Story: Blake, Peter James

Peter Blake with Lion New Zealand

Peter Blake with Lion New Zealand

In 1984 Peter Blake and his crew won line honours on Lion New Zealand in the Sydney to Hobart race. He is seen in front of the yacht, moored at Queen’s Wharf in Wellington in February 1985.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1985/0682/4-F
Photograph by Merv Griffiths

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Stephanie Gibson. 'Blake, Peter James', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6b1/blake-peter-james (accessed 22 March 2023)