Gipsy: Jack Guard Fishing Boat

Build Date

1946

Boat Builder

Stephen Godfrey (Jack) Guard

Length

35ft

Beam

10ft

Everything We Know About Gipsy

Built by Jack Guard at Pukatea Bay, Gipsy was constructed of kauri planks and launched in 1946 as a commercial fishing vessel. It is believed Gipsy was built for a Mr Tom Wells of Durville Island.

In 2022, Gipsy was listed for sale with a Perkins 4236 diesel engine. She is listed as having 5.9 foot of headroom making her quite roomy for a 35ft boot. She can carry approximately 700lt of fuel and 200lt of water and has one cabin with two berths.

References

To research Gipsy we used marinehub.co.nz.

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Jean – 45ft Jack Guard built fishing boat that worked out of Timaru, Lyttleton, Oamaru and Bluff.

Tio – 55 ft. research boat, Navy Pilot boat, passenger vessel, skipper training boat, lighthouse tender and finally a private launch.

Rex – The first proper fishing boat built by Jack Guard.