Aloha Kai

Posted on by

Screen Shot 2020-04-04 at 6.35.42 AM

ALOHA KAI

Today’s woody is the game boat Aloha Kai, seen above in a 1968 photo from Russell in the Bay of Islands.
On Lew Redwood’s fb, Charlie Baker commented that at the time she was owned by John Chibnell and that she was the fastest boat in the bay thanks to a Chev 454 V8 (petrol) engine. Her top speed was 35 knots, a step up from the norm of around 8.5 knots from the rest of the game fleet.
Douglas Burnage also commented that she may have been owned in 1980’s by Vic Otto and operated out of Houhora as a long-liner.
Can anyone tells us more about Aloha Kai eg design / builder and provide an update on what became of her?
Update 24-05-2020 Photo below of Aloha Kai in Raio Creek Houhora – January 1994. Sent in by Craig Ogle.
IMG_0793

4 thoughts on “Aloha Kai”

  3. The V8 interceptor motor came out and a GM 4/51 went in(late 70s/80s) Was she a Chris Craft or other American design.

    Like

  4. Yes was up raio creek houhora in early 90s. My old man looked at buying her I was a little fella back then I think it had a gm in her that was stuffed could be wrong though. Ended up buying the pandora 3 which was also parked up the creek.

    Pandora 3 photo below

    Like

Leave a comment