Build Date 1912 Boat Builder Frank and Bill Hawken Length Unknown Beam Unknown Everything We Know About Kia Ora Kia Ora was built by Frank Hawken and his son Bill in Whakarewa Street, Motueka in 1912 but they launched her at Batchelor’s Ford in 1913. Frank used his boat for catching fish commercially and carrying […]
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Build Date 1900 Boat Builder Lane and Brown Length 98.5 feet Beam 13 feet Wairau’s Unfortunate Beginnings Wairau was originally a topsail schooner named Ronga. She was built in 1900 by Lane and Brown at Whangaroa. Presumably her first owner was T H Kerr of Christchurch and whilst she was owned by Kerr her skipper
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Whareatea: The Only Steam Powered Boat Built By Claude Wells Build Date Circa 1917 Boat Builder Claude Wells Length 42ft Beam 10ft Building the Whareatea At the time Whareatea was the largest launch Claude Wells had ever built. It was so large he had to extend the boat shed at Wakatahuri to fit it in.
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Built by Jack Guard in Pukatea Bay, Gipsy is ex-fishing boat with lots of style
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Build Date 1916-17 Boat Builder Claude Wells Length 32ft Beam 7ft Building Venus Thought to have been built for Maurice Hope of Wynen’s Bay in around 1916-17. Venus was made out of kauri and was built at Wakatahuri by Claude Wells. Nothing is known about Venus between her launch and the mid 1950s when Chris
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Gael: Westland Trading Vessel Build Date 1904 Boat Builder Unknown Length Unknown Beam Unknown Gael’s Trading Days Gael was built in 1904 as a steamer and was later converted to a diesel engine in the 1930s. She was owned by the South Westland Shipping Company for a time and was skippered by Albert Tregidga. This
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Diane: 47.5ft Athol Burns Fishing Boat Build Date Launched 1946 Boat Builder Athol Burns Length 47 ft 5 inches/14.5m Beam Unknown Everything We Know About Diane Diane was designed by Athol Burns of Wellington and built at Balaena Bay for Albert and George Tregidga. The Tregidga brothers had decided to build a boat after the
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Doris: 32ft Ernie Lane Fishing Boat Build Date 1915 Boat Builder Ernie Lane Length 32 Feet Beam unknown Everything We Know About Doris Doris was built by Ernie Lane in Picton in 1915. Between 1915 and 1934 little is known about Doris but in 1934 Dick Hope purchased Doris off Harry Christian a old engineer/boat
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Sea raider II: 36ft Whale Chaser/Fishing Boat. Build Date Unknown Boat Builder Unknown Length 36ft Beam Unknown Everything We Know About Sea Raider II Sea Raider II was built as a whale chaser for the Perano’s whaling station. It is unknown when she was built or who built her. There was also another Sea Raider
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Southern Star: 38ft Fishing Boat Built By Ernie Lane Build Date 1935 Boat Builder Ernie Lane Length 38 feet Beam Unknown Building the Southern Star There are a few Southern Stars but this one was built by Ernie Lane in Picton for Tom McManaway in around 1935. Tom McManaway was also from Picton. It is
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