Classic Boats

NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER’S BOATPlank-on-frame, strip planked, glass-reinforced plastic, e-glass, carbon fibre, and vacuum infusion. The …

YESTERDAYS, TODAYS & TOMORROWS ALLAN TONGS BOATBUILDERSAllan Tongs Boatbuilders has been in business building custom …

YESTERDAYS, TODAYS & TOMORROWS ADVANCE TRIDENTAdvance Trident was established in 1993 by the late Trevor …

The 2000s was a significant period for power boating in New Zealand, marked by key …

After the debacle of the NZ share market collapse in October 1987, the marine industry …

In the development of New Zealand’s trailer boat industry during the 1980s, several transformative trends …

1970 Top selling outboards brands were Mercury, Johnson, Evinrude, Chrysler and British Seagull. The Bonito …

1960 The first strip-planked cedar/fibreglass Clipper 23, Geo, came out of the new Mason Marine …

THE HISTORY OF KIWI TRAILER BOATS BY THE DECADES DIY RULEDAfter the Second World War, …

MASON CLIPPERAn advert in the 1960s edition of Sea Spray magazine read: The world’s finest …