Testimonials

For George and the team at Akaroa Dolphins, life on the water is part of every day. Based in one of New Zealand’s most beautiful harbours, their work revolves around the wildlife, conditions, people, and boats that make Akaroa such a special place. Akaroa Harbour is not just a backdrop for George, it is his...

For Peter Fussell, owning his Rockboat Marine Sport 330 has taken boat-envy the full circle. A few years back, the keen fisherman was in Kaiterteri when he got chatting to the owner of a Rockboat Marine Sport 390 which had caught his eye. Peter was already considering buying an inflatable and had been searching...

My cover arrived on Friday and fitted it over boat on Saturday. After a couple of measures prior to ordering I settled on the 9m X 5.4m for a 6.8m McLay. I am very happy with the fit and I think it is as good as you could expect for a non custom made...

Bruce Ashford is a genuine Kiwi hunter gatherer. And he’s enjoying passing on his wealth of knowledge to a new generation - his young grandson, Joel. Bruce says he was bought up to understand how best to conserve and serve food the old school way and it’s always been part of his life. More...

FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) isn’t an issue for Hawkes Bay-based James Cooper any more. Since buying his 390 inflatable boat from Rockboat Marine, he says it’s his mates who are jealous. While he’d “dabbled” in boating before, James says his inflatable boat has been a great introduction and he wishes he’d done it...

Nick Rosewarne has always been around boats. He remembers his first – a Canadian canoe. “Family and friends also had jetboats and we’d go up and down all the rivers around Canterbury.” Over the years, he has owned little runabouts and, later, a 16-foot cabin boat. But with family growing-up, he decided to save...

Covid 19 has had some unexpected consequences. Not too long ago, social influencer @motornature, (you can check out his pictures on Instagram), and his partner were booked on a snowboarding holiday in Japan. It’s now been postponed for a bit, due to border closures. On the positive side, it opened the way for him...

Andre Peppercorn, a Dutch ex-pat, loves his blue cod. So boat owning son-in-law Brian Scott, and the rest of the family, help make sure there’s regularly one on his plate. Brian’s wife Jackie, who is also keen on fishing, then cooks them to perfection, baked in a light crumb. Brian, who is well-known in...

When Vern McNicol was looking for a cover for his boat he did his homework. The boat, a 4.8 metre Osprey 480 was purchased second-hand. “It’s an oldie but a goodie”, Vern says, and he was keen to protect his sound investment. “It’s what we wanted, it looks good, and we fell in love...

This takes me back a “mumble, mumble” number of decades to when kedgeree was a staple in our household. It’s occurred to me recently that it’s a good way of using fish – canned or frozen – when you’re longing to get out there with the rods but have to stay in your “bubble”....