Mansion House Bay Launches
Photo ex Simon Smith, courtesy of the Sir George Collection.
The above photo is of Mansion House Bay, Bon Accord Harbour, Kawau Island.
A ‘little’ later than yesterdays photo, thence the colour. A good collection of launches in the bay. Always amazes me how restrained we have got, in these old photos people anchored a lot closer in than we do these days.
How many of the launches can we ID ?
And the large yacht at the wharf?
As always – if you click on the photo, it will enlarge 😉
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Yes Spirit of Adventure tied up. This must be around 1976.
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I think you are right on that – those windows are pretty distinctive 🙂
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Small boat at middle is certainly today’s Wainui II
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Haha!! Well said. And I wonder how far the little’s on the beach have sailed from.
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Yes a montague whaler — I may know the owner, also a Jim Young ketch, (for sale in the BOI currently) a Bruce Roberts Spray, a Farr 1/2 tonner and maybe a Chico 30, –oh launches!! didn’t notice them. 🙂
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yep — must have had a “senior moment” — KEN R
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Ken – pays to read other peoples comments 😉
She has already been ID’ed as the ‘old’ youth training ship – Spirit of Adventure.
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I think the big yacht at the wharf is BLACK WATCH after she had been converted to a yacht from an HDML. – she was tied to a private jetty for years in Schoolhouse Bay, so she was just around corner from home, — it looks like her & it’s logical. –KEN RICKETTS
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The small bridgedecker at the bottom of the photo is Kotuku (32ft Allen Williams design), and currently for sale.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/motorboats/auction-728379666.htm
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Since we are talking sails – is that a montague whaler, further in on the wharf, also?
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At wharf is sail training vessel Spirit of Adventure.
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