We love their work!
Classic Yacht Association of New Zealand
New Zealand Traditional Boatbuilding School
New Zealand Maritime Index (Bill Laxon Maritime Museum)
Further Reading
Below is a selection of reading on yachting in the Wellington region. Some have a national perspective, but have significant regional content that lends perspective.
A Century on the bay: a history of the first hundred years of the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club. Gavin Pascoe. Wellington: Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club. 2019.
Classic: the revival of classic boating in New Zealand. Ivor Wilkins. Auckland: Random House. 2010.
Cockle Cove. Lorna Mason. Queen Charlotte Sound: Cape Catley. 2000.
Half a century on the Bay : the first 50 years of the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club. Robin McMillan. Wellington: Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club, 1969.
Heretaunga Boating Club: 100 years sailing Petone 1906-2006. Helen R.M.Smith (ed). Petone: Heretaunga Boating Club. 2005.
Sailors of 41° south : stories from the Nelson Yacht Club 1857-2007. Tracy Neal. Nelson: Nelson Yacht Club. 2007.
Sandbanks & centreboards: a sixty-four year history of the Paremata Boating Club 1923-1987. Helen Riggir, Ian Riggir, Ross Giblin. Plimmerton: Paremata Boating Club.
The Logans : New Zealand's greatest boatbuilding family. Robin Elliott, Harold Kidd. Auckland: David Ling Publishing. 2001.
The Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club: One hundred years 1883-1983. J B Cronin (ed). Wellington: Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club. 1983.
Southern breeze. Harold Kidd, Robin Elliott and David Pardon. Auckland: Viking. 1999.