Created by Bob Salthouse, the Corsairs (Mark 1 and 2) were 1970s designs that became some of New Zealand’s best-loved launches. Scores are afloat today and, despite their age and ‘period’ styling, they remain in hot demand, selling quickly whenever they come on to the market.
Production ceased in the mid-1990s until Dean–the youngest and only one of Bob’s three sons to follow in his father’s boatbuilding footsteps–resurrected the design.
He established a new company in 2004–aptly named Next Generation Boats–and went about tweaking the much-loved design: extending, reshaping, adding spray chines, additional bulkheads–all very discreetly. Unsurprisingly, the reincarnation proved an instant hit.
Classics, it seems, will always appeal to a particular segment of the market, particularly when supported by modern technology, precision engineering and clever interior design.…
