Update: Back in the water

Rogue has been relaunched, the mast is back in, and all the new rigging has been put in place. She looks mighty fine and is currently in Picton. We are waiting on a new alternator for the engine and for the new caulking to reseal so she'll stop weeping. It has been a long and painful process getting her to this stage, and though she looks almost identical to when purchased, she's now solid as a rock, rot free, and ready to go for another hundred years.

Word is spreading about Rogue. While in a hardware store in Picton I overheard two men talking about her. Dennis, the man in charge of baggage check in at the ferry visits her daily. A woman at the Picton museum asked if she could sail Rogue back to Wellington with me. Unfortunately, I had to tell her she was about number 32 on the waiting list to do so but I apprecaited her enthusiasm. It is a sincere hope that as Rogue is further restored, awareness of these classic yachts as a cornerstone of New Zealand history increases.