-sighted, unethical and deeply selfish. Shame on you! Recreational fishing for commercial gain on the other hand, whether running illegal charters or selling fish on the black market, is breaking the law. Let’s hope the law isn’t an ass and comes down hard on any guilty parties. BNZ
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NEW GROWTH The old adage that you’ll find a healthy mind in a healthy body may have its equivalent in a boatbuilding environment – as the crew at Paihia’s Offshore Cruising Tenders factory seems to demonstrate. e have all been in them. Boatbuilders yards where the air is thick with sanding dust, epoxy vapour and the scream of grinders. They are places you tend to visit only when you have to. There are usually old hull moulds and piles of waste lying around and a smell that seems to dissolve your brain. At smoko, the glazedeyed staff sits around with the white sheen of sanding dust all over them and a distinctly stoned look on their faces. While there have been small steps forward over the years in this state of affairs, it has traditionally been considered a necessary evil that has been tolerated in order to produce
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world-class boats. I half-believed it, that was until I walked into Offshore Cruising Tenders’ new factory in Paihia, turned around and walked out thinking I had mistakenly strolled into a garden centre and then walked in again after checking the address twice on my phone. The factory and, indeed the idea for a groundbreaking range of tenders, did not appear out of the mist. Rather, it has been based on solid experience backed up by hard work. Russell and Karin Carlyon spent six years circumnavigating in their Malcolm Tennantdesigned 12m catamaran Moonwalker. Their photo albums of the voyage read like a National Geographic photoshoot, but it was the knowledge gained from cruising and being around other cruisers that sparked the idea
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for the perfect cruising tender that was robust, dry and economical to run. Upon their return to their home base of Paihia in the Bay of Islands Russell set out to consult with his former business partner and designer Kevin Trotter. Both Kevin and Russell had produced some innovative and world-class windsurfers in the 80s and 90s under the Styrotech label and it was this kind of thinking that formed the basis of Offshore Cruising Tenders. Once the CAD model was complete, moulds for the original OC300 were CNC-machined and transferred to their factory in Paihia, Northland. That ‘factory in Paihia, Northland’ bit sounds fancy, but in reality, it was a tin shed, in the bush, out the back of a motel complex. There was walk-in access, a slightly clandestine ambience and bugger-all else. While the shed was rough, the boats that were made there were a spectacularly well-polished idea. At peak production, they were able to turn out three boats a month from the shed which was fine while they established themselves on a marketing budget that was next to nonexistent. Their market was the cruising community which is known to be well researched and educated in their purchases. They are also known for looking for ideas on other boats and yarning in rough waterside bars, which may explain how quickly the word-of-mouth marketing style ramped up demand. The hunt for new premises was on and with a stroke of luck, an old truck yard with a shady past came onto the market. The Carlyons pounced on it and began a twomonth transformation into a top-end boatbuilding facility. A couple of derelict buildings were repurposed and a new 350m2 shed was constructed. The shed was fitted out with a sanding bay, fit-out bay and with a state-of-the-art doublefiltered extraction system. A canvas work loft, showroom, a sail loft and administration building were added as were two 40ft containers full of a year’s worth of materials. The environmental footprint is kept as small as possible with solar power to the shed, the recycling of peel ply and vacuum bags. Mixing vessels are procured from the local baked bean tin collection and the used punnets from Pahia’s many ice-cream shops. With these small steps the factory waste bin is emptied on a five-week rotation, which is a smaller waste footprint than most suburban houses.
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ABOVE You have to admire the motifs that surround the factory. LEFT There are six models in the OCT range – around 12 tenders are produced each month.
process, product and most importantly the profit margin. This is part of the idea of vertical integration which involves being as close to the client and source of quality suppliers as possible. On the other side of the equation, buyers buy directly with no middlemen and a dedicated group of associates help with bulk orders. These are Offshore Cruising Tenders owners and cruising folk who have the knowledge and skills to help deliver the products to more hands-off owners. This simple and effective system allows the Offshore Cruising Tenders team to concentrate on building and delivering quality boats while having the R&D benefit of direct feedback from its customers. With all six of the Offshore Cruising Tenders range now in production Russell and Karin have a team of 13 staff and contractors working for them. With five women in the team the testosterone levels are kept in check, but more unusual is the fact that most of the staff have not come from a boatbuilding background and have instead been picked for their variety of
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expertise and team fit over a particular technical experience. The growth of the team has enabled the company to go from producing a meagre three boats a month in a tin shed to 12 boats, with an eye on 20 to keep up with the wall of global demand. It is while we are discussing all this over a cup of tea that Karin takes leave of a battleship-style task of trying to track the shipping movements of boats that are in transit, to head to the garden to pick some spinach and strawberries for a nutritious smoothie. Years ago I had tried through a language barrier to dissuade a Malaysian lady not to pick or eat the watercress growing near the backside of a rough boatyard I was working in. When language deserted us I tried vigorous sign language to indicate that might be hazardous to her health. But here among the gardens and the tidy workshops of Offshore Cruising Tenders, you could have licked the nutritious smoothie from the carefully vacuumed shop floor. BNZ
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LEFT The Blackhawk cellular antenna, and right, the high-gain Omni marine antenna.
water: your cell phone runs low on battery power far faster than it does around home. With a strong local signal it will only need to use minimal power. Powertec is an Australasian distributor of marine cellular booster solutions, with an office in Auckland. It provides a range of solutions for rural, industrial, camping and marine installations. The Cel-Fi Mobile Signal Repeater is the heart of its solution, and the technology was exhibited at the recent Fieldays expo at Mystery Creek. Made in California, the Cel-Fi system combines three elements: an omni-directional high-gain external antenna, the Cel-Fi Go2 unit, and an internal cellular antenna to provide coverage everywhere in your boat. The external antenna operates much like a VHF antenna and is mounted as high as
possible on the boat roof or on a mast. It talks to the cellular network and has a claimed range of up to 100km. Georgia Crowley, Account Manager for Powertec in New Zealand, gave us a rundown of the system. They have been targeting the rural market in New Zealand, where mobile coverage is often either poor or non-existent. By installing the high-gain antenna in a suitable location farmers can achieve coverage over a much wider area. Crowley says the marine market is another growth area, where the effective mobile range has declined ever since Spark (previously Telecom) decommissioned the old 025 network. Many commercial and game fishing boats had car-model base stations installed on board and have enjoyed excellent coverage even quite far offshore.
LEFT A typical installation on a launch.
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With a strong local signal it (your phone) will only need to use minimal power.
But the increased data speeds of the newer technologies (first 3G, then 4G and now 5G) each come with the trade-off of ever-reducing range. This is countered on land by building more cell towers, but that’s hard to do out at sea. So the solution is to take your own base station with you. The Cel-Fi Go2 Network Repeater has a USA NEMA 4 rating, which is the equivalent to IP65 but with additional corrosion resistance. It can be installed just about anywhere on the boat and does not require any special protection. The last component of the kit, the cellular antenna, needs to be suitably located so all the cabins on a larger boat get good coverage. This is really only an issue for larger vessels with multiple cabins. They have a surface mount option for this element – it’s a nice, discreet solution. Once installed, the system essentially operates effectively as its own cell site – there is NO reconfiguration required on your mobile devices. The device simply works as before, with all functions (data/ voice/text) fully operational.
