SeapixOnlineDisplaying 8842 of 11042 WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) - built in Whangerei, NZ for Ports of Auckland, she is seen here surging down the homeward leg of the 2009 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. Despite her powerful engines she was beaten into 3rd place by her twin WAKA KUME (2nd) but both were outmanoeuvred by the skills of the crew aboard the 1935 coal-fired steam tug WILLIAM C. Daldy. |
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