A real mixed bag of vessels here. Must have been a regatta or speed boat racing.
Of interest to waitematawoodys is the fine looking launch in the centre with the canoe stern. Can anyone help ID her?
Harold Kidd Update:
There are numerous candidates for the canoe – sterned launch. I will work on ID-ing her. It’s unusual to have a combination of a raised forward deck, a clerestory, a dodger and a canoe stern on a launch of what…36 feet? In the meantime, some possibilities are RONOMOR, HAZEL, WAHAROA, ROMA and DIXIE.
The little outboard racer is FLEETUN built by Collings & Bell in November 1928. That’s probably Charlie Collings handling her.
What I can advice is –
1. It’s a NZPBA event
2. It’s on the Whau River
3. It’s some time after March 1928 and before they moved these races to the Panmure Basin in January 1930.
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Negative on NGAIO.
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Can you identify the boat in the top left hand corner?? It looks very similar to Ngaio, currently under restoration.???
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Not Ronomor,I will find some photos of Dixie, a possibility
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Could you post a higher resolution copy of the image? I’m struggling with the venue. The name on the side of the outboard would be helpful.
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