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This website has been established celebrate Titus Canby,  Bruce Farr’s first keelboat design, and the first New Zealand designed yacht to sail in an international competition overseas.  We  hope this site will enable the Trust  to collect and store all the information that we can find about this yacht, which is so important in New Zealand’s sailing history. We will also record the ongoing work and on the restoration of the yacht and recognise those who have donated their time and money to the project.  In the future when the yacht is back sailing we hope to inspire young New Zealanders into sailing and seamanship and increase their knowledge of the history of sailing in New Zealand. 

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The restoration of a piece of New Zealand sailing history

March 20, 2023 By aowb

If you haven’t heard the name Titus Canby , you’ll likely know her pedigree.

Launched in 1971, this 27 foot yacht was the first keel boat design to be built by the young New Zealander Bruce Farr. Just 21 years old at the time, Farr’s career went on to encompass the design of approximately 80 world champion yachts in a body of work which spanned the following 50 years.

The Manukau Classic Yachts Charitable Trust has identified the Titus Canby as having historical significance and has now taken it on as a full restoration project.

Titus Canby is remembered and revered by much of the New Zealand sailing community as a notable fore-runner to keelboat design concept change both in New Zealand and on the global circuit.

Purchased in Wellington in an ‘as is’ condition and transported to Auckland in 2021, she was assessed as sound but in desperate need of a complete repaint and new sails, spars, rigging and deck gear to have her looking as near as practicable to her original launch day. A new engine and full re-wiring was also part of the restoration, with work commencing in March 2022 and now complete.

The Trust aims to have  Titus Canby available for sail training purposes as well as on active public display in the longer term.

View Titus Canby at the show and find more details at Tituscanby.com Marina Stand  M53

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Sleuthing L.L. Bean heiress discovered trees at her seaside home in Maine had been poisoned—now her neighbors have been fined $1.7m for their new ocean view

Suspicious deaths in an idyllic seaside community and detective work that points to poison sound like themes from a classic murder mystery. But the victims in this Maine whodunnit were trees that stood in the way of a wealthy family’s oceanfront view, allegedly felled by well-heeled killers who, while ostracized and publicly shamed, remain free.

Wealth and hubris fuel the tale of a politically connected Missouri couple who allegedly poisoned their neighbor’s trees to secure their million-dollar view of Camden Harbor. The incident that was unearthed by the victim herself — the philanthropic wife of L.L. Bean’s late president — has united local residents in outrage.

To make matters worse, the herbicide used to poison the trees leached into a neighboring park and the town’s only public seaside beach. The state attorney general is now investigating.

“Anybody dumb enough to poison trees right next to the ocean should be prosecuted, as far as I’m concerned,” said Paul Hodgson, echoing the view of many exasperated residents in Camden, a community of 5,000 nestled at the foot of mountains that sweep upward from the Atlantic Ocean and overlook a harbor filled with lobster boats, yachts and schooners.

If this were a made-for-TV drama, the story set against the backdrop of this quaint village would have it all: Wealthy out-of-state villains, a sleuthing member of the venerable L.L. Bean family, and the same powerful chemical used to avenge Alabama’s loss on the football field to archrival Auburn.

Amelia Bond, former CEO of the St. Louis Foundation, which oversees charitable funds with more than $500 million in assets, brought the herbicide from Missouri in 2021 and applied it near oak trees on the waterfront property of Lisa Gorman, wife of the late Leon Gorman, L.L. Bean’s president and grandson of L.L. himself, according to a pair of consent agreements with the town and the state pesticide board.

Bond’s husband, Arthur Bond III, is an architect and the nephew of former U.S. Sen. Kit Bond. Their summer home, owned by a trust, is situated directly behind Gorman’s home, farther up the hill.

When the trees and other vegetation began dying, Amelia Bond told Gorman in June 2022 that the tree didn’t look good and offered to share the cost of removing them, Gorman’s lawyer wrote in a document.

Instead, Gorman had the trees tested. Soon, lawyers were involved.

