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Ihavealwaysenjoyed writing 'Jim's 

Colum n',b0th in the oId 'Sailorm an' 

and,m ore recently,in the 'Sea People/ 

SaiIo rm a n'm ag az ine s.Today,Ifind a 

num bed reluctance to begin the 

'CoIu m n'and ,ind eed ,th is issu e of 

the m agazine. 

The reason is obvious.lhave 

begun tluilding GAtA.,our63ft.PAHt. 

In the workshop are the backbones 

and bulkheads w aiting to be fitted 

together.Indeed this morning w e had 

a preview,fitting tem porarily three of 

the sm alerbulkheads on the forw ard 

third ofthe backbone.(Since writing 

this,b0th backbones are rltlkv up w ith 

bulkheadsand stingers fftlecf,? 

A recentw riterin the 'Sea People/ 

Sailorm an'referred to beginning 

building as belng Iike a m onk.W el,I 

am certain he did not m ean itin the 

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com pleted 'sense but certainly,a1I 

thatcom es between m e and 'my 

boat'Inow see as a physicaland 

m entaldistraction.It is a w ooderful 

lotalfeeling to be bu lding again a 

boatthat 'opens'îhe w hole 

approachable planetto m e.Iday 

dream ofthe praclicalthings 1can do 

w ,th the ship,though Im ustadm it 

thatmanyofthe daydreamsare just 

ofriding/lifting overblue w hilecrestecl 

seas. 

Betw een m e and my dream ship 

are m any things,Atthe January 

London BoatShow,as a resultofthe 

success ofourDeslgn Book I/w e 

were asked to w rite a practicalbook 

on Catam aran Design,som ething on 

the Iines of'Com m onsense Catam aran 

Design'.Each morning Isitdow n at 

m y w riting bench and w ork,studying 

the htstory,developm ent and practice 

of Catam aran concepts,Ieaving the 

'GAIA'building to Hanneke and the 

building crew .ln the afternoon/Igo 

outto join thebuilding crew and have 

been reported aftera lapse of 7 years 

a s 's inging 'a: work a g a in . 

Anything thatcom es between m e 

and m y boatis a distraction,JIm 

Brow n,the trim aran designer w as 

reported in a 'W ooden Boat'article as 

''hlding from his builders'/ giving as 

a n exam p Ie a n ea g erbu ilde rvis itin g 

hpm on Chrlstm as Day.M y builders 

have not reached thatslage yet,nor 

am Ihlding from them but please 

before Ido realize thatIcannotgive 

ofm yselfto a casual:'/W e are in 

Cornwa l Iet's look up Jam es and 

have a chatvisit.''ltis no!thatI 

cannot,it is thatIdo and som e 

visltors - in fact m ost - are 

fascinating people w ilh Iives of 

personaladventure in addition to the 

storiesof theirboats.But Ihave to 

w rite this book and Ihave to build 

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Abandoned in Biscay 

by Eddie Evans 

TIK I2 1 W ind Dam age 

by M artin Roberts 

by DieterIsenhart 

The Voyage of'IKA ROA'from UK 7 

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by Jay Cresswel 

NARAIM kll'M adrigal' 

by Joe & Jeannie M iler 

Th oughts aboutAREOIIm provem ents 16 

by Helge Nedreboe 

Sm allAds 31 

captaincookDinghy 16 VS F ROM SEA OPT,E 32 

by Doug Sm ith 

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TIKIR0A NEW S 

by PhilHooper - S.Australia 19 

by Don Baaska Puerto Rico 20 

by BilGardam - Canada B.C. 21 

CoastalTrekking in Yugoslavia 22 

by Jaques Grassart 

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b y Ruth W harram 

TIK12 1.Sailing,Tacking .M od ifications 24 CoverPhoto: 

by Ashley W oods 

Raffae/Benner's ARIKI,Kiel 

The Sea People has been edlted by a group ofSea People: 

JamesW harram EditorialAddress: SecretarialAddress: Chairm an Robin Fautley 

H anneke Boon 'JamesW harram Despgns', Sandy Turner, Secretary Sandy Turner 

Ruth W harram GreenbankRoad, Foss Quay, Treasurer Andrew Beard 

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Printed by Cornw alLithographic Printers Ltd. 

1987 by 'Sea People/sailorm an' 

The Sea People/sailorm an No.8 July 1987 3

C ru jlœ g 

There is one word being applied 

to m ultlhuls kv/t/ntlurspecifving it's 

m ean/rlg that is increasinglv 

kr/lat/ng m e.nam elv the em ptv 

w ord 'Perform ance'.UsualY vou are 

expected to k/now thatitm eans 

m axirrtum speed and closeness lo 

the w ind.Perform ance to m e m eans 

m anv thingstand f'nostofalIm eans 

that the boatcan Iook after the 

crew . 

The follow ing storv te ls ofa 

crew w ho Iost fd?l?lin l/pe boat.The 

slorv bp Eddie Evans is com plete in 

itself.The onlv observation from m e 

?s lhalalIoorcatam arans are 

designed lt)be handled l)y a 

rnan/wonîan team ,even m y rlew 

PAHI63,(which kve are also calling 

GAIA).The reason is l/natduring m y 

sailing careerIso often heard of 

''crew problem s ''.So Eddie's GAIA 

experlence is rlt7!such a rare event. 

Onlv receotlv did Ihearthatdvring 

a gale on one ofthe sm a lerships 

in a TallShips Race the l/rec/ow ner 

and firs tm ate had to drag rht?crew 

out of l/ne?rbunks and phvsica lv 

'laoot'them p/nttlthe needed 

activttv. 

This is w /ay ?like w om en crew. 

W om en do nothave 'M acho' 

pretenslons.and lflhev set (7(Jtto 

be crew,nine tim es t7u?of ten 

w hen the hardshlp com es t/ley 

m agnlficentlv rise to the situation. 

In contrast,a tough,sure m a/e can 

be reduced ttla terrified gutless 

objecïafrera Ilttle haldship./1 

c/ass/c exam ple w ere l/7e 'M acho' 

beactlbkays thatw ere the crew on 

the HOXULEA expedition (the 

HOKULEA kvas a reprodoction ofan 

ancpenrPolvneslan vovaging canoe) 

from Hawaito Tahltt/'rl19 76 (see 

NationalGeographlc M agazine April 

'762.Severalofthe crew spentdavs 

huddled In a sm aldeck shelter thev 

had constructed,sm oking hash 

then ended up fighting the ones 

lha!kept2/7E?sh/p sa /bg. 

W lthouthis 'crew ',Eddle Evans 

w ould have had a few hours 

desperate kvorry and cortcern over 

w hathe had dragged his fam ilv out 

lo,fa lng pntclan exhaosted sleep 

k'OW/lrl(/he kVOU/d OevergO rO Se8 

again,w aking up kv/th the gale 

gone and the children saving; 

''W hatgale.daddv? '' sailed into a 

NorrtlSpanish harbourand aftera 

few davs rest would have saîled on 

w lth com plete conhdence in 

hlrrtself, the fam iv and the llclal. 

Ourbest wishes and 

erlccluragem er?! to Eddie Evans and 

?7/s fam ilv. 

A 9l> d @ > ed 

B isea y 

by Eddie Evans 

BLUE HORIZON 

YACHT DELIVERIES/CHARTER 

4'd Iike to give an accountofour 

experien ces a boa rd ou rTAN G A ROA 

M k1 'Gaia'on w hatw as to be the 

beginning ofa voyage ofdiscovery 

and a new Iife style w ith 1he sea,and 

how ln a m atterofdays itturned into 

a testand triaiofendurance and fear. 

W halstarted as a happy calm trip 

turned into a situation of panic and 

danger. 

Afterthree years ofow ning and 

working on 'Gaia'(ancientGreek 

nam e forEarth Goddess)we had at 

lastcom e to the point w here w e felt 

w e w ere ready to setsailforw arm er 

clim es a few m onlhs behind schedule 

butaboutas ready as w e would ever 

be.(W e being myself,m y w ife 

Chrlss ie and o u rtw o c h I1d re n Jai5 li 

and Gaia 5 m onths).W e setsailfrom 

Plym outh on Septem ber11 w ith tw o 

friends Kevin and Andrew w ho w ere 

to com e as crew .Ourdestinalion La 

Coruna,W estern Spaln, 

The previous few w eeks had been 

hectlc to say the Ieas! as w e had 

been given notice to quit ourrenled 

house in M llbrook and on top ofthat 

during a strong gale the anc ho r 

d rag ged on the boata nd she went 

alongslde a ballastpond at Torpoint 

and urnderthe stern ofa steelbarge, 

w as itan om en? who know s.Ifelt 

bad althe tim e butas ittu rned out 

a Ithatneeded replaclng w as a rudder 

and bulwarks the boatw as repaired 

in less than a week,Believe m e, 

bullwarks AFIE necessary Ifthey had 

noîbeen on the boa!1hate to think 

ofthe dam age thatw ould have been 

caused to the hu l.As it was,the 

hulps cam e through w lth hardhy a 

sc ra tc h. 

W e l,w e setoffunderfine 

conditions and IightEasterly w lnds on 

the evenlng tlde heading tow ards 

Falm outh.1prom ised m y wife thatw e 

w ould calin atFalm outh as she w as 

unsure aboutcrossing Biscay w ith the 

children.As itturned outldidn't keep 

the prom ise and talked herinto us 

continuing the voyage.The shipping 

forecast was continually good,a 1ow 

2O0m westof Finisterre slow ly 

m oving North.Nothlng to w orry abou! 

lassured herand w e pushed on 

heading SW and givpng Ushanta good 

offing, 

W e drifted thatnightundera m isty 

ch ly sky w ith a flapplng genoa 

hardly m aking a knot.The follow lng 

day broughtus lightw lnds porpolses 

and m ackerelby !he bucket-ful.This 

w as the Iife,itcould only ge1better 

w e thought,we had hardly any w lnd 

m ostofthatday and justaI1enioyed 

the sun and peace ofIanguid glassy 

seas.W e also spotted tw o sharks 

nearby,theirfins gliding sm oothly 

across the water a hundred orso feet 

off.By Iate afternoon w ind started 

com ing,lightripples we saw ahead 

and aftefa w hile we were skim m ing 

along ata nice 5-6 knots;w ith an 

Easterly w ind the shipping forecast 

was stilgood and nothing to be 

concern ed about. 

Fortwo days w e cream ed along 'n 

a brisk 4-5 Easterly.Itw asn/tthat 

pleasantthough,a 1otofw ater 

com ing through the slalted deck and 

itw as surprisingly cooleven though 

the sun w as shining.W e were taking 

sun slghts regularly and reckoned we 

w ere w eloverhalfw ay across 

Biscay.By thistim e we w ere unable 

to receive any m ore forecasts buttelt 

aI1w as w el.How ever 1he sun had 

turned a sickly ye low colourand had 

a slrange halo around it.Itseem ed aIl 

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w asnotw el.W e qonsulted Reeds 

and itdescribed the sky thatw e were 

w itnessing w ith a falling barom eteras 

a strong blow com ing.W elthe 

barom eterw as dropping and rapidly in 

fact,Itdropped 12 m ilibars in 12 

hours.Ofcourse,we a1Itried to 

dlsm iss itas nothing to w orry about. 

