Juliana @ the 2014 Lake Rotoiti Classic & Wooden Boat Weekend
Juliana was built in 1930 by Sam Ford & now resides on Lake Rotoiti, the pride flag ship of Lake Rotoiti commodore Fraser Wilson. Fraser bought her as a bare neglected hull, with no bulkheads, engine, underwater gear, mast or anything else & undertook a major 3 year restoration /rebuild at the hands of Lake Rotoiti boatbuilder Tony Mitchell. The attention to detail & standard of workmanship is second to none. I was fortunate to go on board & on Friday night & see her up close – stunning.
The are numerous posts on ww about Juliana & her past, so to read & see more, enter Juliana in the search box.
I will post more on the weekend on Monday, but yesterday I had two magic boating experiences that were VERY wow & made the trip even more special 🙂
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It is perhaps worth noting, that her bronze steering wheel, is her oriignal wheel, from when she was built in1930, & which my father adapted to a new steering system he fitted in 1947 & which was later replaced, & came in to my possession a few years ago, I have had much pleasure in donating it to Fraser, which he has again refurbished beautifully, to become an ongoing part of her living history.– KEN RICKETTS.
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What an unbeielable joy, to see tiis most special all boats to me, being, as she was, part of my family & part of my life, for all those years form 1946 to 1956, all those years ago, being reborn to Fraser, as she is, with the loveing hands of the aetisan, the brillaint Tony Mitchell. May God bless her & all who sail in her, for another 100 years — KEN RICKETTS
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