Reputedly Australia’s oldest yacht, the 1873 built cutter Zephyr has been purchased and is set to undergo a full restoration.
After many years of neglect on the hardstand at Yaringa Boat Harbour in Victoria, and facing a dire future, Zephyr has been purchased by individuals from Melbourne, and is set to undergo a full restoration at FJ Darley Shipwrights, at Seaworks in Williamstown. It is hoped that she will become a project to educate the next batch of budding shipwrights.
A restoration of this magnitude will not be cheap and we hope the public, and interested sponsors may be able to contribute in the way of a donation.