HoweverIstarted battening 

everything dow n as itw as now 

com ing to sunset.Buta very strange 

feeling in the air.W ellitstarted to 

blow and w ithin a m atterofhours w e 

were dow n to triple reefed m ain and 

reefedstaysail(having no storm jib) 

buteverything was too m uch sail.W e 

took the m ain dow n altogetherand 

tried to m aintaln ourSoutherly course. 

How ever,this proved im possible as by 

this tim e the w ind had gotup to Gale 

strerlgth and w e had no alternative 

bu1to run before it.Istayed atthe 

helm a1Inightas by thls tim e the 

crew w eie a Iîttle w orried and 

ffightened.Yetthe children sleptand 

C h rissie m a d e m e hotdrIn ks. 

A Iaround m e green 

glow ing phosporescence. 

itwas like riding an 

incredible sea creature. 

an untam ed stalion. 

Iw irlneverfosgetthatnightas 

long as 1live.Isatatthe helm and 

steered the boatjust by the com pass 

dead before the w ind atw hatm ust 

have been atIeast 10 knots the boat 

surfing overthese trem endous w aves 

butno dangerat al.A 1around m e 

green glow ing phosphorescence,it 

w as Iike riding an incredible sea 

creature,an untam ed stallon.Chrissie 

and Iwefe both overawed by the 

experience and feltno threat 

w hatsoever. 

The storm abated aboutan houf 

afterdaw n.Iw as exhausted and so 

dropped alsailas the vvind started to 

drop and Ieftthe boatto herow n 

devices.How ever,this was nota 

good idea as a Iarge breaking w ave 

slapped into the starboard huland 

sentaI1the books flying offthe Iibrary 

in the porthu l we checked for 

dam age butthere w as none.By this 

time my crew w ere very frightened 

and w anted to getto land as soon as 

possible.W e1I/w e m anaged to geta 

couple ofsun sights during the course 

ofthe day and the w ind had dropped 

dow n to a 3-4 knots,The sun cam e 

outfora w hple and soon spirits rose 

and we started to hang outwet 

cloth ing a nd n appie s. 

NotforIong l'm afraid.W ithin a 

m atterofhours the w ind w as up to 

gale strength from the SW .W e had 

no cholce bu1to run before Itagain 

underreefed staysalonly,how ever/ 

thiswasnojoyridethewaveswere 

Ioom ing high and w ere threatening.It 

w as tim e to tra iIw arps so w e lead 

about300'ofrope wlth two tyres 

attac h ed from the stern beam .This through,and 1he nextday found us in 

keptt h e boatata steady 4.5 knots a Force 3 NW som ew here south of 

and kept herw eldow n.She rose Ushant.hopefu ly nottOo farOft 

b ea utifuly to each w ave anö W e Brest.W e spotted a sm alFrerlch 

h ar dl y had any w aterbreak overus at fishing boatand sailed by,asking our 

a 11 . 

Rosition .He obvioosly d idn , t 

understand and wasfartoo busy to 

By this tim e everyone,except be bothered by us / the m ostwe got 

m ysesï anö the children,were feeling w as a hand w avinq in the general 

sick,m iserable and frightened, direction ofBrestand a figufe ()f45 

especia ly Kevin and Andy.W e took it m iles . 45 m iles seem ed Iike the end 

in turns to steerand itw as very ofthe Earth itw ould take atIeast 

difficultto keep the boatfrom 

aoother 12 hours before we w ould 

broaching,as Isensed this could have s6) i lat Iand . Iw as w orried by lhis tim e 

been dangerous.M y little boy poked realising how the tides ran in thls 

his head outofthe cabin Iooked atthe area , 

two orthree Iarge flshlng boats 

w aves and thoughtthey were great steam ed by atthls tlm e obviously 

and w ished they w ere biggeç!6 heading iorBrest . Looking back now 

B y now we were unsure ofour 

itw ould have beeo prudent10 have 

position as Ihad m anaged to getOne 

se1offanotherflare and 

fji 

requeste 

ht 

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sightduring the course ofthe day,and tow .Aftera few bours o g w inds 

so aIwe had to go by w as a position 

a Polish cargo/passengerboat 

line steam ed by and so we IetO 

ff 

and thatIwas n0tabsolutely sure 

F:v 

another 

of,As having now experienced it,itis flare and beld outour w ashboard 

it 

alm ostdarned im possible to sightthe again.Only o 1 j to be given a loog ude of 

horizon 

undersuchcorhditions.As it justdidnttaly. 

1 error. 

, 

cqarled 

ourposition and It 

w as in the afternoon a Iarge super- 

His fBposllion putus 

tankercam e steam ir)g behind us So about 10m w est() rest . Iknocked 

w e cam e up w ith the idea ofsetting 

offhis posltion and this seem ed m ore 

offa flash and using a m arkerpen realistic.W e ( decided lo 1ay a course 

w rote in Iarge Iettering F.A.the code low 

fi ards US aafR 

ttkgtatjjouse to fgeta 

f or'w hat is m y position?/(how lIong x and hopefu ly to w ork into otlrw ay 

atthis m om entfora radio transceiver d 

th u ring the n Ig htto ru n Brestw ith 

ofsorts ourboathad no engine and e tide the fo low ing m ornlog j .W e 

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had to sallclose hauled and tne w rnd' 

ourbalteries foînav lights w eçe now 

hin 

exhausted .)W e lby a m lracle they saw was now blow ing NE and 

iI w It an 

hourw e w ere dow n to trp ()reefed 

and understood oufrequestand under 

extrem ely difficultconditions m anaged m ain and reefed staysail.ltw 

i d as 

to com e close in enough forus to hear Impos s ible to sa i1to w n w ard.There 

ck 

lheirvoices as they spoke through a w as anotherstorfn 

k com 

b ing. arpssie 

l oud hailer.They w ished us good luck 

was a Iittle . 

seasic utcoping we l, 

and lold us the w eatherw as going to 

she w asn 1 afraid as 

d 

she w as to() 

getvery bad 1!W elas it happened the busy w ith the chil re r) , kju!Kevin 

jnelpl and 

longitude 

w as exactly on m y Sighted 

Andrew 

lse 

w ere by now alm ost ess. 

position line w hich was a Iittle h ntthem be Iow to sIeep a few 

ours before the vvind gotup. 

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com forting atIeast.Iforgetourexact 1 t 

po sition atth is tim e as the Iog boo k dropped aIsailand w entbe Ow o jet 

w as Iostso a Isuch details are not 

us drlfl,by now itw as getting beyon(j 

k >'itnkn a1lourclothes w ete wet,w e 

Ushantjustinslde 

now n.W e were about 10O rniles off - h 

ad 

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theshipping lanes. me ss 

no d ry na pp ies,the 

fone 

g a IIey 

klnd 

w 

and 

a s a 

H ere IfeelIm ade a slip,as atthis 

w !th s p iIages o 

anolher.W hatw as to becom e ot 

pointw e had tw o alternatives (1)to 

u s .. . 

run straightback to Falmouth orl2) 

head forBrest w hich was nearer.M y Attjais point1felthighly 

crew being desperate to getto Iand I irrespons ible forw hat!had exposed 

chose to head forBresteven though my w ife an cj cjalcjren to 

. Vs/e had no 

wehad nodetailed charts.iustavery c ja oicebutto riöe1:oot . W e sat 

out-dated Adlard Coles N Biscay pilot. below ancjwaited , 1knew we w ere 

drifting out tow ards the shipping 

lanes arld now darkness w as com ing 

Lookfng back now it 

would have been 

prudentto haue setoff 

another flare and 

requested a tOW. 

anditwasbeqinning torain.Iwentto 

thenavigationhulandwoketheboys 

and explained w hatw as h app ening 

TheboatseemedOKiustlefttoher 

owndevicessoItwasagreedthatwe 

should have a tw o m an watch w h je 

wedriftedandwai!forthestorm to 

pass.Iw as exhagsted by tbis lim e, 

desperately needed to sleep even 

W e sailed the restofthe day'and though 1knew sleep w as irrlposstbte 

n Ig htin a how ling SW gale thatln the atthistim e.butIhad to rest alIeast. 

eabout rIy hours veered NW and dropped to ltold them to aw aken me Ifany shlps 

a a Force 6.Thatnighlfound us cam e close by.One shlp passed close 

ru n n in g the gauntlet betw een m asses by butw as no problem ,butw hlle 1 

o fshi pp iflg , lt was horrendous.W e rested below lheard Kevln and 

ha 

d no nav lightsjusttwo parrafin Andrew shouting desperately.Donnhng 

lam ps hanging fronn the rigging, m y Oilies lw entOn deck lo fInd 

som ehow we m anaged to get them w aving franticaly ata passing 

The Sea People/sailorm an No.8 July 1987

ship.lasked w hatw as going on only 

to be told that Kevin had flashed an 

SOS to the ship w ho was now 

m anoeuvering tow ards us.Iw ent 

berserk athim and asked whaton 

Earth did he do som ething Iike that 

for,he replied lhathe w as so 

frightened he had to.Itook overthe 

helm andjustdidn'tknow whatwas 

going on any m ore,here w e w ere 

nearthe busiestshipping lanes in the 

W orld undernow gale conditions and 

a bloody greatship bearing dow n on 

us.W hatcould Ido? Ihaslily w rote a 

m essage thatourboat w as 

undam aged butm y crew were afraid 

could any boatin the area tow us in 

anyw here.W e worked outthe 

m essage in m orse code and 

transm itted w ith the torch how everit 

w as notreceived.By now w e could 

m ake outthe boat - a m edium sized 

tram p ship Spanish registered and 

nam ed 'ANNA PAN DA'. 

Ihad no choice now butto try and 

go alongside and getthe boysand my 

w ife and children off,even though I 

knew thatthis could be m ore 

dangerous than riding outthe storm, 

as there were no problem s w ith our 

ship.0urfifstattem ptw as near 

suicidalas w e w ere on the Iee side of 

the ship but as he m anoeuvred dow n 

to us w e drifted tow ards his stern and 

justaswewerecoming alongside the 

crew threw dow n ropes to us butfor 

som e reason the prop ofthe ship was 

started,sending m assesofconfused 

w atera1Iaround us.W e thoughtthis 

w as the end w e w ere to be sucked 

into a w hirlpoolofprope lorblades 

and m ow ed to sm ithereens.The crew 

yelled to us to Ietgo ofthe Iines,as if 

we needed te lng!!W e sailed away 

and by this tim e lthink even the boys 

realzed itw as notgoing to be that 

easy,and Iw as very tem pted to sail 

offinto !he night.W hatstopped m e I 

do notknow ,we stayed on the lee 

slde ofthe 'AN N A PAN DA'as they 

closed in forthe second attem pt.This 

t!m e we c a m e a 1ong side am id sh ips, 

ropes w ere throw n dow n and m ade 

fastfore and aft now the m ayhem 

began. 

lw as given the 

choice to return to m v 

vesselor to abandon 

herand stay aboard the 

'A NNA PA NDA '. 

