"Amokura" – Sailing Trials of a Fast Auxiliary Yawl NAMED after a white bird with a slender red tail, which is found in New Zealand, Major E. S. Harston's auxiliary cruising yawl, "Amokura," proved to have a fine turn of speed when sailing, and a...
These photos are of Amokura on sea trials in Southampton Water in May 1939, or shortly thereafter. The first picture seems to show Lady Harston back in the cockpit and a range of other people possibly boatyard employees, sitting on deck.
In the second photograph the lady to the right standing by the shrouds is believed to be Ernest Harston's wife Lady Harston and the younger lady standing in the centre of the picture is thought to be their daughter Barbara.
These pictures show Amokura's interior shortly after her launch. It is no coincidence that the picture on the saloon wall is of a red-tailed tropicbird - also known by its Maori name Amokura...
These photographs show Amokura being launched from the slipway of Moody's yard. The picture of three gentlemen standing in line is believed to include Graham Moody (left) and yard foreman Eddie Bundy (centre)
Pictures of Amokura's oak frames, pitch pine planking and teak deck being built at Moody's yard in Swanwick, Hampshire, UK
The following pictures show Amokura's keel being cast at Moody's yard. The gentleman standing at the far end supervising is believed to be Moody's foreman Eddy Bundy.
