Boats whose owners have contacted us
Intrepid
Graeme Darby, Wainui. Purchased Dec 1980 from Christchurch. Slightly different layout inside. Went to Fiji in 1995. Had copper plated bottom, now removed. Moored in Gulf Harbour. Original owner was Wallis McNair who purchased a hull and decks from Cavalier Yachts in 1976 , finished her off with different windows, and launched her as "Knickers". Wallis sold her in 1979.
Foxy Lady II
K3636 Neil and Joy Adams, Tauranga. Neil and Joy previously owned Ruben Jane. They plan to take Foxy lady II offshore as far out as Tahiti. Has a fixed dodger. Went to Fiji in 2005. Previously owned by Jan and Tony Braddock based at Mana and before that Merv Taylor and John Mitchell of Tauranga
White-Cap
Robert and Ines Blaj, Auckland. Purchased from Sandy Jones, Kerikeri, February 2010. Sandy purchased her after 20+ years in storage as a hull and decks with some gear. Buhk 20 diesel started first wind. Could not locate original keel mould so used a similar one. Has lesser draft and shorter mast to compensate (see gallery photo). Beautiful Kauri interior
Hot Canary
K2554, Westhaven, Auckland 2008 Sold to Neil Conza. Neil is just completing a complete refurbishment. A sparkling "As New" Hot Canary will be launched soon. Modifications include relocating the Main Traveler to the cabintop, replacing the companionway with locker steps, and adding a generous rubbing strip to the topsides. See photo below...
Streaker
Glen Ey, Brisbane, Australia. Streaker has been converted into a powerful cruising boat and is in immaculate condition. Streaker was the original boat used to make the mould and had a 'Hobart" win in 1978.
Sara Drue
Gabriel Pickard. Previous owner for 20+ years Gary Watson. Launched as "A Taste of Honey" now based in San Francisco and in great condition. From the photos she has a mint original interior.
Dandelion
K2455 Roger and Ines Piggott. Broadmeadow, NSW Australia. Purchased from Murray Owen and Jenny Kings in 2007, Dandelion is currently in Australia being prepared for offshore cruising.
Scorcher
Niall Mueller, Nelson purchased Scorcher in August 2018. Previous owners Colin Barlow, and Grant Fowlie, Te Puke. Was on the hard at Thames, and had been stored on a kiwifruit farm for ten years before that. Featured on Mike Menzies website. Repainted white.
Unicorn
Purchased Feb 2008 in Florida by Dennis Kleinman. Was sailed to the US East Coast 20 years ago. Currently at Marathon Florida. History prior to 2008 to come...
Windarra
William Horne K3393, beautifully restored and currently in Tauranga where she will enjoy some social racing and lots of coastal cruising.
Bullfinch
K2895 2017 purchased by Megan Adamson and Jan Charman. Berthed at Seaview Marina.Previous owner Clare Robinson.Prior to March 2016 Hayden Braddock.
Stoly
Tim Massaria, Maryland, USA. Previously HI JACQUE, sailed in the Sydney-Hobart race in 1978.
Camellia
K2983 John Ball. See separate page.
Boats that we have heard of:
K2887, currently at W pier Westhaven. Currently getting some love
K2565, previously Warchild, Peter Smith's own boat. Location unknown. Sold by H W Roland 16 years ago and last of sailing to Noumea on a circumnavigation
sailed around the Pacific in 1998 by Neil Adams and family from Tauranga. A limited edition book on the trip titled "Summer, Autumn, Summer, Spring" was published by Neil in 2002. The book was reviewed by Boating New Zealand in May 2002. The text is reproduced under News and Reviews with the kind permission of Neil. Ruben Jane is currently moored in Littleton where she famously survived three days on the rocks with no significant damage.
K3235, owned by Sandy Powell since 1996 and currently at Orakei in Auckland. Pierce Barrett believes Zabadak was the last Cav36 built and was production number 20. The following was received from John Spedding, currently living in Turkey, in November 2012: About 1983 I was in the market for a boat again. I looked at a Yacht called Kaz (or could have been Caz). It was a rough Cav 36 and was on the market for $60,000 I think. Anyway I brought her and had a new paint job done by Jim Razzy at Alloy Yachts at the time. He did the hull and decks and the finished product was amazing. White hull and blue stripes. We fitted a freezer and re named her ZABADAK. we had a lot of fun with her, but never went off shore.I have very fond memories of Zabadak.
Home port of Picton on stern, currently at Waiheke Island. Recently repainted white with yellow cabinsides and pinstripe.
Reported to be in Brisbane
Reported to be racing in Nelson. Joe Scragg as the owner.
The following information is from the YachtingNZ site:
Dandelion under sail
Hot Canary's new rubbing strip
Windarra looking resplendid!
Stoly in 2016. Note the wheel steering
