1. USCG POLAR STAR (IMO 7367471) - A US Coatguard icebreaker, outbound from Auckland bound for Yokosuka, Japan passes the inbound Royal Navy's HMS. TAMAR, a Tamar-class patrol ship visiting Auckland for... Date: 25 February 2024 Image ID 13398
2. USCG POLAR STAR (IMO 7367471) - Built in 1976, the 13,190gt US Coastguard icebreaker Polar Star arrived in Auckland direct from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
A maiden caller in the city, despite her... Date: 20 February 2024 Image ID 13394
3. USCG POLAR STAR (IMO 7367471) - Built in 1976, the 13,190gt US Coastguard icebreaker Polar Star arrived in Auckland direct from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
A maiden caller in the city, despite her... Date: 20 February 2024 Image ID 13393
4. VANESSA - Looking very much like a workboat, VANESSA passes the Tamaki Yacht Club on Auckland’s Anniversary Regatta Day on Monday this week.
According to the website... Date: 29 January 2024 Image ID 13363
5. VANESSA - Looking very much like a workboat, VANESSA passes the Tamaki Yacht Club on Auckland’s Anniversary Regatta Day on Monday this week.
According to the website... Date: 29 January 2024 Image ID 13356
6. GOLDEN ROSE, launched in 1964 and still doing what she does best in 2023.......providing a lifeline carrying freight, diesel and LPG to the residents of Rakino and Great Barrier Islands in the Hauraki... Date: 19 December 2023 Image ID 13289
7. This former RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution, UK) arrived in New Zealand to be named P&O NEDLLOYD RESCUE by the Waiheke Volunteer Coastguard. Built by Bideford Shipyard (now Harland & Wolff -... Date: 11 January 2013 Image ID 13144
8. This former RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution, UK) arrived in New Zealand to be named P&O NEDLLOYD RESCUE by the Waiheke Volunteer Coastguard. Built by Bideford Shipyard (now Harland & Wolff -... Date: 11 January 2013 Image ID 13143
9. ZAFFIRO Date: 29 March 2023 Image ID 13006
10. REHIA - 36’ loa was built in 1939 by renowned wooden boat craftsman Colin Wild in Stanley Bay, Auckland. The vessel change ownership in 2021 and has been undergoing internal restoration. Date: 7 April 2023 Image ID 12997
11. REHIA - 36’ loa was built in 1939 by renowned wooden boat craftsman Colin Wild in Stanley Bay, Auckland. The vessel change ownership in 2021 and has been undergoing internal restoration. Date: 7 April 2023 Image ID 12993
12. DEFENDTEX HORIZON (1984/343gt/323dwt/IMO 8406200, ex-SEAHORSE HORIZON, PROTECTOR, BLUE NABILLA) a weapons trials vessel, alongside in Melbourne, Australia. She was built by Elder Prince Marine... Date: 6 March 2023 Image ID 12968
13. YWAM KOHA (1968/486gt/IMO 6815691, ex-CLAYMORE II, ISIBANE, KONRAD MEISEL)
She was built at the Jadewerft yard in Wilhelmshaven, Germany in 1968 and launched as Konrad Meisel and later renamed... Date: 20 November 2022 Image ID 12749
14. MARLIN H.Q. - allegedly a former prawn boat in South America, she was sailed across to NZ to become a mothership to support extended game fishing for the owners sport fisher. Seen here leaving... Date: 2008 Image ID 12613
15. MARLIN H.Q. - allegedly a former prawn boat in South America, she was sailed across to NZ to become a mothership to support extended game fishing for the owners sport fisher. Seen here leaving... Date: 2008 Image ID 12612
16. GOLDEN ROSE, launched in 1964 and still doing what she does best, providing a lifeline carrying freight, diesel and LPG to the residents of Rakino and Great Barrier Islands.
She is home-ported in... Date: 22 March 2022 Image ID 12539
17. GOLDEN ROSE, launched in 1964 and still doing what she does best, providing a lifeline carrying freight, diesel and LPG to the residents of Rakino and Great Barrier Islands.
She is home-ported in... Date: 22 March 2022 Image ID 12538
18. TRINIDAD - a classic 52' launch built in 1964 by Salthouse Boatbuilders of Auckland. Date: 6 March 2020 Image ID 12325
19. TRINIDAD - a 52' classic launch built in 1964 by Salthouse Boatbuilders of Auckland adds to the scene of a busy Waitemata Harbour as the charterboat DREAMWEAVER is seen inbound to the Viaduct and... Date: 6 March 2020 Image ID 12316
20. STARLET (N46) - A 13.94m trawler styled, ocean-going motor yacht built by Nordhavn Yachts of California, arriving into Auckland. Date: 16 April 2021 Image ID 12256
21. CEREGO arriving in Auckland. Is it a charterboat? Is it a trawler/fishing boat? No, it seems it has been renovated as a private residence for an artist. Date: 19 February 2021 Image ID 12099
22. AWANUI - a privately owned vessel registered in Bluff but now, apparently based in Auckland. Any further technical details much appreciated, Date: 25 March 2021 Image ID 12079
23. SUNBORN LONDON - If you don't have the budget to charter a superyacht or you get seasick at the mere thought of being on the ocean, then this is for you. Moored near Canary Wharf at Royal Victoria... Date: 22 July 2019 Image ID 11907
24. SUNBORN LONDON - If you don't have the budget to charter a superyacht or you get seasick at the mere thought of being on the ocean, then this is for you. Moored near Canary Wharf at Royal Victoria... Date: 22 July 2019 Image ID 11906
25. TRAMBOAT - the world's first floating tram, based in Victoria Harbour Docklands, Melbourne, Australia. Cruises operate, depending on tides along the Yarra upriver as far as Hawthorn or along the... Date: 21 March 2019 Image ID 11706
26. MATANUI (ex-SAN LUIS) was built in Picton, NZ in 1923 by Ernie Lane. She was designed specifically for handling the waters of the Cook Strait. She was put up for sale two years later when she was... Date: 21 January 2019 Image ID 11600
27. MUNGOJERRIE - a luxury catamaran built in Opua, Northland, seen heading to Auckland from Waiheke Island. ANYONE WITH ANY FURTHER DETAIL, PLEASE EMAIL. Date: 26 October 2018 Image ID 11568
28. ALI - approaching Auckland's Viaduct Basin. Date: 17 October 2018 Image ID 11500
29. ALI - approaching Auckland's Viaduct Basin. Date: 17 October 2018 Image ID 11499
30. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats, is the first foil assisted catamaran pilot boat in Australia or New Zealand. She was built by Q-West in Whanganui, NZ, is 15.6m in length, has a 5.5m... Date: 28 September 2018 Image ID 11473
31. LADY CROSSLEY (1947) - designed and built by Colin Wild. She underwent a loving refurbishment in 2013 by Opua master boat builder Craig McInnes. She is seen here heading home on Auckland's Waitemata... Date: 15 June 2018 Image ID 11444
32. Greenpeace flagship RAINBOW WARRIOR (3) [2011/855grt/IMO 9575383] sailed from Auckland bound for Wellington following a 5-day stop-over in Auckland.