Thlngs w ere beyond m y control 

now,a boarding ladderw as dropped 

and two orthree Spanish crew m en 

cam e aboard dem anding to know 

w here the children w ere in their 

bunks sound asleep oblivious to w hat 

w as going on!W ithin m inutes the 

children w ere w rapped in their 

blankets and w ere taken on deck stil 

sleeping.Itried to calm the crew 

dow n as even they w ere afraid and 

fearfulofthe situation.The 'ANNA 

PANDA'was ro ling like hell,how on 

earth they managed to hand the 

children up to the crew on the ship 1'11 

neverknow,this seem ed Iike m adness 

and passing up baby Gaia she was 

nearly dropped in tbe confusion.1was 

beneath herand helped support her/ 

everyone was led offourboat w hat 

w as Ito do? Instinctively 1grabbed 

m y musicalinstrum en'ts sextant 

passports,m oney etc.,and Itoo 

boarded the Spanish freighter.W hat 

fo low ed w asan aw fulexperience.I 

tried to hold the Captain's Com pany 

responsible fordam ages to my ship, 

w e ended up having a terrific 

argum entas ltold him it w as not I 

who had sentthe SOS.Itwasuseless 

as faras he w as concerned he w as 

doing hisduty.Forthree orfourhours 

w e satthere deciding w hatto do.I 

w as given the choice to return to my 

vesselorto abandon herand stay 

aboard the W NNA PA NDA'.M y w ife 

and children w ere below w arm and 

safe and secure w rapped in blankets. 

Ithoughtaboutreturning to my ship 

alone,howeverthe weatherforecast 

w as thatthe w eatherwas worsening 

and w hen IIooked ather,from the 

deck ofthe W NNA PANDA'a bulw ark 

w as hanging offand each tim e the 

ship ro led 'Gaia'was pulled into her 

hu lw ith a sickening thud.M y boy 

cried and told m e to stay w ith him , 

everyone told m e itw ould be sheer 

m adness to return. 

the Iines to 'Gaia' 

w ere castoff and she 

drifted silentlv outinto 

the tem pest 

The captain realized the boatwas 

ourhom e and offered som ew hat 

reluctantly to try tow ing the boatto 

Bilbao,his destinationlbutfrankly he 

did notthink she would stand the 

voyage being tow ed at 15-18 knots. 

but it w as a chance w or'th taking. 

Howeveritw as notto be,as Iw ent 

to the boatand started to m ake fast 

Iines in preparation fora tow the 

Captain announced thatthere wasno 

tim e and that Iw as to board his ship 

imm ediately.W hatcould ldo Ihad 

delayed him by atleast4-5 hours, 

god know s how m uch ithad cost 

them already.Iboarded the Spanish 

freighterand the Iines to 'Gaia'w ere 

castoffand she drifted silently out 

into the tem pest,herreefed staysail 

flapping,a bulw ark hanging off,a 

scu ling oarhanging overthe side and 

a hurricane Iam p,alightand still 

hanging from the rigging.1stood 

there and cried and cried,stillunable 

to believe aI1thathad happened these 

past few hours.Iw as Ied inside by 

the comforting and sym pathetic 

hands ofa crew mem ber.1feltas 

though Ihad Ietthe boatdow n 

irrevocably.She had pu led us through 

gales,w as virtualy undam aged but 

justthrough sheerstupidilywe had 

Iosther,castouthom e oursavings, 

three years w ork,outinto the night. 

Everyone aboard the ship ralied round 

and broughtus dry clothing,food/ 

drink,anything w e w anted.M y fam ily 

w ere safe,Andrew and Kevin w ere 

safe yet1feltbitterand angry w ith 

them and blam ed them forthe Ioss of 

a perfectly good boat.Irealize now 

thatthis w as w rongdand ifthere is 

any blame itsurely Iies w ith the 

skipperforinappropriate action. 

So there w e recovered,sheltered 

from the storm aboard w hat 

am ounted to be a cruise Iiner w ined 

and dined and everything atour 

disposal.Iapologised to the Captain 

formy earliercom m ents and soon it 

was a Iforgotten.He realized ournew 

predicamentand assured me thatthe 

catam aran stood a good chance of 

being found as there were m any 

French shipping boats in the area and 

Ushantcontrolwould letitbe know n 

to a lshipping in the area to keep an 

eye outforher.Iwas nottoo 

optim istic. 

After1w o days we arrived in 

Bilbaq a large busy industrialcity in N 

Spain.W e w ere m etby the British 

Consul,doctors,Press reporters and 

photographers.W hat was to fo low 

was headline stories in three Ieading 

Spanish newspapers aboutour 

dram atic rescue and a reporterfrom 

the Daily Telegraph w ho seem ed to 

favourstories putup by the boys and 

w hich w ere printed in the 'Telegraph' 

as a crew s''m utiny'saves fam ily 

from the storm .The article w as a 

gross m isrepresentation ofw hat 

actua ly happened.It wenton to print 

only the version ofKevin and Andrew 

w ho stated /1did notthink w e would 

have stayed afloatanotherhour it 

was suicide being outthere w ith no 

navigation Iights and no control'.Of 

course,w e had control the truth of 

the m atterwas thatthey had Iost 

personalcontroland 1would notsay 

it w as suicide being outthere w ith no 

nav Iights,this could have happened 

to any vesselknow ing electrics and 

the sealAs forthisstatement about 

lasting anotherhour,the boatwas 

found one w eek Iaterby the French 

fishing boat 'La Neduleuse'and towed 

to the French porlofCam aret.She 

notonly survived the storm Ieftto 

herow n devices butwas com ing 

back to us as she was drifting dow n 

Biscay tow ards Spain. 

Chrissie and Iw ere in Bilbao.W e 

had a trem endous am ountof 

generosity and sym pathy from the 

people.W e are m usicians and as we 

had hardly any m oney w e took to 

playing on the streets and w ere 

rew arded generously.However, 

nothing could replace the feeling of 

Ioss tow ards ourboat.So w hen we 

received the calfrom the British 

Consulteling us thatthe boathad 

been found,we could hardly believe 

it. 

6 

The Sea People/sailorman No.8 July 1987

W ithin a m atterofdays 4was on a N ow forsom e practical For the w ould -be ocean sailol 

train heading up to N.W .France.M y i 

w lfe and children stayed w ith a fam ily nform 

. ation on /ong distance w ho thinks, afterreading the 

thatwe had gotto know.Iarrived in 

crutsing.Here are 

. 

som e extracts vachtm agazines 

' 

thathe 

. 

needs 

, 

c am aretand found 

, Gaia 

, alongside a Jrom w helan a talk that F,m and Heather electronic equipm entfor finding 

pontoon obviously a lttle w orse for 

gave aftertheir NA RA I his w ap;costing l/pe equlvalent of 

wearbutafloat . Icould hardly believe M k.lV 'IKA ROA'cruise to New one vear's supplv of food,note 

it The Customs and aM onsieur ZellBnd.PaF R*CtiCUI8r alteol/of7 tha?the W helans preferred the 

. 

Bakon were kind and helpfulin so to their rem arks t)rlbuving gof)t:f sim ple,m ore reliable and m tlc/n 

m any ways Icould notthank them al1chors as reallnsurance. cheaper celesttalnavigation. 

enough.The skipperofthe 'La 

Nebuleuse ' was expecting some kind T HE VOYAGE OF 'IKA ROA' l Slmilarly radlosare unnecessary 

.(especlalythe ham unless repetlive 

ofsalvage money,howeverwhen he FROM U.K. , gossip Is yourhobby) . 

lf youfeelthat 

realized Iwas notinsured and had by Tim & HeatherW helan 'carrying a radio wilkeep you safe , I.e 

Iitlemoneyitwasagreedtopaythe 

t) x 

W e spent18 m onths cruising on ifyouhaveapsychologicalneedto j 

crew a sm a lam ountforthe recovery, ourway to N .Z.and wouIcjfaave take a radio,then you probaby 

f180 Inal,verylittlecompared to il Iovedto havespentIonaeroverit , 

Shouldn'tbe golng Offshore crulshng. 

whatothershavehadtopayfor j/ butwedldn'thavethe'-funds.We 1 Wedidn'!evencaryaneclno 

salvage . Asitw as,the w ealherw as $lï 1 feelthatcruising multihuls , 

and 1Sounder - a Iead line works welfor 

beautifulwarm sunnydaysandthe F jh l: particularlyWharams,are ideal @SbaliOw draftm u1t1huIis S Im i1arIyw e 

' 

b atS forIong distance cruising, Used a home-made selfsteerdng gear 

peace and qulet ofCam aret,The boat O 

w as a mess an d unfortunately 1had 3Sthey are safe,seaworthy,otfer which yj saved thousands ofdolpars. 

good accom m odation and enough aisdoesn'tm ean we had no 

a1my sails stolen including a brand 

A.farfrom it we carrled far 

new m a insal,som e ropes and tools Space to carry adequate stores, equlpm too much!Butitwas en ' . a1Iequlpm entto 

etc.,butno one knew anything about 

tackle and tools forevery eventuality 

- because w hen you are crulssng, keep us selfsufflcpentand preventthe 

tbis' you should be selfrediant . 

NOCOSSItY Ofrunning up repalrb ls or 

buying spare parlsatexpensive 

Drytng everythpng out,w hata W e feelItisvery importantto prices . 

m ess carry sufficientchain to anchororaI1 w nslderthe folow ing essentlal 

? a painfulrem inderofaIthat 

chaio w hen the need arises,i.e.in 

e co 

had happened . 

(jcrulsing boaṭ 

Structuraldam age 

On a gOO 

Large w el 

am ounted to portbulw ark dam aged, 

coratorin 

R 

deep crow jIs 

ded are 

anchorages. generaly CRUCRRP 

cj 9 

aley ' 

good dry bunks 

em em berm ultihu 

Ienty ofventilation. 

, 

som e d a m age to the cabin s a nd Iihterthan m onos and w i11be h ave .d? large amountof 

h airline cracks appearing on 1he differently 

9 atanchorso thatifyou m 

ec otion, k space,1evelsaiIng w Ith a gentle 

and a huge aw ning ordeck 

outside ofthe hulls betw een the have anchored on warp (rode,Iine, tent . 'rhese ltems apply as m uch on a 

slatted decking.1am sure this w as w hateveràand the monosare on cru iin s g holpday In coastalw aters as 

caused by waves slam m ing betw een chain,you're in fora 1o!offun.Ifthe cross iog oceans . It's supposed to be 

!he hulls 1he cracks seem to be anchorage isdeep (10 fathom s)and fun oota macho endurance tesll 

' 

c rowded you'1Ineed so m u c h scope A' jlfound ga I1ey me ans peop le 

wherethep1y plankingjoins ' we 

horizontaly along the Iength ofthe ofwarp thatyou could surround the are go i ng to enloy cooking boatand butts up agalnsta strlngeṛ w hole fleet! 

derway , even 

Lln , and you aren'tgoing to be 

Also som e ofthe galey fixings have Itis also Im portantto carry more wanting to eatashore atexpensive 

b roken on the glue lpne. 

than one anchor.In an emergency restaurants.Ibottled fish ' 

m ade 

you m ighthave to Ieave an anchor bread,cakes and pancakes atsea 

Consider,ng w hatthe boatha s behlnd,oryou m ay need m ore than wlthouta second thought. 

b een through she hascom e back in a 

one ata tlme.Also differentanchors A Iarge am ounlofdeck space wlth 

perform dlfferently on varlous types a safe areabetween the cabins m akes 

rem arkabge state and I'm sure a few ofbottom i and the levei 

. Wecafr a56Ib. 

w eeks work and she w ilbe as good Fisherm an, 

ï' 

sailchangngeasy, j 

2 C.O.R.s (25Ib.and platform togetherw it atjae p Ie asa n t 

as w hen she left.This is one ofthe 351: )' a 22Ib . Danforth,and a 351b. motlon meansthatany foredeck work 

things Ihave discovered w ith Bruc'e . and feeltbatthe bestaI1 such as settlng the spinnakeror 

W harram sthatthey are easy to repair purpose anchoris the 35lb.C.Q.R. poling outthe genoa can also be 

() enerally w hen dam ages do occur.* (plow,plough). done farmore safely than on a 

I . 

