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June 7, 2019 12:08 am

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MERRYWEATHER
 

I was recently contacted by Lionel Sands of ‘Sea Craft’ fame – as most of you will know, Lionel’s late father, Sandy Sands, started Sea Craft Ltd in 1946 building clinker boats. Today they build the Haines Hunter range of fibreglass boats and are still based in Ellerslie. 

Lionel was contacted by one of his dealers in Gore in regard to an old Sea Craft boat that they had come across. Lionel commented that looking at the photos supplied the boat appears to be in very good original condition including the Ford 10 motor that is also original. Lionel contacted WW to see if there was any interest in the boat.
 
The story goes like this – the Gore dealer, Brad Inder from Inder Marine, was asked to price a re-power on a larger glass boat and the customer is wanting to sell some of his old cars and boats. The vessel that the dealer thought might spark some interest almost the classic wooden boat movement was a 1955 Seacraft powered by a Ford Prefect motor, pictured above.
 
So Woodys my question today is – any interest in this iconic woody? and what do we think she is worth? A nice winter project for one of the lake boys 😉
 
BOB SALTHOUSE RIP
Sadly today I have to advise that boat designer / builder Bob Salthouse passed away peacefully yesterday morning. While he had not been in good health for a long time and his passing was not unexpected, the event marks another milestone in the Salthouse boatbuilding dynasty. I read several years ago that Bob had designed over 750 boats – I would doubt if anyone in NZ has come even close to that, ever, and even more impressive – most are still afloat.
A sad day for the expended families given the recent death of brother John.
 

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3 Responses to “Merryweather”

  1. Bob Salthouse taught me how to sail first off at Narrow Neck in a Frostbite,a good bloke.I we nt to Berni Skinners funeral yesterday in Sydney,a very good send off

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    By Ian Kissin on June 8, 2019 at 6:50 pm

  2. So sad to hear that Bob has passed away – as you say he started a boatbuilding dynasty – and he was so humble with it. RIP

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    By Graeme Finch on June 7, 2019 at 9:14 am

  3. Yep i had a old sea craft i think it was about a foot 6″ . had a 18 horsepower outboard but it was always leaking you wood stop it and then next time you went out fishing it wood be leaking again. good sea boat . got us home in some shitty weather. my dad had 2 of them lot older

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    By Ron WALKER on June 7, 2019 at 9:10 am

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