It has been nearly a year since the last blog post from WWS. But we have been quietly working away on the project. The first news is that The Waiheke Working Sail Trust has been incorporated and we are progressing with getting charitable status for the project. The trustees are…
The Breeze visits Matiatia
The Breeze, a square rigged brigantine from the New Zealand National Maritime Museum, Auckland, and a veteran of anti-nuclear protests at Mururoa Atoll stopped off at Matiatia wharf on Saturday morning to pick up members of the Waiheke Working Sail project: Andrew Watkins, Bernard Rhodes and Alex Balfour for a…
Meeting Sun 29th April 2012
Notes Review of project so far – Millie. Goals build and operate a working sail craft for: Low Energy Transport, Sail training, Boat-building and maintenance skills. Preserving and maintaining traditional skills through genuine work. Currently sail focuses on sport, luxury and hobby/restoraton We are aiming to shift the focus back…
Shipping News
On Monday 16 April we had the opportunity to conduct our first exploratory trip to one of the few wharves still available in Auckland; Panmure Public Wharf. The weather was fine, with a light southwesterly wind. It took approximately 2 hours to get there and about the same on the…