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CLASSIC WOODEN BOATS ENJOYING SUMMER CRUISING

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THETIS – HAURAKI GULF
GAY DAWN – HAURAKI GULF
ROA -HAURAKI GULF
WAIARI – HAURAKI GULF
AOTEAROA – HAURAKI GULF
JUANITE & MARINUS – Oneroa
ARETHUSA – BOI
KOROWAI – BOI
POSEIDON – BOI
KAIKOURA – BOI
SOUTH SEAS – BOI
RATBAG – BOI

CLASSIC WOODEN BOATS ENJOYING SUMMER CRUISING

Over the 2025/26 xmas / new year period a couple of woodys have been sending in photos of classic craft that they have seen out and about. Angus Rogers onboard the motor launch CENTAURUS has been mooching around the Coromandel / Bottom End of Waiheke Island and Murray Deeble on his Townson yacht MORGANA in the Bay of Islands. 

The evil weather we had around the 27th >31st keep a lot of boats in the marina and those out were not moving around much . Angus recorded winds of 68 knots in Te Kouma at anchor. 

Quite a few washed ashore and sales of SaltAway will be high this month with a lot of dinghies / outboards flipped over in the high winds. 

PHOTO BELOW FROM ABOARD CENTAURUS

PIPI BAY – Bay of Islands – Woody Utopia

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PIPI BAY, Bay of Islands – Woody Utopia

On Friday, Bay of Islands woody Dean Wright sent in the two photos above that he had taken in Pipi Bay on Thusday early evening. The top photo is the the 39’ bridge-decker Pathfinder, previously named Eunice K. Pathfinder was possibly built c.1948 and her design is a tad dubious so I won’t speculate. Lots of photos and details in the two previous WW stories – links below and remember to read the comments section. In early 2023 Pathfinder was for sale on tme, looks like she has found new owners and the pose of the individual in the cockpit tells me they have found their happy place 🙂

WW March 2023 https://waitematawoodys.com/2023/03/30/pathfinder-eunice-k/

WW Oct 2017 https://waitematawoodys.com/2017/10/17/eunice-k/

The second photo is of the schooner Rat Bag, an unknown to WW so keen to learn more. Again the two geezers onboard appear to be very content with life. I wonder how many seagulls have been caught in that web of lines 🙂

UPDATE ex JASON PREW – photos below of Rat Bag

Input ex K Ricketts – The EUNICE K > PATHFINDER was also called & known as the LADY VI when used by Pam American Airways at Mechanics Bay in the later 1930s or 1940s – photo below of her showing an identical bridgedeck & porthole layout along with an identical mast (edited)

Input ex Nathan Herbert – very early photo (date unknown) at Mechanics Bay, Auckland. Thats her center front. Middle boat is Rautangi.