Build Date Unknown Boat Builder Unknown Length 44ft / 13.5m Width 9.5ft / 2.9m All We Know About La Reine La Reine was brought by Pat Hope in 1965 for 1000 pounds from Lionel Dyer in New Plymouth. Pat quickly had the boat rebuilt and almost completely re-riveted by Alan Westrupp in 1965. It is […]
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Build Date 1931 – 1936 Boat Builder Jack Guard Length 43feet / 13.2m Beam 11 feet 6 inches / 3.8m Building Rex While in hospital at the age of 21, after nearly cutting his left hand off with an electric saw, Jack Guard decided he wanted to build a big fishing boat. He recalls dreaming
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M. V. Tuhoe: 97ft Niccol Trading Scow Build Date 1919 Boat Builder George Niccol Length 97 Feet Beam Unknown Building Tuhoe and World War Two The boat Tuhoe was named after the Tuhoe iwi and launched on the 7th April 1919 in Auckland. She was built by George Niccol out of triple skin kauri and
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Echo: 104ft Hollywood Worthy Scow Build Date 1905 Boat Builder William Brown & Sons Length 104 feet 3 inches Beam 25 feet 5 inches Building A.S. Echo A.S echo was built in Te Kopuru on the bank of the Northern Wairoa River by William Brown & Sons in 1905. William Brown also owned Echo until
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Pearl Kasper: 77ft Niccol Trading Scow Build Date 1910 Boat Builder George Niccol Length 77 feet 4 inches (75 feet in 1917) Beam 22 feet Building the Pearl Kasper Built in 1910 in Auckland by George Niccol. She was built as a small ketch-rigged deck scow for transporting shingle. Though built in Auckland she spent
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Matakana: 45ft Tasman Bay Cutter Build Date 1872 Boat Builder Henderson and Spraggon Length 45ft 3inches Beam 15ft 5inches Building Matakana Built in 1872 at by Henderson and Spraggon in Auckland as a cutter. She was owned and run by Captain R. G. Tregidga. Tregidga was known for being a fast sailor and used his
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Southern Maid: Ernie Lane Launch Build Date 1928 or 1929 Boat Builder Ernest Richard Lane Length 42 Feet Beam 11 Feet 6 Inches Everything We Know About The Southern Maid Southern Maid was built in 1928 or 29 in Picton by Ernest (Ernie) Richard Lane. Lanes boatyard was on The Spit and produced commercial boats
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Orini: 86ft George Niccol Scow Build Date 1918 Boat Builder George Niccol Length 86 feet Beam 22 feet 5 inches The Begining and End of Orini Built in 1918 by George Niccol for the East Coast Co-op Freezing Co. Ltd. Orini started life as a schooner-rigged deck scow but her owners also installed two 60hp
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Regent: 40ft Ronnie Wells Fishing Boat Launch Date 1946 Boat Builder Ronnie Wells Length 40ft approx. Beam The Regent’s Short Life On his return to New Zealand after World War Two Ronnie Wells is thought to have sold his launch the Silver Dawn and built a new boat called Regent for himself. He powered the
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Matai: 28ft Norman Wells Fishing Boat Build Date Boat Builder Norman Wells Length 28ft Beam All We Know About The Matai The Matai was the first boat built after World War Two at Wakatahuri. Built by Norman Wells in a matter of weeks according to his son Colin. Norman used Matai for commercial fishing before
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