NGARURUA
The 37’ Ngaruroa was built by Nobby Clark, a commercial boat builder and launched in 1965. Built from carvel plank, heart kauri. Powered by a 120hp 6 cylinder Perkins diesel engine.
Over the last 8 years she has been under gone an extensive re-fit and her owner now finds themselves just too busy to complete the project – so if there is a woody out there handy with their hands – Ngarurua just needs her interior finished and a lick of paint. She is fully operational in its present state. Thanks to Ian McDonald for the tme heads up.
CYA CLASSIC YACHT REGATTA UPDATE – DAY TWO (Races 2&3)
Yesterday morning I was dock side at Race HQ co-ordinating a meet up between renowned wooden boat photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz and James Dreyer (MV Laughing Lady) and I got ‘press ganged’ into accompanying them on LL for the day. Was not what I had planned but sometimes you just go with the flow.
Had an amazing day and got some great sailing photos. A taste below – full story on Monday.
A10 – Thelma / A7 – Rainbow
A7 – Thelma / A2 – Rawhiti
A16 – Little Jim
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Hi there … referring to your post dated 8 March 2020 ,
Nobby Clark wasn’t a commercial boatbuilder .. he was a keen amateur who built her over about 2 – 3 years circa 63 – 65 on his property in Hutchinson Rd Howick under the close guidance of Jack Taylor , who also designed her ,
My recollection is that she was originally equipped with a BMC diesel ..
Hope this proves helpful to the new owners ,
Kind regards
Ralph Taylor
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