Echo: 104ft Hollywood Worthy Scow This page contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase after clicking a link, NZ Boat Encyclopedia may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Build Date 1905 Boat Builder William Brown & Sons Length 104 feet 3 inches Beam 25 feet 5 inches Building A.S. Echo A.S […]
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Pearl Kasper: 77ft Niccol Trading Scow This page contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase after clicking a link, NZ Boat Encyclopedia may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Build Date 1910 Boat Builder George Niccol Length 77 feet 4 inches (75 feet in 1917) Beam 22 feet Building the Pearl
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Matakana: 45ft Tasman Bay Cutter This page contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase after clicking a link, NZ Boat Encyclopedia may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Build Date 1872 Boat Builder Henderson and Spraggon Length 45ft 3inches Beam 15ft 5inches Building Matakana Built in 1872 at by Henderson and
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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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Verden: Wakatahuri’s First Square-Stern Boat Build Date 1913 Boat Builder Claude Wells Length 34 feet Beam 7 feet Building Verden and Maurice Wells Stories Verden became the first launch to be built at Wakatahuri by Claude Wells. She was also the first square-stern vessel he built there. Verden was built out of double-skin kahikatea in
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Orakei: 69ft Scow Built in 1892 This page contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase after clicking a link, NZ Boat Encyclopedia may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Build Date 1882 Boat Builder Sims & Brown of Auckland Length 69ft 6inches Beam 18ft Building Orakei and the Puponga Coal Company
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Venture: 46ft Scow From Awaroa Inlet This page contains affiliate links. If you choose to purchase after clicking a link, NZ Boat Encyclopedia may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Build Date 1906 Boat Builder Hadfield family of Awaroa Length 46 feet Beam 14 feet Building Venture The Venture was built by
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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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