CORONA CHRISTMAS CRUISE 1938/8

photo collection ex Peter Nunn- note: there will be 4 posts in this series, dedicated to Simon Smith, who aside for being a nice guy – in his words “enjoys photos dredged up from cruises past”.

What a cruise these guys must have had & unknown to them at the time, in less than 9 months the world would be at war (again) & no doubt a fair % of them would have been called up to fight for King & country. I wonder how many made it back 😦

ps If you can not read the captions, drop me an email & I’m send you a high res copy. mailto:waitematawoodys@gmail.com

pps Corona was fully restored in 2011 at the NZ Traditional Boatbuilding School & is currently for sale. If you want to own a piece of NZ classic yachting history, contact Steve Cranch mailto:steve@naturalcraft.co.nz but do it fast, as after a year of no bites, I’m told a sale might be imminent.