The Mullet Boat – Buona Sera

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The Mullet Boat – Buona Sera

Chris McMullen sent me the link to this cool little youtube movie on the mullet boat – Buona Sera.

Chris commented that there is a slight oops in the commentary in regard to his involvement in the build – Eric had the boat half built before Chris met him 🙂
Chris believes Eric used the moulds received from Morrie Palmer who had just built the first cold moulded diagonally planked mullet Boat. He called it Controversy as that what it caused. He was barred from racing her for a time!
Buona Sera was the second diagonally planked boat. Chris’s Tamatea L-10 (featured already on ww) was the last boat built using carvel construction.
Enjoy the movie.

On the topic of mullet boats – this years Classic Yacht & Launch Exhibition at the Karanga Plaza (in front of Viaduct Events Centre) celebrates THE MULLET BOAT’s. As always with the Tino Rawa events it will be a not to be missed classic wooden boating event. So put a circle in the diary for the weekend of October 8>9th, 10.00am > 4.00pm. More details closer to the event 😉

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2 thoughts on “The Mullet Boat – Buona Sera”

  1. I believe this boat was owned by Dr Len Thompson (RNZAF) until we (6 students) bought it in 1970. Dr Thompson had moored it in Hobsonville. We kept it on a mooring in Okahu bay. We kept it for about 3 years. It was sailed to Great Barrier, Bay of Islands Te Kouma and many trips to Waiheke. Sailed in one Lipton cup race (unplaced). Not sure who was the next owner. Do recall some years later that it sunk in Hobson Bay for reasons that remain unclear. The video shows it in good shape – how we loved back winding the jib snd ooersting the lever back stays.

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