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Moata

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Alan Houghton - waitematawoodys.com founder

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MOATA

The above photo shows Moata alongside the old Clevedon Wharf on the Wairoa c.1960.

What became of her & details on her past life would be a nice – workboat woodys??? (Photo ex Lew Redwood Facebook)

05-04-2018 UPDATE

Input from Harold Kidd & Cameron Pollard – MOATA was built in 1937 by W.G. Lowe & Son for Nobel Explosives to bring explosives from the stores at Maraetai to town. She replaced the cutter REWA.

Currently owned by Fin Horder and fishing out of Westport/Greymouth and further. So she’s not a “captain calm water” boat. Gardner powered of course and she is kept in perfect condition.

Geoff Brebner Input – For years she was kept on a mooring at Kawakawa Bay, not far from the ICI explosve magazine at Waitawa Bay.

7 thoughts on “Moata”

Jon Rodenburg on November 8, 2020 at 11:41 pm said:

i worked with fin for a tuna season and im happy to say, this is the most fuel efficient boat in the whole fleet. the gardener engine may be little, but it pulls fish. i am still happy to do another tuna season on that vessel again. its well kept and a lot of time is put into keeping this old girl alive. she swings a bit but i think the fish love the water getting thrown around.

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Jim mcglone. FC outward bound on March 26, 2020 at 9:58 am said:

Miata presently at Westport. Finn heading home after Talley’s stopped taking albacore.

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harold531harold on April 4, 2018 at 9:58 am said:

MOATA was built in 1937 by W.G. Lowe & Son for Nobel Explosives to bring exposives from the stores at Maraetai to town. She replaced the cutter REWA.

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Geoff Brebner on April 4, 2018 at 9:08 am said:

Good to know she still survives. For years she was kept on a mooring at Kawakawa Bay, not far from the ICI explosve magazine at Waitawa Bay.

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Cameron pollard on April 4, 2018 at 7:46 am said:

Moata built by Bailey and Lowe.
Currently owned by Fin Horder and fishing out of Westport/Greymouth and further. So she’s not a “captain calm water” boat.
Gardner powerd of course and she is kept in perfect condition.
According to Fin she was used to carry explosives and that photo shown she was in that mode.

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