New Zealand

Allboat Brokerage Ltd

Graham Couchman of the New Zealand based International brokerage firm Allboat Brokerage has just announced his privileged appointment as the central agent for the sale of sailing yacht <a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2335" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Whirlwind XII31.45m (103'2&quot;)Royal Huisman1986">Whirlwind XII</a>. Graham reports that it is only the second time the yacht is for sale in her many miles of world travel.<img alt="" src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/131906/image/large-b6b5a68465b095b64799485dd9dd7bd8.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/131906">The well-known sailing yacht was built by the Royal Huisman shipyard in 1986 to a design of Ron Holland.<img alt="" src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/131907/image/large-c78e568d42fead7f912cc18424a50ed1.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/131907">An interesting fact is that she was the first sailing yacht over 100ft for both the Royal Huisman shipyard and designer Ron Holland.<img alt="" src="https://photo-assets.superyachttimes.com/photo/131908/image/large-e11087688dd45ffd5cf3fad17aad5053.jpg" data-gid="gid://syiq/Photo/131908"><a data-gid="gid://syiq/Yacht/2335" href="#managed-by-system" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Whirlwind XII31.45m (103'2&quot;)Royal Huisman1986">Whirlwind XII's</a> broker, Graham Couchman, comments, ”she has marked a new era of elegant sailing yachts, is comfortably handled with two people as the present owners can testify and still stands as an example to follow for many years to come”.