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
View Owaissa's lines and sail plan published in the Sydney Mail 03 Jan. 1885
Photo source
NZ Yachtsman 18 Sept. 1915