Build Date 1910 Boat Builder George Niccol Length 72 Feet Beam Unknown The Portland From 1910 to 1932 The Portland was built by George Niccol in 1910 as a schooner-rigged hold scow as such she had a large bilge and hold. The lime merchant John Wilson of Auckland became her first owner. He owned her […]
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Build Date 1925 Boat Builder Davey Darroch Length 66 Feet / 20.1 Metres Beam 18.7 Feet / 5.7 Metres Building Alwin G/Success The Alwin G would become the last scow to ever be built in New Zealand. She was built by the prolific scow builder, Davey Darroch in Stanley Bay for Alan and Winifred Glass.
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Build Date 1914 Boat Builder G T Niccol Length 87 Feet / 27 Meters Beam 23 Feet/ 7 Meters Building Paroto and Her Early Trading Days Built in 1914 by GT Niccol as an auxiliary ketch Paroto would go on to be used for trade in the Bay of Plenty, Napier and the top of
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Build Date 1906 Boat Builder Claude Wells Length 32 Feet Beam 6 Feet Building the Tanekaha One of only seven boats built by Claude Wells at Little Bay on the Northeast side of Canoe Bay in 1906. This was where Claude started his boat building business before he moved his family to Wakatahuri. At this
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Build Date Unknown Boat Builder T Brown & Sons Length 87 Feet 7 Inches Beam Unknown Everything We Know About Picton Originally named Koau, Picton was built in Te Kopuru, Northland by T Brown & Sons for Richardson & Co. Ltd. She was built out of timber with a 9 feet 5 inches draft and
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Build Date 1897 Boat Builder C & W Bailey Length 80 Feet Beam Unknown Building Vindex Vindex was built in Auckland by C & W Bailey in 1897. She was built as a ketch-rigged deck scow specifically for carrying cattle which could be held in pens on Vindex’s decks. Although it can be argued she
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Build Date 1902 Boat Builder Logan Brothers Length 102ft Beam Unknown Everything We Known About Tasman Tasman was built by the Logan Brothers of Auckland for Captain J C Burford in 1902. She weighed 179 tons and had a steam engine. Tasman was intended to replace the Lady Barkly on the Golden Bay run but
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Build Date 1902 Boat Builder George Niccol Length 79ft 6inches/ 24.26m Beam 25ft 6 inches/ .80m Alma’s Early Years Two masted fore and aft schooner rigged deck scow built in Auckland by George Niccol in 1902. She was built out of kauri salvaged from a bridge north of Auckland. They used full-length planks to build
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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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