waitematawoodys.com #1 for classic wooden boat stories, info, advice & news – updated daily

Dedicated to the study & appreciation of wooden boats. WaitemataWoodys® was founded upon a desire to tell the stories & a need to archive the history of our classic wooden boats, the craftsman who built them & characters that owned & crewed on them. To share – email your photos, video's & stories to Flora McKenzie at waitematawoodys@gmail.com – Special thanks to marine author & historian Harold Kidd. Click the follow button at the bottom right of the page to get email alerts on new & updated stories. WW gets a LOT of emails every day – we like that, but sometimes we just can't answer them all, it's not that we're lazy or rude – just busy working on the next story :-) alan houghton – WW founder ©2023

Riwaka Waterfront Walkabout

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Alan Houghton - waitematawoodys.com founder

Riwaka Waterfront Walkabout

Following on from Sundays story on Matahorua the sailing cutter tied up at the Riwaka river / estuary , today we follow the camera of Tim and Pauline Evill as they explore the craft that call Riwaka their home ‘port’.

A fine collection of woodys, all appearing to be well loved – if you had the Riwaka agency for marine varnish , you wouldn’t remain in business for long 🙂

Enjoy the stroll

5 thoughts on “Riwaka Waterfront Walkabout”

Pingback: Black Swan – Riwaka Inlet | waitematawoodys.com #1 for classic wooden boat stories, info, advice & news – updated daily
Peter Campbell on March 23, 2021 at 8:00 am said:

Don R, yes it is the Ponui.
The boat with the bow spirit is the Marina. It was built locally by Pollard, and is a hard chine.

LikeLiked by 1 person
Don R on March 22, 2021 at 4:04 pm said:

Is the boat with a white tarp partially covering the wheel house the 1907 Logan Launch Ponui? Built to service the island of the same name, but has spent time in commercial service with the Napier Harbour Board, Lake Taupo, then Queen Charlotte Sound and lastly Abel Tasman National Park.

LikeLiked by 1 person
murray on March 22, 2021 at 8:09 am said:

Yes jtd for sure looks like a Bruce Roberts Spray, but the little motor sailer maybe a Maurice Griffiths hull.

LikeLiked by 1 person
johntwodogsJ on March 22, 2021 at 1:02 am said:

The boat in the second group of pics looks to be one of the many built to the lines of Slocum’s “Spray”.
I’m guessing that the little motor sailer with the big bowsprit is a Hartley Tasman – or did I detect the trace of a hard chine??

LikeLiked by 1 person

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

%d bloggers like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Related

5 thoughts on “Riwaka Waterfront Walkabout”

Leave a Reply