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121 Patea Sail No.K791 Builder:Max Carter Launched:1961 Construction:Cold moulded,triple skin timber,glassed over Patea was the first of nine Patikis to be built by the prolific designer and boatbuilder MaxCarter. CarteralsobuiltnumerousofBobStewart’sothernotabledesignsduring his career including the 42 foot Carmen and Stewart’s flagship 50-footer Northerner. She was originally ordered by Don McMillen, who was transferred to the United States and forced to sell before her completion. Peter Colmore-Williams, owner of the first Stewart 34 Patiki, jumped on the opportunity to buy his second Patiki and Carterthenfinishedtheboatforhimfromthehullanddeckstage. Colmore-Williams reckonedtherushtofinishPatikiforthe1959/60summerracingseasonhadresulted in a less than perfect boat,so he saw this as a chance to upgrade. PateawasbuiltwithasteelkeelwhichwasheavierthanotherStewart34’satthetime. Max Carter recalled: “Peter had us increase the ballast from Bob’s original weight (1.25tonsto1.7tons)as[when]thePatikifloateduponherside,becameunbalancedandroundedup.Theincreasedweightovercame this problem and provided better handling.”The Class Rules now specify the keel is not to weigh more than 3360 lbs. Colmore-Williams had only owned Patea for about 15 months before he decided to order a 48-foot launch. He sold Patea in 1963 to Frank Innes-Jones who won the first R.L.Stewart Plaque in 1965. In 1972 Innes-Jones began building Dauntless,another Bob Stewart design,for offshore sailing. He sold Patea to H.M.McElroy. McElroy sold in 1974 to Leonard Bisley who died. Patea was up for sale in 1980 by an owner who had injured both his knees while sailing. She was purchased by boatbuilder Bob Salthouse for $17,000. Salthouse says“I was keen to do some class racing and saw her advertised. She was lying up theTamaki river and had been neglected for some time. We built some curved fibreglass oars so we could scrape the kumaras off her bottom. It then took us five hours to sail her toWesthaven. We replaced her engine an did a complete refit. My three sons raced her so much I could hardly have a go,but I was writing all the cheques.” Salthouse sold her in 1983. Around1986apartnershipcomprisedofGraham&BarbaraMcDonaldandDon&LizUljeepurchasedPatea. TheUlgeeseventually sold their interest and purchased Precedent. Pateawasownedfor18yearsbythepartnershipofBrianSextonandCraigWalker,whoundertookabeautifulrefit. Shewaspurchased in December of 2007 by Derek Masters. Patere Sail No. K4760 Builder: Export Yachts Launched: 15 February 1984 Construction: Balsa core fibreglass Patere’s hull and decks, built for George and Aureole Retter by Export Yachts, were delivered to the Retter’s home in November 1981. Aureole writes:“George had joined the Stewart 34 Association in the September when the boat was ordered. However, Commodore Roy McDell had persuaded George to look after the Scott Colville while he was ‘doing nothing’. When the Whitbread fleet finally departed on December 26th,George convinced the Squadron that he had to get on with completing his boat and needed every spare minute. Then followed 2 years and 3 months of committed and continuous effort with, indeed, every spare moment taken up working on the boat while both George and Aureole Patere on a kite run towards the city front in the 2007 Stewart Championships Keith Miller Collection Peter Colmore-Williams (left) and Max Carter (right) prepare Patea for launching Max Carter Collection