Over the winter we’ve managed a bit of painting and varnishing on the few fine days. Also the details of the electrical system have been completed by Captain Roy Purvis, electrical engineer, with a schematic wiring diagram that connects the ship’s system with the engine. (Roy sailed with me on…
“Kate” Newsletter January 2025.
The refit You may have seen the “Kate” on the Boating Club hardstand over Christmas for the annual maintenance, scrub and antifoul. Fortunately there were no major problems, just minor repairs and a topside paint job. Young Oscar Jordan-Wise was employed part-time to help and learn, I showed him the…
Spring 2024 Newsletter
Over winter some painting has been done in the rare intervals of fine weather, and the bowsprit was removed, scraped and given 7 coats of varnish in my workshop. On 5th October we laid the Kate alongside the piles, scrubbed the bottom and replaced the zinc anodes. Then on Sunday 6th we took her…
Newsletter February 2024
The Kate has made numerous day-sails over 2023, and we now have several volunteers who are competent crew. Sailors with some experience are welcome to come and ‘learn the ropes’ with a view to eventually mentoring youth on day trips. Once again we entered the Mahurangi Regatta. We made a…
Planning the future for the Kate
Achievements to date. It’s been 10 years since the Waiheke Working Sail Charitable Trust took over custody of the Kate, as she lay derelict on the beach at the Causeway. Built in 1898, she is one of only four of the once-common trading cutters still in existence, strongly-built workboats that…