BOATING HISTORY ~ Boating NZ

Saving uWHILNA

An 18m 110-year old yawl lying in Wellington’s Mana Marina is a rare, surviving example of the work of her American designer – Charles Drown Mower. Her age and life story make her a definite candidate for restoration, but she needs plenty of help.

BOATING FAMILIES – The Freyberg boys, PART 2

The London-born Freyberg boys grew up in the hills of Wellington as thorough Kiwi lads, dare-devils with imposing physical stature and skills.

BOATING FAMILIES – The Freyberg boys

The Freyberg brothers had an overdose of daring in their DNA. They were all six-footers and strode through their lives, seemingly oblivious to danger.

THE SWALES FAMILY PART 2 – Change of focus

A second instalment about the maritime legacy that was the Swales family – and in this one the focus shifts to their launches.

Vintage outboards

Will Foote’s houseboat

New Zealand’s early 20th century sawmillers were a nomadic lot, and often devised unusual solutions to accommodate their lifestyles.

Frozen clues: Franklin’s ships found

STREET’S TREASURE TROVE

A new exhibition at the New Zealand Maritime Museum celebrates the man behind the historic Fosters ship chandlery and one...

Southern girl – PASTIME PART 1

Pastime is one of the few South Island 19th century yachts to have survived in anything like her original form. She was built at Lyttelton by Malcolm Miller in 1886 and is now well into an exciting authentic restoration.

Mason Clipper 23 resto

Whangamata-based master craftsman Harry Nordberg has resuscitated a 1962 Mason Clipper 23 – giving the 57-year-old dame the cosmetic surgery...

American style – AUCKLAND LAUNCHES OF 1919 – PART 3

The major launches built in Auckland for the 1919-1920 season were spectacular. Strong styling influences came from contemporary American ‘express cruiser’ and ‘bridge deck’ designs.