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DROWNED CARS • SOME 4,200 NEW CARS WILL BE HEADING STRAIGHT TO THE SCRAP HEAP AFTER BEING RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN RAY CAR CARRIER WHICH RAN AGROUND IN SEPTEMBER 2019, NEAR THE PORT OF BRUNSWICK IN GEORGIA, USA.

CHINA’S SUBMERSIBLE SETS RECORD

DIXON WEARS NATIONAL CROWN – AGAIN

letters to the editor • KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A LINDSTROM 28?

LEARNING TO FLY

SAFER SAILING WITH FREE CHARTS

NAPIER’S HANDSOME MAKEOVER

BEAST SCOOPS SUPERYACHT AWARD

MAGNUS OLSSON AWARD FOR BURLING

EXCELLENT JUNIOR

Rum punch perfection • Melbourne’s International Marine has built around 60,000 boats in 60 years. Founded in 1958 by the Spooner family, the company’s produced many different power and sail boats, but now exclusively manufactures its own Caribbean range of power boats.

RESCUE ‘RUNNERS • Named after Crimean War commander Fitzroy Somerset (First Lord of Raglan), Raglan is a Waikato town nestled on Whaingaroa (Raglan) Harbour. The local Coastguard unit is a unique operation.

ECO BOATBUILDING • Old tinnies, plastic bottles and now hemp. Sam Fortescue looks at tomorrow’s building materials.

A perfect day • The Poor Knights are considered to be New Zealand’s best dive destination. But you don’t have to be a scuba guru to enjoy them. A much simpler option is hopping aboard Perfect Day – a vessel that takes day-trippers to the islands for, well, a perfect day.

THE ‘JUST RIGHT’ SYNDROME • It was like a scene from Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Thanks to some COVID rescheduling, Dickey Boats had the 32-, 36- and 45-foot versions of its Semifly designs docked at the Napier sailing club. Bliss for a journo looking for a review.

BOAT BUSINESS

BOAT SHOW GRAND PRIZE ANNOUNCED

L&B NOW REPLACES PLB1 BATTERIES

MCY 76 SKYLOUNGE STABILISED BY HUMPHREE

SALES SUCCESS AT SANCTUARY COVE

new faces

NAVETTA 64: AWARD-WINNING VALUE

RIVIERA’S 100TH 5400 SPORT YACHT

SEALEGS WINS GOLD

around the yards

RELEASES NEW GRAN TURISMO 41 MODEL

OYSTER BLUE WATER GRAND TOURER

TIWAL 3R

HOT CATCH! • Clark Gayford, host of the Fish of the Day TV programme, has pretty exacting requirements. The pressures of producing the show, along with the fishing, means that when he gets on the water everything’s got to work perfectly.

IS SHE fast ENOUGH? • The oldest – and possibly the corniest – adage about the America’s Cup has it that “the fastest boat always wins.” All three challengers are in blistering form – is ETNZ’s Te Rehutai quick enough to stay ahead?

Save your back • A yacht older than you probably doesn’t have an electric winch. If hoisting the main is beginning to disagree with your back, it may be time to invest in an eWincher.

More ZIP better attitude • TRIMMING A BOAT FOR A MORE COMFORTABLE, SAFER AND EFFICIENT RIDE HAS BECOME MUCH EASIER WITH ZIPWAKE’S FULLY-AUTOMATIC TABS, GIVING YOU MORE TIME TO ENJOY THE COMPANY AND THE BOAT.

BOAT BLING

adventure CAT • Auckland boatbuilder Stryda Marine has just released a centre-console version of its popular 6m 600C (Cabin) goanywhere amphibious cat. Equally adept at taking owners to remote destinations, the S (Sport) model’s even more tailored to sea- and land-based adventures.

Summer’s here – happy days! • One of the realities of a monthly magazine is that there is quite a bit of lead time. That means the fishing I’m enjoying in November as I write this column will be a distant memory in mid-December when the...