We'd like to find out who Arethusa's previous owners were and if possible, her launch date. If you can fill any gaps, please get in touch.
| Launched September 1917 | |||
| Bob Brown | Sulphur Point, Northcote, Auckland | 1917-28 | Original builder |
| James Howard Goodman | Auckland (renamed Marcia) | 1928-29 | |
| Featherstone | Auckland | 1929-30 | |
| Roy Lidgard | Bayswater, Auckland | 1930-31 | |
| Hereward Pickmere | 1931-43 | Sailed to Fiji, charted Yawasa Islands | |
| Walter Winstanley | New Plymouth | 1948-55 | Aground on Farewell Spit 1955 |
| Ian McNabb | Collingwood | 1955-? | Changed to two masts |
| Ross Harwood | Takaka | ||
| Doug Fry & Bob Morgan | Motueka | early 70's | Replaced 4 cyl ford with 6 cylinder out of Rongo Marie |
| Neil Schroeder | Changed wheelhouse to how we bought her in 2007, set her up for scallops, oysters, mussels, Waitapu wharf, Golden Bay. | ||
| Ian Davies | Collingwood | early 80's | |
| Tom Benjamin | Collingwood | early-mid 80's | |
| Steve McEwan | Nelson | Trawling, dredging, tuna | |
| Jack O'Connor | |||
| Denis and Jenny Knight | Nelson | 1998-01 | |
| Bruce Goodchap | Tauranga | 2001-02 | |
| Michael Pike | Tapeka Point, Bay of Islands | 2002-05 | |
| Greg Harris | Coromandel | 2005-07 | |
Received this wonderful note from Murray Bennett of Port Motueka in 2021:
"She started fishing out of Motueka mid 70's owned by Doug Fry. This was after she ran aground on the Spit. She was still "yacht" configuration. Absolutely beautiful she was. Still had full saloon with superb woodwork (varnished_oiled) Two masted, had 4 cyl Ford. Doug replaced the 4 cyl with a 6 out of Ronga Marie. Had single drum winch shell fishing with 1 dredge. Doug sold it to Neil Schroeder when he retired. Neil fished it for a year then put it in Tibble & Parson's shed to turn it into a "fishing boat". Can't remember the name of the guy who did the work, shed was owned by Infield engineers both Gordan Tibble & Snorer Parsons had moved on. ( both superb old school boat builders) Even back then it seemed like sacrilege, she was so beautiful & ahead of her time."
