SUZI Q > EMILY M – Could Be A Perfect Lake Day Boat
The 27’ 1960 built launch – Emily M recently popped up on tme (thanks Ian McDonald).
Her owner believes she was built by Lanes of Totara North, but we all know how frequently that name is attached to wooden craft 🙂
Forward motion is via a 80hp Ford diesel. Looks like she needs some TLC to the interior but a very salty looking craft that could easily be returned to looking smart again.
In a previous life she was named Suzi Q and worked as a commercial snapper long-liner out of Whangamata in the 1970’s.
Bay of Islands Summer Mooching + Anniversary Weekend Cruising
Todays gallery of classic wooden craft comes to us from the camera of Dean Wright, taken while he was cruising the bay on his woody – Arethusa.
From top to bottom the craft are:
• Ranoni – Army Bay
• Enterprise – Opunga Cove
• Arohanui – steaming past Cable Bay, Urupukapuka
• Arethusa – Whangamumu
• The Logan yacht – Iorangi – Whangamumu
• Alofa – Whangamumu
• Valhalla – Whangamumu
• Rampage – Whangmumu – an early 2000’s Robertson Boats sedan launch ( lengthened and repainted)
• Mary of York – Ben Tomb’s leeboarder
2024 MAHURANGI REGATTA – Classic Launch Parade & Sunday Gathering At KAWAU ISLAND
The countdown is on for one of the worlds best and biggest classic wooden boating events, the Mahurangi Regatta, organised by the Mahurangi Cruising Club.
Sadly due to the freakish weather the 2023 regatta was cancelled, but plans are in place to make 2024 on-the-water and ashore at Scotts Landing bigger and better.
The Classic Wooden Launch Parade is one of the highlights of the weekends activities – followed later in the day by a serious ‘old school’ boaty BBQ ashore at Scott’s – including a massive marquee for the 20 piece dance band.
On the Sunday, most woody launch skippers head to KAWAU ISLAND and the plan is to gather later in the day for a few sun-downers at the newly refurbished Kawau Boating Club.
Todays photo comes to us from ’Timespanner’ via a Maurice Sharp fb post. The location is the Whau Creek in New Lynn, Auckland and the photo originally appeared in the NZ Herald on 15 Oct 1937.
Its captioned – that the craft was 26’ in length, built by a Mr. L. Knaggs of Sandringham, Auckland to an American design, probably ex Rudder Magazine. Her first owner was a Mr.J. Harvey of New Lynn.
Can we put a name to the craft and possibly uncover what became of her.
Slipped the mooring lines yesterday for a wee trip to McKezies Bay, Rangitoto Island. Swapped photos with the crew on Endeavour, who were out celebrating owner Paul’s 84th birthday – Endeavour was looking very smart.
Bay of Islands woody – Dean Wright recently dropped into the shed of Classic Boats in Kerikeri (website link below), one of the projects underway is a complete replanting of the 100 year + classic above, named Puffin. Master boat builderHerbert Crumb-Gartner was just about to turn the hull over- wonderful craftsmanship on display. Dean has promised to call back and update us on the project.
INPUT From Herbert Krumm-Gartner – I am restoring ‘Puffin’ for her current owner of over 30 years. I first laid eyes on her in a shed in Russell about 3 years ago. Her owner phoned me up asking if I would be interested in restoring her to her former glory.
She is now 102 years old and was built as a fishing boat south of Sydney by some carpenters.
The current owner has all the history of her, he even knows, I think the great grand sons of her builders. When I had a look at her I realized that restoring her planking would not be satisfactory at all, as most of her laps had cracks where the copper rivets were, plus lots of the ribs were broken.
I suggested to the owner to completely re-plank and re-rib her. Instead of having 11 planks a side I decided to go to 13, which reduced the overall size of the individual planks considerably. I have retained the deck that the current owner built in the 1990’s. She will be re-powered with a 14hp Nanni diesel engine. Most of her interior, like seats, floor boards, etc, will be re-furbished and re-installed.
