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CLASSIC WOODEN LAUNCHES AT WHANGAMATA

Posted on May 31, 2026 by Alan Houghton - waitematawoodys.com founder

CLASSIC WOODEN LAUNCHES AT WHANGAMATA

Following on from yesterdays story on the classic wooden launch – LADY ARGYLE , Angus ROGERS also sent in todays gallery of photos from the Whangamata marina and moored nearby.

Keen to ID these craft.

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KEN RICKETTS on May 31, 2026 at 2:05 am said:

The top boats all have names on & I think the second to bottom is probably the CRUSADER owned by the Reverand Jasper Calder on the 1940s– KEN R

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