KATIPO
Todays woody – Katipo, is a real mystery, the ‘photo’ above of her popped up on the Old Signs & Advertising fb. Featured was a full page advertisement (refer below) dated Nov 1951 for a company named – Clyde Engineering, head office Wellinton, NZ. They were the agents for the Petter Marine engines.
The ad featured the launch – Katipo, owned by Henry Cotton. Included was the following details – 26’ x 8’6” x 2’ 6” , powered by a 10 B.H.P. Petter marine diesel that gave her a speed of 7 1/2 knots.
What more do we know about Katipo
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Steve Thomas (SeaBird) can tell the story. It was in his family for about 40 years and now is in Picton under different ownership.
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Henry and Anne Cotton lived at Torrent Bay in Tasman Bay (Abel Tasman National Park). They had a boat called Katipo.
I believe it is their boat, but some other later locals do not remember it, so this could be incorrect.
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We must remember that that Petter would be rated on the RAC rating, & on the SAE rating, which was normally used from about the1960s onwards, for most engines that would seem to me, to be about 40HP. –KEN R
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