PANIA
Pania has had the same owners for over 25 years. She was built in 1973 using triple planked mahogany.
The get up & go comes from twin 90hp 6LW Gardeners & she measures approx. 50′.
She looks a very sea worthy vessel, no doubt one of the reasons her home port is Bluff, Southland.
Thanks to Ian McDonald for the trademe listing heads up 🙂
Can we expand on her details e.g. designer / builder & where was she from 1973 > early 1990’s ?
Input from Dick Hall
‘Pania’ was built by Jack Morgan for Rex Baldick of Picton off the extended ‘Hawaiki’ design. She was launched with a single Allis-Chalmers diesel that came out of a local fishing-boat but later when back to Jack and converted to twin screw with two four cylinder Fords. You can see the original strut with shaft hole through it in underwater photo. Rex had the Baldick families ‘Prima-Donna’ before building ‘Pania’
SIERRA 100th BIRTHDAY DAY
Sierra was designed and built by Joseph Fell of Kohukohu (Hokianga Harbour) & launched 3 May 1917. If she was a human, Sierra would be getting a letter from the Queen – as the old girl has just celebrated her 100th birthday. Owner Dennis Christopher is having a wee party for her this Sunday at the Panmure Motor Boat & Yacht Club, 104 Kings Rd, Panmure.
Sierra will be alongside the jetty from 2.00pm on-wards. It’s a just drop-in event & any one is welcome. So woodys, if you are out & about on Sunday, call by. (photo below ex Tom Kane).
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Exactly what I was thinking
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What a ship Pania is! If you had said she was built by Brooke Marine for the Royal Navy I would have believed it.
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‘Pania’ was built by Jack Morgan for Rex Baldick of Picton off the extended ‘Hawaiki’ design. She was launched with a single Allis-Chalmers diesel that came out of a local fishing-boat but later when back to Jack and converted to twin screw with two four cylinder Fords. You can see the original strut with shaft hole through it in underwater photo. Rex had the Baldick families ‘Prima-Donna’ before building ‘Pania’
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I believe Bill and Sylvia Kenny of Red Funnel Launches, Picton had her in Picton when he retired in the early 80s. I remember her being berthed just outside the coat hanger bridge (can be seen seen on some old postcards too) opposite Carey’s yard. Bill also managed to put her aground just out of Havelock and sat on the putty until the tide came back in and lifted her off.
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By the look of the underwater image, she used to have either 1 or 3 engines — the centre skeg is still in place — really solid nice looking boat — KEN R
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