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A total of 11 events including superyacht regattas, J Class regattas, superyacht fishing competitions and island cruises will entertain superyacht visitors to New Zealand during America’s Cup racing over 2020 and 2021, it was announced today.



The events have been designed to help visitors discover some of New Zealand’s most beautiful cruising grounds with the activities run by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and NZMari...

If you've been keeping an eye on the approach of the America's Cup and the marine industry in New Zealand, it's likely you've heard recent murmurs of a proposal which will see superyachts taxed to anchor in our waters.

Auckland Council is about to vote on a ten year proposal that will include charging foreign flagged vessels of over 40 metres in length a fee of $23 (inc GST) per metre, per day to anchor in the region's waters,...

Auckland’s Orams Marine has been named as a finalist for the prestigious World Superyacht Awards in the Refit of the Year category. The company, based in the marine industry area of Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter has been lauded for its work on 45metre motoryacht, Latitude. The project saw 12 months of work completed in exactly 184 days - an ambitious target time frame set before work began.

The extensive refit, the first major s...

A former America’s Cup principal race officer heads up the Race Committee of the NZ Millennium Cup, as previous competitors encourage yachts heading south for the Pacific season to get involved in the world’s most southerly superyacht regatta

With just over two months to go until the 2018 superyacht regatta season begins, organisers of the first regatta of the year, the NZ Millennium Cup, are reporting strong interest. The en...

The Auckland On Water Boat Show ran over the first weekend in October and exhibitors are reporting strong sales and a buoyant industry.

A drawcard of this year’s show was the presence of the America’s Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race trophy, with the coming events set to add an extra shot of impetus to the NZ Marine Industry.

“The feedback we got from exhibitors was that customers were positive and ready to buy, and that the Ame...

The world’s most southerly superyacht regatta has released its 2018 notice of race. The New Zealand Millennium Cup attracts yachts with a penchant for adventure and was first run as an accompaniment to the 2000 America’s Cup in Auckland.

2018’s edition will be raced in New Zealand’s subtropical playground of the Bay of Islands from 23 - 26 January and is already drawing in entries from across the Pacific. With the next Americ...

America’s Cup racing pays dividends.
 

That’s the message from the New Zealand Marine Industry following the announcement of the 36th America’s Cup protocol this morning.
 

The NZ marine industry will be working closely with the Auckland Council, and government to do whatever is required to ensure the challenge and defence for the 36th America’s Cup is held in Auckland in 2021.

“When New Zealand won the Cup in 1995, the marine in...

Integrated Marine Group’s project manager, Dave Low, has recently marked ten years with the company with the completion of an intense six-week refit program for a client who has returned for a third refit period with Integrated Marine.

Integrated Marine recently completed an intense six week refit on a 59 metre explorer yacht under the expert management of Dave Low, who is this month celebrating his tenth year with the compan...

Visitors to this year’s Auckland On Water Boat Show will have the chance to see the America’s Cup and Louis Vuitton Cup close up, as they go on display during the four day show.

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron will have a strong presence at the country’s largest on water boat show this year, highlighting the best of New Zealand sailing. Located in the Rakino Room, Level 3 of the VEC, the Squadron will present a special s...

A new partnership is bringing state-of-the-art electric drive systems to the European superyacht and boatbuilding markets. The systems match the performance of the best leading thermal engines on the market and are without parallel in torque and power-to-weight ratios.

Superyacht tender builder JP RIBS has combined with Canada’s LTS Marine to make the systems, already widely-used in North America, available to the global indu...