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The collection below are digitised images of a collection of lantern slides in the Wellington Museum of City and Sea collection. The digitisation was done by Claire Viscovic using Alexander Turnbull Library equipment. Grateful acknowledgement to David Waller of the Museum of Wellington City and Sea and David Adams and Claire Viscovic of the Alexander Turnbull Library.

The vast majority are taken between 1911 and 1914.

The value of this collection is difficult to over emphasize - there are many named images of vessels which have hitherto been known, but no good quality images of them have been in the public domain. Among these are the keelboats Ethel, Akitea, Nikau, Ngarau, Nanonya, White Heather, Iolanthe and Ruihi; and the named images of the "flatties". "Flattie" was the term applied to the hard-chined centreboard boats which in New Zealand, were first developed in Wellington from about 1900, and taken up nation-wide through the 1920s through the rest of the 20th Century. Now largely forgoten, they were the parent of the I, P, Y, and V classes. The "Sea Wren" type is informally applied. They were inspired by a design of that name published in The Rudder magazine.

KEELBOATS

Ailsa

708_CitySeaAilsa-03

708_CitySeaAilsa

Akitea

708_CitySeaAkitea-02

708_CitySeaAkitea-03

Amai and Lizzie

708_CitySeaLizzie-Amai

Atalanta

708_CitySeaAtalanta

708_CitySeaAtlanta

Ethel

708_CitySeaEthel-006

708_CitySeaEthel-02

708_CitySeaEthel-03

708_CitySeaEthel

Iolanthe

708_CitySeaIolanthe

Iolanthe, Taipare, Donker (Nancy Stair)

708_CitySeaIolanthe-Taipare-Donker

Janet

708_CitySeaJanet-02

708_CitySeaJanet

Kotiri

708_CitySeaKotiri-02

708_CitySeaKotiri

Lizzie

708_CitySeaLizzie-02

708_CitySeaLizzie-03

708_CitySeaLizzie

Mahina

708_CitySeaMaheno 2

708_CitySeaMaheno-02

708_CitySeaMaheno-03

708_CitySeaMaheno-04

708_CitySeaMaheno-05

Mahina and Siren

708_CitySeaMaheno-Siren

Mahaki

708_CitySeaMohaki

Muritai (Rogue)

708_CitySeaMuritai-02

708_CitySeaMuritai

Nancy Stair

708_CitySeaNancy-Stair-02

708_CitySeaNancy-Stair-03

708_CitySeaNancy-Stair

Nanonya

708_CitySeaNanoya

Naval cutter

708_CitySeaNaval-Cutter

Ngarau?

708_CitySeaNgarau

Nikau

708_CitySeaNikau

Rawene

708_CitySeaRawene-02

708_CitySeaRawene

Rona

708_CitySeaRona-01

708_CitySeaRona-02

708_CitySeaRona-03

Ruihi

708_CitySeaRuihi-02

708_CitySeaRuihi-03

708_CitySeaRuihi

Taipare

708_CitySeaTaipare-02

708_CitySeaTaipare

Tangaroa

708_CitySeaTangaroa-02

708_CitySeaTangaroa

Viking

708_CitySeaViking

Wairere

708_CitySeaWairere

708_CitySeaWairere

Wairere II

708_CitySeaWairere-II

708_CitySeaLantern-Slides-01

Waitangi

708_CitySeaWaitangi-02

708_CitySeaWaitangi

White Heather

708_CitySeaWhite-Heather-02

708_CitySeaWhite-Heather

White Heather and Windward

708_CitySeaWhite-Heather-Windward

White Wings

708_CitySeaWhite-Wings-02

708_CitySeaWhite-wings

Windward

708_CitySeaWindward

Windward and Taipare

708_CitySeaWindward-Taipare

Wylo

708_CitySeaWylo

Xarifa

708_CitySeaXarifa

Xarifa and Thetis

708_CitySeaXarifa-Thetis

Unknown

708_CitySeaLantern-Slides-03

Unknown - probably Rawene

708_CitySeaRawene-probably

14 FOOT CENTREBOARDERS: FLATTIES AND SEA WREN TYPES

FLATTIES

Geisha

708_CitySeaGeisha

Geisha and other flatties

708_CitySeaGeisha-flatties

Nan

708_CitySeaNan

708_CitySeaStart-Flatties-race-02

708_CitySeaStart-Flatties-race

SEA WREN TYPES

Harrier

708_CitySeaHarrier

708_CitySeaTe-Runa

Tom Wilford

708_CitySeaTom-Wilford

OTHER

Thorndon Dinghy Club

708_CitySeaThorndon-Dinghy-club

Capsizes

708_CitySeaCapsize

708_CitySeaLantern-Slides-02

Not Wellington: Santanita and Valkyrie racing on the Solent, UK. A race for 100 pounds some time in the 1890s

708_CitySeaSantanita-Valkyrie-Race-$100


Nan
Nan
Vessel Name:Nan
Builder:Edwin Bailey
Designer:Edwin Bailey
Place built:Wellington
Year built:1910
LOA:14
Class:Centreboarder
Photo source:Wellington Museum of City and Sea