Custom


Price
AU $34,500 Or nearest offer
Finance
Currency
Length
26' - 7.92m
Use
Family, Leisure, Cruising
Vessel Location
Port Adelaide SA
Launch Year
1959 approximate
Hull Material
Timber Carvel Planked

With over $5,000.00 dollars spent in upgrades since mid last year 'Howqua' a beautiful river cruiser ready to step on and enjoy. 'Howqua' has an interesting history, named after a village and river that flows into Lake Eildon in the Victorian Highlands. Apparently it was built in Howqua for the hydro lakes, Eildon included. We have discovered that both the town and the river Howqua were named after Wu Bingjian, trading as Howqua, who was one of the most important merchants of the time, 1769-1843. He was reputedly once one of the richest men in the world, and it believed that the settlement may have been named by Chinese miners who passed through the area during the Victorian Gold rush. It's a Ronstan boat, meaning it was built by 2 boat builders Ron Allat and Stan Lenepveu, who opened their company in 1953 in Melbourne. Ron and Stan went on to build an Australian boat hardware empire. Howqua was built in 1959, with a hull of NZ kauri. It's 26 feet and classes as a river cruiser. The fellow who did some of the refurbishment recently has met Ron and Stan way back. He thinks the boat may have been built as a work boat for the hydro, for jetty repairs etc. Another theory is that either Ron or Stan built it for a pleasure boat for themselves on the lakes. The cabin was rebuilt some years ago but has maintained a lot of its originalwooden features. The hull and cockpit remain unchanged. The current owners have owned her for approximatly 8months, previous owner just over 5 years and purchased from what is believed to be the second owner who moored it on Port Philip Bay for a number of years. He put it on a truck and brought it across to Goolwa late 2016, but decided to sell it on shortly afterwards. It's been river worthy from the start, but is now in much better condition and looks lovely! The previous owner put a lot of work into it, including repainting and re varnishing and anti-fouling, repairing any rot. He also removed the fuel tank, relined it and put new valves and fuel lines in. The alternator was reconditioned and both batteries were replaced. The battery isolater switch and was installed an additional solar panel were added. New cushions were made to complete the double bed and a full set of awnings were made for the cockpit to make it secure and weatherproof. All the structural repairs have been done professionally by Nick Louie at Captain Sturt Marina, and Howqua had a full paint job and an out of water survey 24 months ago. It was re caulked 5 years ago and all plumbing and electrics are working well. The motor (a 27 horsepower Yanmar) was serviced last year.

Adelaide Boat Sales offers the information on this vessel including condition, in good faith as provided by the Owner/Vendor. While confident about the accuracy we cannot Guarantee or warrant it. All information is to be verified and checked during the purchase process, this includes inspections, sea trials and surveys.

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Price
AU $34,500 Or nearest offer   
Vessel Name
Howqua
Boat Reference
ABS123
Launch Year
1959 approximate
Length
26' - 7.92m
Beam
8'
Draft
2'
Vessel Location
Port Adelaide Sa
Region
South Australia
Hull Material
Timber Carvel Planked
Engine
Yanmar 27hp in good working order
Engine Make
Yanmar
Horsepower
27hp
Accommodation
Sleaps 3 comfortably with double berth in the cabin and a single in the enclosed cockpit
Toilet
Yes with holding tank

CONTACT DETAILS
Dealer
Adelaide Boat Sales
Telephone
Address
57 St Vincent Street
City / Suburb
Port Adelaide
State
SA
Country
Australia

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