KAHU Has Gone!!
For many years Kahu has been moored below the Greenhithe Bridge.
Kahu failed her Marine Survey while being extensively refitted for ongoing duties as a Waiheke Ferry. The buzz was that big new props fitted to make Kahu a little faster had flogged the guts out of her and work was halted and she was put out to graze. Her time was near anyway and these days half a dozen high speed vessels compete for passengers on the route.
Over the years the blue tarps have flogged themselves into nothing and the plant life has flourished. But she was still a pretty looking vessel and I miss seeing her quietly swinging at her morning.
But all is not lost, Kahu is heading off to a new life in Whangarei as a house boat. Apparently there is not a lot left internally and plenty of scope for the new owners.
A little further up the creek a 72ft HDML, which I think is Tamure, still sits. While Kahu kind of kept her good looks in spite of Mother Nature, Tamure is looking decidedly 2nd hand. This photo was taken a couple of years back and there is a lot less in the way of superstructure these days.
Thanks DJR for the contribution
Kahu failed her Marine Survey while being extensively refitted for ongoing duties as a Waiheke Ferry. The buzz was that big new props fitted to make Kahu a little faster had flogged the guts out of her and work was halted and she was put out to graze. Her time was near anyway and these days half a dozen high speed vessels compete for passengers on the route.
Over the years the blue tarps have flogged themselves into nothing and the plant life has flourished. But she was still a pretty looking vessel and I miss seeing her quietly swinging at her morning.But all is not lost, Kahu is heading off to a new life in Whangarei as a house boat. Apparently there is not a lot left internally and plenty of scope for the new owners.
A little further up the creek a 72ft HDML, which I think is Tamure, still sits. While Kahu kind of kept her good looks in spite of Mother Nature, Tamure is looking decidedly 2nd hand. This photo was taken a couple of years back and there is a lot less in the way of superstructure these days.
Thanks DJR for the contribution