8 Boating New Zealand
CONTENTS
FEATURES 100
026 Abandoning Waimanu
A story of survival. A bog-standard solo voyage from
Vanuatu to Auckland goes horribly wrong when the
weather turns nasty.
BY PHIL VAN DER MESPEL
032 Birds in the bilges
Smuggler tales. In the previous century contrabrand
involved booze and cigarettes. Today there is no limit to
the variety of goods smuggled across borders.
BY LINDSAY WRIGHT
046 Chasing boats across France
Buying a boat to cruise the French canals? Look in France.
BY JOHN WOOLF
084 Transformer
Converting any PWC into a fun, family boat.
BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER
100 Anything but plain
Restoring an heirloom to her former glory.
BY JOHN MACFARLANE
BOAT
WORLD
BOAT
BUSINESS
RETRO
BOATS
THE
MARINA
054 Boat Business news
057 Boat Bling
058 DIY boating
Adding a hardtop
BY NORMAN HOLTZHAUSEN
072 The catch
Warming waters,
new species
BY JOHN EICHELSHEIM
012 Boat World news 112 Brokerage
Boat sales yards
137 Directory
For all your boating needs
011 053 089 111
090 Reflections
The Ken Sharp Story
BY JOHN MACFARLANE
093 Crossword
096 Sailor scribes
Frank Wightman
BY MATT VANCE
106 Vintageview
John Stubbs
BY HAROLD KIDD