Boating New Zealand — February 2018

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