02/07/2026
It’s a credit to Phill to have owned and campaigned Deep Purple. Some serious efforts to be here and almost everywhere in the snazzy Deep Purple kit. I’m not sure where such energy and enthusiasm comes from!
Deep Purple is in the South now. And while Trailer Yachting is in decline - with the baby boomers, who started the craze by building Hartleys in the 1960s now fading away slowly (actually and sadly, quickly now) there is some pockets of the next generation who are keen and so, taking inspiration from the pocket of sporty TYs in Queenstown, the Autoplex Traveller Series was born.
I’m not planning to post much here but keep an eye out for Deep Purple at these events. I’ll have a bunch of caps to give around the other boats - enough for the whole crew come Easter!
