I know of no active Kitty Kat sailing in Auckland - and haven't seen one race in Auckland since the early/mid 1970s. After their heyday, you used to see them at various holiday beaches, - you could buy them cheaply, before the days when off-the-beach surf cats were readily available in NZ.

I'm no expert on the history of these boats - the following is my memory - but I could well have some of my facts wrong.

I think Jim Young designed the Kitty Kat, and somebody (the Peet family of Glendowie Boating Club rings a bell) raced the boat with the 12 footers - either at NZ level or maybe the interdominions. That would have been in the late 50s I think (1958? about the the same time that Don Harland raced his Cherub as a 12 footer against what were then called Q Class in Auckland) - or maybe it was a bit later.

I think there was an article about this in one of the boating magazines a few years back (OK - maybe more than a few years) - perhaps written by Paul Titchener who has done a lot of writing about Auckland (Devonport in particular) and sailing over the years.

If I'm right about the Peets - then Brian Peet (whom you can track down via GBC) may be able to help. Brian - like me - is probably a little too young to remember the Kitty Kat in the interdominions - but will probably know the history. As a former Tornado sailor, Brian might be a good source. (I've only met Brian once, and that was many years ago - so I hope I'm not speaking out of turn). Jim Young of course will be able to help. All NZers know whom I mean - but for visitors - this is Auckland's legendary designer/builder - not the Jim Young so closely associated with the Tornado class in North America.

If you are in Auckland - the other source well worth checking out for the history is the library of the Auckland Museum. I'm not sure how you arrange access these days, but I once spent an entertaining day there - they had every Sea Spray magazine published since 1949.

Unfortunately my personal memories only stretch back to the final years of Kitty Kats as a class - there are some members here with more grey hair than me who should be able to add to this.