MANURERE – Work Boat Wednesday
The 43’ Manurere was built by Miller and Tunnage in Port Chalmers and launched in 1937. She spent her working life cray and cod potting, exclusively in the Dunedin and Stewart Island areas. She is constructed in 1 and ½ inch kauri strip planking with spotted gum frames. Manurere has a 11’ 6″ beam and 5′ draft.
Based in Lyttleton, for the last 18 years, she has been extensively restored during that time. Powered by a 120hp Iveco Fiat. (thanks to Marcus Petraska for the tme listing heads up)
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I would like to make a few corrections on the history of Manurere. In her first 11 years of launching she was engaged in the blue cod industry. Method of catching cod during this time was hand lines. Cod Pots or traps had not yet been invented. Cray fishing kicked off at Stewart Island in 1948. Codding was an autumn and winter seasonal occupation. During spring and summer months Manurere was engaged in the touristing/charter industry at Stewart Island.
Too my knowledge Manurere was never engaged in fishing in Otago waters prior to being sold to Lyttleton.
I know this for my father was the skipper from the day she was launched until he took over another new build in August 1954.
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Strip planking was around at the time, mainly in North America, and almost exclusively in small craft. Back then very narrow strips were used, and not even Concave/convex edged, relying on the strips swelling when wetted to be watertight. (No modern glues then either! – just edge nailing.)
But I agree, it’s most unlikely that M & T would have built her that way. Is somebody confusing strip planking with carvel planking?
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Can you clarify, I would question whether M & T would have strip planked anything at that time. This is a learned discussion page and we have to be correct!
As I understand it, strip planking is a relatively modern technique using narrow planks with concave/convex edges and heaps of glue. I reckon she’d have been a conventional shipbuilding job of the day. Lovely ship -I used to pay my respects whenever I passed through Lyttleton. Sorry I’ll rephrase that -I’d call past the port whenever I was passing Christchurch.
She had a recent modelling of her wheelhouse and I’m glad it was relatively tasteful.
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