RANGIMARIE
Todays woody is Rangimarie, a 45’ motor sailer built in Paremata in 1959 by Saunders boatbuilders.
Construction is heart matai (black pine).
Forward propulsion is from a Gardner 6LX diesel. She appears to be very well spec’ed , as are most serious southern woodys.
Rangimarie has called Riverton home for the last 18 years and thanks to a tme listing (ex Lan McDonald) we get to have peek onboard. On face value good buying at $100k.
Do we know anything about her early years.
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Should that be heart Matai? In her early years she lived in the Oriental bay boat harbour in Wellington. Back then she had a midships wheel house (not at deck level) and an after cabin. She was definitely built to “BSH” standards, and I always admired her.
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