{"id":79,"date":"2013-10-05T18:04:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T08:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andyjenner.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2014-06-08T09:58:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-07T23:58:48","slug":"swedish-haiti-ketch-paroa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andyjenner.com\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Swedish (Haiti?) Ketch ‘Paro’a’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The yacht PARO’A<\/strong>, Swedish ketch design.<\/p>\n

Built app. 1960-65 at Rockhampton Queensland Australia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Superbly constructed of Eungella gum, a ‘double-ender’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

33′ waterline, 40′ o\/a, 13 tons, massive lead keel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where is she now?\u00a0 Who built her? What history? Why was she neglected?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Paro'a\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I was her owner for nearly ten years of work, freedom and fun, from the early 1980s. After\u00a0 six months of full-time repairs and restoration (where did I get the time and money?) at the easy-going QCYC, she was the prettiest and most eager boat to sail. Because of her sharp lines and substantial weight, she would keep her way close-hauled in the awful Moreton Bay chop which would drive most craft home after 40 knots.\u00a0 We once bashed back from Tangalooma with 5 trawlers lined up in our leveled-out wake, on an otherwise deserted bay.<\/p>\n

\"Paro'a_0001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

During initial repairs, from the bilge I dug out and removed well over a ton of weird, frighteningly-heavy yellowish-brown caked substance, added for extra ballast: why? What was it? Paro’a lifted 6″ from her water-line and gained 5 knots. Remember this if you read my Land Rover Blog.<\/p>\n

Many memories and stories and trips. My best wishes to her and whoever sails her.<\/p>\n

June, 2014:\u00a0 I have been contacted recently by Linus, another owner of Paro’a for many years, who has much interesting information, memories and photographs of the yacht.\u00a0 He is obviously a sailor of knowledge and practical experience, and has also spent time and energy keeping Paro’a afloat.\u00a0 With his permission I may include our conversations and pictures on the blog.<\/p>\n

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The yacht PARO’A, Swedish ketch design. Built app. 1960-65 at Rockhampton Queensland Australia. Superbly constructed of Eungella gum, a ‘double-ender’. 33′ waterline, 40′ o\/a, 13 tons, massive lead keel. Where is she now?\u00a0 Who built her? What history? Why was … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[22,23,21,24,20],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-swedish-ketch","tag-ketch","tag-paroa","tag-swedish-ketch-2","tag-tahitian-ketch","tag-yacht"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andyjenner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andyjenner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andyjenner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andyjenner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andyjenner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/andyjenner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275,"href":"https:\/\/andyjenner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andyjenner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andyjenner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andyjenner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}