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104 Fortunately we managed to throw a line ashore to a young man who was there with his wife and young family. After some complications we managed to ferry everybody safely on to the rocks using the Avon inflatable rubber dinghy with a bow painter and a stern line. Apart from cuts and bruises we were little the worse.” A footnote by Ian Woodhouse, Patullo’s stepson: “Three days prior to Logan’s cruise to Pokohino Bay there had been an easterly storm which created a sizeable onshore swell. Over the following three days this swell gradually reduced until there was little evidence of it. Normally Logan, being a prudent mariner, would anchor a long way out from the shore, but on this occasion he attempted to anchor close in to make it easier for his daughter Katy and his two granddaughters to get ashore. Unbeknown to Logan, he had anchored over a sand bar (shoal). He anchored facing into the bay as there was a light south westerly blowing at the time. There was no sign of any swell but just after getting the anchor down a wave came up from nowhere and broke over Puarangi’s stern. The rest is history.” Patullo continued to sail and maintain his interest in Stewarts till the very end, fronting up for his last Ponsonby Cruising Club Rum Race just before he passed away at age 90. Ian Woodhouse continues to regularly race on Stewarts. Undoubtedly there are many other interesting stories of Stewart 34’s offshore work of which we are unaware. It is safe to say that in addition to being a fine harbour racer and local waters cruiser, the boat has proven that she is fully capable of extensive blue water passage making. Season Skipper Yacht 1965/66 Frank Innes-Jones Patea 1966/67 Wilf Beckett Panui 1967/68 Wilf Beckett Panui 1968/69 Wilf Beckett Panui 1969/70 Ian Littler Princess 1970/71 John Taylor Paprika 1971/72 John Taylor Paprika 1972/73 Ian Littler Princess 1973/74 Ken Allen Pahi 1974/75 Ray Thompson Panacea 1975/76 John Taylor Paprika 1976/77 Bill Miller Princess 1977/78 Ray Thompson Panacea 1978/79 Bill Miller Pionnier 1979/80 Tim Snedden Pahi 1980/81 Tim Snedden Pahi 1981/82 Bill Miller Pionnier 1982/83 Tim Snedden Pahi 1983/84 Ken Davern Psyche II 1984/85 Wayne Boberg Phlyer 1985/86 Ken Davern Psyche II 1986/87 Chris Packer Prince Hal 1987/88 Don Lidgard Pindaric 1988/89 Roy Dickson Playbuoy 1989/90 Tony Webb Prism *Non-Spinnaker Division Season Skipper Yacht 1990/91 Rick Royden Psyche II 1991/92 Don Lidgard Pindaric 1992/93 Rick Royden Psyche II 1993/94 Rick Royden Psyche II 1994/95 Rick Royden Psyche II 1995/96 Rick Royden Psyche II 1996/97 Rick Royden Psyche II 1997/98 Bill Miller Pionnier 1998/99 Bill Miller Pionnier 1999/2000 Roy Dickson Playbuoy 2000/01 Bill Miller Pionnier 2001/02 Bill Miller Pionnier 2002/03 Roy Dickson Playbuoy 2003/04 Bill Miller Pionnier 2004/05 Rick Royden Psyche II Sean Ellis Pavo* 2005/06 Bill Miller/David Falconer Pionnier David Brookbanks Patari* 2006/07 Roy Dickson Playbuoy David Brookbanks Patari* 2007/08 Bill Miller/David Falconer Pionnier Wayne Boberg Phlyer* 2008/09 Roy Dickson Playbuoy Wayne Boberg Phlyer* Stewart Championship Winners