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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Southern Isle: 92 Foot Nelson Scow Build Date 1901 Boat Builder D.M. Darroch Length 92 feet 1 inch Beam 22 feet 2 inches Building the Southern Isle and her wreck on Farewell Spit Built by D.M. Darroch in Omaha the Southern Isle was a Schooner-rigged scow that was later converted into a dredge. First owned
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Marilyn: WWII Navy Vessel to Fishing Boat Build Date 1943 Boat Builder Associated Boatbuilders Ltd. Length 112 feet Beam 17.9 feet Marilyn is built for the Navy Marilyn was commissioned under the number ML405 by the Royal New Zealand Navy on the 21 April 1943. She was a Fairmile motor vessel with a cutter rig
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Tiroa: 111ft William Hoile Brown Trading Vessel Build Date 1916 Boat Builder William Hoile Brown Length 111 feet Beam 23 feet Building and Running the Tiroa Built in 1916 by William Hoile Brown of Northcote, the Tiroa started life as a steamship registered in the Port of Auckland. From here the Tiroa was owned by
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Gannet: 40ft Carey Designed Trawler Build Date 1966 Boat Builder/ Boat Designer W.A. Hern/Roger Carey Length LOA 12.49 meters / 40.9 feet Beam 3.3 meters / 10.8 feet F.V. Gannet’s Story Gannet was built to survey with a kauri carvel planked hull and totara deck/cabin in 1966. She was designed by Roger Carey and built
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42ft boat built by A.J. Morgan and later brought by Jack Guard. She has a long and interesting history with the Guard family.
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