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    Scale models for sale in NZ
    The guy was actually a Kiwi and was a descendant of the founder of Queenstown in the south island. His
    hydrofoil
    was supposedly the first in NZ and was imported in the 60s. His name was Frank Howorth and he died in 2015 at 92. He was a pioneer of boat tourism on the Southern lakes JB
    5 years ago by jbkiwi
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    Scale models for sale in NZ
    Probably the same people who had the
    hydrofoil
    - seems they left Rhodesia in 1973/4 - lots of people emigrated to Kiwiland then - including a few friends. Lost touch over the years however...........
    5 years ago by redpmg
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    Scale models for sale in NZ
    For a minute thought it was the same
    hydrofoil
    - here's the Rhodesian one (only pics there are - see the stamp!) however it was a Seaflight - built in Messina - and the locally built slow ferry that virtually never missed a sailing........ was called Seahorse with sister Sea Lion - traveled about as fast as a Seahorse - 5 or 6 knots seem to recall - all owned by the Lake Shipping Co - no mention in the history blog of how unsuccessful the
    hydrofoil
    was.........
    5 years ago by redpmg
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    Hi Red, we had a Rodrigues PT 20
    hydrofoil
    in Auckland for a number of years doing the city to Waiheke Island run. Sold to Australia in the 80s and still afloat (barely) with a seized motor (MTU 12V) Guy couldn't afford to fix it. I've actually talked (email) to the guy in Sydney who owns it (and ran it for a while as a tourist ride), and he'd sunk a lot of money into it, but in the end it pretty much sent him broke. It was the last operating PT20 in the world,-real shame. Google Manu-wai
    hydrofoil
    if you are interested. Re cars,-I have a 90 Toyota Cressida (3L twin cam 24valve 7MGE) as my Sunday cruiser which is still quieter than most modern cars. I think they were a popular car in SA going by what SA friends have told me. JB
    5 years ago by jbkiwi
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    Scale models for sale in NZ
    Meant to say the hovermarine sounds about as much use as the
    hydrofoil
    on Kariba - booked on the thing about 4 times - never got to go as it was broke each time......... built in Italy think it had spaghetti rubber instead of engines - and the one time they got it to go well it hit a submerged log..........was eventually sent back to Italy in disgrace - and promptly sank in the Med a while later when testing after repairs.
    5 years ago by redpmg


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