TASMAN STAR
photo ex Bill Belton
Tasman Star was anchored in Little Shoal Bay just off Bill’s house a few weeks ago. From the photo she looks like a great an ex-fishing boat conversion. Thats a serious dry stack on the starboard side, still it most likely works a treat.
I’m sure one of the woodys thats in the ‘Work Boat’ group will be able to supply more details.
Update ex Baden Pascoe
Nice to see a work boat come up on Woodys. I’m not 100% sure who built her but Dick Lang rings a bell?.
She was built for the ‘dallies’ out west in the 1930’s. Her owner in the early days was Steve Mihaljevich, he fished for the Auckland Seine Boat Ass. Later
on she was owned by the one and only Ginger Gibbs.
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Could anyone tell me more about the Atkinson’s from Mangonui? I’d love to know anything you’ve got for me, thanks
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DICK LANG built TASMAN STAR in 1935.
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Hello
Very nice to discovered some shots of the Tasman Star.
She was my father’s boat built 1935-1937 by Bailys boat builders in Beaumont Street.
Dad worked her with the Auckland Seine Boat fishing for almost 30 years.l can remember many island picnics in the gulf and dad giving me an empty oil can to keep the old Perkins lubed!
He sold it in 1965 to a Mr Atkinson at Mangonui in the far north.
The Tasman Star gave me some very cherished memories.
Cheers
Steve Mihaljevich jnr.
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Colin Mc Dowel of Hatea Dr., Whangarei bought the T.S. from Bill Atkinson as a trawler in poor condition and based it in Whangarei. It was powered by a 6 cylinder Gardener & 3 bladed prop. Was registered NLD1 with Loydes at 50 tons. Winches were changed for Danish Seining in Allan Oram’s boat yard a few years later, Both fuel tanks were replaced, and sponsons added to the hull, Radar, depth sounder and Automatic piolet were added. Later the gardiner was replaced with a Lister & five bladed prop. Two years were spent cray fishing around the Three Kings. When Marsden Point tugs would not go to sea because of the weather Tasman star would go to vessels in distress. When Colin died the T.Star was sold and moved to Auckland .
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Please give her a mast again
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Bryce Beaver
Her fishing rego no was NLD1. Before Ginger owned her she was fished by Lloyd Snell out of Whangarei where her sponsons were added earlier.
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It is more PC to call Dallies Croatian these days I fancy. Yes, that was a sad saga and picture when she went to the aid of the Spirit of Knighthood when she went ashore in Tryphena. Lots of legals but no compensation for TS who also went up. Someone find the pic.
I remember when TS sank off the viaduct and was hoisted up on to the hard off the Emirates NZ sheds. Drain oil and water wash out and refill. D.C. al Fine. Start her up and showers of blue smoke, sprats and crustacia out the exhaust. Drain oil and repeat.
Try that with a Cat or a Volvo.
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It took me more then six month and lots of $ to get her to look the way she does now. She is still a terrific sea boat, the Gardner runs like a clock and I know the new owner will have a lot of years of happy boating to look forward to. K
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Not one of ours Murray. Great history tho. One return trip Ginger steamed her flat out under the viaduct bridge (bridge down!!) And made her a convertible. Tucked her into his shed at viaduct for years and fixed her up. Had a thornycroft in her. She also tried to tow spirit of nz off the beach at gt barrier years ago and got into trouble herself. Thr are great pictures of that
Colin Silby fixed her up and sold her to Paul Greatbatch and we fitted a 6lxb gardner for him. He tuna fished her all around nz. A very capable boat. (Mysteriously sank one day at the viaduct in broad daylight. Interestingly the cost for akland city council to fluff around with the oil spill procedure was more than what it cost to lift her and pump her out). She was sold on twice from then. C
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The best fish shop in the north! Your makeing me fish hungry. Smoked Hapuka and kingy wings and steaks…Yummmmmyyyyy!!!
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Not one of the Pollard line now?
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She fished out of Mangonui for many years when owned by Bill & Jane Atkinson. Bill fished and Jane ran the well-known fish shop.
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Baden is 100% right. She was built by Dick Lang in 1935 for S. Mihaljevic for Danish seine netting.
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