05-01-25 INPUT ex PAUL DRAKE – In support of the pic of MANUIA above, here she is below in the 1970’s? with original dodger. No doubt the higher dodger improves the liveability of these old timers (ALBERTA – LADY ADEAIDE etc) but it does not enhance their looks. Sometimes I wonder if lowering the cockpit sole could be an option if more headroom is required.There is nothing quite like a straight stem flush decker!
CLASSIC WOODEN LAUNCH TRIP REPORT #2
Today we get to visit a few of the bays and check out the lucky woodys that have managed to escape the marina. The first photo comes to us from Simon McMullen and we see MANUIA at anchor at Ponui, the unmarked bay next one around from Chamberlains. I love the sheep on the beach, Simon commented that there were three donkeys also roaming the beach at times.
The second photo shows Sarah and Peter Wren’s Salthouse 37 – MARISE at anchor at Man 0 War, Waiheke Island.
Peter also supplied the gallery of photos of Amanda and Joe Telford’s Colin Wild launch – REHIA.
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New photo added. Alan
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The Correct name for the peop
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I went aboard Manuia with my father in about 1966-67 when she was owned by his friend Bill Croft. The cabin was very dark inside, being dominantly varnished wood. At that time, my father owned the similar Slattery boat Daleen (now called Darleen). Daleen was two or three feet longer, had a modified (raised) main cabin and was built a few years earlier than Manuia, so we believed. Two lovely old wooden boats.
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