While he was in his early twenties, Faulkner helped his brother build a Colin Childs ‘Revenue Cutter’ design called Tangaere.
“Then we went sailing for four or five years; from Picton to Brisbane and up the Great Barrier Reef for 18 months, working a bit, sailing a bit.
“Our first few days – in the Tasman – were the worst. It was screaming from the southwest with 40-foot (12m) seas breaking on top.”
Lewis disembarked in Singapore and travelled through Asia and the USA, but Tangaere was sold in Thailand.
“I eventually got home to New