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Tainui

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Alan Houghton - waitematawoodys.com founder

TAINUI

Designed by Eldredge-McInnis in the USA (original design / lines above), built in NZ c.1960 with kauri planking on oak rib. Originally powered by a Chrysler Crown engine. First owner possibly the Montgomery family in Nelson. Previous owners include CYA member Mark McLaughlin, Michael Cooper & before him CYA members Sue & Mark Edmonds.

Info supplied by Mark Edmonds

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babsboats on June 10, 2021 at 7:23 pm said:

Fascinating to read as Allen Westrupp was my uncle and as a child we used to visit his workshop.

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Mark McLaughlin on September 9, 2013 at 11:46 am said:

Now based at Thames and owned by John and Irene Austen.

Was launched on 14 September 1958, at Nelson.

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