Wakatipu Community Maritime Preservation Society treasurer
Alan Kirker inspects the Frankton Marina boat shed. Photo
by James Beech.
Heritage enthusiasts planning to restore the Frankton
Marina boat shed and ticket office and turn it into a working
museum are organising a dinghy regatta.
The Wakatipu Community Maritime Preservation Society is
inviting boaties and the wider community to the event on Lake
Hayes, between 11am and 4pm on Saturday.
A dozen sailing enthusiasts were expected from Dunedin,
society treasurer Alan Kirker said.
The group has applied to the Southland Community Trust for
another $200,000 from the trust towards the restoration
project. Mr Kirker said the trust had pledged $102,000 three
or four years ago.
The project had also benefited from $120,000 to $140,000 in
professional fees "in kindness" from Queenstown architects
and engineers.
The society aims to raise $700,000 to restore the boat shed
and shipping and ticket office to working order as a heritage
museum. The office was built between 1866 and 1876 near the
corner of Hay and Beach Sts, Queenstown.
It was used as a storage shed, then by the Lake Wakatipu
Steam Shipping Company and then New Zealand Railways.
In the mid to late 1930s, the office was moved alongside the
boat shed at Frankton marina, on Sugar Lane.
The boat shed was built in 1934-35.
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