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HAZEL MAY – Update

The launch – Hazel May last appeared on WW back in Dec 2015, link below, lots of intel and photos there.

Today thanks to some dockside (Nelson marina) mooching we get a better look at Hazel May.

Quick overview ex Geoff Brebner – built c.1920, probably by T le Huquet.

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