Build Date 1925 Boat Builder Davey Darroch Length 66 Feet / 20.1 Metres Beam 18.7 Feet / 5.7 Metres Building Alwin G/Success The Alwin G would become the last scow to ever be built in New Zealand. She was built by the prolific scow builder, Davey Darroch in Stanley Bay for Alan and Winifred Glass. […]
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Build Date 1914 Boat Builder G T Niccol Length 87 Feet / 27 Meters Beam 23 Feet/ 7 Meters Building Paroto and Her Early Trading Days Built in 1914 by GT Niccol as an auxiliary ketch Paroto would go on to be used for trade in the Bay of Plenty, Napier and the top of
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Build Date 1921 Build Date Davey Darroch Length 83 Feet Beam 25 Feet Everything We Know About Ngahau Ngahau would become one of the last scows built by Davey Darroch. Darroch built 32 scows at Omaha but when the first world war started he ceased production. In 1920 he reopened the yard in Stanley Bay
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Build Date 1885 Boat Builder H.M Burnard Length 49 Feet 5 Inches Beam 15 Feet 5 Inches Felicity in Golden Bay and with Captain Williams Felicity was built at Frenchmans Bay in Abel Tasman by her owner H. M. Burnard. She was a shallow and beamy vessel with a very blunt bow. She had two
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Build Date 1930 Boat Builder G T Niccol Length Beam Taupata at Anchor Shipping and During WW2 Built in Auckland by GT Niccol in 1930 Taupata was sold to the Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company Ltd., before her fit out was complete. But G T Niccol got to use her to make two trips to
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Build Date Boat Builder George Brassell Length 47 Feet Beam 16 Feet Everything We Know About Miss Akaroa After George Brassell sold his first boat build, the Tawera he purchased a boat called the Orari to do charters around Akaroa but this boat provide to not be ideal so he then built the Miss Akaroa.
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Build Date 1946 Boat Builder George Brassell Length 58 Feet Beam 15 Feet 6 inches Building Tawera During the war George Brassell skippered the examination vessel at Lyttleton and then worked as a Deck Officer with the Union Steamship Company. But in the final year of the war, he went to Port Chalmers to build
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Build Date 1933 Boat Builder Norman Wells and George Woodroofe Length 22 Feet Beam 6 Feet Everything We Know About Murabel The Wakatahuri School teacher built Murabel with Norman Wells during his tenure in the bay in 1933. To power her they borrowed a 6 Cylinder Cleveland Petrol engine from Norman’s brother, Bernard Wells. Murabel
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Build Date 1930 Boat Builder Ronnie Wells Length 22 Feet Beam Unknown Everything We Know About Bonny Bonny is perhaps the first boat built by Ronnie Wells built for himself. He would have been 20 at the time and is thought to have completed the build at Wakatahuri. She had a Continental Petrol engine which
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Build Date Circa 1935 Build Date Claude and Ronnie Wells Length 24 Feet Beam 6ft 6 inches Building Lochiel/Lynette Built for French Pass farmer Wallace Webber Lochiel/Lynette is believed to be the last speedboat built by Claude Wells at Wakatahuri though he completed the build with his son Ronnie wells. The date she was built
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