OWNERS’ EXPERIENCES

S/Y DARIKA (1986)

According to her owner, Steve Klietz, Darika is probably the only Nauticat 33 in Southeast Asia. ‘Being a late model, she has the GRP wheelhouse, fin keel, skeg-hung rudder and taller mast. My mizzen has a slightly raised boom to accommodate a custom-made GRP bimini,’ he explained.

‘She has one hanked-on headsail, the other furling, and my mainsail is manually hoisted with one reef that I’ve never used. I can also hoist an asymmetrical spinnaker in lighter winds.

‘ is a great passage-maker. With 15