Cove Littler, later his son Hugh Littler, who continued to race her. After the Littler family bought another yacht, Ariki spent most of her time unused and sitting at her mooring. Restoration A syndicate consisting of Warwick Jones, Rodger Duncan, and Peter Blundell purchased her on 30 March 1977. They found her deck and beams were in poor condition. Taken to a shed in Clevedon she emerged after four years with a replaced deck, restored skylight, cabin top, cabin interior and coamings, while the engine was shifted forward to improve her balance. She was returned to the water in January 1981. As Duncan and Blundell had their own boats, the syndicate eventually broke up, with Jones becoming the sole owner. Warwick Jones died in 2012 leaving Ariki's future unclear. In December 2016 Andrew Barnes and Charlotte Lockhart purchased her from Jones' widow and started a new restoration, led by the experienced wooden boat builder, Robin Kenyon in April 2017 at Okahu Bay in Auckland. She was relaunched at the National Maritime Museum in Auckland on 29 April 2018 and will be berthed there. References Bibliography External https://web.archive.org/web/20140313072309/http://www.classicyacht.org.nz/node/847 Entry at the Classic Yacht Association of New Zealand Individual sailing vessels Cutters 1904 ships Ships built in New Zealand