She is currently making a six-week long “Making... Date: 17 September 2018 Image ID 11429
33. Greenpeace flagship RAINBOW WARRIOR (3) [2011/855grt/IMO 9575383] sailed from Auckland bound for Wellington following a 5-day stop-over in Auckland.
She is currently making a six-week long “Making... Date: 17 September 2018 Image ID 11428
34. NAUTILUS (1913) - one of Auckland's National Maritime Museum's fleet of heritage craft, passes the departing bulk carrier SWIFTNES.
During her life NAUTILUS has been used as a private family... Date: 13 August 2018 Image ID 11411
35. KAIWAKA - originally built as a fishing boat, reportedly looking substantially different, she now is used as a private launch based out of Westhaven Marina, Auckland. Date: 30 June 2018 Image ID 11356
36. TRANS FUTURE 7 (2006/60401grt/IMO 9326093) - becoming the very first vessel to use it, Toyofuji Shipping's car carrier is manoeuvred alongside Ports of Auckland's newly completed but yet to be... Date: 27 April 2018 Image ID 11298
37. HAUNUI - a 22-metre waka hourua (Polynesian voyaging canoe) operated by the Te Toki Voyaging Trust of Whatawhata, New Zealand. The trust’s aim is the revitalisation of Polynesian waka culture in... Date: 27 April 2018 Image ID 11291
38. NIGHT STALKER - a former fishing boat now used by her owner for cruising, outbound from Auckland's Viaduct Basin. Date: 29 January 2018 Image ID 11174
39. NAUTILUS (1913) - the latest addition to Auckland's National Maritime Museum's fleet of heritage craft. During her life she has been used as a private family cruiser, a charter boat, a ferry and... Date: 13 May 2017 Image ID 10985
40. AOTEAROA ONE - twin-hulled waka hourua (ocean-going or bluewater) voyaging canoe based in Auckland (Tamaki Makaurau). Date: 13 May 2017 Image ID 10957
41. GEO RESOLUTION (1989/1913grt, ex-HMNZS RESOLUTION) - The former Royal New Zealand Navy hydrographic survey ship HMNZS RESOLUTION was acquired by EGS Group of the UK in 2014 following decommissioning... Date: 31 March 2017 Image ID 10931
42. AOTEAROA ONE - twin-hulled waka hourua (ocean-going or bluewater) voyaging canoe based in Auckland (Tamaki Makaurau) heads out into the Waitemata Harbour on a beautifully still morning. These... Date: 31 March 2017 Image ID 10906
43. AOTEAROA ONE - twin-hulled waka hourua (ocean-going or bluewater) voyaging canoe based in Auckland (Tamaki Makaurau) heads out into the Waitemata Harbour on a beautifully still morning. These... Date: 31 March 2017 Image ID 10905
44. CLOUD NINE - outbound from Auckland. Any details welcomed. Date: 6 December 2016 Image ID 10741
45. LADY CROSSLEY (1947, nearest camera) - designed and built by Colin Wild. She underwent a loving refurbishment in 2013 by Opua master boat builder Craig McInnes. She is seen here heading home on... Date: 4 December 2016 Image ID 10739
46. LADY CROSSLEY (1947) - designed and built by Colin Wild. She underwent a loving refurbishment in 2013 by Opua master boat builder Craig McInnes.
She is seen here heading home on Auckland's Waitemata... Date: 4 December 2016 Image ID 10738
47. KAILUA - designed and built by Bob Salthouse in 1960, seen here heading home in Auckland. Date: 4 December 2016 Image ID 10737
48. A Maori waka (war canoe), Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. Date: 19 November 2016 Image ID 10719
49. KARERE III - built in 1974 by Bob Salthouse of 3 skins of Kauri for Logan Colemore-Williams of the then well known Auckland company Sonata Laboratories. She was lengthened in Picton by Jim Cary,... Date: 28 January 2016 Image ID 10367
50. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Not part of the race, these guys were on the water to drive home their message. Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10332
51. Seen on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, paddling his own Polynesian outrigger canoe. Date: 27 May 2015 Image ID 10116