Winter Woody Yard Report #1
Over the weekend Lake Rotoiti’s favourite boatbuilder – Alan Craig (Craig Marine) held an open day at his workshop in Paengaroa (Te Puke) , the first three photos above are from the day. The blue hulled launch in the first photo is the 1930 Sam Ford built launch – Marjorie Rosa in for deferred maintenance, will be looking shipshape again very soon.
Read / view more on her in the below WW links:
https://waitematawoodys.com/2013/10/22/juliana-marjorie-rosa/ https://waitematawoodys.com/2014/02/09/juliana-the-2014-lake-rotoiti-classic-wooden-boat-weekend/
A new convert to the wooden boating world is Geoffrey Fiebig, who recently purchased off Jason Prew a Frostbite named Meteor, sail #13. Geoffrey as you will see has started the thank less job of stripping the interior planks. 10/10 for attire, the new WW cap completes the look 🙂
30-05-2023 UPDATE – a nameless woody drew to my attention that many (30+) years ago a Tauranga newspaper article appeared about a young man/teen named Jason Prew who dragged Meteor out of a derelict shed on a lake and restored her to go sailing. Note the miss spelling of the surname Brew -see below
Anyone else have a project underway – if so, share some photos – email to waitematawoodys@gmail.com
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A little tip for those who have to strip off paint from inside and outside of clinker dinghies.
There is a bath down in Rotorua where they dip car shells/ bodies. It was at Kwik strip but I believe now at Kiwi Metal polishers.I have had three hulls done including a varnished one All paint removed and does not harm copper fastenings.In winter it takes a couple of months or so to dry before painting. You need to clean out under the ribs and light sand the rest. If you are going to get one done be sure to tell them to put the hull in on the beam ends so they don’t try and lift it out full of water. Good luck
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Looking for 1950s style ply boat 12 to 14 ft with 4 cylinder engine like Ford 10 or so. Any condition thanks.
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