Waione - One of the Family tells the story of how a heritage yacht is used at the turn of the century. She has never been restored yet races as competitively as ever

"She's beautiful to look at. So that attracted my attention but it was probably more that she was available and the right price at the time. We weren't looking to spend a lot of money. We hadn't sailed before so we didn't know about classes of boats and things, but we both always really liked old whatever's, old cars, old houses and now an old boat."
Kirsty Hardie Boys, co-owner

"I'm still amazed by Waione, being 95 years old being able to be used every weekend without a fundamental... without a basic restoration. It's not a restored boat it's a maintained boat. A maintained boat that has had to have various projects done on her over the years."
John Bertenshaw, co-owner

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