The Waimarie paddlesteamer was hauled out of the Whanganui River on June 28. Photo / Bevan Conley
While the PS Waimarie is hauled up on the riverbank, its operators are appealing for help to keep it running.
They need a new place to store the coal that fires the boat's boiler, and some new board members for the Whanganui Riverboat Restoration and Navigation Trust.
The coal was
once stored at Whanganui's port but that area was now being redeveloped, Waimarie Operations Trust chairman Stuart Hylton said.
For a while it was stored at Bullocks Contractors in Taupō Quay - but Bullocks has a new use for that space.
What's needed is about 30 square metres for coal storage, preferably covered and on a firm floor. There must be vehicle access too.
