MICHELINE
In the above photos we see the launch Micheline – while both photos appear to be on the same day, they are tagged March 1967 and 1965 – obviously a typo. The photos come to us from the Tauranga City Library collection via Dean Wright.
Given that on Micheline’s stern she has her port as Tauranga, there is something strange going on – in the top photo she has either just come out of the shed or been hauled out. In the second photo she is being positioned onto a transporter. Maybe its as simple as going somewhere land based to have engine/s installed.
Can we ID the location and learn what became of Micheline.
UPDATE – Location is Hutcheson Boat Builders yard/slip by the Tauranga Harbour Bridge – opposite the Bridge Marina.
05-10-2023 INPUT ex Dean Wright – Waimarie II, renamed Kiwi Cruiser, hit Tapeka one night in 2000 and was a total loss. This article says built by O&G in 1967 https://issuu.com/sunmedia/docs/wl1102/23
WW link to Waimarie II story https://waitematawoodys.com/2017/09/12/waimarie-ii/
(Photo below ex Ken Ricketts)
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Waimarie II, renamed Kiwi Cruiser, hit Tapeka one night in 2000 and was a total loss. This article says built by O&G in 1967 https://issuu.com/sunmedia/docs/wl1102/23
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Second thoughts; Ted relocated to Sulphur Point at around the time WAIMARIE II/ MICHELINE was built. This needs the input of Brian Worthington.
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I understand she was later renamed WAIMARIE II which was for sale on Trade Me in Whangarei in 2010 as built by “Oliver & Gilpin”. Certainly she’s an O&G clone but Hutcheson undoubtedly built her.
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Location is Hutcheson Boat Builders yard/slip by the Tauranga Harbour Bridge – opposite the Bridge Marina.
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She has a strong resemblance to Oliver Gilpin styling, & in my view she brand new propably.
Also, in my opinion, she has 2 engines, because a rudder & a L H propeller are well off to the left, from centre when one ties it to a line up with the name on the tuck, & I think I can see a tip of another propeller on the R H side of the bottom.
A delightful looking well proportioned boat, with symetry, & lovely flowing balanced lines, which looks as if it might be being lanched in Tauranga, to me. — Love the varnish. — KEN R (edited)
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