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Dedicated to the study & appreciation of wooden boats. WaitemataWoodys® was founded upon a desire to tell the stories & a need to archive the history of our classic wooden boats, the craftsmen who built them & characters that owned & crewed on them. To share – email your photos, video's & stories to Flora McKenzie at waitematawoodys@gmail.com – Special thanks to marine author & historian Harold Kidd. Click the follow button at the bottom right of the page to get email alerts on new & updated stories. WW gets a LOT of emails every day – we like that, but sometimes we just can't answer them all, it's not that we're lazy or rude – just busy working on the next story :-) alan houghton – WW founder ©2026

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Luana – designed by M T Lane 1920

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Trinidad – designed by Bob Salthouse 1965

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Tiromoana – designed by A Couldrey 1937

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Silens – designed by Harvey & Lang 1912

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Florence Dawn

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Florence Dawn – designed by Richard Hartley 1947

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John Dory – designed by HW Pascoe 1968

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Wirihana – designed by Colin Wild 1933

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Waitemata Harbour from above

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Waitemata Harbour from above – photo ex WaterFront Auckland

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Nereides – designed by B. J. L. Jukes 1926

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Menai – designed by Sam Ford 1936

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waitematawoodys.com #1 for classic wooden boat stories, info, advice & news - updated daily - 15+ million views

Dedicated to the study & appreciation of wooden boats. WaitemataWoodys® was founded upon a desire to tell the stories & a need to archive the history of our classic wooden boats, the craftsmen who built them & characters that owned & crewed on them. To share - email your photos, video's & stories to Flora McKenzie at waitematawoodys@gmail.com - Special thanks to marine author & historian Harold Kidd. Click the follow button at the bottom right of the page to get email alerts on new & updated stories. WW gets a LOT of emails every day - we like that, but sometimes we just can't answer them all, it's not that we're lazy or rude - just busy working on the next story :-) alan houghton - WW founder ©2026

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