LADY KARITA + KATOA AT NELSON MARINA The refit / restoration of the 1938 Sam Ford built 43’ brigedecker Lady Karita would have to be a contender for the longest ‘rolling restoration’. I’m sure there are a lot of projects … Continue reading
LADY KARITA – 1960’s FlashbackRecently I was contacted by Robert Phillips in regard to the 1934 Sam Ford built 43′ classic launch – Lady Karita, Robert’s parents Jack and Zena Phillips owned Lady Karita for 14 year. They purchased her in 1957 in … Continue reading
Lady Karita Summer 2021/22 – HAPPY NEW YEAR As promised yesterday, today we get a close look, ex the camera of John Burland, at Lady Karita – the 1934, Sam Ford designed and built 43′ launch. Lady K has been … Continue reading
Classic Launches – Lady Karita, Menai, Valsan + Others – 1947 – NZ Diary #8 Movie Following on from yesterday story on the launch – Lady Karita, Robert Phillips sent in a link to a 1947 movie tagged – ‘NZ Diary … Continue reading
Nelson Marina Dockside Mooch One of my southern spies (in the summer months) John Burland sent in the above gallery of woodys that he spotted while patrolling the docks. From top to bottom we have Katoa – all spruced up, then … Continue reading
LADY KARITA – Restoration – A Very Late Update Sometimes I’m bad ……. Looking for a photo in my rather large photo library last week, I stumbled across a group of photos I tool of Lady Karita almost a year … Continue reading
LADY KARITA – A Rolling Restoration Lady K has been on the receiving end of what we call a rolling restoration for the last year+. Now based in the upper South Island, her owner Murray Shaw is very close to … Continue reading
Mooching Around Nelson Marina A friend of mine, John Burland was recently mooching around the marina at Nelson & snapped the photos above. Great to see that Lady Karita’s make-over is coming along nicely – I expect nothing less of … Continue reading
LADY KARTIA I very happy to be able to advise that the 1938,43′ Sam Ford designed bridge decker Lady Karita is now in the hands of a new woodys friendly owner, Murray Shaw. Murray also owns the Collings & Bell … Continue reading
LADY GILLIAN John Burland sent me the above photos of Lady Gillian moored at Nelson. She appeared on ww back in Oct 2014 (link below) & at the time her owners (Beatson family) commented that she needed ‘a bit of … Continue reading
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