Essentials
Designer | Arvid Laurin (SWE) | |
Builders | John J. Savage, J.J. Savage & Sons, Melbourne (AUS) | |
Material | African mahogany, carvel planked | |
1st certificate issued | 1956-02-01 | |
Original boat name | Burradoo | |
Original country | AUS | |
Original sail number | 005 | |
Current location | Lake Macquarie Yacht Club (AUS) |
Notes
- 5.5 KA-5 - 06.03.2010 by Kaspar Stubenrauch
- Info received from Warren Muir:
"...KA-5, Buraddoo; she was sailed and placed 3rd in the Melbourne Olympics by Alexander Stuart “Jock” Sturrock. It was not commissioned by James Hardy as listed in the files..."
- MATERIALS - 26.12.2007 by STEPHEN JONES
- SHE WAS BUILT FROM AFRICAN MAHOGANY AS LOCAL TIMBER WAS TOO HARD TO SORCE AFTER THE WAR JOHN WENT ON TO BUILDING ETCHELLS IT WAS THE LAST TIMBER BOAT HE BUILT
- RESTORATION - 26.12.2007 by STEPHEN JONES
- PURCHASED BURRADOO SEPT 07 TO SAVE HER LIFE JOHN SAVAGE BUILT HER FOR THE MELBOURN OLYMPICS JOHN IS NOW 90 AND CAN REMBER BUILDING HER SHE WAS COMMISSIONED BY SIR JAMES HARDEY SHE NOW RESIDES AT LAKE MACQUARIE YACHT CLUB 1.5 HRS NORTH OF SYDNEY AUSTRALIA HOPE THE RESTORATION WONT TAKE LONG AS I CANT WAIT TO GET HER BACK IN THE WATER I HAVE BEEN TOLD YOU NEVER OWN A BOAT LIKE THIS YOU ARE JUST ITS CARETAKER
- Information - 17.09.2007 by Sebastien Schmidt
- Bronze medal (3rd/10) at the XVI Olympics 1956, Melbourne, Australia, Alexander Stuart (Jock) Sturrock / Deveraux R. Mytton, Douglas Raymond Buxton, Buraddoo, KA-5, Arvid Laurin, 4-4-2-4-1-3-4, 4022p.
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Ownership history
Sail# | Boat name | Owner name | |
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AUS-005 | "Burradoo" | Alexander Stuart “Jock” Sturrock (1956-?) | |
AUS-005 | "Burradoo" | James Hardey (?-?) | |
AUS-005 | "Burradoo" | D.W. Bingham (?-?) | |
AUS-005 | "Burradoo" | Stephen Jones (2007-?) |
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