Progress steady but slow. During the Covid lockdowns, I (Bernard) was able to continue working alone on the accommodation. Fortunately, the Trust has very low overhead costs, so we were not too badly affected financially. Crew training. In July we organised a day sail for crew training. In light winds…
Update on the Kate – Jan 2021
Reposted from our January 2021 newsletter. Our day-sail and photoshoot last July resulted in a very nice article in Boating New Zealand December edition by Alex Stone with superb photos by Leslie. Since then progress has been steady on fitting out the interior, so she is now quite liveable. Lance…
October 2020 Newsletter
Big plans for an engine in the Kate; congrats to our newly-graduated apprentice; special thanks and more.
Your chance to own a painting by David Barker
Recently I re-connected with an old friend, marine artist David Barker, as he visited Waiheke on his launch “Feather”. I talked of the vision of “Kate” as she will be, outward bound under full sail with a bunch of trainees aboard, and he agreed to do a painting encapsulating the…
Winter Newsletter
Progress The “Kate” sits snug in her berth between the houseboats while the winter rain and gales come and go, precluding work on the exterior. The re-built stern is almost finished, and the mast and spars await funding to complete them in the Boating Club tent. Finance The money ran…