Cape Sounion – designed by Howard Greenwood in 1976, with the brief to be no wider than a standard shipping container, as the boat was destined to be shipped to Europe for extended canal cruising. This she did & is now back in NZ cruising the Hauraki Gulf.
Neptune – designed & built 1956 by Fred Lidgard at Kawau Island. Her owner tells us he uses her more as a motor launch than a yacht, so here she is :-). The interior is quite special as well, we will cover that in the future.
Lapwing – designed by Bailey & Lowe c1915
Update April 2019 – Lapwing getting some TLC at West Harbour Marina.
02-05-2019 Update on the work below es John Wicks – Couple more photos of Lapwing, looking very spiffy and about ready to splash. Note the trail-boards are back in place, now with the scroll work done in gold leaf, as is the name board on her transom.
And on its way back to Bayswater Marina
13-01-2026 UPDATE Photo below ex TREVOR COPPOCK – a rare photo of her off the marina – looks like the next generation are using her – we like that ✔️
Valsan – designed by Lidgards 1938
Raindance in race mode, yeah right 🙂 during the running of the 2010 Rudder Cup , after stripping anything that was not bolted down off, draining the water tank, just enough fuel on board etc I only gained 0.25knts average speed.
Another pic of Florence Dawn, she is a beamy thing. One of the interesting points with FD is she is a one family boat i.e. current owners are the 3rd generation 🙂 not many, can claim that.
Lady Rae – designed by Chas Bailey Jr 1949
Joan – designed by Bailey & Lowe 1919
Sterling – designed by Bailey & Lowe 1909
Rumano – designed & built by Colling & Bell 1925, sadly lost off the west coast of the North Island
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