May

May

Vessel Name   May
Builder   Paul and Roberts
Place built   Wellington, Clyde Quay
Year built   1890
Year lost   1918
Construction   2 horizontal skins (bread and butter) NZ kauri, Rata timbers, Red Pine keel
LOA   21,10
Beam   5,3
Owners   Durrant family (Wellington, 1???-1918); Tattle (Wellington, 1909 - ??) ; Smith and Nathan (Wellington, ??-1909); E. Bucholz (Wellington, ??-1904-19??) ; H. Chisolm (??) ; C. Dempsey (Wellington, 1895-??) ;  J. G. Holdsworth (Wellington, 1890-1895)
Notes   Built to a design named Owaissa from Dixon Kemp's Yachting Manual 6th ed. Loosed mooring in Evans Bay 1918, ran aground and sunk. Refloated several weeks later and broken up.
View Owaissa's lines and sail plan published in the Sydney Mail 03 Jan. 1885
Photo source   NZ Yachtsman 18 Sept. 1915