Sea raider II: 36ft Whale Chaser/Fishing Boat.
Build Date
Unknown
Boat Builder
Unknown
Length
36ft
Beam
Unknown
Everything We Know About Sea Raider II
Sea Raider II was built as a whale chaser for the Perano’s whaling station. It is unknown when she was built or who built her. There was also another Sea Raider boat presumably from the Perano Whaling Station. This one was later owned by Pat Aston from D’Urville and he renamed her Phyllis.
In 1960 Pat Hope brought Sea Raider II from the whaling station. The boat came as a bare hull and Pat fitted her out for fishing in Tasman Bay. With the help of a boat builder named Alan Westrupp, they completely remodeled her. They fitted bulwarks, decked in the open cockpit, and fitted a 6 cylinder Ford Diesel engine. Pat then set the boat up for long lining, scalloping, set-netting and trawling. When Pat owned her Sea Raider II was painted green.
Sea Raider II would be the only boat Pat Hope almost had a serious accident on. One day out fishing some wire caught on his gumboot and took his leg around the winch. Fortunately the winch motor stalled and he only had a broken ankle to deal with.
Pat sold Sea Raider II to Arnold Jones in 1963
References
To research Sea Raider II we used the book Voices From The Sea: The stories of some Nelson and Marlborough fishing families.
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