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Kōrero: Sailing and windsurfing

South Sea vagabonds

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<em>South Sea vagabonds </em>

In 1933 a young unemployed Aucklander, Johnny Wray, built a 35-foot cutter in his back yard. He found material for the boat, Ngataki, all over the Hauraki Gulf. The story of his subsequent cruising in the Pacific, South Sea vagabonds (1939), made him a romantic hero.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-K 660-COVER

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Harold Kidd, Sailing and windsurfing – Rapid growth: 1918 to 1940, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/7140/south-sea-vagabonds (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Harold Kidd, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 June 2016.