This week Logan and Brown are cruising Ninety Mile Beach sourcing seafood for an Ahipara Bouillabaisse. They hook up with old mates Gary and Deidre who are trying their luck kontiki fishing with children Marlin and Claudia. Kontiki fishing is a bit of potluck so perfect for a bouillabaisse which is basically a mixed seafood stew. The plan is to get a line out through the surf to deeper water. When the winds right, a kite can be used, but today the kids are doing the hard yards in the kayak.

Logie leaves them to it and goes on the hunt for some tuatuas to add to the stew. He's missed the tide but bumps into Sonny Harrison coming back in with a good haul. Sonny's been eating tuatua fritters since he was a boy when his nana used to cook them up every week. Logie's keen to try them and offers Sonny a lift home in the Holdie.

Back on the beach Brownie is checking out different approaches to kontiki fishing. Mike Ryder shows him the galloping Gertie - New Zealand's first kontiki but it's Pete & Paula Hostead's torpedo that bowls him over.

Northland is rich in history and that evening Paula, who has Dalmatian ancestry, invites the boys along to the local cultural club where they enjoy traditional dancing, Dally donuts and wine made by Paula's mum. The Dalmatian's were drawn to New Zealand by kauri gum, the next morning Brownie checks out the old gumfields with Drago Yulevitch. Meantime Logie is back in the surf digging for his own tuatuas with Sonny.

Brownie then attempts to make his own kontiki with no success. Calling in a favour from Pete and Paula who graciously lend him their torpedo. Tuatuas onboard Logie heads to Okahu Estate, New Zealand's northern most winery & vineyard to pick up a chardonnay to go with the Bouillabaisse.

Logie returns to the beach just in time to help bring in the torpedo, the line loaded with kahawhai and snapper, and the boys grab one last addition for their pot, a fresh cray. Then it's round the rocks to a seaside bach to bring everything together in an Ahipara Bouillabaisse with grilled bread and Rouille for a feast in the Northland rain.

Episode breakdown

Recipes:
Ahipara Bouillabaisse w/ Grilled Bread and Rouille
Sonny Harrison's Tuatua Fritters