This guide covers powered trailer boats specifically: outboard or sterndrive boats towed behind a car, not trailer sailers or unpowered craft. Most buyers fixate on the listing price and forget what comes
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A guide to buying a boat in NZ
A boat purchase lives or dies on two things: the condition of the boat, and the paperwork behind it. Most buyers focus heavily on the first and barely think about the second, right up until it costs them.
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Namu: The Young 37 that beat everything, and still can
At the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in the late 1960s, a slim kauri sloop started turning heads for all the right reasons. She was narrower than the fleet, lighter than the fleet, and faster
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1968: When New Zealand was building boats for the ages
In 1968, the world was shaking. The Vietnam War was tearing societies apart, political assassinations were reshaping nations, and student uprisings were rattling governments from Paris to Tokyo. Closer
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How Maritimo engineers vessels for true offshore mastery
For more than two decades, Maritimo has followed a simple, uncompromising rule. Design for the ocean first, then refine everything else around that core purpose. It is a philosophy that places seaworthiness,
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2018 Ron Given 10.8 Econocat Kismet for sale
Rare opportunity to own a proven, fuel-efficient cruising catamaran from one of New Zealand’s most respected designers.
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Gipsy – A classic launch with a legacy that runs deep
Auckland on Water Boat Show 2018 event wrap-up
The 20th edition of the Auckland on Water Boat Show wrapped up on 30 September at the Viaduct Harbour
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Worlds largest outboards in NZ
Trade-A-Boat was out on an Intrepid boat to experience the power of two 627hp outboards from Seven Marine
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Auckland On Water Boat Show is here
New Zealand’s biggest on-water boat show is on this month, September 28 to October 1, at Auckland’s ANZ Viaduct Events Centre, showcasing almost 200 domestic and international marine businesses.
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