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Bill Couldrey Part 6: World War II

Under the shadow of likely war with Germany on the other side of the globe, 1939 was a very full year for Bill Couldrey’s yard.
Victory and the Norfolk Island adventure
Boating Heritage

One man and his boats: Harold George; Victory and the Norfolk Island adventure

By December 1928 the brothers Harold and Geoff George had the reputation of being game sailors, with a good sea-boat in Victory. They sailed her hard,...
Harold George and Celox
August 2022

HAROLD GEORGE: Celox and Victory

With connections to the Couldrey family and growing up in Northcote on Auckland’s North Shore, Harold George could hardly escape becoming a fine seama...
August 2022

ONE FAMILY’S BOATING JOURNEY – How much power?

On land it is easy to forget about power and often we (particularly our teenagers) aren’t concerned about leaving lights on in unoccupied rooms, or le...
Features

Mystic Miss: Forgotten Warrior

In 1969, offshore powerboat racing was about to break away from competing in production recreational runabouts.
April 2022

VINTAGE VIEW – ONE MAN AND HIS BOATS; HARRY JENKINS, PART3 – Wartime Pacific cruises

Harry Jenkins could trace his ancestry through his mother’s side back to Sir Francis Drake. His new yacht, Golden Hind, the biggest private yacht yet ...
March 2022

ONE MAN AND HIS BOATS; HARRY JENKINS, PART 2 – The golden years

After Shenandoah was launched in December 1929, Harry Jenkins had little time to enjoy his wonderful new launch peacefully. Two months before, the wor...
Boating history

ONE MAN AND HIS BOATS; HARRY JENKINS, PART 1. Strictly business

Harry Reginald Jenkins was a prominent Auckland businessman, launch owner and yachtsman for 30 years from 1916. Harry was born in Eltham, Taranaki,...
Boating history

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...
Boating history

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...

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