More than $1.7 million in fines and settlements later, the trees are now gone and the harbor view from the Bond’s home is improved. But the chemical has leached into a neighboring park and beach, leaving the Bonds potentially on the hook for further monitoring and remediation, and Maine’s attorney general has agreed to further investigate the incident.

The herbicide — Tebuthiuron — was the same one used in  2010 by an angry Alabama football fan to kill the Toomer’s Corner oak trees  at Auburn University, following a Crimson Tide loss to their archrival. The incident earned jail time for Harvey Updyke, who acknowledged poisoning the trees.

Tebuthiuron contaminates soil and doesn’t break down, so it continues to kill plants. At Auburn University, it took the removal of about 1,780 tons (1,615 metric tons) of contaminated material to achieve negligible levels of the chemical in the soil.

Short of removing the soil, the only other solution is dilution — waiting for nature to thin out the concentration of the herbicide to safe levels for plants. It could take six months to two years for it to be diluted enough to no longer endanger to plants, said Scott McElroy, an Auburn professor specializing in weed science and herbicide chemistry.

Back in Maine, Tom Hedstrom, chair of the Select Board, said his job typically requires finding consensus on how to proceed with delicate political matters. But this time there is no need because residents are united in their anger.

Hedstrom said he, too, is appalled by the behavior.

“Wealth and power don’t always go hand in hand with intelligence, education and morals,” he said. “This was atrocious and gross and any other word you want to use to describe abhorrent behavior.”

The Bonds have paid a price for their actions, which they acknowledged in the consent agreements.

They paid $4,500 to resolve Maine Board of Pesticides Control Board violations for unauthorized use of an herbicide that was applied inappropriately and not allowed for residential use, $180,000 to resolve violations with the town and another $30,000 for additional environmental testing, according to documents. They also paid more than $1.5 million to Gorman in a legal settlement, according to a memo from Jeremy Martin, the town’s planning and development director.

A lawyer for the Bonds said they have no comment, but they “continue to take the allegations against them seriously. They continue to cooperate with the town of Camden, state of Maine and the Gormans, as they have done over the last two years.”

A lawyer for Gorman declined comment.

Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, said she intends to address the $4,500 maximum fine that the Maine Board of Pesticide Control Board was allowed to assess. One of her ideas is a sliding scale that accounts for scope of damage and intent.

“It makes me so livid,” Doudera said. “This situation, the minute I heard about it, I thought, ’Wow! These people are going to get a slap on the wrist. That’s just not right.”

On a recent afternoon, no one was home at the Bond’s residence while people walked their dogs less than 500 feet (150 meters) away on Laite Memorial Beach, where the herbicide that’s lethal to aquatic plants has been detected.

Camden resident Dwight Johnson described as “underhanded” the way Amelia Bond feigned being a good neighbor by offering to share the costs of removing trees that she’d poisoned. Lynn Harrington, another town resident, questioned whether the Bonds could show their faces around town, where they are members of the Camden Yacht Club.

Some residents say the episode fits with the well-worn stereotype of wealthy summer residents “from away” — the Maine term for outsiders — running roughshod over full-time residents.

But some residents pushed back against casting summer residents as trouble makers.

Hodgson said Camden is not without its own rule-bending characters in a community where there are plenty of year-round residents who are both wealthy and entitled. He said some residents in the community where the median income is just under $93,000 — high for Maine, the poorest state in New England — have been known to cut down trees, knowing it’s illegal.

“They just pay the fine because they have plenty of money,” Hodgson said. “That’s the town we live in.”

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Poisoned trees gave a wealthy couple a killer view — and united residents in outrage

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This image provided by Vinal Applebee shows the home of Lisa Gorman in the foreground, the poisoned oak trees behind her home, and the home of the alleged perpetrators behind the dead trees, in Camden, Maine. Courtesy Vinal Applebee/AP hide caption

CAMDEN, Maine — Suspicious deaths in an idyllic seaside community and detective work that points to poison sound like themes from a classic murder mystery. But the victims in this Maine whodunit were trees that stood in the way of a wealthy family's oceanfront view, allegedly felled by well-heeled killers who, while ostracized and publicly shamed, remain free.

