William (Bill) Byford owner/skipper
- 1974 Sailed gaff rigged heron
- 1974 Sailed Rothman Father & Son with family club racing on Lake Taupo, member of Turangi Yacht & Power Boat Club
- 1982 Bonito 22’ Aquarius raced and cruised in Lake Taupo & coastal areas.
- 1989 Ross 6.5 Raced on Lake Taupo. Competed in several regattas for Ross 6.5 NZ Champs.
- 1991 Elliott 6.5 Raced on Lake Taupo and coastal areas. Regattas in Napier and Auckland.
- 1994 Noelex 30. Cruising and racing Lake Taupo. Cruising Cook Strait & Marlborough Sounds.
Mana Cruising Club Member. - 1998 Whiting 40.’Satori’ Berthed at Mana Marina. Numerous crossings to Marlborough Sounds and Nelson Bays with Jan and family
- >1999 Sailed Mana to Fiordland for 1 month with three crew.
Mana Cruising Club races to Nelson, Wellington, Furneaux etc - 2000 Sailed Mana to Auckland via West coast for Americas Cup racing with Jan
Berthed Westhaven. 2 months intermittently sailing the Hauraki Gulf including 2 Visits to Great Barrier Island with Jan and Family - 2001 Sailed Auckland to Mana via the East Coast. Further numerous Cook Strait crossings to Sounds and Nelson Bays and circumnavigation of D’urville Island.
- 2002 Sailed Mana to Auckland via East Coast stopping nights at Gisborne and Tauranga.
- 2003 New Year around Whangamata and Islands. Tauranga to Akld for Americas Cup first three races on the water.
- 2003 Easter Auckland to Opua with Jan
May 3rd sailed Opua to Tonga with crew of 3 in the Island Cruising Associations 17th Annual Royal Sunset Rally. 2-day stop at Minerva Reef. Cruised around Tongan Islands for 6 weeks. Returned to Opua July 2003 & onwards to Mana in late 2003 via the East Coast. - 2004 Further cruising across Cook Strait to Nelson Tasman Bay area and Marlborough
- 2004 Sounds with Jan and Family
Chartered yacht for 1 week in the Ionian Sea, Greece with Jan - 2005 Purchased Pebble Rebel November
- 2005 Coastal Classic Race 2 handed, White Island Race 2 handed, Cruising east coast North Island
Day Skippers Course - pass
Radio license - pass
Oceanmasters Astro Navigation - pass
Other Courses
ICA “Passagemakers’ Seminar Akld 8/9 March 2003 - pass
Practical Liferaft Training Akld 28 March 2003 - pass
Advanced sea survival course 26 November 2006 - pass
Medical Fitness for Seafarers 03 February 2007 - pass
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