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Te Atatu Boating Club – Mystery Launch

While mooching around the TBC earlier in the week I spotted the above launch out for some TLC.

Can we put a name to her and any more details on her provenance.

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KEN RICKETTS on August 6, 2023 at 12:56 am said:

It is possible of course, that she was built by Shipbuilders, she does have some similar characteristics, but she is not one of the many 28ft to 34ft kitsets, which were so very popular in the later 1950s & 60s, that they built, or supplied to owner/builders, as she has fore & aft planking, whilst they were all 2 skins on opposite diagonals, glassed. — KEN R

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Alexander Lezaic on June 12, 2023 at 7:06 pm said:

Intresting stories her name is Alara means water fairy when sitting in water looks really nice she is an old wooden boat owners are Alex and Marko Lezaic she has a isuzu 6BBI 6 Cylinder Diesel about 145hp and will do 14.2 knots we will put her back in water in a couple of days, she lives on a swing moring at Birken head warf she is a lovely boat but not quite big enough for us so we are putting her up for sale.

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Dave on June 4, 2023 at 7:19 pm said:

Bloody predictive text!!

Andrew bought her and did her up….

She turned up at TBC and has been on the poles ever since…

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Dave Nicholson on June 4, 2023 at 7:16 pm said:

Pretty sure she is a Shipbuilders. She was at half moon bay for quite some time maybe 15-20 years ago. A bloke by the name of Andrew Barltrop bought her and did get up. She then turned up at TBC and gas been on the plea for many years. Just can’t remember her name!
Do recall she had a wood burner heater… always frightened me as a young fella!😂

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