Boating New Zealand – April 2018

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his year’s Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show, at Greenlane’s

ASB Showgrounds in Auckland, promises to be bigger than ever,

with a fresh, new layout.

The show – May 17-20 – features nearly 1200m^2 of new

display space. Anglers are in for a special treat with opportunities to learn

new techniques, grab advice from experts and upgrade their tackle.

The new Top Catch Master Class seminars and demonstrations feature

a wider range of topics presented by the country’s top experts.

And then there is the $200,000-plus Surtees/Yamaha Grand Prize. “It’s

really exciting people,” says show general manager, Dave Gibbs. “There

are reports of people banding together to visit the show, so we’re giving

them a hand.”

Organisers are ofering the country’s boaties and fishers a special ‘Buy

8 tickets and get 10’ deal. It’s only available on-line at http://www.boatshow.

co.nz and expires on May 10. The tickets must be bought together with

just one address for courier delivery.

Tickets are $18 each and incur a $4 courier fee. So the cost of the 10

tickets is $148 delivered, compared to $200 if bought at the show.

All 10 tickets automatically go into the draw for the Viking Kayaks’

Profish Reload package, worth more than $8,000. The package –

complete with a Viking Tackle Pod™, Viking Kid Pod™, Raymarine

Dragonfly 4 PRO MFD, rescueMe Electronic Distress Flare, rescueMe

PLB1 personal locator beacon and Hutchwilco multi-fit safety vest – also

comes with a Bixpy electric motor. Ticket holders also enter the draw for

the Grand Prize package.

The show is open from 10am to 6pm daily, with a late ight Friday, May

18, until 9pm. Adult tickets are $18 each (or 10 for the price of 8) on line,

with a courier charge of $4 per order; or $20 at the gate. Children 16 and

under are free.

http://www.boatshow.co.nz

B

oaties at Lake Taupo’s Motuoapa

village are celebrating the completion

of a new marina – created by

removing an island.

Motuoapa’s original marina was built more

than 50 years ago – when the village was just

a small settlement. Catering mainly to small

fishing vessels, engineers designed the marina

with a circular basin. It featured a large island

in the middle, with short finger piers rimming

the edge.

The new marina was built by Auckland’s

Bellingham Marine – the local branch of

one of the world’s leading design/build

marina construction companies. When the

redevelopment project was given the green

light in 2016, the designers knew the island

had to go.

A dam was built at the marina’s entrance

and water was pumped from the basin, to a

level of half a metre. Dredges were brought in

to dismantle the island and the soil was used to

reclaim land at the northern end of the marina.

This created several acres to be used as picnic,

recreation and parking areas for guests.

“The project was complex but it’s

been well worth the wait,” says deputy

harbourmaster Toni Maulder. “It allows boats

to be berthed safely in deeper, cleaner water

with modern, compliant facilities for berth

holders and the general public to enjoy.” The

marina has 158 berths ranging in size from

eight to 14m. The docks feature FRP thru-rods

and aluminum pile guides.

Bellingham Marine specialises in floating

docks, platform and wave attenuation systems

for marinas worldwide. The company also

produces dry storage systems for the upland

storage of boats.

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