‘Waka Irie’ is a Mariner 32 Ketch, Hull #49 designed by Clair Oberly and built by Far East Yachts in 1972 in Yokosuka, Japan.
We bought her in March 2015 in the boatyard in Whangerei Her previous owner Jim Sublett got her off the couple that sailed her from the BVI's to New Zealand. You can check out the amazing photos of their journey here: WakaIrie.google+ History Before she was known as ‘Waka Irie’ and sailed through Panama and across the Pacific to New Zealand with Sietse and Jennifer, she was known as ‘Blues Traveller’ and had been cruising extensively in Caribbean waters participating in various Classic Yacht Regattas. And before that she was known as ‘Serena II’ when she was still white and innocent and located on the East Coast of the US. She’s had lots of blue water miles under her keel and has successfully crossed the Atlantic twice and right across the Pacific, and after her renovation is completed she will be cruising for years to come. The name ‘Waka Irie’ was formed by joining the Maori (New Zealand) word for canoe or vessel ‘Waka’ with the Jamaican word ‘Irie’ meaning powerful and pleasing or excellent and is used in the Rastafarian movement to denote acceptance, positive feelings, or to describe something that is good. So basically ‘Waka Irie’ means ‘Good Boat’. ‘Irie’ is also a Japanese word and a common family name meaning inlet, cove or bay. Dimensions LOA: 36 ft LOD: 31 ft 10 in Beam: 9 ft 9 in LWL: 25 ft 8 in Maximum Draft: 3 ft 8 in Displacement: 12400 lbs Ballast: 5000 lbs Engine Brand/Type: Perkins 4107 Fuel Type: Diesel Cylinders/ HP: 4 / 40hp Engine Hours: 1000 since rebuilt in 2005 Tanks Fresh Water Tanks: 1 (32 Gallons/120 Litres) Fuel Tanks: 1 (25 Gallons/95 Litres) Holding Tanks: 1 (18 Gallons/70 Litres) |