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Cambridge
Cornwall
Cumberland
Derby
Dorset
Durham
Essex
Gloucester 1941
Haparangi
1947 - 73
Hauraki
Hinakura 1949 - 74
Hororata 1913 - 42
Hororata 1942 - 67
Huntingdon
Hurunui 1948
Kaikoura 1894 - 1907
Kaikoura 1903 - 26
Kaipaki 1939 - 55
Kaipara 1903 - 14
Kaipara 1938 - 55
Kent
Manapouri 1968
Middlesex
Norfolk
Northumberland
Nottingham
Opawa 1906 - 28
Opawa 1931 - 42
Otaio 1930 - 41
Otaio 1957
Otaki 1907 - 17
Otaki 1920 - 34
Otaki 1953
Otarama 1920 - 28
Papanui 1898 - 1911
Papanui 1942 - 62
Paparoa 1944 - 70
Piako 1962
Piako Sea Trial logs
Pipiriki 1944 - 71
Rakaia
1945
Rangitane 1929 - 40
Rangitane 1950
Rangitata 1929 - 62
Rangitiki 1929 - 62
Rangitoto 1949
Remuera 1911 - 40
Remuera 1948
Rimutaka 1900 - 30
Rimutaka 1923
Rotorua 1911
Ruahine 1909 - 49
Ruahine 1951
Ruapehu 1901 - 31
Sussex
Somerset
Surrey
Taupo 1966
Tekoa 1922 - 58
Tekoa 1966
Tongariro 1883 - 99
Tongariro 1901 - 16
Tongariro 1924 - 60
Tongariro 1967
Turakina 1923 - 40
Turakina 1960
Waimate
Westmoreland
Whangaroa
Whakatane 1900 - 24
Whakatane 1954
NZ Maritime Museum
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photo courtesy of Stuart Edwards
The ‘Hinakura’ anchored off at Apia Western Samoa. We had come
down from Panama via Christmas Island to supply the military at
the atomic testing site and had been asked to keep a sharp
lookout for a raft manned by a lone American seaman out from
Peru to Australia and he hadn’t been heard from in weeks. On
arrival in Apia, there he was complete with his raft, his radio
equipment had broken down hence his lack of contact. The name of
the raft was ‘Age Unlimited’ and the name of the gent was
William Willis, a 70-odd year old adventurer. I feel sure when
you look at the pic you’ll agree that sailing single handed
across the Pacific in a vessel such as this could be construed
as somewhat foolhardy. I have this pic as my wallpaper just to
remind myself that anything is possible at any age – but not
this particular feat for me. The date for these two pics is
late October/early November 1963 |
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