The first voyage in the new boat could turn out to be an expensive one for its owner after it ran aground on Matakana Island on Saturday night.
The older style wooden launch, about 25 feet, ran aground on Matakana Island at about 9pm.

The Tauranga Coastguard was called to the aid of a wooden launch that ran aground on Matakana Island on Saturday night.

The new owner has just bought it and was taking it out for the first time, says Tauranga Coastguard operations manager Simon Barker.
'I think it was a navigational problem,” says Simon.
The boat was refloated on the high tide, but the Coastguard volunteers were not finished until 3-4am.
Coastguard charge themselves out to non members at $300 per hour, depending on what is involved, says Simon.
In a separate incident on Sunday, Coastguard ferried fuel to someone who ran out in the harbour – and helped sort out a trailer yacht that capsized near the Waikareao estuary about 3pm.
Coastguard volunteers helped right the boat, which removed some of the water, before it was towed to the boat ramp where the boat was returned to its trailer.
Also, on Sunday afternoon while the boat was out, they assisted a Tauranga coastguard member whose anchor and chain had collected so much sea lettuce, the winch could not raise the anchor.