The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
In Memory of Jim MacKay
In the late 90s Jim decided that he wanted to get back into sailing mullet boats in which his family had great tradition. He bought Tamatea and press ganged his sons and a couple of other likely starters as crew.
Trophies for a four figure sum?
I know that winning races isn’t really what owning a classic yacht is about…. But you have to admit that winning is generally more fun than losing! So when SWS was aproached by The Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron to find a new custodian for HIRONDELLE, the first thing that occured to us was the potential this historic boat has, to earn some serious silverware.
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