tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41647092725063541712024-03-19T05:35:33.423-07:00SMALL STUFFA miscellany of history and stories associated with yachting in the Wellington region.Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-75793548122148802292014-04-25T04:03:00.002-07:002015-05-22T01:09:20.912-07:00Archie Scott<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott on board<i> Psyche</i> in Sydney, 1926</td></tr>
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Nobody has heard of Archibald Charles Scott. It's rather strange really, as a sailor he was been associated with some great vessels and passages (as crewman and navigator on board <i>Waitangi</i>, <i>Restless</i> and <i>Psyche</i>). He was also a successful (and prize winning) designer, with some well-known boats to his name, many of which survive today (<i>Maranui</i>, <i>Ocean Maid</i>). He also designed many a rig conversion for well-known vessels, including <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116834/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Ailsa</i></a>, <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116829/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Oyster</i></a>, <i>Ariki</i>, <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/2-12-raters-mawhiti-and-kotiri.html" target="_blank"><i>Kotiri</i></a> and <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116845/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Wylo</i></a>.<br />
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Scott was a plumber by trade, his day job was at the Evans Bay Patent slip. He was also rather deaf.Archie joined the Te Aro sailing club around 1910, racing centreboarders out of Clyde Quay. He became a member of the Port Nicholson Yacht club when the clubs, along with the Te Ruru Yacht Club, merged in 1915.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ailsa</i> with her bermuda rig</td></tr>
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Along with Herbert ("Punch") Jordan, he purchased the Le-Huquet designed <i>Galatea</i> in 1917. <em>Galatea</em> had just had the rake of her rudder
adjusted, and became a much easier handled and better pointed to
weather as a result. Scott and Jordan had some success with her.<br />
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They obviously liked the seaworthiness and power of the Le Huquet designs,and bought the larger <i>Ailsa</i>, in 1919 from the Hamill brothers, recently returned from active service. Like so many who spent years at war, the Hamills don't appear to have taken an interest in sport after their return.<br />
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For the 1920 season they converted <i>Ailsa'</i>s rig to bermudan. It wasn't a success, and the following season they changed her again, to a high<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ailsa</i> with her high peaked gaff</td></tr>
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peaked gaff (no room for a topsail). From that time, she was a very successful racer, competing in both the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club and the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boating Club.<br />
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Their partnership in the boat lasted until 1936.<br />
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<i>Ailsa</i> is still owned locally, rigged as a yawl in the Marlborough Sounds.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Scott's voyages </b></span></h4>
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In December 1920 Scott made his first long cruise: as crewman, on board <i>Waitangi</i> on her delivery trip to new owners in Auckland. She had a difficult passage, but made it in quick time. A good account of it may be read<a href="http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DOM19201208.2.47&srpos=56&e=--1920-----100--1-byDA---0yacht+waitangi+--" target="_blank"> here</a>.<br />
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In early 1926 he crewed on board the <i>Restless</i> to Dunedin and back. It's reported the skipper, McLean, had an interest in the Sanders cup trials there that year.<br />
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Later in 1926, he crewed the yacht <i>Psyche</i> on a delivery voyage to Sydney, for the owner who had recently moved there. It was an epic journey, which almost ended before they were out of Cook Strait. The boat was far from seaworthy, shipping a lot of water, spoiling food and fuel. The boat was tossed by storms the whole way. The full account was serialised in the June, July and August editions of 1926 Australian Motor Boating and Yachting Monthly (<a href="http://anmm.smedia.com.au/olive/am3/anmm1/" target="_blank">click the "More issues" tab to read</a>). Leo Thompson, a regular crewman on the <i>Ailsa</i>, was also on board for the journey, along with Redvere Quinlan (engineer) and F. C. Townsend acting as skipper. This was the first voyage of a private yacht from Wellington to Sydney, and only about the fourth from NZ to Australia.<br />
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The images above are of a section of a chart Scott marked with the courses of each voyage, along with annotations; and some of his notes interleaved in a copy of the NZ Pilot Book for the journey of the <i>Restless</i>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott's oldest surviving plan</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Scott's designs </b></span></h3>
Archie appears to have begun designing seriously in the mid 1930s. There is a large collection held at the Wellington Museum of City and Sea, and many can be seen reproduced in Sea Spray magazine in the late 1940s and 50s. He did original designs on spec and for clients, and appears to have designed most of the conversions in Wellington from gaff to bermudan rigs, including Ariki, Kotiri, Wylo, Oyster.<br />
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His most successful designs built were the raised decker <i>Maranui</i> (now sailing in Auckland) for Ernie Hargreaves, launched in 1936, and <i>Ocean Maid</i> (currently moored at Porirua) in 1946. The <i>Ocean Maid</i> design was drawn as an entry for a design competition organised by the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club. The parameters were broad, but were to be a good racer with cruising capability and comfort, and it was hoped the successful entry would lead to a class of a robust design suitable for class racing in Wellington . <i>Ocean Maid</i> was the only one built, and is still in good order. The design was published in Sea <br />
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Spray in 1946. This was the first of many designs - yachts, launches and runabouts - by Scott to be published by the magazine.<br />
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Archie Scott died about 1967. His eulogy was read by Bill Fisher, long time friend and fellow yachtsman.<br />
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A report and full table of Archie Scott's designs at the Wellington Museum of City and Sea may be read <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/708/documents/Archie%20Scott.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> <br />
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<i>Ilex</i> was a large cruiser-racer type yawl designed by the Logan yard. She was Wellington-owned for only about four years - but they were significant ones.<br />
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<i>Ilex</i> had many adventures, and was associated with some pretty interesting people. A powerful boat, she saw her fair share of stormy weather and near disaster, before finally succumbing in the Pacific. In 1946, representing Wellington, she was the first NZ yacht to compete in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.<br />
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She was built by Logan Brothers for R. H. Shakespeare and Capt. W. Spenser Stanhope of Barrier Island, and launched 7th May 1903. <br />
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LOA 50'<br />
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<i>Ilex</i>' construction was of triple-skin New Zealand kauri, in true Logan fashion her planks ran the full length of the boat. She was intended as a cruising boat, and fitted out as such, with her interior panelling carefully highlighted with blue and grey paint, with gold and oak graining. The upholstery was of Pantasote (an easily maintained hard-wearing imitation leather).<br />
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During May 1904 at Kawau <i>Ilex</i> played host to Premier Richard Seddon who was on board for a fishing holiday.<br />
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Under several owners, <i>Ilex</i> participated in the cruising races in Auckland <br />
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Macky converted her to a cutter in 1911. In March 1913 she was for sale, but she was still owned by Macky when he and his wife, on the way to visit family, were killed when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania" target="_blank">Lusitania</a> was torpedoed in 1915.<br />
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<i>Ilex</i> was purchased and brought to Wellington via the East Coast by Norman Thomas in 1944 . He constructed a new robust wheelhouse, and converted her to a ketch rig. When WWII ended, he set about covering many miles in her. On top of regular trips to the Marlborough Sounds, his first sizeable passage (December 1945) in<i> Ilex</i> was to New Plymouth, then on to Onehunga. <br />
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Satisfied with the cruise, in February 1946, <i>Ilex</i> departed for a circumnavigation of the South Island. She almost came to grief on the West Coast however, when they sailed into a gale. Seeking shelter in Bligh Sound, all anchors dragged, as the cliffs created a terrifying wind tunnel. Manoeuvring bare-poled, she finally fetched up at the last possible moment. Lines were made fast ashore and they waited out the gale. The circumnavigation took 19 days.<br />
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Mr Thomas was obviously a keen chap, and decided the next thing to do was to take <i>Ilex</i> across the Tasman to enter the first Sydney to Hobart race. They departed November, and arrived after 13 days of gales and headwinds, on 11 December. <i>Ilex</i>, representing Wellington, under the banner of both the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club and the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club, was the first NZ yacht to compete in the race.<br />
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It turned out to be something of a damp squib however, and after a couple of days in very large swells but no wind, they withdrew from the race, and motored on to Hobart. The return journey Hobart to Wellington took eight days.<br />
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Norman's son <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/roydon-thomas.html" target="_blank">Roydon </a>was a crewman on board for the crossing, and at 13 years old, remains the youngest active crewman to compete in the Sydney-Hobart race (there have been younger people participate since, but all have essentially been passengers). With a lower age limit now set, it appears likely this record will stand for some time to come.<br />
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In 1948 Thomas sold <i>Ilex</i> to the Free Church of Tonga.<br />
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Norman and Roydon Thomas were both among the delivery crew to Tonga, and received a great welcome there. The Free Church of Tonga renamed her <i>Tu'uakitau</i>, with Queen Salote officiating. In 1957 she was purchased by Tofa Ramsay, and renamed <i>Tuiakaepau</i>.<br />
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In July 1962, she was wrecked at Minerva Reef. All on board survived the accident, and lived inside the wreckage of a Japanese freighter which had also come to grief on the reef. After several months, four of the 17 had died through exposure. A boat was made from the wreckage, and two men put to sea to find help. The story of this episode makes<a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=426794342&searchurl=sortby%3D1%26amp%3Btn%3Dminerva%2Breef" target="_blank"> interesting reading</a>.Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-89823558479715796442013-12-12T18:45:00.000-08:002013-12-13T03:54:19.300-08:00Ralph Millman and his boats<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Ralph Millman was the son of a merchant sea captain. His father had commanded, among other vessels, the barquentines <a href="http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1888/09/049gmt.htm" target="_blank"><i>G. M. Tucker</i></a>, and <i>Mary Ballantyne</i>, which plied the Tasman trade out of Wellington in the latter half of the 19th century.<br />
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While still an apprentice, Millan built the <i>Luna</i>, a square bilge open boat, 20' on the waterline, which he raced with the <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/the-arawa-sailing-club-and-half-raters.html" target="_blank">Arawa Sailing Club</a>'s 18 foot division from 1898, and his first keel yacht, a 24 footer named <i>Te Aroha</i> (this boat has various spellings in the records). He and three friends swiped one of their father's compasses, a telescope and a pistol, and set off for the Marlborough Sounds for three days (without telling anyone). They ended up staying there three weeks. Millman built and did major work on many boats, the most famous being <i>Windward</i>. He was also a dedicated committee member of the <a href="http://www.rpnyc.org.nz/" target="_blank">Port Nicholson Yacht Club</a>, acting as timekeeper and handicapper. There is at least one trophy presented by the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht CLub which bears his name.<br />
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<b>Te Aroha</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Auckland Weekly News 12 Jan 1905</td></tr>
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Launched in 1898, this was Millman's first build, as an apprentice. Her name has several variations, the most common being <i>Te Aroha</i> and <i>Tearoa</i>. He might have been either trying to name her something like "Breath of life", "Love", or "Cloud". Excited by his new build, immediately she was put in the water he took her to the Marlbourough Sounds for three weeks. Millman owned her for about five years before selling her to a man named Wilson who unfortunately wrecked her on Barrett's reef in 1905 with the loss of three lives. She eventually washed up at Petone beach where she evidently became quite poplular with the local children.<br />
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<b>Rawene</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rawene ca 1909-12. Source: Ward family collection</td></tr>
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Millman had a taste for yawls, and <i>Rawene</i> was his first. He built her in 1909, and she was part of the renaissance of keel yacht racing in Wellington from the period 1909-1914, led by second and third class boats. Millman sold her to Smith and Nathan in 1909. She had a very successful racing career, early on having some good tussles with <i>Lizzie</i> and <i>Taipare</i>. She was converted to a cutter rig in 1913.<br />
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<i>Rawene</i> was raced and cruised extensively through the 1920s while in (Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club Commodore) David Blair's ownership, and vaious others' through to 1948, when she was wrecked off Cape Terawhiti. No lives were lost on this occasion; all three men on board were rescued by the <a href="http://www.nzmaritimeindex.org.nz/nssco/nsspage.php?vessel=1127750" target="_blank">Matangi</a>, which at the time was in the vicinity on her regular run between Wellington and Nelson.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windward at Balaena Bay ca 1912-14. Source ATL Library</td></tr>
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<b>Windward </b><br />
This boat really deserves an article of her own, but here are the bare essentials.<br />
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Millman designed and built her at his home at Lorne St, Mt Victoria. She had an unusual tumblehome bow, and a hard chine which faded out to a fair curve in her forward end. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windward build at Lorne St. Source: RPNYC Archive</td></tr>
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She carried her beam well aft which ended at a tuck stern. At 28' long, 8'6" beam (other sources say 27x7,6), weighing in at 6.5 ton, she was altogether a meaty boat. Again, he built her as a yawl.<br />
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Millman owned <i>Windward</i> for some years before selling her, and cruised and raced her regularly - first in the second, then as she got tuned up and they got to know her, in the first division.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windward. Source: Little Ships, 3rd ed.</td></tr>
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<i>Windward</i> thereafter went through several hands before being sold to T. P. Rollings in the late 1920s. In 1930 Rollings announced he was taking her for a return cruise to the Chatham Islands for new year. This caused quite a stir of excitement, as the only other private vessel to have done so was the <i>White Heather</i>, a significantly larger boat, in 1916. All the crew were experienced seamen, and they carried the latest in safety gear (a wireless receiver). Preparations were followed closely in the press, as was progress via telegraph when sighted by passing shipping. On 06 January 1931 they began their trip home, but never made it. Some believe she was sighted on 15th January 30-40 miles south of Cape Palliser by the <i>Enton</i>, but by the end of February all searches were called off.<br />
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<b>Muritai</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Muritai (Rogue). Source RPNYC Archive</td></tr>
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<i>Muritai</i> was built by Charles Bailey Jr while still apprenticed to his father in Auckland 1892. She was among the first of the 2 1/2 raters. She had been named <i>Rogue</i>, and was renamed by R. C. Renner when he purchased and brought her to Wellington in 1900. Purchased by G. F. Bothamley in 1911, she was painted black and converted to a yawl configuration designed and built by <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013/10/ted-bailey.html" target="_blank">Ted Bailey</a>, Charles Jr's younger brother based in Wellington. During WWI, the lead from her keel was removed for the war effort, and replaced with concrete. She was in a very sorry condition when Millman took ownership about <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rogue in 2006. Source: Sean Burns</td></tr>
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1920 and replaced the concrete with iron. He also built a doghouse which defies description - one of the most ugly things you can imagine on a racing yacht.<br />
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She has been through a few permutations since then, having been converted to a bermudan cutter, and a more in-keeping cabin added at some stage. <i>Rogue</i> is at present owned by Pheroze Jagose (since 2007) of Wellington, and under and extensive restoration at Matt Price's workshop. More on <i>Rogue</i> can be read about in Ivor Wilkins' book "Classic".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arawa. Source RPNYC archive</td></tr>
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<b>Arawa</b><br />
Probably designed with Archie Scott, <i>Arawa</i> was Millman's final build, and was launched in 1935. She was 24' LOA with a beam of 7'6", and had a rather boxy cabin top - Millman was obvioulsy a man who preferred to stoop rather than crouch.<br />
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When <i>Arawa</i> was nearing the end of her build, Millman was approached with an offer to purchase. Keen to get her in the water ready for an Easter cruise, he named a very high (undisclosed) price. He was rather surprised to immediately receive a cheque and found himself obliged to sell her.<br />
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<i>Arawa</i> raced and cruised for many years before being taken to Auckland some time after WWII. She has since had her topsides raised, a wheelhouse, breakwater thing added.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arawa in 2013. Source John Quellin</td></tr>
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As has happened to many boats of this size, her keel-hung rudder has been done away with, and she is converted to a balanced rudder arrangement. Her name was changed to <i>Arcadia II</i>, and is still in good fettle at Whangamata, owned by John Quellin. Arawa is the last surviving of Millman's builds.<br />
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<b>Oyster</b><br />
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The unexpected sale of <i>Arawa</i> meant Millman had to cast about for a new boat pretty quickly if he was going to have his Easter trip. He settled upon <i>Oyster</i>, Built by Charles Bailey Jr in Auckland for J. Glasgow of Nelson and launched in 1902. <i>Oyster</i> was a centreboarder, LOA 31',6", Beam 9', yawl- rigged. She was based on a prize-winning design of George Holmes published in the English journal "The Yachtsman" in 1899.<br />
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Millman drew up some lines and converted her to a keel yacht. The image here shows Millman's drawing showing both her centreboard and ballast keel configuration. <i>Oyster </i>is another boat which has passed through many careful hands, and plied NZ's central water for many years, in many configurations before being purchased by Mike Roussow in 1999. He operates her under the name of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Tar-Sailing-Co-Lyttelton/117579468265884" target="_blank">Jack Tar Sailing </a>in Lyttelton.<br />
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<br />Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-11791003145346292942013-10-31T03:44:00.001-07:002013-11-05T23:33:31.132-08:00Ted Bailey<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">NZ Yachtsman 25 December 1915</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Edwin "Ted" Bailey was born in Auckland in 1871, the youngest of three brothers born to boatbuilder Charles Bailey. Each son would train
and have successful careers in boatbuilding; all but Ted remained in Auckland.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">In Wellington, Bailey was at first in partnership
with James Bringins at Martins Bay (Balaena Bay). By September 1909 Bailey had
set up on his own account at shed 49, Clyde Quay. It is not known exactly when he moved to
Wellington. His first recorded activity is building <i>Vera</i> in 1905 and helming her victoriously from February 1906. He is still referred
to be “of Auckland” in 1907 when his race in <i>Tuna</i> was reported on. He remained based in Wellington until his death
