Monaco Boat Club Show Was an Outstanding Success

The two-day boat show, organised by the Monaco Boat Club to cover some of the cost of recent reclamation and to assist in the provision of a new clubhouse, jetty and boat launching ramp, was an outstanding success. Up to 9000 people flocked to Richmond Park and gate takings exceeded $1000. This was the third show the club had organised in the 13 years of its existence. The last was in 1963.

Four-year-old Nicola Rogers was keen to take her teddy for a ride on the catamaran Cheetah

One of the more popular exhibits at the show was this two-man hovercraft which is capable of 50mph over open country. The craft can be assembled from a kit and is also assembled by Cee Bee Marine Ltd, Christchurch. The hovercraft can carry 30 stone, so it had no difficulty supporting our pretty model Jane Haden-Morris

The wide, wide look in hydroplanes. Flak Too is 19ft 6in long and is powered by an 80Ghp Rolls Royce Kestrel engine She's capable of 120mph

Glenn Roberts, Kristine Peters and Karen Hurren admire the interior of D. Frater's 14ft Fi-glass Fireball, powered by a 40hp Evinrude

And this is what Fireball looks like from the outside

Boats, boats, boats, and this is only a section of them. In the left foreground are Flax Too and a hovercraft while the rest of the area is dominated by pleasure craft of many types. In the background are the yachts