BOATBUILDER'S DEATH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 165, 14 July 1932, Page 8

BOATBUILDER'S DEATH.

MR. ROBERT LOGAN, OF MOUNT EDEX. The death occurred last evening, at hie residence, Scecombc's Road, Mount Eden, of Mr. Robert Logan, formerly senior partner of the well-known firm of Logan Bros., yacht and boat builders, of this city. Mr. Logan was born at Glasgow in 1804. The Logan family arrived at Auckland in 1874, and settled at the North Shore, where Mr. R. Logan, sen., founded the boatbuilding Jinn which later developed under the name of Logan Brothers and acquired an intercolonial reputation for yachts of exeeptional speed and thorough workmanship.

Mr. Logan attended school at Devonport, and took an active part in the North Shoro Rowing Club for a number of years, rowing in the senior crew during Tom Sullivan's time, with his brother Archie as stroke. Mr. Logan also competed in the cycling and sprint events of the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club with success, one of his greatest competitors in cycling being the late "Teddy" Reynolds.

Mr. Logan was a member of the Devonport Borough Council for several years, and also served a term on the Auckland Harbour Board as representative of the North Shore boroughs.

In 1803 he founded the firm of Logan Brothers, consisting of Messrs. Robert, Archibald and John Logan, and they commenced business on the reclamation cast of the Railway wharf. Here most of the yachts were built which gave prestige to the port as the home of fast yachts and brought orders to tho firm from Sydney, Capetown, and once from England. The local fleet built by the firm includes such well-known boats as The!ma, Ariki, Rainbow, Moana, Wai-

tangi, lorangi, Ilex and Rawcne, which was the last big yacht built by the firm. Smaller yachts included Gloriana, Mahaki, Kotiri, Mizpah, Thistle and Windward. The firm went out of business in 1014, having sold their site to the Power Board.

In addition to yachts, the firm built a number of fishing boats, several of them later being turned into yachts. The firm also built the s.s. Taniwha and Waimarie and other boats for the Northern Steamship Company, and the Ivapanui, Kotito, Kawau and others for the Coastal Shipping Company.

Many good motor yachts were also built at the Logan yards, the largest being Karoro, Matariki, Tahatu, Moerangi, Coquette and Kotiro. A fleet of 18-footers, named the Patiki class, was built for various owners and were very popular in the 'nineties.

Mr. Logan was a bachelor, and lived with his brother James at Mount Eden. He suffered from heart trouble, to which he succumbed. The funeral will take place at O'Neill's Point Cemetery at 2.30 p.m.. to-morrow afternoon.