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EDITOR’S NOTE
To win at any cost?

L
ike many of you, I am confused and more than a little But holding the next Cup in New Zealand looks increasingly
disappointed by the stance ETNZ is taking in choosing the host unlikely. Rightly or wrongly, local funding for the event has been
venue for 37th America’s Cup. rejected, including a last-minute bid fronted by Kiwi businessman
Although affected by Covid interruptions, the last regatta Mark Dunphy. On page 28, sailor, lawyer and ex-Team New Zealand
was a resounding success and, in those heady post-victory days, Director James Farmer QC offers his thoughts on the current
I naturally assumed the next regatta would also be held in Auckland – situation. It’s fair to say he is unimpressed, but he also contends it’s
it’s now New Zealand’s Cup, after all. not too late for ETNZ to change course.
That ETNZ should take the defence offshore was inconceivable. I think the event going offshore, as now seems inevitable, is a huge
But then the shenanigans began: There isn’t enough money for a opportunity lost – a kick in the teeth for the diverse range of New
proper defence; There are better offers on the table; It’s better to hold Zealanders who got behind the Cup in the past. Here’s hoping for a
the Cup offshore; and so on. The reasons given were too many to list. last-minute reprieve.
Grant Dalton and Co. were quick to remind New Zealand that the We’ll know one way or the other at a yet to be disclosed date
America’s Cup is all about business. Emirates Team New Zealand is a when the host venue for AC37 is finally announced.
business venture that will sell the hosting rights for the next defence
to the highest bidder. Happy boating,
Never mind ETNZ holding the Government to ransom, nor the
public money already invested along the waterfront back in Auckland,
or in the team itself. It appears Dalton is willing to squander public
enthusiasm for the America’s Cup and erode years of goodwill
towards his team in a bid to ensure ETNZ retain the Auld Mug in 2024.
Defending the Cup in Auckland would allow ratepayers and
the New Zealand public to recoup some of their investment in
infrastructure and team support. It would also reward the New
Zealand public for supporting the event over so many years. For a
lot of Kiwis, me included, enjoying the benefits of hosting the Cup in
New Zealand, win or lose, is far more important than ‘guaranteeing’ an John Eichelsheim
ETNZ victory at any cost. Editor
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028 Just do it! 100 Cruising at home
Yachtsman Jim Farmer shares his thoughts on where The Covid pandemic is the thinking behind Island Cruising’s
AC37 should be defended. first ever South Island rally, to be run this summer.
BY JAMES FARMER QC BY SARAH ELL
034 Aotearoa to starboard – Pt I 106 Using your boat

The first installment of a three-part adventure describing Dave New Zealand’s marine biosecurity system is designed to prevent
and Sue Mackay’s journey of discovery around New Zealand. marine pests arriving and managing the impact of those already here.
BY DAVE MACKAY How can boaties help? By using their boats and keeping hulls clean.
BY LAWRENCE SCHAFFLER
058 Dawn of a new era 120 Cruising with the General

How a decades-long family boat building empire has happily
A Kiwi adventurer joins a crew of beer-fuelled good ol’ boys
downsized to build the world’s best coach boats.
to deliver a derelict bulk carrier across the Florida state line.
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BY LINDSAY WRIGHT
088 Waiheke wonders 130 Choosing a dinghy

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of Waiheke Island, the arms of Pūtiki Bay. and gear from the A to B. So, what dinghy should you choose?
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B O AT W O R L D B O AT W O R L D B O AT W O R L D B O AT W O R L D B O AT W O R L D
OCEAN PHOTOGRAPHER The Ocean

OF THE YEAR 2021 Photography
Awards has a simple
P
rincess Yachts, the UK’s largest yacht manufacturer,
is delighted to announce that Ningaloo Coast-based
photographer Aimee Jan has been chosen as the Ocean
Photographer of the Year 2021.
mission: to shine a
Aimee’s beautiful image of a green sea turtle surrounded by
glass fish was captured on the world-famous Ningaloo Reef in
light on the beauty
Western Australia. Chosen from thousands of submissions from
around the world, it was a unanimous winner among the seven
of the ocean and the
world-renowned Ocean Photography Awards judges. threats it faces.

GLIMPSES OF
AC PROTOCOL
T
he Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS) and
Defender Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ), along
with the Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd (RYSL) and Challenger
of Record INEOS Team UK, announced initiatives to be
included as part of the Protocol for the 37th America’s Cup due to
be published November 17th.
With the AC75 remaining as the centrepiece of the dramatic
America’s Cup racing for at least the next two editions, a new
class of boat, the one design AC40 foiling monohull, is being
introduced as a new multipurpose class which will help expand
pathways into the main event.
The AC40 will be a dynamic, powerful, scaled-down version
of the AC75 able to reach similar speeds to its big sister at times.
The new class will be the catalyst to accelerate participation in
the America’s Cup from the global talent pool of female and
youth foiling sailors via separate AC37 Women’s and Youth
America’s Cup regattas as part of the overall 37th America’s Cup
event schedule at the host venue.
Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton explains: “All
of the competing teams must purchase at least one AC40 which
will be used in the Preliminary Regattas, and then made available
for the respective and independent Women’s and Youth regattas
to be held at the venue of the AC37 Match.”
“The yacht clubs of competing AC teams must enter both the
Women’s and Youth events, however entries will also be open to
other countries and yacht clubs.”
The hope is that private owners will purchase their own
AC40s to build an exciting and accessible class for the future.
Over recent months The Defender and Challenger of Record
have been working to agree the Protocol for the next America’s
Cup which is due to be published on November 17th. Both parties
can confirm the next event will be a multi-challenger event,
ending speculation about a one-on-one event.
OCEAN DRONE HURRICANE VIDEO
S
aildrone Inc. and the US National collecting real-time observations for
Oceanic and Atmospheric numerical hurricane prediction models,
Administration (NOAA) have released which are expected to yield new insights
the first video footage gathered by into how large and destructive tropical
an uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) from cyclones grow and intensify.
inside a major hurricane barrelling across SD 1045 is one of a fleet of five
the Atlantic Ocean. ‘hurricane’ saildrones that have been
The Saildrone Explorer SD 1045 was operating in the Atlantic Ocean during the
directed into the midst of Hurricane Sam, hurricane season, gathering data around
battling 50-foot waves and winds of over the clock to help understand the physical
120mph to collect critical scientific data. processes of hurricanes. This knowledge is
Equipped with a specially designed critical to improving storm forecasting and
‘hurricane wing’ enabling it to operate is expected to reduce loss of human life
in extreme wind conditions, SD 1045 through allowing better preparedness in
braved Hurricane Sam in the open ocean, coastal communities.
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NEW RULES TO STOP PEST SEAWEED IN AOTEA
B
iosecurity New Zealand is placing legal controls on parts of
Aotea Great Barrier Island in a bid to contain the invasive
seaweed Caulerpa brachypus, while the local Mana Whenua
governance group on Aotea are supporting a dual response by
imposing a rāhui over the same areas.
Caulerpa brachypus, which has been found in Blind Bay and
Tryphena Harbour, is an Unwanted Organism under the Biosecurity Act
and can spread rapidly and create dense mats.
Biosecurity New Zealand’s Director Readiness and Response, John
Walsh, says it can be spread to new locations by small fragments and
is easily moved by people going about water activities like boating and
fishing, including dredging.
On 20 September, Biosecurity New Zealand issued legal controls,
known as a Controlled Area Notice (CAN), which make it illegal to take
seafood from Blind Bay or Tryphena Harbour. Anchoring in the two
areas without a permit is also banned. At the same time, a rāhui will be
imposed.
All equipment used for marine activities – e.g. footwear, wetsuits,
craypots, dredges and boat trailers – cannot be removed from the
controlled zones without first checking for seaweed and removing it,
leaving it in the area it came from.
Importantly, anyone wanting to move a boat that has been anchored
out of the two affected bays can only do so with a permit.
Walsh says the controls aim to protect the island’s wider coastline
while trying to not be too onerous for mana whenua and local people.
“People can still swim, dive, paddle or use a vessel in the Controlled
Areas, so long as they don’t drop anchor.”
The CAN is in place until at least the end of November.
If you believe you have seen Caulerpa brachypus somewhere
outside of Blind Bay or Tryphena Harbour, contact Biosecurity New
Zealand on 0800 80 99 66.
SWISS JOIN SAILGP
T
he new Switzerland SailGP team, led franchise for the league. This is an exciting
by Sébastien Schneiter fresh from moment for SailGP as it takes us another step
the Tokyo Olympics, is the latest to closer to growing the league to ten teams
join the global sport’s league. and twelve events, providing a consistent
The young and ambitious Swiss team will annual championship for the world’s top
carry the colours of its partner Lundin Energy professional sailors. We look forward to
around the world during the next three years. watching Sébastien and his team progress
The Swiss SailGP Team will compete in in the league and I am confident they will
the next three seasons of the SailGP league quickly become competitive alongside the
starting with Season 3 in May 2022, when best in the world.”
they will go head-to-head against teams filled The Swiss team’s crew will mainly
with Olympic medallists, World Champions comprise of young Swiss sailing talent,
and America’s Cup winners from Australia, managed by experienced international sailor
Denmark, France, Great Britain, Japan, Spain, Tanguy Cariou. Swiss Finn champion Nils
New Zealand and the United States. Racing Theuninck and Arthur Cevey also join the
takes place in identical supercharged F50 team, which is set to grow rapidly.
catamarans, engineered for intense racing at The team’s aim for the first season is to
speeds exceeding 100km/h. get up to speed with the class and learn the
SailGP CEO Sir Russell Coutts said: “We new boat, before seeking top performances.
are very pleased to welcome Sébastien and www.SailGP.com www.lundin-energy.com
the Swiss team to SailGP – a new expansion

WANTED:
REPORT TAGGED
SCHOOL SHARKS
M
assey University PhD student Alex
Burton would like your help in
recording sightings of school sharks.
Alex is researching the life history
of school sharks from around New Zealand,
gathering further information on their life stages,
growth rates, seasonal movements and habitat
use. Also known as tope, school sharks can be Green serial numbered marker tags attached to school sharks
found throughout New Zealand from sheltered
harbours to beyond the continental shelf. School
sharks range in size from 30cm to 180cm and are
easily identified by their translucent snout, greyish
upper body, and distinctively shaped tail.
A sample of school sharks have been fitted
with electronic satellite tags and green serial-
numbered marker tags. If you catch one of these
tagged sharks, please record the following details
along with any photos or interesting observations
you make e.g., scars, gender, etc. If possible,
please release the shark again to continue the
research
A mini-PAT satellite tag attached to an adult school shark Kaipara Harbour 2021
1. Date captured
2. Tag serial number Please report these details via the online recapture form at:
https://tindaleresearch.org.nz/tagging-program/fish-tag-recovery-form/
3. Overall length measurement
Alternatively, you can email the details to tindaleresearch@xtra.co.nz or scan the QR code.
4. GPS location Burton is also interested in school shark sightings. If you see or catch a school shark,
5. Depth of water whether tagged or not, please report the sighting by emailing tindaleresearch@xtra.co.nz
SLEEPER PESTS WOKEN

BY CLIMATE CHANGE
T
urtles could become New Zealand’s next major pest due to a
warming climate.
Red-eared slider turtles are one of many ‘sleeper pests’ that
Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council fears high summer
temperatures may turn into a major threat to native ecosystems.
Sleeper pests are already present in the environment, but unlikely to
breed successfully due to the current climate conditions. But with climate
change bringing warmer average temperatures more pest plants may
begin producing viable seed and pest animals successfully raising young.
Regional Council Biosecurity Officer Garrick McCarthy said the team
is already starting to see abandoned and escapee pets reproducing and
thriving in environments they previously had been unable to live in.
“We have found viable red-eared slider turtle eggs in Tauranga’s
Red-eared
Carmichael Reserve, and a Plecostomus [pleco], an ornamental catfish
slider turtles
from the Amazon, living in a stormwater drain in Papamoa,” he said.
may already
“We also have video evidence of an Eastern water dragon swimming
be breeding
above the McLaren Falls...”
successfully in
Red-eared slider turtles have been reported from Rotorua’s Te Arawa
New Zealand.
lakes and are well established in the Auckland region.
The pleco is an
The Invasive Species Specialist Group has listed the red-eared slider
invasive pest fish
turtle as one of the world’s 100 worst invasive species. The fear is, with
in the USA and
rising temperatures due to climate change, eggs will hatch and females
elsewhere.
will be produced. An adult female can lay up to 150 eggs in one year.

B O AT W O R L D B O AT W O R L D B O AT W O R L D B O AT W O R L D B O AT
OBITUARY
LAURIE DAVIDSON
T
he worldwide yachting fraternity was saddened to hear of Laurie
Davidson passing the bar on October 4, aged 94. Davidson’s
long list of championship winners in dinghy, keeler and IOR
classes, along with his America’s Cup (AC) involvement, made
him one of New Zealand’s most successful yacht designers.
Born in 1926 in Dargaville, Davidson designed his first boat
aged 20 – the M Class Myth made other M Class dinghies obsolete
overnight. Davidson designs would dominate the M class for the
next four decades.
Davidson made his name as an international designer with
successful IOR yachts such as Blitzkrieg, Fun, Waverider, Pendragon,
Shockwave, Great Fun and Outward Bound. He also designed
production yachts including the Davidson 31, 28 and 35.
In 1986 Davidson, Ron Holland and Bruce Farr teamed up to design
the yachts for New Zealand’s first AC campaign. The trio’s final design –
KZ7 – came agonisingly close to winning the Louis Vuitton Cup and the
right to challenge the Australians for the 1987 AC. Class), two Volvo boats for the d’Juice Dragon team and the 88m proa
Davidson joined Team New Zealand and, with Doug Peterson, motor yacht Asean Lady.
designed NZL 32 which won the 1995 AC. Davidson then designed Davidson was never big on self-promotion, but he was
NZL60, which successfully defended the AC in 2000. He remains nonetheless highly-regarded within the yachting industry. In 2000 he
one of the very few AC designers to have designed both a winning was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit and in
challenger and defender. 2007 inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame. He also received a
Davidson’s later work included Teddy Bear, Starlight Express, John Britten Award.
Canterbury Export, Jumping Jack Flash, Emotional Rescue, another Davidson is survived by his wife Kay.
Shockwave, Jive Talking, Pendragon IV (which inspired the TP52 By John Macfarlane
WETLANDS IMPERILLED
“Wetlands are critically important – at But the new consultation, which
F
orest & Bird is calling out the
Government for backtracking on storing carbon, reducing flood flows, and closes on 27 October, proposes ‘additional
crucial freshwater reforms. providing habitat for native species.” consenting pathways’ for a range of
The proposal to allow mining, Over 90% of wetlands in Aotearoa have industries giving them the ability to destroy
quarrying, landfills, and urban development been destroyed, with more continuing to wetlands.
to destroy wetlands was quietly released be lost through poor compliance and bad The proposal could enable dumps to
as a consultation called Managing resource management decisions. destroy wetlands, urban development to
our wetlands by the Ministry for the “The new rules, which we only gained drain waterways, and hundreds of quarries
Environment in early September. a year ago, are absolutely crucial in turning around the country to bulldoze through
“This proposal makes a mockery around the loss of wetlands in Aotearoa,” fragile native ecosystems.
of attempts made to address the loss says Mr Hague. In addition to pathways for industry,
of wetlands and the degraded state of Except in limited circumstances, the changes further dilute the definition of
freshwater in New Zealand,” says Forest & the National Environment Standard on a natural wetland, leaving a path open for
Bird Chief Executive Kevin Hague. Freshwater Management made earthworks drainage, agricultural conversion and heavy
“Allowing further destruction of within or near a natural wetland a grazing, says Forest & Bird.
wetlands is also directly contrary to the prohibited activity if those works are likely www.forestandbird.org.nz
Climate Change Commission’s advice. to drain the wetland.

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TF35 OPEN WATER RACING
T
he new cutting-edge TF35 hydro- has delivered on its design brief. The TF35 The season started in April with the fleet
foiling catamarans had their first has been designed to offer top-level foiling ghosting on foils around the racecourse
open water regatta in Scarlino, Italy, to a wider audience of sailors. With earlier in the light breezes typical of the lake. In
September 9-12, hosted by Yacht take-off speeds, guaranteed foiling upwind contrast, the Swiss stage finished with the
Club Isole di Toscana. and downwind and a fully automatic flight fleet charging the finish line of the 82nd
The first five events of the TF35’s control system, the TF35 uses the latest edition of the Bol d’Or Mirabaud at 36 knots.
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Geneva. performance and simplify high-speed foiling be held on open water.
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COASTGUARD
GIFTED MĀORI NAME Monty
Morrisson,
Te Arawa Lakes
C
oastguard New Zealand was gifted an ingoa Māori – Trust, left,
Tautiaki Moana Aotearoa – by Te Arawa iwi at a special and Callum
ceremony at Te Papaiouru Marae in Rotorua. Gillespie, Chief
Tautiaki Moana is more than just a name,” says Executive,
Coastguard New Zealand CEO, Callum Gillespie. “It’s a way in which Coastguard
New Zealand –
we conduct ourselves personally and how we go about our mission Tautiaki Moana
of saving lives at sea.’’ Aotearoa.
The word tautiaki is similar to kaitiaki, meaning guardian. The
difference is that tautiaki is based in action – the actions taken
provide the guardianship.
“From responding to boaties in need at 3am to education,
fundraising and everything in between, our actions allow us
to tautiaki everyone who enjoys our beautiful waters,” adds Callum. understand the importance of engaging effectively with Māori,
Tautiaki Moana was gifted to Coastguard Rotorua Lakes a few says Gillespie. “With the social outcomes for Māori being
years ago by Ngāti Whakaue, a Te Arawa hapu. Last year Coastguard worse than that of Pākehā, including death and hospitalisation
asked Te Arawa if the name could be used for the whole organisation because of drowning, Coastguard has a responsibility, to work
and were delighted when they gave their strong support. better with Māori to help improve these outcomes.”
Coastguard is committed to ensuring its volunteers and staff www.coastguard.co.nz

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Rae Line Fun
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180 XS
WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY

BY MATT VANCE
Christchurch-based Rae Line’s latest is the 180 XS featuring Volvo

Penta’s new Aquamatic Sterndrive V6 200 DPS – potent petrol power
in a stylish bowrider package that’s bound to turn heads.

hen I reviewed the Rae Line 205 a while mesmerised by the looks, but if I squinted and concentrated
W
ago, I was rambling on about the bowrider hard I could see underneath it all a well-proven, sea-kindly
thing and how it reminded me of the Wella practicality applied to the bowrider concept. It was the kind of
Woman, glossy magazines and Florida. trick I have come to expect from the Christchurch boatbuilder
When Ben from Sports Marine rolled and I could not wait to get this latest addition to the Rae Line
into the carpark with the latest version of range in the water.
the Rae Line 180 XS hitched on the back I wanted to yell “Move
over Wella Woman and don’t forget your shampoo… James CONSTRUCTION
Bond has arrived!” So often good design is about finding something that works and
The gleaming black hull and faux-leather trim with the building on it. The Rae Line 180 XS has been developed from
sleek look only an inboard configuration can achieve had 007 the popular 185 bowrider, which has a reputation for being
written all over it. It would have been easy to stop there and be stable, fast and soft-riding.

The cockpit and transom have been skilfully modified
to allow for an inboard sterndrive. This makes the cockpit
marginally shorter than the 185 Outboard model, but it does
provide a more useable swim deck, especially when the swim
platform is added.
The result is a sleeker-looking package and lower centre of
gravity, as well as a more skier-friendly transom layout. The
structure of the boat includes stringers and a bow bulkhead,
all contained in a foam-filled floor liner. The result is a strong,
dry hull with plenty of curves to catch the eye.
LAYOUT
Like the hull, the layout of the Rae Line 180 XS has had some
clever thinking applied to it – in the style of an American
bowrider. The 180 XS is a dual-console boat with forward
seating and a large cockpit; she is also one of the roomiest
18-footers around. The wide bow area has cushioned
U-shaped seating with plenty of space for lounging. There is
generous storage under the seats to accommodate the clutter
that comes with a family day out on the water.
ABOVE The 180 XS’s interior is stylish and nicely-finished with

excellent attention to detail.
BELOW The hull boasts 19o of deadrise at the transom with full
length strakes and plenty of volume and flare forward.

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Further aft there is a large underfloor locker

for skis and fishing rods. The walk-through
between the dual consoles is accessed via a hinged D6 440 DPI
windscreen and when bow riding is not an option
the whole forward cockpit can be covered with a
domed and zipped canvas tonneau cover.
The starboard-helm console is well laid
out with great access to the dash electronics
and good 360o visibility. The ‘one screen for
all’ Simrad package makes for a clean, elegant
dash in keeping with the style of the boat. The
swivelling helm chair offers the comfort of a
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The striking paint job adds to the head-
turning looks of the 180 XS. It was developed
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It features full-gloss black running right
throughout the boat, set off by a contrasting
silver metal-flake stripe running from the deck

back down into the hull and into a reverse stripe.
Both the bow and main cockpits are elegantly trimmed in
Ultralon U-Dek, black on teak, which matches the bold, Bond-like
...with the ability to
colour scheme. turn heads while you
At the aft end of the cockpit, the usual outboard
configuration gives way to an inboard engine box with seats
are having fun with
on either side. The engine box forms the basis of the multi- the family, the 180 XS
stepped swim deck ending in the swim platform which extends could be for you.
out over the sterndrive. The sleek styling complements the
powerhouse 200hp freshwater-cooled Aquamatic Sterndrive
V6 200 DPS, a new integrated package from Volvo Penta with Upon walking around the 180, my first impression is of refined
more boogie than a Year Nine disco. elegance. There are probably larger 18-footers around but not
many as pleasing to the eye.
ON THE WATER Under the good looks, there is some clever engineering.
With a Tuesday afternoon to ourselves, we had plenty of room Every conceivable space has been used to enhance the onboard
on the boat ramp to get a first look at the Rae Line 180 XS. experience, from the helm station to the boat’s generous and
TOP L-R The sterndrive is

tucked away under the swim
platform; Luxury and comfort
no matter where you sit; The
new 200hp Volvo is the boat’s
performance heart.
RIGHT The Rae Line 180 XS

rides and handles well. Top
speed is 40 knots.

