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Awatere

Awatere – designed by Arcus / Greenwood 1980

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Alan H - waitematawoodys on August 6, 2014 at 11:06 pm said:

Derek
I will post on Awatere tomorrow.
In regard to where she is moored, I tend to not publish vessel locations as ww is open to anyone to view. The owner is a personal friend so if you really wanted to view, I can arrange that.
Alan

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Derek Molander - Awana on August 6, 2014 at 9:20 pm said:

Awatere is a nice looking launch. Look forward to seeing the photo that Alan has to post. Alan where is she moored at and what is Awatere’s dimensions.

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Alan H - waitematawoodys on August 6, 2014 at 2:39 pm said:

She is owned by a good friend of mine, a lovely boat. Had a big birthday a year ago & looks better than new. I’ll post an early photo of her b4 the very tasteful wee fly bridge Geoff Bagnell added.

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Murray Deeble on August 6, 2014 at 2:31 pm said:

Yes Howard Greenwood like Owen Woolley, not well recognized for it, but both very good launch designers, with successful economical boats to prove it, any fool can draw a gas guzzler!

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Nathan Herbert on August 6, 2014 at 1:56 pm said:

This launch was built on my family’s farm at Whangaparaoa by the farm manager Peter Arcus. Dad recalls that she was strip- plank fastened by galvanised nails. A very nice looking launch

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