Missing Australian Ketch - Can You Help?

Created by doina. Last modified on 2005-01-25 13:10:19
Topic: YACHT SEARCH

I am looking for an Australian vessel called "Blue Laguna or "Blue Lagooner". It supposedly is a ketch but now it could be a schooner.

She is roughly 38 – 40 ft, she is totally wooden all over, has 2 wooden masts, a bowsprit, roughly 6 brass portholes along the hull in a blue stripe that runs the whole length of the hull. She was in excellent condition and is roughly 40 to 60 years old. The cabin is a creamy colour and besides the blue stripe in the hull the rest of the vessel is white.

The name is on the stern with "Australia" written underneath.

I am pretty positive the name is "Blue Laguna" or "Blue Lagooner" but I could be wrong & she could have a name change by now in time. I am 100% positive the vessel has Australia written on the stern. The stern goes in on a 45 degree angle.

I am looking for help in finding this vessel or anyone or any company / business that has come into contact with this vessel at anytime either 50 years ago or today.

This vessel has been kept in an excellent condition right up until it was last seen in New Zealand waters in January 1998.

I need the help of yachting experts/ builders that have great knowledge on wooden ketches & schooners, as this vessel is an Australian vintage beauty but sadly part of a New Zealand tragedy involving 2 missing New Zealanders.

I am researching / investigating this crime and I urgently need the help of some Australians that may know of this vessel or could help out some way.

If you can’t help with any knowledge even just telling your colleagues and friends as this vessel has been around for 40 to 60 years. Someone must know of this vessel somewhere at sometime somehow.

I’m pretty sure this vessel could have been used in illegal activities in the late 1990’s.

I am party to a team of professionals seeking information regarding an unsolved crime and you have my complete assurance that my inquiry is legitimate regards to my research.

If there is any information you can impart to me it will be greatly appreciated. If you have any knowledge at all on this vessel we will acknowledge ourselves to you in due course, as this is a matter of personal safety on my part.

As a part of this investigation any information you give me and how I receive it will be strictly confidential and will be treated in a professional manner at all times.

Thanks for reading this, Kind Regards

Nicole nicole_jonesmajor_@hotmail.com