Monthly Archives: November 2014

Sailing Sunday – Northcote & Birkenhead Yacht Club Regatta

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Sailing Sunday – Northcote & Birkenhead Yacht Club Regatta
Yesterdays (01/11/14) regatta marked the official opening of the Northcote & Birkenhead Yacht Club’s new clubroom. A selection of photos below – not my best, I took the wrong camera lens……………….. 😦
Nice to see the Idle Alongs in amongst the classic fleet, even had to help out one that had an oops 🙂
As always – click photos to enlarge – enjoy.

Local resident Bill Belton also had his camera & long lens out & for those that can view the link – there are 182 photos at the link below

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Mondays ww post is a goodie – the latest classic launch to join the CYA fleet – Arohanui, owned by CYA Chairman Rod Marler, a big day for the launch group i.e. the Classic Yacht Association’s top man is now a launch owner 🙂 Must be time for a name change –  Wooden Boat Club……………….. 😉

The story of the Round NZ Cruise of Karros II

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The Round NZ Cruise of Karros II
told by Jillian Inglis & sent in to ww by Jamie Hudson ex Peter Berrett

Click the blue link below to view the story 😉

Ernie’s gone fishin

The above folks is an exceptional read – 3 blokes – Ernie Seagar, Bill Boulton & Dave Jackson (owner skipper of Karros) in Feb 1985 undertook a 7 week circumnavigation of NZ that they loosely describe as ‘Gone Fishin’.
Its 18 pages long so grab a coffee / tea & find a comfy spot – I guarantee you wont be able to stop reading. Make sure you view the photos on pages 15>18. Teaser below

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I understand the story surfaced for the 80th birthday celebration for Ernie Seagar. In the photo below, Ernie is pictured in July 2014,  on-board Margo & Jamie Hudson’s classic launch, Lady Crossley, holding a photo of LC on her launch day, Ernie’s father had LC built by Colin Wild. Ernie’s grandmother launched LC.

Ernie Seagar onboard Lady Crossley