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