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Mansion House Bay Kawau 1939

Any one able to ID the launch on the left?

photo ex ‘Sir George Grey Special Collections (Auckland Libraries)

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Harold on September 16, 2013 at 8:47 am said:

It’s ATALANTA not ATLANTA.

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kenricketts on September 16, 2013 at 7:40 am said:

It is the boat tied to the piles which is Atlanta.

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kenricketts on September 15, 2013 at 10:21 pm said:

This is the Atlanta — called Rotoiti for a period in the 40s & early 50s — refer my writings under “Atlanta”.

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