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Manly resident Lynda O’Hara is hoping someone on the Hibiscus Coast may know the whereabouts of a model ship, made by her grandfather James (Jim) Holt.
Jim is thought to have taken up model making on retirement, and Lynda says he made either one, or several, impressive models of the Chilian tall ship Esmeralda.
Lynda says she believes that her father, Trevor Holt, had the model when he moved to Whangaparāoa in 1980, following the breakup of his marriage to Lynda’s mum.
“He then moved to Motueka, around 1983, but his second wife said the Esmeralda didn’t come with him,” Lynda says. Her father died two years later.
Lynda was only a child when her grandfather died, and has little to go on in her search.
She says she knows it’s a long shot to find it, but the ship has sentimental value.
“One possibility is that it may have been given to someone, or to a local club. My father was keen on bowls and golf,” she says. “I have been looking for it for quite a few years. We bring out the photo album and look at it from time to time and wonder where the model is.”
If anyone has any information about the model, email Lynda on holtlm@hotmail.com
