CLASSIC WOODYS HAULED OUT AT TE ATATU BOATING CLUB 

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CLASSIC WOODYS HAULED OUT AT TE ATATU BOATING CLUB 

One of the WW cadet reporters (Geoff Fiebig) was mooching around the TBC yard yesterday and spotted a few woodys out for some TLC. The 28’ L. Coulthard built – PANIA was dockside.

The woody in the top photo – GALA LASS , is new to me, can we learn more about her.

Back in my advertising agency days we used to have an in-house air brush artist (photo enhancer), he was one of highest paid eg he drove a Porsche….  These days we all have access to ChatGBT – I asked them to convert the photo of my wife’s granddads yacht ALEXA C7 to colour – 10 seconds later – its done. So woodys don’t be afraid of AI, embrace it, it is just a clever tool. Remember life before email and mobile phones.

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3 thoughts on “CLASSIC WOODYS HAULED OUT AT TE ATATU BOATING CLUB ”

  1. I can’t believe this boat as she appears in today’s post, was once the beautiful boat built by Collings & Bell for my family’s lifetime family friend (from when my mum was a teenager) in 1960, along with her absolutely identical twin sister Alan Barclay’s LADY RAE, which a wrote about in 2014 & again my UNIQQUE ENGINES post, more recently.

    I would never have recognized as she is in the Te Atatu image, in a thousand years.

    I can’t believe what some people do to some of our outstanding classics of that era.

    Her original 6 cyl. Waukesha Hesselman, – (spark ignited) – Diesel engine, I expect, will have long gone. — It was a very special & rare engine in NZ but having been aboard her many times during Tony H’s stewardship & heard it running, it was unquestionably very smooth quiet & reliable. — KEN R

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  2. Remember her from the past but never saw her out much. A looker to be sure but, maybe with the increased solar radiation, it might be a good idea to remove the frying bridge. Bridge deckers are quite comfy with everyone in the wheelhouse chatting…….

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