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GEORGE DIBBERN; THE 1934 TRANS-TASMAN RACE PT 111 / Te Rapunga versus Ngataki
At North Head, Te Rapunga led Ngataki by half a mile and drew steadily away in the broad lead up the coast into a rising easterly. Te Rapunga last sig...
GEORGE DIBBERN; THE 1934 TRANSTASMAN RACE / Symbol of freedom
The moment they arrived in March 1934 George Dibbern and Te Rapunga were good news in Auckland. George seemed to be a new face of Germany; not the com...
GEORGE DIBBERN AND TE RAPUNGA – PART 1 / Exotic sails
“I WILL NOT HAVE THAT MAN IN MY HOUSE”, said my mother, with quite out-of-character emphasis. She was talking about George Dibbern, the exotic foreign...
Bean Rock 150 years
Alex and Lesley Stone delve into the history of Bean Rock lighthouse – 150 years old this year.
Fl(3) WR 8s 15m 14/11 M
She flashes three times eve...
MARU AND AUCKLAND’S 24FT MULLET BOATS / Match-racing the Mulletties
John Dallimore of Whitianga has recently gifted the 24ft mullet boat Maru to Jason Prew, classicyachtsman- about-town, on the condition that Jason res...
JACK BROOKE AND WAKAYA – The science of great design
Jack Brooke was not only a vigorous leader in New Zealand yachting and recognised from his earliest days as an amateur yacht designer of stature, but ...
CALLIOPE SEA SCOUTS’ CENTENARY Scouting for the generations
Founded in June 1921 at HMS Philomel, the Devonport Naval Base, Calliope Sea Scouts Troop is the oldest surviving Sea Scout troop in New Zealand. I ac...
THE SINCLAIRS OF LYTTELTON PART 3 – A fascination with lateen rigs
In February 1891 it looked as if the ‘Little Wonder Syndicate’ – which owned Mascotte – might be falling apart, or perhaps they were trying to cash in...
THE SINCLAIRS OF LYTTELTON PART 2 – Mascotte
Jimmy Sinclair’s Mascotte was not only the Champion yacht of Lyttelton from 1891, he was also New Zealand Champion in 1892 and 1893.
Jimmy had contin...
Walter Reeks’ ‘Volunteer’ & Bailey’s ‘Viking’
Volunteer was built in October 1888 during a wave of large yacht construction in Sydney in which her designer, Walter Reeks, played a large role. This...
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