New kid on the block in the local inflatable market is Atomix Boats. Founded in 2005, the NZ-owned company uses local designers to develop models suited to local conditions. Its boats are based around several core hull designs including an 8.2m RIB, an 8.2m full GRP hull and a 5m RIB.
Trade A Boat New Zealand review on the Atomix 500 RIB.
Atomix is certainly not a name that has been widely known in the New Zealand marine scene; understandably so, since the company has only been around for about six months in New Zealand. What sets the company apart from others is its production methods, with the boats designed, engineered and funded from New Zealand, but manufactured on the other side of the world, in China! Freddy Foote checks out a couple of the first prototype models.
Propeller Magazine review on the Atomix SC820 & CC820.
Centre console configurations have never achieved significant market penetration in New Zealand, despite their relative popularity in other parts of the world. So when invited to test the "fishability" of the prototype Atomix CC820, well, it’s a tough job but someone had to do it.
Trade A Boat New Zealand review on the Atomix CC820.
