Daring was a 17-metre (55'8") schooner, launched on 1 September 1863 in Mangawhai, New Zealand. It was wrecked twice, once in 1864, and again in 1865. Daring's wreck was excavated in December 2018 after being exposed by shifting sands.
Daring was a two-masted schooner, built as a cargo vessel in Mangawhai ship yard, New Zealand. Its construction was kauri carvel plank, with Muntz metal (60% Copper, 40% Zinc) on the hull. The ship was built by a Scottish boat builder, Donald McInnes. Daring was built for John Matheson and John Rattray, of Onehunga. [1]
On 1 June 1864, little over a year after launching, Daring stranded on the South side of the bar at the mouth of the Waikato River. The vessel was originally reported to be a total wreck, but was subsequently repaired and re-floated. [2]
On 22 February 1865, Daring was sailing from Taranaki to the Manukau with a cargo of grass seed. A severe gale arose when the vessel was offshore of the Kaipara Heads. [3] It was blown on to the Rangahia Beach, near the South Head of Kaipara Harbour. The crew's attempts to keep the schooner off the beach were unsuccessful. She was left on the beach above the tide line. The crew rolled and jacked the vessel to the half tide mark, hoping to re-float her with the next full tide. A heavy gale began blowing on the morning of 23 February 1865, just before the full tide, and a heavy swell set in from the West. Daring was eventually driven back to her original position lower down the beach, and became a total loss. The ship and cargo of grass seed were uninsured. [2]
On 27 May 2017, the remains of the wreck were spotted by a local resident. [4] The wreck had been uncovered by shifting sands having been abandoned and buried after wrecking on the beach.
After obtaining council permission, Daring was recovered on 12 December 2018 by the Daring Rescue Team, with assistance from the Classic Yacht Charitable Trust. Items abandoned with the wreck were also uncovered, including coins and a boot. [5]
Daring was relocated to Hobsonville, pending plans for its preservation and display. As of January 2019, Daring is supported by a scaffolding frame and covered with shrink wrap while stabilisation work is undertaken. Volunteers wet the timbers daily to ensure the wood does not split. [6]
Goodwin Sands is a 10-mile-long (16 km) sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea lying 6 miles (10 km) off the Deal coast in Kent, England. The area consists of a layer of approximately 25 m (82 ft) depth of fine sand resting on an Upper Chalk platform belonging to the same geological feature that incorporates the White Cliffs of Dover. The banks lie between 0.5 m above the low water mark to around 3 m (10 ft) below low water, except for one channel that drops to around 20 m (66 ft) below. Tides and currents are constantly shifting the shoals.
Kaipara Harbour is a large enclosed harbour estuary complex on the north western side of the North Island of New Zealand. The northern part of the harbour is administered by the Kaipara District and the southern part is administered by the Auckland Council. The local Māori tribe is Ngāti Whātua.
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The Nathan F. Cobb was a three-masted schooner named after the shipbuilder and founder of Cobb's Salvaging Company whose many rescues of stranded ships help lead to the formation of the United States Life-Saving Service. Despite its namesake's history of shipwreck rescues, the Nathan F. Cobb capsized in heavy seas on 1 December 1896 en route from Brunswick, Georgia to New York with a cargo of timber and cross ties. The cook and a shipmate drowned when they were swept overboard in violent seas. The crew righted the vessel by removing the three masts and they drifted for four days until they became grounded on a sandbar off Ormond Beach, Florida. Rescue attempts led to the drowning of volunteer Fred Waterhouse, whose body was never recovered, but no other crew members were lost. A plaque commemorates Fred Waterhouse's rescue efforts. The Cobb Cottage, a structure built using materials salvaged from the ship, is part of Ormond Beach's Historic Trail.
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