A radio control model of the ill-fated ferry Wahine sets sail on the Orakei Basin in Auckland under the guidance of its “captain,” Father T E. McFall. A priest of the Redemptorist order, Father McFall started building the scale model of the ferry from fibreglass and balsa wood in 1969, soon after the inquiry into the sinking of the Wahine in Wellington Harbour. It was built from’the original ship’s plans to a scale of three millimetres to a foot, and took two years to complete.
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85A radio control model of the ill-fated ferry Wahine sets sail on the Orakei Basin in Auckland under the guidance of its “captain,” Father T E. McFall. A priest of the Redemptorist order, Father McFall started building the scale model of the ferry from fibreglass and balsa wood in 1969, soon after the inquiry into the sinking of the Wahine in Wellington Harbour. It was built from’the original ship’s plans to a scale of three millimetres to a foot, and took two years to complete. Press, 28 February 1980, Page 1
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