in June 1943.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">The firm Bringins and Bailey operated at Martins Bay (Balena Bay) on the Western side of Evans Bay. They operated a large slipping operation which was used by yachts and fishing boats. Aside from building the <i>Iona</i> for the 18 foot class in the <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/the-arawa-sailing-club-and-half-raters.html" target="_blank">Arawa Sailing Club</a> in 1892, and on occasion acting as an official in different clubs' activities, Bringins didn't show much interest in building or developing racing vessels. This is in strong contrast to Ted, who came from a family of builders renowned for building good looking, fast Pacific trading vessels and private racers.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lizzie</i>: Progress magazine, April 1911</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Bringins and Bailey partnership primarily built vessels for and maintained fishing, harbour board, defence, ferries, etc. Noble work, but Ted wanted something a bit tastier. He satisfied this by building <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/mosquito-fleet-thorndon-dinghy-sailing.html" target="_blank">10 foot racing dinghys</a>, a couple of centreboard yachts for 3rd class racing, and the 22 foot 2nd class racer <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013/07/lizzie.html" target="_blank"><i>Lizzie</i></a> on the side. Clyde Quay, a facility recently brokered by yacht owners with the Harbour Board, beckoned, and on the back of his successes with centreboarders and <i>Lizzie</i>, Ted set himself up there in September 1909.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">At this time, as now, If someone in Wellington wanted a new quality fast racing yacht, they got one from Auckland - either a Logan or something built by his father or brothers Charles or Walter. Ted was really the only person in Wellington with clear ideas and understanding the concepts of making boats purely for speed and had the ability to build them, and he would have hoped to set himself up as the go-to man for new builds.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Wylo</i> prior to her launch. NZ Yachtsman 30 Feb 1911</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">This didn't really eventuate, The fleet of large yachts had waned, and the strongest keelboat racing was among 20-30 footers in the second and third classes. <i>Lizzie</i> was the only pure racing yacht he built (for C. J. Ward). In 1913 Ward, now commodore of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club, was making noises about having a first class 35 foot racing yacht built, and laid an order in with Ted. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ward left the sport shortly after and n</span></span></span>othing came of it. The only larger yachts Ted built were the <i>Wylo</i> (pictured left shortly before her launching outside Bailey's shed at Clyde Quay), designed by <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/robert-julian-scott-part-one.html" target="_blank">Robert Scott</a>, and <i>Reverie</i>, a slightly smaller version of the <i>Wylo</i> concept. Both were good sturdy sea boats with a turn of speed, but no thoroughbreds. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><i>Wylo</i> was among the first sailing vessels to have an auxilliary inboard incorporated at the design stage.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ted also did a fair bit of maintenance and conversion work. For example when Bothamley wanted to convert <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__118121/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Muritai</a> (Rogue) to a yawl rig, it was Ted who designed and did the work. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">During this period motor launches were becoming ever more popular, due to a maturing understanding of required hull forms and engines becoming more reliable. Reliable launches are a more practical for getting around in the Marlborough Sounds than sailing yachts. Demand for launches far outstripped that for new yachts in the region. Ted built many through his career, and it created a stable income for him.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">The Bailey family had a particular talent for centreboard vessels. His father Charles built many, including <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/pet.html" target="_blank"><i>Pet</i></a> and <i>Dove</i>. <i>Pet</i> was brought to Wellington early in her career and was nigh on impossible to beat in the second class fleet for many years. <i>Dove</i>, built from cedar, also won more than her fair share of prizes. His older brothers Charles Jr and Walter built the 40 foot centreboarder <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013/07/attie.html" target="_blank"><i>Atalanta</i></a> for Napier clients in 1894. She was brought to Wellington the following year and had a very successful career in second and first class racing up to the 1970s. Both the <i>Pet</i> and <i>Atalanta</i> were later converted to keel yachts to stiffen them up for Wellington's often blustery conditions. Ted's nephew (Charles Jr.'s son) Gladwyn designed the 14 footer published in the NZ Yachtsman in 1916, which became the prototype for what became known as the Rona-Jellicoe, or X Class.</span></span></span><br />
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was a most successful builder of centreboard racing boats, most particularly 10
footers in the <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/mosquito-fleet-thorndon-dinghy-sailing.html" target="_blank">Thorndon Dinghy Sailing Club</a>, formed in 1903. His three vessels,
<i>Vera </i>(1905)<i>, Zel </i>(1906), and <i>Thelma </i>(1907)
completely dominated the class which included boats built by his brothers (<i>Rona</i>) and the Logans (<i>Blowfly</i> and <i>Oeo</i>). Ted often helmed the boats himself on behalf of the owners (particularly <i>Thelma</i>). The club and the class had fizzled out by 1910, mostly due the dominance of these boats.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">In 1908 Ted built two centreboarders of about 18-20 feet for the third class fleet: <i>Tuna</i>, and the double-ender <i>Queenie</i>. Queenie was taken to compete in the Napier Regatta that year, with Ted on the helm. His crew were </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">owner Aubrey Smith, and</span></span></span> the young William Highet (a member of the highly skilled boating family).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> When the Thorndon Dinghy Sailing Club collapsed, Ted moved on to building square-bilge 14 footers with the Te Aro
Sailing Club, formed in 1907. The square bilged boats of the club were developed to a sophisticated level by the Highet brothers, who designed, built and sailed their own craft (Harry Highet went on to design the P-class). Ted's first effort was <i>Nan </i>(1910)<i>. </i>She was very buoyant, being completely closed in, with only the smallest slot of a recessed footwell for the helmsan to put his feet. The crew sat on deck, braced against low coamings. This appearance led to her getting the nick-name "Moneybox".</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">In 1916 plans drawn up by his nephew Gladwyn appeared in the NZ Yachtsman, which was running another of its campaigns to get a national development class started. In the coming years the design was tweaked here and there, until 1921 when the first inter-provincial contest for the Sanders Cup took place for the class (between Auckland and Otago). In 1923 the <i>Rona</i>, built by Ted's brother Charles Jr., became the model boat. The same year the competition had grown nation-wide. Steel moulds of her were built to check entrants' compliance.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lavina</i> at Clyde Quay. Evening Post 03 Feb. 1934</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">This, NZ's first real national centreboard class, developed by his brother and nephew, obviously got Ted's blood up. From 1923 he built many boats, and by now well into his 50s, skippered the <i>Enyin</i> (1923) and <i>Peggy</i> (1924) in competition. It took him many years, but finally built a National champion - <i>Lavina</i> - in 1931. She won the competition in 1937. <i>Vanguard</i> (1936) is the only known survivor of Ted's X-Class boats, and is held in good condition at the Wellington Museum of City and Sea.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">Throughout his career, Ted Bailey was a popular figure in the Wellington boating scene. He was often asked to skipper vessels for the big races, and taken on fishing trips. He was a prodigious drinker - in 1926 (the time the photo of him above was taken) he was told by his clients to limit himself to one bottle of whiskey per day while building the launch <i>Taranui</i>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whenever I take <i>Lizzie</i> out for a sail I pour a votive into her bilge, and encourage others to do the same, in his memory.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some of Ted's builds:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Centreboarders:</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ten
feet:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Vera</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> (1905)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Zel </span></i><span style="color: #222222;">(1906)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Thelma</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> (1907). Raced By Bailey
throughout 1907-09</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">18
feet:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Tuna</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> (1908). In partnership with
Bringins, though probably purely Bailey’s. Bailey helmed her first race. She
represented Wellington at the Napier regatta 1908 with Aubrey Smith (owner) and
W. Highet as crew.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><i>Queenie</i>
(1908) Double ender. May have been a keeler, raced with div 3. In partnership
with Bringins. Possibly converted to auxiliary 1913.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">14
feet:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Nan</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> (1910)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Takapuna
(later known as Z class):</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1927:
Three built</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Cat boats: </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Nomad</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> (1914): Based on New England
catboat designs, though carried a bowsprit and headsail. Built for racing at
Heretaunga. Later converted to a launch, she survives in Nelson as a motor
sailer.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">14
foot centreboarders built to the Rona / Jellicoe / X-class rule:<i> </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Anival
(1939)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Clyde
(1928)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Enyin(1922)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Hinau
(1922)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Suelem
(ca. 1932) Renamed Jannet 1934</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Lavina</span><i><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></i><span style="color: #222222;">(1931). In 1937 she became the
first Wellington-built X-Class to win the national Sanders Cup championship.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Nancy
(ca. 1930)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Peggy
(1921)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Poneke
(ca. 1921)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Unknown
name (on order 1927)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Kia Ora (1935) </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Vanguard
(1936)</span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Keel
yachts:</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Unknown
name (1908): In partnership with Bringins, Double ended fishing boat for
Paremata clients (perhaps <i>Queenie</i>, above)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Lizzie</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> (1909): Bailey’s own design
for racing; uses concepts of successful centreboarders like hard turn of the
bilge and flat run aft.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Wylo</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> (1911): Designed by Robert
Scott, an early example of the “short ender” type, was still active in
Wellington into the 1950s. Current whereabouts unknown.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">??
(1911): received an order for 20’ keeler in anticipation of a new class.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Reverie</span></i><span style="color: #222222;"> (1912): Described as a pocket
version of Wylo, still active 1938. Current whereabouts unknown.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">(1913)
Order placed by C. J. Ward for a 35 foot keel yacht. Nothing came of it.</span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Motor
boats/launches:</span></span></span></b><br />
</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1907:
In partnership with Bringins, 56 foot pleasure launch for Mr. Blechmyden of
Nelson.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1907:
In partnership with Bringins, 20 foot launch for G Bothamley. 6’ beam, 4 1/2hp
Gardiner</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1908:
In partnership with Bringins. LOA 40’ ,
Beam 10’, Draft 3,10’. Launch for the department of defence, named <i>W</i>. 29hp Thorneycroft. Accepted by the department
05 January 1909, offered for sale by them by closed tender 1919.</span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1909: <i>Scotia</i>. 42'LOA 15hp Gardiner for S. F. Greenshield</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1910:
Launch for Dudley Holmes. Powered by 10hp Zealandia</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1910:
Launch for McLean for use in Chatham Is. LOA 30’ Beam 8’. 10hp Gardiner</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1911:
Auxilliary launch for Putey, Seagar and Cording. Small ketch rig. Powered by
5hp standard. LOA 32’, 3”, Beam 9’, Draft 3’, 3”. Sail area 300 square feet.
This build was reported as being on order, and is not confirmed to have been
built.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1911:
had a 28’ launch for sale</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1912:
“Small” launch on order for owners of yacht <i>Dauntless</i>.
Did they give the launch the same name? Probably – clients were Petley and Co
of Seatoun, who are later reported to have a Bailey.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1912:
20 foot launch for Public works department for use at Greymouth. Powered by
10hp Gardiner.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1913:
“small” launch for Bert Stirling (<i>Tui</i>?)
Might have been <i>Stirling, </i>reported in later years as<i> </i>built by<i> </i>Bailey and Lowe - a possible confusion.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1913:
16’ launch (same as above?)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1913:
<i>Matakitaki. </i>30’ launch for Ninina
Heremai. 14hp Anderson. Heremai is reported as a chieftainess of Wairarapa</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1914:
<i>Resolution</i>. 30’ launch for Messrs
Reston, Flynn, Francis and Nixon. Beam 9’. 12hp Capel. Yawl rigged.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1919:
20 foot launch for sale. 6,6 beam.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1919:
40 foot launch for sale</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1923:
20 foot launch for Bert Aldred</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1923:
21 foot launch for Dr Fell</span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1923:
fishing boat for Chatham Island Fishing co.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1925:
40 foot Launch to be built at Pigeon Bay, Akaroa for Campbell-Hay</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1927:
<i>Margaret</i> designed by Bailey for J. A.
MacDonald, owner and builder. LOA 25, Beam 8,6</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1927:
77’ fishing boat</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">1927:
Fishing launch</span></span></span></div>
Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-20601060542019714462013-10-01T22:17:00.000-07:002013-10-01T23:42:49.616-07:00What happened to the Half Raters<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NZ Yachtsman 20 May 1916</td></tr>
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From time to time people have asked what was the fate of the crack boats of the Arawa Sailing Club written about <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/the-arawa-sailing-club-and-half-raters.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I've found out about a few of them, as well as some additional bits and pieces about them so here is a short run-down with some different photos.<br />
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<i>Vixen</i> was renamed <i>Waterbeetle</i> and taken back to Lyttelton by Robert Scott. Beyond that, nothing much, though she had been altered and still going strong in 1916 at Banks Peninsula.<br />
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<i>Arawa</i> was mentioned in 1916 as being at Wanganui<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NZ Yachtsman 24 June 1916</td></tr>
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<i>Ruru</i> was converted to a 7 1/2 hp launch in 1907 by her owners messers Howard and Fear.<br />
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The boat <i>Inyoni</i> pictured here I know nothing about. There were a few amateur-built half raters, but they don't get named in the newspapers of the day. <br />
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I've found out a little more about the <i>Dauntless</i> and the <i>Miru</i> - details below:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NZ Yachtsman 12 May 1916</td></tr>
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Jack Chalmers of Clyde Quay built <i>Dauntless</i> as an 18 footer in 1894, but racing in that class wasn't terribly interesting at the time. There was some excitement about the impending arrival of the half raters <i>Vixen</i>, <i>Miru</i> and <i>Ruru</i> built by Logan in Auckland, so Chalmers rather hurriedly converted her to race against them. The picture at left shows her in 1900, helmed by C. Petley.<br />
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He removed the deck, and lowered the topsides by removing several planks she was decreased 12 inches forward and eight inches aft. This decreased her beam. Time was short, so he only had time to build a new shelf and cut slots for the deck beams. He didn't bother to trim the old beams down, and just jammed them in place. Because the boat was now narrower, something had to give - the forcing in of the now too-long deck beams pushed the bilge out and down; the turn of the bilge was four inches lower than the keel - almost like a catamaran. It also buckled the keel, giving her a more pronounced rocker - the banana shape keeping the stem out of the water off the wind.<br />
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Chalmers also removed the bulb fin keel and inserted two dagger boards; one in the mid-section and one forward.<br />
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With no time to complete the job before the half rater season began, <i>Dauntless</i> was initially raced with no deck at all. The lack of deck meant she worked her hull quite badly, and water would come in through the hull as well as into it from breaking seas. During her second race she was constantly swamped. Unable to keep up with the water coming in, the crew ran her aground on the beach near Petone.<br />
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<i>Dauntless</i> was the most successful of the half raters of the club.<br />
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The <i>Dauntless</i> was still racing up to 1915 among third class boats with the Port Nicholson Yacht Club, and may be the same boat of the same name used during the 1920s at a lighthouse in Nelson. After that it's a blank.<br />
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In about 1912 <i>Miru</i> was converted to a keeler, with topsides raised, a cabin added and converted to a sliding gunther rig. She raced in the second and third class fleets of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club for a few years. She was renamed <i>Essex</i> for a brief time during WWI. During the early 1930s she was purchased by a young RPNYC member and raced with some success in the years running up to WWII. The photos here were purchased from a second hand shop in Waikanae a few months ago and show her during the 1930s when she had a bit of success.<br />
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<i>Miru</i> was still knocking around in Clyde Quay about 15 years ago I'm told. However, for most of the chaps about the waterfront these days, anything "15 years ago" just means more than ten, and anywhere up to thirty.<br />
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She was inspiration of a recent build in the UK: <a href="http://web43.login-58.hoststar.ch/Wordpress/" target="_blank">http://web43.login-58.hoststar.ch/Wordpress/ </a><br />
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<br />Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-59977467942466828582013-09-13T03:59:00.000-07:002013-09-13T04:05:50.078-07:00If at first you don't succeedIn 1931 J. W. Stallard and two sons Basil and Martin of Levin had the pleasure of launching a staunch little home-built 23 footer named <i>Maputu</i>. <br />
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<i>Maputu</i> is described in the Evans Bay Yachtsman of October 1936 as being 23' LOA, beam 7'6", broad transomed boat. With her centreboard down she drew 6'. She was fitted with a 14hp inboard which weighed half a ton - it must have taken up most of the cabin space! The reason for the big engine was for crossing the river bar at Foxton.<br />
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They went to launch her in the river, but found the one access point barred by a pontoon which had been left high and dry after a storm. They spent two days digging a slipway, got her in, and had to wait another few days until some bad weather blew through before crossing the bar and setting sail for Wellington.<br />
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The motor ran in well, she sailed well enough, though was a bit slow to answer the wheel helm they had fitted in lieu of a tiller. A gale force Northerly followed them all the way down the coast, and they couldn't make the Wellington heads. They decided to heave to near Turakirae, have a cup of tea and wait things out.<br />
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The anchor dragged, a sea lifted them up and dumped them on a rock. The boat sank in a few minutes, and the three crew barely escaped in the dinghy. A few weeks later members of the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club Went to see what could be done, but aside from a little salvage she was otherwise a total loss.<br />
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The Stallard family returned to Levin and built another boat: a schooner rigged 32 footer with a monstrous 10' beam. She had inch thick carvel NZ kauri on NZ Hickory frames (whatever that is!) on 9" centres. All of the seams were backed on the inside with heart rimu, creating a very strong structure. She was carefully fitted out with water and fuel tanks, separate cabins, and beautifully finished. She was launched in 1936 from Foxton River once more and made the trip to Wellington, via a holiday in the Marlborough Sounds.<br />
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This time they made it as far as Seatoun before hitting the bricks.<br />
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Luckily, they were seen from shore, and informed the harbour board, who sent out the tug <i>Arahina</i>, which pulled them off withough too much damage (see image below). Within a couple of weeks she was back in the water.<br />
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<i>Maputu II</i> remained in Wellington and proved a good sea boat. Skippered by Martin she competed in the Lyttelton -Wellington race in 1940 represented Evans Bay. What happened to her after that?<br />
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<br />Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-2263331033148176852013-08-30T02:20:00.000-07:002014-01-02T00:17:23.547-08:00Fading away<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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"Old soldiers never die", goes the ballad, "they just fade away" (or as one WWI wag had it in the trenches: "the young ones wish they would"). It appears to be a fitting epitaph for the <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__117038/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Viking</i></a>, which belonged to Oscar Freyberg, eldest brother of three other soldiers, Paul, Cuthbert, and the famous Sir Bernard DSO KCMG etc., etc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NZ Yachtsman 11 March 1911</td></tr>