Mostcruising yachtsmencannot lm onohuIi(orsomemu1tIs). 

W e have Ieftthe boatin Cam aret afford to pnsure theirboats so good TbO factthatW harram , s are 

, 

forthe w pnterand shallreturn to her anchoflnn tackle is a m ust . 

W e feel doubleended is excelent.Havlng sat 

in the Sprlng . The experience has ieft ( also its , *' bestnotto 1Ie up too m uch watchlng som e enorm , ous waves Iap 

us both a Iittle shaken butw e stil m oney in Iuxuries foryourboat, ontothe deck,we ve been very 

f eelwe need to give herand us a unless you can afford insurance. 

gratefusfora1l4 bow slSurflng ls 

second chance.The boal w as Betterlhatyourboatis seaworthy 

sometimes a 

, 

problem and w ith large 

,, transom s were sure Itcould ge:out 

intended forus to I've and to travelon and Strong.W e have , a 4 keeland , , a 

rubbing strip under Ika Roa s huls ofhand quite easily. 

and 

Alth 

so nextyearwe shaltry again. 

and w ere very glad ofthis when 

On anotheroccasion w e crossed a 

ough the experience was 

Ieaving Palmerston atollw here we tidalrip in the W estlndies and were 

uncomfortable att'm es Chrissie and I have m otored overa cora Ihead at 5 SXCV gli'd Oflhose long,overhanglng 

both had absolute confidence in our knots (crunchî) . 

bOW S;3 IeSS extrem e bow could have 

Vesse 1and notonce feltany danger Proved dlsastfous.W e also Iike the 

Ifaccidents (i.e.holes)do occur,it Iooks ofa W hafram'sIong slender 

ofcapsizeordesign failure , indeed I t iseasyto repairthedamageto a bowsand sterns . 

often questloned the ablity ofthe s im ply constructed boat. Ply-wood is In fact we chose to buld 'Ika Roa' 

boatm yselfduring the three years I available everywhere.The Iess because o'fherIooksand because of 

spenton getting herafloatbutshe com plicated bits you have to go James W harram'sclalm s forhIsboats 

stood up perfectly to the conditions w rong,the better. w e are pleased to say we are 9500 

w e encountered.Yes itw as Forexam ple , SatNav's.These are happy with ourcholce. 

uncom fortable and tiring butnever good navlgationalaid Rem arkabie! 

wereweafraid (untilwegotclose to butnotoriousforbreaklng e 

the 'ANNA PANDA').W harram s are down atinconvenienttim es. 

goodseaboatsthere isno doubtin PerslstentSatNavusers 'R 

ourm lnds. 

getIazy;CelestialNavi- 

gation takespractice or --.-. 

*The Chap kvhtlbuilther(Rol1 YOt3Startm aklng . * 

L an dricornbe)tan/h'Intended to IJSE'her m istakes. 

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published prlAm erica the 'Polvcat' 

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Canadian builders.and atone 

tim e,itseem ed possible tbatthev -'u . 

would take overthe editor-ship of 

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the Sa/orm an ,butonce The s .'s 

Boat'is built,there is onlv the sea 

palh. 

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coasta/cruise m ightseem idvlic, 

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butthe route they took is fam ous .! 

. 

in Am erican sailing hïstory for its :w .' 

sudden storrns and coastal . .%* 

àavfgaljon problem s.Their >> '' 

seeming idvlwasIike Tim arltj V. r .m wxra 

., .:. . .. 

. Heathe rW helan , s vovage from r.. .

W e IeftChesapeake Bay by w ay of w aiting fora suitable slantofw eather Am erican CivilW arw as fired against 

the Elizabeth Riverthrough the great to head outincluding AISunderland's Fort Sum pter.Charleston is a 

navalbase of Norfolk,Virginia,sailing ORO ''Banana Split''.Beaufort w as beautifulcity ofelegant southern 

pastdocked aircraftcarriers and Iike the startofa new chapterforus, m ansionsdm agnolias and greatshady 

nuclearsubm arines/frigates and the w eathergot warm again and the Iive-oak trees hung w ith spanish 

destroyers,tug boats and Ianding shorts cam e back outofstorage.W e m oss.This is realy ''The South''of 

craftand,on 1s1Novem ber,entered saw ourfirstpalm ettos,pelicans and film s and novels.W e on 'Oborea' 

the G reatDism alSw am p Canal.This dolphins.W e felt we w ere finaly rem em beritas the place w here 

historic waterway is Iittle used today getting south. hurricane Kate,the latesthurricane to 

as there Is a deeperw ideralternate pas! Beaufort the w aterw ay fo low s hit the U.S.m ainiand in overtwenty 

rcute thfough Chesapeake-Albem arle the coastfairly closely behind barrier 

canat.Itis often closed because of ban k s an d through Iand cuts 

Iack ofwaterand there are threats to c press swamps and rivers , 

xxaak ;'V 

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close it perm anently w hich would be tote j) broad harbour -- .. 71lfkskel1P.'tK 

a greatpity because ofits historical ofcharleston 

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associations,T hecanaIittwenty w jaere the xè '' 1 

m iles Iong and straightas an arrow fi $7z l l.'R'zf 

rstshot ,e j cslvhloao 

exceptfora slightbend rightatthe 0 fthe Iaxlstx o 

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m iddle.The route was surveyed by zw-J-'1-.:'x.- d 

George W ashington and the original 7'thtn? kaye oskwo o- -- 3oswlf .fq o , l 

shalow canalwasdugbyslaveIabour f te'.t.-..--. I 

and opened to navigation in1805. 

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and undergrowth are encroachlng 

ffom each slde so itisneccessary to 

keep an eye aloftto avoid catching 

ieaves in the rigging.W e m otored 

through thtstunneloftrees in a 

scom teadym plete istyrainanda1m calm as a gusty ost w ind 

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l W aterw ay crosses the sounds of NFp& 

x1 fhgztgg 

North Carolina, w ide shalow alm ost % xh x . o.-2 

tidelessbodiesofwaterw ith Iow .w.-e- '% < Abiṭ 

marshy banks w here the w ind can l t 

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e sailed through in a few brisk cool $ 

dayswithsparklingcIearskiesand 

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th rejoinedthe e first safe coastatBeaufort.This in Ie tso u th ofc a p e is -..-- ax.. --- .'*' -.--.-... . J '* .a Q -.--....-.1bIi . 

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'. s. ' independence. The supply base fof 

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tjje area is the dusty straggling tow n 

- - 

OfM arsh Harbourand ifyou anchor 

here Iong enough you w ilm eet 

alm ostany yacht cruising the 

Baham as. 

AtM an O'W arCay w e caughtup 

w ith David and Neila w ho had left 

Toronto a yeaçahead ofus in their 

- 'x. 

NARAI''W indchim e'';we w ere to sail 

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in com pany form uch ofthe next 

- 

. y.w 

month.AtLittle Harbourwe both 

a - beached outboats on the crescentof 

.- - . - sand beach to scrub and paintthe 

. N- bottom s in the Baham as the spring 

yearstooka sw ipeatus.W e had crossing)and any wind westofsouth tides have arange ofjustoverthree 

greenwaterovertheportsinthehuls isusual ï theprecursorofawinter feet. 

w hile tled to a dock,butsuffeced no ''norther , w hich m ay reach gale W dam age. force. t e sailed south from Little Harbour 

o Spanish W e ls in nor'th Eleuthera 

South ofCharleston w e sailed into W e leftFort Lagderdale foran 50 m iles across the North East 

the ''Low Country 'ofSouth Carolina Overnightpassage in com pany w ith Providence Channeḷ Atone pointthe 

and Georgia,lhreading through salt fourmonohullyachtsand with the chartindicatesadepth of2288 

m arshes thatoften extend as faras w ind from the SSS atabout 15 knots. fathom s , butw e w efe soon back in 

the eye can see,The occasional By the tim e w e reached the other ourm ore usualeightto ten feeț 

shrim p boatfollow lng a distant Side itwas blow ing hard from the 

channelseem s to be navlgating wes!and pretty rough . Som e ofthe Spanish W els is a bu stIing Iittle 

through fields ofgrass . Itis hard to crew w ere not fee Iing too w ellatail. tOW n Offarm ers and fisberm en ' a 

belkeve that you are stilin the s eeing ourfirstflying fish atöaw n 

com D 

plete contrastto ournextstop 

populous easterrnseaboard ofthe de u n m ore Tow n on H a rbour1s1a nd - 

m ; up fora Iotthough ' and tied up atthe otherend U.S.A.as you trave,this tfansitional io tlne crystalclearwarm w aters of 

ofan intricate 11 

zone between land and sea . Human westEnd harboursurrounded by m ile reef passage around the northern 

habltalions(and fuelsupplieshare 

alm s and casuarinas even Ginny 

tip ofEleuthera.This 

1 

sleepy resort 

very few and farbetw een. 

becam 

13 

e convinced thatIife w as w orth 

was once the colonia cap italofthe 

Baham as and is one ofourfavourite 

W ewere hitby the coldest living afteral.(The fourmonohuls tow nsin th 

weatherofthe entire trip as w e Sailed in som e two hours afterus.) fo e islands;recom mended 

ranyone Iooking fora relaxed 

crossed rnto northern Florida w ith w e crossed the Little Baham a Bank holiday w ithoutthe hustle and nighṯ 

overnightlow tem peratures dipping to to the Abaco Cays outofsightof Iife of Nassau . From the harbourit is 

..-2 OC.At Titusville,w ithin sightof land m uch ofthe tim e ? butw ith the a shortw alk across the island , past 

th e space shuttle Iaunch pads at bottom clearly visible eightto ten feet the oId governor's m ansion atthe 

Cape Canaveral,w e stocked up w ith dow n . And the blue ofthe w ater highestpoin! to the perfectpink sand 

supplies forfourm onths in the It's indescribable . 

beach orlthe' ocean side. 

