Another One Destined For The Land Fill – Saved
A slightly worrying trend that is occurring on trademe is the number of wooden craft that are being offered up in ‘as-is-where-is’ condition with a short time window before they are disposed of. Probably a sign of the times in terms of storage costs and rebuild costs.
Todays wooody was saved, sold for less than $1,000 – lets hope the new owner has plans to restore her and not harvesting for parts / fittings.
Potiki II is 28’ in length, built by JH Young – thats all her tme listing told us. Thanks to Lan McDonald for the heads up.
Just a reminder we have the 38’ Robertson built classic – Katherine at Westhaven this weekend for viewing – 100% turn-key purchase – you’ll be boating this Christmas / NY. + W/haven marina also for sale. Email below for a viewing time.
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Mitchell Hutchings unfortunately your right on all accounts
We are only new to the wooden boat deal in fact totally new to boats but it’s a great social social occasion in more ways than one
We can only hope it carries on
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A lot of us have watched this increasing trend with some trepidation because it is evidence of a serious decline in the traditional boating life: old wooden boats are not cared for and valued the way they once were. Those of us who do value them are a shrinking percentage of the boating population. The boating population is a shrinking percentage within NZ’s wider population. So many old boats coming up for ‘re-homing’ and so few potential new owners indicates how this is playing out. So many factors from council regulations to new immigrants without a boating culture contribute to this. This FB page and others with a similar motive are a welcome refuge for us. Whether it’s enthusiasts of old boats, aircraft, cars or machinery, we are in decline. We need to stick together. Safety in numbers! Happy weekend.
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Parma is still sitting up here all forlorn – hasn’t gone to landfill yet. A really pretty boat, it’d be a shame if she was destroyed. I gather she can be had for next to nothing.
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