Mooring Anchor, Kaikoura Museum, Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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greysman
S 42° 23.983 E 173° 40.696
59G E 720421 N 5302366
A mooring anchor recovered from the area of New Wharf to the south of Kaikoura city in 1964. Probably laid in about 1910 to anchor mooring buoys to which ships could secure their bow or stern lines.
Waymark Code: WMB1J1
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 03/23/2011
Views: 6
Kaikoura Museum is on the north side of Ludstone Road at no.14. Ludstone Road runs inland from the main intersection on SH1 at the top end of the commercial district.
This transcription is reproduced from the information panel adjacent to the anchor.
MOORING ANCHOR
This anchor was recovered
from the seabed in 1964 by
Stan Wilson and the Kaikoura
County Council.
An old identity Ted Nilsen said
that it would be one of several
laid at the new wharf about
1910 to moor buoys, to which
the ships secured their bow
and stern lines. It was
probably relocated from the
old wharf where as well as
being laid for ship moorings,
buoys were also placed in the
roadstead as kedge anchors
to facilitate the winching of
sailing ships out to a position
where they could set sail.
There are three photographs on the board, one showing the anchor when it was raised with the 'finders', and two showing vessels at the wharfs, "Wakatu" at Old Wharf in 1898 casting its bow line, and "Cygnet" at New Wharf casting its stern line.
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