Designed and built for the distinct Australian lifestyle, the Sunrunner 3400 sportscruiser looks set to carry the 'Made in Australia' badge of quality into the international arena as well.
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Kiwi-Kraft 780 HT
It is refreshing to find a boat builder who makes no bones about the sort of boats he builds. Kiwi-Kraft's Rodney Harris is one such boat builder. He builds pontoon boats and he builds good ones.
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Surtees 6.7 Sportfisher
Winning awards is becoming something of a habit for Bay of Plenty boat builder Neil Surtees and his team who, for the second year running, walked off with an embarrassing amount of the silverware at the recent Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show Awards in Auckland.
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Sea Ray 235 Express Cruiser
Sea Ray's 235 Express Cruiser is the latest New Zealand-built, American-designed cabin cruiser to carve it up in local waters. Steve Raea hitched a ride on Wellington's storm-tossed Port Nicholson Harbour.
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Logan 33
David Barker has blended classic with contemporary, simplicity with sophistication and technology with style to create a beautiful little cruiser that is inviting, quiet, fast and economical. Geoff Green spoke to him about the influences and experiences that produced Feather.
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Quintrex 3.75m Dart
Boating doesn't have to be expensive to be fun as Trade-A-Boat staffers Steve Raea and Peter Scarth discovered when they took to the wind-tossed upper reaches of the Tamaki River in Trade-A-Boat's competition boat prize, the versatile Quintrex aluminium 3.75m Dart.
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Nordic Spirit Capri 58
Barton McGill Marine's second luxury sports cruiser, Nordic Spirit, carries with it the company's hopes of cementing an international reputation as the builders of innovative and stylish motor yachts. Steve Raea was invited on board to share the Nordic Spirit experience.
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Seabreaker 6.3m Cuddy
It has been a long time coming, but Hamilton Marine is back in the boat building game with the launch of its all-new 6.3m jet-powered cuddy-cabin. Jetset's Paul Smith enjoyed an exclusive invitation to step aboard.
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Vision Widebody 5.6 Fisherman
Tauranga's Vision Boats has carved out a niche in the highly competitive aluminium trailer boat market, producing high quality, affordable boats with a reputation for handling the rough stuff. Steve Raea joins builder Geoff Bishop for a day out on the popular 5.6m Wide-Body Fisherman.
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Alexcraft 4.9
When I first reviewed the Alexcraft 4.9 back in February 1998, I made the analogy that if this boat was a motorcar, it could be compared to a BMW 750 I or perhaps a Jaguar XJR - both high performance sporting saloons. Four years on and having just experienced this latest rendition of the Alexcraft 4.9, I have to say the analogy is still appropriate today.
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