Construction & Design

Builder: Peter Haycock & shipwright Peter Saggers

 

Original owner Peter Haycock was the inspiration which brought the idea of this truely unique vesssel to fruition.

 

Peter comissioned New Zealand based Naval Architect Nigel Armitage detailing a design brief specifying the requirement for a traditional looking yacht with a modern underwater profile; the yacht should be capabale of a world cicumnavigation and made from timber.  Robust with a versatile sail plan; giving rise to the mastehead cutter yawl rig.

 

From concept to plans and construction detail, Nigel accumulated some 462 design hours, then many years of construction saw an eventual launch in 2020, and final comissioning and sea trials in mid 2023.

 

Having endured two moves during the build, the keel was fitted at The Yard in Brisbane 2020, and finally launched.

 

In 2022 Peter elected to pass on the custodianship of his dream having endured the typical and expected significant personal health and wealth hardship asssociated with a project of this enormity to a point where it was damaging his family.  

 

 

Desinger: Nigel Armitage

 

Background:

Boatbuilding apprenticeship with John Lidgard in Auckland, NZ; in the early 1970`s.

Diploma in Small Craft Naval Architecture 1986

PGH Design award for apprentices

International Paints design award 

 

From Nigel: Design and Construction Influences:

I had always been impressed with Bruce King and his large cold moulded wooden classic / traditional designs with modern underwater lines.  These were being built in the North East of the USA – mainly up in the state of Maine.

Having been friends with the NZ designer, Laurie Davidson right from my apprenticeship days and had worked on many of his designs from a build perspective. I had also had the privilege of studying his design philosophy and methods and had many hours discussing these with him. Definitely time well spent. This had an influence on the overall hull design.

In my earlier years while in business on my own building boats, I built a Mario Tarrabocchia design – a 43 footer which had quite an impact on me in respects to my thinking about types of construction which in turn has shown in the design of the boat you currently have.

By 2001 time had moved on – along with my thinking from a design perspective.

I was very much influenced by cruising vessels of the period and cruising being the main emphasis.  On the rigging side the rigging itself was verified and scrutinized by another friend who ran a leading Spar company here in Auckland.

  

 

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