Boating New Zealand — January 2018

120 Boating New Zealand

TOP Controlled

chaos on the

startline.

ABOVE LEFT

A Joel White

shellback dinghy.

LEFT Former

Olympian Brett De

Their in his elegant

gaff-rigged dory.

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With the support of the Ferrymead Mitre 10, the Canterbury

Classic Boat group was able to build a boat in a day. The boat

was an American flat-bottomed rowing skiff and was raffled off

at the event prize-giving.

With the help of pre-made frames, pre-cut ply panels and

much unsolicited advice, the skiff was slapped together with

screws, glue and plenty of humour before being launched for a

lap rowing around a low-tide sand bank.

Conditions for the afternoon sail-past/race were perfect with

a moderate southwesterly harbour draft. The lead was swapped

between several Joel White shellback dinghies, a Welsford

Navigator and former Olympian Brett De Their in his elegant

gaff-rigged dory. BNZ