German production yachtbuilder Hanse is making giant strides in Australia, but has yet to reach New Zealand shores. Australian Trade-A-Boat editor Vanessa Dudley puts the Hanse 341 through its paces.
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Bols
Building and designing a yacht to smash world speed sailing records requires a big budget, lateral thinking and a lot of Bols. Steve Raea profiles the new shape of speed.
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Hunter 356
Major US yacht builder Hunter Marine build vessels that are strikingly different to the production norm. The Hunter 356 encapsulates the company's latest thinking on moderate displacement design. Steve Raea reports.
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Pacific 38 Offshore Cruiser/Racer
So said an Australian boat reviewer in the seventies and it is hard to argue with him. Perception was the first Pacific 38 designed and built by Allen Smith at Smith's Boatyard on the Whangarei River. It was, says Smith, design number 60 and arguably his most successful design, with 45 built by Smith's - the last hull completed in about 1982.
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Bavaria 36
At a scratch under $280,000, the new Bavaria 36 is a lot of boat for your buck, especially considering Bavarias sold in New Zealand carry a list of after-market goodies that make them more suited to local conditions.
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Benny 53
The epitome of design, the Benny 53 go offers the same level of style and comfort as a Sydney penthouse.
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Dixon Performance Cruiser
Liara is a beautiful example of a comfortable performance cruiser endowed with spark and speed through moderate displacement, lightweight composites, modern appendages and efficient sailing systems. Geoff Green provided the text and sailing photographs and Michael Ng the interior photography.
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Elliott 1250 Tourer
This Aussie-built, Kiwi-designed deckhouse cruiser has the legs for fast passagemaking around the bay or the South Pacific. Vanessa Dudley reports.
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Beneteau First 36.7
The latest model in Beneteau's First cruiser/racer range looks set to follow the successful path carved out by its larger, Farr-designed sisterships. Vanessa Dudley reports.
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Bavaria Yachts 34/36
German-built Bavaria yachts are finding favour in New Zealand with a number of new-boat sales in the 34 to 44 foot range. Attention, however, is now focusing on the all-new Bavaria 36, a scaled-up version of the popular 34. Steve Raea gets behind the wheel of the 34.
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