CYVETTE
details & photos ex Sea Spray April 1962 edition, supplied by Ken Ricketts
Built for Mr Doug Ellis of Northcote, by Dave Jackson, she is 30′ 6″ long, 9′ 6″ beam & draws approx 3′. She was built in a shed adjacent to the northern Harbour Bridge approaches, at that time, which was reported to have been quite historical & used by Bill Couldrey & before him Bob Brown, designer of the Z-Class, in days gone by.
She was originally powered by a 100hp Scripps marinised Ford V8 driving a 20×18, five bladed propeller through a 2 to 1 reduction gear.
She is single skin full length Kauri with Tanekaha timbers deck beams & coamings with extra trim in Mahogany. She sleeps 6.
In the photo above Mrs Ellis is pictured christening Cyvette..
Harold Kidd Update
Dave Jackson built CYVETTE to his 1957 design for LADY BEV which he built for himself and kept for many years. CYVETTE was later renamed BONAVENTURE.
Dave built a huge number of boats in the Sulphur Beach shed in which Bob Brown had built many craft before he drowned trying to save a child in the early 1930s Brown built a number of mullet boats, ARETHUSA and designed and built the first Zeddies. After his death, Bill Couldrey took over the yard and built all those great keel yachts and launches there. Dave Jackson took over the yard when he set up on his own after leaving Collings & Bell. Mrs Brown still owned the site. Ernie Seager also operated his marine engineering business from the yard alongside Dave.
17-04-2016 Could Cyvette be Bon Voyage ?
photo & details ex Ken Ricketts
Bon Voyage is based at Gulf Harbour & is powered by an Iveco 6 cyl diesel & has been owned by Richard Barrington for a around a year. He bought her as Bon Voyage off Keith Williams & believes she was built around 1960 & could be originally have been Cyvette.
Keith Williams told Ken he had her from c.2000-2001 & sold her to Richard B. a little over a year ago & she was at Gulf Harbour when he bought her. She was called Bon Voyage & also had the Iveco at that time he bought her. Keith can’t recall who he bought her off & thinks he bought her as result of a sign in the boats window. He recalls the previous owner was working in Albany at the time & thinks he may have lived in East Coast Bays.
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Ken Smith owned you and berthed her in Milford for a few years
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Hi , I would be interested to learn more about your dads time of ownership of Bon Voyage since I saw this post , (Steven Spires on October 12, 2021 at 10:20 pm said:) I have owned her now since 2015.
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Hello Steven – any chance you could email (address below) copies of the photos and we will add them to the story.
Kind Regards Alan H
waitematawoodys@gmail.com
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Just found this listing, my father owned Bon Voyage from the late 80’s till his death in 1995. He spent a lot of time on her. I recall him having the walkthrough transom installed, along with the helm seat and sink top etc. the engine was a 100 or 120 hp Fordson diesel back then. She was moored at Te Atatu boat club along side “Lady Bev” they looked like twins. I think we have some of the original photos from when she was launched too. Dad upgraded from “Evelyn” a 27 foot Roy Parris to the 32 foot “Bon Voyage”. She was a great boat, that mum finally sold…that was a sad day BV was my dad pride and joy.
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Photos & details added. Alan H
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I think Dave Jackson would say it was a myth. But, there again, I don’t think he would be particularly insulted for his design to be mistaken for one of Roy Parris’.
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This is one of the boats which pop up for sale every now and then attributed to Roy Parris. I assume that’s another myth?
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Dave Jackson built CYVETTE to his 1957 design for LADY BEV which he built for himself and kept for many years. CYVETTE was later renamed BONAVENTURE.
Dave built a huge number of boats in the Sulphur Beach shed in which Bob Brown had built many craft before he drowned trying to save a child in the early 1930s Brown built a number of mullet boats, ARETHUSA and designed and built the first Zeddies. After his death, Bill Couldrey took over the yard and built all those great keel yachts and launches there. Dave Jackson took over the yard when he set up on his own after leaving Collings & Bell. Mrs Brown still owned the site. Ernie Seager also operated his marine engineering business from the yard alongside Dave.
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