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rf84
Another well known hydro was a craft (I think) named "Elray"? or similar. The name Jock Appleton comes to mind. It featured in a "Gillette" razor advertisement on TV in the mid to late 60's.
A colorful Hastings identity Morrie Dunn was killed in the boat while trying to set a new speed record around the Auckland area (Bottletop Bay?).
Dunn raced solo speedway bikes in the UK League but on his return visits to NZ in the off-season he would compete here. Dunn had a cat which would happily sit on the fuel tank of his solo bike and go for a ride. I can recall seeing this at one of our Raureka primary school galas in the late 50's when Morrie did a number of laps of the playing fields with the cat riding on the bike.
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