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July 2024

The Tattersfield Brothers Part 4; The Tattersfield brothers go to war

The war years couldn’t dampen the Tattersfield family’s enthusiasm for boating, bringing new boats, new duties, and a family tragedy too.

31 July 2024

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May 2024

The Tattersfield Brothers; Racing years with Altair Part 3

In December 1934 the Tattersfield brothers missed out the Tauranga race in Janet for the first time in many years, probably because of Noel Tattersfie...

20 May 2024

April 2024

The Tattersfield Brothers; Janet and the TransTasman Part 2

In December 1928 Guy and Noel Tattersfield were well pleased with their new purchase, the 32ft keel yacht Janet.

20 April 2024

March 2024

The Tattersfield Bothers; The 24ft Linear Raters Part 1

In the February issue I left Lt. Home Kidson arriving back in England in late 1935 to marry the lovely Lady Georgianna Curzon.

20 March 2024

February 2024

Lieutenant Home Kidston and his toys Part 3

I left Sub Lt R. H. (Home) A. Kidston aboard H.M.S. Diomede at Suva in June 1934 with the newspapers trumpeting that he had entered the MacRobertson L...

20 February 2024

January 2024

Lieutenant Home Kidston and his toys PART 2

When he first arrived in Auckland on August 2, 1933 to join HMS Diomede the Auckland Star called Sub-Lieutenant Home (pronounced Hume by the way) Kids...

4 February 2024

December 2023

Lieutenant Kidston RN of HMS Diomede and his toys

Fresh from Eton and straight from the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, Lieutenant Home Reginald Arthur Kidston joined HMS Diomede on the New Zealand ...

13 December 2023

November 2023

Early Kaipara; The boats of the Bennetts of Port Albert

Small boats, under sail and later power, featured heavily in the history of Albertland.

20 November 2023

September 2023

THE SANDERSON BROTHERS; Truant and the rise of Manola

The Sanderson brothers; Frank Sanderson was the victor of the match race on the Waitematā on December 9, 1882 for a cup between his three-tonner Truan...

18 November 2023

October 2023

The Sanderson Brothers; The loss of Truant, the Logan Alert

I left the Sanderson brothers in the winter of 1885. Frank put the half-decked centre-boarder Truant on the market. Fred had moved up to Totara North ...

20 October 2023

August 2023

The Sanderson Brothers; Yachting in St. George’s Bay in the 1880s

Two brothers, Frank (Francis Joseph) and Fred (Frederick William) Sanderson, played a big part in yachting in St. George’s Bay and Judges’ Bay during ...

8 September 2023

June 2023

Tenetahi; Part 1 – The wreck of Rangatira

In the second half of the 19th century a large part of New Zealand’s coastal trade was in Maori-owned vessels.

30 June 2023

May 2023

Early West Coast Yachting: Alert

By the early years of the 20th century the coal ports, Westport and Greymouth, had developed an active yachting scene which grew out of Gold Rush rowi...

25 May 2023

April 2023

L. Francis Herreshoff’s Rozinante

The family name Herreshoff was undoubtedly the most resonant internationally in the period 1870 to 1950 as yacht designers. The Scottish Fifes were cl...

13 May 2023

History

Bill Couldrey Part 7: The bright, new, post-war years

The outbreak of peace in 1945 brought fresh opportunities for New Zealanders as, bit by bit, life – and yachting – gradually returned to normal.

19 April 2023

Boating Heritage

Bill Couldrey Part 6: World War II

Under the shadow of likely war with Germany on the other side of the globe, 1939 was a very full year for Bill Couldrey’s yard.

1 March 2023

January 2023

Bill Couldrey Part 5: The big year, 1939

1939 was a big year for New Zealand yachting. Mr. Depression was well on the run.

1 February 2023

December 2022

One man and his boats: Bill Couldrey Part IV; Tiromoana, 1937 to Wairiki, 1938

Although Arnold (Bill) Couldrey was producing some of the iconic yachts and launches of the period by 1937, he was by no means a wealthy man. Times we...

25 January 2023

October 2022

One man and his boats: Harold George; Victory at war

Harold George had a busy decade in the 1930s. Despite the Depression the Lovegrove & George legal practice in Queen Street flourished and his yach...

21 October 2022

Boating Heritage

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

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

19 September 2022

August 2022

HAROLD GEORGE: Celox and Victory

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

20 August 2022

July 2022

ONE MAN AND HIS BOATS: Chuck Auger

A few weeks ago I spotted a tiny, battered trophy of a gaff cutter yacht in a box of miscellaneous items on a local auction site. Its sails were crude...

29 July 2022

June 2022

Boy Wells and Florence Part II

In last month’s issue Ian Wells had arrived at the point where his halfbrother Boy Wells of Whitianga was contemplating removing the concrete ballast ...

28 June 2022

May 2022

Re-ballasting Florence

Ian Wells of Wellington Point, Queensland, a former Kiwi, has sent this great tale to the Editor. It is too good to merely paraphrase, so here it is, ...

27 May 2022

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Hook Me Up Fishing Competition - Matakana vs Hillside, 7 Mar 2025 in Whakatane

The Kubota Billfish Classic, 12 - 15 Mar 2025 in Mercury Bay, Whitianga

ITM Fishing Competition, 13 - 16 Mar 2025 in Whangaroa

NZ Lure Masters (Catch, Measure and Release competition), 3 & 4 Oct 2025, New Zealand wide

REGATTAS

Toyota Youth International Match Racing Cup, 26 Feb - 4 Mar 2025 in Auckland

PIC Harbour Classic, 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2025 in Auckland

Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race 2025, starting 11 Oct 2025 TBC from Sydney Harbour

PIC Insurance Brokers Coastal Classic, 24 Oct 2025 TBC from Auckland to Russell

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HYDRO THUNDER

Lucas Oil Hydro Thunder Race - Lake Rotoiti, 8 - 9 Mar 2025 at Nelson Lakes

Lucas Oil Hydro Thunder Race - Lake Twizel, 29 - 30 Mar 2025 at Twizel

JET BOAT RACING

2024/25 NZ Jetsprint Championship R4, 23 Feb 2025 at Wanganui

2025 NZ Marathon Coast-to-Coast, 16 to 25 Mar 2025 starting at Greymouth ad finishing at Christchurch

WATERSPORTS

IWWF University Nationals (waterskiing), 26 February to 2 March Orakei Basin, Auckland

MEET UPS

Bay of Plenty Trailer Yacht Cruising Rally, Easter 2025 at Lake Rotoiti, BOP

SHOWS

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