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Reviews

Hahn 47 Sportsfisher

An avid sportfishing couple built AuSUM II to crown their retirement and it represents the distillation of all that they observed, learned and desired during more than four decades fishing together aboard many boats. They invited New Zealand field editor Geoff Green to write a review and he and Chris Lewis completed the photography.
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Fi-Glass Senator Excell

For more than 40 years Fi-Glass Boats have put boats and boating within the reach of ordinary New Zealanders. Steve Raea and Paul Smith traveled to Akaroa to sample the award-winning Fi-Glass Senator Excel.
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Sunrunner 3400

Designed and built for the distinct Australian lifestyle, the Sunrunner 3400 sportscruiser looks set to carry the 'Made in Australia' badge of quality into the international arena as well.
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Kiwi-Kraft 780 HT

It is refreshing to find a boat builder who makes no bones about the sort of boats he builds. Kiwi-Kraft's Rodney Harris is one such boat builder. He builds pontoon boats and he builds good ones.
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Mariner 290 vs Cresta 900

Comparing boats is something that we rarely do. No two boats are the same and where one excels in one department another might reign superior in another. Every now and then, however, two boats turn up that demand comparisons.
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Surtees 6.7 Sportfisher

Winning awards is becoming something of a habit for Bay of Plenty boat builder Neil Surtees and his team who, for the second year running, walked off with an embarrassing amount of the silverware at the recent Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show Awards in Auckland.
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Sea Ray 235 Express Cruiser

Sea Ray's 235 Express Cruiser is the latest New Zealand-built, American-designed cabin cruiser to carve it up in local waters. Steve Raea hitched a ride on Wellington's storm-tossed Port Nicholson Harbour.
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Logan 33

David Barker has blended classic with contemporary, simplicity with sophistication and technology with style to create a beautiful little cruiser that is inviting, quiet, fast and economical. Geoff Green spoke to him about the influences and experiences that produced Feather.
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