Planet: 47 Feet Beddoes Trading Vessel Build Date 1859 Boat Builder Beddoes Length 47 feet Beam 11 feet 9 inches Building Planet and Her Life in Nelson Built in Auckland by Beddoes, presumable George Beddoes who had a boatyard in Torpedo Bay. Beddoes started business in a partnership but this dissolved in 1860. After this […]
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Marilyn: WWII Navy Vessel to Fishing Boat Build Date 1943 Boat Builder Associated Boatbuilders Ltd. Length 112 feet Beam 17.9 feet Marilyn is built for the Navy Marilyn was commissioned under the number ML405 by the Royal New Zealand Navy on the 21 April 1943. She was a Fairmile motor vessel with a cutter rig
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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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Built in the boat shed at Wakatahuri by Tom Well’s, the Southern Isles was a pleasure launch and a fishing boat from time to time.
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Built by Francis Wells in the boat shed at Wakatahuri. The Valmarie is the largest boat built at Wakatahuri at 54 feet long and 17 foot beam.
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The Majestic has been a commercial fishing boat, a World War Two service vessel and is now a pleasure boat.
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Silver Dawn was a double skin kahikatea passenger boat which later delivered the mail and even became a commercial fishing vessel
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Launched in 1947 for Philip Bradey it was so luxurious Bradey was audited by the government.
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Built as a passenger vessel, the Glen Lee has had multiple roles and adventures in its lifetime, including one sinking.
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