Boating New Zealand, New Zealand’s best-selling boating magazine, has announced the purchase of Trade-a-Boat, a digital-only boat sales marketplace. The purchase agreement, effective August 30, 2024, includes Trade-A-Boat’s website, assets and intellectual property.Trade-A-Boat NZ has been a part of the New Zealand marine scene since the mid-90s, so the brand is familiar to most Kiwi boaties and the marine industry. Trade-A-Boat NZ started out with boats for sale listings, but later added editorial content and morphed into a full-blown, corporately owned, monthly boating magazine. Trade-A-Boat NZ transitioned from print to digital in 2016, becoming primarily an online boats for sale marketplace.Since… Read More

On 1 July 2024, changes to the administrative arrangements for assessing the adequacy of recreational craft departing for overseas came into effect.  Those intending to take a recreational craft overseas must meet a number of safety and administrative requirements before they can depart. Section 21 of the Maritime Transport Act is designed to support the safe passage of these craft and their crew when departing for overseas, requiring the Director of Maritime NZ to be satisfied that the craft itself, the safety equipment it carries, and the crew, are all adequate for the intended voyage.Administrative arrangements to meet the section… Read More

13 June 2024 – HamiltonJet, the New Zealand-based world leader in high performance propulsion technology, and pioneers of electrification in the marine industry, continues to innovate with the launch of its new cutting edge fleet monitoring solution, Overwatch by HamiltonJet. Overwatch is a market-leading piece of technology designed to provide shore-side staff with detailed multi-vessel information in real-time that promises to revolutionize marine operations, deliver operational efficiencies and increase levels of safety for crew and passengers.The platform has been four years in the making – two years development, working out how to harness the power of vessel digitisation, and another… Read More

Surtees Boats, a leading name in the marine industry, is thrilled to announce an exciting change in its operations. With our lease ending in Tauranga, at the Hewletts Road site, we have decided to relocate our sales yard back to our headquarters in Whakatane. This move aligns with our goal of finding a more suitable location that can cater to a comprehensive Surtees Service Centre & Hub.Surtees Boats will continue to deliver exceptional customer care and service. Our commitment to our valued clients remains unwavering, and we will ensure that our high standards of quality and service are maintained throughout… Read More

Raymarine collaboration will allow ePropulsion to send engine data direct to Axiom displaysA collaboration between electric motor manufacturer ePropulsion and marine electronics specialists Raymarine means boaties will be able to display the engine data from their ePropulsion motors directly onto Raymarine’s Axiom MFD displays, without the need for any additional gateways or interface boxes.This seamless integration means ePropulsion owners will be able to monitor data and status updates, such as battery level, speed, gear and estimated range, directly onto their Axiom’s engine dashboard application. In addition, a smart dynamic range ring overlay on the chartplotter display will make it easy for… Read More

We’re very excited to share that ZeroJet has created something epic – an electric outboard with grunt. No other electric outboard can match the performance of our 20kW (25hp equivalent) outboard.Proven technology redeployedAt ZeroJet, we create the best performing electric jet propulsion systems in the world. The same proven electric technology that is in production and loved by our customers in our jet systems has been adapted to suit the universal application and ease of an outboard.We’ve built the mightiest electric outboardUnseen power-to-weight: no other 48V electric outboard can match the performance of our 20kW (25hp equivalent) electric outboard.The ZeroJet… Read More

COAST New Zealand has launched a new addition to its much-revered Marine Bean Collection. The new Nautilus comes nearly 20 years after the company launched the Marine Bean Collection®, which is renowned for its superior quality and understated style for around pools, deck and aboard boats.The new Nautilus style is a smaller, streamlined version of the Marine Bean Chair. It is the perfect size to use on any boats from boats, in fact any smaller areas where space is at premium. PRESS RELEASE – COAST launches new Nautilus Marine Bean BagBeing easy to carry, stack and move around, the Nautilus is… Read More

Navico Group, the world’s leading supplier of integrated systems and products, will have a presence at the 2024 Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show, May 16-19.Located in stand number 244, Navico Group will showcase a range of products including:·       NEW Lowrance® Eagle® – Lowrance’s new entry level fishfinder, Eagle features newly designed high-definition enhanced sonar, with FishReveal™ technology and detailed C-MAP® charting including Genesis Live.·       NEW Simrad® NSX® ULTRAWIDE – The Simrad® NSX ULTRAWIDE is the world’s first fully-featured ultrawide marine display. Delivering all the benefits of dual screens in one place and providing a more streamlined and immersive experience resulting in an elevated dash… Read More

It’s set to be a bumper Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show for Napier’s Senator Boats, with the leading aluminium boat builder announcing it will display no less than 10 models at the show – which will be held at Greenlane Show Grounds, May 16-19.  For the first time in decades, Senator Boats will have its own corporate display in Pavilion 3, site #385, where they will showcase their award winning range from 4 metre through to 7.7 metre models.Sales staff from Upper North Island dealers Auckland Marine Centre, Rollos Marine and Fishing Boats NZ will be on hand, as well as… Read More

The latest update to Raymarine’s renowned Axiom LightHouse operating system includes a number of new features as well as improved performance and stability.The just-released LightHouse 4.6.103 software update includes a handy new fuel range overlay that graphically illustrates how far the vessel can travel at its current speed before running out of fuel.The new update also gives control over Mercury Marine’s Bow Hook, Sky Hook and Drift Hook functions from the side bar and generators that come with a compatible remote controller can now be started or stopped from the display within the Dashboard app.There are also several handy updates… Read More