This abandoned trimaran caught the attention of a sailor in Christchurch, New Zealand recently. It’s moored in the bay where he lives.
If any of our readers can identify the designer, model, type or history of this boat then please share in the “Comments” area below.
He sent the following pics, expressing curiosity about this sailboat’s origins. (So we kinda are now curious too :-)
It is a simpson wild design about 28ft long. Originally called adrenalin high, I think the new owner changed it. It sat on the hard at Lyttleton for years and was sold quite cheaply to a local who moored where you see it now. Looks like it has again been abandoned.
I heard it was bought not by a local but by a guy who lives in Coromandel. Initially (about 9 years ago) he seemed to be in Lyttelton sailing it quite a bit then seemed to stop. I paddled around it several weeks ago and its tilt seemed to be due to an inspection port cover on one of the amas being off and it filling with rainwater. Paddled that way a week or 2 ago and the boat wasn’t there