The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
DARING 158 years later
After almost 160-years, an ill-fated unique vessel has returned to its final resting place of Mangawhai, NZ. Built from Kauri by a Nova Scotian boat builder in 1863 and used to transport goods along the coast, only eight months later the the 17m schooner was stranded and reported, wrecked.
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