




Kauri Clinker 15’ Day Boat
Looking to get out on the water this summer but do not want the launch?, this 15 kauri clinker day boat could be perfect. She was originally designed and built with an inboard motor.
Beautifully restored with new kauri duckboards, teak rubbing strip etc.
Her custom built trailer must be worth more than the starting bid on trademe (thanks Ian McDonald).
I understand the boat has had little use over the last 4 years so has been shed stored for the majority of this time. May need some sea time to take up as with all clinker boats.
Included -Seagull outboard (purchased as reconditioned 2 years ago.
Her owner has had her for 40 years.
Any Lake Rotoiti woodys looking for another boat 😊


SHALIMAR
Today’s woody is the 28’ launch Shalimar, carvel planked & built in 1960 by / to? a Keith Atkinson design.
The zoom zoom is via a 2003 Volvo 20hp diesel that sees her cruising at 7 knots.


HELENE
Today’s woody is Helene, a 33’8”, 1918 Miller & Tunnage ex workboat. Helene has a 9’10” beam & draws 3’3” & is built from solid kauri.
In her trademe listing (thanks Ian McDonald) there is no mention of an engine, I assume there is one………..?
In her past life as a commercial fishing boat she worked out of Akaroa. At some stage someone has done a smart conversation for pleasure use.
Can anyone fill in the gaps as to past & what engine she has?
Harold Kidd Input – The last time she was on Trade Me was in 2010 in Picton. She then had a 80hp Toyota diesel. No comment. 1918 is wrong as she was built in December 1913 for George Currie as a private launch (in fact as an “auxiliary yacht”). I’m not sure Miller & Tunnage were the builders but it’s possible. Miller Bros launched the big Sundstrum launch NORANA the same month (probably the same tide) so it wasn’t them. She was later in Lyttelton around the late 1920s.
Waitematawoodys T-shirts – Now On Sale

In case you missed yesterdays story, scroll down to read how to ensure you will not be mistaken for a plastic boat person 😊

The Order Book Is Open For Waitematawoodys T-Shirts
Yesterday’s story on the re-launching of Pacific & My Girl, caused a bit of a stir – nothing to do with the boats, it was all about the photos of people wearing waitematawoodys t-shirts, my email inbox was overflowing with – where’s mine?, where can I buy them? etc.
So folks, it’s been 2 years since I offered up the chance to grab your own WW t-shirt, last year I was just too busy with the boring things in life e.g. work & also getting my boat ready of the Christmas/ NY cruising. This year I’m ahead of the game, for once 🙂 Also the numbers of people reading WW has increased by over 500%, so there are a lot naked woodys out there 🙂
# Your name
# Postal address
# Phone
# Quantity & size/s
Ps – Sent in a sealed courier bag, so if you are ordering for a Xmas present, no-one will know the contents.
Pps – Yes, I can send overseas – freight costs tba
Ppps – My models where flown in from Milan for the shot photo, at great expense – they won’t have to worry about ordering a new shirt 😉

Circle December 1st In The Diary – Big Woody Day / Weekend For CYA Woodys




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Make Sure You Check In On Monday – 2 Lovely Ladies Dip Their Toes In The Brinny
A tease below – from Friday night at Milford Cruising Club slip, before I got distracted in Geoff Bagnall’s ‘lunch’ room 😉










STELLA MARIS
Subject to it passing a good survey this ex work (fishing) boat would have to great value for someone looking for a live aboard. Reviewing her trademe listing (thanks Ian McDonald), the conversion to pleasure use looks very well done.
Stella Maris was built in 1971 & measures 48’6”, with a 10’8’ beam. The power comes from a 320hp MAN diesel, that is governed to 185hp. Her carvel haul is spotted gum & Oregon pine.
She comes with an impressive list of fittings.
Anyone know who built her & who did the conversion?
OAR MAKER?
I have had a request from a woody looking for an oar maker, there are lots of ‘commercial’ ones out there e.g. Gull, but my man is looking for a more custom made oars. Can anyone recommend a boatbuilder or good DIY’er that could produce a pair?

Pacific Gets the X-foul-e-8 Treatment
As Pacific gets close to splashing, woody Nathan Herbert has treated her to a serious bottom clean 😉 Another stunning job, ready for another 100 years of woody boating.


TARANUI
Taranui was built in 1963, so just slips into the classic category, helped by the Strongman design & built with a pitched pine carvel by Sam Ford in Lyttleton.
She measures 32’ 9”, with 11’ beam & 3’6” draft. Power comes from a 80hp Toyota B4 light truck diesel, converted to marine.
Taranui is for sale on trade (thanks Ian McDonald) & currently called Havelock Marina home.
Do we know any more about where Taranui has been for the rest of her life?
Woody Has Lucky Escape in Milford Marina
Woody Murray Deeble, keeps his lovely ‘spirit of tradition’ woody – Waikiore (pictured below at Riverhead Pub) , berth at Milford Marina on Auckland’s North Shore. I have been ribbing Murray that Waikiore is long over-due some TLC (5 years between haul-outs) so out of the blue he hauls her out at the Milford Cruising Club slip. Next day a ‘new New Zealander’ has a wee parking oops & ends up in the water in Waikiore’s berth.
Some would say Murray was very lucky – others would say bad luck i.e. would have been a nice insurance claim 😉


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