Kidston, a dashing young naval officer of unlimited means on HMS Diomede, had cut a large swathe through the sport flying, motor-racing and yachting scenes in New Zealand during a couple of heady years.
Before he left, Kidston sold his English-built six-metre yacht Altair to the Tattersfield brothers. They had spent the last of the 1935 season chasing Altair in their keel yacht Janet. Who were these brothers and what other boats did they own?
Their father, James Walker Tattersfield was born in Batley, Yorkshire in 1877 to a family with deep connections to the wool trade. In August 1899, at the age of 22, he emigrated to New Zealand and set up a drapery importing business in Auckland.
James soon established Tattersfield
