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Endeavour

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Posted on May 31, 2013 by Alan Houghton - waitematawoodys.com founder

A Friday Quiz

Relax – I’m not turning into a royalist, its just that the recent postings have sparked a few memories about photos of classic’s & royal visits. HMRY Britannia escorted by MV Endeavour, skippered by Borrie Beachman, leaving the Waitemata for Mt. Maunganui 9 or 10 February 1963. The clinker dinghy being towed is still in the family & the owner needs to start on her restoration 🙂

A little bit of chop on the Waitemata that day, young Queenie would not have liked that.

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Alan H - waitematawoodys on June 3, 2013 at 7:58 pm said:

Zach
This scary, late this avo I was talking to Paul Beachman the owner of Endeavour down at the Devonport Yacht Club about the dinghy & he told me it was in Tinopai.
Alan

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Zach Matich on June 3, 2013 at 7:11 pm said:

The original clinker dinghy from Endeavour, built by Brin Wilson, is in a shed at Tinopai, when Jack Matich brought her he gave the dinghy to Eric Williams.

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