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My definition of a blue water cruiser would be one that can come through 60kn in open water without undue concern,. After that it's all a matter of personal choice. But I do have some pet peeves. Dinghy storage. How can any designer call a boat a bwc if the dinghy hasn't been accommodated at the design stage? Not just toss it on deck or bolt on some nasty davitts after it's been built. At least 2 single bunks with leecloths parallel to the centerline and near the middle of the boat. A galley from which hot food can be prepared in bad weather. A toilet that can be used

There needs to be a total rethink on recreational fishing (and commercial) that focuses on maintaining the whole ecosystem. My suggestions: Permanently ban dredges and bottom trawling, due to the seabed damage Ban taking crays in the gulf until the cray population is back to 1950s levels. Ban recreational set nets, due to the by catch problems, and the inability to turn dead fish back, and ban longlines (untended, multiple hooks), same problem. Nets are also really bad when they end up lost. Massively expand the no-take marine reserves. Make them all much bigger

Reducing the cars people own would always be the best option. The idea we can mitigate our impact on climate without a major change in lifestyle is farcical. Families/households with two or more cars should be reducing to one car and adapting to meet that change. My household, with four working adult drivers has one car. I occasionally hire a Cityhop car or van (eg: to load up the boat), but otherwise get by with bike, walking and bus. Yes, some people have set up their lives around unlimited access to car travel. They need to adapt: live/work/play closer to where they work/live/play

New 60 ft boats are beyond most people, especially his ones, which are nice, but certainly not budget vessels. I watched the video, marketing stuff for his boats IMO. To say bolted on keels are not structurally up to crossing oceans is simply wrong, and to use Cheeki Rafiki as an example (a boat with existing damage from grounding, not properly repaired, and a lot of blue water hard racing use) is, IMO misleading. Look at the stats for the round the world rallies etc, there are a lot - the majority of the fleet - of production boats crossing oceans every year, almost all without issues.

Fast boat that one. It will love that prod. Looking forward to seeing how it goes.

A very nice Elliott 7.8 . but I am biased !

Back on topic (which I’m guilty of taking towards EVs), I’ve now ordered the ePropulsion + package of goodies. The dealer said it should be here (in NZ) in September. He didn’t say which year…

As a diver that's had more than their fair share of seafood over the last 50 years this makes me sad, but it's a reality that we can't keep going like this. With more & more people in NZ, and more fishing & diving pressure, much more capable boats that are the most affordable ever, something has to change. My home waters, the Hauraki Gulf, desperately need a break from the constant take.

Strange that vid from Smash Palace is titled F5000 when the car is an early Formula Atlantic with BDA, the Ferrari ad is a classic and reminds me of driving home up Parnell road and setting off all the car alarms with the noise from my exhaust on the 7.

Indeed there is a huge amount of research going into batteries at the moment, the whole industry is moving quickly...

new carbon/foam steering plank and new carbon removable prod . my mate Scott worked his butt off designing and building the rudder . The internal structure is very much like an aircraft wing with spars and ribs . It was CNC cut from a thin carbon/foam/carbon plate . When it was assembled and glued Scott put each end on blocks and stood in the middle and it only deflected a wee bit so it’s damn strong . The core is expanding foam and the skin is carbon . It’s not super light but it has positive buoyancy and it’s feckin stiff . the prod is a repurposed carbon spin pole we found ch

The labels are a metallic label, Marine Stainless used to get new ones printed but no idea where from. If you can get a photo of a good one, a printer would be able to reproduce. If it is any help 4 o'clock is about 180 deg😃

Live dangerously, don't bother with stickers. Ours are long gone. Couldn't go cruising without the oven.

It might be worth running it with every on at high for 20 mins, then measuring the front plate temp, so you know what temp the sticker has to survive?

My family farmed nearby Wharehunga on Arapawa Island for several decades - my mother grew up there. Wharehunga looks out at Pickersgill and it's a special part of the world. As a boy in the sounds my early memories are of a lot more fish but a lot less bush so it's great to see these projects restoring to how it should be. Another project is the peninsular in Picton Harbour, Kaipupu, where the locals work with DOC to restore native wildlife to Picton surrounds. It's a neverending challenge to stop predators swimming around the fence ends. For Aucklanders, if you haven't been to Rotoroa