Thread: LOST Kontiki

Originally Posted by Nickoli

Interesting story about an unfortunate bugger who put a Seahorse on layby with a local store in Hastings in January as a Christmas present for his kids.
Picked it up just before Christmas and headed to Porangahau Beach in Central Hawkes Bay for their annual family camping trip. First time using a motorized kontiki, the kids got excited and launched it.....without attaching the backbone...
Insurance claim was made, kontiki was replaced......
Then 6 months later, a call from Seahorse in Tauranga saying that the old kontiki had been recovered......Seahorse had serviced it and removed all the barnacles and traced back the serial number.
Apparently, there is a huge swirling mass of rubbish halfway between the Chatham Islands and the mainland where various sea currents converge; supply vessels to the Chathams routinely call past this mass of sea-crap to see if there is anything interesting and the kontiki was recovered.
Insurance company was notified - but advised that as the claim had already been settled, he could keep the old one with no issues.

Got to be careful out there some of locals like to claim them from a boat as well.....

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Originally Posted by BRADS

Got to be careful out there some of locals like to claim them from a boat as well.....

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......Porangahau tax.

Originally Posted by Nickoli

......Porangahau tax.

Nah everywhere.