By Jane Luscombe
A seven-metre piece of New Zealand history is up for sale, 24 hours after it made headlines.
Tasman Trespasser 2, the boat that got rower Shaun Quincey safely across the ditch, needs a new home.
When you're four-years-old, you don't worry too much about history, so Jack Lockett was only mildly impressed by his big mate Shaun Quincey's achievement.
More exciting for Jack was the chance to play on the boat that kept Quincey safe for 54 days.
It has had a few tumbles; twice in the middle of the Tasman and again in the rough swell that greeted its arrival home.
Now it has got to go.
Crossing the Tasman "Quincey-style" doesn't come cheap - he has racked up some hefty debts.
With one careful owner and 3500kms on the clock, it caught the eye of plenty of people during its road-trip back to Auckland.
Riley Lockett, part of Quincey’s support team, says people have been buzzing since the rower completed his feat.
“Every time I fuelled up everyone was talking about the boat and the journey and everything - so great to see all that support around,” he says.
Quincey hopes the auction for the boat will fetch up to $50,000, although he'd rather it went to the Voyager Maritime Museum - there it could sit next to a lower tech version, the Tasman Trespasser, built by his dad Colin.
Colin Quincey was the first person to complete the crossing in reverse - rowing from New Zealand to Australia.
The museum would love to have it too, but doesn't have the cash to give it a permanent home.
“I think Shaun has captured the nation's imagination with his explorative spirit and to have that here would be a great fit for us,” says NZ Maritime Museum chief executive Paul Evans.
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