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<i>Viking</i>, which started life with the name <i>Moana</i>, was built by Robert Logan Senior in Auckland and launched 22 December 1890. She has been thought to be the first yacht in New Zealand built to the Rating rule, as a 5 rater. Though she looked the part and ended up rating well, racing was still done under the tonnage rule, and she entered the 4-7 tons division at the Auckland Anniversary Regatta in January 1891. She didn't win, but looked promising. The following year she came second to <i>Spray</i> in a good tussle. She was up for sale January the 1893 and made the move to Wellington later that year with her new owner J. P Maxwell, who renamed her <i>Waiwetu</i>, after a river in the Hutt Valley.<br />
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She was entered in the 1894 Wellington Anniversary Regatta as a five rater, but lately arrived, was overcanvassed and overpowered, and didn't perform very well. She continued to compete in the Regattas and Club racing through the 1890s, and although she came away with the occasional club trophy, never really stood out. In 1897 her internal ballast was taken out and added to the external. By the end of the year she was up for sale again.<br />
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She was picked up by E. Bucholz and G. G. Schwartz, who continued to race her for a couple of years. She broke her moorings in May 1899 and fetched up on the beach at Ngauranga with her port side stove in. She was immediately put up for sale but there were no takers. J. Henshilwood and Frank McKeever removed the lead in exchange for the bare hull. In November her gear was auctioned off.<br />
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Henshilwood and McKeever kept the hull at Paul and Roberts slip at Te Aro and rebuilt her on the hard over the next couple of years.<br />
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The boat isn't mentioned until 1903, when she is being taken for her "annual cruise in the Marlborough Sounds". She entered Oscar Freyberg's ownership in about 1904. Freyberg was a legal clerk and had owned quite a few yachts in his time (<a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__118783/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Mapu</i></a>, <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__118776/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Ariel</i></a>, <i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116951/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Haeata</a>, Neva</i>, and later <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116896/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Siren</i></a>) as well as centreboarders (<i>Taipu</i>, <i>Kura</i>) which he raced with the Port Nicholson Yacht Club and Arawa Sailing Club. He was the eldest of four boys, and known as a wild and adventurous spirit. During the 1890s he and his brothers regularly sailed across Cook Strait in barely seaworthy boats in all kinds of weather conditions. He wrote a yachting column for the engineering and industry magazine "Progress" through 1911 and 1912, and was also Vice Commodore of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club in the years running up to the war. Oscar was killed in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915, aged 34.<br />
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<i>Viking</i> was purchased by Elton and Headland in 1907. The Headland family (Charles, then his son Cyril) retained a share in the boat until 1947. It was during their ownership she became best-known.<br />
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In 1911 The Port Nicholson Yacht Club held its first Ocean Race. These are now known as Offshore Races, and generally start in Wellington, crossing the Cook Strait and finishing in different parts of the top of the South Island. This new series was at the instigation of Freyberg, and the race took place in difficult conditions, to Port Underwood and back. Many retired early, but the <i>Viking</i>, with Oscar Freyberg acting as master, pushed through and emerged the winner on corrected time after 9hrs 11min (see photo above of her during the return crossing). Read an account <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/708/documents/Port%20Underwood%20Race.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The <i>Viking</i> was moored at Evans Bay, and Charles Headland kept a shed there. It was from this shed that the meeting was held to create the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club in 1919. She was from that time always thought of as an "Evans Bay boat". Viking was a regular campaigner in harbour and offshore racing up until WWII. What happened after that is a little murky. She broke her moorings again in 1950 and went aground (<i>Viking </i>was definitely a boat that didn't appreciate being tied down!). She was then converted to what Pat Millar calls a "funny looking launch", and moved to the Marlborough Sounds some time later. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lizzie</i> ca. 1909-12. Image hand coloured by Denise Durkin</td></tr>
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Launched in February 1909, <i>Lizzie</i> is the oldest surviving Wellington-built yacht. She was built at Balaena Bay (then known as Martin's Bay) by Edwin (Ted) Bailey for C. J. Ward. At the time Bailey was in partnership with James Bringins. By September 1909 Bailey had set up on his own account at Clyde Quay. Bailey was the youngest of the Auckland boatbuilding brothers, Charles Jr, and Walter, and set up in Wellington. He had moved to Wellington early in his career, and remained there until his death in June 1943.<br />
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On top of his recent success in building racing centreboarders (<i>Zel</i>, <i>Thelma</i>, and <i>Vera</i> - see <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/mosquito-fleet-thorndon-dinghy-sailing.html" target="_blank">Thorndon Dinghy Club</a>), <i>Lizzie</i>'s immediate success as a racing yacht was probably a factor in Bailey's decision to go it alone at Clyde Quay. Aside from the occasional centreboarder, Bringins showed no interest in building or developing racing vessels.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lizzie</i>. Source: Progress. April 1911</td></tr>
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<i>Lizzie</i>'s vital statistics:<br />
LOA : 22'<br />
LWL : 19'<br />
Beam : 7', 6"<br />
Draught : 4'<br />
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<i>Lizzie</i>'s first race was a challenge against the champion 2nd class yacht <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/home-builds-1-taipare_22.html" target="_blank"><i>Taipare</i></a>, which she won. She was crewed for that race by Ted Bailey (skipper), C. J. Ward, C. Ward Jr., and G. Taylor. In subsequent club racing, it was C. Ward Jr. who skippered her.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: Wellington Museum of City and Sea</td></tr>
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<i>Lizzie</i> was owned by the Ward family until 1912. During this time, <i>Lizzie</i> was entered in 21 races with the Port Nicholson Yacht Club. As scratch boat she achieved eleven firsts, seven seconds, two thirds and one fourth - quite an outstanding record in a strong fleet. The club still holds three trophies named after her.<br />
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C. J. Ward, owner of a shoemaking firm, was Commodore of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club from 1910-1912. He was well respected and liked as a fair businessman who looked after his staff.<br />
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One day the family sailed <i>Lizzie</i> out across the harbour to Day's Bay for a picnic. On board was Ward's wife Elizabeth (for whom the boat was named), who was pregnant. The weather took a turn for the worse. Not wanting to risk Elizabeth in her condition, <i>Lizzie</i> was sailed back to town by the boys, leaving her to hitch-hike her way home in the storm. The first thing she said as she came through the door was: "Sell the boat, we're buying a car".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Linnet</i>. Source: RPNYC archive</td></tr>
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<i>Lizzie</i> was sold to Charlie Neal, who was to become a stalwart of the PNYC, and subsequently owned <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116921/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Viola</i></a> and <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116845/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Wylo</i></a>. Lizzie was fast, though somewhat difficult to helm - a little too keen to point her nose into the wind, so Neal moved her mast about six inches aft and decreased her sail area. This made her more easily handled, though it diminished her racing potential. It was reported at the same time that Bailey had been contracted to raise the topsides by six inches, though this appears not to have occurred. She was renamed <i>Linnet</i>, and continued to race in Wellington into the 1920s before she was purchased by a Lyttelton owner.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: Traditional Boats June 1987</td></tr>
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She remained in the Christchurch/Lyttelton area until 1986. In 1937 long-time owner Cliff Heron raised her topsides by 18 inches and lived aboard her for a time. The image at left shows her in this configuration. She passed through many hands until 1977 when she was purchased by Graeme and Annette Robertson, who took her with them when they moved to Auckland in 1986.<br />
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She changed hands several more times before sinking at her moorings in unclear circumstances in 2010.<br />
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This event inspired the creation of the <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/" target="_blank">Wellington Classic Yacht Trust</a>, which was formed to raise money for her salvage and restoration. She was renamed <i>Lizzie, </i>returned to her original configuration and is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=495958273809876&set=vb.121660677906306&type=3&theater" target="_blank">sailing once more in her home waters</a>. She was named <a href="http://www.rpnyc.org.nz/" target="_blank">Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club</a>'s boat of the year in 2013.<br />
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<i>Atalanta</i>, or "<i>Attie</i>" as she is affectionately known, was launched in Auckland, 7th May 1894. She was built at the yard of Charles Jr. and Walter Bailey. Brothers Charles and Walter did not get on very well, Charles was a drinker with a convivial reputation, and Walter that of a dour teetotaller. I believe they they generally worked on their own projects, though each influencing the other in the interests of the company - a kind of post-Sgt Peppers Lennon/McCartney arrangement.<br />
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Atalanta vital statistics:<br />
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LOA 40'<br />
LWL 27'<br />
Beam 9', 6"<br />
Draught 3' (centreboard raised), 5' (centreboard down)<br />
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Charles Bailey Sr and Jr were there at the launching, and presented with gifts of a cigar box and a silver watch respectively, each engraved with an image of the yacht. It may have been that that Charles Sr., who had a long career behind him, including some very successful centreboard racing yachts (most famously <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013/05/pet.html" target="_blank"><i>Pet</i>)</a>, was the primary designer, and Charles Jr, just starting out, the builder. However, <i>Atalanta</i> also sported long carved trail boards, carved bow, and had a stylish and thoughtful interior layout - all Walter's hallmarks. Maybe he just wasn't a party sort of guy.<br />
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<i>Attie </i>was built for Napier clients Messrs J. H. Smith and J. Canning. She was not long for that port - being sailed down to Wellington to compete in the Wellington Anniversary Regatta, January 1895. She came more-or-less in company with the<i> Waitangi </i>- a first class racer designed and built by Robert Logan for a Wellington syndicate solely to win the first class division of the regatta. Logan was on board the <i>Waitangi</i> acting as navigator, and would helm her through to victory on the day. Both boats arrived 16 January 1895. Logan also had his eye on the second class yacht prize, and tweaked up the <i>Rona</i> (Built by him in 1893 for Alexander Turnbull) to compete for what was to be her first of many regattas.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1895 Anniversary Regatta, 2nd class yachts. From left, Rona, Waiwetu, Mapu, Mahina, Atalanta, Isca. Source: ATL Library</td></tr>
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<b>The Anniversary Regattas</b><br />
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The Anniversary regattas of the 1890s were the greatest sporting spectacles of the age. There was fleet racing for keel yachts, centeboarders, rowing and swimming events. Boats from around the Dominion would come to compete, and thousands would line the waterfront to watch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atalanta. Source Wellington Museum of City and Sea</td></tr>
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In 1895 the second class race was for boats rating above 2.5 and less than 5.0. <i>Atalanta</i> was rated 4.2. Canning had a new set of large racing sails, and briefly considered entering the first class race (rating 5.0 and over) with them. He ultimately decided on staying in the second class, but asked the Regatta committee to allow his bigger sails. This was declined, but he used them anyway. <i>Atalanta</i> won the race, but was disqualified. Turnbull's <i>Rona</i> therefore took the prize.<br />
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<i>Atalanta</i>'s owners returned to Napier, leaving her in Wellington up for sale.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atalanta off Oriental Pde. ca 1920. Source: RPNYC archive</td></tr>
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<i>Atalanta</i> was still for sale a year later, when she was entered again for the annual regatta. She was to be skippered by Winstanley, who was about to purchase her. However, when the day came, she never left her moorings. Though regularly raced with PNYC and cruised to the Marlborough Sounds under his ownership, <i>Atalanta</i> didn't enter the Anniversary Regatta again until 1898 when she was purchased by Otto Schwarz. That year there were two races for each division, and <i>Atalanta </i>won both. She came third following year. 1900 she was on holiday across the Strait and didn't compete. She came second in 1901.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atalanta. Source: Museum of City and Sea</td></tr>
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From around 1900 there was a general decline in yachting in Wellington. There was no first class racing to speak of, the big boats of the 1890s had all but disappeared. <i>Ngaira</i> and <i>Siren</i> were of the right size, but old. The new ones, <i>Waitangi</i>, <i>Iorangi</i>, and <i>Rainbow</i> were the only boats which could be considered of that class, and were not raced very much. It was decided the fleet were better served by creating two divisions of second class yachts, and <i>Atalanta</i> was placed in the 2A division. She wasn't very well served by either her owners or this new structure (many weren't), and after Schwartz sold her in 1902 she didn't really have much success outside of the offshore racing.<br />
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The revival of yacht racing from around 1909 focused on small racers of about 22-30 feet LOA which established a strong second class once again, but forced larger boats like <i>Atalanta </i>and <i>Rona</i> up into a hodge-podge of a fleet for the first class.<br />
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In 1914 <i>Atalanta</i> collided with a pilot boat. There was a great deal of argument and acrimony of the incident, and the NZ Yachtsman ultimately had to ask people to stop writing in about it. The accident left <i>Atalanta</i> somewhat shaken and leaky.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: Evening Post 20 Feb. 1933</td></tr>
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<i>Atalanta</i> continued to race with both the Evans Bay YMC and PNYC through the 1920s and 30s, generally knocking about in a no-man's land between the first and second divisions. She would dominate the second, get promoted, and then be relegated. It was an era dominated by the boats of Le Huquet in the first division - stiff and weatherly.<br />
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<i>Attie</i> had an inboard auxilliary installed in 1927, and on occasion had a bit of fun racing with the motor boats. <br />
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She did maintain good results in offshore racing, where handicaps were of combined fleets, and she was handled well.<br />
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<b>Attie's second wind 1937 onwards</b><br />
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It wasn't until Cliff Cunningham, owner of a slipway at Island Bay purchased her in 1937 that she got her second wind.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: Bruce Askew</td></tr>
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Cunningham set about tightening her up by refastening her. Bruce Askew says he used bronze ringnails driven into the inner skins from the inside - not what anyone would recommend, but it worked.<br />
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He then stripped her out completely, and removed her engine. <br />
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Cunningham also converted to her a bermudan rig, and fitted the main with tapered full-length steel battens. Exactly when Attie was converted from a centreboarder to a fixed keeler is not known, but it was probably during this time.<br />
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The image left shows her during Cunninghams tenure, when she was once more scratch boat.<br />
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After WWII, <i>Atalanta</i> was purchased by Hugh Askew. He put a new bermuda rig in her - this one towered over 60 feet, and was milled from a single length of douglas fir. He also further deepened the keel. His son, Bruce Askew, who became a successful designer of yachts, felt it was overdone. It didn't hurt her performance however. <br />
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The most prestigious cup in the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club is the Mills Askew trophy, which is for the best season aggregate for first class yachts. When donated to the club in the 1890s by E. C. E. Mills, it was known as the Mills Challenge Cup. If you managed to win the first division season aggregate three years running, or three times in five years, you could keep it indefinitely.<br />
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Hugh Askew achieved this with <i>Atalanta</i> in 1948 and was presented the cup. He took it away, had a drawing of <i>Attie</i> (it must have been from a pattern - she is pictured gaff rigged and has a spoon bow) engraved large on it, and re-gifted it to the club to be presented for season winners of the division, on the proviso that it would remain the property of the club. Since then it has been known as the Mills-Askew Trophy.<br />
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Askew sold her her 1951. She was subsequently owned by Cox and Cameron and1962-1974 by Pat Millar, who continued to race her in the first division with RPNYC and Evans Bay. Her current owner, Julian Matson, purchased her in 1974 and took her first to Wiakawa, then Dunedin when he moved there.<br />
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Mason donated <i>Atalanta</i> to the Wellington Classic Yacht Trust in 2013, and she is now in restoration. You can follow her progress on our facebook page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/wgtnclassic">www.facebook.com/wgtnclassic</a><br />
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<br />Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-9106916411585986402013-06-30T14:06:00.001-07:002013-06-30T14:06:38.466-07:00Carina<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: NZ Yachtsman 07 June 1913</td></tr>
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It's difficult to believe, but the clipper-bowed, carvel built 40 footer pictured here started life as a 28 foot clinker-built whale boat.<br />
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Just as strange, the whaleboat was commissioned to be built in Tasmania and shipped to Wellington. It's not as if there was a shortage of such craft here at the time - even if there wasn't, one could easily be commissioned.<br />
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Anyhow, commissioned in Tasmania she was, and delivered to the owners in Wellington, Messrs MacDermott and Tarleton, in 1882 for private use.<br />
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Named <i>Elaine</i>, she was built of Huon pine, measured 28 feet LOA with a beam of 6 feet, 6 inches. She was rigged as a yawl, and had two centreboards. Her build including sails cost 80 Pounds, plus whatever the shipping rate from Tasmania was at the time. After such effort and expense, the partners found they didn't really enjoy the sport after all, and sold her to the well-known yachtsman and personality John Coutts.<br />
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Upon purchasing<i> Elaine</i>, Coutts had her centreboards removed to be replaced by an external lead keel, decked over, a small counter added and converted to a cutter rig. Coutts was a founding member of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club and raced her in the second class fleet of that club. In 1889 he had her remodelled with a cut away forefoot and rerigged her. He relaunched her with the new name <i>Carina</i>.<br />
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In October 1893 she was up for sale until she broke her moorings at Thorndon and fetched up on the rocks at Kaiwharawhara. She was smashed up considerably below the waterline, was salvaged and floated back to Paul and Robert's yard at Clyde Quay upside down. There was now no question of being able to sell her, so Coutts decided to rebuild her completely remodelled. She remained at the yard for two years.<br />
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Carina was rebuilt from the waterline down to the keel in carvel. Inspired by the 5 raters, Coutts also had the forefoot further cut away, totally remodelling her forward sections. She was opened up and her beam increased, she was extended 10 feet by a new counter stern and a clipper bow.<br />
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Several years later he had the topsides, last remnant of the original boat, replaced as they were shaking loose from their stressed fastenings.<br />
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And there you have it: a 28 foot whaleboat, dual centreboard, clinker built in Huon Pine becomes a 40 foot keel yacht, carvel built in NZ kauri - in three easy steps!<br />
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In 1902 Carina was put up for sale again by tender. There was a fair bit of competition in selling the larger boats at this time, and no satisfactory tender was forthcoming. Rather than see her go too cheaply, Coutts decided to break her up and sell her piece by piece. In the end he realised 75 pounds on the boat, which was ten pounds more than he was offered for her intact.<br />
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Coutts was a founding member of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club. A Canadian by birth, he left home at 17 to travel, fetching up in New Zealand where he remained. He first worked as a tailor, and later became a public servant. I thought he may be an ancestor of Russell Coutts, but despite "two or three good chances and some narrow escapes", he never married.<br />