At present she is right way up, back in the shed and we are steaming in new Tanekaha ribs. Puffin is just under 18ft long.
This rather cute / salty 21’ gaff rigged cutter sitting on tme and is crying out for someone to step up and adopt her. Destiny II has a $1 reserve and at last look bids were in the low $300’s.
Built /launched c.1930’s she had a major refit in 2007.Her owner has looked after her in the 2+ years he has owned her but with 4 young children she is not getting the use she deserves.
An inboard Bukh 7hp gets her along at 7 knots and there is access to a Weiti River mooring till the end of Jan so thats the holiday cruising in and around Kawau sorted.
Check out the tme listing is a lot of boat for the $$$ – Auction closes 7pm Dec 22nd – Just buy it and the kids / grandkids will think your the best ever.
Question of the day – can anyone ID the pennant (tie-pin?) below.
The headline above was all the seller just on tme (thanks Ian McDonald) to described this 12’ 1960 built clinker day boat. There is a builders plate which states she was built and engined by – H.N. Burgess & Co., Judges Bay, Parnell, Auckland.
There is an inboard Yammer diesel to propel her and home is the Waikato.
Not a bad woody to do some gunk-holing over the Christmas / NY holidays with the kids > grandkids.
Todays woody recently popped up on tme (thanks Ian McDonald) and other than that she is 28’ long and powered by a 150hp Diesel engine, the other info supplied was a tad light e.g. ‘classic lovely wooden boat with electric winch, toilet, stove.
Todays photo gallery (bomb) is less than 24 hrs old, as mentioned earlier in the week Jason Prew is criss crossing the South Island scouting off-road tracks to justify to himself the cost of owning a Remuera Tractor 🙂
Yesterday Jason sent in the above gallery and tells me it was just a fluke he was in Akaroa on the right day – yeah right 😉
Enjoy the photos, as always click on photos to enlarge.
SCOTTY Todays woody is the launch – Scotty, seen here on Lake Rotoiti (Nth Is.). The photo is dated 12 July 1981 and comes to us via a Linda Munro fb post. Linda commented that Jack Munro bought Scotty to the lake in the 1920’s after an early life doing the cream run in the Coromandel area. In the photo she is on her last lake trip before going to the Paeroa Maritime Park to be used as a tourist boat. This sadly didn’t last and she was pulled out of the water and dismantled.
Recently Linda visited the park and was pleased to see the boat back in a shed with her cabin and dodger with plans to repair her.
On the boat we see the late Reg Munro (son of Jack) at the helm and son of Reg, Ross Munro. As an aside Ross still has Scotty’s original motor, a Ford 10 engine
Several woodys have drawn my attention to this 24’6” launch thats recently popped up on tme. The listing states that it was designed / built by L G Coulthard in Onehunga. The build year says 1965 but Nathan Herbert has commented that Coulthard’s last boat was in 1959, this one resembles a build year c1930s. Nathan also as pictured above she will have had a new cabin since launching.
There is some uncertainty around the launches name – when her current owner bought her in 2006 in Auckland, her name was – Talofa and it was claimed she was originally built for the Mayor of Thames. Her name was subsequently changed to Kotare.
What we know – 24’6” in length, 8’ beam and draws 2’3” – powered by a 28hp 3 cyl. Vetus marine diesel engine giving her a top speed of 7.5 knots.
Current home is Kenepuru Sound, Marlborough Sounds, South Island.
J .(Jimmy) Mc McLaren Boatbuilders Onehunga
Recently contacted by a James H McLaren regarding his grandfathers boat yard, the yard was probably side-by-side with the L G Coulthard yard in Onehunga.The photo below shows the McLaren builders plate. James is looking for a surviving dinghy made by his granddad – Jimmy McLaren, James commented that they were his stock in trade.Can anyone help out eg have one for sale – any condition.
