Harold Kidd, David Glenn, Robert Brooke (Chairman), Ian McRobie
Ron Jamieson, Elizabeth Brooke (Secretary), Bruce Tantrum

PATRON John Street

The founding trustees. Bruce Tantrum, Robert Brooke, Harold Kidd, Ron Jamieson

 Trustees’ Curriculum Vitae:
RONALD SPENCER JAMIESON
(Ron Jamieson)
Auckland, New Zealand
Management and Financial Consultant
Professional Activities
Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand
Council Member                        1986 to 1990
Executive Board Member            1897 to 1990
Primary activity within the above:
Chairman            - National Corporate Sector Committee
Member            - Company Law & Securities Committee
Responsible for relocating the Institute’s Auckland activities to new location at Remuera through lease and then substantial redevelopment of premises.
Auckland Marriage Guidance Council
1979 to 1983
Treasurer
Management Committee.
Ah hoc involvement in National Marriage Guidance activities.
Recreation
Tennis            Mission Bay Tennis Club
Golf                        Pukekohe Golf Club
Boating            Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
                        Classic Yacht Association of New Zealand Inc. – Club Captain Launches
Previous            Scuba Diving (PADI)
                        Flying – PPL (Private Pilot License)            
Boating Activities
·    Built 16ft Hartley glass over ply cabin inboard (Austin A40 marinised) as 15 year old
·    Crewed keelers during 1960s with Royal Akarana Yacht Club
·    Late 1960’s, with 2 friends completely rebuilt wrecked 30ft Piver trimaran on Westhaven hardstand then used for recreational purposes
·    Ad hoc keeler sailed out of San Francisco Bay and Marina Del Ray, Los Angeles whilst working in San Francisco
·    Purchased 28ft Spencer keeler on return and raced with Akarana whilst crewing one tonners (Escapade)
·    Late 1970’s through to now several Pacific deliveries and cruising
·    1987 built, with 2 friends, 52ft high specified charter launch
·    Currently enjoying classic boating as hobby and recreational family activities through ownership of 1950 Chas Bailey 40ft bridgedecker launch.   
ROBERT ALLAN BROOKE
Waimauku
AUCKLAND
Occupation
Retired from General Manager Boating Industry Training Organisation
Activities
65 year old Robert Brooke is a true citizen of “City of Sails” having lived all his life in Auckland and starting sailing at just 6 years of age.
His father, Jack, a New Zealand Yachtsman of the Year, an OBE and top naval architect and scientist, encouraged Robert to sail “as soon as he could swim”.
Robert sailed his way through the classes and represented his country in Dragons, in the 12ft Q Class, 18ft V Class and in teams racing (the latter hosted by New York’s Larchmont Yacht Club in 1980).
Robert enjoyed teams racing so much; he set up the secondary schools team racing competition (the first team’s racing competition in New Zealand and now a huge event on the annual sailing calendar) and then the Interdominion’s (against Australia).
Robert designed small sailing dinghies and then keelers which he built and campaigned very successfully.
A self-confessed “vintage boat nut” Robert first bought the 1909 Arch Logan gaff rigged Rawene and restored her and then totally rebuilt Linda, a 50ft 1927 Col Wild launch which had burnt to the waterline.
Career:
Robert completed a 5 year boat building apprenticeship and, in his last year, was already teaching other apprentices, something he continued to do for the next 20 years.
After a brief spell working for another boat builder, he set up his own yard, which he ran successfully until an accident saw him return to his “love of teaching”.
His 35 year educational career culminated in his appointment as an  Advisor to Secondary Schools. He also was involved with the rewriting of Workshop Technology  and Technical Drawing prescriptions and became assistant chief examiner for Design Technology.
He was also Chief Examiner for both Trade and Advanced trade Qualifications Ship, Yacht and Boatbuilding for many years
Following his “retirement” in 1999, he enjoyed building clinker dinghies before being asked to head up the new Boating Industry Training Organisation. He built up to a staff of 5 and saw the number of apprentices under his wing increase from 50 in 1999 to 525 today.
He was also  responsible for licensing the BITO Qualifications to Nova Scotia. Canada
During this time he worked closely with industry, NZQA , TEC and ITO’s to ensure the best possible outcomes for apprentices and industry.
He retired from BITO in December 2006
Education Highlights:
·     Westlake Boys High School. PR. 4. Dean of form 6 and HOD Technical
·     Acting Senior Master Term 2 1985
·     Awarded Woolf Fisher Fellowship to visit Australia
·     Seconded as an advisor in Technical subjects to Department of Education, Auckland
·     Visiting lecturer, Auckland College of Education
·     Introduced Computer Aided drawing into the College
·     Course Director and lecturer for numerous teachers courses throughout        New Zealand
·     Advisor, Auckland College of Education
·     Regional Co-ordinator (assistant Chief Examiner Auckland area) for Workshop Technology moderation
·     Member of the Graphics & Design project team
·     Chairman of the Graphics and Design Related Criteria Assessment Committee
·     Course Director of the T.R.C.C. Graphics and Design National refresherss, Palmerston N and Wellington
·     Visited Niue Island to moderate Niue High School’s Technology submissions and to hold a four day professional development programme
·     Moderator for the Combined Schools sixth form Design and Technology Examination
·     Lecturer at TRCC Graphics & Design course Wellington 1992
·     National Examiner for Ship Yacht & Boatbuilding Trade Certificate and Advance Trade Certificate
·     Member of the Ship yacht and Boatbuilding advisory committee at Carrington Polytechnic
·     Timetabler at Mangere College and co-timetabler at Westlake Boys High School
·     Compiled a booklet on timetabling

