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Blue Water Black Magic -
A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake

New Zealand's remarkable yachting success and its greatest exponent

New Zealand’s most celebrated mariner, Sir Peter Blake was a peerless ocean racer and passionate environmentalist. This stunning new exhibition will celebrate his remarkable achievements, as well as paying tribute to New Zealand’s world-renowned design and yachting prowess.

Learn about the astonishing maritime achievements of a nation, which has at one time or another, held every significant blue-water sailing trophy in the world.

Blue Water Black Magic - A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake opens to the public on Saturday 12 December at 1pm with extended opening hours until 9pm. Regular opening hours resume on Sunday.



The exterior of Blue Water Black Magic - A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake, as seen
from the Voyager marina.


The exhibition - remembering Blake
Learn more about this stunning new exhibition, created in partnership with Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 

Blogging Blue Water Black Magic
Check out the recent Voyager blog posts discussing Blue Water Black Magic - A Tribute to Sir Peter Blake
- Putting Blue Water Black Magic to the test
- Action stations
- Finding funding for Blue Water Black Magic
- Teaming up with Te Papa

Recent media coverage
NZ Herald
Close Up
- Mark Sainsbury talks to the Blake Family (chapter 4)
Kia Ora
- Air New Zealand's Inflight Magazine (December issue)
Travel Memo - travel and tourism update

 

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and all BWBM supporters