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Classic Wooden Boats At Kawau Island

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Alan Houghton - waitematawoodys.com founder

Classic Wooden Boats At Kawau Island

At Sundays Stillwater woodys picnic I was chatting to boat builder Greg Lees and he showed me the above photograph (in its frame) of Mansion House Bay, Kawau Island that a neighbour had given him. Interesting that for once the bay is almost bare of yachts – maybe they were off racing at the time.

Are we able to ID some of the launches? I have numbered the boats in the b/w photo below + included a couple of blow ups of the photo, which may help.

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5 thoughts on “Classic Wooden Boats At Kawau Island”

John Parker on November 2, 2022 at 9:10 pm said:

Korama/Thetis – Looks like my Grandfather’s launch he had back in the 1970’s. Ken Ricketts will know all the history

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KEN RICKETTS on October 1, 2020 at 12:46 am said:

1 KORAMA & 9 ALOFA, CASTAWAY OR OKE BAY

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Leo Comeskey on September 30, 2020 at 9:38 pm said:

1 Korama ?

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Nath on September 30, 2020 at 9:08 am said:

8 Wairiki, 9 Lady Jule?

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murray on September 30, 2020 at 7:24 am said:

7 Ngataki ?

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