Bruce W Tantrum
AUCKLAND
Occupation
Self Employed, Contract Management
Activities
Self employed in construction industry for 43 years. Now specializing in contract management of commercial and residential projects.
Lifelong interest and involvement in numerous recreational yachting and boating activities including:
 
·     Member of Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron for 32 years
·    Past Commodore (1986) of Royal Akarana Yacht Club
·    Executive member of Classic Yacht Association of New Zealand Inc.
·    Trustee of Classic Yacht Charitable Trust
·    Leader of eight New Zealand youth teams to International Regattas in Japan
·    Extensive experience in cruising as crew, owner and skipper, both locally and intentionally
·    Extensive administration experience in local and international keelboat regattas
·    Founder of Schools Waterwise - Okahu Bay, Auckland. Founding Chairman and now Patron
·    Keelboat owner for 32 years. Home built 2 keel boats for racing and family cruising.
·    A strong interest in building museum quality models of internationally significant classic yachts.
·    A passion for the restoration and preservation of classic New Zealand yachts and launches.
 Harold Desmond Kidd
AUCKLAND
Occupation
Lawyer
Activities
Harold was born in Herne Bay, Auckland 1936, to a yachting family. Harold was educated at Takapuna and Devonport Primary Schools, Takapuna Grammar School and Auckland University College and graduated in 1960 with degrees in Law and Arts (Latin and Ancient History).
He has practiced as a lawyer since 1959 in Auckland and in the Pacific and is now the senior partner of a North Shore law firm, specialising in Trusts and Company Law.
Harold has had extensive experience in yachting from a young age, initially in centreboarders and over the years has restored several yachts and launches. He inherited from his father a passionate interest in the history of leisure boating in New Zealand. With Robin Elliott, he co-writes Vintage Viewpoint, a monthly column in Boating New Zealand magazine. They have several books published on the subject including the definitive history Southern Breeze.
Harold has contributed papers for symposia held by the New Zealand National Maritime Museum and written text for Te Ara, the online Encyclopedia of New Zealand on the subject of yachting in this country. He has also written several entries for the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and contributed to the International Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers.
His other interests have included flying antique aircraft (a De havilland Moth Minor), restoration of vintage cars and motorcycles and rallying and racing them, competition trap shooting and music of all sorts.
Harold’s deep interest in the School arises from his concerns that the once-strong boatbuilding traditions of New Zealand, which he has spent 25 years documenting, will certainly disappear if the traditional skills are not passed on to the present generation of young people.   
Harold currently owns the 1909 35ft ketch Seaward and is part owner of the 1880 centreboard yacht Jessie Logan and the 1909 keel yacht Loloma.