MARGIE
photo ex classicboatsnz
Photo shows Margie being launched at Pilot Bay, Tauranga. Thats all I know so any other input would be nice 🙂
Margie
Image
5
Category Archives: Non Waitemata
Marguerite
Marguerite
Possibly built by Collings & Bell c.1919/23. Hull is d/d kauri, 44′, sleeps 9, all the mod cons fitted & overall including the traditional interior not too messed around with, so could be returned to her finest without too much effort.
BUT BUT BUT – why do people list a boat for sale & do not include the boats name in the listing 😦
Can anyone put a name to her?
details here http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/motorboats/auction-659271279.htm
Harold Kidd Update
She’s MARGUERITE, built by Collings & Bell at St. Mary’s Bay for H.S. Harrison of Stanley Bay and launched in late January 1920. She originally had a 120-140 hp Van Blerck 6 cylinder, a top US-built engine of the time for which C&B were agents. The Van Blerck is not to be confused with the JVB as fitted originally to NGAIO although from the same designer, Joseph van Blerck. Harrison sold her to C.G. McIndoe of Remuera in October 1923. He renamed her her LADY UNA and she kept that name for many years. McIndoe passed her on to H L G McIndoe (son?) in 1945 when she was re-engined with a 142hp Chrysler. In 1950 the Chrysler was replaced with a 200hp Scripps.
Robin Elliott photographed her in Paremata in 2000, looking pretty good. She later came north, to Whitianga, it seems.
Lovely boat.
Rangiora
RANGIORA
photos & details ex Harold Kidd
Rangiora was built in 1964 at McGeady’s yard in Summer Street, Ponsonby, to a McGeady design by McGeady with considerable input by her first owner Gordon Collie of Paton Road, Howick.
She was a breakthrough McGeady design with the substantial beam of 15ft on an overall length of 52ft. Her original engines were twin Fords.
Tony Vazey bought her in the 1980s and replaced the Fords with twin GM 4/51 supercharged diesels. He kept her at Westhaven, always absolutely immaculate as you can see from these images.
In late 2001 Tony sold her to Nick Tansey of Wellington. These days she can readily be seen from the shore on her marina berth in Wellington, a very beautiful hull with totally aesthetically pleasing topsides.
Karina
KARINA
photos & details ex Dean Wright & current owner Winston Jacob
Designed by Parsons & built in 1959 in Tauranga. Carvel planked hull, powered by twin 120hp Fords. LOA 38’6″ x B 11′ 6″ x D 3′ 6″.
Karina was a gamefishing charter boat operating out of Paihia during the 1970′s and 80′s. Owned by Alan Limmer. She once caught a black, a blue and a striped marlin all in one day. The first time it had ever been done in NZ. Possibly never been repeated.
Anyone able to ID the blokes in the cockpit with the thresher shark ? The owner / skipper Alan Limmer is on the right in the white t-shirt.
Winston Jacob has owned Karina for 14 years (1999)
Update 02-08-2017 – Photo below ex Dean Wright
27-03-2018 Update from Lee Wilkinson
“I came across my Grandparents old boat on your website today, I posted a wee comment, but since have found a couple of photos which I thought you might like to add to the story of Karina. The owner prior to my Grandparents was Les Henry, (i couldn’t remember his surname when writing the comment) – and quite possibly the original owner. Not sure of the dates my Grandparents owned her, but my mum recalls going down to trial her 1961, as she was pregnant with me at the time (the memory of morning sickness!!) Les Henry lived in Pukekohe but had the boat based in Tauranga i believe. My grandparents moved her to Maraetai, where she was on a swing mooring just below their home there.
Below are a couple of photos with my Grandmother, Janet Jones, with her catch of a Thresher shark in 1964 off Karina. Quite a biggie of the day I believe, and especially for a female angler.
The first one has Les Henry (the very tall man with the folded arms), my Grandfather Harry Jones, (with his hands on his hip), and then my Grandmother Janet Jones. (don’t know the two in the background.”
Arethusa & Winsome
The Boats of H Pickmere
photos ex Dean Wright. details by Alan H
Arethusa was used extensively by Hereward Pickmere during WWII when he was employed by the Lands & Survey Dept. to survey Northland’s coastline. Arethusa started off life as a gaff rigged cutter (see b/w photo with a 30’ long boom), she was built in 1917 by Bob Brown at Sulphur Beach, Northcote. Carvel planked kauri – 33′ 4″ with a 11′ 7″ beam. She was converted to a launch in approx. 1955 after being wrecked & salvaged post a grounding on Farewell Spit on a passage from New Plymouth to Nelson. You can view some wonderful old images of her & the Pickmere family cruises on Dean’s website:
http://deanwright.co.nz/arethusa-log-sub/123-pickmeres-my-arethusa.html
Arethusa was sold in 1943 & the Winsome acquired. She is described as a 34′ flush-decked launch built by Bailey & Lowe (that will please HDK) in 1918 with a draft of 2′ 7″ & had previously been owned by Hereward’s father since 1923.
