Seems this conversation goes round and round.

Whoever described the 'witch as a bastard between the mossie and the tornado needs to think again as the tornado was not even in Neil's thoughts and again both (mosquito and the 'witch) were around before tornado came into existence ... so maybe it is the tornado that is the "bastard" child.

Neil's boats were designed for one thing, his own children

From what I recall the 'witch was so much fun to sail, and believe it or not I recall hulls of the similar shape and about 24-26ft hanging in the Fowler's shed in Darwin, wonder what happened to them???