Wealth and hubris fuel the tale of a politically connected Missouri couple who allegedly poisoned their neighbor's trees to secure their million-dollar view of Camden Harbor. The incident that was unearthed by the victim herself — the philanthropic wife of L.L. Bean's late president — has united local residents in outrage.

To make matters worse, the herbicide used to poison the trees leached into a neighboring park and the town's only public seaside beach. The state attorney general is now investigating.

"Anybody dumb enough to poison trees right next to the ocean should be prosecuted, as far as I'm concerned," said Paul Hodgson, echoing the view of many exasperated residents in Camden, a community of 5,000 nestled at the foot of mountains that sweep upward from the Atlantic Ocean and overlook a harbor filled with lobster boats, yachts and schooners.

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If this were a made-for-TV drama, the story set against the backdrop of this quaint village would have it all: Wealthy out-of-state villains, a sleuthing member of the venerable L.L. Bean family, and the same powerful chemical used to avenge Alabama's loss on the football field to archrival Auburn.

Amelia Bond, former CEO of the St. Louis Foundation, which oversees charitable funds with more than $500 million in assets, brought the herbicide from Missouri in 2021 and applied it near oak trees on the waterfront property of Lisa Gorman, wife of the late Leon Gorman, L.L. Bean's president and grandson of L.L. himself, according to a pair of consent agreements with the town and the state pesticide board.

Bond's husband, Arthur Bond III, is an architect and the nephew of former U.S. Sen. Kit Bond. Their summer home, owned by a trust, is situated directly behind Gorman's home, farther up the hill.

When the trees and other vegetation began dying, Amelia Bond told Gorman in June 2022 that the tree didn't look good and offered to share the cost of removing them, Gorman's lawyer wrote in a document.

Instead, Gorman had the trees tested. Soon, lawyers were involved.

Maine's attorney general investigating

More than $1.7 million in fines and settlements later, the trees are now gone and the harbor view from the Bond's home is improved. But the chemical has leached into a neighboring park and beach, leaving the Bonds potentially on the hook for further monitoring and remediation, and Maine's attorney general has agreed to further investigate the incident.

The herbicide — Tebuthiuron — was the same one used in 2010 by an angry Alabama football fan to kill the Toomer's Corner oak trees at Auburn University, following a Crimson Tide loss to their archrival. The incident earned jail time for Harvey Updyke, who acknowledged poisoning the trees.

Tebuthiuron contaminates soil and doesn't break down, so it continues to kill plants. At Auburn University, it took the removal of about 1,780 tons of contaminated material to achieve negligible levels of the chemical in the soil.

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Short of removing the soil, the only other solution is dilution — waiting for nature to thin out the concentration of the herbicide to safe levels for plants. It could take six months to two years for it to be diluted enough to no longer endanger to plants, said Scott McElroy, an Auburn professor specializing in weed science and herbicide chemistry.

Back in Maine, Tom Hedstrom, chair of the Select Board, said his job typically requires finding consensus on how to proceed with delicate political matters. But this time there is no need because residents are united in their anger.

Hedstrom said he, too, is appalled by the behavior.

"Wealth and power don't always go hand in hand with intelligence, education and morals," he said. "This was atrocious and gross and any other word you want to use to describe abhorrent behavior."

The Bonds have paid a price for their actions, which they acknowledged in the consent agreements.

They paid $4,500 to resolve Maine Board of Pesticides Control Board violations for unauthorized use of an herbicide that was applied inappropriately and not allowed for residential use, $180,000 to resolve violations with the town and another $30,000 for additional environmental testing, according to documents. They also paid more than $1.5 million to Gorman in a legal settlement, according to a memo from Jeremy Martin, the town's planning and development director.

A lawyer for the Bonds said they have no comment, but they "continue to take the allegations against them seriously. They continue to cooperate with the town of Camden, state of Maine and the Gormans, as they have done over the last two years."

A lawyer for Gorman declined comment.

A 'slap on the wrist'

Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, said she intends to address the $4,500 maximum fine that the Maine Board of Pesticide Control Board was allowed to assess. One of her ideas is a sliding scale that accounts for scope of damage and intent.

