For the first time at the Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS), leading panel mounting innovator Fastmount will debut the new Textile Range, alongside new clip prototypes. The Textile Range TC-06 clip set was designed to revolutionise the process of removing and replacing deck cushions on superyachts for captains and crew. Made up of the male TC-M6 and female TC-F6, the easy to install clips allow the user to simply align and click deck cushions into place, with a perfectly aligned and secure finish. Celebrating their 10th year at METS, Fastmount has designed three new male clip prototypes to complement the… Read More

Fish City Albany has announced that it will retail the popular Fi-Glass Boats brand from its North Auckland retail store. The arrival of the Christchurch manufactured fibreglass brand will complement the existing aluminium craft already stocked by Fish City Albany in the popular FC Boats and McLay Boats ranges. “It is a natural progression for us to take on a leading New Zealand manufacturered brand like Fi-Glass. It will make us a one stop shop for either aluminium or fibreglass boats, hunting or fishing needs, we have it all,” says Fish City Albany Managing Director, Mike Graham. Fish City Albany… Read More

DuraLED 50LP lamps are an extremely powerful source of white light and offer a safe, energy efficient and reliable alternative to incandescent and fluorescent lighting within an easy to install, surface mount design. These high tech, low profile lamps are available in two light patterns, Spread and Wide Spread, to suit a variety of applications including engine rooms, storage lockers, lazarettes and other heavy duty applications where reliability cannot not be compromised. Each lamp is completely sealed, UV, impact and shock resistant ensuring an ultra-long service life. MultivoltTM circuitry provides constant illumination and circuit protection from 9-33V DC, even under… Read More

Auckland, August 31 2016 – CZone®, a brand of BEP, the global leader in marine electrical systems and components is proud to announce the launch of the latest model in the range of CZone touchscreen displays, the Touch 5. A smaller sibling to the Touch 10 launched last year, the new Touch 5 also features the latest generation capacitive touchscreen technology but has a couple of extra tricks up its sleeve. Like its bigger brother, this model has a super bright widescreen touch display allowing low-profile flush mounting in a sleek glass dash display. This new size 5-inch diagonal display… Read More

Volvo Penta has expanded its IPS (Inboard Performance System) range with the release of the new D8-IPS700 and D8-IPS800, extending the benefits of IPS to an even wider variety of boats. The new D8-IPS700 (550hp) and D8-IPS800 (600hp) engines are a 7.7L inline 6-cylinder engine perfect for twin and triple installations. Both are available with the EVC E3 electronic platform to communicate with the engine management system, power is delivered via a twin-entry turbocharger, mechanical supercharger and a Common Rail fuel injection system. The engine is perfectly matched to the IPS15 pod for optimal performance, reduced drag and noise levels… Read More

On August 5th under the banner of promoting South Pacific Superyachting a Fiji/NZ ‘Open Day’ was staged at Port Denarau Marina and Denarau Yacht Club. Twenty six New Zealand companies meet with Fijian industry representatives plus superyacht captains and owners of international cruising yachts. Presentations highlighted the diverse range of refit services and maintenance capability in New Zealand together with destinations and marinas. Vessel owners and local marine representatives engaged one-on-one discussing options and facilities including marine products, support equipment and vessel agency services. In conjunction with the Island Cruising Association there were also a range of seminars covering passage… Read More

Howick College students Nick Mackenzie (17) and Jayden Prentice (16) are building what they hope will be bright careers at top New Zealand boat manufacturer, Rayglass Boats. The pair spends the first two days of each week learning a wide variety of practical skills at the world-class boatbuilder in Mt Wellington. The students, two of the first to take advantage of a new School to Work programme, have even been given their own exclusive project. “We were keen to give Nick and Jayden the opportunity to experience and learn as much as possible while they are with us,” says Rayglass… Read More

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron appointed new Commodore Steve Mair at last week’s Annual General Meeting at the Squadron Clubrooms in Westhaven. Commodore Steve Mair has now taken over from (now Past) Commodore Andy Anderson, whose two year term at the helm of the most prestigious yacht club in New Zealand has come to its traditional end. Commodore Steve Mair is one of the youngest Commodores in RNZYS history, but he already has a very firm place in the NZ Marine Industry as the Director of Manson Anchors and Manson Engineering. Steve has come through the club ranks over… Read More

Six months out from the commencement of the NZ Millennium Cup 2017 (24 – 27 January) and momentum is building faster than recent years with a series of rapid-fire early entries from Janice of Wyoming, Steinlager 2, Tawera and Antaeus. Commentators speculate this is due to unprecedented media interest in 2016’s regatta and a growing appreciation of combining racing, cruising and refit work on New Zealand’s shores. “Last year’s regatta saw the largest fleet race since the dawn of the millennium in 2000 and enjoyed media reach of over 31 million people,” says NZ Marine Export Group chairman Stuart Robinson.… Read More

  Whakatane boat builder Surtees Boats is undergoing a major expansion of its current production facility with the addition of a new 900sqm building. Surtees Boats CEO Adam Dyck says the expansion of the factory is a strategic move to further streamline the company’s manufacturing process and to decrease the lead-time for customer orders. “The brand is enjoying very strong sales across all of the markets in which we operate in, this expansion will give us the ability to increase our production output,” says Dyck. “This ability to increase our production will allow us to expand into new sales markets… Read More