Vagabond
Vessel Name
Vagabond
Builder
Joe Jukes
Place built
Balaena Bay, Wellington
Year built
1925
LOA
40
Beam
9, 6
Rig
Ketch-rigged motor sailer
Owners
Holmes family (Wellington/Waikawa, 1926- current); Arthur Holmes (1926-??)
Notes
Launched January 1926. Fitted with 10-14hp Ailsa-Craig, which had a new type of reducing gear allowing the propeller to turn at half the rate of the motor. This was intended to steady the vibrations of the motor. A sister ship (Nereides) was built 1926 for C. Mitchell of Wellington. Powered by Ailsa-Craig 35hp with reduction gear.
Photo source
RPNYC: One hundred years 1893-1893