What a beauty the Namsang was.
Stolen from NZ owner by an American ex owner/ scuzzball and lost in a river.
I remember she had a solid stainless steel sliding forward hatch that also included the anchor capstan.
I may be wrong but she was originally a ketch rig and then converted to a sloop rig which made the old girl creak and groan.
Solid burmese teak hull real old school build.
Nam Sang.
Man, she was one pretty yacht.
Owned by a Auckland car dealer if memory is correct and then liberated by false pre-tenses offshore by original American owner.
Sadly this magnificent lady ended her days sunk in a river somewhere in the USA.
Thanks for the post BB.
On so many levels this thread invokes a lot of happy emotions.
I was introduced to becoming a sea person by my father.
Despite our differences and difficulties I have managed to pass to my kids and grand children the greatest gift that I in a lot of ways inadvertently received from my dad.