Baham as and Oborea sank another Sailing the Baham as is quite a Nassau does nothave a particularly 

three loches lnto the w ater. 

s culture shock afterthe U.S.There are d tation w ith yachtsm en outh ofCape Canaverails tthe vlrtualy no 

goo repu 

, navigationalaids, 

but 

and we had to go there to pick up m ail 

laod ofthe rich and the tourlstand m ostofthe lights indicated on the and m oney,and besides we w anted 

those 

ourfo tha!serve and profit by them . charts do notw ork. Navigation is by to see tj)e capitalofthe Baham as 

urty footboatbecam e sm alas eyebajl.W e quite quickly learned to 'rjle 

. 

grea!floatlng places surged up and read the depth overa sandy bottom jnarbourhas 

id poorholding and 

dow 

n the w aterw ay Ieaving us asthe colourgraduated from a royal 

strong 

blow 

t es . The prevailing w inds 

bobbing 

in theirwakes.Life is afast blue through turquoise to a very pale heavy 

rightthrough itand there isvery 

paced and im personaland it is yelow atourthree footdraught m arine lraffic from the great 

. Itis cruise Iiners thatdock hece , tw o or 

everyone coast 

forhim selfon this Gold the dark patches thattake Iongerto th 

. 

ree a day,to inler-island freighters. 

Iearn and cause m ore w orry;are they fishing boats and otheryachts . As 

K- . 

We spentChristmas and New Year Weed?Some unpleasantly sharp w e 11jarge flying -boatstake offfrom 

in WestPalm Beach aswewereheld Coral?Orjustcloud shadows?Only the middleof1he harbourevery hour 

up forthree weeks waiting fora part exgefiefnce can teach. f() rM iam i lt is also the only place in 

. 

forthe engine and then anotherw eek The Abaco Cays are a string oftiny the Baham as w here itis neccessary 

walting forsuitable w eatherto cross islands paraleling the north and east to Iock the boat . W e spenta few days 

the gulfstream .This crossing is sides ofthe Iarge island ofAbaco . in Nassau visiting the touristsites 

trlckierthan it Iooks.ltis only about M ostare uninhabited buta few have the Straw M arket the Parliam ent 

sixty m iles across,butthe gulfstream picturesque Iittle settlements w ith Buildings.the casinos and tbe resort 

sets northw ard atabout2 !4 knots brightly painted houses and gardens beaches - and then Ieft 

w hich m eans that any w ind w ith fullofoleander,bourganvilea, ''W indchim e''w aiting forguests to 

north in it kicks up a nasty sea.The frangipaniand hibiscus.The inhabi. arrive by airand headed offacross 

prevailng w ind ls from the east (right tants are m ostly w hite Paham ians the Yellow Bank thirty m iles to the 

on !he nose foryachts m aking the decendants o/ Soqfaîists w ho fled the Exum a Cays . 

1O The Sea People/sailorm an No . 

8July1987.j

Im agine a necklace oftiny islands Ourreturn across the gulfstream aboard'ourelectronpc knot/log Iasted 

strung athwartthe trade w inds for w as a com plete contrastto ourtrip a couple ofm onths and w as replaced 

ninety miles in turquoise seas and you out,w e took a slantto the north w ith a m echanlcalW alkerl0g that 

have the Exum as.On the w indw ard w estto take advantage ofthe current w orked perfectly.The electsonic 

side ofthe chain the sea is deep and w ith an east w lnd of Iesslhan sounderbecam e erratic m pd way 

close in but rough - on the leeward five knots w e m otor-sailed m uch of through the trip and by the tim e w e 

side sand banks extend ou1fouror the 80 m iles to Fort Pierce. gothom e w as com pletely useless 

five m iles butw ith ourPolycat 

and as Ihave said the RDF fapled . The 

d raug htw e were able to thread the ThO W eatherin the late spring onIy yjaing thatw orked perfectly 

banks close in.M ostofthe Cays are being m uch m ore predictable than in throughoutw as oufcheap V HF 

uo inhabited and athough this is a the Iate autum n ofourtrip south ' we transce iver . 

fa m ou s cruisiog ground w e saw far took a num berof offshore hops up 

feweryachts than in the A bacos;w e the Coastto save tim e.Typicalof On ourIasl nightin the Allanîic 

had m any beaches and anchorages to these w as the 200 m ile run from St ''Oborea''suffered heronly dam age 

ourselves.Setttem ents are few and Augtlstine,Florida,to Charleston that ofthe trip.Selfsteerlng atdusk 

farbetw een and supplies w hen CtltOff a Iong curving bight of between Cape M ay and New York 

available,areveryexpenslve.At Coastline.InIightairsandcalms,but City,alargewavefrom astern 

StanielCay fresh w ateris 30è a W ith the gulf stream behind us ittook overpow ered the self.sleering kashup 

g aIlon - good incentive to catch your 1W O and a halfdays.The trip south and she gybed heavily , parting the 

ow nl over!he sam e 1eg butfo low ing the preventerand breaking the m aln 

m eanderings ofthe w aterw ay had boom . W e dropped 1he m asrnfofthe 

W e spenta w indy m onth hopping taken eleven days . rest ofthe nightand aldaw n resouth 

and eastthrough the cays, 

hoisted itloose footed . ltset 

spearing lobster,catching conch and ''Oborea''steers herselfreasonably 

rem arkably welibu!w e had to re . 

troling form ackerel,to George Tow n, w elundervarious sheet-to-tiler s ja eetitevery time w e cam e about 

. 

principaltown ofthe Exumasand Iast Iashups/butadjustmentistricky and 

supplybaseforyachtsheading farther certain coursesjustseem to be The StatueofLiberty wasgltterlng 

eastto the Turks & Caicos and the im possible,particularly 1n Iightw inds. io the sun afterherfef1 as we sI1pped 

Dom inican Republic.The Iarge Som e sortofAuto-pilo!w ould be a through New York harboura few days 

harbourw asdredged by the welcom e luxury forfuture voyages. before herre-dedication on July 4th . 

Am ericans during W orld W arIIand is John Belengerhad an Auto Helm fail w e had to race to clearthe harbour 

the site ofthe annualOut Sslands on his trip across the atlantic in his before the arrivalofthe greatcrush of 

Begatta where w ofk.boats from a1 ORO ''Pyxis''and spentseveral boatsthat were to attend lhis event . 

overthe Baham as salagainsteach Ietters to m e condem ning the unit.He 

oîher. has since instaled an Autohelm 3000 From the Hudson Riverto Toronlo 

and sailed from Barbados to Australia 

e took a shorterroute than on the 

forthe w e w aited a w eek atGeorge Tow n w ith itand spentan equalam ountof w ay ouț negotiating the thirty.odd 

w ind to shiftoutofthe south. space io p raise ofthis unit. Another Iocks ofthe Erie Canalto Osw ego on 

eastIong Island enough to press on to Long jaase Iw ould m ake is a new the south shore ofL 

and Conception lsland butit 

purc 

. Ebco although 

ake O ntarpo.The 

didn't, sextant,our , 

Iake Iived up to fts usualreputalion 

so on Aprtl8th 1986 w ith tlm e su fficiently accurate has poorplas:ic in July itw as bitterly cold and w e 

running Troplc shortat 23!4 O south on the optics thatm ake starsights e xtrem ely had to getout ourwoolpes thalhad 

ofCancerw e started to head d i fficult. Navigation offshore w as been stored forthe pastseven 

back M north,forty miles to Ca1Island. 1tely by dead reckoning and months and we had head 

ainly agricultural this island boasts 

com p e 

ijobservatpons as ourRDF 

w kndsfor 

, c e Iesta 

had m ostofthe 140 m iles from Oswego 

the 206 h fIg hestpoin tin the Baham as - packed it in by this tim e . W e did not to Toronto.W e arrlved hom e July 11th 

eetabove sea Ievel! 

have m uc ja 

success w ith electronics w ith 5,300 

m ilesundefourkeel. 

Between CatIsland and Eleuthera 

Iies uninhabited Llttle San Salvador. 

Tl31s wa s o nceîhe ''u n in ha bited 

desertIsland''w here cruise ships 

dropped theirpassengers fora day, 

butthey no longerdo this and the 

rsland w ith Itstw o m ile long perfect 

crescentofw hite sand beach becam e 

ourow n personaltropicalparadise. 

ln south w estEleuthera w e 

stopped atthe abandoned Pow el - 

PointM arina.This was one ofthe sad 

things abouttbe Baham as - we saw ' . ' ' - 

* 

so m any businesses,from resorts to . . 

cattle ranches ' thathad gone outof ' *' 

businesssince independance In 1973 

. 

, u;::. ..,....v# 

' a z '* yo: New Iaw s require thatalIbusinesses -' .* 

. 

-' 

be m anaged by Baham ians and there .>,F 

. e * . 

are sim ply notenough natives w ith 

the experlence (or,Isuspect,the 

inclination)tokeep these places 

going.They flounderalong fora while 

and then go bely-up.Itis a sad w aste 

asthey could provide needed . 

em ploym ent. 

&. /' 

W e coasted up Eleuthera ' 

stopplng -''r , .. 

atGovernor's Harbourand Hatchet N ' . 

Bay,back to Spanlsh W els from 

whence we retraced ourpath back 

e'* 

through the Abacosto W estEnd :- -v 

Grand Bahama. 

Hawks BillCap;an oninhabited Baham a 

he Sea People/sailorm an No.8 July 1987 11

Ithas been an unforgeltable year. 

Ourlives had changed gear,dropping 

into synchronization w ith nature - . 

the rhyth m s ofthe su n and the stars ' ,7 I.,S 2.< .Jw .--. ṿx G .. x. . ': . ' . 't c 

1 he m oon a nd the tide s.Prieritie s I-3x t.t;W'.-i-' ā't(: 

.' . 

ws '., '2-.-?. .; :. . ''. . .. ' . .' . 

. 

changed .g 

b 

as ourIives were governed .. ..j.r.' - y . .-. .z-c. ,, 

J. , 

. 

-. . 

ythesenaluralrhythmsand by the . = D YA-:':'M T'.. . :w .L.2* .'' ' 

weather,and always circum scribed by . '' .vF'-s' : .7. ,..2 -/,k.-- ,œ= 

.. . . o. C :' ..' . ' 

. ' w. . 

the sea.Now - back in the w ork-a- ' 'a'' ' .7. ..'2.. .-w 

day worldofthe clty - 

this ' r. .s=. . *'.-. .-..- -' -s.:)gyjii.v .u c,. ' . 

sensitivity hascompletely disappeared =< W '= E') . ')-.:'' - kh 

buthopefu ly aftera yearatthe '- s.. . 

grindstone Itw ilbe re-awakened on ' '-- 

anothervoyage, . 

One Iesson w e Iearned w as notto ' .. 

plan too fara h ead ;if we Iiked w he re

Finalv this laconic reportof a 

tough PAHI31 trip along the 

Australian coastby M ark Parrat. 

Plh i 

P u b -evaw t 

ADELAIDE SYDNEY 

by M ark Parrat 

Ifinaily Iaunched 'W HETIKURA'or 

'EV EN IN G STA R 'ou rPAH I31 in 

January ofthls year(1985)in a lttle 

backwaterin PortAdeiaide,South 

Australia. 

