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Mystery Launch

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Alan Houghton - waitematawoodys.com founder

Mystery Launch

The above photo popped up on fb recently with the comment ‘1982 Fishermans Wharf, Whitianga’. Sorry about the poor quality of the photo, but hopefully its good enough for someone to ID the launch for us.

FYI – sorry about the early post on WW re Athena, has been transferred to a previous Athena story…….. for some reason the WW search function didn’t work for me.

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4 thoughts on “Mystery Launch”

Brian Worthington on February 27, 2020 at 4:07 pm said:

Wanderer was owned by Dick McGrath , kept on a swing mooring in Waikereao Estuary Tauranga back in the 70’s and used as a Commercial Vessel, Cray Fishing and Hapuka fishing.

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Nath on February 24, 2020 at 9:28 pm said:

Whats her history, builder etc Brian?

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Brian Worthington on February 24, 2020 at 12:58 pm said:

Its the Wanderer.

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John Duigan on February 23, 2020 at 10:51 am said:

Moana sans flybridge?

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