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Sea Scouts New Zealand are part of Scouting New Zealand . There are around 900 Sea Scouts in New Zealand in 60 troops around the country.
The New Zealand Sea Scouts use a 17ft Cutter as their principle boat - the concept of having a specific boat for Sea Scouts in New Zealand originated in 1944. The first two boats of this class were ready for the 1st National Dominion Regatta in 1945. The original boats were clinker built and used Kauri as the main timber. The rig was a gunter designed so that the all the spars could be stowed inside the boat for towing. These wooden cutters are still in use today including the first built. They continued to be built in the original manner until the early 1970's, around 140 were built over this period. In the late 1960s and early 1970 fibreglass versions of the cutters began to be produced, the hull being identical in shape and size but the gunter rig was replaced with a Bermudan design using aluminium mast and boom. These boats are still in production and around 90 have been built.
National Regattas
A view of a NZ Sea Scout Regatta
Location
Year
Picton
1945
Tauranga
1947
Nelson
1949
Auckland (Motuihi Is)
1951
Southland Region
1953
Gisborne
1955
Mana, Wellington
1957
Auckland
1959
Akaroa
1961
Auckland, Motutapu Island
1963
Mana, Wellington
1965
Lake Waihola, Dunedin
1967
Kaiapoi
1969
Whangarei
1971
Mana, Wellington
1973
Tokoroa
1975
Lake Waihola, Dunedin
1977
Picton
1979
Hastings
1981
Auckland (Whangaparoa)
1983
Timaru
1985
Tauranga
1988
Evans Bay, Wellington
1991
Picton
1994
Auckland, (Takapuna)
1997
Auckland, Motutapu Island
2006
Groups
Group Name
# of Scouts 2007
Link
1st Mikotahi Sea Scout Group
8
1st Orakei Sea Scout Group
20
1st Waiheke Sea Scout Group
Andersons Bay Sea Scout Group
17
Aotea Sea Scout Group
9
Awatuna Sea Scout Group
10
Birkenhead Sea Scout Group
9
Brighton Sea Scout Group
Britannia Sea Scout Group
24
Britomart Scout Group
23
Bucklands Beach Sea Scout Group
29
[1]
Calliope Sea Scout Group
18
Diamond Harbour Sea Scout Group
9
Doubtless Bay Scout Group
8
Eastern Bays Scout Group
16
Endeavour Sea Scout Group
15
Far North Scout Group
Hawke Sea Scouts
16
[2]
Howick Sea Scout Group
4
Illustrious Sea Scout Group
Iron Duke Sea Scout Group
7
Jellicoe Sea Scout Group
14
Kati Kati Sea Scout Group
Kotuku Sea Scout Group
5
Lake Rotorua Sea Scout Group
Lake Taupo Sea Scout Group
16
Lynmore Scout Group
Lyttelton Sea Scout Group
30
Mt Maunganui Sea Scout Group
11
Mt Pleasant Sea Scout Group
32
New Lynn Sea Scout Group
22
[3]
Ngati Toa Sea Scout Group
22
[4]
Ohui A Rangi Sea Scout Group
Omokoroa/Pahoia Sea Scout Group
9
Onerahi Sea Scout Group
2
Orewa Sea Scout Group
15
Orpheus Sea Scout Group
6
Owairaka Sea Scout Group
16
Paihia Sea Scout Group
Papakura Sea Scout Group
10
Paraonui Sea Scout Group
8
Paraparaumu Beach Sea Scout Group
26
Picton Sea Scout Group
7
Port Nicholson Sea Scout Group
Pukerua Bay Scout Group
6
Raglan Sea Scout Group
Rangatira/Beachhaven Scout Group
12
Rangiawhea Sea Scout Group
11
Scotts Own Sea Scout Group
8
Shackleton Sea Scout Group
15
Southern Cross Sea Scout Group
18
Springlands Sea Scout Group
18
St James Sea Scout Group
12
St Johns Scout Group
St Peters Sea Scout Group
26
Sumner Scout Group
12
Tainui Sea Scout Group
8
Tamaha Scout Group
15
Tasman Sea Scout Group
6
Tauhinu Sea Scout Group
16
Te Anau Sea Scout Group
34
Te Ara O Kiwa Sea Scout Group
Te Atatu/Endeavour Sea Scout Group
16
Te Puna Sea Scout Group
22
Te Puru Sea Scout Group
8
Terra Nova-Monowai Sea Scout Group
10
Thames Sea Scout Group
Wainui Sea Scout Group
6
Wairau Sea Scout Group
11
Waitaha/St Leonards Sea Scout Group
5
Western Bays Sea Scout Group
8
Westshore Sea Scout Group
17
Weymouth Sea Scout Group
Whitianga Sea Scout Group