Before Igo any furthefIshould 

m ention a good friend ofm ine Robert 

Ayliffe,w ho also builtand launched a 

PAH I31 'PA PE R M O O N 'a Im ost 

exactly a yearbefore.(Sea People 

No.5 p.24)Unlike m ine,Robert's was 

a com plete W .E.S.T.boat,W e had an 

exhilarating sailearlierfrom W angaroa 

1s.to Port Adelaide,a distance of 80 

orso m iIes in less th an 10 hou rs w ith 

speeds up to 15 knots w ith a 20.25 

knotS-SW - a beam reach.Robert 

was im m ensely supportive and helpful 

w ith my boatbuilding and Iaunching. 

Aftera couple oftrips on 

'W HETIKURA'around 1he GulfW aters 

w pth friends and helpers IIeft 

Adelalde ratherunprepared forSydney 

in M arch as w e w anted to pass 

through the Bass Straits before 

w inter.The Journey Iasted about2 )i 

m onths w ith 14 days sailing lim e. 

Because ofouraversion to strong 

w inds forw ard ofthe beam and 

anything strongerthan that from 

forward,behind above orbelow w e 

consequently supported a few bars in 

pubs offrlendly Aussie tow ns w ith 

friendly Aussle folk . m ostare Iike 

thataftera few ales.M ysesfand 

sturdy crew ofthree Iatertw o one 

left afterseven w etdays in cold 

Victorian ports.W e aIhad som e 

sailing experience ofvarying degfees 

and vintages,so togetherw e 

som etim es confusedly sailed South 

Eastand North atroughly the right 

tim es and the right places,happily 

notbum ping pnto any Iand at 

inopportune m om ents. 

There w ere tlm es w hen the 

adrenaline system s in ourco lective 

bodies received a burstortw o 20.2 5 

knot Northerlies on !he beam across 

Southern Victoria,w ith the w ind 

setting up a shortsteep sea w ith 6.10 

footw aves.Forsom e hours we 

crashed through alm ostburylng the 

bow s and w ith greatIashings ofspray 

untilfina ly we had the good sense to 

puta reefin the m ain and change the 

genoa fora yankee,butitw as good 

to press 'W HETIKURA'a little - 8-10 

knots butthe golng becam e a bit 

rough and w etand was a Iotm ore of5-10 racing yachts sw ishing by, 

com fortable and not m uch slower intensively active crew s sw arm lng 

w ith a sailchange,although that overdecks jet-engined hydrofoilsto 

experience and som e Iater m ake m e M anly like big skim m ers on the w ater 

feelthe necesslty of a spray dodger (sklm mers - beetles thatskim over 

and weatherc10th protection around puddles).Ratherthan continue up to 

the cockpit(any ideasand 

the HarbourBridge we took a 

suggestions gratefulfor).W e had a starboard tack up to M iddle Harbou r 

slow,uneventfulsailacross the Bass and Castlecrag w here Iam alpresent 

Straits,m etsom e dolpbins on a stillm oored.'' 

m oonlitspree offNinety-m ile beach' Thi 

m any phosphorescentantlcs,gota 

s trip to m e reads Iike a glorified 

Iittle Ioslthatnight pub crawl.Bob Evans ' 

. 

a form erPCA 

Chairm an,once said,thathe bu lth1s 

Laterw e had an exciting sailfrom NARAIto sailcom fortablv to everv 

Eden to Sydney w ith a brisk buta bit pub ofcharacteron the South coast 

flukey SW w hich gave som e great ofBritain.Ourm ap of'W HETIKURA 'S ' 

surfing runs but necessltated a couple trip seem s to show an equaldream .l 

of cold 3 and 4 am sailchanges,and like the phrase ''so togetherkve 

lo and behold Sydney at 8 o'clock som etim es confusedlv sailed South, 

Satuzday m orning,busy w ith the Eastand North''.Ibetthev d1d Ed 

w eekend recreationalfleetand racers 

bursts of brightspinnakers and rushes 

IM A G IN E C H A RT ERS 

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So farin tll/'s issue we had The bulwarkswere made ofregular every crab potshe runsacross in the 

Eddie Evan , s sttattering storm exteriorply,''W ESTed'',painled and gaps between herskegsand her 

, capped w ith a varnished m ahogany rudders.This notonly angers the local 

story and the Huebsch s vearlong raiḷ They are sound butdo not ja o Id watermen butalso cuts down on her 

sailawav the following article is paintwelland the varnish , ofcourse, perform ance m easureably.As partof 

abouta NARA Ithatis described startsto goas soon asIcleanthe herrefit,theIowerrudderhinge with 

bp'the author as a 'fam ilv friend'. varnish brushes.Iam fibreglassing boltwilbe replaced with agudgeon 

z 

tbe bulwarks and going to try ''Deks extending af!from the skeg,flush 

One ofthe problem s ofthe olje''on the rails . w ith it's bottom and a pintelon !he 

W harram catam arans are radical Th e beam s were m ade from solid rudder.We alsothinkthatgiving the 

design and construction changes firsurrounded by 3/8'marine ply Skeg/rtldderabetterhydrodynamic 

m ade by ow ners.Joe and Jeannie having afinished sizeof8'x4/'. Sbapeandclosingthe gap asmuch 

M il erhave obviouslv m ade They have notdone welasthe ply aspossible (as suggested ,, in on ofthe 

C hanges in theirNARAIM k.ll but Corners have splitasthewood beams early ''Sailorm an journalslwilbe 

the 

' Itting in beneficialto herperform ance. 

. 

v have done lt/n 

. 

the 

, 

right 

expand and contract,e 

way ' b step in the lightof m oisture i beam Ieading wasreplaced to rot.The with forw a6'x ard 

, step p 

m a n 

TbeeNgioeWeOriginalyinstalled 

. w as a Tecum sa 16 ph aircooled gas 

years ofthelrsailing ownership. 4 'aluminium 1beam about6 years eng ine with electronic ignition driving 

/do notm ind changes in the ago.The connecting brackets were an extended Ocean outdrive , sim ilarto 

. 

deslgn thatm ake the owner 

m ade from the sam e section and set 

thatshown in ourIetterprinted in the 

h in the rubbertyre shock absorbers as April . 74 Sailorm an appy.W hatlfearand g&!angry in the 

. 

originaldesign. 

W e used direct, 

The galvanized rat jaertlaan v beltdrive , how ever. 

vvith are changes of the design steelmounting bolts were insulated Thatsystem was inexpensive to 

w hich m ake the boatuglv or from the aluminium by tightfitting instaland operate and worked wel 

dan gerous,forsuch boats are a P.V.C.waterpipe which was heated enoughto getus from Virginia to the 

threatto aIIofus. 

then slid overeach bolt.The new Bahamas,butneverpushed the boat 

beam cost,then,about$120 and more than 3 or4 knots in acalm The 

saved about82 pounds.The 

engine becam e difficultto startand ' 

Joe & Jeannie M illerabouttheir alum inium beam hasIasted welsofar tjj esys tem was replaced witha 25hp 

NARAIM k.II'M ADRIGAL'U.S.A. and weplan to replacethe aftbeam Jo 

jjnsonoutboard in Nassau in 1977 . 

w ith a sim ilarbeam and the tw o m id Thatengine has worked welto date 

Jeannie and lare the builders of beam s w ith alum inium 6 'x 3 

, M , , 

.25'/ 

adrigal,a 40 M ark 1NARAIw ith structuralchannels as partofour 

and easily,though som ,v 

ew drigal'at 

hat 

expensively,pushes a 

extended Iaunched 

centralcabins.She w as refit 

in 1975 and w e lived aboard A 

' about 6 knots at3/4 throttle.Parts 

and cruised the EastCoastofthe U.S. b centralcockpitw as added and m aintenance seem to be 

and the Baham as on herforthree etw een the 2nd and 3rd beam s ubiquitousw hich w as not so for 

years.Afterthatshe w as day sailed 

w 

l 

hich incorporates seat/storage m any ofourcruising friends w ith 

regularly unlilaboutthree years ago 17 ockers 

, around the perim eter 

' extends m ore esoteric auxilary pow er.The 

.5 below the top ofthe beam s Johnson w as eventualy m ounted on 

w hen sh e w a s benig n Iy a band oned 

w hile we builourhouse on the shore 

and has a solid centraldeck.The the aft,narrow end ofa flat, 

ofa sm a lcove offthe Chesapeake 

cockpitadds 

M 

greatly to the Iivability of triangularstructure m ade from 2 x 4s 

Bay.Now 

she sits again in ourback 

adrigalby providing seating for 14 and a piece ofplyw ood.The w ide 

yard awaiting a refi! 11 years afterher orso people,Iots ofextralconvenient fore end ofthe triangle is hinged to 

Iaunch.W 

e thoughtyou m ightbe 

storage and a central,reasonably dry the back end ofthe centralcockpit. 

i nterested In how she has fared and 

area to sailthe boat.Slam m ing has W hen raised by the supporting block 

w e would Iike youradvice on how 

notbeen a problem ,although, and tackle,the engine is atdeck level, 

she could bere -rigged w ith a single admittedly,we intend neverrounded (or justbehindthe 4th beam .W hen 

m ast, 

to round)Cape Horn.W e also Iow ered 

' the engine is protected from 

think thatthe addition ofthe cockpit the waves com ing from the bow by 

'M adrigal'was built pretty m uch laelps strengthen the boatagainst the triangularm ount . Ithas never 

according to yourplan.an additional shearbetw een the hu ls . W e had been staled by sw am ping.The engine 

fram e was added atthe central centra 1w 

heelsteering fora w hile but has been started by hand in the up 

station ofeach hulto m ake up for didn'tIike itbecause itw as slow and position then quickly low ered bu1 

the greaterspan betw een fram es 2 la a rd to steerw ith the foot w hile electric startand a sm alw inch in the 

and 3 in the extended cabin version. Ieaning againstthe cabin side eating cockpitw ilbe partofthe refit . 

Good materialswere used.The huls, lunch (orwhatever) . A centraltiller 

decksand cabinswere made from Witlathe postjustbehind the 3rd Otlrmain source ofconcern iswilh 

3/8.'m arine (5 ply)plywood and beam connected to the rudders w ith tbe Sailing rig.'M adrigal'was rigged 

clearfirIum ber,fastened w ith silicon cable 'w illbe partofourrefit, as a Sprit-sailketch w ith galvanized 

bronze ring nails and Chem Tech 

w ire rope setup w ith deadeyes.Our 

epoxy g 1ue . 