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It is network-specific – the Cel-Fi unit needs to be preconfigured for one of the mobile networks – Vodafone, Spark or 2Degrees. You install the unit for whichever is your network provider. But there are no running costs and all network charges are to the account of the mobile devices as per their own SIM cards. The Powertec unit isn’t a cheap solution, coming in at a touch over $2,000 for the marine bundle, but the base unit can easily be disconnected and taken off the boat when not in use. It can then be multi-purposed for other applications – say at a bach or on a caravan. With the extended range provided by the unit, it’s perfect for boats heading reasonably far off the coast,
RIGHT The Cel-Fi Go unit is a simple solution that will help you receive data further offshore. BELOW Bigger vessels may require a more extensive installation–but the principle’s the same.
such as game fishing boats as well as commercial fishing vessels. Powertec also has a lower-cost option that provides either 3G or 4G coverage but not both at the same time – the unit has to be configured for the chosen option. 3G will give greater range for voice and text and is suitable for low-data applications. But 4G provides a higher speed for data-rich applications – though it has a lower effective maximum range. The unit is also 5G-ready, for when our network providers roll this out beyond a couple of cities in New Zealand. Powertec recommends that you have the unit installed by one of its accredited installers around the country, to ensure the device is achieving the best coverage possible. But its marine kits are pretty much plug-and-play, and come pre-bundled with all the connectors necessary. There is also a quick-start guide, so a suitably competent DIYer can easily install the components. The caveat to this relates to the size or construction material of your vessel, since the location of the cellular
antenna can be critical to getting good coverage in all areas of the boat. Aluminium does a very good job of blocking cellular signals – wrapping your phone in aluminium foil is one of those ‘hacks’ that litter the internet. So if you have a larger boat with alloy (or steel) in the cabin walls you may need to explore various locations for this component, and this is where an experienced installer would certainly add value. This is not an issue for boats with wooden or fibreglass cabins, since cellular signals pass through these materials quite easily. Although our cellular coverage is pretty good when close inshore, this solution would be perfect for anyone who heads further out or who takes their boat to more remote locations around the country. BNZ
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RIGHT A rare and beautifully-restored Hacker, looking far more youthful than her 88 years. Opposite – Peter Davies is the happy owner of Happy Days.
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TRIPLE HAPPY Here’s a story of a boat and a bloke that couldn’t be kept apart. Even after two trial separations. Now, their third union looks like it’s forever. It’s going to be Happy Days – permanently – from here on, for owner Peter Davies. t’s a story too, not of a boat alone, but of dedicated efforts by visionaries and craftsmen, to preserve a precious piece of New Zealand’s boating heritage. And, after a family’s 84-year on-and-off relationship with a lovely boat, it has a happy ending, too. What’s not to like? If all this sounds confusing, perhaps it’s best to go back to the beginning. Happy Days is a venerable, vintage inboard-powered motorboat. Built in 1933 in Picton, she’s a John L. Hacker design, of the famous Hacker Craft company. These boats are American icons. The kind of gleaming, varnished, mahogany speedboats we associate with movies about the Roaring Twenties (before the Crash), and the days of rum-running during Prohibition. A fleet of them was used in the memorable 1975 movie Lucky Lady. They also featured in the Venice boat chase scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Famous Hacker Craft have evocative names like Pardon Me, Thunderbird, El Lagarto, Bootlegger, Peerless, Dolphin, Kitty Hawk, Belle Isle Bear Cats, My Sweetie. And Kitty Hawk II, the fastest boat in the world in 1912. Hacker Craft, the company, is based in upstate New York and has been in continuous production of mahogany powerboats since 1906 – with a diversion during WWll into Army Air Force rescue boats. The boats are listed as ‘among America’s top 50 products’. Up there, I imagine, with Harleys and Boeings.
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bought it from the good doctor, after the first of a few ultimatums that have defined Happy Days’ life. “It’s either me or the boat,” said the dentist’s practice, struggling in the Depression years. His wife said the same thing. Tom acquired the boat and married (to Gint) in quick succession in 1938. They set off on their honeymoon in the aptly-named Happy Days, from Picton via the tricky French Pass to Nelson. Says Peter: “They sponged off farmers for petrol.” But those happy days – at least as far as the boat was concerned – couldn’t last. Gint said: “You can’t afford me and the boat.” Happy Days was sold in 1939. But then along came the wool boom in 1951 – the high demand resulting from the US Army buying wool to equip troops for the unexpected cold in the Korean War. Wool peaked at the now-legendary ‘a-pound-a-pound.’ Years later Tom found the boat again in Picton and bought Happy Days back. He installed a Ford Osco Marine flat-head eight-cylinder engine. Used to power landing craft, some of these engines were left around by the Americans after WWll. Peter took over the boat from his parents, but in 1966 his wife continued the theme. “We can’t afford to keep her.” And they were too busy pursuing their farming businesses. The boat was sold.
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Ten years later an aunt rang Peter. She had found Happy Days languishing in a shed in Pelorus Sound. Peter bought her back in 1974 and stored her in a farm shed – now between Rotorua and the coast, where they run pedigree Herefords. With the practical wisdom of a long-term, successful farmer, Peter notes “in good times put fat on your back, because it won’t last.” So a few years ago he resolved to restore Happy Days to her former glory. It was something he had to do, he says, “before I die.” By serendipitous coincidence, he found the extraordinarily talented boatbuilder and restorer Alan Craig living nearby. Alan was succinct and sure: “I can fix her.” That initial, laconic response disguises what has been a remarkable and detailed transformation. Happy Days was shifted out of the farm shed, hoisted onto a truck and delivered to Alan. The restoration process went the Full Monty – the engine was entirely stripped, re-bored to 250 cubes and fitted with twin carbs. It was a year’s work, in the total 18 months of the boat’s restoration. “All the internals were top-notch,” Alan says. “Basically, we ‘hot-rodded’ a whole engine.” The gleaming chromed parts underscore that point. All this was unique in New Zealand. While there are plenty of American-designed Chris Crafts around of the same era, Happy Days is one of a more exclusive club. There are few other Hackers in the country. Peter remembers his father allowing the kids to fish from the rear cockpit – this is now off the agenda. Rather, Happy Days is “really a cruising boat. We use it for lakeside picnics, and sundowners.” These naturally include, he says, “a little glass of gin.” There’s a happy place where work and passion overlap. Only a few of us, it seems, are privileged to experience this. It’s often a fleeting moment in a life of work of the less-thaninspirational kind. Alan and colleagues Blair Du-Fall, Tony Hassel and Connor Gilbert are fortunate to have this for their entire working life. They worked on Happy Days with a dedication that is immediately obvious when the long, lean boat rolls up to the Lake Rotoiti launching slip on her trailer. The decks gleam under “at least 12 coats of polyurethane varnish,” says Blair. “I know. But then, I think I stopped counting.” Alan reflects on the project. “The brief from Peter was, ‘We’re gonna do it – and we’re gonna do it properly.’” Alan’s an experienced boatbuilder, having first done an apprenticeship through the Unitec boatbuilding school, then working at Martin Marine and, later, at Tauranga’s Southern Ocean Marine. When that went “tits-up” he resolved to strike out on his own. His business has naturally evolved into restorations of classic lake boats – which is entirely fine by him. Restoration of Happy Days’ wooden parts was based on the maxim, says Alan, that he would “remember it’s an old boat.” So while wooden plugs were used to fill old bolt and screw holes, there are still some stains evident in the deck planking under the varnish. They only serve to verify the boat’s age and the authenticity of the restoration. From Blair’s perspective – that of mainly working on the time-consuming deck restoration and revarnishing, “we’re fortunate to have people like Peter.” For his part, Peter says, “I never considered the restoration myself.” The engine was re-furbished by Rob Cowley of Hamilton’s ‘Rob’s Rods and Restos.’ It now sits in impeccable condition, with its many chromed parts, in Happy Days’ engine well. 98
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INSET The photo album documenting the restoration – produced by Alan’s wife Fiona. RIGHT They don’t build them like this any more. BOTTOM The flat-head V8 has been reinvigorated with a few modern add-ons.
