Boating New Zealand — February 2018

108 Boating New Zealand

LEFT John’s model

of the Herreshoff

canoe yawl

Rozinante.

FAR LEFT The Jim

Young 29 Mohawk.

OPPOSITE The

Ancient Mariners at

Onepoto Domain

c.2004. John Stubbs

is second from left

with his model of

Mohawk.

Auckland as hire boats but then Compass Yachts reworked the

design, raised the sheer, increased the rig and built hundreds

out of fibreglass! They have proved to be enormously successful

in this country. The Stubbs were very happy with Classique, but

John itched to build himself another yacht.

The next yacht was a Jim Young 29 he called Mohawk. John

bought the yacht as an unfinished hull and completed her at his

Forrest Hill home. The family had her for several seasons before

they felt it was time for a launch that John and Jean could run

by themselves.

True to John’s desire for good looks they bought the very

pretty sedan 30-footer Cleone. She was the first boat that Jim

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• Dedicated tool shed; generator; gas Califont hot water system;
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