Category Archives: *

Norma at Gt. Barrier Island

Posted on by
14

NORMA (Mystery Launch) @ Gt. Barrier Island

The above photos were sent to me by Barbara Cooke on Trinidad, over the Xmas /ny period. Excuse the quality of the photos, Barbara commented that the scrub fires were the cause of the haze.

What do we know about the boat?

This post is a first, done from the iPhone while anchored at Waiheke Island.

Monday will be a big story, lots of photos from my cruise.

Update – She has been ID’ed as Norma – full details & photos here https://waitematawoodys.com/2015/10/27/norma/

21-01-2016 Update from Baden Pascoe – The photo below is how I remember her. Bill Clark at the helm.he always wore a greasy looking cap. Most likely treated with Houghton’s oil. He was the man who introduced Howard to the brand. She would have had the Lister in her when this photo was taken.

norma

Far North Woody Road Trip

Posted on by
Reply
p1220419

Valerie

p1220418

Athena
Leilani
Diomedea
p1220425

Aranui

Dawn
p1220429

Breezin

Far North Woody Road Trip

First part of the xmas holiday was a road trip to Kerikeri > Te Ngaere Bay > Whangaroa > Mangonui > Karikari Peninsula.
I had never been to Te Ngaere Bay before, its one of those off the main highway, not sign posted places. Simply stunning spot, I’ll bore you with a few photos below. Popped over to Whangaroa & snapped a few of the classics at the marina – most have been on ww before but they deserve to be seen again 🙂
The ‘headlights’ on Leilani are an unusual feature…….. , even snapped a couple of yachts.

TE NGAERE

p1220464

KARIKARI PENINSULA

p1220476

Needs no caption 🙂

Mystery Launch At Whangaroa

Posted on by
2

mystery-launch-whangaroa-1938

Mystery Launch At Whangaroa

Three days ago I was sitting in the exact spot where this 1938 photo was taken. I however didn’t have a rod in my hand, more like a pint of beer 😉
Can anyone ID the large launch to the right of the wharf?

Another great photo from the past ex the Auckland Museum Tudor Collins collection , emailed to me by Ken Ricketts.

Lara

Posted on by
2

screen-shot-2016-09-15-at-8-45-05-pm

screen-shot-2016-09-15-at-8-44-42-pm

LARA
Lara was built in 1977 by Alan Williams & measures 28’6″.  She is a Banshee displacement design , kauri carvel construction. Zoom zoom comes from a 72hp Ford with a Lees Marine Paragon 2/1 transmission, this sees her cruising at 7-8 knots on 4 litres per hour.

Any woodies able to tell us more about her?

A Small Woody Quiz – Good Prize

Posted on by
Reply

runabout-1-kawau-feb-1940

runabout-4-kawau-feb-1940

A Small Woody Quiz – Good Prize

Morning Woodys,
I hope you have all finished the madness that is the run-up to Christmas Day, every year we all ask ourselves why we stress out – but its all about the kids, I hope I never have a Christmas Day / present opening without little ones around – they make it special.
Now the above photos are from the Tudor Collections collection at the Auckland Museum & were emailed to me by Ken Ricketts, they are dated Feb 1940 & the location is Kawau Island – the question of the day is whose boat & who are the people ? A big ask I know but I’ll put up a ww T-Shirt & a Lake Rotoiti Classic & Wooden Boat Parade 2017 calendar for the 1st woody that gets the boat name & one of the names of the people aboard. I’ll need some proof of ID, as I have know idea of the answers 🙂
Answers via the comments section on ww.

Almost A Woody

Posted on by
5

wp_20130420_003wp_20130411_002

Almost A Woody

Today’s story features a Mason Clipper24 that has very good provenance – she was Tony’s own boat and he called it M. Y. Clipper. The later years of production Tony Mason used a fiberglass mould for the hull but all the internals are beautiful timber.
It has been fully restored to a very high quality by a David Smith in Auckland and Dennis Catchpole, who sent me the photos,  purchased the boat three years ago. Dennis commented that he always remembered the Clippers as a young man as being the Rolls Royce of power boats when they were built, and the family did have, for many years a Pelin, which were also beautiful  boats, and of course Pelin, worked for Tony at one point.

This boat has an interesting history as it was used to take Prince Charles across Lake Taupo fishing in 1980 (photo above of both of Tony with the Prince)
The Catchpole family love the boat and have had a great deal of pleasure from it. They keep her in the marina at Kinloch, and  it is powered by a GMC V8 and can do a very impressive 55k at full speed. Most of the time she cruises around at 35k.

The link below will take you to other ww stories on Mason Clippers. Enjoy
https://waitematawoodys.com/?s=Mason+Clipper+24&submit=Search

Valhalla A Peek Down Below

Posted on by
4

valhalla-14

valhalla-11

VALHALLA A PEEK DOWN BELOW

Valhalla featured on ww back in April of this year but we had no interior photos, Ken Ricketts has just emailed me the above. You can read more about her & her past, including photos at this link. Enjoy 😉

Valhalla

23-12-2016 Update – photo below (ex Ken Ricketts) suggests that she was named Valhalla 1 when launched but the plate looks newer than the 1960’s so the jury is still out.

valhalla-official-name-valhalla-i-as-per-plate-22-12-16

 

Ngaio

Posted on by
6

ngaio-northcote2

NGAIO
This one (there are a few with that name out there) was spotted off Northcote last weekend by Nathan Herbert, he commented that her bow sheer has hints of the ex Winstone owned, Lidgard built –  Tuarangi > Silver Tip. Details on her at the links below

Todays look   https://waitematawoodys.com/2016/08/24/lidgard-42/

As launched look     https://waitematawoodys.com/2015/06/13/wairangi-2/.

Any of the woodys able to supply more details on Ngaio ?

28-05-2021 Comment from Tony Holcroft (owner) – My lovely old girl is “yet another Ngaio”.  I would love any /all the info I can get on her as she is out of the water getting some much needed work to restore her and is now up in the Kaipara and myself and family are looking forward to many, many years of fun and great memories to be had with her! I desperately want to find out her story and life befor so if there are any leads you can give me on her past it will be very much appreciated

Laughing Lady Getting Dressed

Posted on by
7

img_0034

Laughing Lady Getting Dressed Photos

Todays ww post is a wee peek into the final stages of Laughing Lady’s restoration at the Whangateau boat yard. Photos ex James Dreyer’s ‘Seven Oceans Boatworks’ facebook page – click here to see more on the project https://www.facebook.com/sevenoceansboatworks/?pnref=lhc

In the last few days James has used the services of a good old fashioned master craftsman with experience in the hot rod movement to apply some of the finishing touches to LL.
Given the level of presentation that LL will have when launched one would have to wonder where her home will be – certainly not a swing mooring in the Tamaki River, probably a boat shed or maybe even one of the dry docks?

ww awaits details on the splash date, must be fast approaching 😉

30-12-2016 The original plans have just surfaced. Read more in comments section.

img_0592

04-05-2017 – Owner James Dreyer hard at work at the Whangateau Boat shed.

IMG_0851