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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.
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]
Dive boats which provide sleeping accommodation are generally referred to as "liveaboard" boats. Generally a professional crew operate the boat. The boat provides shelter from the weather and is likely to have various facilities such as a toilet (called the "head") and a small kitchen (called a "galley"), to cater for the guests and crew. Day ...
The two countries race each other every second year in the Javelin Class South Pacific Championships, sailing for the "Air New Zealand Trophy". This contest was first sailed during the season of 1968–69, and was won by the New Zealand Javelin Rangi. The South Pacific Championships is the most sought after of the titles. [citation needed]
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. Riviera was placed into voluntary receivership [ 1 ] in May 2009 following the global financial crisis, and the company was restructured.
The New Zealand Sea Scouts use a 17-foot cutter as their principal boat – the concept of having a specific boat for Sea Scouts in New Zealand originated in 1944. The first two boats of this class were ready for the 1st National Dominion Regatta in 1945. The original boats were clinker built and used Kauri as the main timber. The rig was a ...
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 company was founded in 1948 as an engineering supply company named North Queensland Engineers & Agents, then expanded in 1966 into shipbuilding and was renamed. [ 2 ] NQEA has built several ships for the Royal Australian Navy (including the Fremantle -class patrol boats and Leeuwin -class survey ships ). [ 3 ]