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LATEX (Winsome II)

The above photos of the xxx launch – Latex, now named Winsome II, great details and photos in the two previous WW stories at the links below – todays photos and comments come to us from the Maritime Museum via Nathan Herbert. https://waitematawoodys.com/2013/05/18/winsome-ii/
https://waitematawoodys.com/2015/03/10/11627/

Nathan commented that whilst we see the exteriors of a lot of classic woodys, it is rare to see an interior from their heyday.

KEN RICKETTS on December 29, 2021 at 12:03 am said:

Have ferreted around & found an image of her original engine — The Sterns 100hp — KEN R

Photos added below. Alan H

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harold531harold on December 28, 2021 at 9:30 pm said:

100hp Stearns.

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Alistair Rowe on December 28, 2021 at 6:42 am said:

Imagine how noisy cruising would have been with that engine sitting in the open!

Some of the smartest looking woodys have similar set up these days – Wirihana and My Girl. Alan H

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KEN RICKETTS on December 28, 2021 at 12:45 am said:

Please can anyone advise the engine in her in those early photos? I think perhaps it may be a Stearns or big Kermath, but not really confident of it. Am very curious.

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