MYSTERY TUTUKAKA CLASSIC WOODEN LAUNCH – MERLIN
Todays woody story is the last from my recent trip to Tutukaka marina. The woody seen in the above photos looks a tad familiar but my brain search mode is a somewhat slow these days 🙂 Not sure if she is midway thru a varnish job or just crying out for some TLC, hopefully the first.
Can we put a name to the vessel and anymore intel on her. – Its MERLIN, but we still know very little about her.
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Her name is Merlene not Merlin.
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Phillip Lang I’m picking so many details are similar on the Lang boats.
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The name of this launch is Merlene she was built near Dargaville and now takes the fourth generation of the Bracey family on fishing trips on the northland coast.
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There was a Merlin of similar era moored at Omokoroa in the 70s,
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She is called the MERLIN — KEN R
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Merlin? (As per the May 15, 2021, post )
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