On our outing, Peter was careful to keep an eye on the temperature gauge. The dashboard used to have red valve taps, mechanically linked to the engine. The refurbishment has removed the need for them. It’s clear that it’s still early days with regard to understanding the re-configured engine. But there’s appreciation all round. When I inadvertently mentioned ‘engine noise’, Peter immediately corrected me: “It’s not noise. It’s a wonderful sound – it’s music to me.” He’s right, of course. It’s a burbling soundtrack that’s inextricably linked to Peter’s (and Alan’s and Blair’s) enjoyment of the boat. It shows in the delight obvious on Peter’s face when he’s throwing the boat around for the camera, tucked into the leather-upholstered steering seat, using the hand gear lever and foot throttle. “I love old things. I love V8s.” And he adds, “it’s a Rolls Royce, this thing! It can turn on a sixpence. I’ll just chuck it
around – hold on!” And I do, feeling his infectious joy, and hanging on to my hat. We found Happy Days getting up on the plane at 2,000rpm. And despite appearances, the boat is way lighter on the trailer than the modern Buccaneer Sportsman 650 – Blair’s parents’ boat kindly loaned to us as a camera platform for the day. The entire restoration process has been documented in a wonderful photo album, produced by Alan’s wife Fiona. It’s about as precious to Peter as the boat itself. Now Happy Days is all set for a glorious show at the annual Lake Rototiti Wooden Boat Parade during next year’s Waitangi Weekend. Perhaps no amount of words can come close to the deepseated joy that Happy Days brings – and will bring for years to come. Lesley’s photos tell the story best, methinks. Two old blokes, enjoying a boat of a similar vintage. And a restorer and his mate, brim-full of pride. Happy Days is indeed a timeless classic. BNZ
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THE JIM LOTT STORY
Lifelong voyage Jim Lott’s had a diverse career – teaching navigation and seamanship, helping establish boating regulations, advising national bodies and countless 10-day voyages with the Spirit of New Zealand. He’s also built a 15.2m yacht in which he and his wife Karin sailed for more than 150,000 miles offshore. Here’s his story. 100
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orn in 1947, Lott started messing around in boats during holidays at the family bach on Waiheke Island. After learning to sail in various dinghies (including an elderly X Class) he graduated to crewing aboard the keeler Caprice, a Knud Reimers design built in Norway. Captain Noel Baddeley, a family friend who headed up the Auckland Nautical School, inspired Lott to learn celestial navigation as a teenager. His first ocean voyage came in 1966, when he helped bring a yacht from Suva to Auckland. “It was on the nose the whole way and I didn’t enjoy it much, but you quickly forget the bad bits and I wanted more.” Back home he began an architectural degree at Auckland University and, with his father John, started building a Des Townson 7.9m Serene. Sadly John unexpectedly died a year later and, with money tight, Lott dropped out of university to finish what became Andromeda. Working for Fisher & Paykel during the day, Lott eventually got a part-time job teaching seamanship at night school classes, then a popular government initiative. He met Karin Houghton and, intending to voyage offshore, sold Andromeda to buy the 9.2m Woollacott keeler Vectis. Built in 1929, Vectis needed a two-year restoration to bring her up to offshore standards. In 1975, now married with a 15-month-
CW FROM ABOVE Lott shooting the sun; Karin and Jim with 15-monthold John departing Auckland in 1975; Vectis in Fiji in 1976.
old son, the Lotts headed to Noumea. “Due to the winds we ended up closer to Fiji than Noumea, so we went there instead.” They spent 12 months teaching in Fiji before sailing Vectis home via Noumea. They sold her to buy a house, but a subsequent owner sailed her to the USA. Lott recently discovered that Vectis – now 92-years-old – has been restored and is still going strong. Keen to generate the funds to build his next yacht, Lott started working at various boatyards during the day, while teaching navigation at the Manukau Technical Institute at nights. He also continued volunteering for the Spirit of Adventure and obtained his commercial maritime qualifications. Inspired by the famous offshore writers – Eric Hiscock, WA Robinson, Erling Tambs and others – he began sketching his dream yacht. In 1978 he met John Goldwater, then running the naval architectural module incorporated within the architectural school at Auckland University. After seeing the sketches, Goldwater offered to design the yacht with the understanding Lott would do the scantlings, engineering and construction detailing. Needing somewhere to build the 15.2m yacht, Lott bought a house in Howick with a big back yard, where he built a 16 x 6m shed. “In those days you just approached the building inspector with an A4 drawing, told him how much you admired his boat and away you went.”
His friend, the late Sandy Sands, founder of Seacraft (now Miller Moyes Seacraft), supplied kauri from his forest at a very generous price and, over the next seven years and 14,000 hours, Lott built Victoria. By now he was teaching and examining the Coastguard qualifications, plus the commercial qualifications for fishermen and ferry boat operators. He proved to be a popular and successful teacher – besides his solid knowledge base, he deliberately set out to inspire his pupils. “I wanted to instil an enthusiasm in them, because if you think back to the teachers at school, the ones you remember were the ones who inspired you.” In addition to his teaching, Lott earned extra money helping other amateur boatbuilders with their rudder, skeg, keel and engine installations. He also managed to find time to crew in eight Auckland to Suva races, the odd delivery voyage, helped found the NZ Yacht Navigators’ Society and undertook regular, voluntary 10-day voyages on the Spirit of Adventure and, later, the Spirit of New Zealand. Victoria was launched in 1988 and, after a quick shakedown cruise to Napier, Lott and a crew of six entered her in the inaugural Auckland to Fukuoka (Japan) race. After reaching Japan, the rest of the Lott family (Karin and their sons John and Andrew) joined Victoria for the trip home. Four years later he entered Victoria in another Auckland
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to Japan race. This time, instead of coming home, the Lotts sailed Victoria to Alaska, the Aleutians, Panama, the Caribbean, New York, Boston, England, Scotland, then on to the Mediterranean via the French canals. Given Victoria’s 1.95m draft the canals proved more than challenging. “We did a fair amount of mud-ploughing, but we eventually got through alright.” From the Mediterranean they returned to New Zealand via the Atlantic, the Panama Canal and the Pacific. In all they covered 40,000nm over the two-year voyage. Back home Lott joined Yachting New Zealand as a Safety Officer and Trainer. A strong believer in skipper responsibility and pragmatic solutions, he had considerable influence in the regulations. One example was when the Ministry for the
CW FROM TOP Turning Victoria’s hull in 1994; Victoria in the Beagle Channel; the track of the voyage.
