SO MANY CLASSIC WOODEN CRAFT TO BE VIEWED HERE – 1971 One Ton Cup

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SO MANY CLASSIC WOODEN CRAFT TO BE VIEWED HERE – 1971 One Ton Cup

During the week John Bullivant sent in a link to a very cool film of the One Ton Cup series held in Auckland in 1971. So many classic craft out and about watching the racing. Personally my eye is drawn to the classic launches but there are 100’s of craft afloat. The 34 minute video is narrated by Chris Bouzaid. If you have the time watch the entire film but if time isn’t your friend – most of the spectator footage is around the 7:00 minute and again between 14:00 > 18:12 minutes. I think Lady Crossley makes a cameo appearance around 24:20 minutes.

Enjoy the film and thanks to NZ National Film Unit and NZ ONSCREEN for the original footage. 

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2 thoughts on “SO MANY CLASSIC WOODEN CRAFT TO BE VIEWED HERE – 1971 One Ton Cup”

  1. Excellent footage of the ‘golden era’ of Gulf boating. Great passing shot of the Black Watch/ Lady Norma; what became of her??

    Plenty of other notables. I see Kotanui on the RNZYS berths beside the yachts, she may have been the boat this was filmed from, but she was certainly a commentator boat.

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  2. Great to watch. I remember those days crewing on the Sqaudron’s ‘Scott Colville’ (The real one, not ‘Taro’ which replaced her) handling the large Barcardi marks in the cockpit. The Navy provided an ML for the Committee Boat and a lot of other support. Squadron members in their launches lined the triangular olympic courses off the East Coast Bays. ‘Sirdar’ followed the fleet on the offshore races. Everything was done by volunteers. Far more entertaining than a couple of other sailing events which generate so much blurb these days.

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