Southern Isle: 92 Foot Nelson Scow Build Date 1901 Boat Builder D.M. Darroch Length 92 feet 1 inch Beam 22 feet 2 inches Building the Southern Isle and her wreck on Farewell Spit Built by D.M. Darroch in Omaha the Southern Isle was a Schooner-rigged scow that was later converted into a dredge. First owned […]
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Marilyn: WWII Navy Vessel to Fishing Boat Build Date 1943 Boat Builder Associated Boatbuilders Ltd. Length 112 feet Beam 17.9 feet Marilyn is built for the Navy Marilyn was commissioned under the number ML405 by the Royal New Zealand Navy on the 21 April 1943. She was a Fairmile motor vessel with a cutter rig
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Tiroa: 111ft William Hoile Brown Trading Vessel Build Date 1916 Boat Builder William Hoile Brown Length 111 feet Beam 23 feet Building and Running the Tiroa Built in 1916 by William Hoile Brown of Northcote, the Tiroa started life as a steamship registered in the Port of Auckland. From here the Tiroa was owned by
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Gannet: 40ft Carey Designed Trawler Build Date 1966 Boat Builder/ Boat Designer W.A. Hern/Roger Carey Length LOA 12.49 meters / 40.9 feet Beam 3.3 meters / 10.8 feet F.V. Gannet’s Story Gannet was built to survey with a kauri carvel planked hull and totara deck/cabin in 1966. She was designed by Roger Carey and built
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42ft boat built by A.J. Morgan and later brought by Jack Guard. She has a long and interesting history with the Guard family.
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Mahau: Early Marlborough Sounds Mail Boat Build Date 1919 Boat Builder Eric Jacobsen Length 30ft Beam Mahau and the Sounds Mail Run Eric Jacobsen was one of the earliest mailmen in the Marlborough Sounds to use a motor launch. Before the 1920s large steam ships were used which proved to be less efficient that employing
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Dawn: 45ft Counter Stern Fishing Boat Build Date Boat Builder Length 45 feet Beam Maurice Wells Purchases the Dawn Dawn was a 45ft counter stern boat made of double skin kauri. Originally named Sparrow and thought to be named after HMS Sparrow. Purchased by Maurice Wells after selling his share of the Majestic in 1947.
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45ft Jack Guard built fishing boat that worked out of Timaru, Lyttleton, Oamaru and Bluff. Now a Live-aboard.
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34ft Boat designed and partially built by Jack Guard with John McCauley completing the build.
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Tio was a research boat, Navy pilot boat, passenger vessel, skipper training vehicle, lighthouse tender and finally a private launch.
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