Mapu
Builder:John Waymouth
Place built:Auckland
Year built:1883
LOA:33
LWL:28
Beam:7
Owners:Freyberg Bros (Wellington, 1899-??) ; J.McClean (Wellington, 18??-18??) ; O. B. Waymouth (Auckland ?? - 1888-1889)
Notes:Built as a centreboarder for commercial fishing (named Seagull), purchased back by O. B. Waymouth, renamed, and converted to keel yacht for racing. Arrived Wellington 1889. By 1900 already considered old, leaky, and not a good sea boat. Converted to a launch and operating at Nelson some time before 1914.
Photo source:Alexander Turnbull Library