Mast Stepping Party for the Kate

The culmination of 5 years work to repurpose the Kate is about to be realised! The stepping of the mast is perhaps the most significant development of this project to date;  Once fully rigged, the perception of how the public view her will change dramatically.  We are at the point of realising Bernard Rhodes’ ambition to get…

Winter Work

With money raised so far we tackled some patches of rot in the topsides. It turned out more extensive than at first apparent, as often happens! Tom and Joe did an excellent job of re-planking. They also made 5 pohutukawa frames, floor timbers and keelson ready for fitting when we…