TiareTaporo - the original

Hi

Just wanted to share with you an account of one of the old Tiare's last voyages after she had been sold. We have come across a guy called Des Kearns who along with his Thai wife runs a boat repair and maintenance business in Krabi, Thailand.  He worked for Baileys in Auckland in 1964. They had built the Tiare in 1913. She was there again in 1964 for maintenance but was in very bad repair and uneconomic to repair. However, she was bought by an optimist, a Mr. Christopher of Vanuatu and Des sailed on her for a few months. A huge coincidence which came to light after he saw my name in conjunction with "Tiare Taporo III".

We are looking forward to meeting Des after we haul out at Krabi.

Lotsaluv, Dad xoxoxo