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Environment began talk of implementing regulations requiring all boats to discharge their sewage more than three nautical miles offshore. Lott and Richard Brabant were able to tone this draconian approach down to the regulations that are in force today, which aren’t hard to live with. He was still volunteering regularly – skippering the threemasted barquentine Spirit of New Zealand, undertaking Category One inspections, and teaching and serving on the Board of Auckland Coastguard. In 2000 he was offered the position of Manager Recreational Boating for the then Maritime Safety Authority (MSA) – now Maritime New Zealand. At the time there were around 25 deaths per year from boating-related accidents and Lott was determined to help bring the numbers down.
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“There were many opinions from those who wanted to see licencing brought in which wasn’t based on evidence. Opinion’s useful but not nearly as good as evidence. Evidence and facts are what you should base legislation on. Yet more and more, we’re seeing is opinion-based legislation – a blunt tool which often has unintended consequences.” Through research, Lott and the MSA team were able to show that 95% of New Zealand’s boating-related deaths had two common denominators: “We found that 95% of the deaths wouldn’t have happened if two things had been in place – wearing a life jacket and having a waterproof means of communication.” Through the MSA, Lott helped implement a PR campaign to promote the use of lifejackets and having a waterproof means of communication including the use of Ziplock bags for mobile phones. Contrary to popular opinion, he believes pyrotechnic flares are obsolete. They only work for about a minute, are expensive and are very rarely involved in a rescue these days. “When are we going to get rid of flares as means of communication? They were invented for the Napoleonic Wars. We have got so many other more effective things we can use now.” The safety promotions saw recreational boating deaths drop by more than half without either skipper licencing or boat registration. Space prevents a full list of the pragmatic, practical and cost-effective influences Lott helped bring to MSA and other government departments over his 11 years with them. Suffice to say without his input today’s boaties might have to deal with all manner of draconian, impractical regulations. “With any regulation, you have to aim for at least a 75% compliance rate otherwise you’re wasting your time.” During these years Lott had been quietly readying Victoria for what had been his 30-year dream – to sail to South America. In 2009 he changed Victoria’s rig from a cutter to a ketch. “She didn’t want to heave-to with the
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single mast, the bow just blew off and she needed more sail aft.” It all came together in June 2011. Lott and Karin both retired one Friday and on the following Monday hauled Victoria out to attend to the last details. They set sail in August that year bound for South America with weather guru Bob McDavitt doing their routing. “I told Bob we wanted 15 knots aft of the beam and no gales, which – one gale aside – we got.” Over the next seven years they sailed Victoria to South America, around the Horn, then on to the Caribbean, USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Scandinavia, France, Spain, the Mediterranean, back across the Atlantic and home via the Pacific. And between July 2011 and January 2015 he wrote a monthly column in this magazine about their travels. They returned home every northern winter, leaving Victoria on the hard in whatever part of the world they’d reached. For six years they enjoyed an endless summer. “Even in Europe or the Mediterranean, it wasn’t expensive to haul Victoria out for the winter – it’s much more expensive here.” While family members and friends joined the boat at various times, all the ocean passages were generally sailed two-up. “The good thing about a 15.2m yacht is it’s not too big for a couple to
ABOVE Jim and Karin Lott, and right, Victoria carried them safely for more than 150,000nm.
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handle, yet it’s great at sea because it sails so easily in the 7- to 8-knot range without pushing.” The couple settled into an off-watch-on-watch routine, simplified by Victoria being steered by an electric autopilot. “The novelty of steering offshore wears off after five minutes.” The yacht’s ketch rig proved a great success and the three forestays meant the main could be furled in winds aft of the beam, removing the risk of accidental gybes. While visiting home during the summer of 2014, they bought another yacht, the 11.8m Bob Stewart-designed Camalot named Mokoia, built by the late Max Carter in the 1960s. “Some people call the Camalot a motor-sailer but she sails surprisingly well.” In 2018 they returned Victoria to New Zealand, having clocked up another 60,000nm, taking their total to 150,000nm. With deep regret they sold her a month later to a delightful English couple with three children. Victoria is now based in the Beaulieu River in the Solent. The couple haven’t swallowed the anchor yet: they still own Mokoia and Lott is still sailing as “the old man” on the Spirit of New Zealand. No surprise then it’s the 10-day youth development voyages on the Spirit of Adventure/New Zealand that’s proved so pleasing. “Seeing 16 and 17-year-old kids – from all walks of life – being forced to give up their cellphones and have to talk to each other, learn to accept each other and then work together – it’s incredibly rewarding.” In a life messing about in boats, Jim Lott’s had many roles – boatbuilder, volunteer, sailor, navigator, skipper, teacher, trainer, educator and governance. Through it all is one common denominator – he’s passed on his skills and wisdom wherever he’s been, leaving boaties better off. He’s a thoroughly good bloke. BNZ PHOTOS COURTESY JIM LOTT AND JOHN MACFARLANE
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LEFT Chris Brown – the stubborn diver who was so instrumental in the ship’s salvation. BELOW Fitted with boilers and refrigeration, the ship became a mobile freezing works. (Photo: Maritime Museum)
or my money the Edwin Fox Museum is one of Picton’s best attractions – but I have a nagging suspicion most people driving off the Cook Strait ferry are blissfully unaware of it. Which is a great pity – considering that in her 34 circumnavigations the 836ton, 48m vessel has amassed a treasure-trove of history – all splendidly presented in her graving dock only a few hundred metres from the ferry terminal. She embodies an integral part of New Zealand’s DNA – helping its fledging economy to expand trading and engage with the rest of the world at the dawn of the 20th century. She is, in fact, the world’s oldest surviving merchant ship – older than Britain’s fabled Cutty Sark. So, before you dismiss her as another old wreck of interest only to fusty, cob-webbed historians, read on. For a vessel with so diverse a career, she had an indifferent start. She was built in 1853 near the Indian city of Kolkata (previously Calcutta) by Britain’s William Henry Foster – designed as a workhorse to ply the East Indies-UK trade route. Predating the age of the streamlined clippers, she wasn’t exactly a sleek beauty – her teak hull was often described as ‘stubby’ or ‘tubby’ – and she was noted for her stolid, ponderous pace.
