A NEW CLASSIC BOAT IS LAUNCHED – MALOLO 

THIRD TIME LUCKY 🙂
PROUD DESIGNER – NICK PEAL

A NEW CLASSIC BOAT IS LAUNCHED – MALOLO 

Today woodys you are seeing the future of classic motor boating, MALOLO is best described as a salon style launch, in America they call them Picnic boats.

Having had the privilege of being at the launch last week and getting up close to MALOLO I can report the future looks outstanding. 

Some facts –

• MALOLO was designed by Nick Peal and built at Wayne Olsen’s Horizon Boats yard.

• She is appprox 35’ (10.6m) in length and has a beam of 10.5’ (3.2m).

• Forward motion is from a Yanmar 315hp diesel naturally aspirated engine.

Her owner went to great length to keep her as low tech as possible but there is no shortage of systems to enhance the on-the-water experience.

Her name MALOLO means ‘Rest & Relax’ in Samoan.

Below is a snap shot gallery from the Horizon Boats yard.

Once MALOLO has had all her sea trials and gets thru the xmas / ny period we will revisit for more details.

Now a shout for Wayne Olsen and Horizon Boats – if you like what you see today, Wayne is ready to build one for you.  


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1 thought on “A NEW CLASSIC BOAT IS LAUNCHED – MALOLO 

  1. Lovely looking launch, so good to see “modest” size custom build in NZ.

    One correction, if the engine is indeed a Yanmar 315hp, then this a Yanmar 6LP turbo and aftercooled engine. The engine is actually a Toyota 1HD-FT is a 4.2 L (4,164 cc) straight-6 24-valve SOHC direct injection diesel engine (as used in 80 and 100 series Cruisers amongst others) marinised with some mods by Yanmar

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