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He retained his accent, and his "Americanisms" were greatly appreciated by those who knew him. He was well-known for his Man of the World's laid back, indulgent style (though not to fools), good humour in "knocking the corners off bunnies", and his somewhat salty vocabulary.<br />
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Coutts was the first to come to the waterfront to congratulate the the crew of the <i>Taipare</i> upon her safe return from the Marlborough Sounds linked to in the previous post.<br />
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His best mate and crewman was Carlo Hebbend, who was just as popular in the club rooms. Coutts' most well-known quote was "Jam 'er to wind'ard, Carrr-lo", which became a bit of a catch-phrase around the fleet whenever a similar command was needed.<br />
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Below is an article from the Evening Post (18 November, 1895) describing the two-year period when Carina received her most significant alterations.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taipare. Source: Wellington Museum of City and Sea</td></tr>
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Wellington has a long history of do it yourself design, experimentation and adaption in yachts. Though there were plenty of skilful boatbuilders in the early days, commercial work kept them busy, and there was not enough local business to concentrate on racing vessels over an extended period. With a few notable exceptions, local boatbuilders' involvement with racing yachts was in the realms of repair and adapting existing boats for clients. To own a yacht with the latest in go-fast technology, you either had to buy one from Auckland, or design and build it yourself. <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__117036/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Taipare</i></a> was a successful early example of the latter.<br />
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Launched in October 1897,<i> Taipare</i> has the distinction of being the first spoon-bowed yacht built in Wellington. She was designed in 1896 by Jack Moffat, who had also designed, built and raced the 18-footer <i>Irex</i> (1893); which raced with the <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/the-arawa-sailing-club-and-half-raters.html" target="_blank">Arawa Sailing Club</a>. He had owned various other small racers, including the half rater <i>Arawa</i>. <i>Taipare</i> was his own design, based on the latest ideas as published in the English journal "The Yachtsman".<br />
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She was designed for Bob Stead, a previous owner of the <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116841/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Red Jacket</i></a>, and later some small third class not very good yachts. Moffat challenged Stead that he should have a proper yacht for a change, and that he was just the man to design her. This was the mid 1890s, and the fleet in Wellington was a strong one, which boasted three class fleets of keel yachts, 14 and 18 foot centreboarders, and half raters. <i>Taipare</i> was designed to be a third class racer.<br />
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<i>Taipare</i> was built in Walter St by the brothers Robert (Bob), Thomas and Richard Stead over one year during their spare time. She was built of kauri, of 1" carvel planking over a 1/4" diagonal skin. Her interior panels sported oil paintings of coastal scenes painted by students at the local art college - altogether a smart little racer of a nudge over 25 feet in length.<br />
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<i>Taipare</i> first raced in the two races for third class yachts in the 1898 Wellington anniversary regatta. She was helmed by Jack Highet, of whom it was said that if he had a hand in the tiller, whatever the boat, that boat would find itself "placed in the finish, and usually first". Jack had designed and raced successful centreboarders and continued to do so with the Arawa Sailing Club, only to be eclipsed by his talented younger sibling, Harry, who would go on to dominate the boats of the seemingly invincible Ted Bailey in the Te Aro Sailing Club in the years running up to WWI, and would later design the famous P-class. <i>Taipare</i> and her crew of three won both races, in winds that increased to gale force as the day progressed.<br />
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<i>Taipare</i> made a cruise to the Marlborough Sounds in 1898. She only just survived the return journey. A short account can be read <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/708/documents/TaipareCruise.pdf" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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The Stead Brothers from then on stuck to racing with Arawa Sailing Club. In 1900 they decided to experiment with her a little. There was talk in 1899 of Wellington entering one or two boats for a national championship for One-raters in Auckland. Bob removed <i>Taipare</i>'s deadwood and keel, and converted her to a bronze fin and lead bulb configuration, in an effort to make a fast one-rater of her. The experiment was a failure. Thomas and Richard moved overseas the same year and <i>Taipare</i> was sold for 20 pounds. <br />
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<i>Taipare</i> passed through several hands until 1903 when she was purchased by a syndicate led by William Highet. He converted her back to a proper yacht with deadwood and external lead ballast. The first race <i>Taipare</i> entered with her new owners was a sweepstake race of thirteen yachts organised by Oscar Freyberg, which she won.<br />
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The keel yacht fleet by this time had diminished rather quickly as sheltered moorings at Thorndon and Te Aro were lost to land reclamation from around 1900. Boats were
continually slipping their anchors and fetching up among the rocks
around the Northern coast of the harbour, and the survivors were quickly
being sold off. It was not until Clyde Quay was opened in about 1906/07
that the fleet once again slowly began to build. <br />
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<i>Taipare</i> found herself racing against bigger and fleeter yachts. Nevertheless, under the Highet guidance, she dominated the second class until the little 22-footer <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116811/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Lizzie</i></a>, built by Ted Bailey for C. J. Ward was launched in 1909.<br />
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Bill Highet sold his share the same year, but despite <i>Lizzie</i>'s dominance over the next few years, <i>Taipare </i>could still on occasion steal her thunder. When <i>Lizzie</i> was sold to Charlie Neal in 1912, he slightly altered her mast position. Although she was a little easier to handle, she lost her racing edge. <i>Taipare</i> once again became the scratch boat for the division until WWI.<br />
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After the war, <i>Taipare</i> got little use in club activity, and she is hard to track until the mid 1930s, when there was a resurgence in interest in the sport, and more people began purchasing and racing small yachts. She was active in racing, but was never tuned up to her potential. <i>Taipare</i>'s fate is unknown. She was sold to new owners in the far North of New Zealand shortly after WWII. I wonder if she survives?Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-74965580675873525672013-06-17T17:22:00.000-07:002013-06-23T03:45:49.869-07:00Roydon Thomas<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left, Frank Ballinger, Roydon Thomas, Pete Prendeville on board <i>Shemara. </i>Source: G Pascoe<i><br /></i></td></tr>
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Roydon Thomas was a draughtsman and boat designer based in Evans Bay and Mirimar. He was also well-known personality in the Wellington boating world in the 1950s and 60s. He came from a line of sailors; his father owned the well-known trading schooner <i>Huia</i>.<br />
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Thomas was a keen member of the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club, and as a kid raced a P-Class there, winning the Wellington Championship 1945/46. In 1946, at the age of thirteen years, he sailed as crewman on board his father's yacht <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__117033/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Ilex</i></a> across the Tasman to compete in the second <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Sydney_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race#1946_Fleet" target="_blank">Sydney to Hobart race</a>. He is arguably the youngest ever to have competed. <i>Ilex</i> was also the first NZ boat to compete in the race. Later on he raced Z class at Worser Bay<br />
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As a teenager he and three friends built the Athol Burns-designed (modified by Thomas)<i> Almero</i>. She was launched in 1952 and was a sister to the <i>Christina</i>, built after school and also launched in 1952. <i>Christina</i> sailed to Australia in 1956; at the time, the smallest boat to have done so.<br />
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Thomas trained as a draughtsman with the Wellington Harbour Board. His first design for a yacht was drawn up in 1954 - a 23 foot keel boat design. The design was favourably reviewed in Seaspray magazine, which predicted a good future for him. <br />
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Two were built - <i>Shemara</i> built by Frank Ballinger at his home on Grafton Road was, and is, a tank. Her deadwood is Jarrah, with inch-thick kauri carvel on birch ribs as 6 inch centres. Her transom is two inches thick. She has a lofty sail plan and you need at least 15 knots to get her going. Unless of course there is zero to two knots of wind, which will be just enough to get her moving, and the momentum of her weight keeps her moving. <i>Shemara</i> was launched in 1958 and raced with the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, and cruised extensively in the Marlborough Sounds. I purchased her from Frank in 2007.<br />
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Thomas built for himself a sister to <i>Shemara</i>, the <i>Gazelle,</i> launched later the same year. <i>Gazelle</i>, though built to the same lines, was planked in cedar and carried no motor. She was very much the lighter boat, and in general airs up to 15 knots could sail rings around <i>Shemara</i>. She was painted red, and remained brightly coloured in red or blue through her life. She was renamed <i>Reefer</i> around ten years ago.<br />
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<i>Gazelle </i>was the winner of the longest Island Bay race on record at the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club. At a late stage of the race, all wind died out, leaving the fleet bobbing around. After some hours, as dinner time came near, each of the boats withdrew, either starting their engines or accepting a tow back to their respective berths; except the <i>Gazelle</i>, which had rum on board. Said rum was drunk, as the crew waited for a breeze which came in the next day. The race committee had to make the trip back to the clubhouse to get her finish time. After that, a new rule for abandoning races was created.<i> </i><br />
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<i>Gazelle</i> and <i>Shemara</i> were neighbours in the Clyde Quay marina. <i>Shemara</i> is still there, one of the longest-term permanent tenants. <i>Gazelle</i> was sold to another Australian owner, who shipped her home about 2002.<br />
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Thomas' next keelboat design at 28 LOA was a beefed up version of the 23 footer. Again, two were built, the <i>Charmaine</i> and <i>Ondine</i>. Both of these boats have had their adventures. The <i>Charmaine</i> was racing from Wellington to Akaroa one year in a strong Northerly with the spinnaker up. The Northerly built, as did the seas, and it was time to bring the kite in and think about shortening sail. However, no-one had the courage to go forward, so the kite stayed up, and all expected the sail to break apart. It didn't, neither did the rig, and <i>Charmaine </i>ended up with a race record for her class.<br />
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The <i>Ondine</i> was built by John MacDermott and Phil Hartley at Hartley's home at Balaena Bay. <i>Ondine</i> was raced regularly, and later sold to make way for Hartley's next build, the Spencer-designed half-tonner <i>Odette</i>. Under new owners, <i>Ondine</i> got caught in a tidal rip and a lee shore on Wellington's Southern Coast and couldn't claw out. It was decided to run her aground in a more-or-less controlled situation. <i>Ondine</i> was run on to a beach in storm conditions, and all hands were saved. <i>Ondine</i> was dragged up the beach by a tractor and taken back to town. It is a testament to the quality of the build that after the ordeal, the only real damage was two sprung planks.<br />
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Thomas continued to design on spec and to commission through the 1960s, mostly work boats from dinghy size through to 47 foot trawlers. He also worked in commercial fishing. In 1967 he designed the 26 foot yacht <i>Malaguena</i> for his brother David, who sailed her over several years around the Pacific. In 1969 he designed and built the <i>Westwind</i>, a 28 foot Chatham dory type for his own use. <i>La Panache</i>, which is currently moored alternately in Clyde Quay and Picton, is a design of Thomas' although Phil Hartley told me she had been considerably altered during her build.<br />
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Stories of Roydon Thomas' life are legion. He had a reputation of a hopeless drunk. The "hopeless" aspect though is arguable, as his work maintained a high standard. He was however, a larrikin of the highest order. He is remembered by Phil Hartley's sons as always red-faced and genial. One story in particular can give an idea of the kind of escapade he got himself mixed up in. In 1966 he and several mates accidentally blew up a trawler in Evans Bay. The identity of the culprits was an open secret in the boating world, and his sister-in-law finally spilled the beans to a wider audience in 2007. <a href="http://www.skipper.co.nz/S59%20WEB/S59%20Hautapu%20Sinking%20p25.pdf" target="_blank">Read about it here</a>.<br />
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Roydon Thomas died by drowning in the Wellington harbour in 1971, aged 39. Special thanks to David Thomas for sharing some photographs and information. A book on Roydon Thomas' designs is in preparation.<br />
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Below: Excerpt from <i>Shemara</i>'s log December 1962. Crew were Frank Ballinger, Roydon Thomas, Peter Prendeville, Peter Ballinger, P. Breed. <br />
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<br />Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-47936489580642183552013-06-01T18:41:00.003-07:002013-07-17T05:21:09.724-07:00Mosquito Fleet: The Thorndon Dinghy Sailing Club<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Thorndon Dinghy Sailing Club race in progress. Source: Wellington Museum of City and Sea</td></tr>
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The Thorndon Dinghy Sailing Club (TDSC) was organised in 1903. Both it and the Te Aro Sailing Club (formed 1907 - more on this club in a later post) grew out of the demise of the <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/the-arawa-sailing-club-and-half-raters.html" target="_blank">Arawa Sailing Club</a>, which started to fizzle out in 1901/02. There were several causes identified for the demise of the Arawa Sailing Club: it had tried to spread itself too thinly across
classes for 14 and 18 footers, half raters and keelers; it had not
rewarded regular entries, and youngsters became disenchanted by being
priced out. <br />
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Younger potential members didn't bother to join the club and mucked around on their own account with yacht tenders with a spar and often not much more than a bedsheet for a sail. It was felt at the time that youth should be
organised for their own safety and to learn to sail properly for the good of the sport (keel yacht racing in Wellington at that time being in a slump). It was senior members of the Thorndon Yacht Club and Port Nicholson Yacht Club (PNYC) who appear to have been the main drive behind the formation of the club. These men were owners of crack racing yachts: Mills a founding member of the PNYC, commodore (1903-1905), and owner of <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116852/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Rainbow</i></a> (and later <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116840/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Iorangi</i></a>); Turnbull a recent commodore (1899-1901) and owner of the <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116840/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Iorangi</i></a>; J. S. Swan, soon to be Commodore (1906-1907). McLean was owner of <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116839/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Waitangi</i></a>, and Renner who within a few years would buy a share of <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116839/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Waitangi</i></a>, was owner of the 2 1/2 rater <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__118121/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Muritai</i></a> (<i>Rogue</i>), Georgeson and Bucholz were also yacht owners and regular office holders of the PNYC.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Club picnic. Source: Freelance 26 Mar 1904</td></tr>
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TDSC therefore started out well organised. There was a series of three scratch races in the calendar, to be raced on Saturdays (at that time still part of the working week for most people), based purely on who could go the fastest, and a handicap series to be raced during the summer months on a Wednesday evening. Handicap racing used the Mark Foy system, so competitors sailing a dinghy of any quality could compete, and know exactly how they had done as they finished. Each of the races was for a particular trophy, so there was plenty of opportunity for a variety of winners. In addition, each boat received aggregate points for a placing, which added up to a winning trophy at the end of the season. This was to encourage entries each week to stay in the running.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thorndon Yacht Clubhouse ca. 1900</td></tr>
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Wonder of wonders, the TDSC also had a clubhouse. The Thorndon Yacht Club (more a social club and place to store gear for yachtsmen than an active sailing club) was the only boating club in Wellington at the time with its own dedicated premises - a shed on Waterloo Quay. It was made available as a clubhouse for the TDSC. The site was abandoned in 1906/07 when reclamation landlocked it and the shed was removed to Thorndon Esplanade. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oeo. Source: Alexander Tunrbull Library</td></tr>
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The 1903/04 TDSC season opened on 11 November 1903 with a win for <i>Waitangi</i>, sailed by Baggett. She was likely namesake and tender for the yacht, as she was owned by McLean. In all, 12 races were got away that summer, with a fleet of about 12 boats. They were a real mish-mash, with some flighty names like <i>Tilikum</i>, <i>Gee Whiz</i>, and <i>Moki</i> (owned by fisherman Frank McKeever). Within two years most of them had been dropped from the lists.<br />
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1904/05 was the first full season, with 36 members and twelve boats. Healthy racing was had and of course, people's sporting blood got up, with the result that purpose-built racers were commissioned. The first of these was the <i>Oeo</i> built to order by Logan Bros. in Auckland for Stirling and Jones. She first began racing towards the end of the season in 1905, and carried all before her. It was now all on.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: Alexander Turnbull Library</td></tr>
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The 1905/06 season saw the membership double, and new boats, most notably <i>Rona</i>, <i>Irex</i> and <i>Vera</i> joined the lists and <i>Oeo</i> had some competition on her hands. She still generally came out on top. However, Edwin (Ted) Bailey was brought on to race the under-performing <i>Vera</i> late in the season. She started winning consistently, managing to pull off a third placing on season aggregate.<br />
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The next few years belonged to Ted Bailey. For the 1906/07 season, he built the <i>Zel</i> for L. Palmer. Bailey helmed her for the three-race Saturday series, and won them all. The <i>Vera</i>, now he had shown how she could be sailed, won the season aggregate trophy. These two boats, along with the Irex, shared the top three spots for both series. Logan's <i>Oeo</i>, though placing reasonably well at times, was already out the back door.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: NZ Yachtsman 23 April 1910</td></tr>
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The 1906/07 season saw the membership increase to over 100 members. The annual social had over 200 attendees, entertained (as for the previous year and several to follow) by Miss Hawthorne's String band. It became a tradition to display the winning dinghy of the championship series full-rigged on the stage.<br />
A sculling race was organised by the officers of the club for the Port and Starboard watches of the training ship Amokura. The future looked bright.<br />
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In 1907/08 arrived Ted Bailey's <i>Thelma</i>. He sailed her himself, and as scratch boat won the aggregate series. <i>Oeo</i> had obviously had a kick up the backside the previous season, and came away the victor in the championship series. However only <i>Oeo</i>, <i>Zel</i> and <i>Thelma</i> had entered. <i>Oeo</i> was advertised for sale at the end of the season, in August 1908.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: NZ Yachtsman 01 Aug. 1914</td></tr>
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Ted Bailey had a particular talent for fast racing dinghies. His <i>Zel</i> and <i>Thelma</i>, as well as his handling of <i>Vera </i>made him the go-to man in Wellington small boat racing. He also built several small racing keel yachts, including <i>Lizzie </i>in 1909 (as scratch boat, 11 firsts, 7 seconds, and 2 thirds in her first 21 races with PNYC). Bailey continued to build champions, including the 14 footer <i>Nan</i> in 1910 - scratch boat for the Te Aro Sailing Club until the war. He continued this form into the 1930s with the X class <i>Lavina,</i> which became national champion in 1937.<br />
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Despite the dominance of <i>Vera</i>, <i>Zel</i> and <i>Thelma</i>, racing was still good. Wednesday evening Mark Foy racing was still hotly competed, and that each race win resulted in your name on a trophy almost guaranteed a result for most competitors over the season. The club donated a trophy for the Amokura's Port vs Starboard watch race, and closer relationships were forged between the various clubs. This year the first sheds at Clyde Quay were made available - the Thorndon Dinghy Sailing Club leased number 44 and sought to dispose of the the shed at Thorndon Esplanade to free up debentures.<br />
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Bailey's <i>Thelma</i> won both the aggregate and championship trophies during the 1908/09 season, <i>Blowfly</i> and <i>Zel</i> sharing first and second for both series. <i>Oeo </i>won the other Blue riband event - the Oates Challenge Cup. For two years these boats had been untouchable, and the club imploded. At the AGM in 1909 it was decided to plan only half a year ahead. Only four boats registered for racing: <i>Rona</i>, <i>Zel</i>, <i>Blowfly</i> and <i>Vera</i>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nan. Source: Wellington Museum of City and Sea</td></tr>
