featured Cover for a 6.8m McLay.
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...
Boat-envy goes full circle.
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...
Hunter gatherer passing on his knowledge
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...
I should’ve done this a long time ago!
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...
In search of a quiet(er) life.
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...
Japan trip – out. Cruising around New Zealand – in.
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...
Helping a deserving 87 year-old get his feed of blue cod
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....
Boat worth looking after and cover “fits like a glove”.
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...
When the sea calls, but you have to stay home.
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...
From wakeboarder to captain – boat realises dream
Adrian Cox loves the water. He says the passion was born over a decade ago, wakeboarding. After moving from Auckland to Nelson, he got into fishing; snapper, kahawai, and spotties....