2026 NEW ZEALAND ANTIQUE & CLASSIC BOAT SHOW
In the first weekend of March we have one on NZ’s coolest wooden boating events – the NZ Antique & Classic Boatshow, hosted in Kerr Bay, Lake Rotoiti, Nelson Lakes National Park.
Todays coverage of the event is a perfect example of how the WW community works – I get an email from a friend (John Burland) living in Germany informing me a friend of his (Cam Rodgers) is attending the show this year and would I like some photos – short answer – YES.
So thanks to Cam today we get to have a gander at the show. Looks like the weather gods were smiling.
Remember – click to enlarge photos and enjoy the gallery 🙂
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Very picturesque – Riva , Mosquito craft, Whalers and Oughtred rowing boat look good but would you put to sea in some of the others….
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Riva was an Italian boatbuilding organization founded in 1842 & around the 1960s era was specializing in luxury craft many types including the one in above image of LOLA.
She is a RIVA, & her model is a “TRITONE,”
Rivas were owned by many of the big names of American film stars, & other well known American dignitaries, for a good number of years, including the 1960s era, when LOLA was built, & it was real prestige symbol, & the “done thing”, it seems, to be seen to own a RIVA, at that time.
Finally, to clarify my above comment, it was her propellers that counter rotated, not the engines. — KEN R
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The stunning varnished sports boat with the light blue boot top, is almost certainly the LOLA powered by twin Crusader 5.7 litre 270hp V8 counter rotating petrol engines. — KEN R
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