Daldy to the Rescue - NZ
Daldy to the Rescue - NZ

Author: Douglas Walker

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2021-10-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781467915755

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"On a stormy night at sea, young Frankie McKenna is an accidental stowaway aboard the William C Daldy, his father's steam tug. Daldy is on a dangerous mission to save the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Listening to Daldy moan and groan, Frankie realises that the tug and his father are in serious trouble, but no one will listen. The fate of the entire crew rests with Frankie. Will he have the courage to act alone?"--Publisher's description.

Daldy to the Rescue - US
Daldy to the Rescue - US

Author: Douglas W Walker

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2021-10-22

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9781467915687

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Historical fiction based in New Zealand. Nine year old FRANKIE MCKENNA longs to work with his father on the steam tug William C. DALDY. When Daldy steams off on a daring midnight rescue, Frankie is an inadvertent stowaway. Only Frankie understands from Daldy's sounds that something is terribly wrong with Daldy's engines, but no one will listen to him. Frankie must act alone to save the day. The Daldy series of books explores the interaction of boats and the children who live along the coastline of New Zealand. Loosely based on historical events, maritime adventures carry each story as characters and relationships are developed and tested.

Port towage in New Zealand
Port towage in New Zealand

Author: Peter J. Brom

Publisher: Mijnbestseller.nl

Published: 2023-07-04

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9464856378

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This book deals with towage in the New Zealand ports. Due to the geographical location of New Zealand, the ports have to deal with very diverse nautical conditions. It shows how regional councils decide what the best solution is for their port towing service. This has resulted in an interesting variety of tailor-made tugboats. However, in recent years there has been a development towards the use of more standard type of tugboats. Furthermore, this book deals with the commercial companies that operate from these ports. These are companies in the field of marine construction, dredging, salvage and transport. The tugboats operated by those companies are also covered in this book. Peter J. Brom (1953) was born in Amsterdam. As a young man became fascinated by the many tugs in the Netherlands. Since then he has followed the towage industry and wrote about it, among other things in the monthly magazine Lekko.

The Steam Tug
The Steam Tug

Author: George Swede

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-09-30

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1453572392

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The Steam Tug is a historical read about the evolution of the steam engine and steam tug. Developed and patented in England in 1737, the author takes the reader to the end of the roaring 1850s in New York Harbor. It was not until 1807 that Robert Fulton introduced the first commercially successful steamboat the “Clermont” on the Hudson River in New York. In the early 1800s sailing ships entering the harbor would lie at anchor in Sandy Hook for days and weeks waiting for wind to power them into the harbor so they could offload their cargo. Due to the expansion of shipping and commerce during the mid 1800s, sailing ships realized that small steam ferries operating between Staten Island and lower Manhattan could tow them into local wharfs to discharge their cargo and begin loading domestic goods to distant ports abroad saving valuable time. With the advent of large clipper ships, increased commerce and advanced steam boats, would lead to the rise and birth of a new industry, The Towing Business.