Kia Ora

Lia Ora

LOD: 50 ft
Sparred: 65 ft
Beam: 13ft
Mast: 55ft
Draft: 5ft
Tonnage: 21 tons

Kia Ora was built from the famous L.Frances Herreshoff Schooner design "Joanne", with a five foot keel to enter shallow laggons and traditional hands-on rigging. She launched in Seattle in 1980 and participates in local and international races. The Kia Ora was originally built in Port Townsend to sail to New Zealand. "Kia Ora" is a traditional Maori greeting similar to "Aloha" in Hawaiian.
She is a mixture of traditional rigging above and a new 20th century hull design below. The Kia Ora is 65 feet in length.

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