Raindance Gets A Birthday
Firstly a double apology
1. If you are one of the several WW followers that have an issue with me posting photos of my launch – switch off and read a book, in fact do everyone a favour and push delete to WW updates
2. Today is all about the boat – after several weeks of being hauled out at The Slipway Milford, I relaunched today – I have used the term b4 but I’m as happy as a dog with two dicks 🙂
I will not bore you with all the work but Jason and Cam at the Slipway have corrected a telephone book size list of issues, faults and potential future oops – the ‘Readers Digest’ version of the work I’m very happy about is :-
• the paint job, stunning
• the steering, rebuilt including new rudder tube / stock / arm
• the mast – rewired / vanished + visual enhancements
• refurbished stern – removed upright support posts + rot
• refastened duckboard
• addressed several niggling water leaks
Still a few cosmetic jobs on my list but she is looking 90% perfect.
If you are joining us on Sunday for the Woodys Riverhead Tavern lunch cruise, you can have.a gander dock side 🙂
(Photos ex Jason Prew & yours truly)
Lovely new rope fenders too.
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There was an Alan Houghton who lived in Ngataringa Rd Devonport kept a launch on a mooring in Ngataringa Bay below the house recall this launch was powered with a Ford V8 petrol motor
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Well done – we are all interested in your boat as much as any other.
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Looks great Alan, excellent work and updates. Jason.
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Best time to put her on the market ?
As long as you don’t move onto a plastic pussa like some have 🤣🤣🤣
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She looks fab Houghty! Flash as a rat with a gold tooth!! Now, we hope, the owner goes in for a face lift as well. Have fun up the river. Txx
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Beautiful! Always good seeing Raindance updates
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Very nice, well done Sir!
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Gorgeous!
Richard Amery Rotoiti
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Looking great that pennant mast up front looks superb.nick
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Awesome Alan 👍
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Hey, WW is your creation, you can put in whatever you want! Doing a daily blog is hard and repetitive – I and many other people appreciate your efforts . Sadly New Zealand seems to be cultivating may dumb and lazy people. Ignore them and keep up the great work! Oh – and Raindance looks great. Cheers Bryce
On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 at 12:01 AM, waitematawoodys.com #1 for classic wooden boat stories, info, advice & news – updated daily wrote:
> Alan Houghton – waitematawoodys.com founder posted: ” > https://videopress.com/v/AuUvP1Eh?preloadContent=metadata Raindance Gets > A BirthdayFirstly a double apology 1. If you are one of the several WW > followers that have an issue with me posting photos of my launch ” >
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Go4it, Al! We still love yer! Yep keep it coming. But a boat with no leaks? “A wooden boat is built from an assemblage of strangely-shaped pieces of wood so arranged as to retard the ingress of water” David Kasanof in Fo’cs’le Wooden Boat
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Yes well done Allan she is looking great
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The term I believe is a dog with two tails…
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Nice one Alan, Enjoy.
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Sweet as a nut.
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Ah….. the pleasure one gets when the work is over and the result brilliant. Pleasure for you Alan as owner and we as fellow woodies in seeing a classic given ” The Treatment.” knowing she is in top hands. Congratulations.
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Just beautiful , hope you don’t mind have shared the video
Regards Rob Watt
Sent from my iPad
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Rubrail screw slots nicely lined up? But seriously – she really is one of the loveliest boats around.
Of course, well as much as one can on a 93 year old piece of kauri without damaging it 😉 AH
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nice..
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She’s looking great Alan!
Ben Mendlowitz, 1-917-842-8618 Mobile
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She is so posh now, ordinary boaties will have to doff their hats now, & ask for special permission to come aboard!!!!! – She’s looking delightful– VERY WELL DONE — ken r
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