THE CLASSIC WOODEN LAUNCH JULIA – HOW DID SHE END UP HERE

Back in May  2017 one of the roving woody crew, Ross Dawson, reported in on the classic wooden double-end launch – JULIA. Ross spotted JULIA berthed at Nelson Marina (first 3 photos above) 

Fast forward to Jan 2018 and John Burland reported that she was still berthed in Nelson.

Then in December 2022 Bay of Islands woody, Dean Wright snapped a photo of JULIA in Havelock Marina.

Sadly each time we were unable to learn anymore details on the vessel.

Then mid-week I get an email from Alistair Rowe reporting that while on a walk he spotted JULIA looking very sad lying in a bit of wasteland behind Sanford’s mussel processing plant at Havelock.

Hopefully this isn’t the end of the road for JULIA- can anyone enlighten us on the vessel and how she ended up in this sad state.