Beautiful sailing ship Blackhawk in the Tallships display. Photographed participating in Auckland's Anniversary day 30 January 2006
Blackhawk is a 45 ft. ferro-cement brigantine designed by Brian Donovan.
She is 60 ft overall and weighs about 30 tonnes. The hull was built in 1970.
The current owner got it in 1987.It was very roughly finished inside and had no masts or spars.
She was re-launched in 2001.