Central North Island boatbuilder, Surtees Boats, has added a little luxury to its top-line hardtop to cater for owners who want to cruise away for a quiet weekend. Lindsay Wright stepped aboard to check it out.
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Upfold 12.8m Sportfisher
Designed by Bill Upfold and built by Auckland's Bartlett Marine, Kiwi Blue is an exquisitely-finished boat with a level of workmanship that's difficult to fault. It's the closest thing - writes Norman Holtzhausen - to absolute fishing nirvana.
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Lazercraft 680 Sportsman HT
Big enough for a serious fishing party but light enough for easy towing, Lazercraft's new 680 HT is the manufacturer's calculated response to market demands. It's also a fine example of thoughtful design and sharp engineering - and is a treat to drive. Lawrence Schäffler reports.
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Salthouse 52
Last month the first, new-generation 2005 Salthouse 52 left New Zealand to join several of her older sisterships making names for themselves across the Tasman. Lindsay Wright went aboard before she left.
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Gulf Craft Ambassador 36
With all that sand, Dubai doesn't sound like an obvious place to build luxury launches. But the Arabs have a centuries-old sea seafaring tradition - and have shrewdly assessed Western boat tastes. The Ambassador 36 is an elegant result of that analysis. Lawrence Schaffler took one for a spin.
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Lemon Bay Sled Cuddy Cabin
It does, admittedly, carry a strange name and it has an unusual hull design, but the Lemon Bay Sled is a tough, seaworthy boat with superior stability. Norman Holtzhausen reports.
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Seahouse 7200 Liberty Hard Top
When Chris Atkinson bought a farm near the South Island fishing village of Motunau, he discovered the only access to open water was over a tiny, very shallow and often treacherous Motunau bar. To fish offshore, he needed a tough but sea-kindly jet boat. The Seahouse 7200 proved just the ticket. Paul Smith reports.
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Silver Tiger 9.5m Catamaran
In a departure from tradition, the latest Silver Tiger 9.5m catamaran to roll off the TDL Marine production line sports twin inboard diesels rather than the marque's more conventional outboards. The change, says Norman Holtzhausen, offers numerous advantages.
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Smuggler Stealth 695
The 'new' Smuggler Stealth 695, writes Gary Lovell, is a boat with history. Sporting a deep vee and fine entry, it's a boat that thrives in rough seas, pushing the waves aside with barely a pause in forward motion. It's a revival story, and a good one.
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Oasis 10m Rigid Tube Monohull
When Boyd and Jan Humphries sold their Southland farm they decided to merge their love of boating with a lifestyle change. After investigating various commercial boating opportunities in and around the Southern Lakes area, they settled on Lake Dunstan and the challenge of creating a new venture from the ground up. Paul Smith reports.
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