FORGOTTEN WARRIOR

Well, the news is mostly bad, even for victorious stars of those halcyon days of offshore powerboat racing in the 1960s and 1970s. Most suffered the ultimate fate once their window of success had closed and were left to the ravages of time, allowed to fall derelict or chopped up.

This was the fate of many once-sleek racers. Sadly, few have been restored to their former glory and, of the few survivors from the epic offshore racing wars of the 1970s, most are in a derelict state. This is one of them, a major player of that era, which has languished for the last 20 years in an Auckland boat yard.

MYSTIC MISS

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