The Hamiltons
A local family and owners of ecoseaker
Steve Hamilton
Owner / Skipper
Steve is your Skipper, a 5th generation local and descendant of early French and Scottish settlers. He grew up on a sheep farm alongside Akaroa Harbour and has intimate knowledge of the harbour and surrounding area. Starting out at a young age, boating and fishing in and around Akaroa Harbour with his family ensured Steve grew to love the ocean environment. He and his brother also enjoyed trekking down the farm to collect Mussels and Paua off the rocks.
Steve has worked for several years in dolphin swimming starting with his father as a guide where he gained his skippers licence and then went on to work for another company as a swim boat skipper gaining his next level of licence and a lot more experience. He has also had experience on a local Cray fishing and Groper fishing boat and still sometimes joins them for some great rod fishing action.
In Steveʼs spare time he is with his kids Blake & Maya, playing, hiking and fishing together.
Blake Hamilton
The little big boss
Blake is a smart empathetic boy who enjoys the outdoors, hiking, expoloring, boating, kayaking and fishing, plus a bit of gaming. Steve thought Blake was a good strong seafarers name.
Blake, as a name, also has strong connections in New Zealand with sailing, the ocean and environmental protection issues. Sir Peter Blake was a N.Z yachtsman who was successful at the top level in world sailing. He lead Team New Zealand to successive victories in The Americas Cup in 1995 and 2000. He then went on to environmental exploration, monitoring global warming and pollution for the United Nations.
Maya Solana Hamilton
The little little boss
Maya is an adventurous and outgoing ray of sunshine, actually Solana in Spanish means sunny place or sunny spot and she is definitly her dad’s sunny place. Currently her intrests are dolls, collecting all manner of things, buliding with duplo, jumping, climbing and just generally having fun.