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500,000 VIEWS – A big day on waitematawoodys today – people have viewed waitematawoodys.com 1/2 million times.

In the last 18 months waitematawoodys.com has grown into a wonderful classic wooden boat community. You are all a big part of that with your comments, stories & photos sent in & I would like to thank you all for being helping make ww so special. One of the best buzzes is when we connect the dots between people & boats – ww has put a smile on many a face , young & old & I get very cool feedback & have meet some truly inspiring people. All this makes the time spent pulling together unique stories everyday worthwhile. I hope you have enjoyed the ride & hang-on-in-there for the next 500,000 views. Alan Houghton

Some facts:

Best Day: 4509 views – the Whangateau Traditional Boats Open Day feature. view here https://waitematawoodys.com/2014/05/05/whangateau-traditional-boat-regatta-yard-open-day-part-1/

Worst Day:  4 views – that was Day One & given so many of you missed Day One – I have re-posted the photo of Lady Gay & Waitangi taken by myself at the 2013 CYA Classic Yacht Regatta, below.

Some Stats:
1st Person to log-on & comment – Chris Leech (Castaway)
2nd – Steve Horsley (Ngatira)
3rd –  Rick McCay (Luana)
4th –  Baden Pascoe (John Dory)
5th –  Russell Ward (Romany)
6th –  John Wicks (Sirena)
7th –  Colin Pawson (Marinus)
8th –  Roger Guthrie
9th –  Harold Kidd (Romance II)
10th – Peter Mence (Jenanne)

Most Prolific Followers:
# 1 A visitor from Hawkes Bay
# 2 Harold Kidd (harold531harold)
# 3 Nathan Herbert (Nath)
# 4 Ken Ricketts
# 5 Murray Deeble
# 6 Pam Cundy (whangateautraditionalboats)
# 7 Russell Ward (vintagesteamer)

Whose Reading ww:
Many NZ but there are followers all over the world – see yesterdays viewer countries below –

Why are we doing all this?
Well waitematawoodys.com was founded upon a desire to record the history of our classic wooden boats, the craftsman who built them & characters that owned & crewed on them. Archiving the information on these magnificent craft ensures they remain a part of our maritime history for future generations.

Along the way we hope to empower you to tell us the stories about the classic wooden boats you have rubbed up against in your life & your experiences around them, through photos & words.

Remember – at waitematawoodys, its all about wooden boats.

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13 thoughts on “500,000 Views”

  3. Congratulations Alan and WW. Also a thanks to the prolific followers above. Look forward to continue reading more history and knowledge from you all.

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  9. Well done Alan!
    A deserved success story.
    Now ignorance, lousy anecdote, fibs and myths about our incredibly well-designed, well-built and astonishingly long-lived wooden launches are on the run at last!
    We all owe you a beer or six.

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  12. Hi Alan, Great site, a huge boost for Classic boating , not only New Zealand but worldwide. Keep up the great work and if I can help , just let me know. Baden

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  13. Alan, on behalf of the boating community of NZ & the world I would like to say, we all owe you so very much for your foresite, dedication, & countless hours you contribute to create our mutual enjoyment of your wonderful site. Without you, boating now, & i the future woould have lost much, in both recording the past & looking forward to the future, I for on have always & still do, very much right now, enjoy making my liltte contributions, for what they are worth, (even though sometimes recall gets fuzzy, with the passage of time, & I get it wrong), & I would also like to acknowledge my fellow major contribuors to your great work, for without them, as yourself Woodys could not be the worldwide success it is — Thank you Alan & the contributing team for all we have. — KEN RICKETTS

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