POAKA
Back in Feb 2015 I did a story on the 1960 Snow Waters built launch ‘Poaka’ & questioned where she was today. Nathan Herbert gave us a heads up in Feb 2017 that she had popped up on trademe & she is still there today.
Looks like she has had some TLC & being a Waters craft she should be a solid ship. Interesting the difference between the painted cabin, versus the ‘as launched’ varnished finish (photo below), certainly looks sharper with the varnish (in my eye)
Powered by a 72hp, 4 cyl. Ford Diesel.
A nice entry level woody that with a little more work, could be a pretty classic.
See / read more about her here https://waitematawoodys.com/2015/02/14/poaka/
Yesterdays winner of the Auckland On The Water Boat Show tickets was – Tim Christensen – owner of the classic launch ‘Yvonne’
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John Blundell is probably cross with me by now. I unreservedly withdraw PIG and agree with PIED STILT. he iti tenei poaka
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Who doesn’t like a walking ham bacon pork factory….
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Looks like a real fat pig in white, bring back the varnish!
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That’s a pretty stilted response, Jason. I like PIG.
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He nui ngā poaka
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i’m sure there’s a bird rocking the Poaka name, maybe a pied stilt or some such>?
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That’s one launch’s name I would change. POAKA = PIG.
Someone had a wry joke.
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Hi, I agree. looks much sharper as you say when the cabin top was varnished, lot`s more work to keep it looking sharp in varnish though. Cheers.
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