Vessel: brigantine BREEZE (1981)

Maker
Sewell, Ralph Frank (b.1927, d.1999)
Boyd & McMaster Sailmakers (estab. 1920s)
 Production date
1981
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Object detail

Description
The brigantine BREEZE was launched at Coromandel October 1981. Built by Ralph Sewell and his family in a traditional fashion to represent the small sailing ships plying New Zealand waters in the second half of the 19th century. Run by BREEZE Sailing Club.

The BREEZE Sailed to Mururoa and Tahiti in 1985 to protest French nuclear testing, after bombing of RAINBOW WARRIOR. Laid up at Kerikeri until 1989 when acquired by The New Zealand Maritime Museum Huia te Ananui a Tangaroa.
Accession number
1989.30.1
Museum System ID
1
Collection type
Objects
Classification
Brig, Hermaphrodite
Maker and role
Sewell, Ralph Frank (b.1927, d.1999): Boatbuilder
Boyd & McMaster Sailmakers (estab. 1920s): Sailmaker
Media/Materials
Wood: 0 - Whole
Aluminium: Bilge pump,'Meteor'
Kauri: H - Deck Planking
Totara: H - Deck Planking
Kauri: H - Planking
Duradon: R - Sails
Oregon: R - Spars
Measurement details
Reg. Length (m): 16.1m (52 11/16ft): 0 - Whole
Reg. Breadth (m): 5m (16 9/16ft): 0 - Whole
Reg. Depth (m): 1.6m (5 5/16ft): 0 - Whole
G.R.T. (ton): 31 ton (30.5t): 0 - Whole
N.r.t. (ton): 23 ton (22.6t): 0 - Whole
Length Overall (L.O.A.) (ft): 60ft (18.3m): 0 - Whole
Beam (ft): 16ft (4.9m): 0 - Whole
Draught (ft): 6 13/16ft (2.1m): 0 - Whole
Displacement (ton): 35 ton (34.4t): 0 - Whole
Sail Area (sq ft): 2330sq ft (217sq m): 0 - Whole
Power (hp): 64hp (48kw): 0 - Whole
Diameter (mm): 160mm (1/2ft): 0 - Whole
Height (mm): 260mm (7/8ft): e - toilet
Diameter (mm): 340mm (1 1/8ft): e - toilet
3D objects (HxWxD): H 210 x W 270 x D 70mm: 6 - Radio
Production place and notes
Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Auckland Region, Aotearoa New Zealand
On display?
On display
Record level
Vessel

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