

KORAWAI
Woody Angus Rogers snapped the two photos above of the launch – Korawai, anchored in Te Kouma, Coromandel during the families cruise on their launch – Centaurus. Korawai changed ownership 6mths ago and that woodys is all I know about the very well presented launch.
Too pretty to be a mystery – so who can enlighten us?
Input from Colin Pawson – Owen Woolley design and build. Previously owned by Beau Farrell I think.
10-01-2021 Input from Barbara Cooke – Korowai was purchased by my cousin and her partner in 1983 and moored in Milford Marina. Owen Woolley designed, 36ft with a single Ford motor. During their tenure a second hatch was made in order that my cousin could see more readily, and as she put it, carry out her back seat driving in comfort! Korowai was sold in 1985 to a fellow in Howick who owned a paint company and kept at Half Moon Bay. Was initially called Korawai not Korowai. Not sure if that still stands? corrected
NZ Power Boat Association Cap Badge – Winner Lots of entries, some amusing, some very random – but of the ones that supplied the correct answer i.e. The cap badge of a commodore of the NZPBA – the lucky winner of a copy of Brian Peets book – ‘Des Townson – A Sailing Legacy’ was K Ricketts.
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I spent a week on this stunning craft in January 1999 cruising the Hauraki Gulf, when it was owned by John and Celine Farrell.
As Barb Cooke said, the name (Which was on a mounted plaque inside the salon) was Korawai or Kora-wai.
I’d love to know who the lucky person is who owns her now!
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PS. Was initially called Korawai not Korowai. Not sure if that still stands?
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Korowai was purchased by my cousin and her partner in 1983 and moored in Milford Marina. Owen Woolley designed, 36ft with a single Ford motor. During their tenure a second hatch was made in order that my cousin could see more readily, and as she put it, carry out her back seat driving in comfort! Korowai was sold in 1985 to a fellow in Howick who owned a paint company and kept at Half Moon Bay. Nice to see she’s still looking lovely and well cared for.
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Owen Woolley design and build.
Previously owned by Beau Farrell I think.
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