Maritime History 1925 Scow 'Success'

Exploring Maritime History 1925 Scow 'Success'.
(The Alwin G Heritage Trust has been established with the aim of acquiring the historic scow Success and restoring it to its original condition as an auxiliary schooner-rigged deck scow. Eventually the intention is providing heritage experience passenger excursions on the Kaiapoi and Waimakariri Rivers, in a manner similar to the lost MV Tuhoe.
Success is consistent with the vessels that operated on the Kaiapoi River before World War II, and is a direct sister of the Ngahau, a scow that worked the port of Kaiapoi during the 1930s but no longer exists in recognizable form. Of the roughly 130 scows of similar construction that once sailed New Zealand's waters, only three remain, including Success and the Jane Gifford, which currently operates on the Mahurangi River in Warkworth, north of Auckland.
It is planned that Success will be utilised for tourism, weddings, youth training, and special events, and will become the flagship vessel of Kaiapoi.
Scows were originally constructed to navigate narrow tidal rivers, estuaries, and creeks, where early communities settled. The first scow was built in Whangateau in 1873, with the last (Alwin G) built in Auckland in 1925. Due to their flat bottoms, scows were capable of sitting upright when high and dry, making them easy to load and unload freight and stock.
New Zealand scows were a modified version of the San Francisco Great Lakes Scow Schooners and were initially only found in the region north of Auckland. As their practicality became more evident, they began to appear all over the country, especially in Nelson Bays and later on river ports such as Kaiapoi and Hokitika. However, most of these vessels were utilized extensively and often suffered from abuse, being either wrecked, transformed into barges, unceremoniously broken up, or simply left to rot on beaches.
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[@mikejames6408]

Nice. Get the thing under cover, please!

[@ExploringwithMark]

Wish they would. when its on 1 of 3 in NZ it should be under cover.

[@mikejames6408]

Where is it now?

[@ExploringwithMark]

Kaiapoi, NZ