This ones a blast from the past, Aumoe the 1913 Tom Le Huquet designed launch rafted alongside Radio Hauraki’s pirate radio ship – ‘Tiri’. One has to wonder what she was delivering………………….
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The photo of the Aumoe alongside the Tiri was taken from Aloha. We called on the Tiri on our way back from the Barrier and were invited on board. I remember the radio crew played a request for us after we left them – and a crate of beer was given to them, for which they were very grateful!
– Bert Boswell
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I remember the day well, Wilkinson family were on route to the Barrier in the company of MV Aloha, the sea was like a millpond. Called alongside the Tiri and we were invited on board for a tour. For a bunch of teens and younger this was pretty exciting catching up with the pirates of the day.
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