Source: Marine Industry News UK After its biggest revenue month ever in February 2023, and tremendous growth in sales more synonymous with a startup than a 22-year-old company, Propspeed’s CEO Chris Baird says the secret of its expanding success isn’t a secret at all. It’s that its strategies are simple. “Marketing the brand strongly. Product R&D.  And, channels to market,” but Baird says that far too many companies “can’t do these basic things.” Baird (left) is ex-Fusion (now owned by Garmin) and ex-Navman (now part of the Navico Group division of Brunswick). He says he’s following strategies that he put into place… Read More

New Zealand Boat Show Hall of Fame Inductee – Sue Tucker   Tenob Wholesale Marine Most Innovative Stand – Evocean Electric Power & Propulsion  Tenob Wholesale Marine Best Interactive Stand – Lusty & Blundell/Haswing Challenge Tenob Wholesale Marine Best Small Stand – Tidal Yachting Tenob Wholesale Marine Best Commercial Stand – Suzuki New Zealand             Altus Industrial Aluminium Most Innovative International Product – Temo 450 Altus Industrial Aluminium Boat of the Show: Launch – Admiral 10m Sports Cruiser Altus Industrial Aluminium Boat of the Show: Specialist Fishing Boat Up To 6 Metres – Kingfisher 510 Minicat Kingfisher 510 Minicat        … Read More

Same place, same excellent service but now with a new name, Miller Moyes SeaCraft will rebrand on October 1st to Haines Hunter HQ. The long-standing dealership in Ellerslie has been the traditional home of Haines Hunter, operating as the retail arm for the leading boat brand. Haines Hunter HQ will also remain as an authorised Yamaha dealer and remains committed to its other supplier partners such as Simrad, Lowrance and Hutchwilco. Seacraft has a long history in the New Zealand Marine industry, which dates back to 1946 when Sandy Sands formed Sea Craft Ltd at Cawley Street, Ellerslie. From this… Read More

As part of an interview with NZ Marine, Christian Stimson, principal of Stimson Yacht Design and Naval Architecture, comments on how he’s using his roles as President of RINA NZ Division and Industry Lecturer at AUT to help bridge the gap between academia and industry. Christian Stimson Credit – Graeme Finch I have been running my own design practice for 32 years, from when I graduated, based initially in the UK with the last 10 years in New Zealand. You can’t help over that length of time start to see patterns and repeated situations. The most recent Global Financial Crisis… Read More