Wairangi

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WAIRANGI

Wairangi has appeared before on ww (link below) but has recently had a big dose of TLC. The above photos are a mix of some taken by owner Owen Foster (via KRickets) while anchored at Rakino Island & mine that show her over Easter anchored in Man o War Bay, Waiheke Island. The newly varnished cabin/wheelhouse looks stunning & combined with a lot of other work, she looks very special – in fact I would be happy to call her mine 🙂

Also looking very smart in one of the photos is Safari, her owner Neil took the below photo of Raindance during the Sunday afternoon squall that hit the bay mid afternoon – rain, hail, wind = boats dragging their anchor all over the bay – fun & games but no damage.

https://waitematawoodys.com/2016/03/05/wairangi-3/

11-08-2018 Update – Photos below taken by Owen Foster using a drone, while at anchor at Oneroa, Waiheke Island. emailed in by Ken Ricketts

Update 19-07-2019 ex model maker John Whyte

Back in February I was contacted by John Whyte seeking info on Wairangi, John was doing the drawings of Wairangi for model maker Paul Berntsen (Havelock North). Earlier today John sent me the photos below of Paul’s finished model. John commented that the wharf behind it is a 1.34 scale model of the Opua wharf which measures just over 6 metres in length. John plans to build a lower wharf for the pilot boat with a ladder coming of the higher wharf.

The boat measures around 450mm long and 110mm wide.

Paul is obviously very talented, I struggle maintaining my own boat – building something like this would be a recipe for disaster for me 🙂

6 thoughts on “Wairangi”

New photos added. Alan H

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ah yes, you’re right (just this once) that’s what is missing! Masts!

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Yay. She is one of my faves again. The large slab of white makes her look refined ladylike and loved again. So much for previous reports that the teak was too far gone to carry on…. Now for a couple of pole masts……

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