LYREBIRD
photo & details ex Ken Ricketts
Lyrebird, viewed above hauled out at the Mahurangi marina hardstand is a little bit of a mystery boat, her owner Grant Sutherland thinks she might be a Lidgard. She is 28ft by 9ft 6in. & powered by 4 cyl Perkins diesel. ‘Home’ is a mooring in the Mahurangi area.
Anyone know the boat or any more details on her?
24/02/2015 – update & photos from previous owner Mark Sorrenson
Harold is correct. I purchased Lyrebird from Brian Juers around 2006. Brian kept her on a mooring at McLeod Bay, Whangarei Heads. We painted her inside and out and refurbished the interior, fitted a anchor windlass etc. Brian purchased her from a fellow that lived at Bland Bay, so I can only assume that she was moored in Whangaruru Harbour. Brian believed that she had spent some time on the Hokianga Harbour.
I do not know what her design was, but only that Brian thought she may have been a Lanes.
She was very sweet.
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Great to see the layout and trim of another small hard chine launch of similar age to Lucy for inspiration on trim and colours
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Interior photos added. AH
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Hi Alan, yes Harold is correct. I purchased Lyrebird from Brian Juers around 2006. Brian kept her on a mooring at McLeod Bay, Whangarei Heads. We painted her inside and out and refurbished the interior, fitted a anchor windlass etc. Brian purchased her from a fellow that lived at Bland Bay, so I can only assume that she was moored in Whangaruru Harbour. Brian believed that she had spent some time on the Hokianga Harbour.
I do not know what her design was, but only that Brian thought she may have been a Lanes.
She was very sweet.
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She’s a little honey!
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For what it’s worth, LYREBIRD was for sale on TradeMe in 2010 as a “1939 Lanes”, then owned on the Kaipara by Mark Sorensen, a 27 footer with a Perkins 4.107.
“1939” could well be right, but is the “Lanes” just the default old launch Lanes?
I think a fairly recent name change is involved.
All that aside, she’s a pretty nice-looking craft.
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