Interesting comparison Castaway (Dick Lang) was launched in 1947 as “Islander”. Her sister ship Alofa was built by Sam Ford. Note the different bow, “Islander” has a clipper bow. photos – Castaway ex Alan Houghton, Alofa ex Ken Ricketts
APACHE Had a 90 hp Chrysler Crown petrol engine, amateur built, in Captain Springs Rd Te Papapa in 1939, by the original owner, circa 1949 in Islington Bay, owned by Harold Parkinson a monumental mason of Symonds St Auck City.
text & photos by Ken Ricketts
Update 10/04/13 – Harold Parkinson bought Orari II after selling Apache. A very nice boat and a bit unusual being such a large sedan launch. Most boats that size tended to be bridge deckers.
FLORENCE
A very talented friend (sadly owns a tin boat) in his words “knocks these out when bored”, I just do not have the patience or hands to do something like this. I’m sure he missed his forte in life, would have been better at delivering babies than an investment banker 🙂
I have one my Dad made during the war, one of the few items of his I treasure, even more so after I discovered wooden boats.
A challenge to all the ‘train-spotters’ amongst us . Name the launches.
photo ec Ken Ricketts
I took this photo 3 years ago of this very cute woody in Oneroa, Waiheke Island. It was early morning & just one of those moments worth getting out of the bunk for. The name eludes me.
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.
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
Unveiled the new logo on a t-shirt at the weekend on board Wirihana in Islington Bay, Rangitoto Island for the CYA Cake Day gathering / drinks.
