Tag Archives: Tequila

STEWART ISLAND WOODYS

Posted on by
4

STEWART ISLAND WOODYS

One of the original gang of 8 that 10+ years ago helped breath life back into the CYA launch fleet (when there was one 🙂 ) – Colin Pawson (past owner of Waimiga) has recently been mooching around the bottom of the South Island and hopped over to Stewart Island for a few days. In between night spotting Kiwis in the wild and consuming “the best fish (blue cod) & chips that has ever past his lips, Colin snapped a few woodys that were at anchor / moored.

The rather grand one in the first photo looks familiar , can we put a name to her and the others.

UPDATE EX PAUL N – the top boat is Wairangi

UPDATE EX ANT SMIT – Ant reports he also recently visited Stewart Island. Ant chartered the fishing boat Tequila for a 1/2 day and caught an impressive haul of Blue Nose. Ant commented that despite her salty looks she was built in 1996 with carvel kauri construction and is powered by a straight 6 Volvo diesel. More photos below. 

The third boat above (green) is Rawene , another photo below

FINAL CALL FOR THE CLASSIC WOODY RIVERHEAD TAVERN LUNCH CRUISE. THIS SATURDAY RSVP TO waitematawoodys@gmail.com

RSVP > waitematawoodys@gmail.com

Stewart Island Woodys

Posted on by
6

Stewart Island Woodys


Olaf Wilg has just returned from the deepest south and commented to me that the main bay in Oban was full of lovely looking brave little work boats. Olaf liked the look of Tequila and Rawhiti and the lovely Ranui is the ferry to Ulva Island. 

A woody that has relocated South and these days calls Stewart Island home is – Wairangi. She is one of Olaf’s favourite boats of all time. A loss to the Waitemata but certainly adding to the Southern woody fleet. You can see / read more on her at the WW links below – you will see she started life south of the border.

https://waitematawoodys.com/2017/04/18/wairangi-4/

https://waitematawoodys.com/2016/03/05/wairangi-3/

Would be nice if a southern woody could tell us more about these woodys 🙂

(Olaf, ever the perfectionist – apologises for the picture quality – all shot on an older mobile phone)