About the Book
A photographic record of the building of the 12 m steel multichine sailing yacht Velella. 1994 - 2000, in Warrandyte, Vic.
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HELANE PAIZES
AUSTRALIA
SAILING HISTORY: 1972-2018 sailed 80,000 sea miles. 1972: PETREL, Fyfe design, 42' wooden sloop, Melbourne to Cooktown. 1973: LUANE, 28' wooden sloop, Darwin to Bali. 1975-1982 DIONYSUS BUILD: Alan Buchanan design, 37' round bilge steel sloop. With Peter Balding 1982-1987 DIONYSUS. World circumnavigation via Red Sea, Suez, Panama with Peter Balding and son Dyon. . 1994-2000 VELELLA BUILD. French design, 40' steel multi-chine sloop. With Peter Balding 2000-2003 VELELLA: Melbourne. Fiji. Vanuatu. Solomons. PNG. With Peter and son Xan. 2007 crewed on FIRST LIGHT, Adams 12, Sydney-Lord Howe, and Sydney-Hobart races. 2010-2018:VELELLA (with Peter) Melbourne. Vanuatu. Chesterfield Reefs. Indonesia. Malaysia. Thailand. PNG. Solomons.