HOANI – A Peek Down Below
Todays woody – Hoani has a wee bit of an identity crisis – her tme listing (thanks Ian McDonald) labels her builder as Salthouse in 1976. In a previous WW story from 2017 (link below – lots of details and old photos) we had great intel that Hoani was built in Coromandel, over a 15 year period by Charley Turner and launched in 1979. On launch day she was 36’ x 12’ x 3’10. Now she is just over 39’, most likely that ‘bit’ tacked onto her stern – a walk thru transom.
2017 WW STORY https://waitematawoodys.com/2017/03/10/honai/
In 2021 Hoani was re-powered with a Yammer 110hp turbo Diesel engine. As they say in the car sales game – she has had a lot of fruit added to her so with a wee bit of TLC would be a nice woody. Back in the day her cabin sides were varnished and she was a looker 🙂
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Good research of Rakira, Alan, and good advice. Thanks, Stephen
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Hello Stephen
Good news on the sale.
The boat appeared on WW back in 2017, at the time it was for sale then on trademe – link below.
The best piece of advice I can give you is invest in a good out of water survey and also a mechanical inspection.
Cheers Alan H
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Hi, Alan, in your capacious archive do you have any info tucked away on Rakira, a 9m 1957 Lidgard launch we are considering buying?
Thank you, Stephen Hoadley (your A-Pier neighbor)
BTW Sea Prince, Jorgenson 1954 launch, has now relocated to Whangarei under new ownership.
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