CLINKER BOAT
The headline above was all the seller just on tme (thanks Ian McDonald) to described this 12’ 1960 built clinker day boat. There is a builders plate which states she was built and engined by – H.N. Burgess & Co., Judges Bay, Parnell, Auckland.
There is an inboard Yammer diesel to propel her and home is the Waikato.
Not a bad woody to do some gunk-holing over the Christmas / NY holidays with the kids > grandkids.
Anyone able to tell us more about the ‘boat’
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Despite the apparent amateur construction it seems to be a very usable little stooging boat that someone will get a lot of enjoyment from.
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I absolutely love her
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I’m no clinker expert but the unusual manner in which the planking has been lined off, especially at the bow maybe suggests she was not professionally built. Also the aft run of planking is not faired off into the transom as we might expect. Nevertheless she looks like a good solid boat.
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Looking at this boat I don’t think it was built by Burgess. Burgess was well gone by 1960 ( Harold will be able to confirm this) And the shape, never seen a professionally built boat looking like this. A lot of tell tails. I would say some one found a name plate and gave it a home. I stand to be corrected.
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