HELENA
Helena was built by Shipbuilders c.1960. 28’ in length & kauri planked. The zoom zoom is via a 150hp Ford diesel giving a cruise speed of 7 knots.
Her trademe listing states that she is ‘priced to sell’ but at $35k she might hang around for a while + you have to wonder at people’s desire to actually sell a boat when you see how they present them in the photos.
Do we know any more about Helena?
Harold Kidd Input – In 1966 she was registered with APYMBA and owned by A.R. Martin of Palmerston North but kept at Auckland.
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yawn.
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Your box of tissues shouldl arrive tommrw.
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A bit like your last post Cameron, pointless twaddle. Go slap some paint on something.
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If you read the add it sez cruise 7 knots. Doesn’t say anything about max speed so dunno why the subject of speed/ hp was even raised. Hey can put 1000 hp in her and cruise at 7 knots if you wish.
Just more pointless piss take.
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A bukh 20 would give her 7 knots and rather a lot more room.
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Some people have high expectations of their boat.
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People have a high estimate of their boat, its appearance and apparent speed.
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108
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whats the real Hp Cameron?
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In 1966 she was registered with APYMBA and owned by A.R. Martin of Palmerston North but kept at Auckland.
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It ain’t 150hp that’s why.
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one fiddy horse and you get a miserable 7 knots? what are the other 120 horses doing? out to pasture?
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Looks a lot more like a Lane to me
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