OLIVE ROSE – WAY BACK
The ex Auckland ‘Blue Boat’ Auckland Harbour ferry – Olive Rose as made several appearances on the WW site, but only in her ‘modern’ configuration, photo below. Today thanks to the above b/w photo ex Jackson Brown via Lew Redwood we get to the work-boat version.
Obviously out as a spectator platform for an on the water event (yacht race?) , it would be a pretty safe bet that there wasn’t a personal flotation device for everyone aboard, nor life raft that could handle them. How times have changed.
The gent on the stern of the launch off her bow looks like he is a little perturbed 🙂
Link below to have a peek down below – was recently 4sale, might still be. https://waitematawoodys.com/2017/11/18/olive-rose/
11-06-2022 Input From Dave Stanaway – Also involved in harbour bridge construction, named Olivine back then.
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I have visited this site a few times and would like to say how amazing the history is and that my dad loved to see the information you had on boats he knew. His dad, had the Olivine in Kawhia that unfortunately broke its mooring and was lost and broken up. He then ran the Ionoto which came to a sad end, sitting on the beach and some time later being burned. ASuch a waste.
Dad always said the Olivene was the nicer looking
.Many Thanks on everyones great work,
Damien
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Olivine ended up in Kawhia.
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Slight correction Olivene, Olive Rose and Olive Jean were originally owned by Snorky Inglis.
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More photos added. Alan H
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