JULIANA; Built 1930 by Sam Ford owned by my parents Ralph & Wyn Ricketts from 1946 to 1956 originally had 4cyl “T” head Thornycroft petrol engine circa 1920s replaced by my father in 1947 with 6 cyl Leyland Cub Diesel, & again in 1956 with 4 cyl Buda Diesel. Went to Whangarei for a few years when dad sold her, & then to the Algie family at Algies Bay from about 1972 to 1995 — they replaced the Buda with a 6 cyl Ford 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 who is in the final stages of spending $200,000.00 on her with an unbelievable transformation. One pic of her is taken in Judges Bay by the Parnell baths in 1947, by me, a few months after my parents bought her & had given her a fairly major refurb at that time & the other is of her a few months ago in the boatbuilders shed. Tony Mitchell) who is doing the restoration, at Lake Rotoiti where she will now live, when back in the water — (she will be at the bottom of the owners garden)

