The latest iteration of Jeanneau’s Merry Fisher 1095 is one of the most recent examples of this trend to reach our shores, the precursor to a 13m model arriving later in 2023. The vessel arrived in late 2022 but it was early 2023 before it was ready for launching. As soon as the boat was complete, the team from Orakei Marine handed her over to her new owners and invited me along for the handover and a maiden voyage with a twist.
THE SHAKEDOWN
Once finished in Auckland, the Jeanneau Merry Fisher 1095 was trucked south to Mana Marina, from where she’d make her maiden voyage – a Cook Strait crossing finishing at Waikawa Marina, Picton, at the top of the South Island.
Mana is part of Porirua City in New Zealand, near Wellington. It sits on a narrow isthmus bound to the west by the entrance to Porirua Harbour, flanked by Mana
