The ship has a full sail wardrobe of 8 sails, not shown on this image is the Flying gib or Storm gib which is a small gib used in heavy weather.
Most of them are made out of Oceania canvas but on the odd occasion we have had to source Dacron instead. Our preference is for canvas as that is more in keeping with the tradition of the vessel.
Below is the layout of the ship above and below decks. Below decks there are two double cabins, the Master’s cabin(aft) and the Owner’s cabin (for’ard).
Side by side
The Tucker returned safely from Whangarei in the early hours of the morning, and the Soren Larsen returned in from the Bay. A wonderful sight greeted us today, these two ships beside each other at the historic port of Opua. On board the Soren was Tod Thompson, at the wharf in Opua was Russell Harris, both builders of our good shipthe R.Tucker Thompson. In 1987-1988, both the Soren and the Tucker sailed round the world together for the first fleet re-enactment, with Russell and Tod on board the Tucker. We were invited for a cup of tea on board...
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Tucker’s story by Anita Thompson: Tucker was born Robert Tucker Thompson in California in 1928 and was always called Tucker. His mother died when he was three years old and his father worked as a film processor in the movie industry. Tucker attended North Hollywood High School where he was an all-round sportsman and bought his first small yacht shortly after graduating. He went to University in Santa Barbara , but his education was interrupted by finding a yacht needing crew for a South Pacific voyage. Tucker eventually returned to...
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