She was sheathed on the The Slatted decking between the prom ise to oilt jj e rgg i ing every 6 

ouls,de w ith Chem Tech epoxy/vectra 1stand 2nd and 3rd and 4th beam s m onths was on jy 

keptforthe first 

system and painted w ith epoxy prim er m ade ofcuprinoled and painted fir few years and now the rigglng is 

a nd Z Sparflatw hite paint.The has been a source ofcontinual rusty and needs to be replaced.The 

ins 

ide w as saturated w ith clear m aintenence fun.W e plan to replace 

, ,, fuly battened mizzen setinIazyjacks 

cuprno 

b thas i Iand stood painted.Thatpartofthe up very we l,only itWith W OOd tbatis 5/4 x now 4 pressure sold in this treated area for works weIan 

ja 1 boataround d is essential(backedl 

oa 

to bring t e 

requiring m inordry rot repairof one house decks and stain it w ith regular neverbeen particularly pleased W e have 

. w ith 

slem 

, one stern and one ofthe sliding deck stain. 

the sprit-sail,finding itinefficientto 

hatches.A new coatofpaintwil One of'Madrigal'smostannoying windward (in which direction we 

have the basic boat as good as new . habits has been to pick up the Iine of ALW AYS seem to be sailing)and 

14 The Sea People/sailorm an No.8 July 1987

cum bersom e to m anage w ith the brails 

show n pn the plans,The solid 

hy 

' 

'' 

Iam lnated fIrspars also seem to be 

inconsistantwlth 'keepitIight' $ h < . ' m ultihulphilosophy. ! 

(R uth W harram and a few others 

-kç 

Iove the Polvnesian SpritRig.M anv 

d'slkeit,forl(7makeitsailrjust'right 

requires 'fêddling 'with bits ofstring - 

IEd.) 

Ij efficie WewouldIiketore-rigwithamore 

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m uch Ioved and adm lred partofour - '* - ' 

fam iIy and rejuvlnated w ilco ntinue ' '- ' - ' ' 

to provide us w ith severalmore years '.' ' 

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THOUGHTS ABOUT AREOI 

According to theexperiencegained 

IM PROVEM ENTS 

while cruising,wehave made some 

b alterations.The folow ing is abrief 

y Helge Nedreboe.Norway (j es criptionofthe modificationsdone 

so far. 

fphotos on page 15) 

- w heelsteering . This is a sim ple, 

E hom e-m ade system w ith rope from 

ach tim e Ireceive a new issue of the 

The Sea People/sailorm an wheeldrum through blocksto x, 

, 1feelI 

CAPTAIN COO ojxGjjv Fon 

the centre ofthe tilerbar. 

oughttocontributeto yourm agazine. 

A CAPTAIN COO K 

ArticlesaboutAREO4S haveaftera1I - Netting beams.To save both by Doug Sm ith 

been very few so far. w eightand m aintenance these have beenreplaced by 75 x 4m m (Sw ansea,S.W alesl 

since w e Iaunched ourAREOI alum inium tubes . 

SOTA in Seplem ber,82,we have 

- Com panion hatches.During our w hen Isaw you atBeaulieu about 

spentas m uch tim e sailing as the t w o firstseasons we found that 

3 ycars ago Isaid 1w anted to have a 

shortNorw egian sum m ers perm it,and the y were too faroutfrom the catam aran tenderforthe catam aran 

w e think w e know the boatw elby cock pits and the ain lifting as Ithink people spend a Iotoftim e 

OOW ' hatches could be m anaged btlilding a boatand then eitherbuy an 

' w ithout.W e wanted sideways inflatable orfibreglass dinghy.80th,l 

15 B ack in 79 we received plans No. 

t ies to the m ain cabins believe have disadvantages apartfrom 

, and the boat was builtexactly as en r 

iIi because ofthe 

, 

show n in these.No big problem s were espec a y 

children. doing nothing to com plim entthe boat. 

experienced during the process,and 

The fram ings were cutoff,and pre- SO IIooked fora suitable size 

Iam inated plyw ood sheets w ith a Catam aran foruse as a tender - it 

the 

B 

plans were quite understandable. 

u!there are öetails w hich obviously pfopercam b e rw ere nailed/glued on had to be Iightand strong nottoo b!g 

can b e im proved (and som e probably 

the cabin roofoverthe entire m ain SO itcouldn'tgo between the hu , 

ls, 

are by now ), 

Iifting hatch opening.A new cutout and nottoo sm alas itw ouldn tbe 

fitting the existino com panion adequate forcarrying people and 

lnmyopinionthefolowing should hatchwasmadellong theinner Rrovisions.Ibelievesometimesthere 

beconsidered: edge ofthecabin roofjustaftof isOn1Y One answertoa problem, 

the m astbeam .The opening w as W hich y0u m ight notsee atthe tpme 

- A cabin roofIam inated from 4m m extended dow n to the cabin side but having solved the problem you 

pIy shees and m ade in one 

stringer know itw as the only w ay itcould be 

operatlon, lke the cabln sides 

, and corresponding cutouts 

' were m ade in !he cockpit side done . . To You m ustbe able to carry 

would save tim e and effort.Cut- do this i! w as necessary to lower P rovisions in the huls so to keep 

outs 

t 

forthe hatches and beam - the cockpitapprox . 45m m .The 

them dry going through the surf . You 

roughs should be m ade after- hatches now slide athwartships w anta decen!dtstance betw een you 

w ards.Strips underthe cabin roof bet w een lam inated stiffeners on aod the waterto keep yourselfdry in 

and m ain hatches should also be the cabin roof w hile separate ply norm alconditions , and som ething 

Iam inated (on the samejig asthe boardsslideup/down ' alongthe whichcan also doubleasa Iife raft. 

hatch coam ings). cabin side . 

Tlae answerw as there ai11he tim e - 

in the garden - the CAPTA IN COO K . 

- coverplates ln bow s and sterns - A catwalk is fitled betw een the So 

should be Iam inated from three forward netting beam and the 1st Iscaled i!dow n bv a )k.Along 

i ayers of4m m ply. crossbeam 

the m a in bu Ikhead s m a k Ing 1 Ion g 

i , and a slatted platform h atch 28 , x 12 , 

. Ofco urse Id id n , 

sfitted af1ofthe cockpits flush 

1 

- M aking the daggerboard cases took 

w ith the d ecks. 

See the need forany beam troughs.In 

more tim e and effortthan w e thlnk 

the beginnig,Iconsidered using il 

they are w orth.The volum es - O riginaly tbe double m ainsheet w ith sails but 1think the disadvanoccupied 

can add valuable stow ing Shown in the plans w as instaled. tages were m ore than the advantages 

room .Origina ly daggerboards were This has now been replaced by a as itw ould be farsim plerto handle 

lnstalled accordlng to the plans but Sheetattached to a travelerrunning by anyone,w hen Ieaving the main 

' 

w lthout success . w eatherhelm on a curved track overthe boats boat in anything ofa sea,going from 

was excessive,and w indw ard entire w idth. 1he boatto the beach and through 

perform ance w as Justas good - Rigging screw s have been instaled the surf back to the boat. 1w ilonty 

w ithoutthem .They have been instead ofthe originallashings be using a light2 - 4 hp outboard 

replaced by vortex generators,30 x excepton the backstay and the engine w hich elim inates the need lo 

9Ocm and sem icircularatb0th innerforestay. have rudders.As to the Iife raftpart 

ends,and the m astis stepped 5cm Thi s w e found neccessary to get 

Ofthe dinghy,you w ould also carry a 

m ore forward.The boatis now 

the rig properly tightened.The 

Suitable kite in 1 ofthe hu ls,w hlch 

very w elbalanced 

' 

and occaslonbeam 

Iashings are very tight,hu l 

would be an em ergency sail. 

ally salls herselfto w indw ard 

flexing is lessthan 5m m atthe Ihave covered the 2 huls in 4m m 

w ithoutanyone steering orthe edge ofthe cabin roofatbulkhead pIy and m ade the hatches.A Ithe 

rudders lashed. 

4 . 

hulis need now iscovering in fibreglass 

and expoxy resin.Juslsufficsent 

- The cockpitfloors should be Nevertheless forestay sag is to b e m ade durable and notheavy, 

curved d orinclined forbetterself pronounced,and this Ithink is due ea cja jlul!w eighs 22kg . Apartfrom 

raining,and the Iifting seats to fIexing ofthe m ast beam and m a in 

bulkheads the m ain partofthe 

dessgned to be splash proof. 3rd crossbeam . boatIs com pletely sealed to give 

Ourboom Is m ade from a standard 

aIum inlum profile w ith a groove, 

Experience w ith the beam Iashings 

is good.They are easy to tighten,and 

buoyancy.So even if both the hatches 

were blow n offand filed w ith water 

butused upside dow n.Furnished stay so fora long tim e.Retightening itstillw ouldn'tsink.so w lnat isn't 

W ith a rope along Its top,like tlae baS been done approx.once a year. used forstorage has a function of 

Iuffofa dingy m ainsail the Cbafing is no problem butw e do take m aking itvery buoyant.Ofcourse 

decktentcan slide onto the boom . Care w hen m ooring up.M ovem entof this isonly a one offand w as the 

- 

the beam s relat've to the hulls is Iess 

only solution to m y problem as I 

A iongerforestay attached to the than 5m m even in a choppy sea.So couln'tthink ofanything betterfor 

netting beam instead ofthe bridle fartbere have becn no leaks through both the overalappearance ofthe 

w ilperm ltan easierand safersail the boltholes. ''- ----1 m ain boatand a very seaw orthy 

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Asto whathas been happening Iw ilbe launching the boat 

otherwise.The elderdaughterJule Sometime nextyearand willbe Iivlng above . 

. 

hasbeenfuItime 

hasbeengetting 

on the boatand On itfultime by theautumn,then I No,nota 

1ilvotved in various m ustdecide on the nextm ove.Then' m odel,buta dingh k: 

thlngsIhave beendoing . A lcng w ith this is the hard part/turning your Doug Sm ith's Captain Cook with 

herm other,she w enton a 4 day dreams into reality.Anyone can bu ld ,!'J Size tl()py'On top. 

course in Portsmouth (Hayling Island) aboatbutvery few survive on a 

to getherlong range MF/HF Marine boat,butIam sure,1can and wil. beloW : 

Radio licence,AsVHFMarine has W e al1setoffwith adream and as Planked dinghv readv for finishing 

only a range ofabout 30 m iles it has Iong as you face up to the reality of kouches . 

no use to you about500 m iles the dream there is no reason w hy you 

offshore.The M F/HF you can can'tsucceed . 

C 0 m m u n1C a te aCro SSa rlO C e a n .Ih ak/e . 

recently bought an am ateurm ob le 1 ' : 

radio,w hlch w llbe going along w ith . z 

usonthebo atso aIong w ith thisand , t g . 

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theM F/H Ftranscelverwewilhave Iï!.'- 

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worldwidecommunicationatany 

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time. 'c4 ) ' ; 

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They are also doing nlghtclasses . - 

thiswinterto gettheirOcean ? 2.. . . 3. 

Yachtm asters . The youngestdaughler i: 

: 

1s a ls o d o In g a Ith is b u t ab o u t 1 y e ar 

.1' 

be h ind .Also J u Iie h a s been on a . 

scuba diving course for5 m ontins and 

w ilbe going on deep sea dives this - 

sum mer.A Ithis is ln preparation for - *' 'f 

. f 

w hen the boatis fin ished . ' . -- ' '' 

ThisyearIwilbemakingthe --- i 

beams,rudders daggerboards . 

command pod (whichatthe moment -. .q . 

