Magic Bus - Relaunched!

After an amazing restoration effort, the Paul Whiting-designed Magic Bus, winner of the 1976 Quarter Ton Cup, was relaunched at Milford Marina in Auckland on 3 November 2018, and recently featured on TV One news. The story of Magic Bus can be seen in earlier articles here, along with part of her restoration here.

Preparing to go back in the water

In the water and floating high at the bow without her internal ballast yet fitted. Magic Bus retains her original lines, appendages and rig

Magic Bus, back in the water at Milford Marina 

The deck and cockpit layout (above and below) remains original, but with new lines and fittings

A piece of New Zealand sailing history - reborn 

Photos from November 2021 (Facebook), with Magic Bus sporting a set of new Evolution sails