Category Archives: Non Waitemata

Aotea

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AOTEA

photos & details from Paul Newell

Paul owned Aotea for approx. 5 years (2002-2007) & believes she was built in the South Island to an Alexander design. She was powered by a 300 Bedford Diesel.

The picture of her on the transporter was apparently her arriving in Auckland from Lake Taupo. Paul was told she was built for the N.Z. Government and taken to Taupo for the Queens Coronation NZ tour 1953-54 but he has never found anything to verify this. The other photos show her on Chris McMullen’s floating dock and on the marina at McMullen and Wings yard.

The last time Paul saw her she was on a mooring at Whitianga. Can anyone verify or add to her history?

Pirate

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Pirate @ Mahurangi 2014
Pirate @ Mahurangi 2014

PIRATE

photos ex Keith Munro

I do not know much about her other than she was designed (& built?) by Leon Warne in 1939.

Pirate is a CYA vessel so someone should be able to join the dots for us 🙂

The above photos were taken at the 2014 Mahurangi Regatta

Harold Kidd Update

Actually she was designed and built by Leon Warne for Otto Sommer in 1939 (corrected) . Billy Rogers used to tell the story that he towed her hull from the Bay of Islands to Auckland for her engine to be fitted with his KERERU, arriving the day war was declared in September. She was seized from Sommer as a German national and used as a tender by the RNZN until handed over to the Police in 1944. She was fitted with a 55hp pre-heat Kelvin diesel originally.

Adelaide V

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Adelaide V

This launch is currently berthed on Lake Taupo & one of the ww followers (Ron Wattam) is interested to ID the vessel.

Can anyone provide any info on her?

She has been ID’ed as Adelaide V

Photo below ex Baden Pascoe 11/07/2014

Jan

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Jan

JAN

photo ex Russell Ward

Designed & built from kauri in c.1960 by Brin Wilson for the late Sir William Stevenson & family. Sir William owned many boats on numerous lakes around NZ , Jan being one of them. She still resides in a boat shed in the Okere Arm of Lake Rotoiti. Jan is well known on the lake & one of the boats I hope to see next weekend at the Lake Rotoiti Classic & Wooden Boat Parade.
Check out http://www.woodenboatparade.co.nz to view more lake boats & the event. Boats are listed on the left side of the home page & grouped in chronological order.

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Mystery Launch 30/01/2014 + 200,000 Views

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Mystery Launch 30/01/2014 + 200,000 Views

Mystery Launch 30/01/2014

photo ex Simon Smith

The caption on this brilliant photo says ‘Mansion House Bay, Kawau, Christmas Day 1934. Looking to ID the launch & if possible the people in the tender, have to love the bloke relaxing with the pipe while his partner rows the four of them ashore – those were the days 🙂

I sent way to long last night trying to ID her – every time I thought I was close , the 10/11 windows on the tram top threw me.

More than likely this is the same boat??

UNKNOWN c 1940sUNKNOWN c 1948

WE HIT THE 200,000 VIEWS MARK THE OTHER DAY & IN THE LAST 3 DAYS PEOPLE HAVE VIEWED THE SITE OVER 5,500 TIMES. AMAZING NUMBERS & IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THERE IS A SERIOUS AUDIENCE INTERESTED IN CLASSIC WOODEN BOATS.

Its been a little frantic at times but given the number of you checking in each day you are obviously enjoying it, so thanks for the support. The back library of really cool material stored in ww is amazing, read below how you can access it.

ARE YOU GETTING THE MOST OUT OF waitematawoodys.com ?
There are many ways to enhance your ww experience, the three easiest ones are :-

(1) by using the categories & tag sections on the right hand side of the page, here by clicking on a (blue) word/s you will see a summary of articles linked to that word e.g. individual designers, build / launching year, CYA vessels, boat names or locations etc.

(2) by typing a key word/s in the search box, then click your computers enter key & all related posts will appear. Scroll down to view & click on each post to view it.

(3) to get the most out of the ww you really need to be a ‘follower’, to become a follower all you have to do is click on the ‘Follow’ tab that appears at the bottom of you computer screen on the right when you have the waitematawoodys page open. You then enter your email address in the box that appears & now you will be able to:
(a) receive an email advising you when new articles have been posted. Means you no longer have to check in all the time.
(b) allows you to make comments on articles that have been posted.

REMEMBER – If you have any classic boating related photos & tales you want to share & more importantly record / store for feature generations to view – email them to me at

waitematawoodys@gmail.com

Mahurangi Regatta 2014 Snapshot

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Sullivans Bay
Trinnidad
Ferro
Seafarer,Ferro,Trinidad
Strathalan
Breeze
Rainbow
Manapouri
Tasman
Breeze
Camp Tino Rawa
Wairiki
Little Tawera
Waitangi
Thelma
Ngatiri
Ranger
Lady Joyce
Paul Tingey
MCC Commodore Steve Horsley

Mahurangi Regatta 2014 Snapshot 

Just returned from the regatta, another great classic event. Above is a selection of photos from the weekend. Most of the regular classics were in attendance & have been photographed to death before. This selection are just images & boats that caught my eye & I post to give you a ‘taste’ of the weekend. I’ll feature some in more detail over the next few days.

