Can We ID This Launch
Another photo sent in by Bryce Strong from his families old photo collection. The above launch is a mystery to me, but the very distinctive array of windows should trigger someones memory. I can make out the following letters on her name board ‘_OANUI’
Given the other photos in the album, the location would have to be in / around the Hauraki Gulf.
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That’s not the LADY LUCK at the stern of KOANUI, — LADY LUCK had a very prominent hard chine, chine line, at the bow, similar to Vindexes, & that boat has a round bilge & to me looks like any one of a number of several boats built by Owen Woolley of that style in the1950s 60s era — eg., WAIARI — KEN R
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It is Koanui and is now owned by Graeme Wade and is berthed at OBC
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Designed by Colin Wild built by Noel Meldrum at Orewa 1947-8.
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I think it may have been a Colin wild and it was powered by a 6cyc BMC in does days
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Koanui can be seen quite clearly in the zoom in 🙂
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That’s a Te Atatu boat club weekend Roy & Matahi used to own her. It’ll come to me? That’s the bow of Lady Luck off her stern.
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koanui it was in Milford for a time and owned by Arthur Ripley who put the bridge on it
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