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It may be considered that the failure of the club was due in the main to the same reason the Arawa Sailing Club fell apart - wealthy men commissioning swift boats which destroyed competition for the people the club was designed to attract - young people wanting to have a go. This was undoubtedly a major factor. However, Like the Arawa Sailing Club before it, most of the youngsters were swept up as crew for the keel yachts, which had seen a renaissance once Clyde Quay was built, and there was once again a safe place to moor large private vessels (reclamation of the late 1890s and early 1900s had destroyed previous sheltered mooring sites at Thorndon and Te Aro). Some of them, like the Scott Brothers (<a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116923/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Wairere</i></a>) and the younger Moore brothers (<a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__117501/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"><i>Mahina</i>, renamed <i>Romp</i></a>) purchased their own yachts. Others, like Frank McKeever, left to live the domestic life. McKeever got married and moved to Paremata, where he became active in the Paremata Boating Club during the 1920s racing his 20 foot launch <i>Moki </i>(which now sits in my garage awaiting reframing). Ted Bailey had obviously dominated the class and decided to move on to beating the fourteen footers of the Te Aro Sailing Club. To this end he built <i>Nan</i> in 1909 or 1910.<br />
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It may be argued that the Thorndon Dinghy Club was actually a great success, in that it did indeed, create new, skilled and confidant yachtsmen - they just moved on and sailed yachts. The club's failure lay in not attracting new members.<br />
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One of the final and most significant actions of the Thorndon Dinghy Sailing Club was to use leftover funds to commission a trophy named the Thorndon Dinghy Club Challenge Cup, to be competed for by other centreboard racing clubs of the region. This trophy was hotly contested for decades.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: NZ Yachtsman 02 July 1910</td></tr>
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The NZ Yachtsman magazine, inspired by the Thorndon Dinghy Sailing Club and another club for 10 footers in Auckland, the only two fleets for ten footers in the country, in June and July 1910 published lines, sail plan, and structural drawings of a ten footer to encourage a one-design element to the class. It was too little too late however, as both clubs were winding up. It's interesting to note that at first blush, the design looks very like Ted Bailey's <i>Thelma - </i>high wooded, beamy and bluff but with a fine entry at the waterline.<br />
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The only record of any boat being built to this design was in Evans Bay in 1913 by a man named Forbes, who also at the time owned Bailey's <i>Thelma</i>. Forbes departed from the construction plan, using an internal diagonal skin rather than ribs (was <i>Thelma</i> built thus?). Another unnamed person in Evans Bay took on the <i>Blowfly</i> (by no means a shabby boat).<br />
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Interrupted by the war, plans to resurrect the class came to nothing, but these were among the first murmurings of the creation of the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club, created in 1919, well known for the quality of its centreboard racing into the 1960s.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: NZ Yachtsman 16 July 1910</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: NZ Yachtsman 09 July 1910</td></tr>
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I created a few tables while researching this article, of officers, fleet and placing for each race reported by the newspapers. There are a few inconsistencies in spelling, etc., but if interested, you can see them <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/708/documents/THORNDON%20DINGHY%20SAILING%20CLUB%20NOTES.pdf" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A close call. Source: RPNYC archive</td></tr>
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Some boats through no fault of their own seem to attract an aura about themselves. Every time a sail is hoisted, there is something in the air that says: "something interesting/funny/scary/tragic is about to happen". Such a boat was the <i>Ethel</i>. I've no idea how she got into the pickle snapped from the dockside pictured left, but it appears to have happened in 1914. As an aside, the collier <a href="http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10934" target="_blank"><i>Hercules</i></a> was torpedoed and sunk in 1917.<br />
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<i>Ethel</i> was built by Charles Bailey Sr. in Auckland and launched 1884. She probably initially had a plumb stem. The clipper bow she shows in these photographs bears the hallmarks of a later adaption. At 33' LOA and 7',8" beam, she was a handy little cruiser, and raced in the 3rd class fleet at Port Nicholson Yacht Club..<br />
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<i>Ethel</i> was purchased and brought to Wellington by two young brothers T & Kenneth Cole, in 1909. They soon converted her from a cutter rig to a yawl - a fashionable setup for Wellington yachts from about 1900 to 1920 which were intended for a lot of cruising. The image of <i>Ethel </i>(still cutter rigged) here with all of the women on board is a fitting one to this tale.<br />
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In May 1912 Wellington was scandalised to read in the morning papers that the lads and a couple of friends had, on a Sunday, taken four women unchaperoned out for a sail and picnic on Ward Island. To make matters worse, two of the women were barmaids! Unfortunately, whilst picnicking, a southerly squall came through, followed by driving
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the party was stranded. The <i>Ethel</i> was sailed back to Wellington by two of the party to raise the alarm. The castaways were picked up by the <i>Siren</i> (happy name!), and taken aboard the <i>Naomi</i>, dried and fed. A full article of the events, along with cartoons may be read <a href="http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZTR19120504.1.5&e=--1911---1915--10-NZTR-1----0ward+island+romance--" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The Cole Brothers sold <i>Ethel</i> in 1914 and joined up. Kenneth, a winner of the <a href="http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/i/i21.html" target="_blank">Military Medal</a>, in January 1918, was killed at the Somme in April 1918.<br />
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<i>Ethel </i>changed hands twice during the war period. A great deal of mirth was taken at the expense of her handling - particularly in the Clyde Quay marina, where is was felt positive that she only came in at full tilt, relying on banging against another vessels and eventually the breastworks to bring her to a halt. See <a href="http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZTR19161202.2.50&srpos=1&e=-------10--1----0yacht+ethel+boathook--" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZTR19170113.2.65&srpos=2&e=-------10--1----0yacht+ethel+boathook--" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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In 1916 <i>Ethel</i> was purchased by an Australian veteran of the war, L. Hill.<br />
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Although a member of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club, Hill was a loner, and only ever sailed <i>Ethel</i> single-handed. He lived at his shed at Clyde Quay, and spent all of his time either in his shed or at sea.<br />
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In December 1918 he took off for several months to the Marlborough Sounds. In June 1919, he left Port Underwood for the return to Wellington, but after several weeks it was realised he hadn't arrived.<br />
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Wreckage of a yacht had been spotted North of Wellington at Otaki. It was worried that Hill was lost until news was received eventually that he had been blown South of the Wellington entrance and had for five days struggled to get <i>Ethel</i> to weather and get inside the channel. Exhausted, dehydrated and starved, he decided to drive <i>Ethel</i> ashore at Palliser. She was a complete wreck. He managed to get ashore and find a farmhouse, where he was fed and looked after for several days before he got a ride on to Featherston. From Featherston, he decided to walk back to Wellington - a matter of more than 60 kilometers. It appears he took his time about it, and odd jobbed here and there before deciding to go to Auckland instead. What happened to him after that is a mystery.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source NZ Yachtsman 16 December 1911</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: Wellington Museum of City and Sea</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: Wellington Museum of City and Sea</td></tr>
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Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-4767941780045728792013-05-22T22:36:00.000-07:002013-05-22T22:36:36.924-07:00Treasure Island<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvs9rtjlQ0PGKRLhh2Ae8Up-xgpOJWoTYPzE35IMeSvk0zss4z40oBpNXY4VdsbkbO7rXxboqMHNjXaJtGxzNyvyiN_OFHGLPkT1BoGz-RDO2Cb_09LQ7L1YAAZEEVhx-Zp2n_Z1wBzCvz/s1600/img-226170650-0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvs9rtjlQ0PGKRLhh2Ae8Up-xgpOJWoTYPzE35IMeSvk0zss4z40oBpNXY4VdsbkbO7rXxboqMHNjXaJtGxzNyvyiN_OFHGLPkT1BoGz-RDO2Cb_09LQ7L1YAAZEEVhx-Zp2n_Z1wBzCvz/s320/img-226170650-0001.jpg" width="247" /></a>There's nothing quite like a blat across Cook Strait. It's always different and there's always a challenge of some kind or another. Lots of people take their boats across from Wellington to spend a holiday. Sitting around and idly fishing or having parties is not really my thing though - not for days on end anyway. I've always preferred the sailing bit.<br />
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If you're similarly inclined, and find yourself pottering about over there with not much to do, you might want to check the veracity of the story below. It is taken word for word from the Yachtsman magazine - a very good publication put out by the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club for several years during the mid 1930s. If nothing else, it provides a nice little fireside read.<br />
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TREASURE TROVE<br />
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(Told by "Perry" at whose request all personal names have been changed.)<br />
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There is a Treasure Island in Marlborough Sounds with buried gold to the estimated value of 400 pounds. The Island is shown on the charts as Cooper Island and it is situated between Cabbage Bay and Long Island in the Northern entrance. The charts show the island as being without any anchorage or cove, but in this respect they are wrong as I shall show. There seems little doubt but that the treasure still lies where Laurence Crosbee buried it years ago.<br />
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Chance led me to the discovery which, aided by coincidence led to our search for the gold and to the tragic death of one of the searchers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Twins as shown on Google maps</td></tr>
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Christmas (1929) we were anchored off the Twins in the Northern entrance fishing. Nearby, lay a small island, so I rowed across to it. On coming close I discovered a cleft or channel in the cliff face with deep water. This led me into a tiny landlocked bay. The entrance was only fifteen feet wide, and being on the angle could only be distinguished on near approach. The island looked as though it might once have been the crater of a volcano. Now, however, it was overgrown with stunted bush. In one corner of the tiny bay was a sandy beach and a few square yards of level land. At the back of this the land rose in sheer cliff to some fifty or sixty feet in height. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gold miners at Endeavour Inlet. Source National Library of NZ</td></tr>
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It was Peter who first mentioned the Treasure, having read about it in "Petersen's Adventures in Marlborough". In 1868, according to this old book (printed in 1875) gold was being mined near the head of Endeavour Inlet. Every few weeks the gold was brought into the tiny hamlet of Endeavour to be taken to Picton. One night a considerable sum lay in the small store and Post Office. It was stolen. There was a great hue and cry and eventually suspicion fell on one "Sailor" Crosby, a ne-er-do-well hanger on who was a boatman during the whaling season. Crosby had a sailboat and was absent for a long time on the night of the robbery. Crosby hotly denied the charge, but was sent to Picton (then capital of Marlborough). He was tried before Mr Justice Grove. Seeing the case go against him, Crosby tried to obtain a release by promising the Court to return the gold which he said he had buried on an island. The scandalised judge instantly sentenced him to 15 years. Attempts were made for a while to locate the gold but , as far as it is known, without success.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mt Cook Prison in 1896. Demolished 1931. Source Te Ara</td></tr>
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As to its correct whereabouts, it was Donald who supplied the final clues. He had been working on the Mount Cook Prison (Wellington) demolition job. During the demolition many strange things were found in those six foot walls. There was scarcely a cell that didn't have its loose bricks with space for hoarding trinkets, letters and diaries. (See Evening Post file for article on these discoveries.) An aquiantance of Donald's, one Richards, working nearby, fished out an old envelope with a letter inside. After glancing at it he tossed it over to Donald remarking that it looked as though a yachtsman had been in the jail. Richards was also a yachting man. Donald looked at the paper which consisted of a letter with a plan on the back. On reading it through later he found that the actual letter had no reference to the chart on the back, which was just the map of an island. Knowing Peter was keen on anything unusual Donald gave him the letter. The letter was addressed to Laurence Crosbee.<br />
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It is unnecessary to tell at length how we eventually stumbled on to the fact that Laurence Crosbee, the prisoner in Mt. Cook, was the "Sailor" Crosby who buried 400 pounds in gold, and how it dawned on me that the map on the back of the letter was really a chart of Cooper Island. Sufficient to say we came to the conclusion that the gold was on Cooper Island buried five feet on the beachside of a large cabbage tree. Unfortunately others became aware of our discovery.<br />
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Poor Crosbee must have drawn the sketch to aid his failing memory and then died in jail.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Motungarara (Cooper Island) on Google maps</td></tr>
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We were able to get away on an evening in February 1931, for the Sounds, Donald, Peter, and myself, in the yawl belonging to Peter. We had a splendid run in the S. E. breeze across the Straits, and reached the Nortern entrance about 6a.m. We took about two hours in the falling breeze to back up to Cooper Island against the tide. When we reached the island the wind had fallen away altogether and we had to tow the yacht into the entrance. The bay was just as I had seen it several years before. the high bush-clad cliffs, the tiny beach - and there, just back from the beach on a small plot of level land was Laurence Crosbee's cabbage tree. As quickly as we could we moored the yacht, furled sails, and without waiting for breakfast we tumbled ashore armed with a pick and a spade. We estimated five feet from the palm and dug. It was hard work, for the sun was hot.<br />
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We had dug about a foot when we heard the beat of a motorboat engine and suddenly through the entrance nosed a large boat. We recognised the launch. It belonged to Joe Foster and Spud Laws (not their real names of course). We paused from our work as she came in. Standing for'ard to drop the anchor we saw Richards, the fellow who gave Donald the chart. Soon they were ashore looking at the hole we had started to dig.<br />
"Just in time," said Laws with a laugh. Peter asked him what he meant, whereupon Foster said that they had come for their share of the gold as it was just as much theirs as ours. Furthermore they had waited for us in a nearby cove giving us time to start digging in order to see exactly where the gold lay. They wanted to be fair and were willing to split fifty fifty.<br />
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Peter said he'd see them in hell first and with that the fight was started. The fight was long and tough and in the end Foster and his two pals drew off to nurse their bruises. We were not unhurt ourselves and sat down alongside our hole to glower at our rivals. After resting Laws came up and said that they weren't going to budge until they had got a share. We told him to go to blazes and started digging. The time was now about eleven thirty. Suddenly we heard a crashing sound and a loarge boulder flew past Donald who was loosening the soil with the pick. We looked up the clif and saw Peter on top.<br />
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"Keep clear of that hole or else I'll roll some bigger bricks down," he yelled. With that he rolled a few more down to show us how. We felt wild, especially when we saw the grins (somewhat twisted) of Richards and Laws.<br />
At this moment fate took a hand and the tragedy happened. The bounding boulders must have loosened the cliff for, with a roar that made the ground tremble, the side came down in a cloud of dust. A large stone caught me in the back as I turned to fly and knocked me into the water. Peter and Donald were to one side and were able to dodge away. Laws and Richards at the other end of the beach were safe.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scene of the action from a near-contemporary chart</td></tr>
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But Foster we found half buried in the land-slide - dead. The tragedy sobered us. More earth was falling, so we returned with poor Foster's body to our craft in the launch's dinghy. Our dinghy was under the earth.<br />
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We hurried to Picton: the launch with the yacht in tow. On arrival we heard of the terrible earthquake that had happened in Napier at the same time as the landslide. We did not know until then that an earthquake had happened. Among the large toll of death of earthquake victims the inquest on poor Foster passed unremarked especially as we did not refer to the treasure.<br />
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So the gold still lies on Cooper Island buried deeper than Laurence Crosbee ever dreamed it would be.<br />
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(footnote. From the latest charts and maps Cooper Island is shown as Motungarara Island, and Cabbage Bay as Onehunga Bay.)<br />
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...And that's the article in full, including the footnote. Anyone fancy a treasure hunt??<br />
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<br />Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-50315963413879105522013-05-08T05:57:00.000-07:002013-06-23T03:46:15.402-07:00Pet<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pet's lines. Source: NZ Yachtsman 28 October 1916</td></tr>
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<i>Pet</i> was built by Charles Bailey in Auckland, and was launched in 1877. <br />
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She was of an unusual shape - in an era of slab-sided vessels and plumb stems, she had quite a pronounced tumble-home and a ram bow. This made her both longer and wider at the waterline than at deck level.<br />
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This construction was to cheat a class racing rule of the day which was based on measuring the beam and length of a boat at deck level - a smart little trick to make the boat bigger where it matters and therefore have a faster theoretical (and practical) maximum hull speed. Needless to say, like all other rule cheaters, it didn't take long before a new system was arrived at in the eternal tussle between the designer and class handicappers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charles Hill in 1916.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Bailey laid the keel and framed up the boat "on spec", and the structure hung in the rafters of his workshop for some time before being purchased. She was unnamed, and become known in the yachting fraternity as "Bailey's Pet". The nickname stuck when she was purchased by Charles Hill in 1877. Hill was a hatter by trade, and was one of the founding members of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club in 1883.<br />
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Hill had Bailey plank her up, and fitted out as an open centreboarder, and after a couple of races in Auckland, brought her to Wellington, where she easily beat her competition.<br />
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In 1879 Charles Bailey arrived from Auckland with his recent build <i>Toy</i>, a lightly built open boat of cedar with a clear finish, and sporting the latest in light wire rigging. <i>Toy</i> won the second class race of the annual Wellington regatta. Hill took advantage of Bailey's presence to do some work on <i>Pet</i> - having her half-decked over, and a small counter added. <i>Pet</i> was entered in the first class race but had to withdraw when her rigging failed.<br />
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1880 was a big year for <i>Pet</i>, and secured her fame as the classiest racer in town. She was entered in the Anniversary Regatta for second class vessels, which was greatly anticipated for the clash with <i>Red Jacket</i>, built in Sumner about 1865. The race was postponed due to rough weather. A week later, <i>Pet</i> led the fleet, <i>Red Jacket </i>50 yards behind, when the wind died away and the race postponed once more. The next attempt was got away in rough weather, and one of the mark buoys came adrift. It was once again a "no race". However, the Regatta Committee in a surprise move, decided to award the prize to Pet, as it felt she was the better performer. Furthermore, the Committee decided to run another race to decide second place!<br />
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The owners and crew of the <i>Red Jacket</i> of course would not abide this, and laid down a one-on-one challenge in the newspapers. The Regatta race for second place took place, with <i>Pet</i>, although banned from entering, also going around the course. <i>Red Jacket</i> crossed well ahead of the fleet, including <i>Pet</i>. Hill may have been up to some clever gamesmanship here, but there was no denying now that nothing would be settled until a one-on-one private race was sailed.<br />
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Later that year, <i>Pet</i> was shipped across to Nelson for a challenge race against the brand new yacht <i>Isca</i>. She also won that easily; The proud new owner of the expensive<i> Isca</i> so disgusted he never bothered racing again, and sold his boat. (Read <i>Isca</i>'s story <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013/04/isca-little-ship-that-could.html" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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<i>Pet</i> remained the cream of the fleet until the arrival to Wellington of Robert Logan's <i>Jessie Logan</i> in about 1890. Luckily for <i>Pet</i>'s racing career in Wellington, <i>Jessie Logan</i> was purchased and spent the next 15 years in Nelson, before suffering the indignity so common in those days of being converted to a launch.<br />
