Opua, Northland, New Zealand. The R Tucker Thompson, a 21 year old gaff rigged, square tops'l schooner has been gifted by her builder and owner as a sail training ****p. She is to be renamed Spirit of Northland. The ****p was designed by Californian R Tucker Thompson along the traditions of a North American halibut schooner and was built in New Zealand. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/print.cfm?c_id=&storyid=000B4E07-8B73-1482-83DF83027AF1010F http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/739019 http://www.tucker.co.nz/history.htm
