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Vid of Alan Hooper's Welsford NAVIGATOR design sailboat, from Grace my TREAD LIGHTLY. Coming out of Boat Harbour on the way to Kinloch in Taupo.- March 2023.

Alan Hooper filmed Grace (from his Welsford NAVIGATOR design) leaving Cherry Bay under motor, but sporting her new mizzen, on Lake Taupo this week.

We didn't like the same-old 300/400/600 batten spacings you see everywhere. So we came up with this for our little lake house! January 2023.

Gail and I took the MAC up the lake and up the Waikato to almost the Whakamaru Dam. It took a few seconds from still to get on the plane, but the little 15hp performed really well. I guess with fuel and fishing gear and lunch etc - we had 250kg aboard + 200Kg boat and motor. Top speed 35 kmh.