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<i>Pet</i> had a well-known, though somewhat secret internal ballast system when she was a centreboarder (see the ballast systems of <i>Pet</i> and <i>Red Jacket</i> below). To stiffen her up and make her better fit for regular club racing, deadwood was added to her keel and external lead ballast attached some time around 1888.<br />
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Around 1900 <i>Pet</i> was retired as a racer, and converted for use as a fishing smack at Warehou Bay north of Wellington, She was then converted to a motor launch and used for fishing a little further North at Paremata. She was wrecked while pursuing this work during the 1930s.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pet's moveable ballast system </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pet readied for external ballast ca. 1888</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pet as a launch at Paremata in 1916</td></tr>
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<br />Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-80117464142149760992013-04-16T23:12:00.001-07:002013-06-23T03:49:05.839-07:00Isca - A little ship that could<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Found in Jack Maddever's shed at Clyde Quay,<br />
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The <i>Isca</i> was built at Clyde Quay, Wellington in 1880 to a Dixon Kemp design by T. R. H. Taylor, for A. S. Collins of Nelson. Her build was a single skin of 1" kauri on Australian Blackwood. She was not a success in Nelson, being down at the head. The smaller second class centreboard racer, <i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116837/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Pet</a>,</i> was shipped across from Wellington for a challenge race, and beat the <i>Isca</i> easily. Collins lost interest and the Isca lay idle until <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2013_03_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Professor R. J. Scott</a> purchased her for racing with the newly-formed Port Nicholson Yacht Club.<br />
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Scott tweaked her up, importing a new douglas fir mast from Australia, adding a lead shoe to the counter to bring her nose up a bit, and added 3 1/2 tons of external ballast. Her performance improved somewhat, and she won a few races in Wellington, though against inferior boats - mostly converted boats never built for speed in the fist place, or racing boats imported and too light to excel in Wellington conditions. He took her to Lyttelton in 1884 to compete the anniversary regatta there, but was defeated. The<i> Isca</i> was taken over by E. C. Batkin, who again took her south to compete the 1886 regatta where she emerged victorious in a strong Easterly. If nothing else, she covered a lot of sea miles in her time.<br />
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The <i>Isca</i> was 38 feet LOA, 32 LWL, with only six feet beam, and carried a 14 ft bowsprit. With her large club topsail set (see left), her rig stood 55 feet.<br />
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She was a yacht of the old gentlemanly school, immaculately kept during her time in Wellington, and campaigned hard. She was a well-known and popular vessel, as were her owners and skippers, but she was never the racer many claimed her to be. However, she had the reputation of being quick in stays, and her skippers used this to advantage when working the tricky shifts on the Hutt coast off Ngauranga and Kiawharawhara. Her victories against other first division boats were generally on time allowance, and she even had trouble beating the better quality second class yachts across the line.<br />
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<i>Isca</i> did however, have one moment of undeniable racing glory, which unfortunately also ended in her destruction.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: NZ Yachtsman 02 Sept. 1916</td></tr>
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<i>Isca</i> had been entered in the Wellington regattas, but the best she had ever got was second. in 1892 she was beaten out by <i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__118783/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Mapu</a></i>, and early February 1893 she was beaten by the <i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116894/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Maritana</a></i> on the run down from Korokoro. The <i>Isca</i> losing and resetting her topsail three times! The<i> <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116814/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Rona</a>, </i>the latest thing in yacht racing had just been built that year to Alexander Turnbull's order by Robert Logan. She was en route to Wellington when the 1893 regatta took place, and had proved herself a speedy vessel in Auckland.<br />
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The <i>Rona</i> was a 5-rater, desgned by G. L. Watson. The design had already proved herself in the shape of <i><a href="http://peggybawn.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/valentine-a-well-named-yacht/" target="_blank">Valentine</a></i>. <i>Rona</i> was part of the new breed of yacht - firmer bilges, more beam, less forefoot, long shallow keel - which lead to less wetted surface area and more boyancy. <i>Rona</i> by today's standards may have slack bilges and a large wetted surface area, but boats like her were light in comparison with the "Cheesecutter" section of <i>Isca</i>'s type. With a beam of 7',4", and overall length of 44 feet, she had a far longer effective waterline<br />
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<i>Rona </i>won her first race in Wellington in late February 1893,<i> Maritana</i> second and<i> Isca</i> third. This was the second race of the PNYC first class season.<i> Rona</i> came second behind the <i>Maritana </i>in the first class race at the Wellington regatta in 1894 on corrected time after a close finish which included the Isca.<br />
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Source: Alexander Turnbull Library</td></tr>
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Robert Logan made the trip to Wellington to tune up the <i>Rona</i> for the 1895 Regatta, and she beat all of these boats. All were surpised however, by the <i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116891/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Atalanta</a></i>. who crossed the line first, but was later disqualified for carrying a larger mainsail than rated for in the regatta. <i>Isca</i> was nowhere.<br />
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The 1896 Regatta saw both the <i>Rona</i> and<i> Isca</i> racing in the second class. A blustery Northerly blew, and the other three vessels in the race, <i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__117038/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Waiwetu</a></i>, <i>Mahina</i>, and <i>Mapu</i> had to withdraw. <i>Isca</i> and <i>Rona</i> fought on, each sniffing their chance. They each passed the final mark at Korokoro in company, from where it is a straight drag on a reach to the finish off Queens' wharf (there was not so much reclaimed land in those days). It was felt that the <i>Rona</i> was making the better of it -<i> Isca</i>, in full sail, had started her planks under the press, and there appeared to be more water in the boat than out. <i>Rona</i> looked set to pull away and was felt by spectators to be sailing a better course when a gust caught her - splitting her mainsail and her foresail. The gooseneck on her boom also carried away. Both yachts crossed the line to great applause and cheering from the crowd crowding the waterfront - <i>Isca</i> having won by 27 seconds.<br />
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<i>Isca</i> sat and was finally broken up in 1897/8. Her lead was purchased by a plumber at Thorndon, who made nails of it. Her mast went into the <i><a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/2-12-raters-mawhiti-and-kotiri.html" target="_blank">Kotiri</a></i>, recently built, as did most of her deck fittings and her canvas. Kotiri's mast had been found dangerously tender on her first foray into sailing during the 1898 regatta. That mast proved worthy of the import back in 1883, as it was still in good service at least into the 1940s. It had been put under plenty of pressure during its time!<br />
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</a>Just linking back to the previous post on Scott, I thought it would be nice to publish this image, which he drew on the reverse of a letter to a friend in 1899, thanking him for putting his name forward for membership of the Wellesley Club, Wellington. It shows Zephyr going through a gybe in some heavy weather off Akaroa in 1893. No doubt a shared experience.<br />
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By the way, as an aside, Scott was first cousin to Falcon Scott of the Antarctic fame.<br />
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The drawing below is another ink sketch of a design for knocking about. Not very much is known about her other than the name "Boojum" and that she was actually built. The name comes from Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark, a boojum is a being which makes people disappear. Quite a playful and slightly sinister name for a small boat designed for ease of single-handed sailing.<br />
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<b>Kia Ora</b><br />
Kia Ora was a 5-rater and a very sucessful racer in her day. She shouldn't be confused with the Bailey and Lowe-built vessel which famously was attempted to cross the Pacific (against both the law of the day and good sense) in 1903.<br />
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She was built for J. B. Collins to be based at Lyttelton; and raced her first major regatta at Akaroa in 1898, where she came second to Pastime. It was felt at the time she had not been sailed to her potential. Collins continued to race her in the hotly-contested provincial annual regattas at Akaroa and Dunedin until 1913.<br />
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Yvonne is a 5-rater designed by William Fife and built by Robert Logan Sr. in Auckland in 1893. Scott purchased her for his own use in 1908 and campaigned her hard in the South Island Regattas. She has been around a bit, including a long stint in Wellington, where at one time she was sheathed in fibreglass. This was painstakingly removed during the early 1980s by Mike Joy and others. She is now back at Lyttelton, and after some years of neglect now is seeing some much-needed attention.<br />
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Her most famous feat is the 'Jumping the mole' incident in 1909, which can be read about in Scott's own words <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/708/documents/Seaspray%201%20Sept%201946%20Yvonne.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>, published in 1946. An account of her early history can be read <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/708/documents/NZYacht1937JuneYvonne.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>, published in 1937.<br />
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Below is lines of a canoe-stern launch published in Progress April 1911 issue. The article associated states she was built in Nelson, though a name is not given. She is reported as being very well-behaved in a seaway.<br />
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The lines and sail plan below, also published in Progress, are for a large fishing vessel. It is not known whether this vessel was built.<br />
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The man at left with the magnificent head is Robert Julian Scott: a British-born engineer who spent most of his life and career in Christchurch. He had an outstanding engineering mind, which can be read about on <a href="http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2s9/scott-robert-julian" target="_blank">Te Ara</a> and<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Julian_Scott#cite_note-13" target="_blank"> wikipedia</a>.<br />
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He also happened to be a founding member of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club of Wellington. He had designs built in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. He began by radically changing existing boats, to designing yachts and rigs. He met with varying levels of success, but they were always somewhat experimetnal if not radical in concept. This piece discusses some of them.<br />
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The image below shows two versions of the same 36 foot (on deck) yacht, <i>Zephyr</i>. She was built by Green* in the 1870s and raced locally at Lyttelton and Akaroa. She was taken to Melbourne and then Hobart to race, with mixed results. The version left shows a somewhat unusual rig for the era, basically a bermudan rig on a sliding gunther, mast well raked. She was converted to gaff and external ballast added by the owner previous to Scott, which completely overpowered her.<br />
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When Scott purchased her some time around 1890 he completely changed her underwater profile by cutting away deadwood forward, and adding a 2 ton lead fin keel. The rudder as depicted here must have suffered tremendous strain. He returned the bermudan rig, but used a single pole mast fitted with a metal sail track for easy management. He used wire halyards to decrease windage and enable tighter luffs to his sails. This didn't become common until the 1950s. He called the racing mainsail a "batwing", referring to its extreme roach. His cruising mainsail was more conventional. In 1896 she beat the crack Logan-built Waitangi in the New Zealand championships at Lyttelton. By 1911 she had been converted to a motor launch. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: Progress. April 1911</td></tr>
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To encourage interest in the fledgeling <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/the-arawa-sailing-club-and-half-raters.html" target="_blank">Arawa Sailing Club</a> in Wellington, in 1894 Scott drew lines for a 1/2 rater to be built by Rober Logan of Auckland. The boat was named Vixen (later renamed Waterbeetle). She arrived late in the 1894/5 season and was not a success. She was significantly altered by Bringans and Hogg at Clyde Quay. She competed well, but was never really consistently in the money, dominated by Jack Chalmer's <i>Dauntless</i>, and the two Logan-built William Fife designs <i>Miru</i> and <i>Ruru.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: Progress. April 1911</td></tr>
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</a>Scott drew <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116845/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Wylo</a> in 1904. She was designed to be a strong, easily-handled fishing boat which could stand up to most weather, but also be useable as a cruiser and racer. She was eventually built in 1911 by Ted Bailey at Clyde Quay, Wellington. She was among the first designs of the flat transom, stern-hung rudder keel yacht which became popular from the 1920s through to the 1960s. She was among the first sailing vessels designed to include an auxilliary.<br />
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When launched, <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116845/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Wylo</a> sat a little higher than anticipated, but internal ballast being added, she became a very stiff and successful boat which made hundreds of Cook Strait crossings and still in good service into the 1950s. If anyone knows where she is now, please let us know!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wylo prior to lauch outside Bailey's shed at Clyde Quay. Source: NZ Yachtsman 30 November 1911.</td></tr>
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* <span style="font-size: x-small;">Many yachts have been clamed to be NZ first bermudan rigs, but Green appears to have made a habit of it in the 1870s; 40-50 years prior to all of those claims in the 1920s!</span><br />
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Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-70888458703522050352013-02-02T15:38:00.002-08:002013-06-23T03:48:18.036-07:00Idle Alongs - a misnomer<table border="0"><tbody>
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The image at left shows <i>Mystery</i> racing in the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club Commodore trophy race in 2012.<br />
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<i>Mystery </i>is of the Idle Along class native to Wellington. She was built by the most successful builder of IAs, Joffre Kroening, about 1950 in Nelson. Representing Nelson, she came second in the Moffatt Cup in 1956, finishing behind Hugh Poole of Wellington who was also sailing one of Kroening's boats.<br />
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She was restored by the Wellington Classic Yacht Trust in 2011/2012, and raced in the 2012 North Island and National championships in Auckland where she finished 2nd and 6th respectively, against much newer and lighter boats.<br />
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She has a kaikawaka hull, cedar deck, and douglas fir spars.<br />
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Below is a brief story of the class.<br />
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The Idle Along is the only Wellington design to become a National Class for New Zealand. It was designed by Alf “Unc” Harvey in 1927, the first one completed at his home at 20 Aurora Tce Petone in 1930. His inspiration and ideas were rather unorthodox, though the end result answered some practical problems for Wellington class racing.<br />
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Wellington had had several centreboard fleets and sailing clubs come and go, though these never really got off the ground - professional boatbuilders like Joe Jukes and Ted Bailey reigned supreme during the early part of the 20th century, and their boats almost invariably won.<br />
A cheap one-design class, easily built by amateurs was needed, and Alf Harvey provided the answer.<br />
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Harvey sought stability and speed, and found it in nature - a 12 foot, 8 inch porpoise in fact, which he captured, measured, and released in Worser Bay. The curve of the porpoise’s back inspired the keel profile, the back fin the centre plate, and the tail the rudder. These lines can clearly be seen in the boats' profile. In section however, it is a different story! The design had a very large beam for the time - at 6 feet, almost half the length, it gave the boat stability. Airtight sections fore and aft lent extra buoyancy. The chined hull made it reasonably simple for amateurs to build and race their own vessels.<br /><br />In the early days the Idle Along was scorned by most in the sailing fraternity; nicknamed butterboxes (in Wellington they were built from Kahikitea, and they had rather square sections) or at times aircraft carriers. This was until a famous day of racing in a typically blustery Wellington Northerly during the 1933/34 season. All racing was cancelled, but that didn’t stop the small Idle Along fleet racing. People paid attention, and respect. <br /><br />The first inter-province championship for the class (for the Moffat cup) took place in Wellington in 1936, which was won by Tauranga. The last one was raced in 1969 in New Plymouth and won by Taranaki. John Spencer designed a plywood version for the Association in 1960, but by then the class was already suffering a decline due to interest in the Olympic classes, and the successes that NZ Olympians were having - thanks in a large part to the techniques and skills they learned sailing Idle Alongs as youngsters.<br /><br />The class has recently revived, and the national trophy competed for in2010<a href="http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/Idle-Along-80th-Anniversary-and-Moffat-Cup-Regatta-this-weekend/66724" target="_blank">.</a> The 2011 competition was held at the Bay of Islands, and Auckland in 2012. More information on the Class Association can be found <a href="http://groups.google.co.nz/group/idlealongassociationofnz" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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The plans were amended at various times, most notably by John Spencer who created a plywood version in 1960, which can be viewed <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/708/documents/IA%20Spencer%20drawings.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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In 1951 an official plan, set of offsets, etc were drawn by A. M. Fitton for the Wellington Provincial Yacht and Motor Boat Association. A pdf of them can be viewed <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/708/documents/IA%20Fitton%20drawings.pdf" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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The Wellington Classic Yacht Trust has a copy of an revised set of plans drawn by Harvey in 1940, but we haven't scanned them yet. The original plan can be viewed hanging on the wall of the <a href="http://www.sailhbc.org.nz/home.php" target="_blank">Heretaunga Boating Club</a>.<br />
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Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-57168883291758200982012-12-16T18:45:00.001-08:002012-12-23T02:56:13.931-08:00Trans Tasman voyage of the Psyche<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116926/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Psyche</a> was built by Ernie Lane - a somewhat unsung boatbuilder - in Picton. I haven't got a date for her launch.<br />
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In 1926 she sailed to from Wellington to Sydney. It became something of a legendary journey, as it was reasonably rare in those days for such small private vessels to make the trip. There was definitely a lot of action, as the surviving account tells.<br />
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I don't know anything about the crew members, except Archie Scott. Archie was a plumber who worked at the Evans Bay patent slip. He owned various boats, over the years, including the Le Huquet <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116834/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Ailsa</a>. He converted Ailsa briefly to a bermuda rig in the early 1920s but it didn't work very well, and after a season or two returned her to a gaff configuration.<br />
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He went on to design many vessels from the 1930s to the 1960s. Many of which, including Ocean Maid and <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__117034/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Maranui</a>, were very successful, and still sailing today. He also did a lot of work in designing new sail plans. A good collection of his work can be found at the <a href="http://www.museumswellington.org.nz/museum-of-wellington-city-and-sea/" target="_blank">Wellington Museum of City and Sea</a>.<br />
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I'll write a post about him in the new year.<br />
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The account below was published in "The Yachtsman", a magazine put out by the <a href="http://www.ebymbc.org.nz/index.shtml" target="_blank">Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club</a> during the late 1930s. The story was serialised over three issues (reprinted from and Australian boating magazine). Part one is below, from Volume 2, iss. 2. October 1936.<br />
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I'll load up the other two this week if I have time.<br />
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Although it is ten years ago since the cutter rigged auxiliary yacht “Psyche” slipped quietly away from her Wellington moorings on her great voyage to Sydney, her crossing is still a very interesting topic to New Zealand boatmen as one of the epics in the history of New Zealand yachting. The crew, F. C. Townsend, Redvere Quinlan (engineer), Archie Scott and Les Thompson (A.B.’s), certainly did not expect a ‘picnic’ and probably at the time it was better to think of nothing but ‘getting there’. Mr Jackson, the owner, simply wanted his yacht brought to Sydney, where he had gone to live permanently, and these men took on the job of sailing her to him as an ordinary workaday business. Shortly after sailing, however, they found that the “Psyche” had not been properly prepared for the long voyage. In addition to that she sailed into such tempestuous weather it was wonderful that she arrived at all.<br />
