Owner
Stef van den Hoek
Previous Owner
William Bell
Length and Beam
6.63m LOA 2m Beam
Keel/Centreboard and draft
Centreboard 1.27m draft
Weight
540kg
Designer
John Watkinson
Design
Drascombe Longboat
Builder
Michael Elton
Build location and year
Botany Bay NSW 1996
Cabin/Open etc
Open
Rig
Gunter Yawl
Sail area
16m^2
Construction
Plywood. GRP sheathed
DoT Registration
HA 012
History
Believed to be boat No 4 or 5 of the 9 Drascombe Longboats built by Michael Elton who was the only registered Drascombe builder in Australia.
Extra information
Fair Wind has cruised very extensively on the east coast covering most of the waterways in Victoria and NSW and up into Queensland including the Whitsundays and Keppel Islands. She has also participated twice in Tawe Nunnugah and the Tasmanian Wooden Boat Festival.
