WHAT BECAME OF THE CLASSIC LAUNCH – ADELA + WW HITS 15 MILLION VIEWS
Todays woody photo comes to us from the ’Thames Historic Pictures’ fb via Lew Redwood and features a launch named ADELA. The photo is ex the Judd family album and the tag was ’The Judd’s at play on ADELA presumably on the firth’ (of Thames).
ADELA has not appeared on WW before so it would be nice to learn what became this rather smart looking classic wooden launch.
On the THP site I found the two photos below – tagged ‘Fenton Bros of Turua 1960s carting some big logs’ – Could have built a few woodys from those logs, sadly probably went into the domestic housing market.
ADELA at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival + Details on The Next Big Woody World Event
One of launches that caught my eye was the 26’ Adela – built in 1925 from Huon Pine, carvel construction. Designed by Charles Snook and built by James Andrewartha , she is described as a ‘Gentlemens Racing Launch’. Her 10hp Brooke engine gets her along at a very respectable 10 knots. Owned by maritime historian – Colin Grazules.
I want a helm seat like that………….
See The World’s Best Classic Boats (from your favourite chair) Tomorrow the third annual Worldwide Classic Boat Show kicks off, and friends of Waitemata Woodys are invited to CLICK HERE to get a Full Access Pass to the Show! It’s just $10 for the entire Show – 100% online from February 17th-26th – which means you can enjoy this gathering of classic boats and fellow enthusiasts from around the world without leaving the comfort of your favorite chair.
There are quite a few NZ woodys in the Show again, among 1,200 great classic boats from around the world. And while the boats are a main attraction, there are also daily live presentations and movie events, featuring experts on a variety of topics including:
– Hidden Stories of the Herreshoffswith Evelyn Ansel
– The Aesthetics of Top Classic Yacht Designerswith Maynard Bray
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