Mystic

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MYSTIC
photo & details from owners Lorraine & Colin Davis

Mystic was built by Swanson’s in Picton & launched in 1965. Currently moored in Waikawa Bay, Marlborough for the past 3 years.
Her hull is double diagonal kahikatea glassed over to the chines, decks and cabin tops  are all glassed.
She is powered by a Toyota HD turbo diesel 140hp, giving her 7.5 knots at 2000 revs, burning 10 litres an hour  .
Recent improvements have included cutting in a stern door, an unusual feature from new is her a tandem roof which slides back and  opens up for use on sunny days.

Anyone able to throw some light on her past?

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  1. Hi Hayley & Kylie. I’m not sure if the boat we have is the Shalimar you refer to. Our Shalimar is a Keith Atkinson designed launch. But unfortunately we don’t know anything about her. It would be amazing if it was the same boat. Then you could fill in some gaps for us too. Thank you. Regards Leane

    On Thu, 17 Mar 2022 at 10:12 AM, waitematawoodys.com #1 for classic wooden boat stories, info, advice & news – updated daily wrote:

    > Hayley Redpath commented: “Hello Kylie. Thanks so much. That fills in a > huge gap. Jeff Reid was 14 when he did his crossing south to north and so > it’s all a bit of a hazy memory to him! Two other things he really doesn’t > know are: 1) The name of the gentleman who was operating the ” >

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  2. Hello Kylie. Thanks so much. That fills in a huge gap. Jeff Reid was 14 when he did his crossing south to north and so it’s all a bit of a hazy memory to him! Two other things he really doesn’t know are: 1) The name of the gentleman who was operating the IRB on 23 March 1987. Apparently the irb broke down quite early on. 2) Which bay, rock, land formation, he started from in the South Island? They motored over there in the morning, but of course your father couldn’t put the Shalimar close to the rocks, so Jeff leapt in, swam about 50 metres to the rocks, touched them, turned around and began his crossing. We wonder if it was Perano Head? Anything else you know would be fabulous. Kind regards Hayley Redpath

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  3. Hi Hayley,
    In 1987 that would have been Shalimar:)
    Dad had Shalimar from 1974.
    If you need to know anything else feel free to reach out.
    Many thanks
    Kylie

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  4. Hello . What a great thread. I am Hayley Redpath, a writer, and I am profiling a Cook Strait swimmer, Jeff Reid. He crossed the strait as a 14 year old in 1987 with Graham Wilkinson as the pilot. Do you know by chance which vessel he might have used? The Mystic? Shalimar maybe?

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  6. Hi Alan,

    I will email the photos through to you now. Dad unfortunately passed away 2 weeks ago. He would have loved to give you all the details. We will be returning home (currently in Australia) to scatter his ashes at mana and down the sounds where he wanted to be 🙂

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  8. Mystic was originally my dads (Graham Wilkinson)..he purchased the hull and finished the rest of her in the backyard himself. (We even have pics of her in the backyard).
    He then went on to do the same with Shalimar. Dad was also the pilot of 25 + cook strait marathon swims and search and rescue for the police.
    He often talked about mystic and we (my dad, mum, four brothers and I) had amazing holidays down the sounds every year (first on mystic – pre my time) and then on Shalimar.

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  9. Mystic is owned by Colin and Lorraine Davis of Blenheim,who I am sure can fill in some gaps. Colin bought her in Lyttleton, if I recall correctly, a few years back. Colin’s son Carl, who is an Auckland-based teacher and also a quaified boatbuilder, has done some maintenance jobs and also some work around the transom areas during his various school holiday trips south. Despite being on a mooring Mystic gets plenty of use.

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  10. Actually I see Colin has provided details already. Hi Colin! I meant to add – she is also a bit short of headroom – for Mannings but not for Davis’s!

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  11. There may be a post coming up, telling about 2 NOR WESTS, with no suffixes at all, for either of them, built by the same boat building company, under the same ownership, only 4 or 5 years apart for 2 different owners, — unbelievable isn’t it. — There is also another going back to 1904, on the Kaipara, but they could be excused for not knowing about that one. — KEN R

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  14. She looks lovely – A little like a hard chine version of the McGeady ARCTURAS or perhaps a hard chine version of BALLERINA almost. Interesting the Toyota Diesel, very uncommon in a boat, in my experience– KEN RICKETTS

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