WHERE IS THIS WOODYS GATHERING?
photo ex Harold Kidd
Today’s photo was taken in the period 1895-1905 & is ‘around’ the Waitemata.
What say you woodys – whats the location?
Article ex Paperpast from the NZ Herald 3 Jan 1896 (ex Harold Kidd)
Also a wee bonus today – Martin Turnwald, son of CYA member John Turnwald (MV Robyn Gae), who now resides in Switzerland, has sent in a c.1993 video of the William C Daldy. We see the crew was firing up the boilers to turn the old girl around on the wharf and Martin and then girlfriend, (now wife) were on board to watch.
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NZ Herald 3 Jan 1896 press clipping added to post. AH
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That will be great.I was able to name the boats and some people.You will make it far more interesting.
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Thank you for that Roger. I have told Alan that next month I will do an article on “The Smuggler’s Cave” as I remember all the people and boats in the video.
Peter
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It’s easy ; it’s obviously Woody Bay! sorry!!
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Hello Peter………Was very pleased to see the details you provided to back up the two videos……….All the best to you………Roger Guthrie.
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PS It’s interesting to see the mix of “flatties” and conventional clinker dinghies, none of which would look at all out of place on the beach 119 years on. This is just one of a treasure trove of early images from Hugh Kilfoyle including more bays like this!
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I thought it was at Waiheke but was unsure which bay. I’m convinced Peter is right and it’s the Waiheke Regatta held at Arran Bay by the Croll family. That’s borne out by the fact that the image was probably taken by one of the Kilfoyle boys who would have been there on his brother Tom Kilfoyle’s AORERE which makes it pretty likely to be the 1896 Arran Bay event in which AORERE was entered.
Happy happenstance!
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This is one of the items I mentioned in my article about “Beautful Waiheke” last Wednesday. It is the Arran Bay Regatta organised by the late Andrew Croll, one of Waiheke’s pioneers.
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Yes swap all the real dinghies for bags of air, double the number and you have easter this year.
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Looks like the bottom end of Waiheke to me – looking over Ponui to the Hunua ranges. Perhaps Man O War bay?
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Home Bay? though the far hills look too high
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Looks like Ocean Beach – Motuhie ?? looking South
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