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TOUGH LADIES The Edwin Fox is one of only two surviving square-riggers that carried immigrants to New Zealand. The other is the 1,197ton Euterpe, built in 1863. Fully restored and renamed the Star of India, she is now part of the San Diego Maritime Museum. The Fox is also one of only two surviving ships that delivered troops to the Crimean war – the other is the Great Britain, a steam ship launched in 1843.
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TEAK AND TIDE For more information about the ship, read Nigel Costley’s fascinating book Teak and Tide – The Ebbs and Eddies of the Edwin Fox. It’s available from the museum and contains two appendices – a list of all the immigrants who arrived on the ship (with their ages and occupations), and a list of all the Australian convicts – with their ages, misdemeanors and sentences.
One passenger – William Manning – described his experience as “one-hundred and twenty-two days of misery, anxiety, discomfort and semi-starvation”. He hoped he would “never again fall to the lot of an unfortunate emigrant in a slow but sure emigrant ship.” Today, scores of New Zealand families can trace their ancestry to the pioneers on the Edwin Fox. Inevitably, steam engines marked the end of her sailing career – her last voyage was in June 1885. But like many redoubtable ladies, she was made of stern stuff and was easily able to reinvent herself.
ABOVE Now under a protective roof, the ship’s timbers will hopefully last another century. BELOW CENTRE A recreation of the cramped conditions passengers in steerage would have endured. FAR RIGHT Chris is still involved with the ship’s preservation.
FREEZING WORKS Wool was one of New Zealand’s prime exports in the late 1800s – but in 1882 the successful delivery of a cargo of frozen meat to Britain on the Dunedin dramatically changed the landscape. The meat export industry was born, adding another string to the country’s economic bow. Edwin Fox was quickly repurposed. In the late 80s, with her rigging removed, she was retrofitted with boilers and refrigerating equipment and towed to ports all around the country, serving as a mobile freezing hulk. Some 12 years later she was towed to Picton where once again her life took off on a different arc. Her refrigeration equipment was moved ashore to power a new, bigger land-based freezing works. She first became a bunkhouse for the freezing work crews, and thereafter a grimy coal hulk, storing the fuel for the boilers ashore, a role she filled until 1953. Eventually, at more than 100 years old, she 110
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WASTE NOT, WANT NOT When the Edwin Fox became a freezing works, the boilers which generated her steam were themselves repurposed equipment: they were salvaged from the wrecks of the Lyttelton (sank June 1886 at Timaru) and the Northumberland (sank May 1887 at Napier). Photo: Marlborough Museum
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NOT HER FINEST HOUR The Edwin Fox was once chartered for a job which would rattle the sensibilities of modern human rights activists. In 1857 she delivered a complement of ‘forced migration’ Chinese labourers to Cuba. She was one of various vessels which collectively took some 200,000 Chinese to the Caribbean island nation during the 19th century to work the sugar plantations.
A pivotal player in Edwin Fox’s salvation, Chris Brown knows the ship’s history intimately. He also knows how close we came to losing her completely. Today he is still involved with the ship’s preservation and the museum. “The real degradation began in the late 1960s when she was abandoned in Shakespeare Bay – beached in the mud and vandalised for her teak. She’d been in Picton for decades and no one knew what to do with her. Many thought she was just an eyesore – something to be removed and cut up. “The Navy came up with the bright idea of refloating her and towing her out to sea for use as target practice. Fortunately, the divers who inspected the hull decided this wasn’t feasible because her back was broken. They were wrong – it was twisted, but not broken. “Over the years there were discussions with all sorts of people – one group planned to tow her to Auckland for a full restoration. That fell over. Then the British began negotiations – they wanted the hulk returned home, as part of their maritime heritage. Luckily, that also fell over. “I’ve always believed the ship was worth saving – she was significant for New Zealand. So I decided to see if she could be saved. I was a commercial paua diver and after inspecting her hull I reckoned she could be refloated. But we had to find the political will – and the money – to do it. I didn’t want to go to the trouble of refloating her without a permanent plan in place.” Predictably, local opinion was divided. Many people wanted to save her – but others thought she was just an embarrassing derelict. There were endless discussions at the local council – most doubted she could be refloated – but even if she could, what were they to do with her? Doggedly, Chris prevailed through it all. Sealing the hull for refloating took four months and many, many hours of diving. Volunteers helped to remove plenty of rubbish to lighten the hull – including coal and 400 tonnes of sand. “We refloated her on a king tide,” says Chris, “aided by a big diesel generator and pumps to keep the water at bay. It was a marathon – I went 60 hours non-stop without sleep.” But having refloated her, the dithering continued. The authorities couldn’t agree about what to do with her, or where to berth her. “I kept her afloat for another 14 years, patching the leaks. Eventually, I pointed out that if we didn’t come up with a plan to build a dock, she would sink.” Thankfully, the dock was built in 2000 – and it now has a roof to keep the rain at bay. Today the museum attracts around 10,000 visitors a year.
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ABOVE 1986 – the derelict is refloated – finally! (Photo: Marlborough Museum) LEFT The imposing bow – but her stubby hull made for slow passages. BELOW To walk her decks is to step back in time.
was towed to the nearby Shakespeare Bay and lay beached for the next 20 years, her valuable teak plundered by souvenir hunters. It seemed – finally – that this was the end of the line for the old ship. Fortunately, wise heads prevailed. Appreciative of her cultural and historical significance a group of individuals established the Edwin Fox Restoration Society to save her. In 1965 it bought the hulk from the owner – NZ Refrigerating Company – for one shilling. But the road ahead would be difficult. After much procrastination by the city fathers she was refloated in 1986 and towed to a new berth near the current ferry terminal. And 13 years later – in 1999 – the Edwin Fox moved to her final resting place, the graving dock where she lies today. Fittingly, the former Historic Places Trust awarded the ship a Category I status in 2000. Next time you’re in Picton, I urge you to catch the Fox. BNZ 112
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THE WORK CONTINUES Museum manager Karen MacLeod likes to describe the Edwin Fox as a ‘living’ display – with a constantly evolving array of attractions and developments. Current projects include the digital scanning of the ship (by Auckland’s 3 D Scans) which would see a fully-interactive digital creation of the ship. Another is the development of a cloud-based database – accessible to the public – for research into those who arrived on the ship. Meanwhile, offshore, two Canadian professors are preparing a book about the history of globalisation (centred around the Edwin Fox) scheduled for release next year.
