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Pages in category "New Zealand boat builders" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Matahi Brightwell;
A scuba liveaboard vessel on the Red Sea. Liveaboard can mean: [1] Someone who makes a boat, typically a small yacht in a marina, their primary residence. Powerboats and cruising sailboats are commonly used for living aboard, as well as houseboats which are designed primarily as a residence. [2] A boat designed for people to live aboard it. [3]
Cavalier Yachts was created as a partnership between Peter K Smith [1] [2] and John Salthouse, trading as Salthouse Custom Glass Boats Ltd, later changed to Custom Glass Boats Ltd. They initially produced the successful Cavalier 32 as well as the Coronet Trailer Sailer and the Corsair 36 launch.
Logan Brothers was a firm of boat and yacht design and builders. Although their Auckland yard lasted only from 1890 to 1910, it was the most significant yacht- and boat-building business in the Southern Hemisphere during its time, dominating the New Zealand market and exporting vessels to Australia, South Africa and to the Pacific Islands.
In 1981, the company relocated to the Gold Coast, Queensland, where the business established its long-term base. Riviera began exporting boats in 1983, with the first shipment made to the US that year. In October 2002, Barry-Cotter sold Riviera to Singapore's GIC Special Investments and Gresham Private Equity.
See Category:New Zealand sailors (sport) New Zealand teams have a history in the Americas Cup and it was the strong showing of the 12 metre KZ7 nicknamed the "plastic fantastic" with a young team led by Chris Dickson that brought global recognition. Team New Zealand continued the tradition, both challenging for and winning the Americas Cup.
The Sunburst is a two-handed, 3.5 metres (11 ft) centreboard sailing dinghy.It was designed in the late 1960s in New Zealand by John Balmain Brooke, where it was to become one of the most popular classes of boat.
The Cherub is a 12 feet long, high performance, [1] two-person, planing dinghy first designed in 1951 in New Zealand by John Spencer [2] (d 1996). The class is a development (or "box rule") class, allowing for significant variation in design between different boats within the rule framework.