Pirimanu Gets A Birthday

After an extended period of one family ownership the 1968 Arnold Couldrey designed, Salthouse built, 28’ launch – Pirimanu changed hands several times. 

Happy to report that her current owner has engaged Blair Boats in the far north to undertake some deferred maintenance. The previous (sub 12 mths) owner bought Pirimanu gave her a lick of paint and some new cushion covers and put her back on the market at almost double the purchase price. As most WW readers know, old wooden craft aren’t like villas in Auckland’s Herne Bay in terms of return on funds spent 🙂

Eventually the price came back to realistic and she sold – now she is getting some TLC. Hopefully she will return to the Waitemata but I suspect she will join the growing fleet of Bay of Islands woodys.

Current work underway is replacing the windows and a back to bare wood varnish job. I had heard a re-power might be on the ’To Do’ list. Current zoom zoom is via a 3 cylinder Bukh engine that has had its hp ‘tricked’ to upwards of 60hp.

Links below to previous WW Pirimanu stories – 

May 2022 https://waitematawoodys.com/2022/05/16/pirimanu-a-peek-down-below/

Jan 2023 https://waitematawoodys.com/2023/01/31/pirimanu-gets-a-makeover/

UPDATE 07-08-2023 – NEW WORKSHOP PHOTOS BELOW