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The largest square-rigger At some future point when Covid allows cruise enthusiasts back on board, you might want to check out the just-launched Golden Horizon. At 525ft long (160m) with five masts and a sail area of 6,300m2, she is the world’s largest square-rigged cruise ship. uilt in Croatia, the ship is run by the UK’s Tradewind Voyages and at full capacity can accommodate 272 guests in 140 sea-facing cabins. She is a near replica of the 1913-built vessel – France II – and retains the charm, adventure and romance of the early 20th century square-riggers. The ambience on board is relaxed, casual and elegant – and the operators stress that Golden Horizon is first and foremost a sailing ship geared to adventures and exotic destinations. Voyages cover every sector of the planet, and some will involve longer days at sea, bringing alive the concept of sailing. Guests are encouraged to take the ship’s wheel. The good news is that she will soon be heading down this way. BNZ
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alliope has a fine history of introducing boys not only to sailing but to the Scout virtues of “doing good” instilled by Robert Baden-Powell in his book Scouting for Boys published in 1908. At the start of the South African War, Baden-Powell had been in charge of the British army garrison at Mafeking during the 217-day siege by the Boer forces from October 1899. He enlisted youngsters to do vital work as scouts and runners in the defence of the town and became a national hero in the then British Empire when the town was relieved on May 17, 1900. He refined these ideas in Scouting for Boys which became a best-seller around the world. The book sparked a youth movement which led to the founding of the Boy Scouts in England in 1908 and the Girl Guides in 1910. Scouting was thoroughly entrenched in New Zealand by 1910 with troops all over the country. By April 1912, when Baden-Powell visited New Zealand, Sea Scouts had been in operation in England for nearly three years, with dark blue uniforms and a bluejacket’s cap, being taught how to swim, handle boats, keep a lookout in bad weather around the coast and be prepared to carry out rescues.
CLOCKWISE FROM OPPOSITE LEFT HMS Calliope entering Calliope Dock, 16th February 1888. Calliope Sea Scouts’ badge. Lord Baden-Powell. The troop in the 1920s. Calliope’s founder, R.A. Woods. Calliope Troop (1922), out on the harbour pulling a 32ft cutter.
The Armistice in November 1918 was by no means the end of the world’s problems. The Spanish Flu epidemic came hard on its heels and made social life difficult and that was followed by an economic depression. During these times Scout troops throughout the country did great work in delivering food and firewood, for example.
Scouting was thoroughly entrenched in New Zealand by 1910 with troops all over the country.
Calliope Sea Scouts was established on 25th June 1921 at the Devonport Naval Dockyard. It took its name from the British warship HMS Calliope which entered service in the South Pacific in 1887. At the time the Auckland Harbour Board was building a new stone dry dock at Devonport. On 16th February 1888 HMS Calliope was the first ship to enter the dock, which was named after her. Only a year later, on March 15th 1889, Calliope was the only vessel to survive a cyclone in Apia Harbour by steaming out of the narrow reef entrance in mountainous seas. All of the German and American warships assembled there (to exercise ‘gunboat diplomacy’, attempting to take over Samoa) foundered with large loss of life. Calliope’s success was attributed to the quality of the Westport coal she had bunkered in Sydney. All in all, it was a British triumph in times when a triumph was cherished. Calliope Troop’s founder was Captain R. A. Woods, formerly Harbourmaster at Hobart, who had trained as a merchant officer cadet aboard HMS Conway on the Mersey. One of the lads associated with the founding was Lawrie Thode from an illustrious local seafaring family. Lawrie’s first cousin was Con Thode, a decorated submarine
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captain in WWll. In 1921 Lawrie was only 17, but full of enthusiasm for scouting and the sea. Another eager lad was Bob Iversen of Devonport, then 16. As the only Sea Scout troop in New Zealand, it had the privilege of wearing an unadorned black scarf. These were glory days for Calliope. It was closely associated with the Navy, using the Dockyard’s facilities and Naval cutters for sailing and rowing. The troop rowed Lord Jellicoe, then
LEFT SS Wiltshire foundering at Rosalie Bay; Calliope’s rescue gear in operation. RIGHT Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys. BELOW Motuihe Sea Scout Regatta 1951; Bob Iversen in peaked cap. Harold Kidd, far right.
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Governor-General, when he inspected the Naval Base and he took a particular interest in the troop. Scout leaders were drawn from RN Petty Officers serving in the New Zealand station so that the troop had deep connections in the Naval Base which served them well until the 1960s. One of the bits of kit Calliope gained was a Breeches Buoy apparatus. This was essentially a rescue device in which a rocket
delivered a rope to a vessel wrecked or stranded close off-shore. The operators then sent a pulley system to the wreck and evacuated the ship’s crew on a bosun’s chair suspended from the rope. The whole gear was mounted on a handcart. Naturally it was enormous fun for the troop to display the gear in operation at fairs and public days. By chance, Calliope’s shining hour arrived when the Federal Steam Navigation line’s 12,160-ton freighter Wiltshire ran aground on the foot of the cliffs at Rosalie Bay, Great Barrier Island, in a frightful easterly gale on 31st May 1922 with 103 crewmen on board. She broke her back very quickly and the stern sank. The next night HMS Philomel proceeded to Tryphena taking Calliope’s Breeches Buoy gear and two of her Petty Officer scoutmasters. After dawn the Naval party bashed across the island through the bush with the gale in their faces, carrying the gear the last two miles to the cliff site when it proved too steep for the packhorses. With Naval precision, the gear was set up and began bringing the crew of the Wiltshire ashore, eventually at the rate of two every six minutes. The cat came last. There were no injuries. It was a triumph for the Royal Navy and for Calliope. Lawrie Thode was prominent in Calliope from its start. He was the first Scoutmaster but in 1926, when he left for Australia, he was replaced by Bob Iversen. On his return he set up the Invincible Troop at Bayswater and resumed at Calliope in 1939. He was killed in action on the Sangro River in Italy in 1945. Bob Iversen retired in 1932 when he married, but took over again when Lawrie Thode joined up.
This was the structure when my mate Barry Brickell encouraged me to join Calliope as a 13-year-old in 1949. I lived in Huia Street, Devonport, right beside the Naval Base. Bob Iversen was very much in charge of Calliope in a relaxed way. We learned of the wonders of the 1920s from Bob (‘Mr. Iversen’ to us, of course). In retrospect, it had been only a short time before! The troop was partly composed of his many sons who shared their father’s unflappable good humour and manners. We relied on the Navy for sailing as we used their 32ft cutters and 27ft Montagu whalers, the only hassle being that we had to use a wharf crane and persuade Navy personnel to do this work on a weekend. Nevertheless, they were fine, safe craft. In 1950 we had a nasty experience sailing one of the new Miller & Tunnage-designed 17ft Sea Scout cutters in a regatta at Hawke Sea Scouts in a strong westerly. We capsized off Birkenhead Wharf in a line squall. The full Idle Along rig proved too much and we were without life jackets (not issued then!). John Grieve in his 24ft mullet boat Maru picked us up from the awash cutter in a display of magnificent seamanship. Bob then got a better 17-footer, Calliope, built by Colin Wild with adequate buoyancy. Apprentice John Salthouse did the work. She was a piece of furniture. Calliope has done great work for the boys in the troop for the last century. The move into the old North Shore Rowing Club shed on the Devonport waterfront in 1966 has cemented its tradition. Another hundred years? I think so. BNZ
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Boats can be beautiful objects – works of art in fact. And when they are scale models, hand-built for the joy of replicating a loved vessel, they are something exquisite indeed.
