Classic & Wooden Boats For Sale

This page is being run in response to many calls made to committee members from people who wish to sell their wooden boat. This is a "no charge, all care, no responsibility" service.

To have your boat listed on this page, it must be in New Zealand and of wooden construction. Full details including designer, builder and any other interesting history will need to be emailed or posted to one of the committee members. (All email details are on the Home page) A recent photo, digital or printed, can also be displayed on this site. Don't forget your phone number and a price.

If you are successful and sell your boat please tell us so that we can remove your details.
A small donation would be gratefully received

This page was started on 22nd October 2002.

 

 

Vintage Launch "Nautilus". Kauri planked launch built by Lane's in Auckland 1948. Has been on Lake Rotoiti since 1996. Before that at Tauranga.
Length: 8.5m
Awarded "Most meticulously presented boat"
Lake Rotoiti Classic & Wooden Boat Assn Parade 2003

$34,000.  Contact Buzz Rathbone, 07 362 4240 or 021 469 417

 

 

ORIA.
Kauri clinker.
Built in Tauranga in 1947.
5.5m long
2.2 beam.
9.9hp motor (fully serviced).
Just put back in water after a complete make over inside and out.

$ Offers
Phone 0211398860/3624813.
Glenn Ruebe.
 

 

 

WANTED.
I am looking for a restoration project boat up to 18ft ideally, though a larger boat might be considered. I would prefer a planing hull (as in addition to general family fun on the water I would like to teach my children to waterski) but semi-planing could also be considered. Of paramount importance is safety, so the hull design and construction should provide good seagoing capabilities once finished.
Our finances are very limited, so I was hoping for a low-cost hull that could be restored over time in a simple style reminiscent of Chris Craft or Riva runabouts. The boat I am looking for is probably sitting in a shed or in the corner of a property under a sagging tarpaulin somewhere, slowly returning to the earth - waiting for some care and attention to return her to glory. I cannot afford to pay a lot of money, but I can promise the boat will go to a good home - to live on in regular use and become a legacy to leave my children.
Please call Tara on 04 3838956, Mobile 0275745087 (text me and I will be happy to call you back)

 

 


TAITOA is a classic Herreshoff design. She is 36 Feet on Deck and was build in Auckland at the Voss & Brij yard in 1976 from NZ Kauri.
She circumnavigated the World via Cape Horn and Panama Canal and raced twice Melbourne to Osaka.
She had a refit and a new Teak Deck was laid. She is in good condition.
She is seriously for sale and maybe someone would like to bring her home.
Contact
Dieter Neubert   Ph.  61 3 629 51 609  or
 email   neubert@skymesh.com.au

 


A most unusual boat for New Zealand. This is a Paul Selway design from the UK which he describes as "based upon the 'V' bottomed skiffs which were used on the Atlantic Coast side of the Virginian Eastern shore for tonging and crabbing. These boats were distinctive, with their well flared sides, beamy hull and well raked straight stem and they had a reputation for speed and seaworthiness". Built in 2006 by an artist and a skilled joiner for a project commissioned by Te Papa Tongarewa, this lovely little boat sat as an art work on the rooftop of our national museum and is now being sold for a future life -  as a boat!  Sailed only once earlier this year at the Plimmerton Classic Boats festival, otherwise largely as-new (weathering has occurred on seating). All timbers used in construction are sustainable - the hull is 7mm Hoop Pine plywood and glass over ply frames. Seating is Maple, skeg and gunwales  American White Oak. Macrocarpa and Douglas Fir also used. Half decked giving plenty of dry stowage space and a lot of reserve buoyancy. A steel centreplate is used and is a Gaff rig. Could take a cuddy and sleeping on board is a definite possibility. LOD 16'1" (4.9m); Beam 6'5" (1.95m); Draft 1'1" and 3' (.33m and .91m); Sail Area 150 sq.ft. (13.9 sq.m). Weight is around 650 lbs. (295 kg.). This is a reluctant, but philosophical, sale as circumstances and practicalities now require locating a new owner. On the market for purely genuine reasons and will sell to the right person. No trailer or outboard. View in Plimmerton, Wellington. Can supply references for seaworthiness and performance. $7000
 
Contact owner:        Maddie Leach  027 330 6400 or 04 388 9190 evenings
 

 

 


WHIZZ SKI GALORE IS FOR SALE
Length: 14.5 ft                  Year Built: 1961         Builder: F. Partel & Sons Ltd (Dunedin)

Year Restored: 2006       Motor: 1966 Mercury Kiekhaefer 500 4-cyl-pull start

The hull on this boat is plywood and glass over ply. The deck is West African Mahogany marine ply and all fittings are original except for the seat squabs. These were all replaced in 2007 but are exactly as per the originals. It has been stored in a garage its entire life and is in pristine condition. This is an extremely reluctant sale but circumstances require locating a new owner as this boat is on the market for purely genuine reasons. 

