Outstanding In Her Field
photo ex Nathan Herbert
Spotted on the road to Kaiaua (Firth of Thames), 34-36′ , twin screw – if anyone can ID her they will gain legend status on ww 🙂
Sorry for the corny headline – couldn’t help myself 🙂
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She’s been there a year or three now Ken….Not far from where I live. Shall see what I can find out
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Hi Harold,
Ken said pos built in the thirtys we were wondering what year you thought she might be?
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I think that the dog escaped to what is a main road so they came after it… They seemed suitably mad at it so not really a great time to make pleasantries being as the dog came out to us!
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I think I would have snuck Ol Dinosour Rex a bit closer to that shed.
Perhaps she ate her own grass from around her.
Just tezzzing don’t take that seriously as you know I love them all…
But Gosh I am amazed these old girls are still around. I would rise to the challenge of designing a suitable cabin for her. I do hope the project goes well and she’s put back out there.
Pam.
Will someone take another photo for me sometime later as you know I don’t get out much, now where’s my rug…. 😉
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I spoke to him at Te Atatu BC several years ago. He seemed a pleasant chap, not at all the sort to set dogs on Nathan.
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Interesting that the owner spoke to you, must be a reflextion of what a nice guy you are – the owner set the dogs on Nathan 🙂
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I photographed her there and spoke to the owner who had no idea of her origins. She’s quite Collings concave-convex but very heavily built. “TE KAURI” rings no Bells (or Collingses either).
Maybe it was the brand of roll-your-own tobacco the owner smoked?
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Approaching legend status 🙂
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She was in the Te atatu Boat club hardsatand for quite some time in the late 90’s and had her Bridge-deck style cabin still in place then..Was powered by twin 4cyl ford diesels.
Her name at that time was Te Kauri.
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Absolutely true, & whilst I can’t tell from what is left of her at the moment, who she is or was, as she doesn’t have any long grass around her I’d say she is probably a new arrival in that spot & may well be going to get some long overdue TLC. — looks as if she could have been a hard chine mid or later 1930s bridgedecker to me — with 2 engines — hhhmmmm — interesting — KEN RICKETTS
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Ain’t no way to treat a lady!
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