The Dawn

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THE DAWN

photo & details from Riwia Fox

Have had a request from Riwia Fox on behalf of her aunt who is looking for any details on her fathers kauri launch – The Dawn. Excuse the very low res photo, hopefully a better one will be found. The war time ‘345’ number should help jog some memories. Riwia’s aunt believes it was built by Dick Lang in 1935.

Updated details (25/07/2014) from Riwia Fox – her Aunt has advised her fathers name was Bill Hogan, a member of the Ponsonby Cruising Club & The Dawn was built in 1935.

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7 thoughts on “The Dawn”

  2. Unbelievable.. Thanks very much for that – I do have a pic I will attach when I get a chance to scan it – Do you have any idea of her fate?

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  3. That’s yet another DAWN which was built by Arch Logan (allegedly) for J C Spedding c1922 but bought by Dr. Stenhouse for game fishing at Mayor Island in 1932. She was a fast boat with a 40hp Scripps.

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  4. My grandfather owned a small launch ‘Dawn’ around 1960 which was supposedly 26 ft – It was moored in Tauranga harbour – any idea of the tie up with this query?

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  5. There were at least two DAWNs in Auckland pre-WW2. Both were entered in the 1911 Regatta, one owned (and presumably built) by Dick Lang and one owned by F H Archibald.
    Hogan, of 3 Mission Place, Onehunga, advertised his DAWN for sale “at Panmure” in December 1945. She was a 26 footer. From the above image, I suspect his boat was the 1911 Lang boat, but with the clerestory and dodger added to her original flush deck, probably in 1935 from the tenor of her accompanying myth.

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  7. There were lots of Dawns, including one built by Dick Lang c.1911. I need the name of Riwia’s aunt’s father for a positive ID.

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