Boating New Zealand — December 2017

148 Boating New Zealand

RIGHT

Dr Pinkerton in Iran.

BELOW

Ida in the 1930s.

SIDEBAR

Ida, Sydney,October 2017.

During the course of preparing these two Ida articles I contacted

her Sydney owners, Jerry and Caroline Shirley. In the last few days

they have sent me photographs of Ida hauled out at Noakes Yard in

Sydney and say they have decided to sell her.

The obvious place to sell her is back home in New Zealand where

knowledge of her type of construction and materials still flourishes

with several of our outstanding boatbuilders, and where her place in

the material culture of the country is instantly recognised.

So, we Kiwis now have an opportunity to re-acquire a

prime Bailey classic yacht which, in our keen local classic yacht

environment, is very much a viable racing yacht. Imagine if Ida could

join her old foes of the past, especially Moana!

Boating NZ will be happy to be the conduit for interest in

repatriating Ida and to foster the formation of a syndicate if

necessary to achieve this. Of course, being totally realistic, although

the funds involved to buy Ida and ship her will be relatively small,

they will be far outweighed by the funds required to restore her. But,

this is the last opportunity to rescue her and have her gracing our

harbours for another 120 years.

If interested please contact Harold Kidd:

Phone 09 443-7433 or email [email protected].

RETURN OF THE NATIVE

Unlike many of

the other large

yachts she had no

seasons ashore

while their owners

took grand tours

abroad.