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grateful and said to me, ‘Tanks very much Mr Reid, this is
the frst time I’ve ever been on a keelboat.’”
Two years later, with another child on the way and
a house to build, Reid sold Waterwitch to build a house
on 16 acres at Whitford. What with children, a house,
a lifestyle property and a business, he didn’t do much
sailing over the next few years. But he did manage to be
aboard Concord for the 1969 One Ton Cup trials.
He also took up horse riding in a big way, eventually
getting into jumping, eventing and hunting, but as this is
a boating magazine we’ll stick to the boats.
In 1977 he bought another yacht; the S&S-designed K
Class keeler Sapphire, built for Russ Hooper by Percy Voss
in 1958. Olin Stevens designed Sapphire not long after
tank testing 12m yachts for the 1958 America’s Cup. It
wasn’t surprising that Sapphire proved to be one of the
quickest K Class boats.
Around 1995, Reid bought an old Etchell and quickly
grew to love the class. At the time there were only a
handful in the country, so to help raise the profle, in
1996 he and daughter Emma organized and ran the
Qantas Etchell Regatta. Te entrants were sailing legends
Colin Beashel, Dennis Conner, Russell Coutts, Rod Davis,
Leslie Egnot, Buddy Melges and Bruce Nelson.
Reid managed to get several major sponsors onboard
and the regatta was huge success. Te Etchell Class took
of and eventually grew to over 60 boats with the 2003
Etchell Worlds being held here.
Having become friendly with Conner, Reid then helped
him obtain sponsorship for his 2000 America’s Cupcrossword
Puzzle no.246
Across
- Flat-bottomed boat for carrying cargo between ship
and shore (7) - Make watertight or impervious to water (5)
- Boat communication device (5)
- Wood and other loose material used to keep cargo in
position in ship’s hold (7) - Indicators on compasses (7)
- Dame _____ James - first woman to sail solo around
world via Cape Horn (5)
13 & 5 Down. South Island coastal area in photo (5,9) - Remove ropes etc from masts and sails (5)
- Large luxury passenger vessel (5)
- Vehicle sometimes used to get boat in and out of
water (7) - This describes boat stuck on bottom in shallow water (7)
- Training practice exercise for emergency situation on
board boat, eg (5) - _____ water - maintain upright position in deep water
using foot and hand motions (5) - Small boats rigged with square sails (7)
Down
- Long-range navigation system using
signal pulses (5) - Socket at stern of boat into which
rudder is fitted (7) - Catamaran has this many hulls (3)
- _____ out - weathers storm safely (5)
- See 13 Across
- NZ’s Port Chalmers lies inside _____
Harbour (5) - Releasing snagged fishing line, eg (7)
- Final part of sailing regatta (4,5)
- This is used to stabilise vessel (7)
- Small rigging rope forming ladder (7)
- This sort of shark is small bottom-
dweller (5) - Afected by high and low water (5)
- Pitches and tosses rhythmically like
boat in heavy seas (5) - ___ Island - location of NZ’s tallest
lighthouse (3)
SDSDSO H
EQUATOR THREE
ATAA R A E
FA I RY GRAPNEL
AE S N G
RUSTS D I EGO
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RACON DRAFT
ABG W I
DANBUOY GLEAM
AORRUI I
SHEDS ENS I GNS
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Mystery photo:
Dan buoy