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KOHI in 2013
Kohi
KOHI in 2013
KOHI in 2013
Private Collection

Kohi

Vessel numberHV000575
Vessel Registration NumberQZ347Q
Date1964
DimensionsVessel Dimensions: 13.41 m x 12.19 m x 3.54 m x 1.37 m, 16.26 tonnes (44 ft x 40 ft x 11.6 ft x 4.5 ft, 16 tons)
DescriptionKOHI was built for William Marr, and launched in December 1964 from Norman Wright's Quay St, Bulimba yard. It was designed by Ronald Wright. The 13.40m long vessel was delivered to Sydney arriving on the 10th January 1965. It was designed as a bridge deck cruiser and has a flying bridge on the cabin top. The raised deck hull is carvel planked in Oregon with splined seams; it has a laid beech planked deck with teak margins and teak cabin planking. The original engines were BMC Sealord diesels, but they were replaced with the Volvo engines during the late 1980s.

KOHI became one of the Norman Wright show boats for the 1960s and used extensively to promote the design skills and workmanship of Norman R Wright and Sons at boat shows and yacht club events, competing for a share in the market that was largely taken by vessels from Lars Halvorsen Sons, with other builders taking an occasional order.

KOHI was its original name, and it was later renamed MANIHI, but in 2007 reverted to its original name KOHI.

SignificanceKOHI is a luxury motor cruiser built by Norman R Wright and Sons Pty Ltd in 1964 for a private owner in Sydney. It is one of the few craft built by this well-known Brisbane firm for the Sydney market, then dominated by Halvorsen built craft. It shows the wide range of craft built by Wright's firm, one of the premier builders in Queensland.
ANTONIA  in Townsville 2005, about to begin restoration by removing added deck superstructure.
Norman R Wright and Sons
1956
Dorothy T
Norman R Wright and Sons
1948
STEPHEN DAVIES in 2019
Norman R Wright and Sons
1952
WANGADIR at Scarborough Qld 2012
Watts & Wright
1940
Sisterships ANNIKI and ANTONIA rafted up at Thursday Island in the 1960s.
Norman R Wright and Sons
1958
FURY sailing again on the Brisbane River, Queensland in 2007.
Norman R Wright and Sons
1939
WAIBEN at the Thursday Island Wharf in the early 1950s
Norman R Wright and Sons
1949
ISE PEARL on the Great Barrier Reef.
CE Crowley
1956
TAIPAN sailing in the third heat of the 1960 world championship series. The cutout Miller was f…
1959
Galatea-M in Paradise Beach on Pittwater Bay.
Laurent Giles
1958
MER JIM on display at the Queensland Maritime Museum in 2008
Roy Bliss
1952
MAKARA in its current configuration
Bjarne Halvorsen 1916-1994
1959