The Dynamic Trim Control
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Chine
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performance than trim tabs 3D-Accelerometer Control
Now at the push of a button, you can get immediate

lift and stability for a safe, comfortable ride and
you don’t have to pay a fortune.
ingenious storage options. As with other Rae
Lines I have reviewed, the detail is immaculate.
As luck would have it, our photo boat was a
Rae Line 185, so it was an exercise in compare and
contrast all afternoon. From the photo boat, we
were able to get some good angles on the 180 XS.
She has a sure-footed, solid look on the water,
trims nicely and her wake made little fuss. The
Volvo V6 has the sound to match the boat’s sports
car looks. This powerplant seems a good match for
the 180 XS, which looked well within her comfort JOYSTICK
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authoritative growl from the V6 Volvo. Her with minimal wake. A short sprint towards
deep-vee hull profile, full-ish bow sections Lyttelton gave us some harbour slop to
and well-positioned chines offer a two-stage contend with, but the boat’s weight and
dampening to any chop that might threaten high freeboard ensured a dry ride, while the
to cause a slam. hull – which responded well to trim – soaked HIGHLIGHTS
The chines also showed their worth up all the bumps. The windscreen was at a
during some tight manoeuvring. Their comfortable height, diverting much of the
length and placement work together with slipstream blast while maintaining excellent
the low centre of gravity provided by the visibility and offering great ergonomics.
inboard gave a noticeable bite to the hull We enjoyed comfortable cruising in
in the corners. There was a reassuring the 3,000-3,800rpm range, which gave us
sensation that the hull would not let between 23-29 knots. This is a large sweet
go, which was backed up by the grip of spot, which still left plenty of performance
the Aquamatic drive, which showed no at the top end to push the boat well over Rae Line
indication of cavitation – a sure sign of a 40 knots. 180 XS
well-sorted motor and hull package. If you want a bowrider with an engine
The whole Rae Line package provided that can be heard but not seen, with the PRICE AS REVIEWED
$101,787
acceleration and a fun factor similar to a big ability to turn heads while you are having
jet-ski or a muscled-up jetboat. fun with the family, the 180 XS could be for MANUFACTURED BY
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loa 5.49m
beam 2.29m
draft – drive down 91.4cm
draft – drive up 43.2cm
dry weight 953kg
deadrise 19 degrees
engine Volvo penta V6 petrol
fuel 83.3 litres
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OPINION
WORDS BY JIM FARMER
PHOTOGRAPHY SUPPLIED
A M E R I C A ’ S C U P
JUST DO IT
and positivity
The following commentary is
re-published with permission.
It was first posted on September 20
by yachtsman Jim Farmer as
a Legal Commentary column on
his website James Farmer QC:
www.jamesfarmerqc.co.nz
eptember 17 was the drop-dead date by which, according Covid pandemic that had made it impossible for team members
S to previous statements emanating from Team New

Zealand, the venue for the next Defence of the America’s
Cup (AC37) from the short list chosen of Cork, Valencia
and Jeddah would – indeed must – be announced.
Well, September 17 has been and gone and it seems it wasn’t a
drop-dead date after all. According to news reports Team NZ has
decided on a delay, for an unspecified period. That may be because
to visit the venue options.” But all is not lost. “With a fresh
ballot for MIQ places opening up,” it is said, “Team New Zealand
will apply for positions there and look to get key personnel on
the ground in Europe and Saudi Arabia”, likely it is further said
to be the team’s COO and internal legal advisor.
Even in a media world where fact and fiction are often
confused, the notion that a foreign venue is viable given more
the Irish Government has said that it would need six months time lacks credulity. The Irish suggestion has been subjected
to undertake due diligence on the event. And a [recent] report to increasing political and public opposition and the latest
from the Irish Business Post suggests that a new analysis, just costings referred to above surely sound the death knell to Cork
completed by the Irish Department of Tourism and Sport, has as a venue. Valencia has publicly withdrawn from the process.
found deficiencies in EY’s original 150 million euros cost estimate The late off-course substitute of Barcelona is described by my
for infrastructure, holding the event and payment of a host fee to Spanish America’s Cup contacts as “fake news”.
Team NZ and that a more realistic figure is 400 million euros. And so back to Jeddah? Really! My last column pointed
The TNZ spin on the deferment decision is that “the process out the unacceptability of Jeddah to this country, which has a
had been complicated by the difficulties presented by the global proud human rights and gender equity record and that finds

terrorism abhorrent. So too will other teams (certainly
those from the United States) and their sponsors.
The reality of Team NZ concluding a deal with a
foreign city for the hosting of AC37 is that, as one report
put it: the Emperor has no Clothes. As Heather du Plessis-
Allan said on Newstalk ZB recently: “It looks like Grant
Dalton might just need New Zealand after all. He’s played
such a big game with this, rejecting the government
package to keep it here because he didn’t think it was
enough, and just winding people up with a perceived
sense of ingratitude for all the millions we’ve ploughed
into getting Auckland City ready for the last event.”
Dalton’s position, when he addressed the members
of the RNZYS back in June, is that unless he can chase
the big bucks offshore (assuming that they exist), we
will lose the Cup if it is held in Auckland. He came
back to this theme later: “Those who can’t remember
the past are condemned to repeat it and in 2003 in
this country the America’s Cup – a couple of the guys
were involved then, it was before my time – but it was
a disaster, and we have [no] interest in repeating that
sort of disaster with an underfunded, hobbled team”
(Radio New Zealand – 17 September 2021).
Hmm… A couple of points by way of rejoinder. There
is no suggestion that TNZ was underfunded in 2003;
the issue was a radically designed boat with an ultra-
light rig that lacked full testing and development. Nor
was TNZ underfunded in San Francisco in 2013 when
it suffered the humiliation of losing when ahead 8-1
on match point. It would seem that Dalton has failed
to remember that particular “disaster” in his own past,
even though he was a major contributor to it. Nor
was it underfunded when it successfully and superbly
defended the Cup in Auckland this year.
So where to now if, leaving aside the spin, there is
no credible or acceptable foreign host city on offer? The
answer is to be found in the authoritative English
Rule 69 blog written by Magnus Wheatley, regarded BOATING GEAR SPECIALISTS!
as one of the very top America’s Cup journalists. In
two postings written in September (“Just do it” and
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but who is steeped in the history and tradition of the America’s Mark Dunphy, majority owner of Greymouth Petroleum, stating
Cup. If the Defence does go offshore, he concludes, it will be a unequivocally that private money is available in New Zealand
decision that will haunt, a mis-step that the Kiwi public won’t for the $80 million gap that TNZ claims is needed to bridge the
forget and the start of a dramatic decline in New Zealand’s gap between the amount its own commercial sponsors would
passion for the competition. Right now, he says, New Zealand provide (also $80 million), Government money ($31-40 million
is “the pinnacle in sporting and hosting terms – why would cash but another $60 million in kind).
you give that up for anything?” The first of his two postings Dunphy has received strong pushback from TNZ and from
ends with a firm judgment that “the right thing to do is host in Dalton in particular in media statements that Wheatley, in the
Auckland … [that would be] a famous victory for common sense second of his blogs, describes as being “intentionally divisive
and decency.” narrative around Mark Dunphy”. This needs to change, he says,
To similar effect in the latest edition of Seahorse, the and Dunphy’s “bravery in tabling the bid and corralling backers
magazine of the Royal Ocean Racing Club, in his regular needs to be applauded”. Team NZ, he says, “must get onboard
column, Rod Davis (former Team New Zealand skipper and quickly. This is a saviour moment.” He is rightly scathing of the
coach and Olympic Gold Medal Winner) interprets Dalton’s foreign bids:
assertion that Team NZ and the America’s Cup are a business “The foreign bids, let’s be honest here, are a pack of cards
“and we will treat it that way” as meaning that it’s not what teetering on the brink. They are Sirens calling the Cup on the
Team NZ needs but what it can get. rocks. Every way you look at them, there’s 99 problems and the
A business? Rod doesn’t hold back: “REALLY boys!! When the simple fact is that New Zealand magnificently won the Cup in
New Zealand government sinks hundreds of millions of dollars March with fabulous, bought-in-home support amidst gloomy
into your challenges and defences and bends the rules to allow global times and the public deserve to have the next defence in
America’s Cup teams and their families into the country in the home waters.”
middle of a world pandemic.” But then, he says, “maybe it is just a Wheatley repeats his view that an Auckland ‘post-pandemic
business decision. Nothing personal New Zealand, just business – open-for-business’ hosted AC37 in 2024, with the introduction
you can watch it on pay TV. That is the new shape of the America’s of the AC40s as supporting acts for women and youth sailing,
Cup. Just doesn’t feel right to this Old Boy.” will be “the most successful, glamorous, inclusive, positive
Back to the money (‘needed’ as opposed to ‘wanted’) and America’s Cup in history”. He urges the RNZYS, the New
let’s assume (though with a large degree of scepticism) that the Zealand Government and Team NZ itself to be “immensely
total cost for Event and Team is $200 million. Enter left stage supportive and collaborative … to get Auckland over the line.”

Leaving aside the current Dalton spin and the nonsensical Dunphy representing the private funders – together to make sure
reference to 2003, it is obvious that Team NZ, in its own an Auckland Defence of AC37 happens. And, to adopt the final
interests as well as those of Auckland and New Zealand, should word of an Englishman (Magnus Wheatley), no less, on the subject:
take seriously Mark Dunphy’s overture. Regrettably, however, “Don’t let this descend into a mud-slinging, ping-pong battle
Grant Dalton’s only response to date on the Dunphy proposal of words, get an agreement to work together in place and get
has been to say that for reasons of “good governance” he needs the job done. It’s the Kiwi way.”
to know the names of all the contributors to Dunphy’s proposal. [Declarations of interest: I have acted professionally as counsel
Hmm… again. Senior business journalists (Fran O’Sullivan, both against Greymouth Petroleum and, more recently, for it. I was
NZ Herald, and Patrick Smellie, BusinessDesk) last year, when also a director of Team New Zealand from 2004 to 2013. I have
the standards of the internal accounting of Team NZ and its been urging on this blog that the America’s Cup should be defended
sister company America’s Cup Events were under Government in New Zealand in a number of postings since December 2017,
scrutiny, commented on the adverse governance of the when the Cup was regained by the RNZYS and Team NZ and the
structure and operation of those companies – separate boards prospect of it being defended offshore was first raised.]
seemingly but with Dalton as CEO of both. – Jim Farmer, 20 September, 2021.
That position has not improved. To the contrary, nearly www.jamesfarmerqc.co.nz/Legal-Commentary/america-s-cup-just-
four months ago, Sir Stephen Tindall vacated his position as do-it-and-positivity BNZ
Chairman of Team NZ and resigned from the board. Dalton
assumed the position of ‘Acting’ Chairman of TNZ, which he
SINCE THEN...
continues to hold today. It’s actually worse. Sir Stephen resigned
Emirates Team New Zealand and RNZYS have decided to cease all
his position as one of the two trustees of the Team NZ Trust (a correspondence and any dealings with Mr Dunphy based on what they term
charitable trust) that owns the shares in TNZ. Dalton took his “clear evidence”of his and his associate Dr. Hamish Ross’ conflicted actions,
which “they have refused to come clean on”.
place. In conventional company law and governance terms, the ETNZ asserts Dr Ross, a legal counsel with Alinghi during its 2003, 2007 and
CEO is accountable to the board, the board is accountable to 2010 campaigns, and Mr Dunphy (both members of the RNZYS) intentionally
lobbied the NYYC to take legal action against the Challenger of Record in the
the shareholders. Not sure that Grant should be the one to be New York Supreme Court, with a purpose of intentionally disrupting the venue
expressing concern about corporate governance. selection process.
Now is the time for the RNZYS to step forward out of the “The actions of Mr Dunphy and Dr Hamish Ross clearly do not represent the
best and honest intentions towards the RNZYS and Emirates Team New Zealand,
shadows and take the lead in getting all the stakeholders – the as they portray in their press releases and in public,” ETNZ stated in a press
Squadron itself, Team NZ, the Government, the Council, Mark release dated September 21.

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only a little at first and get your engine serviced by a qualified
to complicate the recipe) marine mechanic.
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DAVE & SUE MACKAY
IN COOK’S WAKE
Sue in
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back for a ride on the stern wave. Over and over, mother and
baby part of the entourage. Their escort served us well, quelling
the anxiety that comes with putting to sea in blustery conditions.
Sailing down the east coast of both the North and South
Islands in November and December, we enjoyed ‘city breaks’ in
the ports and harbours along the way. In Tauranga we sat out
gales for a week, visiting friends and utilising the yacht services
and chandleries for those ‘last few jobs’ on Flying Cloud.
After the remoteness of the East Cape region with
miles of coastline and beaches and very few signs of
habitation, Gisborne with its restaurants and cafés felt quite
cosmopolitan. In Napier, we enjoyed the hospitality of the
very accommodating Napier Sailing Club and took time out to
explore the architecture of the Art Deco capital of the world (the
city was rebuilt after the devastating earthquake of 1931 in the
Art Deco style of the day). We enjoyed the company of farmer
friends in the hills as we waited for a weather window for one of
the longer legs of the journey, the two-day passage to Lyttelton.
Mick, Johnny and Johnny Mac joined me for this leg, which
was going to be tight to fit in before the predicted southerly
bluster. Meteorologist Roger Badham’s comment “you are really
going to want to be in before the southerly hits” made a suitable
impression on us!
It didn’t look like a lot of wind ahead of us as we closed on
Lyttelton Heads. We were motoring in less than 10 knots of
breeze but the temperature was plummeting. By the time we
were in the harbour, we had rain squalls with 30-plus knots and
the guys were clamouring for extra layers. Safely tied up in the

OPPOSITE Preservation Inlet with the Spit Islands in
the background.
LEFT Johnny and Adam preparing smashed mussels;

Common dolphins in the Firth of Thames, above.
marina, we wasted no time finding a pub with a fire. Yes, we Friends who had cruised this way before suggested that
really were glad to be in before that one hit! we connect with Captain Cook’s movements up and down the
As we sailed south, the seriousness of where we were headed coast of New Zealand as we went. On the leg from Tauranga to
was reinforced. We have sailed over 20,000 miles in Flying East Cape we stopped for the night behind Moutohora Island
Cloud, mostly coastal New Zealand north of Auckland and (Whale Island) off Whakatane. Sue and Jan – who had joined
out into the Pacific, with trips to Tahiti, Fiji, Tonga and New us for the leg from Tauranga to Gisborne – both felt queasy
Caledonia, encountering some heavy weather along the way. from a lumpy leftover nor-easterly swell as we negotiated the
It was important not to view this trip as anything less rigorous reefs to the northwest of the island. As described in Cook’s
than crossing an ocean. journals, the Endeavour had to negotiate these same reefs to
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as it must have
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his crew...
anchor behind the island in 1769. We marvelled life has yet seen, black be the mark for it, and heaven
MAIN PICTURE
at the seamanship, vision and intuition of Cascade Basin, send that such may never return to embitter future
this great seafarer and his crew. Here were we, Long Sound – reflection”.
waterfalls and
coming in with every navigation aid known to steep-sided The closest we felt to Cook was in Dusky Sound in
the modern sailor, but they were a million miles fiords. Fiordland. The remoteness of the place has kept it largely
from help, feeling their way through hazardous, ABOVE L-R
unchanged since Cook was there on Resolution during his
unchartered waters. Native birds like second voyage to Aotearoa in 1771. We had a reasonable
We continued to connect with Cook. In this bellbird are weather window with 15-knot nor-westerlies to make
under threat
Tolaga Bay, we explored Freshwater Cove off everywhere; The the move from Chalky Inlet to Dusky Sound in early
which Endeavour anchored for several days after sea’s bounty February (a stretch of coast with the potential to be
meant we never
being told by local Maori that they could find went hungry; every bit as wild as Puysegur Point to the south) and we
freshwater and firewood there. Magnificent were grateful that friends TL and Harriet had joined us
Bullers albatross
In Gisborne, we felt the tragedy of Cook’s first were our daily to share the sailing.
landing in New Zealand where the encounters companions We rounded the west cape of New Zealand and then
between local Maori and Cook’s crew went in the Deep the south point of Dusky Sound and the sea calmed
South; Dusky
horribly wrong. Five Maori were killed. Joseph Sound seal pups down as we sailed into the inlet. Needing a place to
Banks onboard Endeavour recorded in his journal, frolicking in a anchor, we decided on Pickersgill Harbour. Entering
rock pool.
“Thus ended the most disagreeable day my through the narrow North Channel as the Resolution had

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PREPARING FOR THE TRIP
your
Aquatic
We could not have had a better platform to begin with than
Flying Cloud, a 47ft cutter-rigged sloop. The original owner had
her built to sail down to the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand.
Passion
Designed by Paul Whiting and built by his brother Tony in solid
GRP and finished by Allan Porter, she is a ‘go anywhere’ boat – an
incredibly strong, heavy displacement, fast sailing boat.
Some years ago, with this trip in the back of our minds, we
had her re-powered with a 110hp Yanmar engine and a four-blade
Maxprop. The advice from experienced operators out of Stewart Superyachts Recreational Boats
Island and Fiordland was that to go this far south you need to be able
to motor into 50 knots coming in and out of harbours and fiords.
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Being a cutter-rigged sloop, we have a range of sail and
reefing combinations available to us without having to deal with
any over-sized sails. Being fast under both motor and sail allowed
us to use narrower weather windows to get out and around and Diesel Marine Engines
back into shelter. (Note that we met other yachts that lacked our Recreational pleasure-craft
motoring and/or sailing capabilities and they all fared well. But engines and Commercial engines
their movements were more restricted and their comfort tested as Common-rail technology
they were forced to endure rougher conditions).
dvanced efficiency,
A
The best bit of kit we added to the boat for the trip was the
‘clears’ which totally enclosed the cockpit, effectively giving us an lower emissions
additional room on the boat. When it rained, we felt less confined
and the inside of the boat stayed drier.
40-440 MHP
Sandfly screens are a necessity for Fiordland! We had screens
made for the forward and main saloon hatches which were held
in place with velcro. The screen over the companionway had a Electric Boat Drives
zip, making for quick entry and exit. Sandflies can drive you mad For kayaks, dinghies,
if you give them a chance, so you really want to make sure they
sailboats and yachts up
can’t get in! However they don’t like wind or rain, or being far
from shore, so cruising down the middle of a fiord was generally to 120 feet.
sandfly-free. Fly-spray worked well sprayed out through the Compact powerful
screen in advance to clear the cockpit ahead of moving out there. outboards
We also had commercially-available fine mesh veils which fitted L
ight and space-saving
over our hats. Insect repellent was an essential.
pod drives
What we should have had installed was a heater. We were
lucky and the season was predominantly fine, but just two or
three days of incessant rain, which you can count on at some
stage, leaves everything damp.
Fiordland was the only part of the trip where we had to think
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to manoeuvre a bulky sailing ship through such a tight entrance.
With virgin bush right to the water’s edge (except for the trees
cleared from Astronomers Point to observe the heavens and
pinpoint the latitude and longitude), it felt much the same to us as
it must have for Cook and his crew.
Except for the fauna. Where the coastal and forest birds had
been abundant (the explorers could dine well), those that remain
are struggling to survive.
Luncheon Cove, a short sail across Dusky Inlet from Pickersgill
Harbour, where Cook’s shore party had dined on crayfish and
we watched seal pups play, is on the south side of Anchor Island.
This is the epicentre of a national effort led by the Department of
Conservation to save and protect native wildlife threatened with
extinction. The plight of our native birds in particular, and the
monumental effort of a few people to save them, went to the heart
of our Fiordland experience. For us, being here amongst this vast,
remote wilderness of such stunning beauty and realising all was
not right took on profound significance.
The conservation effort is told beautifully in Tamatea
Dusky by Peta Carey: the people and their work; the trials and
tribulations; the constant barrage of incoming predators; the
wins and the losses as they bide time staving off extinctions
until more help can be found.
It started with Richard Henry, who in the 1890s set himself
up on Pigeon Island just to the north of Anchor Island, capturing
kiwi and kakapo off the mainland and transferring them to
island sanctuaries to escape the invasion of stoats and rats. The
remains of his wharf, house and kiwi enclosures are still there
today, 120 years later. As we looked around, we could not help
ABOVE Sue and Harriet wearing sandfly gear but be touched by the dedication of a lone man whose keen
and Timaru’s mooring zone. observations and meticulous note-taking has served as reference
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roundup
WORDS BY KEVIN GREEN

AND JOHN EICHELSHEIM
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Multihulls, both power

and sail, offer incredible
liveability and even thrills for Multiple
Choice
those in need of speed, plus
there have never been more
models on offer.

