Mara (Trekka)

The Other Boat in My Life.

For the last six years I have been getting my sailing fix on Mara. She is a Laurent Giles 'Trekka' design. Built in the mid 70's of double diagonal Kauri. I gave her a 'happy birthday' (repaint, new cabin top, new stainless etc...) on the front lawn over the winter of 2009 and she is moored at Mahurangi West in the Mahurangi Harbour. In the first photo she is anchored at Kawau Island with Chesapeake, a 25 foot sister ship.

Deck Photos.

These photos will give you an idea of what things look like on the deck.

Construction is 100 x 50 macrocarpa framing. Bottom three skins of 18mm and topsides two skins of 12mm. Deck is 19mm tongue and groove macrocarpa, then 9mm ply. All exterior then glassed.