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163 time to find gainful employment again. The“concrete caravan”,although much loved,was sold to avoid the frightening prospect of maintenance,yet had left an awful void. The Stewart 34 Pacquita as a replacement seemed like a nice tame traditional ship – safe for cruising with kids used to the rock solid decks and fence of Tamahine. However, it wasn’t long before Adeane had been enticed into the Stewart racing scene and began his descent on the slippery, obsessive path that is yacht racing. Month by month, cruising gear quietly disappeared from the boat and, although dammed with poor retention and apparent total absence of ability, Adeane’s race results slowly seemed to improve. This yacht racing stuff was wonderful! AsSecretary,AdeanewasintouchwithStewartownersevenoutsidethecurrentracefleetandknewthatPsychic,withherproudhistory of three Citizen titles, was the boat to own. He waited patiently. A boat with those credentials would surely sail herself, and must improve the result of any skipper,no matter how hopeless. Finally theTodds,tired of Adeane’s frequent calls,relented and sold Psychic to him. She is now firmly back in the race fold,and with a new suit of sails is performing well in Rum Races and the Stewart Championship Series. Puarangi Builder:Logan Patullo,Scotland Launched:1969 Construction: Timber Logan Patullo commenced construction of Puarangi in Tauranga in 1965. He was called back to his native Scotland where he completed the work and launched her in 1969. Patullo is undoubtedly the most intrepid Stewart 34 sailor to date, having completed numerous ocean passages aboard Puarangi. For the details, see the chapter entitled Offshore Racing and Cruising”in PartTwo of this book page 101. After sailing Puarangi safely all over the world, she unfortunately came to grief on a pleasure cruise in New Zealand. Pukka Sahib (ex Pae Mae, Pelagic) Sail No.987 Builder:Basil Kelly Launched:1972 Construction:Strip edge kauri,nailed and glued In 1968 Basil Kelly received the Stewart Association’s approval to build a 2nd boat (Pania being the first). Pae Mae was finally launched four years later. She was sold to J. Foster of Devonport, then in about 1980 to Phil Lewis who registered the boat under old name Pae Mae but then renamed her Pelagic. He wrotetotheAssociationsayingtheboatwasinaverysoundandgoodcondition.He receivedaletterinMay1981fromtheAssociation,informing him that his new boat did not conform to the Rules and wasn’t a registered Stewart 34! PelagicwaspurchaseinDecemberof 1982byBryanReese. Hehadn’tdoneanyracing astheboatwaswellsetupforcruising. InNovember1984shewasupforsale. She was re-named Pukka Sahib which in Hindi means first class,absolutely genuine or excellent fellow. ThepresentownersareDenise&RolyStanley. Sheispresentlyundergoingamajorrefitwhichhasincludedre-plankingmuchof her hull and replacement of her original wooden decks with fibreglass decks taken from the original Stewart 34 mould. Other owners:GregT.Shaw,Bert Coulter. The intrepid Logan Patullo built Puarangi in Scotland and sailed her to New Zealand Ian Woodhouse Collection Pukka Sahib out on her last spin before going in the shed for a major refit Denise and Roly Stanley Collection