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113 Panacea Sail No.1325 Builders:Terry Cookson/Minky Goodman Launched: 1972 Construction: Cold moulded triple skin kauri Panacea’s hull and decks were built by Terry Cookson in 1971. Her hull is triple-skin kauri and the keel is of steel. She was also worked on by Minky Goodman on the North Shore. Minky purchased all the materials and installed a simple “bachelor’s” interior. Panacea was then taken to Thames by her owner, Phil Smallfield, who intended to finish the work while the boat was moored in Coromandel Harbour. He had used second hand rigging and sails in order to cut costs. The original mast was made of timber. Smallfield was a metal worker and made Panacea’s “super”steel keel. Divorce forced Smallfield to sell before he could fully complete her. Panacea’s second owner was Ray Thompson, a keen Cherub Flying Dutchman class sailor who was looking for a cruising yacht. Thompson brought the boat home on a trailer,and on his front lawn installed a full cruising interior and an aluminium mast.With the help of Chris Bouzaid, he was able to replace the sail inventory with some better second-hand sails. Soon after he relaunched her,hewasdrawnintotheStewartClassracing,andwentontowinthepointsprizeforlineinthe1974/75StewartChampionship and was again champion in 1977/78. Panacea featured in the 1981 CitizenWatch Match Racing Series,winning first place with the fiery Irish skipper Harold Cudmore at her helm. Ray Thompson, who was on the mast, recalls the racing: “Cudmore had just come from the Congressional Cup, where he had an appalling series,so he was very up-tight. My boat was the class champion at that stage,and he pulled a crew from Ceramco, Peter Blake’s Whitbread Round-the-World yacht. We lost the first race, during which Cudmore had slapped grinder Simon Gundry on the arm and shoulder a few times, urging him to do better. A few minutes before the second race, Gundry sneakeddownbelow. Justbeforethestartof thesecondrace,Cudmorecalledout‘Gundry,Ineedyouonthiswinch,wherehaveyou goneto?’ Gundrycomesupandhe’sgotastickingplasteracrosshisnoseandasquarestickingplasteracrosshisforehead. Cudmore says‘What’s happened to you?’ Gundry say’s‘You’ve whacked me a couple of times in that race,I don’t know if I can go ten rounds!’ Cudmore was just silent,but a lot steadier in the second race.” TheThompsonsalsocruisedPanacearegularly,oftenheadingoutafterworkonThursdaynightandsailingouttotheBarrierorthe bottom of Waiheke for long weekends. Barbara & Niall Cotton purchased Panacea in 1979 after owning the Stewart 34 Pegasus for just one year. Cotton became very active in the Stewart 34 Owner’s Association during the trying times of the 1980’s. Niall and Barbara Cotton sold Panacea in December 1994 to Nick Zanderigo,her present owner,when they moved to Australia. Pandora Sail No. 135 Builder: Dave Waterhouse Launched: 15 September 1962 Construction: Cold moulded triple skin kauri, glassed over Pandora was built by Dave Waterhouse, Commodore of the Onerahi Yacht Club, in his back yard in Whangarei. She was made from the timber of 7 young kauri trees that were harvested from Ruakaka and tanalized in Whangarei. InApril 1966,Pandora sailed to a 4th place finish in theAuckland to Noumea race, behind Jim Davern’s much larger Fidelis, which had set a new course record. She sailed the race again in 1967, where she was 5th over the line. Panacea, sailed by Harold Cudmore, won the 1981 Citizen Stewart Association Collection Pandora has had a refit and was looking for a new owner in 2009 Kerry Gilbert