Boating New Zealand — December 2017

A restored 1927 Royal Navy picket boat is the latest addition to the

privately-owned Rahmi M. Koç Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

She joins an impressive collection of 13,500 other immaculate exhibits.

feature

Restoration

WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY

BY BRUNO CIANCI

128 Boating New Zealand

MAID’S

HONOUR

RESTORING A

LEFT The immaculately-restored 1927 Royal

Navy picket boat – a major asset to the museum.

INSET Maid of Honour at Cowes – 1958.