History - Sailing Tara

TARA

TARA

How not to build a boat

Read the full story written by John J. "Don"McNamara

Part A: The Story of building of the new ocean racer, TARA, in an improverished German shipyard. The problems that ensured.

Part B: Offshore experience with TARA in three winter gales on the North Atlantic, her ludricrous maiden race from St. Petersburg to Fort Lauderdale, and her ultimate victory in the Covernor's Cup at Nassau.

Part C: Story of the continued chain of engine failures whenever TARA goes on charter. The loss of the 1966 Bermuda Race and the Boston Yacht Club Centennial Race. Navigational errors in the Annual Race around Martha's Vineyard and partial success in the inaugural race to the Buzzards Bay light tower.

Part D: A tale of the near-sinking of TARA and the "Charlie Brown Memorial Race" The resolution of TARA's engine problems.

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