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Published April 3, 2019 at 1024 × 768 in IMG_0973

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ray on April 5, 2019 at 12:21 pm said:

I wonder if that old hulk is the “Malaita”, she’s about the right size

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nath on April 4, 2019 at 1:22 pm said:

And Cam- now a crumpled heap in the mangroves at Rawene

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harold531harold on April 4, 2019 at 12:31 pm said:

Isn’t she PUAWAI built at Helensville by Arthur Forrester about 1910? She’s been on WW before, I think.

She is . AH

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Cameron pollard on April 4, 2019 at 11:08 am said:

No. That old girl from obc ended up going to the the te atatu boat yard then to old railway rd in riverhead and eventually ended up in a paddock in hokianga district.

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Tim Hanna on April 4, 2019 at 10:57 am said:

Does anyone know if this was the old cream boat from Thames way that was bow down on a mooring by the outboard boating club on the other side of Okahu Bay for years?

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