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September 2025

The second yacht named Tawera

In my last article I wrote about the strong relationship between the menfolk of the Wilson and the Horton families, the proprietors of the successful ...
Article
History

The two yachts named Tawera

A very high proportion of commercial vessels, yachts and launches built in New Zealand from colonisation in the 19th century were given Māori names....
Feature
June 2025

PETREL, Raters again

From its beginnings in the 1860s the sport of yachting in New Zealand had two major streams.
Boating Heritage

The Yates family of the Far North and their Bailey & Lowe launches Part II: Tui Silver Bell

Joseph William (Joe) Conrad, who bought the bigger Tui (now Silver Bell) from Gus Yates in 1914, often used his Māori names, Hohepa Kanara or Hohepa...
Feature
April 2025

The Yates family of the far north and their Bailey & Lowe launches

The Yates family had extensive holdings in the Far North around the turn of the 20th century. Samuel Yates was born in London in 1826. His father was ...
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Antiques & Classics

The New Zealand Raters – Export

In December 1898 a major yachting event was held in Auckland, the first with any true international content. The North Shore Native Regatta and Carniv...
Boating Heritage

The 1895 8-raters

In an international context, perhaps the most extraordinary feature of the Auckland-built raters I have described so far in this series, and those to ...
Article
January 2025

5-raters and spoon bows too

However, by 1895 the 5-raters were attracting even more attention than their smaller stablemates. Where the 2½-raters had become handy 35 to 36ft harb...
Features

The 2½ raters of the 1890s

New Zealand was by no means a backwater in yacht design and construction in 1890. The new ideas had been spread rapidly around the world by publicatio...
Boating Heritage

The Raters

Over two hundred years ago, yachting was a brand-new amateur sport of the moneyed classes in England, Scotland and Ireland. It got its name from the D...
Zealandia II, built by T. M. Lane & Sons in 1910
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New Zealand-built Marine Engines. Part I

The new equipment consisted of some sort of motive power, a vacuum pump, a milking set anda cream separator. Steam engines required a steam ticket and...
August 2024

Boats At War: Motor Launch Patrols 1914-1918

The tactics of Waterloo no longer stood up to infantry fire from modern high-velocity repeating rifles being shot with smokeless powder from concealme...

Salt Attack

Salt Attack – the Supplier of Marine Salt Removing Solutions It all started in the late 90s, when Shane, a marine engineer and his fishing mad family, fed up with the relentless damage sea salt was c...

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NZ owned and operated, BBS Timbers are dedicated to supplying a comprehensive range of high-quality timber and panels to construction companies, architects, designers, builders and individuals all over New Zealand and the Pacific. Our extensive range of hardwood and softwood timbers gives you access to over 40 species of both NZ native and exotic timbers. WHANGAREI (Head Office)27 Kioreroa RoadWhangarei Phone: (09) 438 9358Fax: (09) 430 0455 AUCKLAND82 Henderson Valley Roa...

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