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Sir Peter Blake’s First Keel Boat.
An account, with many photographs, of the building of Bandit, in a temporary shed, by the 19 year old Peter Blake, and his younger brother Tony.
The Van de Stadt hard chine design of 24 feet began life in the Bayswater backyard on Auckland’s North Shore. The Blake brothers (and friend and crew member Crawford Duncan) would spent all their spare time, rain or hail, on creating and building Peter’s dream…
On January 20 1968, on completion, the boat was launched at Devonport yacht Club, although not all went according to plan. The high tide was missed, the cable on the slipway too short, which prevented her from sliding all the way off the cradle. Only her bottom got wet!
The next day, all came right and Bandit was christened. Peter’s dream became reality.
This is the story of little Bandit, her history, the anecdotes, her racing career, her restoration, and her final resting place at Auckland’s Maritime Museum.
Bandit may never sail again but she will remain within the sound of the lapping waves, and is proof that anyone can achieve a dream with determination and passion and the will to succeed.
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