Dunsborough retiree Ian ‘Prive’ Morris has lived in the SW since the 70s and now spends his days surfing & fishing in SW and NW waters.
‘Prive’. “In 1973 I was living in Ewen St Scarborough with Cordingley shaper Steve ‘Blue’ Nicholson. I purchased a Fiat 125 sedan thinking I would make a killing on the resale, but I didn’t ☹.
Im not sure why Micko & Rex were with Blue & I that day in Scarborough (see photo). We were all involved in building Micko’s ferro cement yacht in Maylands in 1974. Then I headed overseas on a surf trip 1975/76″.
1973 Prive’s dark blue Fiat 125 sedan in Scarborough Beach Road, Scarborough. Peter Mac pic. L-R. ‘Blue’, ‘Prive’, ‘Micko’ Gracie & Rex Biddle looking resplendent in corduroy flares and thongs.
Micko’s yacht
In 1974 Micko & Peter McDonald (and friends) started building a 39ft ferro cement yacht in Maylands. It was based on a Royal Ocean Racing Yacht, NZ design. Peter’s enthusiasm for the project eventually waned, but Micko carried on and finished the yacht. He named the yacht Mimi by using the first two initials of his & his wife Michelle’s name. In 1984 he sailed Mimi around the top of Australia with his wife Michelle and son Kai.
1974 Peter Mac & Micko sitting on the hull of the 39ft yacht at Maylands. Photo Peter Mac.1984 Micko sailing ‘Mimi’ off Cairns Qld. Photo Peter Mac.
Dunsborough retiree Ian ‘Prive’ Morris has lived in the SW since the 70s and now spends his days surfing & fishing in SW and NW waters.
‘Prive’. “In 1973 I was living in Ewen St Scarborough with Cordingley shaper Steve ‘Blue’ Nicholson. I purchased a Fiat 125 sedan thinking I would make a killing on the resale, but I didn’t ☹.
Im not sure why Micko & Rex were with Blue & I that day in Scarborough (see photo). We were all involved in building Micko’s ferro cement yacht in Maylands in 1974. Then I headed overseas on a surf trip 1975/76″.
L-R. ‘Blue’, ‘Prive’, ‘Micko’ Gracie & Rex Biddle looking resplendent in corduroy flares and thongs.
Micko’s yacht
In 1974 Micko & Peter McDonald (and friends) started building a 39ft ferro cement yacht in Maylands. It was based on a Royal Ocean Racing Yacht, NZ design. Peter’s enthusiasm for the project eventually waned, but Micko carried on and finished the yacht. He named the yacht Mimi by using the first two initials of his & his wife Michelle’s name. In 1984 he sailed Mimi around the top of Australia with his wife Michelle and son Kai.
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