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Roger Hill of Roger Hill Yacht Design on the heli-deck of the 14m powercat Kukai In brief… Port profit strong despite shakes Despite 10 months of disruption and damage from earthquakes, Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has announced strong results for the financial year. The port experienced a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in September 2010 and two more, both measuring 6.3, in February and June, along with countless minor aftershocks. "After each earthquake, critical port services were restored within 96 hours," said the chairman of LPC, Rodger Fisher. "This is a fantastic achievement, given the magnitude of destruction throughout Canterbury." LPC reported an earthquake-adjusted STRONG SALES FOLLOW BOAT SHOW SIGNIFICANT INTEREST FROM overseas media at the 13th Auckland International Boat Show will continue to benefit New Zealand for up to two years, says Peter Busfield, the executive director of the show organiser, New Zealand Marine Industry. "We have shown up to 10 groups of journalists from Asia around the show and introduced them to companies which are active in China or interested in becoming active there," he says. South Africa and Australia were also well represented. New Zealand Trade and Enterprise guided many of them to the show. "We are also seeing an increase of international companies exhibiting at the show. Some of them said they found this show to be the most productive show for them in Australasia," says Busfield. This year the timing was moved from March to September 14-18 to coincide with the Rugby World Cup. In another change, the show was held in the new Viaduct Events Centre, with access to the main marina across a new swing bridge. Many exhibitors said visitors had a clear idea of what they needed to know before they arrived, whether that was a new boat or to repower, re-paint or install new equipment on their existing boat. Overall, exhibitors said they were happy with the calibre of visitors and reported strong leads. Powerboat manufacturers also reported strong levels of interest. "The atmosphere is just fantastic," said Lance Fink, managing director of Tristram Marine. "We have sold several boats since Friday." Griff Simpson at Fi-Glass was also positive. "It's now a world-class event. The venue has lifted the show to another level." Dreamers admired the 16.75m, $5.7 million luxury powercat Bucket List from Fibreglass Concepts and the Nordhavn 55, a luxurious trawler yacht designed in the United States and built in Taiwan. The on-water race for the International Boatbuilding Competition was popular. Teams of apprentices and boatbuilders from superyacht-related companies had built outrigger canoes prior to the show to demonstrate their skills. Specialist Marine Interiors and featured highly. Alloy Yachts The major sponsors of the show included Boating New Zealand magazine, which hosted a series of seminars, and Auckland City. profit after tax of $12.1 million for the year ended June 2011, compared with $9 million the previous year, an increase of 34.4 percent. Earthquake- adjusted revenues totalled $93.7 million, up 7.3 percent from $87.3 million. The statutory consolidated result, which includes earthquake effects such as additional costs, insurance proceeds and lost revenue, is an after-tax profit of $24.1 million, with revenues of $91.6 million. Write-downs of port assets as a result of the earthquakes and aftershocks totalled $29 million. Orca dies after stranding Department of Conservation rangers took a female orca calf which died on September 16 after stranding near Whangaparaoa Peninsula to Massey University's Albany campus. A necropsy was performed to try and determine the cause of death. The orca was found stranded on a mud bank at Duck Creek, a tributary of the Weiti River. DoC Auckland marine ranger Martin Stanley said local residents called the department and tried to keep the orca alive, but she died before a team arrived at the stranding site. The two-year-old orca appeared to have become separated from her pod or family group. "At that age it should still be with its mother and may have struggled to forage for itself. That could have led to dehydration and starvation," Stanley said. Contestants in the International Boatbuilding Competition Members of the public who see a marine mammal such as an orca or whale stranded or in distress should call DoC's 24-hour number, 0800 DOC HOT (0800 362-468) November/December 2011 Professional Skipper 47