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LADY CLARE

The above photos of Lady Clare were sent to me by Dean Wright, they date from the 1980’s when Dean was game fishing.

Dean recalls that Lady Clare  was owned at the time by a chap named Peter Clarkson, but his memory may be clouded, it was the 80’s J

In the photos above she’s being skippered by John Batterton & they’re weighing in a Broadbill at Paihia c.1987.

What more do we know about Lady Clare & where is she today?

UPDATE Some historical photos ex Ken Ricketts below – not sure if the varnished coamings are as orginal – but the ones of her with a block of flats on top, show her at Mahurangi a couple of years ago. Read more about her past in the comments section of this post.

 

 

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  1. The Lady Clare’s original owner was my grandfather Nelson Tye, who ran Game Fishing charters from Whitianga. He also did cray potting in the winter.
    Nelson had to sell her in the mid-late 70’s (I am unsure of the exact year as I was quite young at the time) after he had an accident with a bench saw which caused him to lose some fingers and meant he could no longer skipper her.
    Thank you all for posting where she is and has been through the years, it is very interesting to know as I have many fond memories of her.

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  2. Lady Claire has now been purchased by Russell Smith and Mark Sanderson and will be kept at Pine Harbour Mariner.

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  3. My family owned this from the late 80’s until the early 90’s, I loved being on it and piloting it out of the harbour as a wee boy. Great to see it’s being looked after!

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  4. Peter Clarkson bought the Lady Clare from Stan Honeybun in Auckland about 1982, then ran her as a game fish charter launch out of Paihia for about 10 years before selling her in the early 90s. She was a lovely boat. Nice to see pics of her, and read about her history and where she is now.

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  5. I was driving the Claire at the time. Pete did own her back then. She was an awesome little boat. Great photos. We weighed two that day. JB

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  6. Lady Clare is based in Whangamata current owners is Clive+ Colleen Barlow who has it looking very sharp

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  9. LADY CLARE is 42 feet long, was built by Jim Young in 1960 has 2 x 4 cyl 80 Hp Ford Diesels.

    She was owned for 14 years until about 18 months ago, by Ian Cunningham of Warkworth area, & was moored, when he bought her, at Gulf Harbour where he continued to keep her, for a couple of years, & then took her to Mahurangi, for the remainder of his stewardship.
    He who sold her for health reasons, to a Gentleman from Whangamata, where he believes she is now living.
    I expect to have images of her interior & more history later today.
    Have sent images I took in 2015 at Mahurangi & an early days one, to Alan– KEN R

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  10. The Lady Clare was built for Nelson Tye of Whitianga in 1959 by Jim Joung.
    Mike Best (my farther) purchased her approx. 1972 and subsequently used her for charter work (big game fishing) at Whitianga and then Mayor Island. Dad then sold her to Stan Honybun who lived in AKL. This was approx. 1978. She was powered by twin 60hp Ford engines. Dad added the fly bridge with the help of Howard Pascoe at Whitianga.

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