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ARTONO + MYSTERY LAUNCH

The launch on the left is Artono, owned at the time by Arthur, Tommy & Nole Cole. The location is the Puhoi River.

What more do we about Artono and the mystery launch on her right?

Photo ex Lew Redwood’s fb

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