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Ocean Queen – A Peek Down Below
August 5, 2019 12:04 am
OCEAN QUEEN – A Peek Down Below
Mid last month I ran a story on the Taupo based woody – Ocean Queen, most likely built by Joe Slattery in 1920. Nathan Herbert had spotted her at Lake Taupo with a 4-sale sign on her and commented on how stunning she looked.
I have since been contacted by her owner Paul Stewart and given a collection of photos of her interior. In Paul’s words – “she’s had a real spruce up, new Autex paint inside and out, anti-fouled, new varnish to the mast and boom, new duckboard, new raw water impeller, filters and oil. Polished up all the stainless fittings, removed and resealed some of the windows, new carpet, water tank clean and new hoses. new clears and covers. Last job is to make a new sail cover and then the boom can go back on”.
Paul commented that they use the sail often, it does a beautiful job of holding her steady on the wind and gives you another knot.
Paul still has the spare engine that came with the boat when he bought her.
As I mentioned previously at around $36k, if you are looking for an early 1900’s classic wooden launch – this woody has to be the buy of the year. So woodys, someone needs to buy Ocean Queen > then call Boat Haulage and arrange a pick up > then plonk her back in the Waitemata where she belongs 🙂
Read and see more of Ocean Queen at the links below.
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Categories: 1920's, 28'>30', A Peek Down Below, For Sale, Launches, Non Waitemata
Tags: Joe Slattery, Lake Taupo, Ocean Queen
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[…] UPDATE ex Nathan Herbert – well that was quick – Nathan has already ID’ed TINA MARIA as the launch OCEAN QUEEN that has made numerous appearances on WW and these days resides on Lake Taupo. Photos below ex Paul Stewart, and link to one of her WW stories. Keen to learn when the name change occurred. We learnt in the WW story that she was probably built by Joe Slattery in 1920 and was named OCEAN QUEEN when launched, so at some stage she has had a name change to TINA MARIA and reverted back. https://waitematawoodys.com/2019/08/05/ocean-queen-a-peek-down-below/ […]
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By HELP NEEDED TRACKING DOWN THE WOODEN LAUNCH – TINA MARIA | waitematawoodys.com #1 for classic wooden boat stories, info, advice & news – updated daily on April 11, 2025 at 12:03 am
She’d look great at the CYA patio bay weekend!
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By Nath on August 5, 2019 at 12:34 pm