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WAIONE (LAUNCH) AT OMAHA- 28.6.16

WAIONE

During a recent visit to boat builder Colin Brown’s Omaha yard, Ken Ricketts was shown the launch Waione that currently shares shed space with Little Tasman.

Waione is approx. 32′ long & these days is cared for by Steve Taylor, the son-in-law of the  elderly owner Dorothy McCabe. Steve told KR, he thinks she may have been built by Baileys but is not sure, so input from other woodys would be much appreciated, to confirm or correct this.

Waione was bought by Dorothy & her late husband Jack in the mid 1990s, Jack passed away in 2001. Currently Waione is being refurbished for Dorothy by Steve. She has an 80hp 4 Cyl Ford diesel, the same engine when the McCabes bought her.

Dorothy  has advised that Waione was originally owned by  the Alf Court family & Dorothy has seen a  photo of Waione from that era, shown to her, by one of her own family, who is married to a member of the Court family.  Dorothy has also been told that the boat may have been intended to be taken to the Pacific Islands, which never happened.

When the McCabe’s bought her, she was at Gulf Harbour & they initially moored her after they purchased her, at Herald Island, but they later moved to the Warkworth area & took her to Mahurangi, where she is now moored, when in the water, however she has been undergoing her present refit for some time. In a past life she may have been moored at Milford Marina.

While its hard to get a good view of the boat from the above photo, KR commented that it appears  the present coamings are not original, although aesthetically acceptable & appropriate.
Interested to hear from any woodys that may know more about Waione’s past.

Harold Kidd Input

A former owner to c1985, Dean Silich, thought WAIONE was built by Joe Wheeler at Bayswater c1970 which is more likely than Baileys, frankly. Joe Wheeler died in 1972.

19-07-2016 photo below ex Steve Taylor (dated April 1996)

Waione1996 Steve Taylor

 

 

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  1. Point of correction: Joe Wheeler built three smaller boats one for my father Roy Ward 17′ in 1958 Ray Ball (our neighbour) 18′ -stretched the middle frames, Ray had to out-do father) and 18′ hull only for Cairn Hawkesby who was a skilled cabinet maker (made coffins in Rosebank Rd Avondale). Ray Ball wanted a bigger boat and had Joe build (I thought she was 28′) a bigger boat -Joe’s shed at Bayswater was not long and she poked out. We felt there was something fundamentally wrong with the sheer fwd and this definitely precludes her being a Couldrey (bigger shed). But the 17′ (Millie ll) and the two 18′ boats were finished early ’60s and I would have guessed that the bigger boat was built early ’60s not ’70s. Ray Ball died late 1962 and his ill health had precluded his taking over the bigger boat which Joe finished off for himself. I think Joe was done building by the ’70s. Joss could probably confirm.

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  7. Mum and Dad owned her around 1974. She was at Milford at the time, but moved to Westhaven when dad got a berth for her.

    I last saw her in Arches Rd, Glenfield on the front lawn of Steve McCabes brothers place I believe.

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  10. A former owner to c1985, Dean Silich, thought WAIONE was built by Joe Wheeler at Bayswater c1970 which is more likely than Baileys, frankly. Joe Wheeler died in 1972.

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