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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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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