Mystery Launch at Opua
photo ex Deeming family collection via Gavin Bedggood
The above photo was taken at the Deemings yard at Opua. We are not sure of the year or the ID of any of the boats. Any woods able to help out?
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04-06-2016 Photos of Arline ex B Worthington via Ken Ricketts
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Peter M Hughes
I skippered this old girl in the early1070’s for a couple of years touring around Whangaroa Harbour in Northland: also ran occasional fishing trips within river limits. Don Campbell and his wife Heather owned her at that time and I was also employed in Dons Boat building business, Camrick Boats. In those days we received Kauri direct by barge from Lanes Mill across the Harbour, I got my Skippers Ticket in Auckland : Penny Whiting was in my examination group . Don took me on when he discovered I knew how to read and blow up lines drawings, which I suspect he had been puzzling over. Don had just got a contract to build a 30 foot round hulled bilge keeler and mostly he had built hard chine vessels..
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JUST LISTED ON TRADE ME, NOW IN GISBORNE.$50K.
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She is definitely ARLINE.KenR (Photos added to the post. AH)
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Yip mum was telling me that the Arline was a well known Whangaroa boat. She is easily searchable running charters now from Paihia as I have known her growing up.
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Correction !! should read AEC diesel.{Jack Strongman was Abe’s brother inlaw
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Hi !!
Tend to agree with Nathan my mothers cousin Abe Bronlund I think owned her in the 50’s running
day fishing trips out of Auckland. While in Abe’s ownership the petrol engine [can not remember the make] was replaced with a ACE Diesel the re engine was carried out by Jack Strongman and his sons Cyril and Nigel of Coromandel.
Should the Mystery vessel be Arline the last time I saw her was in Whangaroa many years ago.
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The Arline
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WYOMA?
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If the portholes are a TAD smaller, I couldn’t differ that hull from Malaita. Alan has a pic of her on Opua marina.
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Sadly don’t know the name of the boat — looks fascinating.
However with the height of the “Bridgedeck/wheelhouse, I would speculate that she has, or had, a very high heavy duty diesel engine, which to go under the floor as would be necessary because of the floor area, could require a bridgedeck of that height. — KEN R
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