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Ida Dips Her Toes
IDA DIPS HER TOES
After a full restoration and a Covid19 lock down delay, the 1895 Chas Bailey designed and built by C&W Bailey, Ida finally left Horizon Boats shed on the 1st May 2020 and headed to the water (Stillwater) to be rigged. Yesterday she was lowered into the water with all sails and equipment on board so that the team could determine her water line ready for anti-fouling. At 7050kg and with her slender lines she is going to be a slippery challenge for the rest of Auckland’s A class fleet. Check out the gaff collar – talk about bling 🙂

IDA – All Dressed Up & No Where To Go
https://waitematawoodys.com/2019/07/07/the-restoration-of-ida/

Te Hauraki
TE HAURAKI
Input from Martin Howson – Great story from John Street, for many years Te Hauraki was stored in a barn in Wellsford while owned by George and Alma Hansen, they bought her after she had languished on a mooring in Little Shoal Bay and motored her up to Mangawhai Harbour from there she put on a transporter and into their barn waiting for George to fit a new engine ,that never happened meanwhile she just sat surrounded by vintage cars and covered in bird droppings. After George died she was sold to the Kaipara Harbour where she had a powerful engine fitted and blew away the opposition at the next Pahi Regatta. The rest of the story we all know thanks to John.
JOHN STREET – ONE MAN’S TREASURES VIDEO SERIES
JOHN STREET – ONE MAN’S TREASURES VIDEO SERIES
Over the last week each day we have been featuring video footage of John Street’s recent speaking engagement that supported the exhibition – ‘One Man’s Treasures’ at the New Zealand Maritime Museum, MC’ed by Larry Paul. For the overseas readers, John Street was at the helm for over half a century of Auckland’s historic ship chandlery – Fosters. Such was John’s influence on the New Zealand boating and marine scene, that the late Sir Peter Blake tagged John the ‘Waterfront Mafia’. These days John has a mighty passion for preserving New Zealand’s maritime heritage. Videos’ enhanced & edited by Andrew Christie.
There are 6 videos in the series:
- Fosters The Beginning
- History of The Breeze
- The schooner Daring + TV1 documentary
- 2012 Americas Cup
- The steam crane ship Rapaki
- Tug Boat Racing on the Waitemata Harbour
Today I have pulled them all together in one place for ease of finding them in the future and to highlight the series for anyone that missed a day. Enjoy 🙂
Heather Dawn + John Street on Tug Boat Racing on the Waitemata
HEATHER DAWN
This double-ender launch has got Lake Rotoiti written all over her – her trademe listing (thanks Ian McDonald) states her design is ‘lifeboat’ and built in 1955 – this would suggest that she has been converted to pleasure use. The first thing I would say is the photographer has not been kind to her, in most photos she looks a lot shorter / ‘chunky’ than her actual length of 21’ 6” (the last photo gives us a better view).
Heather Dawn is powered by a 34hp Yanmar diesel. And is very well fitted out.
Home is the bottom of the South Island > Dunedin – but she comes with a new purpose-built braked trailer, so woodys this makes her very flexible in terms of her future location/s.
That diesel stove would help take the chill out of an early morning Lake fishing trip J
JOHN STREET – ONE MAN’S TREASURES VIDEO SERIES – Part 6
Every day this week WW featured a video filmed at John’s recent speaking engagement at the New Zealand Maritime Museum. The language is a tad ‘blue’ in places, but that is how John rolls 🙂 NOTE VIDEO IS COPYRIGHT DO NOT DOWNLOAD WITHOUT PERMISSION. Videos edited & enhanced with the help of Andrew Christie
PART Six – Tug Boat racing on the Waitemata (turn your sound up)
UPCOMING VIDEOS
Monday – Fosters the Beginning
TUESDAY– History of The Breeze
WEDNESDAY– The schooner Daring
THURSDAY– Amercias Cup
FRIDAY – The steam crane ship Rapaki
SATURDAY– Tug Boat Racing on the Waitemata
Naomi (Huria > Vanora) + John Street taking about the steam crane Rapaki
NAOMI – Huria > Vanora
Need several pages more to bring her up to date.
In summary, the current name and builder carved into her is bs.
JOHN STREET – ONE MAN’S TREASURES VIDEO SERIES – Part 5

Silver Spray + John Street on the America’s Cup
SILVER SPRAY + JOHN STREET ON THE AMERICA’S CUP
JOHN STREET – ONE MAN’S TREASURES VIDEO SERIES – Part 4

John Street – One Man’s Treasures Video Series – Part 3
JOHN STREET – ONE MAN’S TREASURES VIDEO SERIES – Part 3
Every day this week we are featuring a video filmed at John’s recent speaking engagement at the New Zealand Maritime Museum. NOTE VIDEO IS COPYRIGHT DO NOT DOWNLOAD WITHOUT PERMISSION. Videos edited & enhanced with the help of Andrew Christie.
Today John talks on rescuing the schooner Daring – a hugely significant piece of New Zealand’s maritime history that lay buried for 153 years on Muriwai Beach, West Auckland, until shifting sands revealed the wreckage. The 2ndvideo is from last weeks TV1 ‘Sunday Programme’
Scroll up to view videos one & two.
PART THREE – The schooner Daring
UPCOMING VIDEOS
MONDAY – The history of Fosters
TUESDAY– History of The Breeze
WEDNESDAY– The schooner Daring
THURSDAY– America’s Cup
FRIDAY – The steam crane ship Rapaki
SATURDAY– Tug Boat Racing on the Waitemata
Petrel + John Street – One Man’s Treasures – Video Series – Part 2
JOHN STREET – ONE MAN’S TREASURES – VIDEO SERIES – Part Two