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Mr Jackson had many anxious hours as he watched for the “Psyche” near the Sydney heads during the time she was at sea. N consideration of the phenomenal gales that were then raging over the Tasman even liners had remained in port rather than risk the dangers of the open water. One vessel was disabled and had to be escorted to a harbour by destroyers. Nor was the owner any more comforted by the reports from every station telling of the terrifying conditions to be seen from all points along the eastern Australian coast.<br />
What a sublime shock it must have been to him when, on the morning of the 23rd April, he suddenly descried the “Psyche” coming into view of Port Jackson in full racing rig! That such a frail combination of canvas and wood had been directed through a particularly nasty stretch of sea in possibly its deadliest temper was the incredible truth; the crew truly merited all the honour and admiration they were given upon anchoring in Watson’s Bay.<br />
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The “Psyche” was 45 ft overall, with 11 ft beam, 10 tons displacement; was powered with a 20/25 horse power Atlantic engine, burning benzene or kerosene for fuel, and with the engine, had a speed of 8 knots. The following is taken from the Australian Motor Boat and Yachting Monthly.<br />
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In this little vessel on April 3rd the adventurous voyage started. Here is the crew’s story.<br />
“We slept on board the night previous to sailing and a t 4.30 a.m. next morning had her ready for sea. At 7 a.m. we cast off under power and set staysail and mainsail. Passing Point Ha[l]swell we put the kettle on to boil on an oil stove. We ran down to the Heads and crossed Lyall Bay, doing about 9 knots with the wind a freshening nor’wester. Tony and George Jackson, sons of the owner waved us Godspeed from the headland. And we replied full of confidence.<br />
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Getting near Sinclair Head, the kettle started to boil after one and a half hour’s effort. Tea was made, but the stove was not even in a gimbal, and as we ran into a fairly heavy rip, over went the lot. A fair amount of water also came below as the ship was not properly battened down, and the skylight and ports were leaking through not being covered. She had been on the ‘hard’ for twelve months and the decks were opened up with the weather.<br />
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Another and heavier rip was struck off Terawhiti, where a case of gas went overboard. Fortunately the crew were all hardened yachtsmen and the weather had no effect on them. The ship was a lively as a cricket, and the old skipper, who is now 71 and not as active as he used to be, was thrown all over the place. A fine old man, hale and hearty, we could not wish for a better to sail under.<br />
Under the lee of Wellington Head we decided to straighten up a bit, and we lashed things down in preparation of the nor’west gale and heavy seas that promised. Just here we passed the Brothers Lighthouse and the Picton steamer Tamahine to windward.<br />
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The weather was very bad and a lot of water was coming down below. Our next task was to take the mainsail off, and a hard and wet job it proved. After much cussing and swearing we succeeded, when the engineer informed us that the pumps had become blocked. He took them down seven or eight times to clear them, with the water lapping around his waist, but eventually had to give it up as a bad job. The bilges were also full of coal ashes out of the small Dover stove. For some time after we could only get the engine to run on two cylinders.<br />
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We tried to make through the northern entrance, but could not make enough headway. Consequently we had to run back to Tory Channel and just got in as the tide was changing. Here the tide runs in and out of a quarter mile entrance, with the engine giving trouble all the way, arriving at 9.30 p.m.<br />
Here Archie, with unpleasant memories of the oil-stove’s feat in boiling kettles, borrowed a spare primus from Mr Jack McLean, who was anchored nearby in his fine auxiliary ketch RESTLESSNESS. Jack, by the way, wouldn’t believe that we were bound for Sydney! What a relief it was to get a hot drink! Unfortunately half our stores were ruined through kerosene leaking, but they had to be given a passage.<br />
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All hands now turned in dog-tired and wet from truck to keelson after a run of about 100 miles.<br />
Next day, Sunday, April 4th, we turned out early for a heavy day of cleaning, plugging up leaks, battening down skylights, hatches etc. Mr Jackson’s household linen, cushion covers, etc., that were stocked in the lockers were found to be soaking, so we bundled it all up in two potato sacks and marked it for shipment back to Wellington. We then went ashore for a good hot feed at the hotel. Everything and everywhere was shut down, even the Post Office, on account of the Easter holidays and we were unable to send telegrams. Our fresh meat had gone bad, the onions were soaked in kerosene. Visions of steak and onions had thus become a memory and we had to be content with sadly burying the departed at sea.<br />
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On the fifth we were out bright and early and spent another morning getting the ship into condition for the trip that should have been done at Wellington before we joined up. We tried heeling her at anchor to plug up the lavatory which was leaking badly, but could not get over far enough. We then went alongside the wharf and heeled down on throat halliards. Later we went ashore and had dinner and bought more stores. Then we went over to the T.S.S. Tamahine and shipped back all the wet linen.<br />
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We sailed for Ship Cove, 17 miles away, under power at 2 p.m. Here we found the batteries, which were all new before sailing, running down. A ‘shorted’ wire was found down in the bilges, almost eaten away with kerosene and water. How in the name of fortune anyone ever came to wire the ship through the bilges had us beaten.<br />
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Next day we turned out at 6.30, and after a breakfast and run ashore for a wash in the creek we took a photo of the engineer (hereafter known as ‘rastun’) and Archie aloft on Captain Cook’s monument – and a handsome pair they were too. The weather was beautifully fine with slight southerly and high glass. The dinghy was lashed to the deck once more, and we hove up anchor and sails, and started away under power at 9a.m.We passed Mr Arthur Holmes’ fine new cruiser on its way to the fishing grounds. Jackson Head was abeam at10.30. There was very little rip and less wind. A nor’-west course was set and Stephen Island was passed at 1.30. As we had no flags or signalling gear, we could not call the station and report.<br />
More trouble came our way, for we found the generator was not charging. It was burnt out somewhere on account of being underwater in the Straits. The switch board, volt and ommeters were taken to pieces, but were found to be out of action through water.<br />
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The mainsail was lowered off Blind Bay. There was a moderate S.W. swell coming up rounding Farewell Spit, but no wind. The course was altered to N.W.W. Stephen’s Island Light was dropped at 7p.m. 32 miles behind.<br />
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On the 7th the crew started 4-hour watches. ‘Rastun’ had the engine running all night. It had been running 21 hours without stopping, and then only to change the plugs, as kerosene had been used. There was no wind all night. During the day there had been a light sou’west breeze, so we had the mainsail up all day., only to take it down again at nightfall. Sights at noon placed us abeam of Cape Egmont, but seaward about 80 miles. The log for 27 hours showed 117 miles. The barometer was steady, but there were a few light rain squalls.<br />
Next day brought a steady barometer, with no wind again, and a light swell. The engine was still going strong at quarter speed to save fuel. ‘Rastus’ had the generator to pieces for the second time but met with no luck. The batteries were now flat, and we only had one hurricane lamp aboard. There were no oil navigation lights, excepting a small binnacle lamp, that, with luck, would burn for six hours at a time.<br />
Saddest of all was the discovery t this stage that there were no tinned fruits of sauces aboard. All we could find was army ‘hard tack’ and ‘iron rations’ which, of course, had to do for the rest of the trip. The ship was taking a fair drop of water in after having been on the slips for so long. The engine water circulating discharge was also leaking out through the exhaust into the bilges. Midday found us 350 miles from Stephens Island, with the course set nor’-west.<br />
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April 8th broke with a light nor’-wester blowing. There was a moderate swell, but no sea. The weather was perfectly fine and we were still under power. Sights and log at midday showed that in 24 hours we had done 125 miles with the engine. We had plenty of odd jobs to do during the day. One can always find employment at sea the main job being to get enough sleep. We were still on watches of 4 hours on and 8 off. Quite long enough too, when you do the midnight to 4 watch at the wheel.<br />
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The engine stopped at midnight on April 8th after continuously running for 3 ½ days. At 2 a.m. we had to start it again, as there was no wind and the jobble of the sea was throwing the boom all over the ship. A light northerly sprang up at 4 a.m. and the engine was stopped once more. The breeze freshened all day and a lump sea was running. The skipper had some job to get the sights as the boat was very lively. The weather wire topping lift carried away, and Archie and Les had an exciting time aloft.<br />
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The weather was very threatening and heavy rain squalls were falling. Nasty beam seas were rising, making the ship dance like a cork. A large school of whales was passed at 4p.m. Two reefs were put in and we snugged down for the night. The confounded weather topping lift broke again, and Archie and Les nearly lost their tempers.<br />
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The rest of the original articles published in the Australian Motor Boat and Yachting Monthly issues of June, July, August 1927 here: <a href="http://anmm.smedia.com.au/olive/am3/anmm1/">http://anmm.smedia.com.au/olive/am3/anmm1/</a>. The Articles come under the heading "Ocean Rovers".Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-25057650643258815092012-11-16T23:46:00.000-08:002013-06-27T02:28:33.515-07:002 1/2 raters: Mawhiti and KotiriThe creation of one of Wellington's great rivalries of the 1890s and early 1900s began with a bet between two young members of the <a href="http://wgtnclassicyacht.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/the-arawa-sailing-club-and-half-raters.html" target="_blank">Arawa Sailing Club</a> in February 1897, Fred Petherick and William (Billy) Moore: they would each build a 2 1/2 rater and see who built the better one. Local boatbuilder and designer Bruce Askew says the bet took place over a beer at the Clyde Quay hotel. Terms were that neither would see the the other's progress, and that the better boat would be proved over a series of three races, with a stake of five pounds.<br />
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Both men were active in the Arawa Sailing Club, competing in the 14 foot division, and crewed at various times on the 1/2 raters<i> <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116813/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Miru</a></i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116813/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">, <i>Ruru</i></a> and <i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__118789/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Vixen</a></i>.<br />
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They were no doubt inspired by the lightning visit of the well-named Logan-built <i>Gloriana</i> which had visited in January 1894, and the intense rivalry of the class then in Auckland. Measuring around an easily handled 35 feet, a fast, light 2 1/2 rater capable of crossing the Cook straight for holidays would have been the next logical step for young men in their early 20s (Petherick was then 21 and Moore about 24 years old).<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__117731/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Kotiri</a></i> was built in a warehouse in Martin Square, off Taranaki Street (recently demolished, local readers might remember it as the 33 1/3rd Gallery) by Petherick, Alf Ballinger, Harry Ballinger and Bill Avery; the <i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116815/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Mawhiti</a></i> by William Moore, M. Beck and Arthur Penty in a shed next door to the Clyde Quay Hotel, across the road from the Clyde Quay Marina.<br />
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A vertical cut adjacent to the window reveals her escape route</td></tr>
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Getting to the water proved an adventure for both vessels, the draft horses bolting down Tarakanki Street with <i>Kotiri</i> in tow out of control. When her time came in November 1898, <i>Mawhiti</i> wouldn't fit through the door of the hired shed in which she was built. The landlord refused to remove the doors, so an overnigh raid with saws and plenty of tackle saw the wall cut away, the vessel put on the street, and the wall put back before anyone was the wiser!<br />
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The <i>Kotiri</i> was first to hit the water in January 1898, The bottle broken on her bow by Nellie Petherick. She just made the Anniversay regatta, but not being tuned up, got nowhere. The mast bent in an alarming manner, and a new (second hand) one was taken from the recently dismantled<a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116901/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank"> </a><i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116901/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Isca</a> </i>(and old campaigner wracked beyond repair in a heroic victory against the crack <i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116814/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Rona</a></i>), which was also the source for the majority of sails and hardware for <i>Kotiri</i>. Slightly unusual for the time, <i>Kotiri</i> used lugs and track for the luff of the main, rather than hoops.<br />
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From the start, <i>Kotiri</i> fair jumped to weather, but was nigh-on impossible to control downwind, requiring up to three men on the tiller to keep her direction. By the beginning of 1899, she had the heel of the rudder removed, and a lead fin added to the stern post. This had the effect of lengthening the keel by four feet, improved windward performance even more, and made her a behave better off the wind.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kotiri showing off her full quarters, rigged as a yawl.<br />
Taken during a ladies's race.<br />
Probably Nellie Petherick at the helm, with another woman in the cockpit.</td></tr>
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The clash between<i> Mawhiti </i>and <i>Kotiri, </i>considered, though not, sister ships, was anticipated with excitement, and much speculation was entertained in the newspapers. <i>Kotiri</i> was painted black, and <i>Mawhiti</i> white to help spectators identify them. <br />
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<i>Mawhiti</i> hit the water in somewhat better form than <i>Kotiri</i> had, and the first two races these boats competed in January 1899, <i>Mawhiti </i>crossed the line first. <i>Mawhiti</i> was lightly and carefully rigged, with a spruce mast and new sails. The only real bit of magpie behaviour was in purchasing the lead, which created a somewhat comedic chain. The Evening Post columnist "Neptune" reported on 26 November 1898:<br />
"Several boats changed hands during the winter, and a few have been pulled about
a bit to suit the various owners. For instance Messers. Penty and Co. bought
Ariel from Messes. Shennan and Co. for the sake of the lead keel. They sold the
hull to Mr. Freyberg, while the sails went to someone else. Mr Freyberg must get
some lead for the keel, so he in turn purchased the Haeata, dismantled her, and
shifted the lead to the Ariel. Haeata has since been sold, and no doubt the new
owner is looking for lead for her keel in his turn."<br />
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As yet, no record is known of a settling of the bet in a one-on-one series, and it may never have occurred. However the two boats continued to be associated in the minds of the yachting and wider community. They oten went in company on cruises to the Marlborough Sounds. A log of a cruise the Mawhiti made in 1900 was printed and can be read <a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/708/documents/Cruise%20of%20the%20Mawhiti%201901-02.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The Fell family purchased <i>Mawhiti</i> in 1902 and removed her to Picton, part of the general exodus of yachts at that time. With the heat leaving racing in the first years of the 20th century, <i>Kotiri </i>underwent the first of many tweaks. She was converted to a yawl, the lead fin removed and the rudder continued to the bottom of the keel. This curbed her speed, but made her more easily handled in cruising. She got her first suit of new sails in 1904.<br />
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Berkeley Clarke purchased <i>Mawhiti</i> November1906 and brought her back to Wellington. A rematch of the original challenge of 1897 was revisited. A prize of five pounds was agreed between the owners, to be competed over a series of three races officiated by Paul Freyberg.<br />
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The first two races were taken out by <i>Kotiri</i>, making a dead rubber of the third. Pressure was put on by Clarke and Freyberg to extend the series to five races. <i>Kotiri</i> accepted and was soundly beaten in light airs. Acrimony and accusations began to fly about using larger sail areas than agreed (<i>Mawhiti</i> had borrowed sails from <i>Iorangi</i> for the race) and a rather bold challenge from<i> Kotiri</i> - 100 pounds on a single race with no restrictions to gear, was published in the Evening Post. Nothing further came of this, and the challenge fizzled out. <br />
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Berkeley Clarke had other things on his mind, and had perhaps been talked into the challenge by other parties. He was planning a move to Sydney, and obviously thought enough of his purchase to take <i>Mawhiti</i> with him in 1907. (But not to bring her back - upon his return to Wellington he purchased the mighty <i><a href="http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getProduct.do/_productId__116836/_siteId__708/method__getProduct/_categoryId__4589" target="_blank">Marangi</a>,</i> which is still making impressive passages).<br />
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<i>Mawhiti</i>, though she rarely beat <i>Kotiri</i> across the line, was nevertheless felt to be the sweeter boat, in both looks and handling. She was obviously a better performer in "Full sail" conditions, which Wellington does not often supply. She had a fine career in Sydney.<br />
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In fact both boats were performers well into the 1950s. <br />
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Information on <i>Mawhiti</i> subsequent to her move to Sydney, and more photos, can be On Malcolm Moore's website <a href="http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/arbor/Mawhiti/Mawhiti_default.html" target="_blank">here</a> (many of the photos here are from his website).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kotiri getting a full makeover at Balaena Bay 1937</td></tr>
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<i>Kotiri</i> raced with the Cruising clubs until about 1914 when she was laid up and largely forgotten about until the early 1920s, When Tom Petherick and his son raced her with the Port Nicholson Yacht Club until his son's death in1929 . She was again left on the hard until 1937, when the three brothers decided to break her up. They were talked out of it, and she was stripped back refinished, rerigged with bermuda sails, and the use of her given to some young men who appear to have made a great life of it. The images of her below show her in action in 1937 or 38.<br />
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She continued to race in the first class after WWII. It is thought she was sold to an American owner and taken overseas some time in the mid 1950s.<br />
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<br />Wellington Classic Yacht Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00577273943334386627noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4164709272506354171.post-25283043830272654562012-11-03T04:13:00.002-07:002013-06-23T03:48:49.059-07:00The Arawa Sailing Club and the half-raters<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Arawa Sailing Club was set up in 1893 for racing of small open boats and centreboarders. It has been credited as being the first club in the country dedicated solely to small boat racing.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Design by William Fife of a half-rater drawn at the order of Alexander Turnbull of Wellington to be built by Robert Logan of Auckland. Miru and Ruru were built to this design and launched in 1895.</td></tr>
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Arawa Sailing Club was founded at a meeting 09 February 1893. It was solely for
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Initially there was great diversity in the fleet, with performers built by professionals Like Bringans and Hogg, Silk and Penty, and Jack Chalmers; gifted amateurs like the Highet brothers; and anything keen youths could get hold of. A handicapping system was organised for the entire fleet, and in 1894 sail numbers were allotted.</span><br />
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competitive man overboard rescue drills. These took place several times per
year during the open days, anniversary regattas, and other special occasions. A
dummy was tossed overboard and the pick-up was timed. This was an innovative
notion, designed to increase the safety aspect of dinghy sailing. In an era of
no life jackets and a surprising lack of swimming skills among sailors. In
Wellington’s blustery conditions where gear breakage and capsizes were a
regular occurrence, the practice is a wise one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By 1895 the club had organised its fleet into two clear
divisions: 14ft and 18ft. During this era boat length referred waterline
length.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An exciting addition to the
fleet was a half-rater named <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dauntless</i>,
designed and built by the great personality and experimenter J. Chalmers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a
retractable fin-bulb keel, the latest development in yacht racing, and was the
first such to be built or raced in Wellington. She raced with the 18 footers until the arrival of <i>Miru</i> (Turnbull) and <i>Vixen</i> (Wardrop), which both arrived just in time for the last race of the 1894/5 season, which <i>Miru</i> won. A veil was drawn
over Vixen’s performance, and she was immediately withdrawn to the yard of Bringans
and Hogg, where she was significantly altered in readiness for the 1895 season.
