GEORGENE

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GEORGINE / GEORGENE

Todays woody has a few question marks alongside her provenance – on tme (thanks Ian McDonald) her owner has said she was built by Lanes to a Logan design and a commentator has mentioned maybe / possibly built by Charlie Gouk in Herne Bay. Build year is listed as 1928, measures 32’ in length with a 9’ beam. Built in traditional kauri carvel planking. Forward propulsion is from a Nissan LD20 engine, reconditioned but not operational.

The name draws a blank with me so it would be nice to clarify the boats DNA and what she has been up to for the last 96 years. Home is Picton, South Island.

INPUT ex HAROLD KIDD – G Tanner of Auckland was the first owner. Later she was sometimes called GEORGENE T. She was registered with APYMBA as late as 1935 as GEORGENE T with the number 20..

16-04-2024 UPDATE – Never believe what you read on tme 🙂 the listing named the boat as – Georgine, so that was the name we used for the WW story. Harold Kidd commented above about the name – Georgina T.

Then yesterday well doing a deep dive in the WW archives for another vessel I came across the March 2016 story based on a trip south by Nathan Herbert.

The photos below and link confirm that the boats name is – Georgene. https://waitematawoodys.com/2018/03/09/georgene/

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6 thoughts on “GEORGENE”

  2. G Tanner of Auckland was the first owner. Later she was sometimes called GEORGENE T. She was registered with APYMBA as late as 1935 as GEORGENE T with the number 20..

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  3. Alas! My childhood memory was astray :-( Parker must have been a later owner then. But I’d really like to see that launching photo and details – any chance?

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  4. as Nathan says, the guys more interested in promoting some BS history that’ll bite him in the ass if he’s misrepresenting it to a new owner. Logan designed my ass.

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  5. Built in 1927 by Charlie Gouk, for Tanner. I don’t usually bother with corrections these days but may as well knock this one on the head. When listed on FB marketplace months ago I spoke with her owner who I suppose didn’t believe the actual launching photo of her where she is described accurately.

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  6. Not sure, but I think she may have been built by Ernie Lane. She was built for Norman Parker of Blenheim, who also commissioned Ernie to build the schooner “Queen Charlotte”. Last time I remember “Georgine” was owned by another Blenheim man; Austin Andrews. But that’s a very long time ago 🙂

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