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Also available in DC output options ucklander Bruce Tantrum has created more than 200 scale-models of real-life vessels in his lifetime. He works from his garage below a block of apartments in Auckland’s Orakei. From the garage he has views of the Hauraki Gulf towards Rangitoto Island. And inside it, he brings scale-models of boats to life. His apartment is full of replicas he has crafted. He knows the history and detail of each boat intimately – possibly because he has plenty of time to ponder it while he goes through the painstaking, months-long process of creating one. Bruce was one of five brothers, born in Levin and raised in Lower Hutt. As a youngster he became fascinated by boats. His first boat was a 12’6” clinker dinghy purchased by his father, Jack, for fishing on Wellington Harbour. After retrofitting a centreboard case, rudder and centreboard, he was sailing. On a family camping trip in the tropical north Bruce discovered Auckland for the first time and knew, with his love of yachting and aspirations to be a boatbuilder, it was where he would live. Unfortunately, timing worked against him. Raised in the shadow of WWII, he visited the waterfront area that is now St Marys Bay in Westhaven in search of an apprenticeship but was told the boatbuilding industry couldn’t offer him the opportunities he needed. Instead, he became an apprentice housebuilder but kept his dream alive by building a keelboat: a 30-foot Van De Stadt design called Temptation. “A 30-footer before I turned thirty,” he quips. After crewing in the 1972 race to Noumea, he was inspired to sell Temptation and build a vessel capable of offshore racing. Paramour was a 36’ John Lidgard-designed sloop. “I asked John for a boat I knew I could afford and had room for. She was big enough for my family,” says Bruce. Even at that stage Bruce was playing with scale: “Before I started building I looked up the metric equivalent of 36 feet. It was just under 11m. So I built Paramour at 11m, which is exactly 36 foot and 2 inches.” She was clearly a very successful boat for Bruce: he
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FAR LEFT Applying the finishing details to Melodean. LEFT Bruce works from plans he finds in maritime books. BELOW The famous America’s Cup winner America, and bottom, examples of Bruce’s intricate craftsmanship.
only sold her very recently after 45 years of ownership to a couple who have taken her to the Far North to live, and his new boat, purchased with wife Shirley-Ann, is a very practical bridge-decker named Menai. “That is the next chapter. We will go cruising. At our age it’s prudent and seamanlike to always be in an environment where you can manage whatever the weather does. That involves strength. A launch is a practical, logical answer – as long as it’s wood, floating and attractive.” Model building has always appealed but he put it aside for decades while providing for his family and sailing, only picking it up again 20 years ago. His first serious model was kitset but then he started building off plans sourced from his collection of maritime books – among them the nautical classic Racing, Cruising and Design by Uffa Fox. Enlarging the plans by scanning and printing them to the size he needs gives him all of the information he needs to create a model. The scale varies according
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LEFT Many of the components are fashioned from recycled kauri, but sails and rigging are usually scrounged from his wife’s sewing box.
to the size of the real-life boat and he admits it can be difficult to get a sense of the boat from its scale. The model in his living room of the first America’s Cup winner, the 100-foot America, is the ideal scale for the size of that particular boat. “The plans show the shape and form of the boat. Then it’s a simple matter to build a model,” he says. Once he has the lines, he distils the information to create the profile shape of the vessel by cutting ply exactly to the scale he wants for the model. Next come the sections – like a rib cage – also created in ply. He builds two halves that are precisely identical but opposite and then, after planking, glues the two halves together. Some of the materials – such as the demolition kauri he uses for masts – are sourced from discarded painted plank shelves he obtained while still in the building industry, although his supply is now running low. But a great deal of what he needs is available commercially. “Model making is a global industry and the materials for building – including the planks and very fine plywood – mostly come from Europe,” he says. The spars and rigging are built by hand – sails are often made from offcuts sourced from his wife’s sewing box. Blocks and hanks are ordered from Europe. Bruce is concerned about sourcing what he needs following global supply disruptions related to the Covid-19 pandemic. “The industry has shrunk and getting it is almost impossible,” he says, explaining that the market is now too small for New Zealand shops to carry stock and it’s becoming more difficult to find special items. “Model making from scratch is difficult. You can buy kitsets but then you’re constrained by what they have.” All the models that Bruce builds are based on real vessels, 122
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though he has only been aboard a few of them. His starting point can be a boat that he admires and wants to build, and needs to find the lines for, or it can be a boat from a book that he already has the lines for. “I build them because I admire them. In a global sense they are beautiful examples of significantly inspirational boats and I want to build a fully-detailed, totally accurate model for the satisfaction of creativity. It’s like a painting or poetry that you can revisit over and over. But it’s also a historical record.” Bruce has no idea how long it takes to build each boat (or even how many he has built, although he estimates 200) but Melodean, nearly completed in his workshop, and the third he has created on commission for the same boat owner, was started six months ago. “You can’t create something of worth in five minutes. It’s not like some modern art. It’s not the way it’s done.”BNZ
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Images reflect ocean’s anguish Britain’s Mandy Barker is an international award-winning photographer raising awareness about plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, highlighting its harmful effects on marine life and humanity. aim to stimulate an emotional response in the viewer,” she says, “by combining a contradiction between initial aesthetic attraction along with the subsequent message of awareness. I have documented the impact of marine plastic for more than 10 years and I hope my work will lead to positive action in tackling this growing problem.” Barker’s work has been published in over 50 different countries and has been exhibited globally – including at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the United Nations, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Science & Technology Park in Hong Kong. Her first book – Beyond Drifting: Imperfectly Known Animals – was selected as one of the Ten Best Photography Books of 2017, while another, Altered Ocean, was chosen by The Royal Photographic Society as one of the most coveted titles and top 10 Photobooks of 2019. In June 2019 she took part in the Henderson Island Plastic Pollution Expedition which was awarded the title of an ‘Explorers Club Flag Expedition’. Only a handful of expeditions receive this recognition every year. Others include the Apollo 11 Space Mission and the dive to Challenger Deep. The latter recorded and photographed marine plastic pollution – it has now become an archive accessible to other modern-day explorers and scholars. She was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Award SPACE 2017, the world’s leading photography award for sustainability, and nominated for the Magnum Foundation Fund, LOBA Award, and the Deutsche Börse Foundation Photography Prize 2020. BNZ For more information visit www.mandy-barker.com
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WARWICK 36. Outstanding 12m Warwick. This boat is a must to inspect, fastidiously maintained and serviced to the highest standard for the present owner who has owned it for the last 20 years. The boat even has a customised boarding platform and diesel heater, you won’t be disappointed. Call Wayne to view today. $295,000.
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SEA RAY. This very well presented Sea Ray has all the comforts you need to enjoy boating. A large walk around double bed forward with huge storage area in the master. A large saloon and galley area midship with a large head and shower incorporated to port. Aft of that is a large well equipped helm station that opens out to a large cockpit suitable for entertaining or fishing this boat is a great layout and also has the benefit of air conditioning and central vac system. Call Wayne on 0274 502 654. Well priced at $269,000 a must to inspect.