1/2 raters now had their own division in the club.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the end of the season, the club had approximately
60 members and 17 boats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The half raters began the 1895/6 season with a good fleet. <i>Miru</i>’s
sister ship <i>Ruru</i> joined the fleet, and <i>Vixen</i> emerged from the Clyde Quay
workshop of Bringans and Hogg. The Evening Post (8 November 1895) reported:</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mr T. Y. Wardrop’s half-rater Vixen was launched
yesterday morning from Messrs. Bringans and Hogg’s boatshed, Clyde Quay. She
has been considerably altered since last season. The bulb fin has been deepened
some 15 inches, and shifted aft; the mast has been shifted aft, and more head
sail has been provided. She looks exceedingly smart in her new colours, white
topsides with a gold streak and red bottom, and reflects great credit on Mr. J.
Bringans, who has carried out the alterations and painting.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A new half rater, <i>Arawa</i>, joined the fleet in 1896. She was not competitive though, and soon was racing with the weaker fleet of 18 footers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The 1897/8 season saw a complete change of guard in flag officers.
One suspects there had been some disagreement within the club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Collins, Peteley and Watson were completely
new names to the Club. Reportage of the AGM of October 1897 where these
officers were elected lacked the self-congratulation of reporting an increase
of members, fleet, etc. Rather, it was merely noted that the Timekeeper and
starter of races had discretion as to whether a race should take place<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Private racing between vessels in the club became popular this season. The first of these arranged was between <i>Miru</i> and <i>Ruru</i>. This led to professionals, or at least "ringers" racing the 1/2 raters.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skippers jumped from boat to boat, almost
guaranteeing a prize for each vessel for a number of one-off trophy events. This practice was common among gentlemen</span> sportsmen at the time, much the same as purchasing a share of a thoroughbred horse, and get the best trainers and jockeys as possible to race them. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The 14 footer fleet remained strong, with
talented amateurs like the Highets, Petherick, Moffat, Seager, Freyberg,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and Moore. However the 18 footer division
was suffering being dominated by Bringans’ <i>Iona</i>, and no new blood was coming in.
This was pointed out by a columnist of the Evening Post of 30 Oct
1897, who called for a campaign to generate interest. He suggested a new design published
in the Jan 1897 edition of The Yachtsman.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The season did not begin until late November 1897, and the
announcement from the sailing committee included an “anxious encouragement” to
boat owners, undertaking to arrange a series for boats not measured for the 14,
18 or half rater classes.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miru</td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The opening day was a disappointment as far as sailing
goes. A hard Nor’Wester blew, and only one race of six planned for the fleet (for
the 14 footers) was gotten away. This incensed Chalmers,
as the Dauntless a consistent winner in heavy weather. This was borne out
in the coming season, marred by consistent strong winds, which saw the
<i>Dauntless</i> win the Luxford trophy. <i>Ruru</i> only just won the overall season for the
half raters over <i>Dauntless</i> – at great expense to her gear. The result came down
to the final race, when <i>Ruru</i> secured the services and one of Wellington’s
finest helmsmen, A. Beck. After seveal years of stress,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Miru</i> and <i>Ruru</i>
were capaple at this time in sailing only in light breezes. This left the field to
<i>Dauntless</i>, which only needed to sail the course and wait for the others to suffer gear failure to secure a victory.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The 1898/9 season opened with more enthusiasm, the
political and structural difficulties of a year previous had been largely
overcome, and a real enthusiasm for the half raters and 18 footers was felt.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Vixen</i>, which had been out of commission the previous season
was reintroduced to the fleet, J. Robertson’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>yard at Clyde Quay was working on a new half rater to his own design (26
LOA, 17 LWL 6 Beam and 5 foot fin keel with bulb. <i>Arawa</i>, now owned by Seagar
and Moffat, had had some serious rebuilding, and her lines completely altered,
and expected to be a match for <i>Dauntless</i> in heavy weather. <i>Dauntless</i> herself
was sporting a new mast to accommodate her new sail configuration, which
greatly improved her performance. There was another unspecified rater built by Lindolph
[<i>Haere</i>??]ready to race the season, and another under construction in Newtown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Among the 18 footers, <i>Uira</i>, <i>Boomerang</i>, <i>Iona</i> and <i>Luna</i> were
all extensively overhauled, with a new build by J. Highet almost ready to join
them before the end of the season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even the 14 footer <i>Mab</i>, given up for dead the previous year,
had been rebuilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In March 1899 the club raced its first ladies race.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The club announced their intention to represent Wellington
in the one rater championship to be held in Auckland that year, sending two
boats if possible.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evening Post 09 December 1899</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Columnist Neptune encouraged the club to support the new Mark Foy system. Named for the Australian who invented it, this system of staggered start times according to handicaps, so that participants and spectators know exactly where the boats place without having to wait for the handicappers' report.
He also called for a one-design class. The challenge
of a new class was taken up with the design done on the principles of the
“Yankee Scow”. This was the extreme “Swallow” design published in Rudder
Magazine November 1899, which took off in Christchurch as "Scows" and Napier as "Patikis". Wellington's typically choppy seas didn't lend themselves to the prototype and though several were built, the class wasn't a success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In an effort to retain long-term members of
the club who had now moved on to larger yachts racing with the Port Nicholson
Yacht Club, a new Cruising division was created. Cruising-racing at this time
meant getting out on the water more often without risking damage to expensive gear. They were usually conducted weekday evenings and had limits like
no spinnakers and no racing sails – much like rum racing today. <i>Kotuku</i>, <i>Ripple</i>,
<i>May</i>, <i>Mahaki</i>, <i>Greyhound</i>, <i>Mawhiti</i>, <i>Kotiri</i>, <i>Rona</i>, <i>Mapu</i>, and <i>Taipari</i> were all
regular participants and had to be split into two separate divisions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Membership topped 100, and the Governor General Ranfurly consented to
become patron of the club.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opening day put on its usual bad weather, and only the Dummy
rescue competion and half rater race was completed. <i>Dauntless</i>, suffereing
a bent fin, and <i>Arawa</i> being the only half raters to complete the course. They continued to
dominate the half raters through the season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Highets began asserting their dominance in small boat
sailing by winning both the 14 foot and 18 foot division pennants for the
season. They had been doing well in the 14 foot class with <i>Rewi </i>for years, and
the <i>Maroro</i>, their own design and build, was cleaning up the field in the 18
foot division. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The great success of the season was celebrated with a ball
in June 1899</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1899/1900</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The season opened 18 November, slightly later than planned.
A photography competition was arranged for the event, as was a brass band and
games of water polo and dingy tug-of-war (won by the crew of the <i>Dauntless</i>). The new Patikis were introduced. Crews were encouraged to get up in fancy
dress, and ladies were in evidence on the larger yachts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Art Union raffles were introduced as fundraisers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The club continued to grow with 40 new members approved.
This season characterized itself with fun and games.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fleet gathering for a race ca. 1900</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">G. Highet received the prize at the end of the season for
most wins of the season across the classes and events.</span><br />
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<b>1900/01</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The AGM of November brought attention to the lack of
amenities of small vessels in Wellington harbour. What shelter there was being
diminished by silt build up brought on by reclamation. The years around the
turn of the century were characterised by many vessels being driven from their
swing mooring and fetching up wrecked on the Petone foreshore.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> R. C. Renners’ Muritai (ex-Rogue) ca 1900 displaying <br />
burgees of both the Arawa Sailing Club and Port Nicholson Yacht Club</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the beginnings of a campaign for the harbour Board
to provide dedicated facilities. It was also noted that although growth in
membership and boat register was to be a satisfying development, most of these
were older members and larger boats in the cruising division. The founding
members were also getting older, having careers and families, and/or moving to
larger vessels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New blood had to be
attracted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite fine weather, Opening day was not well attended. R.
C. Renners’ new boat <i>Muritai</i> (ex <i>Rogue</i>) was given the honour of the vanguard of
the procession. The traditional dummy rescue competition took place, as was the
fleet handicap. The 18 footers race had to be cancelled due to lack of wind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The season was notable for a lack of racing for
the 14 footers, usually the fleet for youngsters, and a strong one at that. <i>Dauntless</i> and <i>Arawa</i> again
dominated the half raters, with only <i>Riru</i> coming close. <i>Miru</i> was notable in her
absence.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1901/02 and the demise of the club</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only one new member was elected at the AGM in November 1901,
and comment was made at the tardiness of members paying their membership
subscriptions. It was also noted that members attending the meeting were mostly older men, owners of the Cruising division yachts, in contrast to
the previous year when younger members predominated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sailing programme published 24 December lacked the
lustre of previous years. Despite entries promised, few boats turned up to the
starting line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the AGM in November 1902, it was decided that the club
suspend activities for the 1902/03 season, and no subscriptions be collected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blame for the demise in interest was placed on the decline
of facilities and lack of new ones for small boats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Participation in formal regattas continued under the Arawa Sailing Club
flag through 1903, limited to the cruising division boats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The club never recovered, and the following several years
saw a general decline in recreational yachting. The creation of the Clyde Quay
marina, set aside solely for recreational vessels, a resurgence in interest and
participation in all versions. New clubs for motor boats, centreboarders and
keel yachts sprang up almost overnight.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The greatest achievement of the Arawa Sailing Club was the development and opportunity it provided for children and teenagers to design, build and compete in their own boats. The Highets in particular, proved themselves as good or better than the professionals at times, and continued to dominate the sport until WWI. Harry Highet, the youngest of the boys, went on to design the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-class_yacht" target="_blank"> "P" class</a> - which remains the first step in the development classes in New Zealand.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TABLES</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These tables are based on newspaper reports of the day, and may have some errors. (eg A. M. Silk and E. M. Silk may refer to the same person). The lists of boats are not complete, merely which boats were reported as being new to the club each year,or listed as competitors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">YEAR</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">COMMODORE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">VICE COMMODORE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">REAR COMMODORE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">SECRETARY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">TREASURER</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1894/5</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">T. Y. Wardrop*</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A.Martell Silk</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">R.C. Renner</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 127.45pt;" valign="top" width="170"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">R.C. Renner</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1895/6</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">T. Y. Wardrop</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A.Martell Silk</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">J. Chalmers</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A. H. Turnbull</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 127.45pt;" valign="top" width="170"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A. H. Turnbull</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1896/7</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A. H. Turnbull</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">R. T. Turnbull</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">E. M. Silk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Claude M. Banks **</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 127.45pt;" valign="top" width="170"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Claude M. Banks **</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1897/8</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A. H. Turnbull</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">C. Watson</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">H. Peteley</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">T. M. Collins</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 127.45pt;" valign="top" width="170"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">T. M. Collins</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1898/9</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A. H. Turnbull</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">F. W. Petherick</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">H. Peteley</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">T. M. Collins</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 127.45pt;" valign="top" width="170"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">G. C. Highet</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1899/1900</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 127.45pt;" valign="top" width="170"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.1pt;" valign="top" width="83"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1900/01</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A. H. Turnbull</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">R. C. Renner</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">E. Seagar</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">T. M. Collins</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 127.45pt;" valign="top" width="170"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 62.1pt;" valign="top" width="83"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1901/02</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 92.15pt;" valign="top" width="123"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A. H. Turnbull</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">J. D. M. Georgeson</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.35pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">E. Seagar</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">R. C. Renner</span></div>
</td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 127.45pt;" valign="top" width="170"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">H. T. Ballinger</span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td colspan="6" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 600.65pt;" valign="top" width="801"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Hon. Life member 1896</span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td colspan="6" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 600.65pt;" valign="top" width="801"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">** replaced by J. Cook<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>March 1897. Banks resigned citing pressure of business</span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</b><b></b><br />
<b></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Vessels which competed in the second race of the first season, March 1893:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Iona</i> Messrs
Bringan[s] and Hogg</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rita</i> Messrs Silk
and Cook</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Vera</i> W. Waters</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Myra</i> W. Moore</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Irex</i> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J. Moffatt</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Oriental</i> G. S.
Hill</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Spray</span></i><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> C. M. Banks</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sail numbers as allocated 1894:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 <i>Rita</i> Silk and Penty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 <i>Irex</i> J. Moffat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3<i> Iona</i> J. Bringans<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 <i>Vera</i> W. Waters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 <i>Wave<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 <i>Belle</i> J. Chalmers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 <i>Mariner</i> F. Pickering<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 <i>Spray</i> C. M. Banks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9 <i>Oriental</i> C. S. Hill<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10 <i>Lily</i> J. Highet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11 <i>Myra<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12 <i>Mab</i> G. Hogg</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1895/6</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Half raters:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Dauntless </i>J. Chalmers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><i>Miru</i> A. H Turnbull</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 footers:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Iona</i> J. Bringans<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Rita <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Myra</i> W. Murrell</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 footers:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Curro</i> built by Tom Hodder for J. Jones;
diagonal built, half-decked centreboarder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Belle</i> E. Seager</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Mab</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Spray</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Oriental</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1895/6</b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Half raters:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ruru</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Vixen</i> Wardrop<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 footers:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Moll Don</i> Capt. Jones<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 Footers:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Rewi</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J. Highet<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Kura</i> [<i>Curro?</i>] Messrs. Penty and Beck, purchased early 1896 by
Freyberg.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Mab</i> G. Hogg.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Petherick and Ballinger sold <i>Ripple</i> to Messrs. Thompson
Bros.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> 1896/7<o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Half raters:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Arawa</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unknown</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Trilby</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Irene<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Belle</i> renamed <i>Mabel<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New boats:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 footers<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Irene</i> McHarrie<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Success<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Moana</i> Freyberg<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 footers<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Urina<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Boomerang<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Luna</i> (Millman)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
</div>
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<b>1898/99 </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>New boats<o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Haere<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Maroro</i> G. Highet</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Matea</i> Collins</span></div>
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<b>1899/1900</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18 footer/patiki:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Viola</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Dasher<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b>1901/02</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Tui</i></span></div>
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