Old Ships Company

21/12/2023

From our edit suite in Hobart, wishing you all a very Happy Christmas.

22/09/2023

Daring is a 17m long schooner built and launched in Mangawhai NZ in 1863. Beached in 1865 it was uncovered by shifting sands on Murawai beach NZ in 2018.

18/09/2023

Thanks to the Mangawhai Museum & Discovery Centre and The Daring Trust. Hearing your stories of how Daring made her way back home to Mangawhai and the important role you and your community play in her preservation has been inspirational. 🎥⚓️❤️

16/09/2023

Thank you to Marine Conservator Susanne Rawson for coming up to Mangawhai from New Plymouth. Susanne has been advising the Daring Trust on the best scientific methods to preserve the Daring.

16/09/2023

The local cafe at Mangawhai was a great spot for our morning Production meeting.

15/09/2023

Wonderful to see Daring for the first time at the Mangawhai Museum and Discovery Centre. Thank you so much to Jim Wintle, Beverly Ross, Pete Joyce, Tony Heath and Bert Sainsbury

14/09/2023

Hearing first hand the remarkable story of the Daring rescue from Muriwai Beach.
Baden Pascoe and Roger Winslade were part of a team that made the Daring recovery happen when the ship resurfaced after being buried in the sand for over 150 years .

14/09/2023

The weather gods were with us today at Muriwai Beach. Filming would not have been possible with out Roger Winslade. Thank you Roger for arranging permissions from NZ Defence.

14/09/2023

Big thank you to NZ Maritime Museum and their media team for having us on board.
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11/09/2023

Kia ora! We are on the road again, this time in Auckland following the story of The Daring. ⚓️⚓️

08/02/2023

Mistral II is 100 year old vessel - a veteran of the first Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. She is now being restored by a team of volunteer unemployed Tasmanians and dedicated shipwrights.
Mistral II needs your support to help us to continue to train further generations of young Australians.

08/02/2023

Moving the 100 year old hull of Mistral II from Constitution Dock for the Australian Wooden Boat Festival. You can visit her near Princess Wharf.

08/02/2023

🎥🎥 Had Pete Harmsen & Michael Sampey on camera today filming Mistral II being towed to her Australian Wooden Boat Festival location. Lovely to see Mistral II
on the move.
Thanks to our friends at Tasports, STV Windeward Bound & AWBF

23/11/2022

Filming in Sydney this week on the trail of the story of Mistral II and found a couple of her old contemporaries. The once stunning Morna from 1913 which won the first few Syd to Hobart races in the 40s is now in a shed waiting to be saved. The reborn schooner Athene from 1905 has been lovingly restored and sports a mysterious black hull.

14/09/2022

Glorious weather for filming
Mistral II on the Hobart Waterfront.

03/06/2022

The Ship Savers is a series of four stories about ships that have been saved by passionate people.
Check out our promo on our YouTube Channel
https://youtu.be/54gLEt8hBBE

Come along with The Ship Savers and take a voyage back in time and explore a world of maritime history, of passion and people as they race against time and t...

31/05/2022

Check out our YouTube channel to see a little about another documentary in our Ship Savers collection - Cambria - Last by Sail
https://youtu.be/gJlcOuVn370

The Ship Savers - Cambria - British Sailing Barge60 Minute Maritime Documentary by The Old Ships CompanyIt was just another ordinary days work... On the morn...

27/05/2022

We have just published a few new teaser videos on our YouTube channel.
Follow the link to hear a little about our newest project - PS Medway Queen - The Angel of Dunkirk
https://youtu.be/d-5dm5WgbOk

The Medway Queen - Angel of Dunkirk - 60 minute maritime documentary by The Old Ships Company Upon completion in April 1924 the sleek Medway Queen was launch...