LEGACY PROFISH. Launched in 2002, this Profish 30 is a stunning example of Kiwi boat building. Kept in top condition. Every space in this boat has been thoroughly and very cleverly thought-out. Very large volume cockpit for fishing, diving, entertaining and has two backdoor entrances off the swim platform. Down in the lockable cabin, twin large bunks in the aft, great size galley, head/wet-room, and two smaller bunks up forward. This Profish is ready for you to turn the key and go. Call Wayne on 0274 502 654 to arrange a viewing. $215,000.
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This almost new PRESIDENT is the ultimate in spacious comfort and an amazing electronic package just complements the vessel. A large master cabin with ensuite and TV, and the second bedroom has a double and a single bed also, both bedrooms have an intercom system and an amazing lighting systems. The vessel is fully air conditioned. There is a massive freezer and outdoor BBQ. This vessel is a must to inspect and is very impressive. Call Wayne on 0274 502 654 to arrange a viewing.
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70’ ACTIVA 6400 LUXURY. This stunning vessel is a must to inspect, a very special design concept with an outside entertainment area under cover from the above deck opening out to a huge rear deck and submersible dinghy deck that can be used for so many different purposes. Inside is a large saloon area also beautifully finished and comfortable. Forward to the galley and down stairs to the forward cabins. The helm station is located upstairs and this deck has an aft staircase for access. The vessel has a current NZ Certificate of Survey which gives you a number of options for Ownership, an added bonus for a vessel of this type. She is powered by twin Volvo D12 800 (775hp) engines, giving a cruise speed of 15-16 knots and a max speed of 20 knots. Call Wayne for more details on 0274 502 654.
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WARWICK 44 – 1988. Solidly built and luxurious, this centre cockpit cruising yacht is perfect for coastal or offshore cruising. Furling main and genoa. Lovely teak interior built by real craftsmen. Large galley and saloon area, with three separate sleeping cabins including huge master aft. Two separate heads with showers. A lot of yacht for the money. Asking $235,000.
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CONTACT US NOW TO DISCUSS. S&Ss 44 – 1976. A modern classic built from aluminium by Wanganui Boats. 2015 exterior refit. Very similar to the renowned Swan 44. A stunning yacht that performs well. Powered by 55hp Ford. Realistically priced at $95,000.
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OCEANS 11 EXTENDED – 1985. Large volume centre cockpit cruiser with hard dodger, two private cabins and two heads. Constructed of 2 skin Kauri and glassed over with scoop added in the stern. Powered by 36hp Bukh diesel. Recent new rigging and genoa 2018. Please note this is an estate sale, so some of the vessel spec is a bit sketchy. Asking $85,000.
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ROGER HILL POWER CATAMARAN 15M – 1998. Built to the highest standards by Grant Mitchell. Fast planning catamaran with cruising speed of 18 to 20 knots, powered by twin Cat 420hp. Recent major refit and upgrades for recent MSA Survey. Ideally suited for luxury private or charter use. Westhaven Berth available to rent. Asking $1,200,000.
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OYSTER 485 – HALF SHARE. If you have plans for cruising New Zealand or beyond, then this may be the ideal opportunity for you. With her “Oyster” pedigree, the yacht is superbly outfitted and maintained for serious cruising. Ideally the vessel would be based in New Zealand, with trips to the islands or beyond could all be on the cards. Half Share $275,000. Please call for further details.
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SEA RAY 3100 – 1991. With twin Volvo 200hp Volvo diesels. Well spec’ed including generator and bow thruster. Roomy interior with good accommodation. Great family vessel. Well priced at $85,000.
BAVARIA 32 CRUISER – 2010. Bruce Farr design with spacious 2 cabin layout, U shaped galley, drop down transom and large cockpit, she is an ideal coastal cruiser. As she is in survey, there is the benefit of leaving her in charter to earn her keep. Asking $149,000.
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KEN TURNER BRIDGEDECKER. 1968. Built strong from 1¼” kauri carvel. Been in survey earlier in life. GM 671 u/floor diesel recond approx. 1200 hours ago. Features an exceptionally large fishing cockpit, accom for up to 9 with extremely roomy layout, 2 saloons, two side deck doors, large compressor refrigerator etc. Has been maintained REF: BL3032 well. $115,000.
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BAVARIA AC 40. A one owner 2002 example with shallow draft wing keel. Volvo 55hp diesel gives 7.2k cruise (only 1250 hours). 3 cabin/2 heads accom for 6. New inverter/ house bank and Raymarine plotter/sounder. Been Cat 1, never chartered, and a proven REF: BY1737 performer. $187,000.
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PARTNERSHIP ½ SHARE VINDEX 350 – 1987. Located at Half Moon Bay. 1994 Volvo 230hp giving 14-22 knots. Accom for 6 in 2 cabins, fridge & freezer, plotter, RIB + O/B etc. REF: BL3095 Only $65,000 plus share marina rental.
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SALTHOUSE 52 CLASSIC BRIDGEDECK – 1966. This excellent condition Bridgedeck was built for J. R. Butler. The layout is well thought out with a large double master and various other sleeping areas. The current owner spent over $150k recently on maintenance and upgrades, including new Furuno navigation package, 52 inch TV, new diesel heating system, and too much more to list. $495,000. REF: BL3079
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CHICO 355 – 1989. Built by Keith Eade in 1989, she has nice woodwork throughout and has been well maintained. Forward Double V Berth Cabin and Double Cabin Starboard Aft and Double Open Port Aft. Comfortable Saloon. L Shaped Galley with 2 burner + Oven, Fridge and Freezer. Main Sail, Furling Genoa, No3 Genoa and REF: BY1748 Spinnaker. RIB Tender with Outboard. $120,000.
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Cruising Speed
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Accommodation
8 guests in 4 cabins
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POA*
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*Finance to approved personal applicants or commercial applicants with a registered valid NZBN (excludes fleet, government and rental buyers). Weekly repayments are the monthly equivalent of: (A) $264 for a F40LA $11,663 RRP including GST; (B) $300 for a F60LB $13,403 RRP including GST; (C) $343 for a F70LA $15,243 RRP including GST; (D) $414 for a F90LB $18,773 RRP including GST; (E) $462 for a F115LB $21,013 RRP including GST. Offer is based on an interest rate of 9.95% over a 5-year loan term with a $395 application fee and $8.05 PPSR fees. Finance is provided by Yamaha Motor Finance New Zealand Ltd. (YMF) NZBN 9429036270798 FSP 9622. Offer is subject to YMF’s credit and lending criteria. Unit price advertised includes standard rigging (6Y8 two round gauge, 703 remote, control cable 14ft, K series alloy prop). Please ask your dealer for full details. Offer available from participating Yamaha dealers which stocks last from 01/05/2021 until 30/08/2021. Units must be warranty registered and finance contracts must settle by 31/10/2021. Not in conjunction other offers.