WAIONE
Todays 28’ woody just popped up on tme (thanks Ian McDonald), the listing states that she was built by Lanes in Picton c.1918 and spent her early life around the Marlborough Sounds and French Pass and then more recently at Mapua. For the last 50+ years has been stored in an apple shed in Mapua, where she still is today.
Has been in one family ownership for almost 50 years.
Was originally powered by a Standard Gas Egine Co. diesel and is offered for sale with an addition Petter diesel.
Big leap of faith given the only photos are obviously at least 30 years old. Would be nice to learn more about Waione. I suspect that WW has a cub reporter very close to the apple shed so hopefully more to follow 😉
UPDATE 16-01-2024 More photos and details here https://waitematawoodys.com/2024/01/16/waione-shed-visit/
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I seem to remember Harry Gillard mentioning he used to own Waione in his early days. Can somebody enlarge on this?
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On it.
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it’s a shame that these builders didn’t appear to leave any records of their builds as a resource for researchers to look into. I was fortunate enough to meet and socialise with the Lane families from both North and South , back in the late 1970’s, a lovely family. 🙂
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If anyone wants to restore originality as regards the machinery, I have a 5 hp “Frisco” Standard petrol engine (last running at the Whangateau Regatta).
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