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A New Zealand Yachting Icon.
A frequently question asked is “What is a Mullet Boat, and why is it called that”? The answer is it is a small ballasted centreboard yacht that is unique to Auckland, descended directly from a type of small fishing boat of (roughly) of 140 years ago. When Auckland was founded as the capital of New Zealand in 1840 most of the harvest for the growing population was carried out by Maori Fisherman who rapidly added European-built craft to their formidable fishing techniques. As the fish stocks depleted other fisherman of various mixed races began to dominate the industry. By 1875 these had morphed into two types – The ‘Schnapper’ boat (usually a 10 ton keel yacht used for line fishing) and the’Mullet’ boat (4 Ton centreboarder for netting mullet in the shallows),.
While today we take them for granted as part of the local scenery, the ‘Mulletties’ have done an enormous amount for NZ yachting, both as a training ground for its yachtsmen and as background inspiration to generations of yacht designers.
This book is a celebration of the ‘Mullet Boat’. A New Zealand Yachting Icon.
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