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158 we survived. The sail home the next day was easy. We hoisted the main and a No. 1 genoa and with the breeze behind, we sailed a straight line for Colville Channel. As we sailed towards Channel Island the breeze lightened, so we ended up motoring the rest of the way home to Westhaven.” Steve Cotton with his crew from the RNYSYouthTeam borrowed Prismfor the 1989/90 Stewart Championship Series and won. TheWebbs sold Prism to Paul Duprees in 2002. Christine Webb reminisces“Owning Prism from 1986 to 2002 has certainly left the Webb family with many stories. Our two children Clifton and Toni-Michelle often sit round the dinner table talking about the days they cruised on Prism. The Stewart 34 raft-up out at the Barrier for New Years, Kawau Island Squadron night races, to the playing on the beach with all the children off Stewarts. A wonderful 16 years. Duprees raced her actively for approximately two years before selling to her present owners. Prism is now owned by Andrew Dreaver, Bevan Murphy and Charles Winstone and is actively raced in the Stewart Championships and Ponsonby Cruising Club events. Privateer Sail No. 1240 Builders: Sandy Harold/Roy Kendall/Dougy Rogers Launched: 1967 Construction: Strip plank kauri Privateer was the second Stewart 34 built by Sandy Harold. He had purchased a lot of beautiful demolition kauri planks, 34’ long by 2.5” wide, from an old wool shed which he used in her construction. Harold started out as an apprentice sailmaker for Sail and Covers when Bob Stewart was a shareholder and director. The sails and rigging all were made by hand by traditional methods with roped-in clews and all. He also made the first sails for Pacquita and raced against Neil Mills. Privateer was purchased in 1975 by Des & Eve Foster who raced her with the Richmond Yacht Club. Sold in 1995 to Auckland coffee magnate Michael Allpress, who sold her in 1999 to her present owner, Brian Locke, when he purchased Prince Hal. Progress (ex Pungeo) Sail No. 1901 Builders: Roberts and Pelham Launched: 1974 Construction: Double skin kauri, mahogany interior Pelham,who had been a foreman in BrinWilson’s yard,teamed up with Roberts to build Pungeo for John Hurst of TeAwamutu. Hurst would travel up to Auckland every week to race her and in 1978 won the Squadron’s Points Prize for Stewart 34’s. In 1979 Hurst sold to Evan and Ruth Kerr-Taylor. Evan Kerr-Taylor became a Commodore of the Squadron. The Kerr- Taylors apparently changed her name to Progress and owned her for 8 years, during which time they replaced the interior. They also made the boat available for the Citizens Match Racing Series. Progress was purchased by Logan Lingard of Whitianga in 1988. Lingard was familiar with Stewart 34s, having crewed for Ed Peterson on Patiki. Lingard and his wife Cynthia owned Progress for more than eleven years. They fitted her out for short-handed cruising including a Furlex furler for the genoa, and cruised the east coast extensively from Tauranga to Houhora, the Firth of Thames and Hauraki Gulf. The Lingards took her on cruises and fishing trips to Great Barrier Island and to the Bay of Islands with the couple who were his usual racing crew. Lingard also raced her with the Mercury Bay Boating Club. Progress’ present owners are Steve Forno and Will Widdison, both of the North Shore, who purchased her in 1999. Privateer Charles Scoones