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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Mahau: Early Marlborough Sounds Mail Boat Build Date 1919 Boat Builder Eric Jacobsen Length 30ft Beam Mahau and the Sounds Mail Run Eric Jacobsen was one of the earliest mailmen in the Marlborough Sounds to use a motor launch. Before the 1920s large steam ships were used which proved to be less efficient that employing
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Dawn: 45ft Counter Stern Fishing Boat Build Date Boat Builder Length 45 feet Beam Maurice Wells Purchases the Dawn Dawn was a 45ft counter stern boat made of double skin kauri. Originally named Sparrow and thought to be named after HMS Sparrow. Purchased by Maurice Wells after selling his share of the Majestic in 1947.
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45ft Jack Guard built fishing boat that worked out of Timaru, Lyttleton, Oamaru and Bluff. Now a Live-aboard.
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34ft Boat designed and partially built by Jack Guard with John McCauley completing the build.
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Tio was a research boat, Navy pilot boat, passenger vessel, skipper training vehicle, lighthouse tender and finally a private launch.
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Scow with a long history of transporting goods. After sinking in the 1960s Kohi became a floating Crayfish freezer.
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Launched in 1972 Donna Maree was a trawler in the Marlborough Sounds but has since converted into a pleasure boat.
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