COMPREHENSIVE
MULTIHULL
GUIDE
hat follows is a mostly European-centric mix of

sleek performers, canny cruisers and cool powercats.
W Choosing one to suit your lifestyle takes research, but

research can be an excuse for a European holiday to
places such as the world’s largest multihull show, La
Grande Motte (20 April 2022) on the Mediterranean
coast of France, or other prestigious locations such as the Cannes Boat
Show (September) and other smaller regional events.
Before the pandemic, extending your holiday by including a factory
hand-over was also popular, followed by a season cruising the Med before
shipping the new boat home. With rising vaccination rates, hopefully this
will soon be popular once more. Closer to home, Asia has several multihull
builders, as do Australia and New Zealand.

Compact Cruisers
STARTING SMALL, for both budget and seamanship purposes, area has increased slightly to compensate.
is often a good idea – one reason the upcoming Bali 4.2 is The 55 is the latest from market leader Lagoon, the same
included. Hugely spacious, thanks to fore and aft cockpits, plus size as the model that launched the brand in 1987. The 2021
a vast flybridge, it still manages to move along quite well, or at version was unveiled in March, when the company gave a
least its predecessor did when I sailed it in France. global press briefing at the CNB yard in Bordeaux as the first
Similarly, the South African-built Leopard 42 has the hull slid into the river. Curvaceous is a word that describes
same philosophy in a manageable 42-foot base, as visitors this 55-footer, but expect it to be highly functional with all sail
to Sanctuary Cove 2021 found when stepping onto its vast controls and fixtures just where they should be.
transom-level swim platform. The yard also launched a livelier range of catamarans two
Moving up a size notch, the larger catamarans really years ago, the Excess range. The first Excess 12 arrived in
showcase the space and versatility of the concept. Dominated Australia earlier this year and will arrive in New Zealand
by the global leaders, such as Fountaine Pajot with the new towards the end of the year. It’s definitely much livelier
Berret-Racoupeau designed FP 51, which replaces the popular than sistership Lagoons and offers much more feel, given its
Saba 50 that sold 200 units. Heavier than its predecessor outboard located twin helms and al fresco steering.
(18.1 tonnes whereas the Saba weighed only 15.7), the sail
EXCESS 12
The Excess 12 rewards the keen sailor with a lively SPECIFICATIONS

performance, especially with its optional Pulse sail plan, length 11.73m
yet retains most of the features from its Lagoon sister ships, beam 11.46m
with a full cruising interior and generous saloon space. draft 1.35m
The lounge can become a bed and the galley is ideally displacement 10,300kg
placed for serving cockpit dinners on the Excess 12. engines 2x 29hp Yanmar
NZ’s Beneteau sailing yacht agent is 36 Degrees. saildrive
www.excess-catamarans.com www.36degrees.nz mainsail square top 82m²
LAGOON 55
The Lagoon 55 is all about comfortable cruising, with a SPECIFICATIONS

vast flybridge, but the trade-off is a rather high mainsail. length 11.73m
The signature box-like saloon offers generous space beam 11.46m
and comforts – including a large chart table, offset draft 1.35m
lounge and expansive galley with extra refrigeration displacement 10,300kg
space in the hulls. Smart design from Nauta includes a engines 2x 29hp Yanmar
drop-down television from the ceiling saildrive
Lagoon is represented in NZ by Orakei Marine, mainsail square top 82m²
the NZ dealer for the Jeanneau group of companies.
www.themultihullgroup.com www.orakeimarine.co.nz

BALI 4.2
Launched in February to replace the 4.1, the French Bali 4.2

continues the theme of enjoyable living across three levels.
The addition of a forward door accesses the bow cockpit while
the stern continues the marque’s famous opening bulkhead to
maximise deck access aft.
A revamped interior will offer an owner’s three-cabin and four-
cabin version and the furling and self-tacking sailplan is designed
with ease of operation in mind. Also pleasing is the very sharp
European base price: €365,000.
The NZ dealer is Dream Yacht Sales, based in Queensland.
Boating NZ reviewed a Bali 4.1 in Auckland a couple of years ago.
www.dreamyachtsales.com
SPECIFICATIONS
length 12.85m
beam 7.08m
draft 1.22m
displacement 15,500kg
engine 2 x 30hp Yanmar sail-drives
sails 90m2
Moving up a size notch, the larger catamarans really

showcase the space and versatility of the concept.
FOUNTAINE PAJOT 51 LEOPARD 42
The Berret-Racoupeau-designed FP 51 replaces the popular Saba 50 that sold An ideal entry-level catamaran with good credentials – Naval Architects, Simonis
200 units and offers comfortable cruising with improved stability via a lower- & Voogd and built by the prolific yard of Robertson & Caine in South Africa – the
level helm station and rig. Leopard 42 made its debut in Australia during May.
Designed as an owner’s boat with plenty of family space between six cabins Available in three or four ensuite cabins and its signature foredeck cockpit,
and a vast inside/outside lounge, the 51 is an ideal floating home. the Leopard 42 maximises deck space across three levels while able to sail to
The New Zealand representative for Fountaine Pajot is Dominic Lowe, windward with its mini keels.
email info@multihullsolutions.co.nz The New Zealand representative for Leopard is Jason Dicks at Yacht Domain.
www.multihullsolutions.com.au www.yachtsalesco.com www.leopardcatamarans.com www.yachtdomain.com
SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICATIONS
length 15.54m length 12.67m
beam 8.08m beam 7.04m
draft 1.3m draft 1.4m
displacement 18,120kg displacement 12,467kg
engine 2 x 60hp engine 2 x 45hp Yanmar sail-drive
sails 154m2 sails 123m2

FUSION AUSTRALIA Performance Cruisers
SAFETY IN NUMBERS is the preserve of these mass-
produced cruising cats, but for those seeking a greater
thrill, the specialist performance-cruisers are the go
if your pockets are deep enough. These reward sailing
ability with performance.
The Outremer 55 uses all the big names in design –
VPLP naval architects, Patrick Le Quément and interior
design by Darnet Design – to create this bluewater
performance cruiser with optional tiller steering to
enjoy the thrill of double-digit speeds.
Australian-owned Fusion has recently
relocated from Thailand to Queensland Another French specialist is Marsaudon Composites
where these kit performance cruisers in Le Base, Lorient. They have been building catamarans
are built. Originally designed by Kiwi since 2014 in NW France, including the nippy TS42 and
Gary Lidgard, they are now available TS50 cats (designed by Christophe Barreau). Eighteen
with hulls and structure pre-moulded for of the 42 have been launched and 10 of the 50, which
home builders or professionals to finish. made its debut in 2017, including one in New Zealand.
The Fusion shown at Sanctuary Cove
this year had a galley-down layout, so
saloon space is maximised.
www.fusioncats.com
...for those seeking
SPECIFICATIONS
a greater thrill, the
length 12.2m
beam 7.2m
specialist performance-
draft 0.8m cruisers are the go if
engines 2 x 30hp Yanmars your pockets are deep
sails 88m2
enough.
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SPECIFICATIONS
Launched in December 2020 from its yard at La Grande Motte, France, this 55-foot (16.8m) performance-cruiser can
length 16.7m
provide both sedate and more exciting cruising, depending on your preference. Weighing in at a modest 13,900kg and with a
beam 8.22m
large sail plan, it intends to reward the helmsman on all points of sail including upwind, thanks to large daggerboards. draft 2.28m
The Outremer 55 used all the big names in design – VPLP naval architects, Patrick Le Quément and interior design by displacement 13,900kg
Darnet Design – to create this blue water performance cruiser. engines 2 x 60hp
The New Zealand representative for Outremer is NZ Boat Sales. www.multihullcentral.com www.nzboatsales.com sails 172m2
Leopard 45
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OCEAN RIDER CATAMARANS 57
Designed by the iconic Marc Lombard and using daggerboards for SPECIFICATIONS
performance, the ORC57 looks a reasonably-priced performance-
length 18.4m
cruiser – and like established performance brand Outremer, tillers
beam 9.0m
are used to give helm feedback. draft 1.5m
The four-cabin ORC 57, should have performance to match its displacement: 13,900kg
sleek lines thanks to carbon crossbeams and light hulls (11.3 tons). engine 2 x 57hp sail-drives
www.marsaudon-composites.com sails 195m2
PERFORMANCE CRUISERS CONTINUED

However, a re-brand and revamp has occurred, thus the new ORC range.
Designed by the iconic Marc Lombard and using daggerboards for better Before the pandemic,
upwind performance, the ORC57 looks a reasonably priced (€1,008,500)
performance-cruiser.
extending your
Closer to home, arguably the prettiest Seawind yet is the Vietnam- holiday by including
built 45-foot 1370. Designed in collaboration with Australian
company founder Richard Ward and French Naval Architect Francois
a factory hand-over
Perus, it combines less weight with more sail area to keep those was also popular...
twin hulls moving in tropical airs. Another established Aussie brand
FUSION MARINE BOATBUILDERS NZ
FUSION PROWLER 10.8

The Prowler 10.8 displacement powercat,
also available in a sportfisher version,
redefines modern boating and provides a
combination of exceptional performance,
economy, volume and value. Fusion also
builds the NZL range of powercats to 48
feet and Fusion sailing catamarans at its
Silverdale yard, north of Auckland. SPECIFICATIONS
The Prowler 10.8 is an ideal weekender, length 10.8m
extended coastal cruiser and suited for beam 4.8m
charter or shared ownership. draft 0.65m
www.fusionmarine.co.nz displacement 4600kg
engines two Yamaha 150hp-
four stroke outboards
FUSION 40 SAILING CAT
Designed by renowned Kiwi designer, Gary SPECIFICATIONS
Lidgard, the Fusion Sailing catamarans blend length 12m
the finest of technology and impeccable beam 7.2m
design to create something truly awesome. draft 1.1m
The boats’ pedigree lines, smooth curves, displacement 5,750 kg
good looks and clever features will take engines 2×29hp diesel
these catamarans well into the 21st century. sail-drives
The Fusion 40’s main saloon is spacious
and smartly finished.
www.fusionmarine.co.nz

Energy
LIGHTWAVE 45 AUSTRALIS
without
Orders for the best-selling Lightwave 45 SPECIFICATIONS
the
earful.
model continue to roll which has prompted length 14.0m
a revamp to reflect new market demands, beam 7.3m
thus the Australis model. It weighs a draft 1.2m (mini keel)
mere eight tons and shows sleek lines to displacement 8,000kg
reduce windage, plus reversed bows. This engines 2 x 55hp Yanmar
first Australis has some custom features, sails 116.5m2
that include in-boom furling, and a fully When you need power without the
customised power system incorporating noise, Whisper Power gives you
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moulded power and sail versions for home builders or professionals to complete. Historically the
Fusion sailing cats are manufactured independently in New Zealand by Fusion
Marine, along with Prowler and NZL power cats.
French have led the
New to New Zealand, Privilège 510 and 580 semi-custom sailing cats are way in design and
produced in limited runs of just six per annum.
Queensland’s Lightwave have revamped its popular Lightwave 45. The 2021
uptake, particularly
Lightwave 45 Australis tips the scales at a mere eight tons and will have a sleeker of sailing multihulls...
topside profile and reversed wave-piercing bows.
PRIVILÈGE CATAMARANS
PRIVILÈGE 580
The Privilège Signature 580 is the
first catamaran in its size that allows
direct access to the owner's cabin
from the forward cockpit.
SPECIFICATIONS
length 17.9m
beam 9.8m
displacement 35 tonne
engines 2 x 55kW (75hp)
New to New Zealand, Privilège Catamarans is a well-established, high-end

multihull specialist based in La Rochelle, France. The APAC agent Windcraft has
recently confirmed orders for NZ clients.
The Privilège model range encompasses sail and power catamarans between
17 and 25m LOA with extensive options and layouts to choose across each.
Privilège offers true ‘semi-custom’ boatbuilding. Want an office, nav station,
work room or more storage with custom furniture to suit? The option to move
bulkheads and create a custom layout is there. You can also specify and position
plumbing and electrical systems to your own spec.
The high quality build and finish is a reflection of limited production runs –
just six Privilège 510 and 580 cats per year. The Privilège build process, conducted
by specialist tradesmen, takes up to 54 weeks to complete. Form, function, sailing
performance and build integrity are prioritised over a market price point.
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PRIVILÈGE 510
The new Privilège Signature 510
bluewater sailing catamaran is designed
for long-distance cruising and promises
the perfect blend of luxury and
seaworthiness.
SPECIFICATIONS
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to launch its new brand Aquila with a new model, the five-
cabin 54. The brand is already known in Australia, so the
Aquila 54 builds on the success of the 44 and 36 to enhance
this substantial Chinese-built range. It has credentials from
MarineMax, one of the USA’s largest powerboat dealerships
and the experienced J&J Design Group to back it up.
Elsewhere, Multihull Central is marketing a new long-
range power cat brand Longreach with 44 and 54 models,
built with generous shade and deck space specifically for
Asia-Pacific conditions.
The Australian-owned makers of exotica in sail have now
McConaghy’s success in its Jason Ker-designed sailing cats being transferred to turned to power, as McConaghy launch the MC63p. Kiwi
a range of powercats: 52, 63, 68 and 82-foot models, all relatively lightweight in America’s Cup icon Grant Dalton is buying the first one.
slender carbon composite hulls, so a high power-to-weight ratio. McConaghy’s use of carbon hulls and fixed foils makes for a
McConaghy’s use of carbon hulls and the fixed foils make for a particularly particularly fuel-efficient vessel – they quote the MC63p as
fuel-efficient vessel at its 20-knot cruising speed, yet the MC63p can achieve a reaching 36 knots with a range of 1,500 nautical miles.
top speed of 36 knots and a range of 1,500 nautical miles. More down-to-earth is the Australian specified and
www.mcconaghyboats.com
Chinese-built Iliad 80 whose smaller sister ships have
already sold well in Australia and New Zealand to those
SPECIFICATIONS seeking long-range power cruisers that ooze comfort.
length 19m
beam 8.56m
draft 1.4m Asia has several multihull
displacement undisclosed
engines 2 x 875hp Scania builders, as do Australia
and New Zealand.
ALLOY CATS/KINGFISHER POWERCATS
Tauranga-based aluminium
boatbuilder Alloy Cats are
designers and custom builders of
innovative Kingfisher Powercats
and Minicats, from 3.7 to 15m, for
recreational and commercial use.
In addition, Alloy Cats
custom-build Roger Hill
planing, semi-displacement and
displacement power catamarans 620 POWERCAT 510 MINICAT
from 10.8 to 18m in length. Kingfisher Powercats SPECIFICATIONS The 510 Minicat is a unique, SPECIFICATIONS
www.alloycats.co.nz are available in a range length 6.2m cost-effective offering length 5.1m
of sizes. The trailerable beam 2.5m that provides deck space, beam 2.3m
620 is one of the most displacement undisclosed stability and performance displacement 490kg
popular. engines Twin 70-100hp from a single outboard engines Single 90-150hp
Outboards catamaran design. outboard
KINGFISHER CRUISING CAT
Zara is a Roger Hill-designed 9m Kingfisher
Cruising Cat, a semi-displacement
powercat with twin outboard power.
A spacious, practical interior finished to
a good standard in the Tauranga factory.
SPECIFICATIONS
length 9m
beam 3.1m
displacement undisclosed
engines Twin 60-80hp
outboards

LAGOON 42
LAGOON 42 | The worlds best selling catamaran!

The influence of the organic architecture resonates in the interior of the Lagoon 42, delivering
a unique and generous living space. Vertical glazing with ample light illuminates the area,
with stunning curved wood finishes. Enjoy the elegance and functionality that Italian design
studio Nauta have introduced with two versions of this new model.
The 42 features a single level from the aft platform to the
saloon – a structural ‘revolution’, and her entirely new
ergonomics ensure excellent use of space and ease of
movement on board.
Contact Orakei Marine for more information.
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AQUILA 54 LONGREACH
Multihull Central is the new dealership for the

The Aquila 54 builds on the success of the 44 Longreach 44 and 54 long-range powercats,
and 36 to produce this substantial Chinese-built built in Asia by established Australian builder
boat, with credentials from MarineMax, one of James Dewing at Powerplay Catamarans.
the USA’s largest powerboat dealerships and the Flybridge powercats are the masters of living SPECIFICATIONS
experienced J&J Design Group. space, as seen here on this Australian-specified length 13.45m
The Aquila 54 can have five cabins, plus SPECIFICATIONS interior of the Longreach 44. beam 6.5m
skipper’s quarters and a galley-down option, The New Zealand agent for Longreach is draft 1.1m
length 16.5m
plus this huge flybridge lounge. Steve Thomas, NZ Boat Sales. displacement 14,000kg
beam 7.68m
The NZ agent is Wayne Baston at Laurie www.multihullcentral.com engines 2 x 440hp
draft 1.37m
Collins Westhaven Ltd. www.nzboatsales.com Volvo IPS600
www.whitehavenmotoryachts.com.au engines 2 x 380hp D6
www.lauriecollins.co.nz Volvo V-drive
ILIAD 80
SPECIFICATIONS
length 23.99m
beam 9.96m
draft 1.65m
engines 2 x 725hp Volvo
D11 (or CAT C8.7 650hp or
Cummins QSK 19 800hp).
The Australian-specified and Chinese-built Iliad range has been a

winner for Multihull Solutions, so the upcoming 80-foot version builds
on this success of creating long-range cruising powercats.
The Iliad 80 offers a vast lounge and even a deck-level cabin, while
being semi-custom so owners can personalise their vessel.
The New Zealand representative for Iliad is Dominic Lowe,
email info@multihullsolutions.co.nz
www.multihullsolutions.com.au www.yachtsalesco.com

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K2 MARINE
Designed by Alan Wright and New Zealand-built in Glendene, Auckland in

composite materials – and with an option to survey – Wright Powercats are
available in 15 and 16m flybridge and sedan versions. www.k2marine.co.nz
WRIGHT 46
Designed by Kiwi designer Alan Wright, Wright Powercats are sold as
Wright 46 or Wright 52 models. This is the sedan version of the Wright 46.
The Wright 46 boasts a warm, modern saloon with plenty of space and
great communication with the cockpit.
SPECIFICATIONS
length 15/16m
beam 5.2m
displacement (15m)
16,000kg
engines 2 x Yanmar
400hp or 550hp
CATAMARANS INTERNATIONAL
Catamarans International is one of the few composite catamaran All components are engineered using a composite sandwich construction,
manufacturers in New Zealand. It offers a New Zealand-designed power producing a stiff, lightweight finished product. This method of manufacture
catamaran range from 10 to 24m, built in New Zealand and Malaysia for means a vessel can be completed in-house or the major components can be
recreational and commercial applications. supplied so your own boatbuilder can finish the boat.
Catamarans International produces most of its components from female Foil-assist options lift performance to 28 knots-plus, as well as improving
moulds for a hard-wearing gel coat finish – no need for expensive, time- fuel efficiency.
consuming fairing and painting. A moulded component system saves months in www.catamaransinternational.com
build time compared to ‘one-off’ construction.
5300 FLYBRIDGE OR EXPRESS 6500 FLYBRIDGE OR EXPRESS

The 6500 Flybridge/Express is SPECIFICATIONS
Multihull Solutions’ flagship power length 19.94m
catamaran. Foil-assist is an option. beam 6.5m
Interior space is unmatched. displacement 30,000kg
engines 2 x 650hp
The 5300 Flybridge/Express can be completed in-house or by a boatbuilder

of your choice using supplied components. Foil-assist is an option. A variety
of interior layouts are available.
SPECIFICATIONS
length 15.94m
beam 5.7m
engines 2 x 425hp
Multiple choices
MULTIHULLS ARE PERHAPS the fastest growing family producing multihulls of various types. New Zealand has a strong
of recreational vessels in the world. Historically the French tradition of both planing and displacement power catamarans.
have led the way in design and uptake, particularly of sailing This Boating NZ Multihull Roundup illustrates the range and
multihulls, but in recent years many boatbuilders outside scope of vessels, with those featured either represented by New
France have taken up the mantle, including in New Zealand, Zealand dealers or otherwise available to local customers. BNZ

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Salthouse
Coach Boat
WORDS BY
ZOE HAWKINS-WILDE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
GARETH COOKE
AND SUPPLIED
n Aotearoa New Zealand the name

Salthouse is synonymous with the craft
I of boatbuilding. The extended Salthouse

family has thrived in the industry for many
decades, as builders of traditional wooden
vessels dating back to 1956 and high-tech
composite race yachts in the last twenty years or so.
Greg Salthouse was proud to work with his father John
in the business. He had learnt from the ground up and was
respected as a sailor and for his ability to produce exceptional,
one-off boats.
With John’s retirement, Salthouse Boatbuilders steered a
course towards building composite boats.
“My passion was big race boats,” recalls Greg. At that point
the business operated from the family’s yard on the water in

DAWN OF
A NEW ERA
How a decades-long family boat building empire has happily

downsized to build the world’s best coach boats.
Greenhithe where it was part of the landscape. keeping up with Emirates Team New Zealand’s foiling multihulls
“We took on some challenging, risky jobs in the composite used in the 2013 America’s Cup. While only two were planned,
side of things.” the boats were very popular and 18 were built, to be sold around
They went on to build Elliott 50s, Transpac 52s and the the world for resorts, superyacht owners and race teams.
famous Kerr 46 Tonnere which became one of Europe’s most The Catalyst 45 was a hint of things to come, but in the
successful race yachts in its class over the years. meantime all of this – along with trying to juggle family and
Like most of the New Zealand industry, the GFC hit Salthouse find some work-life balance – meant for Greg the satisfaction
Boatbuilders hard. They survived by taking on the build of a fleet and enjoyment in his work had started to fade.
of 15 waka for German philanthropist Dieter Pulman and his “By 2018 I was burnt out,” recalls Greg. “My passion for it
project Okeanos – Foundation for the Sea and ONP (Ocean Noise had gone. I wasn’t enjoying being so office-bound running the
Production). Greg pulled together enough work to keep his team business side of things and missed being on the tools.”
working by operating on a cost-plus basis. The very difficult choice to sell the property at the yard
During this time Greg, with brother Chris ‘Curly’ Salthouse, was made.
also launched into building the Catalyst 45, a revolutionary “It was a big, emotional decision. We’d been there for more
multihull support boat that could sustain speeds of 30-40 knots, than 60 years, but it was a great comfort to Dad knowing that

This is a great aspect of the Salthouse.
It’s like driving a car, you don’t have to compensate
for the bow drifting or failing to respond...
he was leaving Mum well cared for once he was gone.”

