WINTER CRUISING ON A 47′ CLASSIC WOODEN BOAT

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WINTER CRUISING ON A 47′ CLASSIC WOODEN BOAT

Today thanks to the eye / camera of Dean Wright we get to have a virtual Fiordland woody cruise aboard the launch – MONOWAI III. 

Lets start with some background – Dean and partner Deb are ‘frequent flyers’ when it comes to these cruising grounds. They were back there last in May 2019. As before guests of Andy and Brenda Bell aboard their launch – MONOWAI III for a week in Fiordland mid July.

This time they flew into Dusky Sound and worked their way North, Breaksea, Charles Sounds before flying out of George Sound a week or so later. They aced it with brilliant, calm weather and just a bit of rain. The photos above show a few of the amazing anchorages down there.

MONOWAI III is a 47’ Saunders, built by Harold Saunders in 1976, carvel kauri construction. Her beam is 11’10” and she draws 4’6”.

Forward motion is via a 8V71N GM. Lots more info on the boat in the 2019 WW story link here https://waitematawoodys.com/2019/05/06/monowai-iii/

Some Great Video Action To Finish

Lake Alice Anchorage:

Sportsmen Cove: 

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2 thoughts on “WINTER CRUISING ON A 47′ CLASSIC WOODEN BOAT”

  1. Thanks Dean-o. To you Deb-o for joining us again and putting this forward. I like it a lot. Such awesome, moody photographs.

    Martin, yip, that was her in her first life, getting those mussel farm bits across and started. Still got the same bad boy in her too. We’ve clocked 5.5K hours on here alone in 11 years without a blimp. The Kauri carvel hull is still mint. Those Saunders lads knew how to build strong boats

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  2. Around 78, 79 I had a job running a suction dredge at the Paremata marina. Quite a few times I remember Monowai surging past , like on the plane , heading for the sounds. I think he was one of the early mussel farm pioneers as it was usually loaded with mussel floats.

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