Rakino Pirates

I (Martin) along with another Technology teacher at Kapiti College are leading this project. We have assigned a year 12 student as our Captain and we have assembled a crew of willing students called the "Rakino Pirates". All work will be undertaken on school grounds by school students and their teachers in their own spare time. We both have sailing/boating experience and view this as an enormous learning opportunity for the students and greater community to get involved with.

We are a group set up within Kapiti College who have purchased a 29 ft Kauri ketch called the Rakino which was sunk last year. It is our aim to restore this fine boat to its former glory and return it to the water. Because we are only a school club it is our job to fund raise for the purchase of tools, equipment, safety gear, Kauri planking, glue, paint etc. All donors will have their names etched into some timber somewhere on the boat.