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Farewell Pauline

Sadly Wakatere Life Member Pauline Ellingham passed away on Sunday 3 April 2016. We send our deepest sympathies to John, Garth and Kate. Pauline was an early supporter of what is now our full blown junior sailing programme. With two talented young sailors in the family rising through the ranks, she travelled the country flying the Wakatere flag at regattas throughout New Zealand.   She was involved in most areas of the Club at some time or another and her Life Membership was ...

Fair Winds and Following Seas

R.I.P. Neil Ernest Clarkson Coleman  Life Member and past Commodore of Wakatere Boating ClubMember of Devonport Yacht ClubMember of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Passed away peacefully aged 88 on the 7th December 2015. Growing up in Devonport next door to the Woollacott boat building family set Neil up for a long life of sailing adventures. His family have been active Wakatere members for three generations and we send our condolences to them all.    Neil...

King of the Frostbite

Long time Club member Bob Gillies passed away on February 15th, aged 86.  Bob sailed his Frostbite well into his 70's and was "the King of the Frostbite in his day".  He was also a great supporter of the club - taking an interest in how the young sailors were developing, and taking some under his wing. He enjoyed many of the official and social functions, and loved to have a yarn about his yachting exploits over a beer in the evening with friends. In 2013 Bob's contribution to the club...