Ethel: 28ft Yacht With An Eventful Life Story Build Date 1884 Boat Builder Charles Bailey Snr. Length 28 feet Beam 7 feet 3 inches Ethel’s Build and Creating a Scandal in Wellington Ethel was built in Auckland in 1884 but she had a short life as only 34 years later Ethel was wrecked. She was […]
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Amai: 24ft Yacht Lost At Sea In 1932 Build Date Circa 1909 Boat Builder W. Brooke-Taylor and Sons Length 24 feet Beam 6 feet 6 inches Amai’s Short Life Amai was built in around 1909 by W. Brooke-Taylor and sons in Wellington. Its construction was inch kauri on ribs with a centreboard and a tuck
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Ailsa: The 1940 Centennial Regatta Flagship Build Date 1909 Boat Builder Tom Le Huquet Length 1909 – LOA 36 ft, LWL 26 ft 2010 – LOA 47 ft, LWL 27ft Beam Building Ailsa and Her Early Owners Ailsa was built in Auckland in 1909 for the Feltham Brothers who owned her until 1911 when the Hamill
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Orakei: 69ft Scow Built in 1892 Build Date 1882 Boat Builder Sims & Brown of Auckland Length 69ft 6inches Beam 18ft Building Orakei and the Puponga Coal Company Built by Sim & Brown of Auckland Orakei was a Schooner rigged deck scow. With a flat bottom and a large centreboard which could be winched up
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Venture: 46ft Scow From Awaroa Inlet Build Date 1906 Boat Builder Hadfield family of Awaroa Length 46 feet Beam 14 feet Building Venture The Venture was built by the Hadfield family of Awaroa close to where her remains are today. William Welby Hadfield was part of this build. He was a farmer and boat builder
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Shango: 40ft Keith Atkinson Launch Build Date 1970 Boat Builder Keith Atkinson Length 12 metres / 40 feet Beam 4 metres / 13 feet Everything We Know About Shango Shango was designed and built by Keith Atkinson in 1970. Shango is made out of kauri strip planks and fibre glass over timber decks. She was
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Pescador: 36ft John Lidgard Launch Build Date 1968 Boat Builder John Lidgard Length 36 feet Beam Everything We Know About Pescador Pescador was designed and built by John Lidgard for Derrick (Don) Chapman of Henderson. But he only owned her for a short time before he sold Pescador to Sir Keith Park. Chapman and Park
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Planet: 47 Feet Beddoes Trading Vessel Build Date 1859 Boat Builder Beddoes Length 47 feet Beam 11 feet 9 inches Building Planet and Her Life in Nelson Built in Auckland by Beddoes, presumable George Beddoes who had a boatyard in Torpedo Bay. Beddoes started business in a partnership but this dissolved in 1860. After this
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Blind Bay Hooker built in 1867 in Port Underwood for John and Edward Guard.
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Comet: 48 Feet Blind Bay Hooker Build Date 1883 Boat Builder J.J. Ricketts Length 48 feet 8 Inches Beam 14 feet 9 inches Weight 22.45 tons The Blind Bay Hooker Comet Built on the south shore of Torrent Bay by the Ricketts brothers (according to the Port Māpua Maritime Museum) or J.J. Ricketts. Either way
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