Welcome to the Home Page of the
tug "Lyttelton"
The Tug 'Lyttelton' Preservation Society is a
non-profit organisation whose aims and objects are to restore and maintain the
vintage steam Tug 'Lyttelton' in working order, to promote public interest in
the vessel and make it possible for passengers to travel on it by means of
public cruises and chartered voyages around the Banks Peninsula area.
Society members from all walks of life maintain and crew the Tug on a voluntary
basis and membership of the society is open to anyone with an interest in the
vessel. We encourage members of the public to visit the vessel at
Lyttelton, and to consider helping us to preserve and protect this fine old
vessel so that it may be enjoyed by generations to come.
The tug is maintained and
operated by fully qualified and competent Society members as well as by other
Society
members
who have been able to gain experience in seafaring ways through their membership
in the Society. Each year she has to undergo a very stringent survey by
qualified surveyors to obtain the passenger certificate necessary for us to
operate.
Finance for maintenance and
running expenses amounts to many thousands of dollars each year and these are
raised solely by the money received from various sponsoring organisations and
charitable trusts, passenger fares and charter trips plus a small amount in
membership subscriptions.
To contact us by e-mail please
click here