1. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. STRATHALLAN (nearest camera), RONAKI (blue), STIRLING (mostly obscured), WAKA KUME (2000/338grt/IMO 9212084) and WILLIAM C. DALDY... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10346
2. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Crossing the start line L-R are: WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345), TUNA (built 1938), WAINUI, BIG BUD, KORAKI (yellow, obscured)... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10349
3. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The stokers aboard preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) would be taking a well-earned breather at the end of the... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10315
4. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Paying passengers aboard the veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) take in the spectacle of the post-race... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10320
5. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The oldest and newest big tugs on the harbour were the 81 year-old preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) and Ports... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10322
6. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The 81 year-old preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) takes a while to wind up the speed as she crosses the start... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10323
7. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. MAHIA (Thomson Towboats) surges to the finish line ahead of the vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345). Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10324
8. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. MAHIA (Thomson Towboats) surges to the finish line ahead of the vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345).
Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10325
9. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Her eighth appearance in the race, STERLING leads Thomson Towboats' MAHIA, the vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345)... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10326
10. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The 1956-built STRATHALLAN heads the steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) on the final leg of the race to the finish. Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10328
11. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The crew of the Royal New Zealand Navy Commodore's launch see a gap in the harbour traffic astern of the preserved steam tug WILLIAM C.... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10337
12. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) and the 1920's/30's built former mussel dredge ROA are away on the first... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10340
13. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) makes a stirring sight as she churns past the finish line off the end of... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10342
14. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The 1917-built SIERRA, used as a workers ferry during the Auckland Harbour Bridge construction in the 1950's, Ports of Auckland's latest tug... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10343
15. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. It's full power on as the competitors cross the start line. The free-for-all race sees tugs and towboats, new and old and of all shapes and... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10350
16. AKARANA (1960) a former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch, now fully restored, passes the coal-burning steam tug WILLIAM C DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) both making their way to the start line of... Date: 26 January 2009 Image ID 5102
17. AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA - Tug racing - Seen here lining up for the start gun are from top WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935), TAMAKI (1972), the tiny FERRO (1906, with red and blue funnel), CHRISTINE... Date: 29 January 2007 Image ID 3690
18. AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA-
Seatows' KORAKI operates between Auckland and Whangarei in Northland, NZ. In the background is the Scottish-built vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935). Date: 29 January 2007 Image ID 3692
19. AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA - For the first time in its' 167 year history, what is billed as the worlds' largest one-day regatta, saw a fleet of 26 operational, retired, vintage and veteran tugs... Date: 29 January 2007 Image ID 3698
20. KAIPARA, MAHIA and WILLIAM C. DALDY make their way toward the start line of the 168th Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. KAIPARA (Total Marine Services): her builder and build date are not... Date: 28 January 2008 Image ID 4399
21. OLGA is a 54' wooden pleasure boat of workboat design. She was built in Opua in the Bay of Islands, NZ and her owners undertake the occasional towing job. She and the coal-burning preserved steam tug... Date: 28 January 2008 Image ID 4415
22. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - steam's up in the engineroom. Waiting for the starting gun. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7508
23. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - engineroom. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7509
24. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - the engineroom Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7510
25. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - the stokers were kept busy and very hot during the race. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7511
26. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - the stokers were kept bust and very hot during the race. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7512
27. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - keeping an eye on the pressure gauges. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7513
28. MAHIA glides past WILLIAM C. DALDY during the pre-race assembly. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7516
29. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - passengers (both local and international) were treated to an up-close tug racing experience aboard the vintage 76 year-old steam tug as she took part in... Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7536
30. MANUKAU and vintage preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935) stand by ready for the start gun. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7537
31. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935) - Tension mounts on the bridge of the vintage steam tug as the seconds count down to the gun. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7538
32. We're off!!! WILLIAM C. DALDY leads WAIPAPA, PACIFIC WAY (yellow/black) TAMAKI, MAHIA and GLADIATOR (obscured) across the start line. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7540
33. HAMAL at full speed, astern of WILLIAM C. DALDY as the tugs surge away from the start line. WAKA KUME is lagging behind the fleet but soon caught up. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7542
34. WAIPAPA leads the fleet ahead of steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY as we make for the first mark of Narrow Neck Beach. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7546
35. Passengers aboard WILLIAM C. DALDY watch closely as she closes on the stern of OLGA. TAMAKI is seen ahead about to round the second mark and head for home. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7573
36. Passengers at the bow of WILLIAM C. DALDY get a grandstand view as the steam tug follows OLGA, WAIPAPA and TAMAKI to the second mark. The volcanic cone of Rangitoto Island looms ahead of the fleet. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7574
37. GLADIATOR, stretching away from TAMAKI now eyes up WILLIAM C. DALDY for attack as passengers were about to discover when they were pelted with catapult-launched water-filled balloons. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7587
38. GLADIATOR - the attack subsides, GLADIATOR realising they are running out of searoom as WILLIAM C. DALDY with right-of-way, round No. 15 buoy and head to the finish line. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7595
39. GLADIATOR - bounces off the stern quarter of WILLIAM C. DALDY after running out of searoom when the former rounded No. 15 buoy. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7596
40. GLADIATOR is stopped dead by No 15 buoy. The onslaught is over. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7597
41. MAHIA takes a close-up look at the light blue paint left on WILLIAM C. DALDY's stern quarter rubbing strip. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7600
42. MAHIA takes a close-up look at the light blue paint left on WILLIAM C. DALDY's stern quarter rubbing strip. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7601
43. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345), BIG BUD (left) and MAHIA (1970/34grt) take a breather moments after crossing the finish line.
Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10318
44. COSTA DELIZIOSA (2010/92720grt/IMO 9398917) - sails from Auckland, New Zealand bound for Wellington. Passengers aboard the preserved coal-burning tug WILLIAM C DALDY take in the spectacle as the... Date: 23 February 2013 Image ID 8721
45. COSTA DELIZIOSA (2010/92720grt/IMO 9398917) - guilded by the last golden rays of a stunning summer day, sails from Auckland, New Zealand bound for Wellington. Passengers aboard the preserved... Date: 23 February 2013 Image ID 8722
46. COSTA DELIZIOSA (2010/92720grt/IMO 9398917) - guilded by the last golden rays of a stunning summer day, sails from Auckland, New Zealand bound for Wellington. Passengers aboard the preserved... Date: 23 February 2013 Image ID 8724
47. DALDY (1977/226grt/IMO 7519127) is one of Ports of Auckland's older operational vessels. She is seen here in smooth waters with her predecessor the vintage coal-burning, steam-powered tug WILLIAM C.... Date: 26 January 2009 Image ID 5116
48. DALDY (1977/226grt/IMO 7519127) right, is one of Ports of Auckland's older operational vessels.
She joins her predecessor WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) here as they make for the start of... Date: 26 January 2009 Image ID 5159
49. DALDY (1977/226grt/IMO 7519127) trails the steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345), WAKA KUME and PACIFIC WAY (both in far background) on the homeward run of the 2009 Auckland Anniversary... Date: 26 January 2009 Image ID 5168
50. 2010 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY TUG RACE - The Ports of Auckland tugs DALDY (1977/226grt/IMO 7519127), WAKA KUME and WAIPAPA following astern of the vintage steam tug WILLIAM C DALDY as the finish line... Date: 1 February 2010 Image ID 6054
51. DALDY (1977/226grt/IMO 7519127) racing backwards toward the finish of the 2010 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race, pulls alongside her predecessor WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935). Date: 1 February 2010 Image ID 6055
