Eric Cox, Fair Maid's designer

The following reply arrived this morning from the NZ Maritime Museum:


Hi John,

Thanks for your enquiry. While we don’t have any plans or other collection items relating to Eric Cox’s designs, I have managed to track down what may be the original article, see attached. There was an article by H. E. Cox in an issue from April 1949, but it was for an 18 footer, so I wonder if this article from 1951 is the one you were looking for? Aside from these two, there were no other articles by or about a Cox design in the 1949-50 issues.

Sea Spray 15 June 1951 v. 6 no. 7 pp. 12-15

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Best regards
Danielle


Danielle Carter
Archives & Library Manager
Bill Laxon Maritime Library
New Zealand Maritime Museum

PO Box 3141, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
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From: John
Sent: Monday, 7 August 2017 3:55 p.m.
To: NZ Maritime Museum Info <info@maritimemuseum.co.nz>
Subject: Information request

Good afternoon,

I am researching the history of my yacht, which was designed by Eric Cox of Christchurch and built in Cottesloe Western Australia in 1951.  The original owner's son is now 86, and he recalls that his father saw the design featured in Sea Spray magazine and decided to purchase the plans from Cox.  The magazine would have been circa 1949-1950, and the yacht is a 30 footer (perhaps a 32 footer with rig extensions) with a waterline length of 25'.  Would you have old issues of Sea Spray magazine, or any of Eric Cox's plans or other paraphernalia in your collection?

I called Sea Spray magazine's current number but it's disconnected.

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Unfortunately, this is not the design that Fair Maid was built to, so the search continues.