Living in New Zealand has many undeniable benefits, including our spectacular boating environment. However, one of the disadvantages of being so far from much of the rest of the world is that we sometime miss out on offerings from some of the world’s great manufacturers. Luckily, Auckland-based Your Marine has stepped up to fill the gap and bring us the Rodman Spirit 31, a superb example of Spanish boatbuilding prowess.
Although relatively unknown here, Rodman is one of Europe’s most respected brands with nearly 50 years of history building large commercial vessels and patrol craft, as well as an extensive range of pleasure craft. They have built over 15,000 vessels during this period, and the Rodman Spirit 31 embodies many of the innovative design features that they have become renowned for.
Somewhat unusually for a boat that is just short of the 10-metre mark overall, the Rodman Spirit 31 we tested is outboard
