Sailboat Nina Found
Nina was 70 foot long and i could tell from talking to david dyche that he was an experienced sea captain. we headed off down the river after lunch and i did not think much more about the nina until reading the headlines in the new zealand herald 18 months later when the nina was several days overdue from a trip from new zealand across the tasman to newcastle, australia.. Members of the schooner the nina before the sailboat became lost at sea on june 4. (mark ward) danielle, can still be found. (abc news facebook) finding it, however, is difficult because of. These days we all cite olin stephens‘ famous yawl dorade as the boat that transformed ocean racing and modern yacht design in the early 20th century, but really that was a process that started with nina. prior to nina, ocean racing was dominated by much more conservative gaff-rigged “fisherman” schooners, many of them designed by john alden..
