The Horne family, Dayne and his parents Helen and Bryan, has an engineering background and a history of boat building. Their company, Marco Boats, is based in the Waikato town of Morrinsville, employs nine staff, and builds 50-60 boats per year. Having recently taken on an upholsterer, they now offer fully-finished boats, including engines and electronics, out of the factory. Marco Boats is represented nationwide by a network of dealers (for details see www.marcoboats.co.nz). The Morrinsville factory covers sales in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty/King Country area. The newest addition to Marco’s Angler range is also the smallest at 4.40m. It was designed in response to requests for a beamy, stable, high-sided work boat for use in inshore areas and estuaries for netting, longlining, scallop dredging and the like, but also has strong application to line fishing, especially where the ability to stand up and cast (such as when soft-plastic fishing, slow-jigging or fly-casting) in shelt...