R Tucker Thompson
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| Industry | Tourism |
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| Location | Opua,, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand |
| Introduction | R. Tucker Thompson started the traditional gaff-rigged schooner, R. Tucker Thompson in the late 1970s as a project to embody the best features of a traditional design, married to the materials of today. After Tucker’s death, Tucker’s son Tod Thompson and Russell Harris completed the R. Tucker Thompson. The ship was built in Mangawhai, New Zealand and launched in 1985. Her design is based on the Halibut schooners of the North West American coast, which were considered fast and sea kindly and easily manned. She has a lofty rig of varnished oregon spars. Kwila decks and bulwarks with flashes of brasswork to make her look as she should, a working ship of the 18th Century, purposeful and square –shouldered, but with a touch of style and speed – sufficient to out-run the law! |