Misfortune for Resolution

[Manie B]

Hi guys
i read this in Duckworks
and there are many questions that come to mind

have any of you got any more info or links?

i saw a site once (that i cant find now) of the build
and it was truly a beautifull build and rather innovative

As one of countless others who hold great interest and admiration in small sailing boats and sailors who pit themselves against oceans, I was so disappointed when I heard on the idiot box that Charlie Whipple’s grand little boat, Resolution had run aground and smashed itself to smithereens on Great Barrier Island in Auckland New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf.

John Welsford of New Zealand, well known to Duckworks readers had designed the 6.5m boat and Whipple, an American of Arizona had spent two and a half years building Resolution on Wellsford’s land in the Waikato region while dreaming of sailing the really pretty little gaff-rigged yacht single-handedly around the world. He had set out in most atrocious weather bound for Honolulu and heading up the Northland coast had discovered a fuel leak so was returning to Tauranga where the boat had been launched. Rescued off the slippery rocks by Westpac helicopter Whipple was saved but the yacht was destroyed, and John Welsford has told me that Charlie has a 32’ boat sitting in a Mexeco marina which he plans to overhaul, then sail it back to Japan, then around the globe and back to Japan.

Now the questions are

He had set out in most atrocious weather bound for Honolulu

was he smoking his socks - or just mad ?

how does a guy that seems to know what he is doing manage this

Resolution had run aground and smashed itself to smithereens on Great Barrier Island in Auckland New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf.

it all just seems so wierd ?
good designer ?
lee shore ?

surely this **** souldn't happen