Fife “Sayonara” Specifications:
LOA: 57′ 7″
LWL: 38′ 2″
Beam 10′ 6″
Draft 7′ 6″
Hull Number: 825
Rig: Gaff Cutter
Designer: William Fife III
Built by: Mr A McFarlane of Birkinhead, Adelaide
Year Built: 1897
Sayonara, Japanese for goodbye, was built by Mr G F Garrard, then commodore of the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV) at a time when the largest yacht in Australia were to be seen on Port Phillip Bay. Designed as a fast cruising yawl with high bulwarks by W Fife of Scotland, being a sister ship to his own champion Cirego, she was built by Mr A McFarlane of Birkinhead, Adelaide, and launched Novemeber 1897. She then cruised around to Melbourne in record time.