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Waipeke

Mandalay

Aveline

PARUA BAY WOODYS

Alistair McRae snapped the above woodys in mid May 2020 in Parua Bay, Whangarei.

The first photo is of Waipeke, once owned by Barbara and David Cooke. 30’ in length, built in 1963. Unsure of the builder.

The 2nd & 3rd are of the 23’, 1932, Ralph Shephard built launch – Mandalay. After a long period on the Clevedon River, Parua Bay is now her home.

The last photo is Aveline, the Roy Parris built launch. A new arrival in the Bay, owned by friends of Alistair’s.

Tomorrow on Woodys we have a great rescue story – a woody recovering from a near death experience 😉

Matt on July 12, 2020 at 9:36 pm said:

Waipeke is a 30ft Lang design. 60hp diesel made 8kts with a clean bottom. My father owned her for 10 years in the Milford creek.

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Gordon Love on June 13, 2020 at 9:38 am said:

Think Waipeke is Phillip Lang build

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