Marine

Making the break north

Kayaker Tim Taylor is making the break, shooting the gap in the weather to get some northward progress before the next weather system shuts him down again. Tim paddled... Read More

Harbour gets underwater cleanup

Members of the Mount Maunganui Underwater Club are carrying out an underwater cleanup at Salisbury Wharf and Pilot Bay. The cleanup starts on Sunday at 9am, and... Read More

Tauranga yachts near finish

Tauranga yachts Windarra and Open Country are looking to finish the third leg of the SSANZ Round North Island race at Napier today. At 9am, Open Country's spider... Read More

Early return for One Base fishers

Fishers competing in the Tauranga Game Fishing Club's One Base competition could be spending the last day of the contest in the bar. The four-day contest started... Read More

New day new sound

Tim the kayaker is in Sunday Cove, Breaksea Sound, having paddled up the Acheron passage from Dusky Sound yesterday. He was five days in Dusky Sound waiting for... Read More

Sailors close in on Olympics

Tauranga sailors Jason Saunders and Peter Burling are a step closer to the NZ Olympic team having been selected for the Olympic Test Event at Weymouth in August. Teams... Read More

Quality regatta for centreboarders

Any of the 100 or so who attended the TYPBC Steve's Marine Centreboard regatta over the weekend would use ‘quality' to describe the regatta in one word - quality... Read More

Wild Open Country

Tauranga yachts Open Country and Windarra are both on the start line for the third leg of the round North Island race today after surviving the stormy second leg. The... Read More

River entrance maintained

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is reminding boaties that flooding experienced during the past eight months has created a number of changes within the Whakatane River... Read More

Port bustling with cruise trifecta

In a first for the Port of Tauranga, three passenger cruise ships are alongside today. They are the Volendam and Dawn Princess, both of which have been in port already... Read More

Tim’s weekend in Dusky

Tim Taylor is in Dusky Sound today and likely to remain there with 35 knot north-easterly winds forecast for today and again tomorrow. He tried to stick his nose... Read More

Tauranga boats still racing

Tauranga yachts Open Country and Windarra are among the survivors of the second leg of the SSANZ round North Island race this morning. Conditions at sea have forced... Read More