So, while bittersweet, the sale paved the way for the next
chapter: the dawn of the Salthouse Coach Boat, a downsized
business model and a simpler way of living with more time to
focus on the important things.
The notion of a new breed of coach boat came about when
Greg was on the water coaching his own children as they
started dinghy sailing: Greg envisaged a highly bespoke, high
performance and largely hand-finished coach boat that would
serve the new generation of high-performance classes, keeping
coaches and athletes comfortable, safe, and enabling them to
perform at their best during training and regattas.
To help bring the boat to fruition, Greg drew on the expertise
of Olympic coach Grant Beck.
Grant explains how coach boats have had to adapt as
the classes got faster: “With the advent of windsurfing in
the Olympics, the development of quicker boards, and then
multihulls, 49ers and now foilers, we primarily needed a coach
boat that could keep up with them.”
In response, the Salthouse Coach Boat has a distinctive

LEFT TOP AND
BOTTOM Plenty of
workable foredeck
and a secure helm
position; While
designed to keep up
with foiling yachts,
the Coach Boat
is suitable for all
classes.
RIGHT The yacht

Carli on the slip
Yamaha in the City
at Salthouse
Boatbuilders.
BELOW John
Salthouse produced
FULLY DIGITAL
many fine launches BOAT CONTROL
over the years at the
Greenhithe yard. SYSTEM
Yamaha has once
again taken marine
technology to the
next level with
this industry-
first, and game
changing, digital
boat control system.
• A parts team ensuring quick

response & parts dispatch.
• Full workshop with eleven
mobile vans.
• Genuine Yamaha parts.
NEW
high bow, to cut through rough water smoothly, and also to keep the crew dry. XTO
It provides a stable platform on which three or four sailors can sit on one side to OFFSHORE
relax, chat or enjoy a snack, with their boats secure on the other side.
It’s also highly manouverable at low speeds. “This is a great aspect of the 425HP
Salthouse. It’s like driving a car, you don’t have to compensate for the bow 5.6L
drifting or failing to respond. It doesn’t steer you, it has unbelievably good V8 FULLY
seakeeping,” he says.
Safety-wise, the offset tubes mean there is ample room on the foredeck for
INTEGRATED
first aid to be carried out in emergency situations – an important factor good POWER SYSTEM
coaches take into account – and also to provide additional volume for more
routine tasks.
Through-hull tubes ensure a simple conduit setup for all steering and
electrical cables to run through and the transom is carbon reinforced to
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If you noticed that the Salthouse Coach Boat is relatively utilitarian in
appearance when compared to mass-produced models, it’s intentional.
“This was a deliberate decision. It’s an extremely purposeful boat, and each one

To date the 100% New Zealand
made boats have sold well – even
with the restrictions on travel and
international regattas.
LEFT The Coach

Boat is designed
for sail coaching
at all levels.
BELOW The
Salthouse Coach
Boat on a day off,
fulfilling family fun
duties. Salthouse
Coach Boat
BASE PRICE
POA
is specifically customised for its owner. The wind-foiling and youth sailing Herbert family,
MANUFACTURED BY
minute you start blinging up a boat designed Emirates Team New Zealand Sail Programme Salthouse Boatbuilders Ltd
to work at high speed in difficult situations, it Rob Salthouse, Australia’s Anthony Nossiter www.salthouseboats.com
can be a recipe for problems,” Grant explains. (SailGP, Volvo, Olympic Nacra Coach, ) and
Partner Delayne Salthouse says that Jimmy Spithill.
HIGHLIGHTS
the custom nature of the boats plays to Another milestone is the recent
Greg’s strengths, both as a sailor and as a appointment of Rio Olympic Gold Medallist
boatbuilder. “It’s something that we are good Tom Burton, of Burton Boats, as a new High bow for
a smooth, dry ride
at because it’s where we came from with the Australian dealer. in the rough and
old-style yard where everything was bespoke. It’s clear Greg and Delayne have developed excellent seakeeping
It’s natural for Greg to pick up on all the small an approach that not only gives the family
Ample foredeck
details owners want – to have everything the what they need right now in terms of a for sail handling
way owners want them.” healthy work-life balance, but also gives the duties or first aid
To date the 100% New Zealand-made boats sailing world a performance boat capable
have sold well – even with the restrictions of responding not only to the needs of this Fast enough
to keep up with
on travel and international regattas. Five generation of high-performance sailing modern foiling
were sold to Yachting New Zealand and were classes, but also to the next generation’s yacht classes
instrumental to the Tokyo Olympic campaign. beyond that – whatever it may look like.
Boats have also been purchased by the pro Congratulations, Salthouse Boatbuilders. BNZ Highly manoeuvrable
at low speed
SPECIFICATIONS
loa 6.3 m
beam (internal) 1.5m
beam (external) 2.25m
fuel 80 litres
construction GRP
weight 500kg approx
(with engine)
cruise speed 26 knots
top speed 35 knots

“ The Awlwood finish is the best I have ever
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wherever we sail, are incredible.
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major new marine precinct complex is currently under
construction, adding to the existing dry stack, marina and
haulout facility services already on offer at Tamaki Marine
Park. The precinct is rapidly taking shape with concrete already
being poured and construction of two large boat sheds, a massive
840m2 canopied undercover boat yard area with 10.5m clearance, and
seven ‘trade units’ underway. In total, the new precinct will offer 1400m2
of undercover space, along with a huge expanse of uncovered clean
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operators. The larger 606m2 shed will be the new home to boat painter or similar, are being sought for the remaining units.
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ABSOLUTE YACHTS: COMBINING ENGINEERING INNOVATION, Italian design flair and

a passion for details, the latest project by Piacenza-based Absolute
CHARISMA Yachts is the 56 FLY – The Absolute Charisma.
The 56 FLY offers a mix of comfort and fine design, but also
innovation, functionality and on-board convenience.
Charisma defines Absolute’s new 56 FLY, which brings together
and builds on the most successful features of previous boats.
www.yachtfindersglobal.com
NO REST FOR ELITE MARINE

ELITE MARINE DESIGN is busy with new projects.
Weber Marine in Gulf Harbour is in the final stages of an Elite
18m Sport Fisher powered by twin MAN i6 800s. After that the
Weber team moves on to an Elite 16m Mid-pilothouse with twin
600hp D8 Volvo Pentas. This vessel will be set up for sport fishing
and cruising.
At the same time, it will start on an Elite 14m Sports Sedan.
This features a split-level cockpit to cater for fishing, diving and
entertaining and a full-width master stateroom.
Lloyd Stevenson Boatbuilders has an Elite 18m under
construction. The hull is complete and the team is now working
on the superstructure. MAN i6 800s will power the vessel. LSB has
also just completed quotation for an Elite 16m mid-pilothouse with
PROPSPEED
twin Scania engines. Both vessels are for repeat clients. GOOD AS GOLD
Out for quotation is another Elite 14m sedan featuring a tender PROPSPEED HAS RECEIVED endorsement from Riviera
garage and full-width master stateroom. Cummins engines have Australia. The luxury yacht manufacturer applies
been selected for this design. Propspeed as a factory standard to all new models and
Allan Tongs boatbuilders has recently launched the third Elite recommends the use of Propspeed for existing owners as
AT 43 production motoryacht. The company has another six on protection against fouling and corrosion of running gear
order with various powerplants and internal layouts. and underwater metals.
Early in the design phase is a 26m expedition-style motor yacht “Riviera has been using Propspeed on all new motor
for an experienced boating family designed to cruise the more yachts for the past five years. In addition, Riviera’s
remote areas of New Zealand and Pacific Islands. aftermarket and service department based at the
www.elitemarine.co.nz manufacturing facility in the Gold Coast, has been using
Propspeed for the past 10 years,” says Michael Swain,
Riviera’s aftermarket and service Manager. “We believe
Propspeed is a superior foul-release system. Once applied
correctly, we see very little growth on boats that have
been in the water for 12- and up to 18-months.”
Over 40 years Riviera has created a collection of
24 models from 12-24m (39-78ft) in length. Australia’s
premier luxury motor yacht builder, it has an international
following and 5,700 owners worldwide.
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Fast 3300 has arrived in New Zealand. This Jeanneau production
JEANNEAU race boat will be commissioned by the Orakei Marine service team.
The Sun Fast 3300 is a bold racing yacht designed for success.
SUN FAST 3300 With its light, powerful hull, twin rudders and straight keel, the Sun
Fast 3300 combines speed and stability in any sea conditions.
FOR SUMMER The Sun Fast 3300 is suitable for single-handed, double-
handed or fully crewed racing, whether racing inshore or offshore.
www.orakeimarine.co.nz
CRYSTAL BOAT BIOCIDE-FREE

NANOTECH ANTIFOULING
COMPLETELY DEVOID OF BIOCIDES, Crystal Boat is a 2K gliding paint
new faces
with an antifouling effect suitable for fibreglass and metal hulls.
Crystal Boat is a long-lasting self-cleaning paint. Repaint time
could be up to three years and it can be used in the same way as a
conventional antifouling paint.
The surface layer of the paint prevents fouling from contacting the hull
and, due to the friction generated by the speed of the boat through the
water, facilitates the removal of barnacles. It also protects against moisture
in the same way as conventional anti-osmosis treatments and creates an
insulating layer that protects your boat against galvanic currents.
Crystal Boat is certified to handle impacts of up to 45 Newtons and
resist all types of solvents. Nor does it degrade after a prolonged contact
with air or water. Boats can be hauled out and relaunched an unlimited
number of times.
This new anti-fouling option is being marketed in New Zealand by KRIS WILLIAMSON MATHEW BARLOW
Marine Protection Solutions NZ, the specialists in vinyl wrapping boats. TRISTRAM MARINE TRISTRAM MARINE
www.nzmps.co.nz
TRISTRAM MARINE
WELCOMES & FAREWELLS
TRISTRAM MARINE PROMOTIONS: Kris Williamson becomes the new
service manager and Mathew Barlow the technical manager.
Combined, Kris and Mathew have close to 35 years of experience
as team members in Tristram Marine’s Service Centre. The company
welcomes Kris and Mathew to their new roles.
Tristram Marine is also celebrating 26 years of exceptional service
from their departing service manager, Warwick Pilcher, as he moves on
to his new venture as a maritime officer for the Waikato Region. Tristram
Marine wishes him every success and thanks him for his tenure.
CONTACT www.tristrammarine.co.nz

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INTERNATIONAL IS MARKING its 140th A new factory was built in Felling,

anniversary this year as global producer of Gateshead, which the company still uses.
marine, protective and yacht coatings During WWII International serviced Allied
From humble beginnings mixing paint naval fleets and supplied coatings for military
by hand in a Newcastle shipyard on the hardware.
UK’s River Tyne in 1881, International has Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the brand
grown to become a global leader in marine continued to expand globally, responding to
coatings, employing more than 2,000 people. demand from the Asia-Pacific region before it
Its products coat commercial, military and was bought by AkzoNobel in 1998.
pleasure craft, while also protecting large scale For the last two decades, it has led the way
steel structures on land and at sea. in sustainability. In 2002, International was one
Alongside partner Charles Petrie, the of the first major coatings suppliers to cease
brothers Albert and Max Holzapfel spotted an using TBTs (Tributyltin), six years before they were
opportunity in the booming shipyards in the banned. Four years later, it became the first major
north of England and targeted owners and manufacturer to stop supplying marine coatings
builders with their products. containing coal tar and, in 2011, it was first to
Global demand saw overseas production completely phase out the use of lead chromates.
begin eight years later – in Russia, with International is bringing its history to life
manufacturing facilities in nine countries with a new website:
including Sweden, Japan and the US by 1914. www.140international.com
LAGOON 55 NOMINATED
THE NEW LAGOON 55 has been nominated for European
Yacht of the Year 2022.
This family catamaran with a superyacht-standard finish
is competing in the Luxury Cruiser category.
The Lagoon 55 features large windows and two skylights
in the saloon. These were created to bring the outdoors in.
Opening the interiors to so much natural light allows a
seamless connection to the natural environment.
The award results will be announced during the
Düsseldorf Boat Show in January 2022.
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STEVEN GREY is the new service
manager at Orakei Marine. He brings
with him more than 20 years of
experience as a marine technician
and service manager in Auckland.
Steven has experience with
both power and sail and comes with
nine years’ experience working with
Mercury diesel engines. In the past
six years he has been working as a
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CRE ATED CON TENT
REPOWER BACK TO LIFE

REPOWERING TREND GIVES OLDER BOAT NEW LIFE
T
he busy boat-sales market and the ongoing border closures are Instead, they talked to Ovlov about repowering Kaimana with new
leading more Kiwi boat owners to upgrade and up-spec their engines, reducing ongoing maintenance costs and avoiding the chance of
existing craft — something marine power specialist Ovlov is well a complete breakdown, while enjoying the benefits of the new, trouble-free
positioned to help with. motors for at least another decade of boating.
Matt Jackson, Ovlov Marine’s head of special projects and customer Ovlov Marine fitted Kaimana with a pair of new Volvo Penta D3-200s
service, says increasing numbers of customers are repowering boats, — in-line 5-cylinder, 2.4-litre, common-rail diesel engines, with an aluminium
upgrading older engines and adding new features such as modern trim tabs or cylinder block and cylinder head. “The alloy blocks save about 300 kilograms
steering systems, as a way of extending the lifespan of their boats. overall, so the engines are both more powerful and lighter, which will result in
“Seeing the difficulties in obtaining new boats at the moment, lots of increased fuel efficiency and range, as well as raising the cruising speed from
people are taking this opportunity to give their existing boat a bit of a do-up,” 16 to 19 knots, and the top speed from 26 to 30 knots,” Jackson says.
Jackson says. “It’s a bit like what’s going on in the housing market, with people The smaller size of the new motors also meant there was room for a new
renovating their homes rather than buying a new one — taking the aspects lead-carbon battery system to be installed in the engine bay. Ovlov worked
they really like and maximising them, so they can enjoy the boat for longer and with the owners’ electrician and boatbuilder and commissioned painters to
get the value out of the improvements.” help with the project.
Whangaparaoa couple Ray and Bridget Gorinski recently went down this The new Volvos were paired with DPS-D (silent shift) sterndrives,
path with their well-built and immaculately-presented 1980s-era Salthouse for ease of manoeuvring, especially when docking. Also as part of the
Corsair Mark II, Kaimana. Ray says while they were happy with the boat upgrade, Humphree H600 interceptor trim tabs with standard auto-trim
overall, they knew the boat’s original pair of Volvo 165hp diesels were getting software and additional auto-list were fitted to replace the old blade-type
on in years and could start becoming expensive to maintain. tabs. Ovlov then ran a sea trial to commission them and make sure they
“We’ve had the boat for 12 years, and while the engines hadn’t caused us were set up at their most efficient.
any problems, being 30-odd years old, parts were getting harder to get,” Ray “All these ways we have modernised and upgraded the boat are going to
says. “Also, we still want to have another 10 or 12 years in that boat, and the result in improved fuel efficiency and make her a much easier boat to handle,
motors aren’t going to last that long.” with a more comfortable ride,” Jackson says.
The Gorinskis went through the exercise of looking at selling Kaimana and Now the Gorinskis are looking forward to lockdown restrictions being
buying another boat, but even with spending extra money to buy a slightly lifted and for the weather to improve, so they can get out on the Hauraki Gulf
newer launch, they’d eventually be confronted with the same problem. and start enjoying the revitalised Kaimana this summer.
C O N T A C T O V L O V M A R I N E LT D W W W. O V L O V. C O . N Z

Harnessing the inherent speed in a
review lightweight carbon trimaran design while

still having a spacious cruising boat is the
secret of Rapido Trimarans’ success.
Rapido 50
WORDS BY
KEVIN GREEN
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
KEVIN GREEN
AND SUPPLIED
H a r n e s s i n g
speed
ears ago, at the start of his new project During the years, I watched the steady development of what
building larger cruising trimarans, I met is one of the few cruiser-racer trimaran designs and even recall
Y and talked with Rapido co-owner, Paul

Koch. It was an interesting conversation,
without hyperbole and very factual. It
was a very no-nonsense Australian-style
racing against Rapido 60 Hull #1 at the King’s Cup in Thailand
in 2016. For keen sailors who want performance, the R60
overtook the TP52 fleet on a hard beat, clocking 16 knots.
The four crew were relaxing on the nets while the 16-person
approach, in fact. “The whole Rapido trimaran concept came crew on the TP52 were on the rail!
about because we felt the world needed a larger, roomier, In another race, an IRC 1 monohull tried to luff the R60 up
cruising trimaran with good living space that delivered great and failed. So, the pointing ability of the R60 is right up there
performance,” he said. with racing monohulls.
Since then, Koch and his business partner Richard Eyre
have launched the Rapido 60 and 50, with the keenly awaited MORELLI AND MELVIN
Rapido 40 not far away. An early 60, Romanza, was sold to a Mention design and the illustrious names Morelli and Melvin
New Zealand couple. come to mind. They applied the latest technology when designing

all three Rapido models, including clever use of Computational
Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis and Velocity Prediction
Program. “The innovation in design comes with the layout of the
main hull and reaching the balance between beam, draft and trim
to carry the accommodation without too much compromise on
performance,” said Pete Melvin.
On the 40 and 50 models, Rapido overcomes the main
issue faced by trimarans – berthing – by using folding amas.
Separately, the Rapido 60 has a unique, highly innovative design
that allows the main beams to be unplugged for shipping.
The folding concept was already proven in Koch’s previous
trimaran builds, which utilised the Farrier-designed folding
system. He was the owner of Corsair Marine, where he was
directly involved in the production of over 1,500 trimarans
from 1994-2010. An enhanced carbon version of the folding
amas has been developed for Rapido. In addition, this
patented folding mechanism keeps the amas in the upright
position, ensuring that the sides remain free from fouling. CRUISE FASTER
Fast-forward to 2021 and Rapido’s high-tech There are good reasons to consider a trimaran, especially if
manufacturing arm Triac Composites not only builds all looking to combine the best sailing features of a monohull with
three models, it also did all tooling at its modern factory the stability of a catamaran. Trimarans can offer exhilarating
in Vietnam. The factory boasts a list of equipment which performance while maintaining complete control. Trimarans
includes a seven-axis Kuka milling robot, autoclave, CNC are the fastest, safest offshore boats, as demonstrated by the
machine, high-speed digital carbon cloth cutting machine and massive French 105-foot (32m) Ultim trimarans keeping the
a dedicated spray booth. It is also capable of vacuum infusion (round-the-world) Jules Verne Trophy in their possession
and resin transfer moulding. thanks to their record-breaking speed.
The first R50 has just launched in Spain in July, first the R40 My assignments have taken me on some of these beauties,
will be launched in October and the proven R60 has just been including one of the newest, the Ultim Sodebo, several ORMA
ordered by YouTube sensations, Sailing La Vagabonde, a young 60s and a crazily powerful MOD70 that I enjoyed for a race at
Aussie couple upgrading from a catamaran. Hamilton Island Race Week. But for mere mortals like me, it’s

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT
Hull #1 of the Rapido
50 splashed in Spain
during June 2021; The
owners’ cabin on the
Rapido 50; The Rapido
50 saloon is on deck level
and dominated by the
centreboard; The Rapido
40 is a folding vessel with
a simple but functional
interior.
the humbler boats I have really enjoyed sailing, such as the according to owners. The massive buoyancy of the amas and
versatile Dragonfly, spacious Neels, nimble Corsairs and classic righting moment has been built into the design of all the
Farriers. Now Rapido ups the ante considerably with its high- Rapido models, setting Rapido apart as a very safe, stable boat.
tech carbon beauties. Safety, in fact, is a driving factor in Rapido. Carbon-foam
Despite their vast differences, what all these trimarans sandwich construction combined with watertight bulkheads
share is a performance efficiency which rewards the discerning in the amas and main hull (even the engine compartment
and, I hasten to add, the experienced sailor. For example, I’ve is enclosed with watertight bulkheads fore and aft) ensure
buried the ama of a small Corsair, which was fairly alarming, the boats are virtually impossible to sink. The Rapido offers
but I can’t imagine the mayhem if I were to do this on a 60-foot performance with incredible stability for fast passage-
Rapido offshore at high speed (polars show it doing at least half making and safe ocean crossings. The inherent stability of a
the true wind speed in lower ranges and a figure of 25 knots trimaran with its nearly square design and weight centred in
at 20 knots of true wind!). However, thanks to the meticulous the middle creates a monohull-style sailing experience with
design of Morrelli & Melvin, the boat is actually very forgiving, multihull stability.

