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CLASSIC WOODEN BOAT – MOVARIE – A Peek Down Below

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Alan Houghton - waitematawoodys.com founder

CLASSIC WOODEN BOAT – MOVARIE – A Peek Down Below

The 1938 launch – MOVARIE II has in recent years made as many appearances on tme as it has on WW. We know that the bridge decker was built by W&G Lowe, is 40’ in length, with a 11’ beam and draws 5’. Powered by twin Ford 80hp diesel engines. The launch started life as a game fishing.

Numerous WW story – lots of detail and photos of her over the years – best I post a link to all of them – https://waitematawoodys.com/?s=MOVARIE&submit=Search

Once owned by Russell Ward so must have been a goody back them. These days there are a few issues, reflected in the current tme listing having $5k start price.

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Ron Stephenson on July 23, 2024 at 2:30 pm said:

I OWNED MOVARIE AROUND 1972-75-6 ITS GREAT TO SEE SHE IS STILL BEING LOOKED AFTER.

My info is she was launched in 1937. During WWII she was used as a patrol boat crewed by (I think a civvy crew) The story goes she went missing whilst on patrol. A search was duly mounted to try to find what had happened. Apparently, she was duly located at anchor in some secluded bay after about 5 days. The crew obviously had a good supply of alcohol which they had been trying to get rid of without wasting any of the content.

I am unsure what happened after they were found. One can only guess.

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