
WHAT BECAME OF THE OWEN WOOLLEY MOTOR LAUNCH – RESOLUTE
Last month we were contacted by Charles Allen – I have reproduced his (edited) email below
My mother and I are trying to track down a motor launch built by Owen Woolley named RESOLUTE. The boat was built for my grandfather Peter Crotty in the mid 1990’s and was based in Auckland for many years. My grandfather would’ve sold it in the early 2000’s and apparently in recent years it may have gone down to the South Island.
Info we can remember off the top of our head is that she was approx. 50’ in length, had a displacement hull (believe it was glass over wood), was registered as a ship, had a mahogany interior, and yes powered by a single approx. 300hp engine.
So woodys, Charles was hoping we may be able to help re information on its current whereabouts and who owns it?
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I’ve often wondered too; she was an absolute fixture of the cruising boats which visited Whangaroa each year when I was growing up but haven’t seen her since.
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