Boating New Zealand – April 2018

8 Boating New Zealand

CONTENTS

FE ATURES 104

028 Volvo Ocean Race

Auckland celebrates – and farewells – the VOR fleet.

BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER

046 Extreme kayakers

Why do they do it? They’re uncertain themselves.

BY REBECCA HAYTER

074 Trans-Tasman Solo Race

Father vs son in a gruelling dash to Australia.

BY HANA HIELKEMA

084 Lloyd’s Register

How the world’s most respected shipping database began.

BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER

104 Eclectic, eccentric mavericks

Exploring the country’s quirkiest boating club.

BY LINDSAY WRIGHT

114 Two degrees of separation

A Dutch couple solves the mystery of their NZ-built yacht.

BY JANNEKE KUYSTERS

BOAT

WORLD

BOAT

BUSINESS

RETRO

BOATS

THE

MARINA

060 Boat Business news

072 Boat bling

080 The catch

Crayfish Crisis

BY JOHN EICHELSHEIM

090 DIY boating

Oily bilges – easy fix

BY NORMAN HOLTZHAUSEN

095 Boat brief

Colour your world

BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER

012 Boat World news 128 Brokerage

Boat sales yards

153 Directory

For all your boating needs

011 059 097 127

098 Reflections

The Doug Reid Story

BY JOHN MACFARLANE

101 Crossword

110 Sailor scribes

Harry Pidgeon

BY MATT VANCE

118 Classic Boat Show

Lake Rotoiti’s Annual Fest

BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER

122 Vintageview

Onelua PtII

BY HAROLD KIDD