Can We Identify This Wooden Boat – NAU MAI
During the week we were sent the above photo of a very neglected launch, as seen above. The location is on the Tamaki River just north of Panmure Highway Bridge.
The sender of the photo is keen to know if anyone has information on the boat eg design, history and ideally current ownership + anything else about her.
UPDATE – Photos below ex John Bullivant sent in by Ken Ricketts. There is speculation the bay maybe named Delray
INPUT ex MARK McLAUGHLIN – the boats named Nau Mai, built by Allen Williams in 1964 – WW story link https://waitematawoodys.com/2021/05/08/nau-mai/
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He has been contacted and is aware of the interest. I will give him another call.
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@GordonLove, have you had any joy with the current owner, cheers Glen (the guy who initiated the post, 021859358, thanks)
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She was on that slip as shown for a long time. — KEN R
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I have contacted the owner about the interest on WW hopefully he will reply.
Thanks Gordon, there may be a possible sale on offer. Alan H
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She is called Nau Mai. Built by Allen Williams in 1964
https://waitematawoodys.com/2021/05/08/nau-mai/
100% correct Mark – well done. Many years ago I knew a now deceased owner. He kept it at Bayswater Marina. Alan H
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Deiray much younger and hard chine Robertson , once owned by Laurie Evans, this looks like a Tauranga boat.
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The boat in question is not Delray. Delray is a 13m Robertson flybridge/now hard top planing launch originally built as Lees Marine’s company launch and for many years owned by Don Burnand. Confusion probably arises because he also has a private slipway on the Pakuranga side upstream from the old Panmure bridge
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New photos added. Alan H
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Hi Alan,
Ken R identified her as Delray.
She was being worked on in 2018, (Pics of her in ‘A woody tour of the Tamaki river’) on a private slip, and on the old Panmure marina slip at another time. Looks like work has stopped. The owner was painting the hull back then, but doesn’t look like the coamings have had a massage.
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That looks like the boat hidden by the shed in Johns photos of a Woody’s tour of Tamaki river.
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