LIVEABILITY
One of the perceived downsides of trimarans is living space and
carrying capacity. In fact, often the first sensation experienced
by people boarding the R60 and the R50 for the first time is the
great feeling of space, as the crew from La Vagabonde declared on
their test sail. There is an aft deck with side seating and an extra-
wide helm seat for more than one. Then there are the expansive
nets and a huge foredeck.
The cockpit and saloon/dining/galley are all on one level
and the door to the saloon can swing up into the roof when
not in use so that the whole area opens into one enormous
space. The daggerboard dominates the saloon on the 50 and
60, but the new 40 has ‘C’ foils in the amas and this completely
removes the need for a daggerboard case in the saloon, which
further opens the interior space.
LEFT The centre

cockpit separates
the stern cabin
from the saloon on
the Rapido 50.
OPPOSITE La
Vagabonde skipper
Riley Whitelum
(right in pic) test-
sailing the Rapido
60 in New Zealand.
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RAPIDO 60 FOR SAILING LA VAGABONDE YOUTUBERS
Young Aussie couple, Riley Whitelum and well-documented on their YouTube channel,
Elayna Carausu went from backpackers the family flew to New Zealand in 2019 for
to superstar sailors via their video posts a sea trial with Paul Koch on the Rapido
on YouTube. These gleaned them enough 60 Romanza, owned by Dougall and Jaz
subscribers (a staggering 1.6 million) to Love. The couple were duly impressed, as
enable them to sail full time. Recently, their Riley recalls: “I know that the Rapido sails
fame was extended when they took teenage unbelievably well, which is the main thrust
environmental activist Greta Thunberg behind all of our decision making… The only
across the Atlantic in order to reduce her thing I was worried about was the amount of
carbon travel emissions. space on board.”
The couple began their sailing life on However, after visiting Romanza the
a small monohull and then an Outremer couple were more than happy. “When you’re
catamaran before ordering the Rapido 60. standing in the saloon, you’re actually
“We started looking to upgrade and while standing in a huge room.” The couple has just
I wanted a boat that could go fast, I’m much had their second child, so Elayna had her own
more interested in average crossing times. priorities for the new boat: “One thing that is
I mean, it’s good fun to go fast but that’s the really important for us with the trimaran is that
least important on my list of things. I want to Riley can sail it single-handed because we will
be able to go at a good pace safely,” said Riley. have two kids on the boat.”
The new boat will be named La Vagabonde
NEW ZEALAND SEA TRIAL III and launch in 2022.
After an extensive 18-month global search, www.lavagabonde.com
The best things in life come in threes...

40
60
Photo: Rapido 60,
Romanza, Auckland
Design Podium performances

Engineering = Fast passage making
Build LIFE 50
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The carbon
masts on
each model
are rotating
to maximise
performance.
The elevated helm station gives good vision, and

all the sail controls lead back there. This elevated floor
plan creates the volume required in the bilges for the
engine and tankage, which centres and lowers weight
– just like a monohull (and unlike a catamaran). The aft
of the saloon can be open or closed, depending on the
prevailing weather or sea conditions.
Inside, the forward master cabin is a double with
generous storage, thanks to it being deeper in the
hull than the saloon. The cabin includes a head with
separate shower compartment. An escape hatch is
here, along with one on the stern. Alternatively, two
single bunks can be added to the forward cabin. The
aft cabin has a large double bed with its own head/
bathroom. The saloon has an L-shaped settee and table
opposite the longitudinal galley, which is well equipped
with hob, oven and a deep sink.
The new 50 has better vision all-round, thanks
to forward facing windows which can be frosted

OPPOSITE The Rapido 60
was the model that launched
the brand in 2015. This is
Romanza on home waters
in Auckland. Photo: Deb HIGHLIGHTS
Williams
BELOW The Rapido 50 on

sea trials in Spain, June 2021.
Rapido 50
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instantly – literally – with the flick of a switch. right through the design, says Pete Melvin: HIGHLIGHTS
It also has a navigation station alongside the “Compared with cruising cats, cruising
settee. Headroom inside both the 60 and 50 trimarans in general are much simpler for Living space
and carrying capacity
is two-metres-plus. Furnishings, doors and their reliance on only one system for steering
other fixtures are foam-cored with veneers and propulsion.” For example, the full-access
Rotating mast
for lightness, fully integrated into the hull for engine room on the Rapido 60 is next to the maximises performance
rigidity. The entire fit-out has rounded surfaces to daggerboard case at the weight-centre of the
avoid bruising and surfaces that wipe-clean easily. boat. All parts of the Yanmar four-cylinder The elevated helm station
53hp diesel are accessible from all sides. This gives good vision
and all sail controls
POWERFUL YET space includes the fuel tank, an optional 8kW lead back there
CONTROLLABLE RIG generator and space for water makers and other
The carbon masts on each model are rotating to options. SPECIFICATIONS
maximise performance. The standing rigging is
synthetic. An extensive sail plan means there’s STIFF HULL loa 15.24m
a manageable amount of power available, both Rapido use infused carbon/vinylester laminates lwl 14.96m
upwind and downwind – an important safety on closed-cell PVC cores for high-strength areas beam 10.38m
consideration in a fast boat like this. The furling folded beam 5.5m
and E-glass with carbon elsewhere. Vinylester
draft 0.67-3.52m
Solent genoa, mounted on the inner forestay, is used in the hull and deck laminates for good displacement (light) 8,200kg
is self-tacking and the mainsail reefing system adhesion and better compatibility with the engine Yanmar 38.5hp shaft drive
uses Karver reef hooks mounted on Dyneema gelcoat finish. Epoxy laminates are used in the sail area:
straps around the boom to distribute the loads structural elements of the boat. SA main 95m2
with minimal chafe. The boom has truss wings The build conforms to ISO/CE standards and SA solent 54m2
with netting to catch the full-battened mainsail, CE Category A certification. “We use pre-preg SA staysail 18m2
which is on Antal sliders for easy hoisting, carbon for the high-strength parts such as the SA reacher 125m2
reefing and furling. cross beams (which are cured in the autoclave), SA asym spin 160m2
A furling fractional Code 0 and a masthead chainplates and bulkheads,” says Koch. Key hull
furling gennaker tack on the bow just ahead of features included watertight bulkheads and the
the headstay. Two Harken winches on the cabin extensive use of carbon fibre. Triac Composites’
top forward of the helm station handle main and experienced engineering team and its use of
Solent sheet loads. Rope clutches for halyards, sophisticated technology ensures stringent
mast rotation and board up and down controls interpretation of Morrelli and Melvin’s
are positioned to use the same winches. drawings, aided by the trust of Koch’s 30-year
This efficient use of systems extends association with the designers. BNZ

THECATCH
with MARK KITTERIDGE
Y
ou have to start somewhere! Not everyone
Let’s get
knows enough to grab their fishing gear and
head out fishing confident of success.
So, for readers new to fishing and wanting
started! to understand the basics, or those of you still

struggling to put some of the bigger pieces of
the fishing jigsaw together, these articles are for you.
First, you need to decide whether you want to follow the bait
Fishing success – or lack of it – or lure fishing route – each has its pros and cons.
is greatly influenced by an angler’s FISHING WITH BAIT

skill level and choice of fishing gear. There are some understandable attractions to using bait. The
simple concept of pinning something tasty on a hook to catch
Taking time to learn the basics can dinner goes back hundreds of years and is deeply ingrained.
make all the difference. Also, the idea of kicking back in the sun while waiting for a
bite, the rod in the holder and a frosty beverage in hand has
considerable appeal.

ABOVE Spinning outfits
are easier to cast.
RIGHT Heavy-duty
outfits can tackle big fish.
BELOW Free-spool reels

mount on top of the rod.
Photos: NZ Fishing News
To get the best from bait, you need the away – especially when the water is relatively
right equipment. This generally means a shallow (i.e. less than 20 metres or so). If you
rod of around 7-8ft (2.1-2.4m) in length can’t present your bait well away from the
with the ability to handle 8-15kg line, boat you’re at a great disadvantage, since you
matched to a reel loaded with around won’t reach those warier, often larger fish
300m of suitable line. holding at a distance.
I can just picture a bunch of you rolling Also, the strikes or hook-sets you make
your eyes and thinking: “No bloody in response to bites are more effective
way! That’ll never fit in the boat locker!” because the extra rod length picks up more
Fortunately, there are plenty of rods that of the line’s slack and stretch resulting in
break down into two pieces for storage. more direct contact with the hook for a
The reason for recommending a better hook-set in the fish’s mouth.
decent rod length comes down to casting Intending anglers should consider
distance. Longer rods cast further, which ABOVE Bait-runner style reels offer
starting off with a spinning style outfit, as
is nearly always an advantage, because significant advantages to anglers of they offer many significant advantages over
the boat’s shadow and any unusual noises every skill level. freespool/overhead reel combinations -
Photo: Alex Simpson.
the boat makes can scare nearby fish initially, anyway.

First and foremost, spinning gear is easier to operate. Simply
open the reel’s bail-arm and the line is freed so you cast out a
bait or drop it straight onto the water. A firm turn the reel’s
handle automatically flips the bail-arm back into place, trapping
the line ready for the retrieve. Start winding and the line is
automatically laid evenly on the spool.
Rods meant for spinning reels are identified by their guides:
if the guide nearest the reel is reasonably large and the guides
steadily decrease in size towards the much smaller tip guide, the
rod is designed for a spinning reel. This large ‘stripping’ guide
captures the line spiralling off the reel during the cast, with
the smaller guides acting like a funnel to control the line. The
sequentially smaller guides minimise line friction by preventing
the line slapping against the rod as it unloads from the reel.
Spinning reels hang down under the rod.
If the rod has more guides and of decreasing but more
uniform size along the rod’s length it is intended for a freespool
or overhead reel. Freespool reels are positioned on top of the
rod so they can be more easily accessed and controlled.
I personally prefer free-spool outfits for fishing baits as their
design allows me to stay in much better touch with my lightly
weighted stray-lined baits, but they are more complicated to
operate – we’ll discuss this in more detail later.
So what spinning reels suit newbie bait fishers best? Well,
it’s hard to beat ‘bait-runner’-style spinning reels, as they have
revolutionised bait fishing.
Equipped with two separate drag systems, the first one
controls the amount of ‘bite and run’ tension on the line.
Adjusted with a dial at the base of the reel, it exerts just enough
pressure to control the line when a fish moves off with the bait
without alerting it to potential danger.
The second drag-pressure system is on top of the spool. It is
the main ‘strike then fight’ drag most people are familiar with
– your reel’s emergency-release system to avoid line breakage.
Drag pressure should be set by rotating the drag knob one way
or the other before fishing commences. It should not be adjusted
after a fish is hooked, no matter how much line is spooling off
the reel. Releasing line under pressure is what a reel drag does to
prevent the line breaking!
Baitrunners are great, but the more basic style of spinning
reel will work well for you too, especially if you mostly use ABOVE Although a great option for beginners, more skilled
weighted ledger rigs. And lightly weighted strayline baits can anglers can get excellent results from spinning reels, too. This
fish is a nice mahimahi. Photo: NZ Fishing News.
still be fished effectively if you’re prepared to take a more active
role fishing them. fishing rather than braid. It’s true that braid, being thin with
To ensure the spinning rod and reel are compatible, look at minimal stretch, has some significant advantages.
their recommended ratings and capabilities. You will usually With braid you can use smaller, more compact reels and any
find this information on the rod just above the fore-grip – it will bites are transmitted more efficiently through the line to the
tell you the ideal line breaking strain range and the maximum angler, provided the line is taut.
sinker/lure weight. However, these same qualities often allow fish to feel the
The reel will have the line capacity specifications written on angler at the other end of the line and realise something’s not
the spool. These usually cover the maximum capacity for nylon right, resulting in just a tentative bite and then nothing. I’ve
and braid lines in metres/yards as well as by line diameter. also had sessions where the braid outfit didn’t get a single bite –
The reel should hold at least 200m of the chosen line class not even a little nip followed by rejection. Don’t ask me why.
(but 300m is better). A reel capable of holding 300m of 10kg Nylon, on the other hand, is much thicker in diameter for the
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What constitutes a full spool of line? Spinning reels are cut through the water as well, which makes feeling bites harder,
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flying off all at once; insufficient line on the reel results in extra away, and nylon tends to help mask the angler’s presence at the
friction as the line drags up and over the spool lip, reducing other end on the line.
casting distance. In my next installment we will discuss some useful basic bait-
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feature
Up the Creek
WORDS BY
ALEX STONE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
LESLEY STONE
f you tie your long hair back, and bundle clearer access to deep water. The Waiheke Road Board shifted its
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it on top of your head, it’s called a pūtiki. attention to the Kay Pee alternative, ‘secretively,’ according to
A topknot. Pūtiki is both a verb – to tie the Waiheke resident.
something up, to tie into a topknot – and “Passenger services to Ostend ended in early 1965. Ostend
a noun – a knot or a bundle or a topknot. Wharf reopened as a cargo port a few months later and saw
And that’s a nice point to begin exploring some service until it was displaced by cargo services at Kennedy
the natural and cultural history of Waiheke’s mother of all bays. Point in 1971. It was demolished in 1981.”
There’s so much history bundled up here, and much of it At the time the Roads Board was optimistically planning for
knotted up, for Pūtiki Bay has always encompassed contested a population of 30-40,000 for Waiheke. Building Kennedy Point
sites, lending credence to the opinion that a true Waiheke Wharf nearly bankrupted them.
Islander can enter an empty room – and get an argument going. A few hundred metres further on, just inside a rocky no-
First landfall at Pūtiki Bay already finds us deep in drama. name reef, there’s Kennedy Bay. This was the site of Waiheke’s
The lovely, pōhutukawa-fringed little bay just inside Kennedy second, but biggest shipyard.
Point and below the leading light (white, in an arc from Motuihe The 16-ton schooner Thistle was built here by Henry Niccol –
to Te Whau Point), is history. It’s loveliness that is. launched 1843 and wrecked in the Solomon Islands 1984. Then
Despite ongoing protests, construction of a marina in 1883 Captain John Brown Kennedy bought 1,820ha of land
accommodating 186 boats, and a floating carpark, has begun. here to establish Esslin Farm. He became the postmaster for
The locals who had boats there all opted for the ‘eviction Pūtiki Bay, and would take outgoing mail to steamers, rowing
incentive’ ($14,000) and shifted their moorings elsewhere. in his 18ft longboat. A grand homestead Dunesslin was built in
The rock mole and the wharf and slipway for the car ferry 1907, but demolished in the 1950s when the pilings rotted away.
were built in 2005, and 1971 respectively. The marina is being The next inlet has Shelly Beach at its head, also known as
constructed to the south of the mole. Putaki Bay. There was a disused oyster farm on the west side of
Waiheke’s resident historian Paul Monin wrote: “Kennedy Shelley Beach. Te Matuku Oysters is busy re-vitalising this oyster
Point (originally spelt Kennedy’s Point or ‘Kay Pee’ for short) farm and will look at the remnants of another further up in Anzac
emerged as an alternative to the old Ostend Wharf site in Bay. Duana Upchurch told me they will be replacing the current
the early 1960s, initially used to meet the need for vehicular structures, installing a more modern, sustainable method of oyster
services. Until then, the occasional motor vehicle had arrived on farming where the baskets are suspended above the sea floor.
the island by barge to Ostend or Matiatia. On the hill above Putaki Bay is Goldies Vineyard. The
Though exposed to prevailing winds, Kennedy Point offered conventional story of the success of Waiheke wines starts with

Jeanette and Kim Goldwater buying the land and setting up the
vineyard in the 1970s. But that’s not the whole story. Wiremu
Hoete grew grapes in Okoka Bay in the mid-1800s, and there
had been a vineyard in Ostend since 1929.
A Croatian family outfit – headed by patriarch Lovre ‘Lorrie’
Gradiska – made fairly potent sherries and ports from hybrid
vines, which were known on the island as ‘Purple Death.’ Their
production ended with Lorrie’s death in the 1950s. Purple
Death was a “fairly ferocious fortified brew”. Goldie’s Vineyard,
which reaches down to the shores of Putaki Bay in the far left-
hand corner, offers picnic baskets from its cellar door.
The boats moored in Putaki Bay are some ways out, as there’s
a wide mudflat that gets exposed at low tides. Godwits come to
feed here. Cockle beds are re-establishing themselves.
On the eastern arm of the bay, the Sea Scouts den has some
history. The hall and slipway were built in 1956, and the two big
wooden cutters were built on the island (in Anzac Bay) some
years before. Waiheke Sea Scouts flourished between 1960-
1976, after which the movement declined precipitously. In 2005
scout master Graham Crooks and his mate Ian Nicolson began
the resuscitation. Waiheke Sea scouts is now thriving again with
about 60 kids involved.
You need high tide to continue paddling up Okahuiti Creek.
We enter Dead Boats Central. Or as some may put it, the realm
of the picturesque. Sadly, shipwrecks have no place in our hard-
edged world: they are legally obliged to be removed and broken
up. But with those scattered about the mudflats, I don’t think
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The causeway at the head of Okahuiti Bay was built in
1961. It was prompted by a recommendation from an ‘inter-
departmental committee.’ Check out the interpretive panel
ABOVE & RIGHT
Wharetana Bay by the sawn-off boat and you’ll see an aerial photo of the bay
Homestead; before the causeway. There was a sandy beach behind where the
Ostend Wharf,
some time Sports Club is now, a temporary fishing camp for early Māori.
between 1910 Waiheke as a home for sculpture also includes that of the
and 1919. folk-art kind. The dolphins sculpture pays deference to the
OPPOSITE Dolphins netball teams of the sports club. Just across the
Oyster pickers way, the ram honours the successful Rams rugby league team.
at work in Pūtiki
Bay around 1912; After it was installed, the ram had its testicles removed by
Picnickers and persons unknown. Twice. That’s why the replacements are
holiday makers
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Ostend, 1922. Paddling around the shore before the tide goes out, we’ll
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people looking for places to live; there’s nothing wrong with
that. Our houseboats are perfectly legal.” But he added that
“the Council periodically gets aggressive with us.”
Then we come to the headland that’s at the end of Wharf
Road. Here’s where Ostend Wharf was built, 140m long, in
the early 1900s. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE is the island’s
most famous and enduring piece of graffiti. It was first
painted there on a wall by the slipway parking by Ollie,
the son of late, great Waiheke artist Zinni Douglas, in the
middle of the Beatles years.
It’s one of five new marine reserves recommended
in a 2016 report for the Waiheke Local Board by marine
biologist Tim Haggitt. It would protect the rimurēhia, or
sea grass (Zostera muelleri) meadows of Anzac Bay.
Hopefully with some water still under us, we enter the
topknot, that bay above the bay – Anzac Bay. It dries out
almost completely at low tide, except for a narrow channel
that leads up towards the mangroves at Rangihuoa.
Then we come to the inlet where Taiwapareira Creek
used to debouch into the sea. Where the skatepark is now
was once the landfill site – back then environmentalists
on the island warned of the dangers of having a leaching
landfill so close to the sea.
The creek kinda disappears under the waste transfer
station. Recently there were extensive works to build a
subterranean outlet for floodwater from the creek since
Auckland Council did not do a flood plan, as required by law,
when it built the new resource centre…
The head of the Taiwapareira Inlet is another of Pūtiki
Bay’s contested sites. The story here is of a shonky, dirty-
politics style takeover of a world-leading community
project, by darker forces. In this case, the big guys were
the bad guys – some of cartoonish dimensions – and it still
hurts for Waiheke.
This is what happened: From 1998, Waiheke’s waste
services were managed by a community company called
Clean Stream, set up by the local Waste Resources Trust.
It did good work. In 2009, the Auckland City Council’s city
development committee voted to award the new waste
contract (worth $22 million over 10 years) to Australian-
owned TransPacific International.
ABOVE CLOCKWISE Okahuiti

Causeway SportsPark League
mascot; Dave McCraken sculpture,
Okako Bay; Wiremu Hoete’s house at
Okoka Bay, around 1842; Rangihoua
rooster; Causeway boat installation.
OPPOSITE CLOCKWISE Putaki

Oyster Farm; Rangihoua houseboats;
Alex paddles up the creek.

(based in the Rotorua area), they say they came from Hawa’iki,
On your way up sailing a double-hulled ocean-voyaging canoe.
After a shark rescued the crew from being eaten by a huge
the creek you’ll sea creature, the people renamed their canoe – and themselves
pass a collection of – Te Arawa, after that species of shark.
Their landfall in New Zealand was Waiheke. They named what
houseboats which we call Gannet Rock, Horuhoru. Then they made their own way
have been there for up Pūtiki Bay. They spent some time fixing their waka after the
long sea voyage – Rangihuoa means ‘day of renewal,’ in this case
at least 40 years. meaning the re-lashing of the top gunwale boards of the waka.
On your way up the creek you’ll pass a collection of houseboats
which have been there for at least 40 years. These folk have also
Waiheke Islanders weren’t pleased. Protesters marched had their tussles with bureaucracy, mostly about what happens to
to the Auckland Town Hall singing a specially-composed effluent from the houseboats. In the end, consent was granted for
song Ko Tahi Tanga Waiheke (Waiheke speaking in one voice). seven houseboats to be allowed in the creek.
Didn’t help. The Australian Corporation got the contract A very high tide will take you and your kayak up, under
anyway. The waste management contract has now reverted to the road bridge and the horse/walking bridge next to it, to
a community-based enterprise. the point where the saltwater reaches furthest inland. This
From here, we head up the mangrove-lined channel towards is the spot where Waiheke’s roosters congregate. The rooster
Rangihuoa, the prominent hill above the sports park, and has become a symbol of Waiheke’s independence from the
a historic pā site. In the founding story of the Te Arawa iwi strictures of Auckland Council’s regular town planning.

