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    Passion for sail

    Jul 30, 2020 6 minutes
    REFLECTIONS with JOHN MACFARLANE

    Born 1952, Kenny was the only one of his five brothers to achieve school certificate. His father Thomas wanted him to be the accountant for his plumbing company TN Fyfe & Son, but by then Kenny was racing Moths from the family bach at Whangateau. After starting with a Mk II Moth he graduated to a Mk IV designed by a young Bruce Farr.

    Kenny also helped his older brother Toddy build a 10m Piver Herald trimaran, Tahawai. The pair took three years to build her and subsequently raced and cruised extensively. Toddy later modified Tahawai – removing the mizzen mast, moving the main mast aft, installing daggerboards in the floats and fitting new sails from Leo Bouzaid’s Sails & Covers.

    Later still, he bought plans for a Van de Stadt halftonner and had John Lidgard build the hull and decks. The brothers finished at home and went IOR Half-Ton racing. This

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