GULFWIND SAILING ACADEMY: can teach you more than enough to charter a yacht. They also offer RYA qualifications courses if you want.

Sailing in Marlborough Sounds with CharterLink South: Tony and Sue have a great fleet of vessels to explore the beautiful Marlborough Sounds.

Yachting New Zealand

Will Calver's on-water photography 

We Welcome Competent NauticEd 
Sailing School Graduates

 

Useful Contacts for Boatwork

Marine Diesel Engineer : We work with Motor and Marine who have been consistently knowledgeable, skilled and reliable.

Tel: 09 445 3323
Mob: 021 321 620
email:

Marine Electrician: North Harbour Marine Electrical get the lion's share of our work - good humour and good outcomes!

Tel: 09 489 9226
Mob: 021 985 298
email:

Masts and Spar service and building SPARLOFT 

Tel: 09 579 3923 
Mob:
email: 

Yachtspars are now based at 161 Old Railway Rd, Kumeu with

Tel: 09 419 0448
Mob:
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Marine Weather Forecasts - NZ Metservice

New Zealand's Climate and other useful data

WIND FORECASTS from Victoria University.

The Beaufort scale of wind strength

A Wind Speed Converter (Beaufort - knots - m/sec etc)

Auckland Northland VHF Channels - download PDF

Marine Charts on-line (free image downloads from LINZ in high or low resolution)

CharterLink's Distance Table - Hauraki Gulf

CharterLink's Distance Table - Bay of Islands

NZ Tide Charts on-line (Choose Standard Port "Auckland" for CharterLink)

Recreational Fishing Rules

Bayswater Marina - Where CharterLink's base is