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Reviews

Stella Maris Motorsailer

A motor sailer offers the best virtues of both wind and powered boats. With a full sailing rig it's an efficient, long-range passage maker - its engines ensure that schedules aren't dictated by the wind's fickleness. Norman Holtzhausen reports.
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JBoats J160

America's leading one-design yacht builder J Boats is taking its racing pedigree and applying it to cruising yachts and the results are impressive. Steve Raea sniffs out the flagship of the fleet - the J160.
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Bavaria Match 42

New Zealand's first Bavaria Match 42, Harlequin is everything her name suggests: lively, dynamic - and great fun to sail. But for the competitive sailor, writes Gary Lovell, the mood can be switched instantly - she becomes a seriously-quick racer.
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Hunter 33 Performance Cruiser

With comfortable accommodation for six, the new Hunter 33 is an excellent, mid-size performance-cruiser. She's agile, quick off the mark and with feather-light steering, should easily hold her own in round-the-buoys racing. Lawrence Schäffler reports.
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Seawind 1160

Following its launch at last year's Sydney Boat Show, Seawind Catamarans' 1160 looks to become the company's top-selling model - there are 20 boats on order and the production line's at full capacity. With any luck, it may soon be distributed in New Zealand. Lawrence Schäffler took one for a sail.
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Hanse 371

Voted 'Boat of the Show' at Europe's largest boat show in 2000, the Hanse 371 has become the German manufacturer's top-selling model - and as Lawrence Schäffler reports, it's not difficult to see why.
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Diva Cutter Yacht

Not so long ago, when most yachts were crafted from wood and not just cloned in fibreglass from a factory mould, a new boat was a source of wonder and people would travel miles to see her launched. With Diva, Lindsay Wright fell under the spell.
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Dufour 40

The new Dufour range of racer/cruiser is being touted as a yachtman's yacht. Australian correspondent David Lockwood tackled 40-knot winds in the first 40-footer to land Down Under, and filed this report.
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Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 35

Designed for comfortable family cruising and twilight club racing, the new Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 35 is one answer to New Zealand's aging fleet of mid-size cruisers. Australian Trade-A-Boat correspondent Vanessa Dudley tested the first boat to arrive downunder.
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Sea Nymph Stargazer 2.8m

Hamilton's Seanymph Boats has enjoyed a resurgence in recent months and is prepared to look outside the production norm, as witnessed with the release of the new Seanymph Stargazer.
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