Bungoona

Boat Name: Bungoona
Designer: David Philp for Joe Moore
Builder: Arthur Taylor, Sydney
Year Launched: 1948
Rig: Original Design 1946-47 Sloop ¾ fractional sloop mast 33’8” from cabin top
2nd Rig Design: 1957  ¾ fractional sloop   mast 39’6” from cabin top by Alan Payne
LOA: 30’
LWL: 25’ 5”
Beam: 9’ 3&1/4”
Draft: Draught: 4’6”
Sail No: R102 Australian Ship No: 199184 – 1950.
Owner: Col Bandy

History: Purchased by Ernst Zacher & Col Bandy, 1998.  Melb. Trucked down from Queensland. Original Designer. David Philp Tasmanian. Trained as an architect of buildings but had strong family connections with yachts. His father was a ship builder (small) and world adventurer sailing the world in small sailing ships he designed and built himself. In the early 1940s David moved to Sydney and gained some reputation as a yacht designer over a relatively short period of time.  He designed a number of boats that sailed in the early Sydney to Hobarts. David and his family moved to Fiji where he worked with his brother as a architect developing one of the early resort hotels.  David died in 1969.

Rumour has it that the original rig was a bit too small to satisfy the racing ambitions of Joe Moore and he commissioned a young Alan Payne to design a new rig.
Alan Payne as well as being famous for designing the 2nd rig for Bungoona designed many famous Australian yachts including Gretel – a challenger for the America’s Cup – A campaign sponsored by Sir Frank Packer in 1962.

Arthur Taylor – we only recently found reference to the fact that Bungoona was built by Arthur Taylor at Waitara in an obscure article commemorating his death in 2003.

She has always been called “Bungoona” and whilst we suspect it has an Aboriginal origin we have not been able to establish it’s meaning.
The original drawings and specification documents have always been retained with the owners and attest to the quality of her construction and the minimal changes over her 60 years on the water.

Construction
Carvel: Queensland Beech
Original deck: Painted canvas  (now fibreglass)
The 2nd rig design re-used the original mast fittings
Displacement: 9 ton