Vintage View

In last month’s Vintage Perspectives I described how a contingent of New Zealand yachtsmen, including Charles Webster, had...

In 1916 24-year-old Auckland solicitor Trentham Charles Webster (known as ‘Charles’) was one of 80 men chosen to...

In 1966 Beverley Coles was the first woman to represent New Zealand in yachting overseas. It was on...

It is a reflection on the shape of our society that it was as late as 1966 that...

Awarded for the 27th time since the show began in 1989, the Jens Hansen Cup for best vessel...

I tried to book an appointment with my old friend John Chapple to discuss his life for these...

Last month I left John Chapple in late 1956 planning and working on his new 12ft Q Class...

John David Lincoln Chapple died on 26th November 2025. He was a brilliant sailor, yacht designer and human...

In the last two issues I have described, in the order of their entry, the builders, the engines,...