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Mystery Launch 16-09-2018

Todays photo shows a rather pretty launch anchored in the Waihara Stream, near Cape Colville, in the Hauraki Guil & is date c.1918.

The photo comes to us via Lew Redwood’s fb

Any ideas on her name details?

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Ollie Askham on September 17, 2018 at 9:31 pm said:

I would like to know about these little entrances on the tip of the Coromandel, where is this ?

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Geoff Brebner on September 16, 2018 at 9:36 am said:

I think that should be Waiaro, just north of Cabbage Bay. A snug possie for smaller boats.

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