The E bay Deal

Designed by Dick Zaal in 1973 (Contest Yachts) and built for Teun Poorter of Ridderstraat 6, Alkmaar, Holland. She was one of 2 built. Windrunner spent 10 years in the ownership of Teun Poorter before he sold her to an Englishman who kept her on the Solent. At some stage she  was refitted by Southampton Yacht Services. She was then taken to Gibraltar and subsequently sold in 1991/2. She is thought to have been sailed to the Caribbean at around this time.

Teun Poorter had two built, he loved the lines of Windrunner so much, he had the second yacht built for his father. nobody knows the whereabouts of the second yacht. 

Windrunner was seized and confiscated for drug smuggling by HM Customs and Excise in Aug 1996 in Cornwall. HM Customs and Excise subsequently sold her to Nick Douch, Nick enjoyed her for many years until August 2014.

During the summer of 2014 Nick had decided to sell her. She had sat in a cradle outside the North toilet block at Chichester Marina for five years, due to work commitments the major repairs were never started. Windrunner was basically rotting away from the inside. There were lots of holes in her hull. Anybody walking past could look inside her. There were some over patches on the hull.  During Nick's ownership he had spent £1000's on many upgrades. Nick Douch was faced with the same dilemma I was faced with - Keep adding patches? Or strip out the interior and start again.

I wasn't expecting to buy Windrunner, I found her on E bay. She didn't get reserve and a few texts exchanged hands and the deal was done.

 2019 and 2020. Some interior and exterior photos

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