BELOW
Houseboats in
Pūtiki Bay.
It all started when an old fulla in Blackpool who had owned Witte purchased 500 acres on the down payment of £4 to be
chooks for years, got a complaint laid against his rooster, followed by £40 plus £6 for a house.
which awoke his new-from-town neighbours at hours not of A homestead for the de Wittes was built in Wharetana Bay,
their choosing. When City Council wallahs came to capture the the next dent in the shoreline to the south west. His response
rooster, he went bush and evaded them. to the 1845 potato blight in Belgium was to propose the
As we return back towards the mouth of Pūtiki Bay, on the resettlement of 200,000(!) Belgians to Waiheke.
left we come to Okoka Bay, aka Dead Dog Bay. About 40 years In October 2012 Wharetana Bay was again at the centre
ago, local sculptor Denis O’Conner was kayaking here with of contested visions of development. Auckland Council gave
his son Shaun and they found a dog, unfortunately deceased. consent to place buildings almost at the water’s edge, well
Denis started calling it Dead Dog Bay, and somehow the name within the set-back limit. Waiheke locals didn’t like the idea,
stuck. Even the adjacent sculpture park has adopted the name. and protested by trying to block the arrival of a barge carrying
In the 1840s, Okoka Bay was the site of the kianga (settlement) two buildings. The protestors were there from 3:30am, and they
of Ngāti Paoa rangatira Wiremu Hoete and his wife Hera. They built slipped past a temporary fence that had been put up, to stand
a distinctive round house in 1837, which included a spare room for waist-deep in the water. Drumming and waiata provided the
guests, one of whom was Bishop Selwyn who visited in July 1842. soundtrack. A dozen security guards were waiting with police.
Previously, Hoete had been held as a captive slave of Ngāpuhi in the Seven of the protestors were arrested. Jacinda Ardern, then a
Bay of islands, but was released in 1834. Labour MP representing Waiheke and Central Auckland, was
Hoete made his way as best he could in the messy period of among those shouting the odds. The building was installed.
increasing land sales by Māori to Pākehā settlers. In April 1841, Next along the shore is Oakura Bay, which is joined to twin
he was involved in the sale of 30,000 acres (12,141ha) on the islands known locally as ‘The Sisters’ by a delicate, curving
Mahurangi coast to missionary William Fairburn for £200 in sandbar that is just above the water at low tide. The sandbar cuts
cash and over £200 worth of goods and livestock. across the northern entrance to Te Whau Bay, but can be crossed
For all his contrbution to land sales, Hoete himself became a in a small boat at high tide.
victim of unscrupulous land dispossession. In 1845, one Adam I remember once talking to an elderly retired farmer from
Chisholm bought out the land at Okoka Bay, from someone Scotland, while standing on the high point above Oakura Bay.
who claimed to have ‘owned’ it. Eight hundred and fifty acres A true man of the land, humble, soft-spoken, and with a sense
for two horses, other goods, and £2 cash. When Wiremu Hoete of humour preserved, intact. In the end, when we shook hands
objected, Chisholm physically threatened the Ngāti Paoa chief at the ferry, Sandy said his day on the island had been 100%,
on Auckland’s Queen Street. He successfully pushed through the and that saying this was a rare compliment from him.
sale through the counter-claimant, Pita Taurua of Patukirikiri. I wrote then that what the island had done for us, what it
Hoete was forced to re-locate to land in Blackpool. does for us every day, is in itself a rare compliment too. Just like
A land sale between Hoete and Charles de Witte, the Belgian a wee voyage around Pūtiki Bay can furnish us with so much a
consul to New Zealand, did go ahead – sort of – in 1844. De richness of stories. BNZ

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and historic waters, making their way to the Marlborough Yacht Club is organising social events for rally participants, and
Sounds via D’Urville Island. there will be information sessions for those heading further
Here, Island Cruising has arranged with Picton’s Waikawa south. Then, once a suitable weather window arises, the fleet
Boating Club for rally members to use the around 80 moorings will continue down the east coast to Stewart Island, with the
it manages in the Sounds, as well as inviting them to take part possibility of stops at Timaru, Oamaru or Dunedin if required,
in the cruising division of its New Year regatta in early January. then on to Fiordland.
Rally participants will also have access to the local Marlborough- “We do have to be fairly flexible, depending on the weather,
Nelson VHF marine radio channels for communications and and a lot will be determined by when people arrive as to how
weather updates, which Moore describes as “a local fount of long we spend here, but we’re hoping for a good couple of
knowledge for that area”. weeks at Stewart Island,” Moore says. “One of the things people
At the end of January, the rally will head down the east have said is that they want to spend lots of time there and in
coast to Banks Peninsula, where cruisers can explore Lyttelton, Fiordland so we are going to be as flexible as we can so people
Akaroa and the lesser-known bays of the region. The Akaroa can do what they want.”

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Island Cruising
WORDS BY
SARAH ELL
PHOTOGRAPHY
SUPPLIED
OPPOSITE INSET
Vicki Moore
and Naval Point
Commodore
Willie Newman.
LEFT There will be

plenty of scope for
socialising during
this year’s South
Island Rally.

Moore says one of the big advantages of cruising with the rally is the weather routing,
which will be provided by Australian meteorologist Bruce Buckley, who has previously
provided routing for the Sydney-Hobart and worked with the Australian Olympic
sailing team. As at the top of the island, in the south participants will be able to tap into
Southland Marine VHF to get detailed weather information and network with local
boaties and fishers.
After the southern sojourn, the group will return up the west coast to Abel Tasman,
before trips back to their home bases.
Moore says a few different aspects to the rally are appealing to cruisers. “There’s the
social aspect of meeting other people that are going to be heading in the same direction,
and you can team up and share resources and ideas and socialise along the way. We also
offer a whole lot of preparation workshops leading up to the rally, with people sharing
information about their experiences. And we can help people finding crew for passages,
and then there are other offers and deals along the way, like group discounts and
arrangements with local businesses.
“So it’s that combination of preparation and the support along the way. Island Cruising
does a lot of the donkey work, researching places to go and supplying the information
people need that they would otherwise have to spend a lot of time finding out themselves.”
The southern rally is a way for Moore to dip her toe in the waters of organising such an
event, having taken over the Island Cruising operation from previous owners Nigel and
Amanda Richards earlier this year. The organisation itself was established more than 30
years ago, by Don and Jenny Mundell, and has helped hundreds of Kiwis and international
sailors make it safely up to and around the islands of the Pacific. As well as running the
rallies, Island Cruising also aims to provide advice, support and training courses for people
planning on long coastal or overseas voyages, assisting cruisers visiting New Zealand, and
promoting the New Zealand marine industry to local and international boaties.
Moore’s professional background is in the travel industry and she has also worked at
Parliament as the electorate representative for National MP Sir David Carter. She has
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ABOVE The islands of Aotearoa offer
hundreds of stunning cruising destinations.
RIGHT Viki Moore is herself a boat owner

and keen sailor.
been sailing since she was a child, starting out in a pink Optimist;
is a director of Yachting New Zealand and has founded two sailing
organisations: the Little Ship Club of Canterbury and Women Who
Sail New Zealand. Her current vessel is Wildwood, a timber Young
88, which she has owned since 2003.
The Richards’ contacted Moore on the recommendation of
mutual friend John Hembrow, organiser of the Down Under
cruising rallies between Australia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
“I originally thought ‘is this something I want to take on?’,
especially with all the uncertainty around Covid, but Nigel and
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“I had been doing some work with the international cruisers
here [during Covid], lobbying for them to get visa extensions
and other assistance, and I had my finger in lots of different
pies. I felt like I needed a new project, and realised this was
something I could get my teeth into.
“One of my hesitancies was that there were no guarantees
that anyone was going to be able to go anywhere, but I decided
I could pivot, and organise the South Island rally as a start for
this year. The South Island is my home and I know a lot of the
waters around here really well.”
Moore says around 50 people contacted her wanting
information about the rally when it was first announced in
September, and 10 boats were already signed up as at early
October. “When I started planning for it I was hoping to get
around twenty boats to start with, and it’s looking like we’re
going to reach that target and maybe a few more. Some people
want to just do the Marlborough Sounds, and some of the South
Island boats want to do just Stewart Island and Fiordland, and
we can accommodate that.
“This one being my first rally, it will be good to get all the
systems and processes in place, and get a formula going. It’s
a great practice run for me for the Pacific next year, which is
looking really promising.”
Despite the ravages of Covid, both Fiji and New Caledonia
are keen to reopen their sea borders to cruising boats, and
hopefully other island groups will follow suit. In the 2019 rally, knowledge with others, so everyone can all benefit from it. I see
prior to the pandemic, 35 boats made the journey northwards a lot of opportunities for collaboration.”
from New Zealand, and Moore says she has a list of about 50 Island Cruising currently has about 350 members, an
boat-owners keen to join in as soon as it is possible. increase of about 200 this year, with a newsletter going out
Moore’s vision for Island Cruising is to build on that great to around 5,000 interested parties, as well as a social media
reputation the organisation has built up over the years. “I’m really presence (more than 7,500 people follow the Facebook page).
keen to really collaborate with all the yacht clubs around New While Covid restrictions seem likely to continue in coming
Zealand and the Pacific and create a really great community, so months, Moore says there is less chance of the whole event
that everyone knows about all the things that are going on in being disrupted by the pandemic, unlike planning to head
cruising circles, and can share lots of information. In the past, offshore.
people have got a bit isolated and be doing their own thing and “Hopefully by the time the rally starts [in late December]
not sharing the amazing stuff going on. everyone will be under the same level of restrictions, but in the
“The overall goal is to promote cruising, getting people meantime we just need to press on organising it and hope for
prepared and getting them upskilled, and also sharing their the best.” BNZ
ABOVE Viki’s own boat is

the Ross 800 Wildwood.
RIGHT The Marlborough

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rendezvous and New
Year’s destination for this
year’s rally.

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Marine
Biosecurity
WORDS BY
LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
TOS MARINE BIOSECURITY
AND CAWTHRON
INSTITUTE

New Zealand’s marine biosecurity
system is designed to prevent marine
pests arriving – and managing the
impact of those already here. A bit like
Covid’s vaccination/mask regime,
much of the battle’s about stopping the
spread. How can boaties help? By using
their boats and keeping hulls clean.
USE
INVASION OF THE HULL-FOULERS
They’re among us.

Some 351 non-indigenous species were
identified in our marine waters in 2015, of which
187 had become established – a 10% increase since
YOUR
2009 (Stats NZ). They include algae, barnacles,
crabs, bryozoans, sea squirts, mussels and other
molluscs.
Part of the increased detections between 2001
and 2010 is probably due to the active surveillance
programmes and a greater awareness of the
negative impacts of marine pests.
BOAT s a ‘containment strategy’ using your boat

MARINE NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES IN NZ
MPI has identified 11 marine organisms which

are highly invasive and of particular concern:
Asian paddle crab (Charybdis japonica)
Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
European shore crab (Carcinus maenus)
Mediterranean fanworm (Sabella spallazanii)
A
might sound counter-intuitive: visiting Northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
different anchorages would surely increase
Australian droplet tunicate (Eudistoma elongatum)
the risk? Well, not if you have a clean hull,
Clubbed tunicate (Styela clava)
and clean hulls are largely a function of a
Pyura (Pyura doppelgangera)
well-used boat.
Aquarium caulerpa (Caulerpa taxifolia)
“The most widely-used antifouls are ablative and rely on
the boat moving through the water to wash away any slime Wakame/undaria (Undaria pinnatifida)
layer and release the biocides in the paint,” says Peter Lawless. Asian clam (Potamocorbula amurensis)
“Wiping off the slime every month or so – coupled with regular
use of your boat – will extend the paint’s life. That way pests
have less chance to adhere.”
When marine pests attach to a hull the biocides can’t be
released – they are essentially blocked by the fouling. A boat
lying in a marina for months – even with the best antifoul – he
says, is a sitting duck.
Lawless coordinates the Top of the South Marine Biosecurity
partnership – an initiative launched in 2009. It includes
Tasman District Council, Nelson City Council, Marlborough
District Council, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI),
Department of Conservation (DOC), the aquaculture industry,
port companies, tangata whenua and other stakeholders.
It’s geared to monitoring vessels, harbours, marinas and
anchorages in the upper South Island (and Wellington). The
team not only surveys around 450 vessels annually for fouled
hulls but also runs a series of comprehensive workshops five

times a year. Aimed at boaties, marina operators and Council
staff, these help with identifying marine pests and offer best-
practice antifouling guidelines.
Manufacturers suggest a good application of antifoul paint
might last up to two years. But in addition to regular slime layer
removal and boat use, says Lawless, the paint’s performance
also depends on how it’s applied. “Owners should follow the
manufacturer’s guidelines about application and surface
preparation. Using the right paint is also crucial – a copper-
based antifoul on aluminium hulls/appendages is not a good
idea. Galvanic corrosion is unforgiving.
“But our inspections reveal a fundamental problem – we
typically detect growth in difficult-to-reach areas which have
little or no antifoul paint. And the number one culprit is under
the vessel’s keel, followed by a bow thruster tunnel.
“On the hardstand a vessel’s keel rests on wooden blocks.
Because those areas are inaccessible most boat owners quickly
slap on a thick coat of paint while the boat’s hanging in the
travel lift. That’s useless – the paint simply washes off a few
minutes after relaunch – leaving prime spots for organisms to
set up home.”
One way of fixing this is to vary the position of the blocks
between antifoul applications – a tactic used at commercial
slipways. He also points out that owners of commercial vessels
usually exceed the paint manufacturer’s recommendations (in
terms of application) – because antifouling is much cheaper
than a haul-out.
TOP Pests have an extraordinary ability to adapt to our conditions.
“Recreational boaties tend to go the other way – the paint’s
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Obtaining a clean bill of health
for a vessel is good practice
for boaties, says Lawless, but
warns that it isn’t infallible
because invasive pests are
often hard to detect.
“Among our recent
fanworm detections, six
vessels presented the identical
profile. All had been inspected
and given a tick by scuba
divers before arriving in the
Marlborough Sounds. But the
fanworm wasn’t detected.
Until it’s quite prominent –
about 30mm long – it’s very
hard to spot, particularly in
poor light and visibility.
“Similarly, the Spirit of New
Zealand was full of fanworm
when she visited here – but
her clean certificate was more
than six months old. In its
juvenile state the fanworm
hadn’t been detected.”
Caulerpa brachypus,
an aggressive pest seaweed,
has been found in Aotea
Great Barrier Island waters.
This seaweed can form dense mats and smother
our native species.
You can help

To stop it spreading, a rāhui and legal controls are
in place in the affected areas.
If you’re planning boating, fishing or diving at Aotea,
check the rules at: www.biosecurity.govt.nz/caulerpa
Report it at 0800 80 99 66

CLOCKWISE
FROM LEFT
Some of the
worst invaders:
fanworm,sea
squirt, Undaria,
styela clava –
and a daunting
growth of
fanworm.
BELOW
Divers carry
out hull
inspections –
but be warned:
a clean bill
of health is
not infallible.
Juvenile
creatures are
hard to detect.
OPPOSITE
A Cawthron
Institute
research team
examines a
menagerie of
nasties.
...they’re very good at adapting. The Mediterranean

fanworm, for example, is from warmer waters but down
here grows faster than what has been observed overseas.
expensive so they’re inclined to skimp. And when there is any

excess paint, they use it in the wrong areas. It should be applied
to the hull’s high-current areas – the bow, keel and rudder –
which take the brunt of the water’s velocity. Most antifoul paints
are ablative – these areas lose paint more quickly.”
TOUGH & ADAPTABLE

Most marine pests arrive in our waters on ships – either in
water ballast discharged near our coastline – or on the hulls
(around 70%).
MPI has managed ballast water discharge from overseas
vessels since 1998 and in 2018 implemented a world-first tool
– the Craft Risk Management Standard – Biofoul – to govern the
biosecurity requirements for all arriving vessels. Though an
excellent first-line-of-defence, the regulations are preventative
and aren’t designed to manage the marine pests already here.
On behalf of MPI Abraham Growcott manages a national
marine surveillance programme to aid the early detection of
marine pests in our 12 busiest ports. He says the pests’ ability to
survive – and indeed thrive – in our waters is extraordinary.
“The earlier we find new arrivals the higher chance we have
of being able to manage them, either through eradication or
population suppression to prevent their spread. We’ve got a pretty
good handle on the species already here as NIWA staff have been
completing these surveys every summer and winter since 2002
to look for marine pests. We’ve definitely noticed a ‘plasticity’ in
their tolerance – they’re very good at adapting. The Mediterranean

MARINE
BIOSECURITY
TOOLBOX
The Toolbox is another
component in our
expanding marine
biosecurity arsenal. Run
by the Cawthron Institute,
it’s a five-year (2019-24)
collaborative research
programme aimed at
protecting the marine
environment from non-
indigenous marine species.
It’s funded by the Ministry
of Business, Innovation
and Employment and
supported by a group of
regulatory, industry, Māori
and international research
organisations.
It aims to develop
tools to prevent marine
pest establishment, early
detection of those that do
arrive and modelling of
new incursions. It will be
implemented in partnership
with regional councils,
central government
agencies, and the maritime
and aquaculture industries.
fanworm, for example, is from warmer waters but in New Zealand You only have to consider how the voracious Northern
grows faster than what has been observed overseas.” Pacific Sea star has decimated shellfish in southern Australia to
Japanese Kelp (Undaria) is another pest that’s spread around understand his point. It’s not been seen in our waters – so far.
the country, says Don McKenzie, the Biosecurity Manager at
Northland Regional Council (NRC). “Ten years ago we believed LEGISLATION
Undaria would only survive in the South Island’s waters – but While MPI’s Craft Risk Management Standard addresses
today we find it growing up north in Houhora harbour. international vessels arriving to New Zealand, shouldn’t we
“Fanworm is also thriving – around 10 years ago the have a similar biosecurity approach for domestic vessels moving
literature suggested it grew to about 50cm in cold water. around our country?
Well, in Northland growth rates are exceeding that. And it’s Well, the legislation does provide for related regulations for
also exhibiting other, odd biological phenomena, like double- domestic vessels, says John Sanson, a biosecurity manager
spawning. So there’s large-scale adaptability.” at MPI. “Domestic Pathway Management Plans (PMP) were
Climatic factors also affect the pests’ activity. “About two introduced through changes to the Biosecurity Act in 2012. Prior
years ago,” says Lawless, “we received a flurry of calls from to that the legislation only allowed for national or regional pest
marine farmers in the Pelorus Sound, concerned about a sudden management plans, but it was recognised that a mechanism
proliferation of a slimy green algae (Cladophora). to proactively manage the pathways of pest spread would be
“It had been around for at least six years but rarely beneficial and complement rules focussed on specific pests.
bloomed – until a high temperature excursion arrived (3o) in “Environment Southland was the first to adopt a PMP for
the Marlborough Sounds and triggered the outbreak. Some marine biosecurity in 2017. It contains specific requirements for
organisms lie dormant for years and suddenly emerge with vessels entering Fiordland – they need a Clean Vessel Pass, proving
climate variations. Predicting the behaviour is very hard – they meet the specified biosecurity standard before entry.
which is why constant vigilance is so important.” “At the opposite end of the country,” he adds, “Northland
Everyone spoken to for this story emphasised the importance Regional Council (NRC) was the first to adopt a region-wide
of rapid and appropriate action when fighting marine pests. PMP. It requires ‘good boat hygiene’ and gives NRC the power
“With any given event we only have a narrow window in which to deal with fouled vessels – owners must either haul and
to act,” Lawless stresses. “If you don’t get to it early the horse will clean their vessels – or leave.”
bolt – containment and eradication become impossible.” NRC’s McKenzie says the PMP was implemented because the

LEFT Cawthron
Institute’s research
programme
addresses non-
indigenous marine
species.
RIGHT Top of
the South runs
marine biosecurity
workshops in the
region five times
a year.
Clean hulls are more efficient – a fouled bottom not

only compromises boat performance but stings your
wallet at the fuel dock.
region carries 90% of the biosecurity risk. “It’s simple arithmetic formulated in conjunction with the marine industry. It aims
– the upper North Island is home to most of the country’s to give vessel owners confidence about achieving optimum
recreational fleet.” applications.
He says the strategy’s been successful in limiting the transfer The draft Clean Hull Plan is expected to be completed later
of marine pests within and between regions and he believes this year, allowing consultation with stakeholders to kick off
the regulations need to be rolled out nationally. “Only 60% of early next year. “We want feedback from the boating public,
regions have regulations in their marine pest management plans iwi, industry – anyone with an interest in marine biosecurity,”
– and those regulations aren’t consistent. We need a national says Sanson. The PMP will be presented to the Minister for
regime for the country’s domestic water space – one that Biosecurity for approval following consultation.
mirrors what MPI does at the country’s borders.” By and large, boaties are helping to keep the invaders
Happily, things are moving in the right direction. suppressed. “I think boaties are the heroes in this issue because
90% of them want to do the right thing and make an effort to
CLEAN HULL PLAN keep their hulls clean,” say McKenzie.
Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty regional/ Lawless agrees and says the substantial increase in awareness
unitary councils, together with MPI and DOC, are and the change in behaviour among the boating public is very
collaborating on the development of a PMP (referred to as pleasing. “Fundamentally, it’s about looking after your boat and
a ‘Clean Hull Plan’). This is a key step towards a consistent, keeping it clean. The industry’s catch-phrase sums it up perfectly
integrated marine biosecurity plan for the entire country. Also – Clean Below? Good to Go. It’s a core social responsibility.”
under development is a national antifouling standard, being Just like wearing a mask. BNZ
FURTHER INFORMATION ON NEW ZEALAND BIOSECURITY

For more information about invasive marine pests, local rules and requirements (and a nationwide haul-out directory)
visit www.marinepests.nz MPI carries a useful antifouling guide on its website:
https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/32641/direct

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THE STEVE ASHLEY STORY
Addicted to
sailing adventures
It’s blowing 30 knots and rigger Steve Ashley’s swinging
from a wire off a helicopter above a wildly gyrating yacht
trying to dodge the mast. It’s not for the faint-hearted, but
then Ashley isn’t your typical rigger. This is his story.

