Table of Contents
Introduction 6
01 The Prow 10
02 Fishing Gear 12
03 Global Imperial Exchange in the Hokianga 14
04 Model Prisoners 16
05 Thou Vain Toy 18
06 The Wreck of HMS Orpheus 20
07 Seeing Dead People 22
08 Tough Men, Delicate Work 24
09 Hands Across the Water 26
10 The Handsome Face and the Ugly Trade of William Manson 28
11 A Sextant for a Southpaw 30
12 Toot Toot 34
13 Taking the Leaf 36
14 A Device for Removing Water 38
15 Captain Ross has a Dust-Up with the Regatta Committee 40
16 Teeth Work 42
17 George Quick's Eagle 46
18 51°S 48
19 No Need for Rubbernecking on PS Wakatere 50
20 Frances Shakespear: Citizen Scientist 52
21 Shackleton, Scamp, and Friends 56
22 What's for Tea? 58
23 The Art of the Overlap 60
24 The Life and Times of Peru 64
25 On Magisterial Service 66
26 The Musical Architect of 99 Quay Street 68
27 A Gulf Adventure 70
28 From Otakaro to the Western Front 78
29 Hunger, Espionage, and Regret 80
30 I Wish to Communicate with You 82
31 Leave in a Launch Which is Nice and Handy 84
32 Eight-Ten in the Danger Zone 86
33 Visitors from Japan 88
34 Mussel Dredging on the Rotorua Lakes 90
35 All Your Cordage Needs 92
36 Paddle Power 94
37 Captain Gash and the Flying Machine 96
38 The Ship Beautiful 98
39 The Chronicler of Palliser Bay 100
40 Orpheus Beaumont: Life Saver 102
41 A Steam-Powered Floating Crane 104
42 Nevertheless, She Persisted 106
43 The Mail Must Get Through, or, Poorly and Forlorn of Herne Bay 108
44 Two Passengers, 5000 Dead Sheep 110
45 Night Lights 112
46 Connecting Rods Balanced within the Weight of a Cigarette Paper 114
47 The Noah's Ark of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand 116
48 Rouse 118
49 Joan Breaks Out the Poi on RMS Niagara 120
50 Thirty-Six Biscuits in a Tin 122
51 A Merchant Seaman and a Prize of War Windjammer 124
52 Consider the Bluffie 126
53 Harry Highet's Design Classic 128
54 Number 1924: Stood Loyal Right Through 132
55 Crossing the Line 134
56 Scaling Down 136
57 Shall We Dance? 144
58 How to Build a Wooden Boat 146
59 A Practical Application of Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion 148
60 A Whaler Channels Dean Martin 150
61 Sisterly Boat Bothering in Opua 152
62 The Entire Job is Hand Made 154
63 Canoes of Oceania 156
64 There She Blows 164
65 Exit Through the Cocktail Bar 168
66 Temptations from the Southern Octopus 170
67 A Modernist Gets Spiritual on Behalf of a Sailors' Society 174
68 From the Jaws of a Whale to the Torso of a Sweetheart 176
69 The Day Wahine Sank 178
70 Football: A Displacement Activity 180
71 Funnel Spotting 182
72 From Modest Beginnings 184
73 The Dog 186
74 An Ode to the Compound Diagonal Engine 188
75 A Cunning Plan 190
76 The Menu Man 192
77 Heavenly Objects in a Box 194
78 In the Navy 196
79 The Egalitarian Paper Tiger 198
80 A Brigantine-Rigged Coastal Trader 200
81 Police Exhibit 1490 202
82 A Balancing Act 204
83 The World-Changing Rainbow Warrior 206
84 The Cult of the Seagull 208
85 Saved by a Beer, or Two 210
86 Rings in their Ears 212
87 Ko Nga Tai e Pari Ana: The Flowing Tides 214
88 The Worker 216
89 The Class of the Fijian Drua 218
90 Fly My Pretties 222
91 Variations on Noah's Ark 224
92 Feeling Swell 226
93 The Seahorse 228
94 To the Kermadecs 230
95 Sailors' Tattoos: A Primer 232
96 On the Waterfront 234
97 Let's Go Surfing Now 236
98 Kia U, Kia Mau 238
99 A Floating Prison 240
100 Looking to the Horizon 244
101 Small Ship, Big Wake 246
102 The Mana of the Albatross 248
Glossary of Te Reo Maori 250
Glossary of Maritime Terms 251
Further Reading 254
About the Writer and the Photographer 256
Acknowledgements 257
Index 258
