Woody Ho Ho

WOODY HO HO

Wishing you all a safe and Merry Christmas and happy New Year. I hope you get time with family and friends – after all, that is what its all about, the boats are #2.

As we rolled out of the nanny state control of Covid I imagined WW might take a dip in viewing numbers from the heady figures we hit during the enforced downtime. Well totally the opposite – new visitor numbers have continued to grow and more importantly the amount of time people are spending on the site has over trebled. 

When I started WW the primary intention was to create a daily blog on and about wooden boats – it is still that, but its morphed into a resource tool for just about anything associated with the wooden boating movement.

As with most things in life, they are only as good as the people that rub up against them – so thank you to those that reach out with content, comments and even abuse 🙂

As per previous years it is my intention these holidays, technology and wifi access allowing, to keep publishing the daily stories. But if for some reason I miss a day, just check in again the next day.
I ask that if you see anything woody related over the festive period you take a photo and send it in to   waitematawoodys@gmail.com  I’m always looking for content.

Thanks to my good friend Dave Giddens we will have a slight theme to a lot of the stories over the break – a lot of ‘BUGGER / OOPS’ moments.

Stay dry, safe and wear your PFD when you have been enjoying the good life afloat.

Warmest Regards Alan

Ti Point – Then & Now

TI POINT – Then & Now

A good friend owns the land we see in the above photos and came across the photos (Hamilton Library, strange location but it happens) while researching the original site / location of the Ti Point Wharf. 

A stunning piece of coastline then and today – see photos below. Also home to award winning Ti Point Olive oil.

If you have behaved during the year, Santa will be sliding down your chimney tonight – I have high hopes my hints have been picked up on 😉 

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Waitangi Hotel – Mystery Launch – Quiz

Waitangi Hotel – Mystery Launch – Quiz

Todays photo comes to us via Lew Redwood’s fb and the quiz is – name the launch in the middle of bay, out from the Hotel Waitangi.

All answers to waitematawoodys@gmail.com closes 6pm today (23-12-2022) All correct answer go into the draw – PRIZE is a 2023 Lake Rotoiti Classic & Wooden Boat Calendar.

Divine Intervention

EASTER 2022

DECEMBER 2022 – Expensive ‘Undercoat’

DECEMBER 2022 – Ready To Launch

DIVINE INTERVENTION

Sometimes its faith based, sometimes its via loved ones and other times its from friends – what ever activated the aha moment, let’s just be grateful it happened.

The 1930, LC Coulthard built launch Lucinda was recently hauled out at the Slipway Milford for some annual TLC, which included a new paint colour for the coamings. I was asked by the owner last week for my view of the colour – I was honest and polite and relied

1. It’s your boat, paint it what ever colour you want

2. Its only paint, change it next time if you go off it

3. Are you prepared to be that boat e.g. when someone asks another boatie where in the bay they are moored , the answer will always be ‘ to the left of that red boat and 2 back’.

Well there was an intervention and we have another colour scheme – each to their own opinion but it gets my tick 😉

Well done Jason D for making the decision to order more paint 🙂

The ports even got some TLC.