Ashley sailing his
A-Class Catamaran and
(right) undertaking a rig
inspection.
BOTTOM LEFT Ashley in

Dolphin.
B
orn in England in 1960, Steve Ashley’s parents weekends, Ashley would carry his canoe from Larkin’s house
Peter and Ann and their two sons emigrated to down to the beach and paddle it across the Upper Waitemata to
New Zealand in 1967, setting up in Wellington. the Hobsonville Yacht Club where he kept Dolphin.
From an early age Ashley was attracted to boats and “I was just addicted to sailing Dolphin – I’d be on the water
he started off carving model boats to use on the all day.”
Wainuiomata River. Next came a land yacht built from Meccano, Hobsonville Yacht Club then had a wide selection of dinghies
a precursor to a later fascination with land yachting. and eventually Ashley got to sail virtually every centreboard
Seeking better work opportunities, the Ashleys moved to class then popular in New Zealand.
Auckland in 1970 and set up in Birkdale. Ashley’s uncle, Richard, His next boat was a scow-type Mk II Moth. By now the
kept a launch along with an elderly clinker dinghy at Little Shoal family had moved to Point Chevalier, so Ashley would pull
Bay. Ashley’s first sailing experiences came from rowing this his Moth on its trailer one kilometre to the Point Chevalier
dinghy upwind, then sailing it back downwind with his raincoat Sailing Club to go sailing. If the tides were right, he’d race the
hoisted on one oar while using the other for a rudder. Moth with Point Chevalier in the morning and then sail over to
Aged 13 he bought his first sailing dinghy, which he paid for Hobsonville to race in the afternoons.
from his Auckland Star paper run. Leaving school part-way through 1975, Ashley started a
“I named her Dolphin, she was a 3.2m pram-bowed dinghy, sailmaking apprenticeship with Dave Giddens.
similar to an English Cadet.” “Dave was a great mentor; I learned a hell of a lot from him.”
Local character Frank Larkin befriended Ashley and allowed Ashley crewed for Giddens on various keelers while also
him to keep his canoe at his Beachhaven house. Holidays and racing his new Moth, a Bruce Farr design. A year into his

apprenticeship, in 1978 Ashley’s parents returned to England
for family reasons and, aged 17, he had little choice but to
accompany them.
The family set up in Winchester not far from Southampton.
Getting work in the marine industry was more difficult in
England, however he eventually got a job with the Hamble
branch of North Sails.
Everyone wants a sailmaker on their crew and Ashley was
soon crewing on various RORC and club racers, including the
Jeremy Rogers design OD34 Alamanda II owned by Michael
Campbell, nephew of the late Donald.
In August 1979 Campbell, Ashley and five others raced
Alamanda II at Cowes Week before joining the more than 300
yachts entered in the Fastnet Race. The weather conditions
were relatively benign for the first few days but on the Monday
night the wind increased to 30 knots.
“We were due off-watch at midnight and just before then the
wind went from 30 to 60 [knots] like flicking a light switch. The
boat just laid on her side and we lost the rig shortly afterwards.”
The crew cut the mast away and decided to wait for daybreak
before setting a jury rig. Unfortunately, in the wee small hours
Alamanda II was rolled again blowing out a saloon window and the
crew were forced to bail with buckets as the pumps had blocked.
Daybreak revealed 12m breaking seas demonstrating just
how dangerous the situation was. Conditions eased late in
the afternoon and Alamanda II’s crew were in the process of
hoisting the spinnaker pole as a jury mast when a Sea King
helicopter arrived with orders to get everyone off any disabled
yacht before dark. So Alamanda II was abandoned and her crew ABOVE A practice session with Westpac Helicopters
lifted to safety.
They weren’t alone. Of the more than 300 yachts in the race, BELOW The Ashley family launch, a Pelin Liberty.
75 were capsized or rolled, 24 were abandoned and five sank. The OPPOSITE TOP Ashley and Torkler pushing Head Office
crews didn’t fare much better; 125 had to be rescued and there hard in the 1990 Around NZ Race.
were 15 deaths. The carnage caused a major rethink to the IOR OPPOSITE BELOW Ashley racing his Idle Along Red Wing.
rules making yachts safer but it had been an expensive lesson.
Incidentally, Alamanda II was found by Dutch fishermen and
Campbell later donated her to the Royal Yacht Squadron as a
youth training yacht. She never sailed again.
Still only aged 18, Ashley was unfazed and three months
later joined the crew of a Richard Hartley Fijian 43 ferro yacht
bound for New Zealand. However, the freshly-launched yacht
was basic and had virtually no safety gear.

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and the Canary Islands, where the owner decided he didn’t
like sailing after all and headed back to England. 19
After sailing to Bermuda on another yacht, Ashley got a
20 21 22
job delivering a Morgan 46 from there to Grosse Point, Lake
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St Clair. After surviving a massive electrical storm on the
east coast of the USA, he delivered the Morgan to its home
port via New York and the grateful owner paid for Ashley’s 23 24
flight back to New Zealand.

Sailmaking positions were quiet in New Zealand and Across Down
Ashley eventually got a job at Yachtspars as a rigger. He 1. Peninsula in Northland with historic lighthouse (4,5) 1. Steered boat slightly sideways to compensate
spent the next three years working for Yachtspars during 6. Shortened name for type of multihull (3) for current (7)
8. Run _____ – run aground or become entangled (5) 2. Experienced and skilled sailor (3)
the summer, returning to the UK for the northern summer.
9. Large 15th-18th century Spanish sailing ship used for trade 3. Marine plant in photo (4,4)
There was lots of sailing in both countries – windsurfers, and war (7) 4. Figure of _____ – nautical knot (5)
yacht deliveries and racing on various IOR half and three- 10. Block wind from sails of another boat by passing to 5. ____ ships - sailing vessels with high masts (4)
quarter ton yachts. windward (7) 6. Metal connector that secures one fitting to
12. ____ to – is almost stationery with head towards wind (4) another (6,3)
Around 1987 Ashley met Vanessa Caris and decided to 14. Training practice exercise for emergency situation on 7. Metal fittings on masts for securing rigging (5)
knuckle down. He started working with fellow rigger Steve board boat (5) 11. At or near centre of vessel (9)
McCabe and a year later in 1988 they bought Don Wright’s 15. _____ down –blew whistle for silence on decks and 13. Person who runs boat charter service (8)
dismissal (5) 16. Feeling of complete loss when your boat
(son of designer Alan Wright), rigging business as he was
17. Throw fishing line out over water using rod and reel (4) sinks, maybe (7)
selling up to join Peter Blake’s Steinlager II campaign. 18. _____ Sea – part of Arctic Ocean to north of Norway 17. Warming hot chocolate drink after cold day
and Russia (7) on boat (5)
20. Marine molluscs having oval shell with overlapping 18. Ship’s officer in charge of equipment and
plates (7) crew (5)
21. _____ firma – dry land, as distinct from sea (5) 19. Shanty is traditional sailor one (4)
23. Exertion of sailing races might build up these! (3) 22. Untreated boat timbers will do this over
24. Marine _____ – source of electrical power on board vessel (9) time (3)
S A D S N S C Puzzle no.287
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second on line, a highly creditable achievement considering the
damaged mast.
BELOW Ashley’s Since then Ashley has completed four Around the North
current Class 3
sand yacht. Island (RNI) races; the 1989 race with Grey Hudson in Sea
Biscuit; the 1996 race with Mick Richardson on Marimba II, the
1999 race with Torckler on Satellite Spy, and then the 2002 race
with Dave Mason on Frenzy.
The early races led to Ashley joining SSANZ in 1988 and he
only retired last year after 32 years of involvement, receiving a
Yachting New Zealand recognition for his services this year.
In the late 1990s, Ashley got involved in racing Idle Along’s
which he really enjoyed. Then he tried an A Class catamaran and
thought “I’ve gotta have one of these.”
After a season in a plywood one, he built two more A Class
cats in GRP/carbon, both non-foiling. Even without foils, an A
Class is a challenge for one person, especially in breezes over 20
knots. Ashley is also into land yachting, initially with a Given-
designed Sand Tiger and currently with a Class Three.
Which brings us to the opening paragraph: helicopter rescues.
It’s not uncommon for the Westpac Rescue helicopter to lift crew
off yachts. Occassionly as part of the rescue they’re asked to
provide a replacement crew to sail the yacht to a safe port.
Ashley and Torckler have completed three such rescues, the
first in 1994 where they sailed a Pacific Seacraft 24 back to the
BOI from 130nm north of North Cape after its 64-year-old
singlehanded female skipper was lifted off.
Another was in 1997 when a retired Canadian couple sailing
an 11m yacht were 60nm out from Whangarei. The husband
went overboard but his wife couldn’t get him back onboard and
sadly he died. A passing ship managed to pick her up but the
request was made to the Westpac helicopter to pick her up and
The pair ran the The Rigging Shop as a partnership for five provide a crew to sail the yacht to port.
years before Ashley bought McCabe out. He and Vanessa had Helicopter pilots dislike rescuing people from yachts with
previously purchased Sail Brokers, a secondhand sail brokerage. intact rigs. Not only is there a significent risk of injury to the
Between this and The Rigging Shop, Ashley has remained person on the wire, but if the wire tangles in the rig it can
gainfully employed ever since. potentially pull the helicopter out of the sky.
Getting back to the sailing, besides a number of Windsurfers, On all three occasions Ashley and Torckler have been
during the early 1980s, Ashley owned a Farr 3.7 –“I was a bit big dropped onto yachts with intact rigs and survived to tell the
for that” – then a Windrush 14 surf cat. tale. But it’s taken a toll; Ashley once took out an ensign staff
For a decade he had the free use of Rocke Bryers’ John with his groin – ouch – whilst Torckler has badly damaged a
Spencer designed ¼ tonner Free Spirit, an arrangement that shoulder. Despite their injuries, bad weather and one or two
suited both parties. Ashley would sail Free Spirit regularly up of the yachts being in poor condition, the pair successfully
and down the coast, out to the Barrier and once as an unofficial returned all three yachts safely to port. Just another day at the
entry in a Coastal Classic. office, eh Steve?
When Bryers part-traded Free Spirit for the Ross 35 Head While Ashley has a pretty impressive sailing trophy cabinet,
Office, Ashley and his good sailing mate Craig Torckler borrowed these days he and Vanessa are more often found aboard their
her for the first Around New Zealand Race in 1990. Pelin Liberty launch, Smooth Operator.
“I’ve done a lot of two-handing sailing with Craig and he’s “It’s low-stress boating. No more worrying and
the best guy I’ve ever sailed with.” procrastination about getting the kite down or putting a reef in.
After late nights and weekends getting Head Office ready for If it gets rough, I just pull the throttle back a tad. And it’s a lot
the race, the exhausted pair managed an excellent Auckland drier too.”
to Stewart Island time of seven days, four hours. However the We boaties can take tradespeople such as Ashley for granted.
physical toll was high and they found at times that one hour His knowledge of rigs – gained from 40,000nm offshore sailing
watches were the maximum they could handle. and countless coastal and inshore races across all manner of
“One of the things we learned from that race was how yachts – is unmatched and it’s no surprise he’s booked up weeks
physically demanding it was and how hard it was to stay awake.” in advance.
As one might expect, there were a few issues such as the Steve Ashley, rigger – Westhaven boaties are lucky to have
batteries dying one night, a 60-plus knot front going through, him around. BNZ
a nose dive off a wave that buried the yacht back to the main
hatch soaking the interior and, on the last leg just off Gisborne, PHOTOS Supplied by Steve Ashley. Ashley up mast picture by John Macfarlane.
a cracked mast that prevented the mainsail being hoisted.
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CRUISING
Swamp tales
WITH THE
BY LINDSAY WRIGHT
GENERAL
Recalling an inland delivery trip
long ago in a land far away.

LEFT A push tug helps the General back out of the creek.
ABOVE Dougie at the wheel of the General, the writer

keeping watch on his shoulder.
he muddy brown creek marked the
T
Florida–Georgia state line.
The green, stygian forest of a
national park crowded the north bank
and on the Florida side, Hermanson’s
Boatyard scrabbled a living on a clear
strip surrounded by swamp grass and mangroves.
We had been there for a few months, doing a major refit
on our steel cutter Elkouba – and I mean major refit. A large
portion of her decks had been removed and a deckhouse
fitted, I had sandblasted and spray-painted her hull and
virtually rebuilt the interior.
We’d got to know the locals and had become almost
local ourselves. Among the boatyard workers there
was Charlie, a nuggety good ol’ boy who habitually
wore camouflage gear. He worked a trapline catching
raccoons in the national park across the creek. Most of
the carcasses were sold to Afro-Americans in Fernandina
Beach township who called him “the coon man.”….until
the morning he was escorted to work by heavily-armed
Georgia park rangers and taken away by the local police.
“I was jes emptying my traps,” he told me later ,” when I
heared the walkie-talkies….and I knowed I was busted.”
Our local bar was a small shack, called Shrimp
Haven, near the jetty, at the end of a rickety boardwalk
through the swamp. Local shrimpers gathered in the
evening to drink Budweiser (“we call it Butt-wiper”)
and tell fishing stories.
Big plastic bags full of empty beer cans crowded the
back doorway.

I’d been a commercial fisherman in New Zealand and enjoyed in the centre of the hold.
swapping yarns… they asked how our refit was going, where “Ain’t nothing but a Cuban dirt box,” one of my companions said.
New Zealand was – they figured it had to be near New York It turned out the ship had been running refugees from Cuba
someplace because of my funny accent and because both places when she’d been stopped by the US Coastguard. The refugees
shared the same first name. had been imprisoned or deported and the ship had been
Or maybe Canada someplace? confiscated and tied alongside the derelict wharf.
Further down the creek a small black bulk ship was tied to “I got a job for it,” Dougie said. “I’m gonna buy it.”
a wharf by chafed and furry dock lines. Stickers slathered all He already ran a high-lining shrimp boat – about 12m long.
over the ship proclaimed that she was the property of the US What could he want a 50 or 60m ship for?
Government and trespassers would be gunned down, blown We strolled back through the swamp to the Shrimp Haven
up, eviscerated and stabbed. ‘General’ was crudely brushed on with its single beer bill of fare.
the bows in white paint which had dribbled lavishly during its Then, a couple of months later, Dougie strutted into the Shrimp
application. Smears of rust ran down the hull. Haven. “Well,” he said, “I done it – I done bought the General.”
Like good boat folk, we ignored the signs, peered through the Over a few Butt-wipers he outlined his plans. He was going to
wheelhouse windows and lifted a corner of the hatch covers to take the ship to Jacksonville, about 30 miles south, to rebuild her
look into the hold. A few hundred tonnes of sand were mounded as mothership for a fleet of scallop fishing dories. “Ain’t nobody
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OPPOSITE
The General
tied up to a
rickety jetty in
the creek.
LEFT Big
plastic bags
of empty beer
cans crowded
the back door
of the Shrimp
Shack.
.
RIGHT The
Fourth of July
in Edgarstown,
Florida, 1986.
never done it,” he grinned, “we’s gonna make us a fortune!” machinery was one of a series of two-stroke engines designed
And a week later he swung by the boatyard. “Hey Lenzee,” for the US military. The appellation means 12 cylinders, in a vee
he asked, “reckon you could run the General down to configuration and 92 cubic inches per cylinder displacement. It
Jacksonville for me?” produces about 700hp (522kW) at 2,100 rpm.
“Yeah, no problem,” I said and, when he’d left, I wondered I checked the fuel filters and engine/gearbox oil, opened the
what the hell I’d done.” sea cocks and hit the start button. It tried to go but couldn’t
The first thing was to take a tape measure down to the quite overcome the compression in all 12 cylinders.
General. Most of the road bridges over the Intracoastal But I had been shipmates with 471 and 671 Detroits in
Waterway between us and Jacksonville were manned and New Zealand and had learned how to get a reluctant one
would open on demand with a VHF call. The others had a running. One of the guys brought a newspaper down from the
statutory clearance of 40’ (12m). With the tape measure I messroom which I rolled into a tight cylinder (or torch). The
figured our air draught (height). We could make it with about shrimpers peered over my shoulders to see what I was doing
60cm to spare. and I borrowed a cigarette lighter.
Width was another matter, but I figured we could sneak I opened the throttle slightly, set fire to the end of the
through the narrowest spots with our 10m beam and, as for rolled up newspaper, and pushed the start button. I thrust the
depth, some of the ‘Cuban dirt box’ would have to go. burning paper into the air intake, the flame was sucked into
The next plan was to slap a mask and snorkel on and check the intake (the newspaper and my hand almost went with it).
out the propeller and rudder, but my workmates warned The engine cranked one….twice…then let out a loud bang and
against it. “Them ol’ alligators will eat your goddamn legs off!” roared into life at about 1,800 rpm.
they advised. So I firmly crossed my fingers, hoped all was well, An engine the size of a Toyota Corolla, starting from dead
and stayed on dry land. cold to full flight in seconds – I’m sure that was the beginning
We trooped below to check out the engine room. Main of the hearing loss I suffered in later years. I looked around
power was a 12V92 Detroit Diesel. This huge green pile of triumphantly to see if my buddies were as impressed as I was –

Elkouba’s refit at Hermanson’s
Boatyard beside a muddy creek
on the Georgia-Florida state line
coming along nicely.
but there was no-one to be seen except for one pair of outbound dropped across the road. The traffic ground to a halt while people
work boots fleeing through a bulkhead door. tooted their horns, flashed headlights and waved.
The engine tappets rattled like castanets at a Spanish festival The next bridge was a fixed model and we slowed the General
and the engine screamed the typical high-pitched Detroit to bare steerage speed. I scrambled onto the ‘monkey island’
bellow. The face of the cooling water pump was cool – indicating on top of the wheelhouse and held my breath as we slid below
that water was getting through and on deck a small geyser of the bridge with about half a metre to spare – and likewise the
cooling water hosed overboard. The rev counter didn’t work, but sides, which had about 30cm clearance between them and the
after I’d tapped it a few times, it shrugged and swung into life. concrete pylons holding the bridge up.
I gave the engine a few revs….all good there. But I didn’t Sweat streamed down Dougie’s face as he sat behind the
dare try it in gear in case I tore the wharf away from its wheel, turning it a few centimetres in either direction.
swampy anchorage. “Goddamn it Lenzee,” the normally imperturbable Dougie
The creek was about 40m wide and the General was about 50m said, “I thought we was gonna break the bank on that one.”
long….I could foresee problems turning her round and heading That’d look good, I thought, taking out one of the US
downstream but the skipper of a local pusher tug agreed to hang Government’s bridges while operating an unregistered ship
off our bow and steer the ship while she backed downstream. without any qualifications after spending four years in the
I had a few sleepless nights before, on the appointed day at country working on a six-month tourist visa. Yessir….that’d
high water, we fired up the big Detroit, took lines from the tug be enough for them to lock me up with the mass murderers
boat and loaded a pickup truck-load of Butt-wiper on board. and drug smugglers and chuck the key away!
Extricating the General from her berth in the creek went More bridges passed by, some opening, some not, with
smoothly. The tug pulled the bow gently to port to counteract varying degrees of clearance. By sticking to the outside of the
the propeller torque and a small crowd waved good bye from the bends we had enough water depth to get by and the Detroit
bank. The Detroit warmed up and settled into a steady beat. rumbled on imperturbedly.
In the waterway we cast the tug off. I put the helm over and Just on dusk we pulled into the wharf at Jacksonville, the
opened the throttle. A plume of black smoke poured out the big ol’ river winding slowly past the General, rippling against her
exhaust and water swirled from the stern. The tug tooted and rusty topsides.
bustled back up the creek. We were underway. Herein lay the biggest problem. At high water there was
We passed tinnies full of old boys out fishing. As soon as the about 6m between our deck and the wharf below – but there
rusty black ship appeared up the canal, they began frantically was nobody there to take our mooring lines. We idled the
pulling on outboard start-cords to get out of our way. A couple ship’s shoulder against the wharf and called the port control.
of Dougie’s mates steamed along on our quarter in their shrimp No – no help there. We hadn’t told them we were coming, so
boats, then waved, tooted and headed back. they had all gone home.
Oil pressures and temperature looked good on the gauges And our own crew had too many Butt-wipers on board or
and everything seemed to be working well belowdecks. The boys were too fat to do much about it.
crowded in the wheelhouse, popping the tops off beer cans and Finally I lowered a line over the side, slid down to the
talking excitedly. wharf and took a bow line, spring line and stern line to slip
My knees stopped trembling. them on the bollards.
A VHF call to our first bridge operator produced the desired “Here ya go,” Dougie stuffed a roll of cash in my hand. “You
effect. Lights started flashing, alarm bells rang and barrier arms wanna go scallopin?” BNZ

