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Mystery Launch At Gt. Barrier Island – 1963 – WESTWIND

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MYSTERY LAUNCH AT GT. BARRIER ISLAND – WESTWIND

Todays photo was spent in by Dave Stanaway and shows the Radio Hauraki ‘pirate ship’ – Tiri alongside the wharf at Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island. 

The photo is dated 1963 and todays question is can we ID the launch alongside Tiri. Dave commented that he recalls she was island based but the name eludes him.

UPDATE – As mentioned in the comments section, as pictured above Tiri wasn’t yet the Radio Hauraki ship. Dave advised his father ran the Tiri for Tiri Co-operative Shipping Co at the time of the photo. Ran from Auckland to Whangarei and Great Barrier.

Grant Schults ID’ed the launch alongside as Westwind, that serviced the local guesthouse on the island.

23-08-2023 INPUT ex Greg Philpott  – photos below of Westwind in the Whangarei Town Basic Marina.

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Todays woody is another ex the Tauranga Museum archives and comes to us vis Dean Wright, its tagged Westwind and dated January 1962.

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