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Amai
Amai
Vessel Name:Amai
Builder:W. Brooke-Taylor and sons
Place built:Wellington
Year built:ca. 1909
Year lost:1932
Construction:Inch Kauri on ribs
LOA:24
Beam:6, 6
Owners:R. Norris (Wellington, 1930-1932) ; McGoldrick (Wellington, 1923-1930); F. Durrant (Wellington, 19??-1923) ; Opie (Wellington, ca.1915-??); W. Brooke-Taylor (Wellington 1912-ca.1915)
Notes:Built as centreboarder with a tuck stern, a counter added and converted to external lead ballast late 1910. Brooke-Taylor sold the boat when his sons enlisted in the army. Raced with the Evans Bay fleet with Durrant. Foundered and abandoned South of Tory Channel January 1932 no loss of life.
Photo source:Little Ships 3rd ed