Ethel
| Designer | ? |
|---|---|
| Builder | Logan Brothers |
| Launched | 16th November 1896 |
| LOA | 60ft |
| LOD | 48ft |
| LWL | 24ft |
| Beam | 11ft |
| Draft | 5ft 6in |
| Displacement | 12 tons |
| Sail Number | D31 |
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| Owner History | |
| 1896 - 1912 | Colonel Herbert Dawson (Launched as black cutter with cargo hold. Converted to yawl during his ownership) |
| 1912 - 1913 | John and Frederick Kemp |
| 1913 - 1914 | W J Quelch (Painted her white and converted cargo hold to main cabin) |
| 1914 - 1915 | W R Ingram (Installed 12hp auxiliary in cockpit and added 2 tons of lead for racing) |
| 1915 - | Capt. F E Wills of Onehunga (converted main cabin to refrigerated fish hold) |
| History not known but in 1938 was reported to have spent many years lying in Henderson Creek | |
| 1938 | Dick Lang (put new keel timbers in) |
| 1938 - | George Murphy (Used as a fishing boat, medium blue hull; 3 cylinder lister engine; cutter rigged) |
| 1975 - 1999 | John Smith of Paeroa (extensive repairs including new decks, cabin top, interior fit out and returned mizzen mast) |
| 1999 - 2011 | Tom Leary (major refit to bring up to charter standard with black hull) |
| 2011 - 2021 | Keith Munro and Kevin Ebbitt (completed major restoration from derelict state and relaunched 2013 as a yawl with white hull) |
| 2021 - | The Classic Yacht Charitable Trust. |
| Past skipper. | Jon Patrick April 21 to August 21 |
| August 2021 to April 2026. Topher Hancock | |
| Current Skipper: | Pedrojuan (PJ) Rodriguez April 2026 to current |
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