Both boats still live in the Bay of Islands & you can view further details on Arethusa here: http://deanwright.co.nz/arethusa.html
photos – the 2 colour photos of Arethusa and Winsome together were taken by Dean earlier this year in the Bay. The b/w sketch below of Winsome is ‘borrowed’ from Pickmere’s Atlas of the Northland coast.
Update 25-07-2018 ex Arethusa owner, Dean Wright. The cutting below show Arethusa leaving Auckland on-route to Suva.
A Woody Weekend
Nahlin
Nahlin
Nahlin
Tall Ships
Tall Ships
Tall Ships
A
A
A
Raindance
Woody Weekend on the Waitemata
The Waitemata Harbour was a pretty magical place this Labour weekend – we had an impressive collection of wooden classics visiting.
The classic 1929 motor yacht Nahlin, owned by industrial designer / inventor James Dyson is currently berthed alongside the CYA’s Heritage Landing. Nahlin has a very impressive history of ownership & was once ‘The Royal Yacht’ – details on her history & restoration at the link below.
http://www.glwatson.com/detail/Nahlin__Classic_Motor_Yacht/527/26.aspx
We also had the ‘Tall Ships’ berthed at Princess Wharf for the long weekend & their arrival & departure was very impressive.
At the other end of the scale the super yacht (ship) ‘A’ was anchored in the middle of the harbour, this boat divides people into to camps – love it or hate it – me I love it. One of the crew skills is the ability to abseil – thats how they clean the windows 🙂
And even my favorite woody made it off the marina for 3 days of spring boating.
Riva with amazing twin Lamborghini engines
Video
A post for James Mobberley at Moon Engines – he (& I) will like this – a lot 🙂 Turn your sound up.
Back in 1968, Ferruccio Lamborghini ordered a custom Aquarama model from the legendary racing boat/yacht builder Riva.
For Ferruccio’s Aquarama, Riva installed a pair of the 4.0-liter V12 engines that at the time were being used in Lamborghini’s first road car, the iconic 350GT, its power and custom open-pipe exhaust made it the most unique Aquarama ever built.
Following Ferruccio Lamborghini’s death in 1993, enthusiasts speculated over the fate of what is now known as the Riva Aquarama Lamborghini. Most assumed the Aquarama Lamborghini was lost to time, until a Dutch Riva collector found it hidden under tarps in a boatyard. In 2010, the collector sent the boat off to Riva World, a world-famous shop in Holland specializing in the restoration of Riva boats. Now three years, 25 coats of lacquer, and two replacement 350GT V12 engines later, the Riva Aquarama Lamborghini has roared back to life.
The restoration brought legendary figures together from both Lamborghini and Riva’s past. The Ferruccio Lamborghini Museum in Italy had one of the two original Aquarama Lamborghini engines in its collection, but it took the involvement of Lino Morosini, head of Riva’s engine division in the 1960s, and the late Bob Wallace, Lamborghini test driver and developer, to recreate the modifications performed to the V12 engines for maritime use.
Riva World’s Sandro Zani sourced two 350GT engines (one from the U.S.) while his team rebuilt and restored the Aquarama Lamborghini’s wooden hull from top to bottom, and inside out. The twin-V12s carry the Aquarama Lamborghini to a top speed of 48 knots (as opposed to the 40-knot top speed of the standard V8-equipped Aquarama), with peak torque available from 1500 rpm.
The restoration wrapped up early this year, and after a few tests in the Netherlands, the Riva Aquarama Lamborghini returned to Italy this summer. Watch the youtube movie to see the Aquarama Lamborghini in action; if nothing else, it’s worthwhile for the hellacious sound the V12s make when the boat is pushed flat out.
Juliana > Marjorie Rosa
JULIANA > MARJORIE
photos & details ex Ken Ricketts. Edited by AH
Juliana was built in 1930 by Sam Ford & owned by Ralph & Wyn Ricketts from 1946 to 1956. She went to Whangarei for a few years when sold & then to the Algie family at Algies Bay from about 1972 to 1995. She was sold to a fisherman in New Plymouth for several years & ended up back at Tamaki River about 2006 as a bare hull absolutely nothing in her.
Bought by present owner Fraser Wilson as a bare neglected hull, with no bulkheads, engine, underwater gear, mast or anything else. Wilson has just undertaken a major 3 year restoration /rebuild on her by boatbuilder Tony Mitchell in his shed at Lake Rotoiti where she will now reside. Ken’s comment was ‘while unrecognizable as Juliana, in my view stunning in her own right’.
