erice 732 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 as above, anyone remember an 11m cat called Tarkus, foam sandwich hulls with glass over ply cabin. Built in the late 70's and then a major rig + rudder update in the early 80's? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 Apparently previously owned by a past president of the multihull club Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Designed and built by Neil Wilkinson then sold to a previous commodore of the NZMYC whose name currently eludes the panel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 A bit more sleuthing and the second owner was Barry Smith, and from one of the crew I tracked down a great quote "we only sank it once when we blew a centre case up and the ocean came in. luckily we had time to run it up on eastern beach at high tide, waited until low tide and all the water had drained out, clamped it all shut then sailed it back to Herne bay to fix it" - awesome!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 28 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 There seems to be a similarity in the design of the bridgedeck cabin between the Tarkus and this boat currently on TM http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/multihull/auction-1029722376.htm Which also seems similar to another boat called Harry D for sale a while ago............. Anyone know if there is a connection - history of the boats etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leroi 0 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 tarkus was owned and modified by Roger Dilley with help in redisgn by David Barker Roger also did Harry d his latest boat is Ferrari moored in millford marina. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waterproof 0 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 The catamaran advertised on trade me (Tanawha? ) is the old Harry D a severely modified GBE. I owned the boat for approx. 5 yrs and was a lot of fun while our children were growing up until they outgrew the single beds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dovetail 0 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Old Harry D is in TGA seen in bridge marina , it's got two new 9.9 Yamaha added to her , think its up for sale 90k Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Barry Dunn 0 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Just saw this enquiry regarding Tarkus. Last time I saw this cat was in St Omer Polurous Sounds. Was owned by Ron Mann who sailed her from Auckland mid/late 80's to Paremata Harbour. Wellington. I crossed Cook Strait on her several times sailing the Sounds. A very quick vessel. If Ron hasn't sold her may be still on the hard at St Omers Bay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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