HELP NEEDED TRACKING DOWN THE WOODEN LAUNCH – TINA MARIA

WW has been contacted by Rob Staub (MV SURPRISE) on behalf of his friend, Mike Prigg who is hoping to learn what became of his father , John Prigg, old classic craft. Mike and Rob attended the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart in February and the festival triggered memories for Mike of the two woody’s his father owned in the 1960’s. And of course Mike’s eager to hear if they are still afloat today.

The launch is named TINA MARIA and was sold in about 1965. There is also a yacht but we will cover her off in WW’s Sunday story

TINA MARIA was kept in Westhaven during John’s ownership. And Mike understands she was originally kept in the Te Atatu River.

WW along with Mike are keen to uncover more on TINA MARIA.

UPDATE ex Nathan Herbert – well that was quick – Nathan has already ID’ed TINA MARIA as the launch OCEAN QUEEN that has made numerous appearances on WW and these days resides on Lake Taupo. Photos below ex Paul Stewart, and link to one of her WW stories. Keen to learn when the name change occurred. We learnt in the WW story that she was probably built by Joe Slattery in 1920 and was named OCEAN QUEEN when launched, so at some stage she has had a name change to TINA MARIA and reverted back. https://waitematawoodys.com/2019/08/05/ocean-queen-a-peek-down-below/