 

This is a rare opportunity to purchase a one owner family runabout in near perfect condition from the 1960's. Included in this purchase is a set of genuine Mercury gaskets, impellor, propeller, original Mercury 6 gallon fuel tank and various spare parts as well as a manual and comprehensive parts list. $9000

 

Contact owner:        Blair Nauman  027 3120913

 

 


 

"Idalia"  Built around 1909 by Chas Bailey, Auckland. 36ft Kauri Carvel Launch. Powered by 40hp outboard with 15 hp auxiliary cruises 6 knots. Refitted in 2003. Sleeps six. Moored Lake Waikaremoana with Historical mooring right (not balloted)

Enquiries contact: Troy Duncan   troy.tracy@xnet.co.nz
Phone 06 8443838  or   021-629426

 


Charlotte Rose

Type: Displacement,           Design: Unknown Hard chine,   Length: 24ft,   Beam: 7.2ft,    Draft: 1 .8ft.
Construction:       Marine ply glassed from waterline
Year of construction: Unknown, approx mid 1960s            Builder:   Unknown
Cruising speed: 8 kts  Engine: Yanmar 40hp diesel, shaft drive, three bladed prop, stainless steel rudder and shaft,
stainless steel fuel tank: 90lts.  All fitted 2007,              Volts: 12,       2 Batteries    Steering:   Line

EQUIPMENT: G P S, V H F, Capstan, 1 Anchor, 1 fire ext, cockpit canopy, 2 lifejackets, fibreglass dinghy.
ACCOMMODATION:   3 1/2 Berth,  Toilet with holding tank, Steel water tank 30lts, 1 portable gas hob.

PRICE:                                     $22,000
CONTACT:                             07 575 3835

 

 



Rere Moana,  Length: 50', Beam: 12', Draft: 4'4", Launched 1949.
Built by Collings & Bell.  Powered with a Ford Diesel 365hp.
Seating for a maximum of 50 people.
Can be viewed in Whangarei, Ph 09 435 1429 or 027 233 8772

 

 






 

24ft over all launch, carvel planked hull completely recorked 7 years ago.
 90hp Ford Series D motor, 2:1 Lees Marine gearbox, shaft drive,
G.P.S, V.H.F, compass, life jackets, stereo, stove, gas bottle. 
Good safe boat. Uses 1.25 litres per hour when trolling and 3 litres at cruise.
Needs a good scrub and cabin top painting to smarten up.
Moored on Lake Tarawera
Can be moved on tandem trailer.
Reluctant sale due to ill health.
$4000.00    Phone Mike  (07) 3485770

 

 

 

 

Classic Kauri Launch,  Roy Paris 26 For Sale. Ideal for handy man. Moored on Lake Taupo.
Make:   Roy Paris          Year:  1968
Length: 26 ft,    Beam: 9ft 6 inches,   Draft: 2ft
Engine: 35 HP Sole Diesel
Engine Yr: 1985 Re-powered
Engine Hrs: 2100
Price: Offers
Contact Barry Delany  Ph 0274 575 435

Kauri carvel planks over ribs, caulked seams, plywood topside glassed over, solid timber side, Diesel motor with drive shaft and hydraulic steering, well maintained, cruises at six knots.
Interior is in very good knick, 4--6 berths  (2 floor spaces in Helm area), Galley/cooker, toilet, water pump, two 90 litre tanks, water and diesel, Capstan 12 V winch, Furuno GPS, Eagle Ultra fish finder, marine radio, compass, stereo, life jackets, cutlery/cooking gear, 2m inflatable tender included. Lots of storage.
Boat insured for $30,000 Structurally sound. Outside needs TLC/paint work, Cabin needs refurbishing, (est cost of $9500, by boat builder). Ideal for handy man as most of the cost is in labour

 

Type: Wooden
Length:4.5 Metres (14.8 Feet)
Year: 1972
Engine: 55 HP, Outboard
Engine year: 1972

SELLER WANTS QUICK SALE.........well looked after 4.5m boat. only used in fresh water. Steel trailer in good conditon. Trailer needs rego and WOF. As is were is. Motor goes but will need service. Last time used in water about 3yrs. Been stored under cover all its life.
Contact  Evert Metz 06 8785127
Hastings

 

 

 


"Great Scott"  Owners: John & Janette Gibson, Built: 1957, Length: 4.9m. The mahogany (Janet & John boat) was built in Tamaki, Auckland as a day fishing boat for Lake Rotorua. Original owner and builder, Stuart Marsters had a holiday home at Waitete, Ngongotaha, immediately above the footbridge. When he sold the house to Mike Russell in 1979, the boat went with the house. Present owner, who is the 3rd owner, bought the boat September 1999 and started restoring it. Basically just revarnishing and painting. The boat won a 50 mile race in 1959 on Waikato River averaging 42 M.P.H. Original outboard was a Scott Atwater, hence the name. The motor is not included. Contact Janette by email: janette@tdr.co.nz

 

 

 

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