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The hull being laid in a female mold using balsa core
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Note the addition of the Tauranga tuck
Storm Petrel. From that trip to Havelock the Truby King was born. This was a step up from the Marlborough 28 that he was currently fishing. Truby King was designed by the respected Auckland boat designer Bob Salthouse. Many of his earlier designs were stretched to meet the owners specific needs, but Allan went for the shorter version because the beam to length would still provide the load carrying capacity in a shorter vessel that was best suited for the local bar conditions, the prevailing wave set and shorter wave patterns experienced on this part of the coast. It is worth remembering that Allan's fishing grounds ranged up to 50nm up or down the coast and included rock lobster potting,
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