Swan Sail Work

Swan Sail Work • SAILMAKING - canvas & repairs
• SAILING INSTRUCTION I own and operate Swan Sail Work . In 1976 I helped her parents build Swanhaven a 50ft Bruce Roberts.

I live aboard my 36 foot yacht and when not in the loft I instruct sailing with Great Escape Sailing based in Opua. My love of sailing began at the age of five as movable ballast down below on her parent’s homebuilt Hartley 16. After a sailing season in the South Pacific, they then built Swanhaven II, a 39ft Mummery which they sailed to Canada. As a teen, I embarked on a trans-Tasman career in the

yachting becoming a qualified sailmaker and professional rigger while racing and coaching. In 1988 I joined Maiden and completed the Whitbread Around the World Race as rigger and crew. From 1994 -2020 I co-conducted offshore sail-training expeditions aboard Mahina Tiare III, a Hallberg Rassy 46, with highlighted expeditions from Antarctica to Svalbard, and Australia to Iceland via the South Pacific, Alaska, Panama, Caribbean, and the Mediterranean. My 360,000 offshore sea miles include Sydney-Hobart races, international regattas, offshore races, and seven roundings of Cape Horn intermixed with a ten-year involvement in race coaching and sailing as Mate on Spirit of Adventure/New Zealand tall ship sail-training voyages.

16/06/2025
05/04/2025

Do you know an aspiring leader, budding environmentalist or young club member who's up for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure? 🤔

Then don't miss the chance to receive a Yachting New Zealand BLAKE Inspire scholarship!

Applications close on April 14.

Details in the comments 👇

? who won.....
01/03/2025

? who won.....

Rusty Dog....you're so not helping repair Tom Tom's kite.
28/02/2025

Rusty Dog....you're so not helping repair Tom Tom's kite.

Family island sailing adventure......and who caught the first snapper?
28/01/2025

Family island sailing adventure......and who caught the first snapper?

Loading the van for Xmas road trip...don't forget me...Rusty!🐺🎄🎶🔔 🥂⛄️⛱️Merry Merry to All!..... 🌬🦢⛵️
23/12/2024

Loading the van for Xmas road trip...don't forget me...Rusty!🐺
🎄🎶🔔 🥂⛄️⛱️Merry Merry to All!..... 🌬🦢⛵️

Oh...there's some of my ole handy work!
30/11/2024

Oh...there's some of my ole handy work!

Co sailing instructor Antje is....again....national champ!
25/11/2024

Co sailing instructor Antje is....again....national champ!

Lets GO!....but where's Kokako?
29/09/2024

Lets GO!....but where's Kokako?

Race Time......thank goodness I'm sailing with Antje.... a champion racer.
29/09/2024

Race Time......thank goodness I'm sailing with Antje.... a champion racer.

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266 Aucks Road
Russell
0272

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+642109166172

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