1. BONDI BELLE (1898, nearest camera) closes on GLADIATOR as they prepare to round the final mark and head for the finish line of the 2013 tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8616
2. GLADIATOR - displaying good water safety.... each and every person wearing lifejackets.... makes for the start line of the 2013 Anniversary Day tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8590
3. GLADIATOR's "Dick Dead-eye", the man who last year terrorised the passengers aboard the steam tug William C. Daldy with his water/ice-filled balloons during the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta tug... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8591
4. Tugs, including GLADIATOR (centre), CHRISTINE MARY (right background) and MAHIA await the 9am starting gun for the Anniversary Day Regatta tug race in Auckland. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8593
5. GLADIATOR and BONDI BELLE (1898) charging down the homeward leg of the Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8612
6. GLADIATOR hot on the heels of MAHIA charge down the homeward leg of the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8613
7. GLADIATOR, hot on the heels of Thomson Towboats' MAHIA, round No.15 buoy and head for the finish line of the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta tug race. Ahead of them are CHRISTINE MARY (r) and HAMAL... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8621
8. Passengers aboard the veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY keep watch and prepare to take avoiding action as they again come under fire from the "marksmen" aboard GLADIATOR. MAHIA (red/black) closes on... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8622
9. GLADIATOR astern of STRATHALLAN (left) and MAHIA charge for the finish line and home as they round the final mark in the 2013 tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8623
10. GLADIATOR - for once WILLIAM C. DLADY is not the target of Gladiator's slingshots, the crew of Thomson Towboats' MAHIA coming into the sights for once as the fleet make for the finish line of the 2013... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8624
11. GLADIATOR - displaying good water safety.... each and every person wearing lifejackets.... including "Dick Dead-eye"... as they terrorised the passengers aboard WILLIAM C. DALDY with their... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8625
12. GLADIATOR on collision course with the veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY after the conclusion of the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta tug race. Not content with having again terrorised the... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8627
13. GLADIATOR on collision course with the veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY. Not content with having again terrorised the passengers aboard the old steam tug with their water-balloon catapults, they... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8628
14. GLADIATOR - after ramming WILLIAM C. DALDY amidships, the skipper of GLADIATOR, having regained control of his vessel, moves away as passengers inspect the resulting damage after the end of the 2013... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8629
15. WILLIAM C. DALDY - the damaged rubbing strip after having been accidentally rammed by the tug GLADIATOR. And that was after the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta tug race had finished!! Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8630
16. GLADIATOR trails HAMAL (r) and ORION as they round the first mark in the 2013 tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8607
17. STERLING leads MAHIA and GLADIATOR into the first mark on the 2013 tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8596
18. TE HAURAKI passes the Ports of Auckland tug DALDY, Thomson Towboats MANUKAU (red/black at left), GLADIATOR (blue/white) and CHRISTINE MARY (rear) as she heads to port following the race completion. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8638
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20. GLADIATOR, WAKA KUME and DALDY at pre-race assembly off the Viaduct Basin. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7515
21. FELICITARE gives GLADIATOR a good hose down during friendly sparring as they parade to the start line. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7530
22. RONAKI built for Auckland Harbour Board (AHB) as MANUKAU sometime between 1911-1916 by Charles Bailey Jnr., leads GLADIATOR to the start line. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7531
23. 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
24. WAIPAPA, DALDY and GLADIATOR (obscured) close on the sterns of MANUKAU and PACIFIC WAY moments after the start gun. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7543
25. HAMAL, DALDY, MAHIA and GLADIATOR line up to port of WILLIAM C. DALDY as the fleet pass North Head and bear down on the first mark of Narrow Neck Beach. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7545
26. GLADIATOR - Originally built in Auckland this steel hulled tug has served her time mainly in the Pacific Islands and is a near sister to Thomson Towing's MANUKAU. Her crew were to later prove their... Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7550
27. GLADIATOR makes her way to the first mark. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7554
28. GLADIATOR makes her way to the first mark. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7556
29. GLADIATOR close astern of WILLIAM C. DALDY makes her way to the first mark. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7558
30. MANUKAU chased closely by GLADIATOR close on the marker buoy at the end of the first leg of the race. DALDY can be seen at left with still a good distance to travel. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7561
31. MANUKAU leads GLADIATOR, MAHIA, WAKA KUME and DALDY (obscured) seconds before rounding the first mark. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7563
32. MANUKAU closely leads GLADIATOR to the first mark as WAKA KUME and DALDY trail astern. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7564
33. GLADIATOR closes out MANUKAU at they reach the first mark of the race. Two of the race's smaller contenders, BONDI BELLE (1898) and SIERRA (1917) begin to mark their mark and close down on their... Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7565
34. GLADIATOR and MANUKAU round the first mark. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7567
35. GLADIATOR surges ahead into lump seas churned up by the leading members of the race fleet. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7569
36. GLADIATOR leads BONDI BELLE (1898) on the way to the second mark before the turn for home. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7570
37. GLADIATOR closes on the stern of WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935) followed by MANUKAU, BONDI BELLE (1898, left) and WAKA KUME. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7572
38. DICK DEADEYE- and on the homeward run the fun began. Crew members aboard GLADIATOR launched an all-out attack on any vessel they came near firing barrages of water-filled balloons at their hapless... Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7581
39. DICK DEADEYE - and on the homeward run the fun began. Crew members aboard GLADIATOR launched an all-out attack on any vessel they came near firing barrages of water-filled balloons at their hapless... Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7582
40. TAMAKI passes GLADIATOR on the run home. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7583
41. TAMAKI and GLADIATOR slug it out on the run home trailed by MAHIA. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7584
42. GLADIATOR and TAMAKI in a toe-to-toe duel on the homeward stretch. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7585
43. GLADIATOR begins to get the upper hand as she slightly stretches away from TAMAKI. MAHIA and WAKA KUME chase hard. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7586
44. 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
45. It's GLADIATOR's DICK DEADEYE and his weapon again!!! Duck!!! Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7590
46. GLADIATOR comes alongside WILLIAM C. DALDY as we pass No. 13 buoy, and press home their attack. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7591
47. GLADIATOR - the attack continues. Water bombs continue to rain down. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7592
48. GLADIATOR - the attack continues. Water bombs continue to rain down. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7593
49. GLADIATOR - the attack continues. Water bombs continue to rain down but at very close quarters as she edged ever closer. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7594
50. 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
51. 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