BOAT SHOWS — 2012 Melbourne Summer Boat Show
Docklands, Melbourne, February 3 to 5
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NEWS — Club Marine supports future engineers
One-year Club Marine Scholarships available in marine engineering
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NOW ON SALE — Trade-a-Boat Issue 423
AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE — Chaparral’s flagship 420 Premiere. FROM THE SHED — Classic Berty 35 renovation; Invisible Gelcoat repairs; Android Apps. TESTED — Dyna 52; Hydra-Sports 3000 CC; Hunter e33; Riviera 48 Offshore Express. FEATURES — Monohull V Multihull; Bounty Boat Expedition Part 2; Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race; Jeanneau Factory Visit; Cannes Boat Show 2011
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NEW BOATS — Futura catamaran
The “slide-in, slide-out” cat
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AWARDS — Beneteau Oceanis 45 wins a European Yacht of the Year award
Cruising yacht jags an “Oscar”
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NEWS — Mustang appoints new Victorian dealer
Melbourne Boat Sales, Docklands, takes on Mustang distribution
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SAIL TEST — Seawind 1000XL2
Seawind has produced 218 Aussie-built 1000XLs. New detail changes and a Vietnam factory mean the evergreen model should keep on going, reckons ALLAN WHITING…
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NEWS — Maritimo buoyed by multi-million-dollar sales
Builder says 2012 is off to a good start
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SPORT — Shogun V shoots for passage race line and handicap honours
Festival of Sails 2012, Geelong
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COMMERCIAL MARINE 421
All the commercial marine news from Trade-a-Boat issue 421...
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JUST LAUNCHED — Bon Voyage
ANITA FARINE profiles a fascinating new range of high-quality French-built aluminium cruising yachts that's for sale through her eponymous dealership and boat brokerage in Brisbane
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SAIL TEST — Ker 40
Built by McConaghy Boats yard in China, the keenly priced Ker 40 racer has wet-track form. KEVIN GREEN hitches a ride before her maiden Hobart race…
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NEWS — Princess V52 awarded UK’s 2012 Motor Boat of the Year
“Unanimous” winner of sportscruiser category
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NEWS — Riviera’s new models for Miami
New 53 Enclosed Flybridge centrepiece of four-model display
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SPORT — Shogun V debut blitz
Festival of Sails: Day 2, Premier Racing Series, Port Phillip Bay
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SPORT — Gold Coast Australia wins Race 7 on shortened course
Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race, Race 7: Gold Coast to Singapore
Day 27
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NEW PRODUCTS — Garmin deep-water GSD sonars
Garmin targets sportsfishermen with new Black-Box Solutions and Spread Spectrum Technology
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READER'S YARN — Rough Diamonds
A Trade-a-Boat reader, JOHN TIMMERS, turns off the highway at Maryborough, Queensland, and finds a life on the water ticking to an old beat
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BOAT TEST — Beneteau 38 Flyer Gran Turismo
French boating behemoth Beneteau has looked across the border for inspiration in its sporty 38 Flyer GT. DAVID LOCKWOOD reports on its local application…
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INTERVIEW — Rendezvous Beneteau
Trade-a-Boat meets with French giant Beneteau’s man in the Pacific, Yves Mandin, and discovers the company’s love affair with Australia remains a growing commitment
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