Bakewell-White 36, General Lee to be launched in Auckland

'General Lee, a new Bakewell-White 36, leaves the Davie Norris yard in Christchurch on Sunday.'    .    Click Here to view large photo A new Bakewell-White 36, General Lee, has is due to be launched at Westhaven tomorrow. Designed for offshore racing, and Cat 1, she is owned by two West Australian sailors, Paul Eldrid, who runs Evolution Sails in Perth, and Scott Disley. General Lee has spars and rigging from NZ Rigging. Sails are by Evolution Sails. Her program is to compete in the Auckland Fiji Race, then Hamilton Island and then to .Perth. Built by Davie Norris Boatbuilders in Christchurch, designer Brett Bakewell-White describes her as being similar to an earlier yacht, Alfresco, except that she is a foot longer and more focused on offshore racing. She came from the same mould as Alfresco. Sail-World will cover the launch, now rescheduled for 0730 on Friday 7 May See General Lee's website at www.generalleeracing.com.au by Richard Gladwell - 1:57 AM Thu 6 May 2010 GMT Click here for printer friendly version Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story. If you want to send this story to a friend, please use link below http://www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?nid=69187 Based on your current download speed Sail-World has delivered large images (660 pixels long side.)  If you would like to see only small images (300 pixels long side) click here .  For medium sized images (500 pixels long side) click here .  If you would prefer to see text only (without pictures) click here Click for further information on Bakewell-White Yacht Design news NZ Rigging News Related News Stories: 22 May 2013  The General’ outflanks the fleet and wins the War in the West 20 Dec 2012  Latest yacht from Bakewell-White for Japanese owner 18 Sep 2012  Bakewell-White Yacht Design win top two Shorthanded Series places 06 Mar 2012  Wired crushes the Auckland keelboat fleet again 20 Dec 2011  Wednesday Night Blast: Pressing the 'Go' button 02 Nov 2011  Penfold Audi Sport goes carbon 01 Nov 2011  NZ Spars and Rigging instrumental to BSL's Global Ocean Race success 24 Aug 2010  Bakewell-White's Mini versus Bakewell-White Maxi! 07 May 2010  Images: New Bakewell-White 36, General Lee is launched in Auckland 20 Apr 2010  Iconic Auckland sparmaker taken over by NZ Rigging

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