Do you dress to the left or the right?

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Do dress to the left or the right?

You probably did not notice it but the orientation of the boat in the waitemata woodys masthead has changed from left to right. One of the waitemata woody followers, Chris Leech, ex. commodore of the Devonport Yacht Club & CYA NZ committee member is a bit of a stickler for tradition & pointed out to me that it is tradition that all images, sketches of boats are shown with the bow to the
right.

For your interest the boat (35′ cruising launch) is off the design board of legend NZ designer / builder Percy Vos. To the best of my knowledge it did not get any further than the design stage which is a pity as she would have been a rather fine vessel.

Old fashioned railway style classic boat haul out & winter maintenance

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Old fashioned railway style classic boat haul out & winter maintenance

Now some of the CYA NZ members that look in here may have already seen this but given there are now viewers from over 22 countries checking out waitemata woodys, I thought they may like to view a good old fashioned kiwi boat club style haul out & winter make over. No fancy cradle lifts at the Devonport Yacht Club, we still use the good old style railway haul out.
The tale & photos have had 20,000+ views but a lot of that is due to the posting getting a mention on the WoodenBoat forum & Classic Boat in the UK. Click the link below. Enjoy

http://classicyacht.org.nz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1737