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a young Ken Fox and Jim Gilpin on Jacks x class

ye ha

Sailing the idle along which I built, KF

Your 21 year old Commodore with his Crew John Howell we were sailing (R61)Mist a boat I bought from Doc Walker in Christchurch 1959,

All varnish triple skin mahogany

One year I put 15 coats of varnish on her

we did a couple of Nats in Mist

what a boat, those were the Days

She was built to the Max in every way even had center boards that we could fill with water .

First boat I ever sailed with twin Kite Poles one either side main boom

12 Foot Skiff - Graham and Roger off Kulim Park in Tauranga. (watch the depth and Stay in the channels!)

Carl and Graham trained and raced 12fters here in Tauranga for years,

We raced these 12 footers in the Inter dominions a number of times in Auckland and in Aussie.