3 Pretty Woodys In Opopo Bay, Waiheke Island
L>R – Seafarer, Monterey, Waireka
3 Woodys In Opopo Bay, Waiheke Island
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Category Archives: Launches
Sea Crest – Summer boating in the good old days
photo ex classicboatnz, chat ex Ken Ricketts
SEA CREST
Ken Ricketts initially thought Sea Crest could have been a Lidgard build but a discussion with his old friend Jim Thomson who has a wonderful recall, on all the Lidgard boats & was involved with the construction of virtually all his boats, from about 1949 onwards, until Roy & his son Jim’s very sad & untimely death at sea, in the 1960’s, has confirmed Sea Crest was not a Lidgard. Reviewing the photo both Ken & Jim feel she may very well be by Billy Rogers.
Sea Crest has a platform on the tuck, which may not be original, as these did not become popular until the very late 1950’s or 1960’s, so she could well have been built just before that time.
She is a lovely boat with superb balance of line, symmetry, colour scheme & is a great advert for her builder & all her owner/s.
Does anyone have information & photos on this boat?
ID These 3 Launches
OK a test – ID these 3 launches
photo ex Ken Ricketts – so KR, step away from the key board 🙂
03/01/14 – the answer is JULIANA, MARGARET S, JUANITA
Lady Gay – before & after
LADY GAY – BEFORE & AFTER
‘old’ photos ex Keith Munro, new ex Alan H
The older photos above of Lady Gay show her when Tommy Allan first bought her. I post as inspiration to anyone considering undertaking a restoration, all it takes is money 🙂 (I joke). The combined efforts of a lot of very talented people have gone into bringing LG back to her finest. But she deserves it, she is after all one of the 3 big & beautiful Colin Wild sisters (Lady Gay, Wirihana & Linda) .
Deodar
DEODAR
photos ex Keith Munro
Ex Auck Police launch. 52ft x 15ft, Millar & Tunnage, 1960, kauri, twin 210hp Cat dsl s (9 – 16 knts). The older photos show her being restored in 1996 by John Wright & Dave Brown. The ‘older’ photo of her post re-launch in the water has the launch Alwyn alongside.
Deodar has recently had an extensive refit is back to her former glory & now for sale & quote the trademe listing ‘owners will trade & priced reduced to sell.
There have been books written on Deodar’s life in the ‘force’
18/06/2104 A selection of ‘random’ photos added from ex Deodar crew member – John Elingham’s collection. Posted to ensure they are recorded / stored for the future.
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Also below – a few from John of the ill-fated Wellington police boat – Lady Elizabeth
Luna
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LUNA
photo ex classicboatsnz
I know nothing about Luna other than she looks very salty. Hopefully others will be able to add more details.
Kate
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KATE
photo ex classicboatnz
Built in 1884 by Thompson Bros. in Dargaville. Photo looks to be taken at Waiheke Island (tbc)
Harold Kidd Update
According to the Register of British Ships she was built in 1894 by C. Thompson at Aratapu, not in 1884. She was also called KAIPARA KATE in 1932 when owned by A G Curel of Helensville, but seems to have reverted to just KATE. The earliest reference I have to her is her entry in the Pahi Regatta of 1899 as a sailing vessel.
Graham Guthrie Update
Kate is indeed on the Causeway on Waiheke Island. She has been aquired by Bernard Rhodes, a sailor who has built his own vessel and sailed her around the world. A Waiheke resident, Bernard is seeking to restore Kate to her former glory as funding permits, and then use her as a sail training ship for the youth of Waiheke and Auckland. As a boatbuilder of considerable talent Bernard has taken under his wing 2 lads who he is teaching various skills as they assist in the restoration.He has produced an interesting brochure on the history of Kate and how she should look when restored. I will retreive this from Kailua and see if it can be uploaded onto the ww website.
Now members have successfully completed the restoration of Gypsy, if they have any surplus funds, Kate would be worthy of consideration.
Lady Eileen
LADY EILEEN
Looking to get into the classic wooden boating scene ? Lady Eileen is now offered for sale & offers outstanding value for money for a vessel of her size ( L=48.9′ / B=13.4′ / D=3.9′ / 18 tons) & fit-out. refer trademe listing link below for full details.
A fine example of a Shipbuilders / SupaCraft triple skinned kauri launch. Lady Eileen was launched in 1947 & is a sister ship to Rakanoa, Mahara & Rosemary II.
Given her size & fit-out ‘live-aboard’ is an option.
Marnine
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MARNINE
photo ex Shane Anderson
Marnine is one of our hidden classics i.e. we do not see her out & about much so to get this great photo of her post re-launching at Gulf Harbour is a gem.
She enjoyed a very long tenure with the Porter family & I understand her current owner has had her for approx. 20 years. She looks as sharp as the day in 1961 she was launched
Built by Lanes (Panmure), her owner (the late) Fred Porter had a very big input to her design & styling.
At 50 feet & with a beam of 15 feet & 25 tonnes she is a beautiful big girl.
Search Marnine in the ww search box for more photos & details.
16-10-2016 Hauled out at Gulf Harbour (photos Ken Ricketts)
Waimiga Re – fit /launch
WAIMIGA
Now Waimiga always was a very special launch, she would feature on a lot of classic owners bucket list. Her pervious owner looked after her like one of the family & now Shane Anderson has taken her to another level, on Wednesday she emerged from Wayne Olsen’s Horizon Boats shed in Stillwater after 4 months of man love. This was a total make-over & unless you knew the boat you would not notice the extent of the project. There is still a few wee jobs to finish on the marina & ‘bits’ to be add, so when she is 100% I’ll post a lot more, in the mean time enjoy.
Another floating billboard for Awlwood MA (Uroxsys).
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