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D I Y B O AT I N G
with NORMAN HOLTZHAUSEN
Working
with
plastic
Historically boats were built of wood, although various forms of metal
(iron, steel then aluminium) became more common during the industrial revolution.
The invention of fibreglass and epoxy resins in the 1930s added an exciting new
material to the mix, and most boats are still built from one or more of these materials.
They are easy to work with, well proven and cost effective.
M
ore recently the concept of completely plastic
boats developed, most commonly using
rotationally-moulded polyethylene. This
material is durable and lightweight, almost
indestructible and requires no painting or
finishing. As the technology matured it became possible to make
bigger and bigger items, with boats over 10m long having been
made in Australia. Currently the Mac 700GY (at 7m LOA) is the
largest plastic boat produced in New Zealand.
We have also seen 3D-printing technology being used to
produce entire boats in plastic, although this technology is still
radical and very new for boat building.
Although there is often some reluctance to do so, there is no
reason why materials cannot be mixed on a boat. Aluminium
hulls with fibreglass cabin and decks have been seen for quite
some time, while hardtops and cabin roofs are often made of
aluminium, fibreglass, or polyethylene. On a smaller scale, unless
you have a ‘classic’ wooden boat, you will probably find that your
hatch covers are plastic, regardless of the boat’s hull material. 1
For the DIY-er, making something with plastic offers some

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1. The problem • Robust, comfortable,
hatch.
ergonomic seat has
2. First welding
attempt – no
reclining backrest & liftable
good! armrests (Siena only).
3. The speedweld Choice of mount:
nozzle on my
heat gun. • Sturdy 125mm dia. SS
4. A bit of practice Pedestal post (Gas or
Siena
was needed, to Electric), 200mm height
get the speed and adjust and fore/aft slider.
temperature right.
5. Unsupported, OR
the sheet sagged. 5
• Bench/Plinth mount with
slider.
• Options for: pedestal
advantages: it won’t ever rot, it is cheap and never requires height - bolster (knee roll)
painting. However, there are some downsides too: plastic is harder - seat width - backrest/
to work with, unforgiving of mistakes (you can’t cover a botch up head rest - electric seat
with some bog and a coat of paint!) and, at least in most home- adjustments - electronic
engine & helm controls. Portofino
handyman iterations, is not as strong as other materials. It is
also slightly harder to source the correct materials, and there are
many types of plastic which cannot be mixed or effectively joined
together.
On a pre-lockdown trip out on the Hauraki gulf, carelessly Portofino
leaving a hatch cover unlatched on my catamaran resulted in

it swinging open while we were travelling at speed. The screws
holding the hinges then gave way and the whole thing flew
overboard. This was not noticed until we got back to the marina,
and hence the cover, made of fibreglass, was lost. Since this was a
custom size and shape for a 30-year-old fibreglass boat, there is no
option to simply purchase a replacement. Something needed to be
made.
And this is where plastic comes into play. While I could have
made a hatch cover out of marine plywood and painted it, or
similarly made a pattern out of wood and then moulded a fibreglass
replacement, I decided to have a go at making it entirely out of
plastic instead. Last year I had a new hardtop made for the boat
with 10mm thick plastic-welded polyethylene, and this has been
great. It is rigid, easy to clean and requires zero maintenance.
Hence, I decided to have a go at making a replacement hatch cover
using this same construction method. www.sopac.co.nz
The first thing to decide was what type of plastic to use. Obviously, 09 448 5900 | info@sopac.co.nz
I needed something that came in a rigid sheet, and since we were in 41c William Pickering Dr, Albany, Auckland.
lockdown my options were limited. I managed to find someone near

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me who had some offcuts of PVC sheet from a bathroom liner. This was
just 1.5mm thick, which is definitely thinner than ideal, but it was all I 9 6.The MDF jig to hold the
could get. sheets at the right angle.
7. Clamping.
Other plastic options in normal times are acrylic sheet, readily
8. Closer clamping
available in clear sheets from major hardware stores, polyethylene worked better.
(also called HDPE) and polypropylene. A quick Google search will 9. The final weld – not
show numerous plastic suppliers who can provide standard-sized too bad.
sheets of a wide variety of plastic types. 10. Hatch cover installed.
PVC was probably the worst choice since it has the lowest melting
point – potentially it could sag on a really hot summer’s day. However,
any of the options would likely be adequate for creating a rainproof
hatch cover. Acrylic and PVC can also be glued rather than welded – for
most other plastics, finding a glue that will adequately adhere to them
is almost impossible.
The next issue is the plastic welding rod. This absolutely must be The first
exactly the same type of plastic – different types simply won’t stick to
one another. Therefore, you need to know the precise type of plastic
critical change
before ordering the welding rod. Luckily, a plastic welding rod was was that I needed
classed as an essential item and I was able to order a roll online for
contactless delivery. Of course, if you are buying a new sheet of plastic
to minimise the
you can probably buy the welding rod from the same supplier. number of joins.
And the last component required is a heat gun. Although you can
buy specialised plastic welding guns which have a tiny heat nozzle,
a cheaper option is simply a standard workshop heat gun with the rod into the soft underlying surfaces. This fuses all three together and
smallest nozzle fitting that you can find. Even better, I had purchased forms a solid bond. The speed-welding nozzle does this for you, and you
a speed-welding nozzle at this year’s Auckland Boat Show. This fits just need to feed the rod and move the heat gun forward at the correct
to the end of a standard heat gun and allows you to feed the plastic speed, according to the degree of softness of the material.
welding rod into a slot as heat is applied. It also has a spine that enables My first attempt was a complete disaster! The very thin PVC softened
you to accurately follow the nozzle down an edge or seam, producing a and sagged before it got hot enough for the welding rod to stick, and the
straighter weld. adhesive tape melted and let go. In a couple of spots, I moved too slowly
So, now I had everything to start. Since my hatch cover serves so the PVC charred. And when I tested my first weld it had very little
primarily as a rain cover, I wanted it slightly angled down from the strength! Time for a re-think, and a bit of practice before trying again.
centre so water would run off. I worked out the pattern and cut four The first critical change was that I needed to minimise the number of
triangles which, when joined, would create a slight pyramid shape. joins. Since the PVC was thin, I could crease it over a straight edge using
Initially I used a small electric saw to cut the PVC, but later discovered the heat gun to soften it along the line. So my pyramid shape could be
that multiple passes with a very sharp utility knife did a neater job. I constructed from two pieces rather than four. This would give me just
stuck the pieces together with some tape, turned them over so I could two joins.
make the join on the underside, and started to weld. In fact, I could have cut the whole thing from one big piece of plastic
The technique required is to heat the two mating surfaces at the and only have a single join, but my pieces were not wide enough for the
same time as the welding rod, and then push the now-softened welding full pattern that this would require. Instead, I made two large triangular

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pieces, each with effectively two smaller triangles, and creased the join between them.
And now I just needed to make one long join, in two shorter parts, to bring the halves
together in the desired pyramid shape.
The second point was that I needed the thin sheet to be flat and fully supported when
welding, to avoid it sagging as it got soft. Since the joints were not flat but rather at a
slight angle this necessitated a jig to hold everything at the right angle while welding.
Some scraps of MDF were cut and screwed at an angle onto a base board to hold these
in the right shape. After about half an hour spent practicing my technique on scraps of
PVC, it was time for weld attempt number two.
As the photos show, the second attempt was a lot more successful. I now had a good
idea of the speed required, and there was almost no charring or discolouration. The weld
was also much stronger, and when I flipped it over the top edge was reasonably neat,
although far from perfect. There was still some warping along the second joint and the
top side of that one also showed some discolouration. For the moment I decided this was
adequate, but as soon as lockdown ends and the suppliers open up again I will re-make
this with some 5mm thick sheet.
All in all, it has been an interesting exercise – low cost and with less work than it
would have been to make out of wood. Now I have some practice and have my pattern
worked out, it should take me about an hour to make the next version in thicker sheet.
And the finished result should last forever – unless I again leave it unlatched and the
blasted wind rips it off a second time… BNZ
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CHOOSING
feature
THE RIGHT
DINGHY
Dinghy
tenders
WORDS BY For cruising sailors like us, our dinghies are what cars
BIRGIT HACKL
PHOTOGRAPHY are to landlubbers. Sometimes we take them out for a
SUPPLIED
pleasure ride, but usually they’re a means to transport
ourselves and our stuff from A to B.

here’s an amazing range of different
T
designs on the market and each of them
has advantages and disadvantages,
usually both, though they are not always
balanced out. Trying to find the dinghy
tender that fits your needs and – more
importantly your boat – isn’t easy.
What follows is a brief overview of different types and their
respective pros and cons. Hopefully it will help you find a rigid
or flexible partner for a happy, lasting relationship.
1. THE MINIMALISTIC SOLUTION

Some of the most purist cruisers, or those with tiny sailboats,
make do with a surfboard or kayak as their main means of
transport ashore. Such vehicles don’t take up much space,
provide a valuable addition to the daily workout and can even
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GEORGE DIBBERN AND

TE RAPUNGA – PART 1
Exotic sails
“I WILL NOT HAVE THAT MAN IN
MY HOUSE”, said my mother, with
quite out-of-character emphasis. She
was talking about George Dibbern,
the exotic foreigner in New Zealand’s
yachting scene from the 1930s. My
father had wanted to bring him home
from the Masonic Hotel in Devonport
for dinner. Was her outburst justified
or was it is a total disconnect of
cultures and mores?

W
ith his ketch Te Rapunga, eccentric
German-born George Dibbern had
FAR LEFT fitted right into New Zealand’s exciting
George Dibbern.
Depression-era shoestring Pacific
LEFT Te Rapunga on cruising adventures spearheaded by
an Akarana YC picnic
race to Waiheke. Johnny Wray with Ngataki and Dick Wellington with
Seaward, but with his own raffish twist.
BELOW RIGHT
Getting Te Rapunga
George was born in Kiel in northern Germany in 1889,
ready to leave Kiel, in comfortable circumstances, the only son of a sea captain.
August 1930. In 1907 he was accepted as an apprentice aboard the three-
masted barque Pamelia, owned by the Flying P Line of
Hamburg which ran many famous windjammers, including
the near sister-ships Pamir, Passat, Pommern and Preussen.
Pamelia was in the trade of bringing nitrate for fertiliser
(and explosives) back from Chile around the Horn. After
two trips around the Horn and back, George signed on
the barque Antuco bound for Taltal, Chile, via Sydney, for
nitrates. He jumped ship in Sydney.
Over the next five years George had a wide variety of
jobs and business ventures, trips to Tasmania and New
Zealand where he set up in business in Dannevirke as
a mechanic and taxi proprietor, running a V8 Cadillac.
He made deep friends in the local Maori community. In
particular he was overwhelmed with love and respect for
Rangirangi Paewai (Mrs Peeti); she took him under her
wing and instilled in him a growing understanding of te reo
and Maoritanga. She became “Mother Rangi” to him.
In early 1914, while waiting for parts for his Cadillac
to arrive, he bought a return ticket by steamer to
Avarua, Rarotonga, where, with his growing knowledge
of te reo, he became totally enraptured and absorbed
himself into island life. When World War broke out
in August 1914 he was planning to return to Avarua
permanently, but his German citizenship forced him
to stay in New Zealand throughout hostilities. George
continued with his taxi business in Dannevirke and
successfully diversified into beekeeping.

In September 1917, however, he was forced to register as an
enemy alien as anti-German feeling was triggered by the horrific
casualties among our soldiers at Passchendaele, and the loss of
the Huddart Parker trans-Tasman steamer Wimmera which struck
a mine laid by the raider Wolf north of Cape Maria van Diemen.
In June 1918, despite his popularity with many of the locals,
especially his Maori friends, he was interned at Somes Island
(Matiu) in the middle of Wellington Harbour. A year later he was
summarily deported back to Germany, a country in despair.
For George Dibbern the next 10 years were in hideous
contrast to his years of freedom in the South Pacific. While he
married and had four children, three daughters surviving, he
and his family suffered from the economic and political chaos in
Germany. Family money ran out in the hyper-inflation. Then, in
mid-1926, the Kiel boatbuilding firm Tetsche Möller in which
he had invested with Gunther Niemeyer, a boyhood friend,
failed. He was left with nothing but an incomplete 32ft Colin
Archer-inspired double-ended yacht hull which Niemeyer had
designed in 1923 but which lay unsold. George named her Te
Rapunga, after one of the stages in the Maori cosmos, and fitted
her out to hire for cruises in the Baltic, the canals of Germany
and France and the Mediterranean. It did not end well. Te
Rapunga froze up in the canal at Strasbourg.
By December 1929 George, a liberal with a strong sense of the
freedom of the Antipodes, felt alien in Germany, especially after
the success of Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf and the rising Nazi
party. He also felt a failure as a husband and a father. He yearned
TOP George Dibbern and Gunter Schramm (left).
to return ‘home’ to New Zealand and Mother Rangi who had
ABOVE The reconstructed lines of Te Rapunga (from Dark Sun). offered land to him and his family. After reading Alain Gerbault’s
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cutter Firecrest, he became totally unsettled. His wife Elisabeth
On the grid
supported him in trying to find himself and helped him carry out at Devonport
his long planned voyage in Te Rapunga. Yacht Club.
His crew were his nephew, Gunter Schramm, and two people
with money, newspaperman Baron Albrecht von Fritsch and his
divorced sister Baroness Dorothee von Fritsch (‘Doe’), the latter
equipped with a large crocodile-skin purse, the Krokodil. Krokodil
was to have a lot of use, producing much needed cash to buy
essential gear and useful tools. George set about refitting his yacht
at Kiel for as little money as he could and training the von Fritschs
to be useful crewmembers. On Saturday, August 17, 1930, Te
Rapunga set sail from Kiel on a four-year voyage to Auckland.
At first they got their sea legs by cruising in the islands of
Friesland and the south coast of England, the crew learning all
the time and improving the gear; now the Baron left for Paris.
There was a spell in the Scillies, Porto, Lisbon, Cadiz, then
Mallorca where George tired of the baroness and asked her to
leave. Without her cash, he and Gunter were stuck, but soon
found paying Austrians to be sailed about the Mediterranean.
All this time George was coming to terms with leaving his wife
and family and “searching for life’s meaning”… and having an
entertaining time doing it.
Doe, mit Krokodil, and Schnuffi, a dwarf poodle she had
bought for Gunter, rejoined them for the trip across the Atlantic
from Gibraltar via Las Palmas. The crossing was in benign
weather and took just 28 days from the Canaries to Kingston,
Jamaica, then on to the Panama Canal. At Balboa, on the Pacific
side of the canal, they left Doe behind on a wharf, to her surprise,
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and sailed up the coast. Ostensibly they wanted to visit the 1932 Days later, the arrival of the newish German cruiser Karlsruhe,
Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, although neither George with its strutting Nazi salutes and the blaring Horst Wessel Lied,
nor Gunter had any interest in the games. Delayed by calms, convinced him that he could never return to Germany.
George decided to bypass to San Francisco. The voyage to Auckland ended as Te Rapunga raised Tiri Tiri
The trip was marred by intense heat and a shortage of food. Matangi on March 8, 1934 to be greeted by a launch with the
They took 101 days to reach San Francisco. A short time later press and photographers. She was soon cleared by the port doctor
Doe caught up with George in Sausalito where Gunter was and towed to Queens Wharf. A crowd began assembling.
overhauling Te Rapunga and she was being fitted with new spars A Dannevirke friend came aboard and told him that Mother Rangi
had died. George was stunned. Then members of the Akarana
Yacht Club came aboard and invited Te Rapunga to race in the
upcoming Trans-Tasman race. George agreed without hesitation.
The voyage to The race was to celebrate the centenary of Melbourne.
There was talk of prizemoney totalling £5,000 for the Trans-
Auckland ended as Tasman race from Auckland to Melbourne in December
Te Rapunga raised 1934, the Centenary Regatta and a Melbourne-Hobart race
Tiri Tiri Matangi on to follow. Akarana Yacht Club made George and Gunter
honorary members and gave them free use of the facilities of
March 8, 1934 its clubhouse in Mechanics Bay, by the Eastern Tide Deflector,
where TEAL were shortly to set up their flying boat base.
Akarana Yacht Club had first promoted the Trans-Tasman
race and presented a trophy in 1931, in the depths of the
and a Bermudan ketch rig with a new suit of sails, courtesy of Depression. The 1931 entrants were Teddy, Norwegian Erling
the many local Dibbern fans for whom he was providing highly Tambs’ Colin Archer double-ender, then on a world cruise,
entertaining lectures for fees. Doe bought a car in which they Alan Leonard’s Rangi, a Bailey & Lowe keel yacht, formerly the
toured to the Grand Canyon and hung out in Los Angeles. fishing boat Schopolo, built in 1903, and Oimara, a yawl from
However the Doe-funded idyll in California came to an end Melbourne. Teddy won, and returned to Auckland, to be lost
when George and Gunter set out with new friend Walter Olsohn soon after on Challenger Island, off Kawau.
in Te Rapunga in August 1933 for Honolulu under the German George and Gunter spent the autumn and winter of 1934
Weimar Republic’s black, red and gold ensign, not the now- taking part in local races, taking people out on excursions, and
official Nazi swastika. The crossing was a pleasant sail; George spending time with Charlie Hanson, at Moturekareka Island
and Gunter were delighted to be back at sea but they arrived inside the breakwater made by the hulk of the square-rigger
with just five dollars. There was no need to worry because they Rewa that Charlie had had sunk there. Te Rapunga then spent
were immediately swept away in a tsunami of hospitality. George five months on the Devonport Yacht Club’s haul out area in
became much in demand as an engaging and fluent speaker. a cradle being prepared for the race. George gave the usual
George and Gunter set sail for New Zealand in November popular lectures as “philosopher-skipper” to earn money.
1933. They made Apia in December, where George was lionised The race was set for December 8. Eventually, the only other
but keenly aware of the tensions in Samoa with its German entrant apart from George Dibbern with Te Rapunga was
colonial past and the recent poor administration by New Zealand. Johnny Wray with Ngataki. Two great characters of the sea! BNZ
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I acknowledge a large debt to Erika Grundmann’s

biography of George Dibbern, Dark Sun, (David Ling 2004) and for the use of
images from Robin Elliott and Eddie Vowles.
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Te Rapunga in behind
the wreck of Rewa at
Moturekareka.

BOATBRIEF
BY ALEX STONE
Art-appreciating dolphins
Here’s the dolphin’s eye-view of our boat. As you and the dolphins can see, we adorned
it with an enlarged line, taken from a painting of mine. We hoped to make it a distinctive
craft. The squiggle work’s in place of a name, just like the singer who once tried the same.
he curious thing is that whenever we’re visited by
T
back anytime, by calling to them when they last surfaced.
dolphins while out sailing, they display what can I hoped they heard.
only be an interest in the art. Sure enough, five minutes later, they returned with about 20
Anyway, instead of the usual coming from mates. We recognised the original three among them. They all
behind parallel to the boat’s course and surfing in did the art appreciation thing again, as if showing their friends
between the hulls on the pressure of the combined waves from an interesting show at the human gallery. And then did a fine
both bows, since the painting the dolphins streak in from the jumping display for us, which lasted 20 minutes or so. Was this
side, and at the last moment turn on their sides to have a good reciprocation – a kind of art exchange? What they were doing
ol’ dekko at the line. The graphic is in dark red, so it could be was certainly not the usual humdrum business of hunting. This
they see an alluring and interesting splash of blood – they are was something else, something recreational. And it appeared to
top-end predators after all. Or maybe they like the work? Maybe involve us. I wish we could have asked what was going on. Maybe
these are dolphins with an advanced art appreciation – an artist the line on the boat was doing the talking.
is always seeking affirmation, even if from another species! Some language experts say we’ll soon be able to speak
The artistic visual world of the dolphins must be somewhat dolphin. But in the case of the visual language outlined above,
limited: blue, deep blue and more blue. With occasional fish. I do believe we already do. BNZ
Which must be eaten.
So perhaps they make their own art out of streams of bubbles.
Or one could say they do aerial (and underwater) gymnastics,
with the way they frolic. Perhaps they even have competitions,
with controversies over rigging of scores, favouritism, and what
ABOVE
‘artistic interpretation’ really means. Just like we do at the A dolphin’s eye
Olympics. They seem to take synchronised swimming seriously – view of our
or at least build it into their daily workout regimes. yacht Scandal.
But does my anecdotal evidence stack up? Here’s a special LEFT Scandal
example. Off Tikitikiatonga Point (near Horuhoru/Gannet with a full crew
aboard.
Rock) a wee while ago, three dolphins came past and took a
look at the line. Swish, flip, splash, pffht! (blow) and again. They
were distinctive, being big dad, medium-sized mum, and small
baby, sticking close. They hung around for a minute or so, doing
the ‘looking at us from the sides’ thing, and then I imagine the
littlie’s attention wavered and they wandered off. I invited them

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