ADA / IDA – Can We Join The Dots

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ADA / IDA – Can We Join The Dots

Recently WW was contacted by Tom Gordon in relation to his boat – ADA that Tom is trying to find out more information – I’ll hand over to Tom below:

“ ADA,  I have been told is one of the 3 kauri hulled boats. The three I believe were built by Miller and Tunnage in the 1920’s however so far I’ve not been able to find out some more finer details in regards to exact build date or archive type photos. I’m looking to repair ADA and re float to maintain some heritage now that I’ve learned some history. 

Sir Clifford Skeggs was an owner and one of his ex workers ‘Squidly’ from Taieri Mouth, Dunedin did own it also. Sadly he has now passed and I’m unsure if Cliff is still alive.

I’m wondering if the vessel – INA in the WW archives (WW link below) is definitely one of the three sisters to ADA. I’ve also heard of the names ROA and IMP,  potentially one of these is the 3rd? “https://waitematawoodys.com/2019/10/11/ida-woody-classics-weekend-stillwater-picnic-cruise-update/

Can we help Tom out with more intel on ADA and potentially the ’sisters’

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2 thoughts on “ADA / IDA – Can We Join The Dots”

  1. Peter, that rock in the background is taieri island and the rock wall that is on the northern side of it. It’s beached on the bar by squidly in taieri mouth and photo captured by the otago daily times. Sadly, squidly had a few rough trios that caused more than one grounding and more than one sinking

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  2. Sir Cliff Skeggs (not Skaggs) was the owner of Skeggs Fisheries based at Dunedin. His involvement with these boats, I do not know. But he was the big boy of fisheries and business in general in Dunedin 45 years ago, and had many (most) boats either owned by his company or leased. (He would have been one of the bigger wheels in the Dunedin business environment in his day). There were other fishing companies, and many sole traders, but Skeggs was very well known. It was up there.

    The photos, I recognise at being at Taieri Mouth, 40/50km south of Dunedin. (But I don’t know about the one at the top….where it looks like the boat is grounded, it’s in the area… but I can’t figure out the location of the long line of rocks, maybe coz I never grounded right there!! IT could be immediately around the corner, but I have never captured that view)

    Millar and Tunnage, boat and shipbuilders at Port Chalmers, had a restructuring around 1990ish (+/- a couple of years)…. I don’t know what records they still have. The business is still there. But there was a very large change in the company back then.

    Peter M

    Dunedin

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