CAN WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS CLASSIC WOODEN LAUNCH
Earlier in the week WW was contacted by Jason Waterson re his recently acquired launch. Her current name is 5 O’CLOCK SOME WHERE, but in a previous life was named ELSIE MAY II.
Jason is hoping to confirm her design / builder, current think is Allen Williams and learn more about her past. When Jason bought her she was on Lake Taupo and previously was in Napier. Forward motion is via a Fordson 40hp diesel engine.
Can we help Jason out.
Now if she was mine I’d we buying a small tin of a pant and returning the coamings (window surrounds) to a semi wood look, or similar – as per the photo of EILEEN PATRICIA below.
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Nothing like a Williams hull, more early Augustin / Hartley
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She is a Hartley Black Marlin .There is one on the right hand side of the road, just passed Kaiwaka heading north . She looks like the one that was around the bottom end many moons ago I think the owner worked on one of the islands down there
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