source: Ian Thorn, owner (2023) and GOOSE REBORN By Boating New Zealand, November 11, 2020

Originally "Loose Goose", built in 1982 by Wayne Page. Renamed Kuihi (Maori word for "goose") during a five year long repair and restoration by Mark Carter. The boat had been holed and abandoned after colliding with a whale 50nm off Port Waikato in 2007. It was relaunched in June 2012. "She’ll cruise along quite comfortably in 40 knots of wind, with just the mast" says Mark. "We’ve logged up to 19.9 knots, perfectly under control, running off in squalls."

• Builder: Wayne Page
• Year completed: 1982, relaunched in June 2012 after five year restoration and refit by Mark Carter
• Material: double-diagonal 8mm kauri plywood, glassed over
• Rotating wing mast added during the refit, built out of locally-grown-and-milled pawlonia and carbon fibre
• A cockpit was added durimg the refit
• 1'7" (500mm) hull extension added to accommodate a scoop stern, kick up rudder and outboard motor
• Weight after refit (2012): 1.8 tonnes

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