Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Back on the big screen 1805. One ship, 197 men, 4500 miles from home. Chasing a French ship twice her size. No retreat. Please join us for drinks and a rip roaring sail adventure movie! Friday 22nd November, 7pm reception at…
Tall Ships Festival
A long awaited tall ships festival will be hosted at the Auckland Waterfront over Labour Weekend – 25th to 28th October. Eight ships and over 600 sailors, participating in tall ships festivals in Melbourne and Sydney, will cross the Tasman for a three-day festival to be hosted by Voyager New…
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…
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…