Boating NZ

Lady of Sails

She has a megawatt smile that out-dazzles the midday sun. She’s also an astute businesswoman, an organiser of people (including politicians) and logistics, and previously a planner and facilitator of complicated travel itineraries to exotic places.

In sum, Viki Moore is the perfect person to be running the Island Cruising Club. Although it was established as a limited liability company, the Island Cruising Club is, in reality, more like a club or a cooperative. With Viki at the heart of it.

It’s been around since the 1980s, with the purpose of assembling and managing rallies for New Zealand cruising boats to visit the islands of the South Pacific, in the relative safety of a group of other

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