Landseer III was built in 1912 by Woodley’s Ltd in Berrys Bay, designed by Sir Walter Reeks as a Gentleman’s Auxiliary Yawl. She is 41′ LOD and 54’6”LOA with an 11’4” beam and 6’ draft. She is carvel construction. NZ Kauri planking above the water line and Spotted Gum planking below the waterline. Her frames are spotted gum. The deck and superstructure are teak with Oregon masts. The deck beams are NZ Kauri and the Cabin Top beams are Queensland Maple. She raced and cruised on Sydney Harbour, Port Hacking and was used as a Entertaining vessel by various influential people. In 1968 she was sold to Donald and Clare Coleman . They purchased her with the intention to sail to America with their baby daughter. They left but she ran into a storm and lost her mast 100 nautical miles from Lord Howe Island. They made it back to within 28 miles from Port Stephens and then had to be towed in. They had a new mast built and set off again cruising north to the Reef then onto Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomons etc and New Guinea where they stayed for some time. They entered and won the Kavieng to Rabaul Race. They returned to Pittwater and sold her to Tolley and McDonald who lived on her in Elvina Bay. The present owner purchased her in 1986. By this time she had done a lot of sea miles and had been only repaired when needed. Her restoration was started in1987 and she was restored to her present condition.