A collection of historical NZ nautical items, from Croix and Merle Grut, including charts, ships compass, ships logs, camera, ship lights, log books, charts and maps, hand coloured photos, lifesaving equipment, scrap books, diaries and numerous newspaper clippings and ephemera, Croix and Merle Grut were the first New Zealand couple to circumnavigate the world in their own yacht the 36 foot ketch ‘Lorana’ in 1969.