Auckland Boat Show 2025 reveals debuts

Auckland Boat Show, which will run from 6 to 9 March in central Auckland’s Jellicoe Harbour and Viaduct Events Centre, has released details of show premieres and boats on display.

The Wallytender43 will make its Australasian debut at the show, while Legacy Marine’s new 55ft multihull, the Legacy L55SF, will make its world premiere in Auckland.

The 2024 edition of the Auckland Boat Show displayed 400 boats and a wide array of marine products, and organisers believe the 2025 show will continue the upward trajectory.

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Following the successful 2024 launch of its Legacy 70 custom aluminium yacht, the New Zealand builders will bring its adventurous, luxurious take on custom aluminium yachts to the 2025 show. Alongside the Legacy L55SF, the Legacy Marine team will be showcasing its biggest custom vessel – a Legacy 70 designed for cruising the Pacific in comfort.

From Gisborne, Dickey Boats will launch its Pacific 62. The ever-popular boatbuilder describes the Pacific 62 as its ‘most capable long-range sportfisher-meets-explorer to date’. Generous living space equipped with facilities for self-sufficiency add to the appeal of the 62 for local excursions or extended sea voyages.

Scott Lane Boatbuilders will present a foil-assisted catamaran at the 2025 show. The foil-assisted vessel is designed by Roger Hill and made entirely of carbon fibre. It follows the successful debut of the first in this series, which displayed the ability for customisation and additional luxury and accessories, combined with the extra capability and excitement of speed the foiling design delivers.

Lloyd Stevenson Boatbuilders, builders of Catalyst boats for both Alinghi and INEOS, will make the same vessel design available to consumers at the central Auckland show along with other New Zealand-designed launches. Likewise, Auckland-based company Rayglass, which supplied Protector vessels for America’s Cup officials and the race village, will display its vessels to the public in March.

The event’s sea trial marina will enable visitors to experience vessels and services out on the water at Waitematā Harbour.

“We’re a marine nation, and it makes sense that we lead the world in creating better ways to be safer, faster, and more sustainable on the water,” says show organiser Stacey Cook. Tickets are on sale now.