

Keith Newman
Bobbing boat trailers at Clifton
“There were plenty of chipped hulls, dunged props and even rudders, occasional injuries and a whole lot of wet bums. There had to be a better way. So local boaties put their thinking caps on,” says Clifton Marine Club member Neville Bawden. Clifton Marine Club, Hawke’s Bay Today, 31 October 2013 Although reasonably protected from the south and west, getting boats out from Clifton Beach is highly dependent on weather and surf conditions and for many years locals and visitors p