Propulsion History
1930 (Original) — 4cyl Thornycroft “T” head converted petrol truck engine c1925
1948 — 6 cyl Leyland “Cub” Diesel 90 HP (29.4 B.H.P. RAC rating), installed by owner Ralph Ricketts
1956 — 4 cyl Buda Marine Diesel (ex Arcturas — Built by Mc Geady c1952 for John Warren & replaced by Warren with 6 cyl Ford) installed by owner Ralph Ricketts
c1978 — 6 cyl 100 hp Ford Diesel fitted by owner Brian Algie
2013 (October) 3 cyl brand new Lombardini Diesel approx 60hp installed for Fraser Wilson by Tony Mitchell boat builder
Photos
1. The black & white photo of her hauled out was taken in Judges Bay by the Parnell Baths in 1947, by Ken Ricketts.
2. The sepia photo shows Ken Ricketts on board Juliana c.1947
3. The ‘all white’ photo is the bare hulk prior to the current rebuild.
4. Colour photos are from her relaunch as Marjorie Rosa
AH comment – she is very stunning & will be the belle of the lake, but if was me I would have followed Sam Fords original design a little more closely. But beauty is, as they say ‘in the eyes of the beholder’
10-08-2026 UPDATE ex KEN RICKETTS – WIDGEON > JULIANA > MARJORIE ROSA INSIGHT
Ken Ricketts parents bought the 1930 Sam Ford – JULIANA in November 1946 from a Mr. Stewart who may have been her first owner. We have confirmation he did own her in the later 1930s, with WWII number of 77.
A Thornycroft 4 cyl. petrol engine (photo below) was her original engine.
When built / launched and purchased by the Rickett’s she was named – WIDGEON (a breed of wild duck). Ken’s mother (Win) was not a fan of the name so the launch was re-named – JULIANA
Fast forward to when Fraser Wilson at Lake Rotoiti purchased her and changed the name to MARJORIE ROSA after his mother. Fraser bought the launch as an empty, bare hull, from which he created an almost new boat. Featured here on WW https://waitematawoodys.com/2013/10/22/juliana-marjorie-rosa/
Post meeting Fraser, Ken arranged for her to retain her original 1946 RT call sign of ZMYP for life. She was the second ever pleasure craft in Auckland, to have a marine RT (a war assets ZC1 Mk. II) in 1946, fitted by Ken’s father (Ralph). (edited a LOT by Alan H)
Some stunning Woodys from afar – 100+ photos
Image
Its a long way from the Waitemata but theres some good woodys here – the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft 2013 Festival. Links to the 3 days of photos, below – Enjoy 🙂
http://www.eyeinhand.com/Marginalia/2013/10/08/mascf-2013-friday/
http://www.eyeinhand.com/Marginalia/2013/10/08/mascf-2013-saturday-morning/
http://www.eyeinhand.com/Marginalia/2013/10/09/mascf-2013-saturday-race/
Betty / Achernar / Achinar
ACHINAR
photos & information ex past owners & Harold Kidd
as purchased by the Diamond family
1984 Clevedon River Jetty
post Lanes make over
Whau River Te Atatu Feb 1984
Name plate
Lake Rotoiti
BETTY / ACHERNAR / ACHINAR
Designed by well known yacht designer R.L. (Bob) Stewart and believed to be the only launch that Bob Stewart designed. 31ft in length, she was built by Collings & Bell in September 1939 for Bob Stewart’s father as BETTY. R L Stewart Senior owned her continuously until 1948-50 as BETTY. She was renamed ACHERNAR (not ACHINAR) when he sold her.
When purchased in 1984, the nameplates installed on the boat had the spelling as “Achinar”, and that is how they knew her during their long period of ownership. The current owners since 2008 have changed it (back?) to Achernar. So any mis-spelling of the name would appear to have occurred between the 1950’s and early 1980’s.
1984 saw a major refit and a flying bridge added at the Lane Motor Boat Co. on the Tamaki River and she was cruised extensively around the Hauraki Gulf and further afield for the next 20 years.
In 1993 the BMC diesel was replaced with a 6 cyl. Nissan diesel.
In 2008 Achernar was sold from Auckland to Lake Rotoiti (North Island). Another professional refit was undertaken for the new owners, including removal of the flying bridge. Achernar is now a regular participant in the annual Lake Rotoiti Parade of Classic and Wooden Boats (the photograph taken on the lake is courtesy of their website.)”
Note: There is dockside talk that the vessel may have been linked to US Navy Admiral William ‘Bull’ Halsey during his WWII R&R in Auckland.
