Priscilla II 392 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Rebecca aka Dolphin by Jeff Thomson. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madyottie 82 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Hmmm, it looks a little lost. Should be located in Tirau 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 ???? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sail Rock 28 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Sweet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 375 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I wonder if this is also a nod to the wee vessel in the novel of the same name? That one of course goes to the bottom, whereas this one does not appear likely to leave the bottom... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla II 392 Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Similar to the first boat I ever built folded sheet of corrugated iron ends sealed with soft tar gathered from Shelly Beach Rd in the height of a blazing youthful memory sun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 375 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 ooo, you used tar, good thinking... we used chewing gum, lots n lots of chewing gum... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
armchairadmiral 411 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Gee Priscilla we do have something in common. My first boat was very similar .We found it floating in the harbour when I was about 7. Had years of fun. Could only dog paddle,no lifejackets ,buoyancy tanks, or patrol boats. Dad didn't know where we were. Gone all day in the school holidays and the experience of self reliance and doing it myself stood me in great stead. Nowadays Dad would be prosecuted for neglect ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Toltec 7 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 We used to build them and paddle up and down the creek in them I don’t know how we never cut ourselves on the sides and when they sunk we just used to retrieve them at low tide Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyhorse 47 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Used to take a hacksaw to Meola dump, cut the roofs off cars turn them upside down and use those, no tar required but a calm sea was! Growing up in Pt Chev... it's a wonder I survived. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla II 392 Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Me too, used to stash our corrugated creations at the bottom of the section in London St and carry them across the motorway evading the bridge control officers in their Landrovers. Watched the Nippon clip ons being installed. Bit before my time shot of the preparations for the bridge build. Saltwater pools at the base of Pt Erin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla II 392 Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Crikey I wish we had thought of out riggers. Not cutter required. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB77Bii3M0I 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John B 106 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Saw a few like that on Taveuni when we sailed there in another life way back in the distant past. ..2017 or sumpin. I haven't seen Rebecca for a while, I suppose the tino rawa trust still has her. I have a couple of copies of Peter Smiths book on her, and friends owned her in the 80s and 90s, she kept on blowing up on the beach and getting a mega restoration each time. The last time was a close call when she didn't quite make the milford creek a couple of years ago, something to do with one of those pesky green port markers. Lucky escape though with little or no damage that time, maybe it's a charmed life for her now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla II 392 Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 If memory is correct she was near kaput after escaping her Okahu mooring and encountering the sea wall like many. Skinned and saved from extinction at the Wooden Boat Workshop 1980,s. Apparently the P Smith restoration was more a not what to do to add longevity to a classic but the book looks good on the coffee table. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John B 106 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 I remember that. The Woodenboat workshop was in Stanley street building Friendship. Mike Knight and Colin Davidson had Rebecca, or bought her after that beaching. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stray Cat 7 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Just arrived here this week 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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