If you click on the photos, you can view bigger images in a slide show format.

Enjoy

ps Anniversary Day regatta today so another opportunity to see some of the classic sailing fleet up close + the Tug / Work Boat race is always a hoot.

Moana

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Coromandel Dec2013

MOANA

photos ex AH & trademe

I spotted Moana at anchor in Coromandel Harbour between Xmas & New Year. A little digging resulted in a trademe listing so if you believe that, she was built by Lanes in 1954 & is a kauri carvel planked, large volume displacement launch at 42.5′. Powered by a 6LX Gardiner. Appears to by well fitted out in terms of modern day comms & navigation toys etc.

Just a pity about the block of flats on top 😦  , but as they say – each to their own.

Now my bitch of the day – why do people selling classic boats (both the public & brokers) almost never include the boats name in a listing. Makes it bloody hard to find the listing & only drops  the value, as the serious potential buyers are most likely to know the boat or know someone that knows her.

Harold Kidd Update

Ted Gilpin told me that she was built by Lane Motor Boat Co. for game fishing in at Mayor Island by Alan Hunter and that Peter Parsons had a hand in her design and construction.

Update 17-03-2019 Moana getting some TLC at Gulf Harbour (photo K Ricketts)

Update 12-09-2024 – Photo below of a painting of Moana by Debbie Park

Valencia

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VALENCIA

WW has been contacted by Ron Trotter the owner of Valencia built by Baileys. Ron thinks she was built some time in the 1940’s (unlikely, more like 1920’s AH). He was told that it was built for a guy that did the Kawau Island mail run back then but cant get much info about this. The boat is currently moored at Whangamata.

Ron is looking for any info on this boat and or photos of how it was in early days. Reply here in the comments section. Ron’s details are also below.

Ron Trotter  – ph 078893374 / 0274316405 / 0274850950wk

Harold Kidd  Update

Well, she looks very much like the VALENCIA at Whangarei in an earlier post which a search here under “Valencia” brings up. She was in Whangarei from at least 1927. I think she could have had a name change just before that to the name of the wildly popular paso doble song of the time, “Valencia”.

Maybe however she was new in 1927. It’s possible. I know nothing about a Kawau connection which could be more myth.

Bailey & Lowe is more likely than “Bailey” = Chas. Bailey Jr.

Update #2 

It is also possible that she is the VALENCIA built in Tauranga for?/by? L. Oliver in 1926 which he delivered to a Whitianga purchaser in March 1939. There were lots of VALENCIAs after that bloody song came out on 78 after the film came out in March 1926.

North Island’s Parade of Classic & Wooden Boats – Sat 8th Feb

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North Island's Parade of Classic & Wooden Boats - Sat 8th Feb

North Island’s Parade of Classic & Wooden Boats – Sat 8th Feb

When an invite to a classic boating event is accompanied with the above photo it would be rude to say no.

So waitematawoodys will heading off to Lake Rotoiti for the 2014 Classic and Wooden Boat Parade. Now this is the North Island event so its just a three hour drive from Auckland.
I have ‘followed’ the event on line for the past 5 > 6 years & its a cracker.
This year is the 17th year it has run & the formula is simple: A parade (on-the-water) to showcase the boats then everyone motors / steams off to a sheltered bay on the lake to enjoy old boats and fine company.

For full details check out http://www.woodenboatparade.co.nz

rotoitigathering thesteamers2 jan

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Coromandel Sortie

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Coromandel Sortie

Over the xmas/ny period we mooched around Coromandel Harbour for a few days. I can report that the shellfish beds & rock oysters stocks were all good – steamed pipis & fresh shucked oysters + fritters were on the menu several nights. I had not been into the township in years (like 30+) so took the opportunity one day to load Raindance up with several friends off other boats & headed up harbour.

These days the river / creek channel is clearly marked but we played it safe & anchored near the wharf & took two RIB’s that we had towed, up. Along the way there is interesting collection of floating (some just) craft tucked in & around the mangroves.

The town was brilliant, so cool to see a provincial area doing well, the place had a great vibe to it & all the shops appeared to be doing well. The architecture of the main street has not been ‘mucked up’ & its like stepping back in time to the good old days of Main Streets e.g. a hardware store, cafe, chemist, craft store, fish & chip shop, pub, stationary store, pub, land agent, etc.

The highlight for me was the Coromandel Smoking Company, if it comes out of the sea, these guys smoke it – if you are down that way, try the smoked scallops.

We will be back on a road trip soon.