“For me, it was all about integrity and commitment to quality. Sargo fulfilled that brief and then some,” explained Henshaw as we stepped aboard the first Sargo to arrive in New Zealand for its delivery voyage from Tauranga to Auckland. Tough, well made, fast and designed for challenging Scandinavian boating conditions, Sargo’s range of all-seasons motor yachts struck him as the perfect fit for New Zealand boaters.
The handsome Sargo 36 had arrived in Tauranga by ship only the day before. Leighton and delivery skipper Bruce McGill, for many years Riviera Boats’ principal agent in New Zealand, had spent the previous day checking it over, ready for our run up the coast to Auckland.
POCKET BATTLESHIP
This boat is the first of three models European Marine has on order, with a Sargo 31 due in January and a Sargo 45 further down the track. European Marine also import the Spanish-built Sasga range of motoryachts.
The Sargo 36 is quite unlike most boats we review in thesewherever you look, from the spacious, well laid out engine room under the cockpit sole, to the stunning teak panelling, over-specced stainless railings and double-glazing throughout.
