Tuatahi

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TUATAHI

The photo above shows the launch Tuatahi alongside the wharf at Kingfisher Lodge, Whangaroa in 1954.

Anyone able to shed some light on her?

Photos below ex Brian Worthington

I’m out & about over Easter, if my dinghy is looking a little low in the water it is because I have found spotX, that the boys below had  🙂     (both photos ex Lew Redwood)

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11 thoughts on “Tuatahi”

  2. Tuatahi is in July 24, 2023 issue of Hibiscus Matters, having sunk on a mud bank near Stillwater Boating Club. The Club have been unable to contact the owner, Arden Brown.

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  3. Just read a story about Tuatahi in July 24, 2023 issue of Hibiscus Matters, page 3. She’s sunk on a mud bank near Stillwater Boating Club. The Club have been unable to contact the owner Arden Brown.
    I’m writing this on 14 August and don’t know what has happened in the meantime.

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  5. Hi All,
    My grandparents Kevin (late) and Wendy Gilligan (mentioned in PAUL.N’s comment below) ran the Kingfish Lodge and owned the Tuatahi for several years in 1970s. I have dozens of photos (and even a few videos!) of the boat during this period if anyone is interested in them. Nana also remembers a lot about different characters up at Whangaroa at that time if anyone has any specific questions for her – for example, she recalls the events mentioned in Tim Hanna’s comment above about Mr. Bayliss’ son sinking a boat, as well as all sorts of other things.

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  7. i have owned tua tahi for about twelve years
    she currently is moored in scotts landing mahurangi
    been an awsome family boat and has sailed all around far north
    i know what you mean about modifications but she currently has a different two tone paint job which eases appearance.

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  8. Another of the owners of the lodge was a Mr Bayliss. He also had a classic launch which his son sank.Has anyone any knowledge of that boat?

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  9. The colour photo was taken in Tauranga when i had it for sale a few years ago and the black n white photo was when it was chartering out of the Bay of Islands briefly many years ago.

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  10. I’ve sent Alan some more recent images, taken through the years, of the TUATAHI, & sadly she has had her coamings replaced, & then added to later, by the look of it, some time back,& in my opinion, she has lost her lovely classic lines, as she was built, & perhaps could almost be in the “block of flats” brigade, by what I an see in the newer shots of her — so sad!! — KEN R

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  11. Im sure she is still around. I stayed at the Kingfish Lodge in 1976 The Tuatahi was at that time owned by the owners of the lodge. From memory one of the owners a Mr Gilligan who called her Tuatahi Star. If you google N.Z.Classic Game boats there are several pics of her, one as she is today..

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