"It makes me so livid," Doudera said. "This situation, the minute I heard about it, I thought, 'Wow! These people are going to get a slap on the wrist. That's just not right."

On a recent afternoon, no one was home at the Bond's residence while people walked their dogs less than 500 feet away on Laite Memorial Beach, where the herbicide that's lethal to aquatic plants has been detected.

Camden resident Dwight Johnson described as "underhanded" the way Amelia Bond feigned being a good neighbor by offering to share the costs of removing trees that she'd poisoned. Lynn Harrington, another town resident, questioned whether the Bonds could show their faces around town, where they are members of the Camden Yacht Club.

Some residents say the episode fits with the well-worn stereotype of wealthy summer residents "from away" — the Maine term for outsiders — running roughshod over full-time residents.

But some residents pushed back against casting summer residents as troublemakers.

Hodgson said Camden is not without its own rule-bending characters in a community where there are plenty of year-round residents who are both wealthy and entitled. He said some residents in the community where the median income is just under $93,000 — high for Maine, the poorest state in New England -- have been known to cut down trees, knowing it's illegal.

"They just pay the fine because they have plenty of money," Hodgson said. "That's the town we live in."

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Tangaroa has not been a part of the Classic Yacht Charitable Trust however her story is recorded here as a result of her owner Rey and son Eric Jonsson's interest in returning the boat to New Zealand from Hawaii.

TANGAROA COMPLETES FULL CIRCLE

Words by Larry Paul  

April 1 st 2019 and my phone is ringing and flashing up with a previously unknown (but now very familiar) number from California USA. On the end of the line is the very chipper voice of Eric Jonsson.  

His message? “I have been reading your website classicyachtcharitabletrust.org.nz and am most impressed with the work being done in New Zealand to restore and sail historically significant classic yachts and launches. My family has owned a New Zealand classic yacht “Tangaroa” since 1977. The yacht is based in Hawaii where our family lived. Dad has now moved to mainland USA and is no longer able to sail her. We believe now is the time for her to return to her routes. Would the Classic Yacht Charitable Trust be interested in taking her on?”  

I’m thinking, is this an April fools prank from a mate or a genuine attempt to return a significant piece of New Zealand’s wooden boat building history to New Zealand?  

After further conversation it is obvious that Eric is very genuine and clear about his intentions to return Tangaroa to her homeland where she was built and he fills me in on the history of the vessel.  

Tangaroa was designed by John Brooke of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research NZ. John based his design on a larger Scandinavian designed boat by K Aage Nielsen which was featured in Rudder magazine in 1933. Line drawings completed by John Brooke are dated September 1935 and define a 38ft cruising yacht to be built in triple diagonal plank kauri timber for Mr Jas. Inkster of Bayswater Auckland.  She is a roomy sloop with masthead rig.  Tangaroa was built by the Percy Vos yard in Hamer Street Auckland and launched on the 2 nd December 1936. Pohutukawa was used for her stem, interior fitout in Mahogany and hatches and skylight in teak.  A doghouse was added by owner Maurice V Bates in 1953. 

While built as a cruiser, boats were built in the 30’s for cruising and racing. Tangaroa was no exception and successfully competed regularly in the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron events including coastal races from Auckland to Tauranga, Auckland to Kawau Island and Auckland to Bay of Islands. During coastal events enthusiasts were keen to hear of the progress of the yachts and Tangaroa was often provided with a supply of homing pigeons which were released at regular intervals with information on the positions and progress of the yachts.  

In 1961 Tangaroa was purchased by a young American couple Peter and Jo Byam from then owners Messrs M V Bates, Stretton and Green of Auckland. The Byams fitted her for offshore cruising and set off to explore Tahiti before eventually arriving in Hawaii in November 1962. Tangaroa was sold to William J Froome and Robert T Leary  on the 16th Oct 1963 who after many enjoyable years cruising between the Hawaiin Islands sold her to the current owner Allan Rey Jonsson and his sailing buddy Lloyd Edward Printup  on the 2nd Sept 1977. Interestingly the Byams had such fond memories of New Zealand that they immigrated to Waverley NZ in 1978. Peter passed away in 2015 but Jo still lives on their family farm. She is aiming to meet up with Tangaroa in May this year when she plans to return to the vessel an original wooden Tangaroa  carving, souvenired when they sold the boat in Hawaii.  

