Weather permitting as you read this we will be on-route up the Wairoa River to the Clevedon Cruising Club, so it seems fitting that today I feature a local boat.

In the above colour photo we see the launch Spindrift heading to the Clevedon Cruising Club picnic at Ponui Island, the ‘crew’ were the the McKenzie family, owners at the time. Read the page ex the CCC 75th Jubilee booklet for details, but quick headline – Gordon McKenzie purchase the 30’ 1934 Spindrift from Harry Morton in 1948 and owned her for 34 years, she sold in 1987 to the current owners, the Renall family.

The CCC Jubilee booklet was written by Merle McKenzie.

In her early years Spindrift had an interesting life as a work-boat, refer story.

The black and white photo, shows Spindrift  in 1953 alongside the Waipu Landing.

I love the poem below – very on the mark 🙂