Boating NZ

TAKING ON THE WORLD…

Breaking into a sizeable overseas market so soon in a boat brand’s journey illustrates how highly regarded the New Zealand marine sector is around the world. We climbed aboard the test boat a few weeks before it headed away to a fishing-crazy family planning to use this boat in the ocean, lakes and rivers all over their state of California, all year round.

Jarrod Hall is the naval architect and leader of the team behind Purekraft and has a growing history of design success. Purekraft is an aluminium custom boatbuilder, which means that for every new boat, the customer gets considerable input into the layout, features, finishes and options. It is a design-driven approach where every detail matters.

Eight months ago, when Jarrod’s phone rang on a Sunday, little did he know that the latest Purekraft 800HT,  , was about to be commissioned. With a nine-month schedule between taking the order and delivery anywhere in the world, the Purekraft

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