1960’S NOSTALGIA – CLASSIC WOODEN BOATS AT WARKWORTH TOWN BASIN

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1960’S NOSTALGIA – CLASSIC WOODEN BOATS AT WARKWORTH TOWN BASIN

 Todays woody photos popped on the Warkworth NZ Old Time Photos fb and comes to us from Alison Wallis via Maurice Sharp. The photo was tagged – Warkworth wharf late 1960’s, around Christmas time.

The classic wooden launch alongside the wharf, pointing downstream has to be TASMAN , the 1927 Colin Wild built beauty.

The bridge-decker anchored mid stream is a mystery – at first glance I thought – LADY RAE the 1948 Chas Bailey design, but a quick WW search proved once again I was wrong.

So woodys can we put a new to the bridge-decker.

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4 thoughts on “1960’S NOSTALGIA – CLASSIC WOODEN BOATS AT WARKWORTH TOWN BASIN”

  1. No Ken, the boat that was wrecked at Royal Akarana Yacht Club a few years ago was Acquiese designed and built by Norm an Beetson and launched at St Heliers in 1952. Bob Beetson

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  2. the bridge decker is I think Lady Gay built and owned originally by George Roberts. One of a few designed by my Father Norman Beetson.

    Bob Beetson

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  3. Other builders of the above group included Norm Beatson, (an ex-Neighbour of mine, as a kid), & Stan Blake.

    One boat, — (the NAIAD from recall), — went ashore & was wrecked a few years ago. — KEN R

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  4. The downstream bridgedecker at anchor, is one of the George Roberts designed series of boats, all similar, & built by several different people, including 2 by George for himself, (GAYELLA & GEORGELLA, named after his wife & himself), in the1940s/50s & is probably either the AQUIESCE, NAIAD, GEORGELLA or GAYELLA — KEN R

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