Ganley Snowbird 30

[JRS Victoria]

Anyone have experience sailing this NZ designed steel sailboat?

[wldsth]

I own and have sailed several passages within NZ waters, yacht "kelly" is currently dry docked for refit. Initially "inexperienced sailor'' found yacht to be unstable/flakey especially under heavy conditions but with time and some harsh lessons yacht found to be pretty good sea boat.

[Boatguy30]

Perhaps that was the one for sale at Westhaven in 2005? A nice but pretty small boat compared to more modern designs,

[wldsth]

Hi Boatguy, probably not the same boat, yacht was built in Nelson from 1981-86, launched 1991 in Nelson. Yacht has a sister ship in Nelson which was built with thicker hull and topsides for ice conditions etc.

[builder dan]

Had one parked by me last week called TinTin good tough looking boat Have sailed from Auckland to Nelson in a ganley Tara a great powerful machine also very dry got her up to 13 knots in a gust no problems at all