Rey Jonsson and his family enjoyed many years of racing around Oahu and across to Maui. Rey moved to California to be closer to family in his retired years and is no longer able to sail Tangaroa. He has passed custodianship to his son Eric and Rey now enjoys Tangaroa vicariously through Eric’s adventures of returning Tangaroa to her home of origin where she joins a wonderful fleet of restored and well maintained classic wooden boats.  

Back to that conversation with Eric Jonsson. “Eric we have quite a fleet of vessels in the Classic Yacht Charitable Trust and would be unable to take her on, but I would be happy to help you meet your father’s wishes in having her returned to New Zealand. The best way might be to identify an interim local skipper with like passion for classic wooden boats and have them assist in recommissioning her and sailing her in New Zealand until a long term custodian can be identified to care for her.” This Eric and his Dad were most agreeable to and the lengthy process of building a shipping cradle and organising shipping from Hawaii to Auckland was put in motion.  

Tangaroa left Honolulu early on the morning of Nov 19 th 2019 and arrived in Auckland on December 8th via Tonga. On arrival Boat Haulage Ltd trucked her to Horizon Boats in Stillwater where Wayne Olsen replaced the decks, tidied up the cockpit lockers, rebuilt and repaired hatches and skylight and added galley, head and holding tank.  Corey Rademaekers as commissioning skipper carried out the paint work and has spent considerable time re-rigging, completing finishing work and fitting her out for cruising in New Zealand. Tangaroa was relaunched in September 2020 at Gulf Harbour Marina where she is currently berthed. Corey built a small racing team for shake down sails, competition in Classic Yacht Association events and managed some cruising time with his children over the summer of 2020/21. In 2021 the helm was passed to skipper Steve Lafferty, a trustee of the Classic Yacht Charitable Trust, who races her with the Classic Yacht Association of New Zealand.

Eric and his good friend Randy Schmitt had hoped to be in NZ for the relaunch celebration but with COVID19 interrupting their plans their chance to cruise the Hauraki Gulf is on hold.  

An open day relaunch celebration was held on the 23 rd of May 2021 at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron when Tangaroa was open for viewing. At this event Tangaroa was welcomed home with a karakia and Jo Byam reunited the Tangaroa carving she had commissioned when they bought the boat. Many stories of the past were shared both on board and over drinks and nibbles at the squadron dinghy locker.

After reading the article in the July 2021 RNZYS Breeze magazine the Bates family learned that Tangaroa had returned to NZ.  In November 2021 the family looked over Tangaroa at Westhaven and added some comment to her history. Maurice Bates son Doug Bates (aged 93) said Maurice was extremely particular about his beloved boat and if anyone dared to get the fishing rods out, there was no mercy. He was firmly a cruising man and didn't allow her to be raced, for risk of breaking her."

Joining Doug at the boat visit were his brother Lynton, and Maurice’s grandsons Andrew and Geoff. Andrew mentioned that Maurice married Betty in Sydney in 1938 and they emigrated to NZ by ocean liner within a week. An enthusiastic yachting family, three generations of the Bates family have sailed the Tasman - Maurice, Lynton and this year Andrew, who chose to sail home from Australia on a 44ft catamaran due to the Covid19 Managed Isolation Quarantine facility bottlenecks.

The Classic Yacht Charitable Trust agreed to help Eric Jonnson find the right candidate to take on the custodianship of Tangaroa to care for her into the future. In April 2022 it was agreed that Andrew Bates would take on this role. Andrew states "I am extremely happy to have Tangaroa back in our family, having so often heard my father and uncles speak so glowingly of her as I was growing up. I also feel a tremendous repsonsibility to Eric and his father Rey to keep her sailing - Tangaroa has been in the Jonsson family a month longer than I have been in my family".

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