MAKING WAVES

Season of safety

Nimble Hornet Fun For The Family

AS lazy Sunday afternoon fishing expeditions go it wasn't shaping up to be a fair fight. The fish weren't the problem it was the fact we had three young boys and two adults in a 14ft boat.

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Today's fact The oldest existing boat is a three-metre Netherlands dugout built about 7400 BC.

Jan's Siren Call: Sex Still Sells, Stupid

JAN STEPHENSON was watching a group of female golfers work the flesh on a boat last Monday to promote the Women's Australian Open when she noticed Nikki Garrett's bra strap was sticking out of her little dress - a problem, apparently, much greater for a top female player than a twitchy putting stroke.

Dream Boat Within Reach At Sale

FINDING a dream boat should be easy for visitors to the Raymond Terrace area this weekend. The new-look Terrace Boating and Leisure Centre at Heatherbrae will feature a big range of new and used boats during its three-day end-of-financial-year sale. The clearance sale will be held at the Paci

Love Boat

YOU will have a picture of Nessie over the fireplace, a UFO in your garage and a Tasmanian tiger in your dog kennel the day an old journalist or a Liberal Party hack produces photos of Labor politicians pollenating with Virginia Perger on Joe Meissner's fishing boat, the Kanzen. But proving yet

Vamping It Up At The Brisbane Boat Show

IF organisers at the recent Brisbane Boat Show which, incidentally, proved just as successful as the Melbourne and Sydney exhibitions, had named a "boat of the show", chances are the honour would have gone to the latest rig from Lindsay Fry's Seafarer Fibreglass Boats. It's called t

Past Catches Up With New-look Car Dealer

When Tony Packard entered State Parliament at a by-election in 1990, he began a desperate attempt to recreate himself. No longer the loud-mouthed car dealer from up the Windsor Road, Packard was now an earnest, no-hype Liberal MP. The new image was as different as Packard could make

Boat Show's Silver Lining

When the doors open on the Silver Anniversary presentation of the Sydney International Boat Show at Darling Harbour next Friday, the boating industry, not only in NSW but all over Australia, will be watching with keen, if not hopeful, anticipation. Few have done it so tough through the re

Boat Of The Year Field Is Down To Five

Four powerboats and an innovative trimaran have been named winners in five categories for the Modern Boating/ABIA (Australian Boating Industry Association) Boat of the Year awards for 1992. The winners were: category 1, under five metres, the Express Cavalier; category 2, Signature Pursuit