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119 Her present owner is Michael Maguire who races her in the annual Stewart Summer series and Ponsonby Cruising Club Rum Races. Passion Sail No. 353 Builder: Mick Cookson Launched: 1985 Construction: Fibreglass Boatbuilder Mick Cookson borrowed the moulds from Export Yachts in order to build Passion for himself. While the hull and decks were the correct weight, Passion presented some challenges to the Stewart Owners Association. In April 1985 Raines & Stevens advised that the keel was underweight by 190 1bs, and its shape was in question. It was suggested that lead could be added to the top plate, bringing the keel up to weight.When the overall boat was first weighed she was 630 lb.under the class weight!! In June 1985, Richard Wilson had checked the keel and advised the Association that it conformed to John Rea’s plug but in fact was underweight because the lead was aerated, showing a number of small pockets in the ballast. He explained that this wasn’t unusual when a concrete mould is used instead of the usual plaster or wooden moulds, as the lead doesn’t spread and rid itself of any trapped air. In June 1986 Cookson asked that 25lbs. to be allowed to be added into keel, with 25lbs. taken from the gunwale. He tabled a report from R. Firth on the incline tests done on Passion, and Prism. He was allowed to adjust the weights but all else had to remain as is until the swing test results. When finally swing tested in 1987 with the adjusted weights in, Passion came in at the middle of the glass boats in both pendulum test and height of centre of gravity. Cookson sold Passion soon after the swing test results. Merv A. Strong was the next owner and he became Stewart 34 Chairman for two years. Present owners are Carl Burling, Jon Cox and Paul Van Den Burg. Bruce & Don Craig, who race her in the Stewart Championship Series. Patari Sail No. K237 Builder: Jim McKay Launched: October 1968 Construction: Timber BoatbuilderJimMcKayhadpreviouslyconcentratedonbuildingtheOlympic- Class Flying Dutchmen, so Patari was the first big keel boat he had ever undertaken. He constructed the hull to the carlins (the longitudinal supports that attach to the ends of the short deck beams around the cockpit), without deck or keel. The completed hull was delivered to owner Lloyd Brookbank’s Norwood Road home in Bayswater where he, along with the help of friends and volunteers, spent the next two years finishing her. Patari, which in Maori means “entice or entertain,” was launched in time for the 1968/69 racing season. David Brookbanks, Lloyd’s son wrote: “Her first mooring was off Stanley Point, so Brookbanks could keep an eye on her, morning and night. So began a lifetime of devotion to Patari where hardly a day would pass without him climbing on board and which would last till his passing away in 2006. He raced Patari passionately,afterwards recounting races to family and friends Passion on an easy run to the finish, 2006 Stewart Championships Stewart Association Collection Patari reaches across the harbour in the Stewart Championships The Brookbanks Family Collection