< . . 

. 

is in kitform )and filtlng outthe huls. 

IIntend fltting double glazing 

throughoutthe boat.Each hu lw ilbe 

Independentofthe otherforcooklng ' ' 

washlng etc.Cooking wilbe by 

m 1cro w ave. 

f *r . 

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During this winterAndré Viljoen daggerboards,drop rudders etc. windward performance,there is 

staved with us,draw fng outthe to achieve those extra few wfzlpfrl3he TlKland TIKIROA 

HITIA 77building plans.André Fs àegrees c/oserto the w'fncf? kv/nat range,(between the lkvo forw ar: 

the builderofthe beautiful loss ofstabilitv occurs through crossbeam s)an area where a 

TIKIROA 'ANNA BLUM E',shown extra w indward perform ance due throuqh deck daggerboard can be 

in 'SeaPeople/sailorm an'No.7 lo hig tsailr/ys and deep mounted.ForaITIKI2 7sailors, 

p.38.He finished his boatin a daggerboards? hfow long , 

in including m e,Ithink,thatforaIl 

cold.storrrtv Dutl//'n autum n /ast roooh , 

un-sheltered waters can round sailing itwould notbe 

vear,too Iate to Iaunch anà test h' ou sail'close'to the w/nà before worth the effortto installsuch a 

herSd9//'r16?. vou have to free off , 

say to daqgerboard.However,kve have 

D ' 

ub ln,or.to be m ore correct 

45*500 because ofthe sea 1eSS . 

krlokv/ec/f?e aboutTIKIROAS 

tt)e portofDun Laoghaire 

conditions? 

Sa/zg. 

, has 

som e verv ffrle , hard weekend ms a designer lwould //'kt?to S% it/& W ith J'/fastlr'e thatI 

racers,Italso had recentlv a take oartin a cooference 

, 

that introduce three TIKIROA reports 

svm posium on racing m ultihulls /'d realisticallv discuss such Vor'rlCanada,Am erica and 

' COU 

w here racing 'perform ance'kvas tioos forbroad assessm ent XUSCO XO'These buildecs SOOrN 

ques . 

the subjectdiscussed.yh?such (yfoture design developmeot . 

'SotbSfït?d Vv'th the a# l'Ound sailinq 

an 

conferences and m eetings, w sx,,lnm aninn i. .a,a.=.,.w=?u, abilitY OftheirTIKIROAS.Itseems 

w indward perform ance,?'.e.the - --''--. '-%''''b''* t'-''*'-'''

PhilHooperfrom S.Australiasent qF. 1èId)k'$ . 

k(-r':-e'1 .. . 

l. 

-. 

usthisletter.Helaunched 

TIKIROA la 

his 

x'ln-pki 

V .'L' ' 

. 

, 

styear,butdue to having &. . 

1 

. 

the wrong size m astsuffered a m ast ,.. ' : 

' 

1 ! I 

breakage.He is now back on the ' ' 

waterwithanew mast. 'l ' ' . 

Im anaged to ordera m astw ith a '. l 

sectlon 150 x 98.(Despite trying 

everywhere,to getamaslwidth 

j 

largefthan 100m m itw ould have -.. -. -x .< 

meantgetting a 18O x 105 section -* ' '---' 

- 

with a corresponding w eight : ;w .' . . , . . . 

'- 

-'' 

-' . 

d 1Sad Va ntage.h ' .... : . .. . .. 

Austfalianmastsseem to be long '' --*'-C1>>b'- - ' - '' 

and narrow in section'Howeverwith .v',- .-1 

th e n e w m a st in sta 1e d a n d th e 

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-'*> 

.. 

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. . . 

boltom anti-fouled Irelaunched the -r-r') rr :(! . . 

boatlastweek in February and 1am ...-..' ' . 

thriled the weatherw as perfecl (our . - . - ''-' - '-. ' :'R- ' ' '- 

. + . - -x - . . . 

s u m m er)a n d w i!h a w e k s h o Iid ay ,* .. *< . = =:.m J'=' . --' '' --- ' .J' '.>.. '. . Nr-t. 

w e wentoutevery day.T1K IROA Ioves .-.* .:? .:: 

- .- 

---v.- n.. .S.- -.- ---.. ..- . . - 

r - 

w ind strength around 15/18 knots , . .- ẕ.- 7 . - -- - - .- - 

. . . . *. . .. . . 

she realy fIiesajong,above this?w ith 

1reefandstaysaiIshefeeIs . ,4Q.-t -yv 

com pletely safe to 25 knots,this is . '-JY ! ' 

the heaviestw ind lhave been out in :21-4!. ''-'-'. ; 

butw ith the o ptio n ofa second reef '. .) L*S--1i.' - - e ''.t* '-'*' 

' 

and the staysailable to be reefed (1 't-v 6 

' 

. 

had a setofpoints putin w hen l . ' . * k u,,.'' '''- : *' ?- .. 

ordered 1) Ifeelsure she would be ' ' 

secure.Atthe otherend 10/12 knots 

ls beautifulforcruising w lth the 

Genoa,and adding the staysailIcan -. 

sailat 5/7 knots,as Iong as the w ind 

Isforw ard ofthe beam .How everIam 

dlsappointed wih 1he w ind from aftin - ' 

very Iight breezes.Iam going to - 

borrow a triend's spinnakerto see ifit 

' ' 

w ltim prove perform ance atpresent 

in Iightairs w lth anything otherthan . 

fIat watershe pitches the w ind out of 

th e saIs. 

André has asked m e aboutthe 

sheeting,lhaveputadjustable blocks 

(ontracks)on !he rearofthe cabin 

tops Ieading to a double turning block 

on the rearnetting beam and then 

forward tojamb cleatsonthe main 

f#?'- 

, . 

, 

(notveryclearlyIm afraid)(3) :!*p.'2s r . . 

* .yI 

, 

.?e . I 

- 

sh ow ing the bow in 4/5 seas w ith .r . r.-'.y 2 v 

the ch ine/'knuc k Ie d efIecting the sea ,..-. .7 . .''. .'k.!'>J; w.' . ' 

clearofthe deck (1)moored 

y.; 

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. 

-''d.' 

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: 

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alongsidesbowingthedoublehatches :'./' *' I .# 4 Qbp'yl c . yrkl . 

sliding foruse atsea then the Iarge Photos: 

hatchhingesouttothe cap shrouds :) M oored alongside note the design changes:Highercabins and 

fO 

ruse anchored ormoored . 

sIiding jlazches ' 

In closing Iam verypleased with 2) Philhaspo/rlrt?t:dhis tillers backwards and m ounted the outboard 

myTIKIROA and hope André hasnow 'gftOf the crossbeal'n. 

Iaunched hisand gettiog asmuch 3) The bokv knuck/e def/ects the waterclearofthe deck in 4 '- 5' 

pleasure. seas . 

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.4.

The firstIeg ofthe trip w ould be In 1he m orning,we cleaned up and 

due east,rightInto the w ind and re-arranged the storage.AI1cooking 

swel.From San Juan to Fajardo is gear(stove,food icechestetc.)went 

abut40 m les.W e decided to w aitfor lnto the porthu l.Cooklng w as easy, 

a good settled day w ith Iittle w ind a5 the cook stood on the bunk boards 

aod m otorm ost ofthe w ay, W ith the stove on the platform at 

chestIevel protected from sun and 

On Friday,October3 the w ind died rain by the boom tent. 

to nothing in the evening and sw els About 10 ,00 a.m .we set saklto 

w ere dow n to 2.4/.W e started the south forthe Island ofVieques . 

packing forthe m aiden voyage.W e w e raised yankee staysailand m ain 

finlshed (lncluding m any item s that and took offon a'Ceach in about 15 

by Don Baaska,Puerto Rico proved useless)about3 a.m.,setthe 

alarm for6 and caughta few w inks, 

kootsofbreeze . W e covered the first 

eighteen m lles In we lunder2 hours , 

W ellw e flna ly gotourTIKIROA 

lttook us another3 hours to beat8 

,, Ta ke 1l ,, 1n the wate ra n d sa iIing , 

on saturday m orning we gotunder m tles along the south coastof 

Here's som e ofthe story. W 2Y ilbout8 a.m .There w as no w ind, Vieques lo the fishing vilage of La 

and the sea w as calm .The 9.9 Esparanza. 

The day ofthe ''bsg erectlon'' 

.J ojqrason churned us along noisely at 

finaly arrlved.The m ast w as slipped hulspeed 

. The forw ard edge ofthe An old buddy,Charlke ' Ilves ln La 

lnto it's tabernacle ' the cap shrouds 

centre platform starled to Iiftand 1 

Esparanza w ith his w ife and 4 kids. 

and outerforestay toosely tled on.A h ad to sit on i1.W e raised the main 

Charlie ls a retlred beachcom ber,i.e. 

m 

b 

uscularfrrend m ounted !he fdying 

moslly forshade.Itw as a hot sunny 

' he returned fronna successfulcareer 

ridge ofan adjacent m otorcrupser day,The ' ofbeachcom bing.Afternum erous 

and heaved the m astup. Aftertw o breeze cam e up about 10.30 ' storles ofthe good o1d days of R R.pn 

years,t ja e ,.ya je 1.,was ready for bOtOr)1v abotlt5.7 knots.About 2.00 the s()' s ancjatlout 8 gin and tonlcs , I 

jau 

ncjaiojal p.m .the gas tank w entdry.There rea lized w e hadn'teaten since 

T h e b u iI(jIn g sIte w a s o n Iy a b o u t wasa i(je d reserve to s a i1a 2 gallon w h iIe a can s w' butwe breakfast(acan ofprneapplejulceḷ 

1O0 d ec 

e w e re c h a r!Ie w hIp p ed u p a g o u rm e tm e ss 

yards from the Iaunchlng ram p at welon schedule.The . Take 1 ,, ofspaghettiw ith shrim p sauce and 1 

the tIp ofthe Isla Grande.The original 

p 1a n wa s to co I1ect as m a ny w arm pointed 70O on one tack and 1500 on don't know w hen I've eaten so m uch 

bodles as poss lble and ro leach hu l the other(80 0between tacks? - Ed.) in one m eal. 

overîo the ram p and assem ble the w ith m a in a n d stay sail.Speed w as T 

boatthere B his wouid involve a aboutthe sam e as w ith the outboard. lae sextclay,w e took Charlie fora 

. utt sa il . He w as Im pressed as we went 

A'O h le day In the hot Septem bersun. ltWas ceftainly a 1otm ore peaceful. i nto a 15 knotw 1nd a nd 6 'sw e Is,Fie 

There mustbe an easierway. 

Ab sald he'd reservejudgementuntllhe'd 

out4.30 w e puled into the Iee 

There wasan abandonedtrailerin fIcacos Island jusleastofFajardo . 

SCOR ltti'ko D ''feW W aVeS''.W e 

o , 

the boatyard.The idea occurred to yhere w ere m anu nleasur- larln'q frfam ?U1Od into a bay nam ed Puerto 

m ove the trailerunderand between ' '-- - 

outsIde . (T h e h a tc h h ad co m e apa rt ;n s.- 1. ' '.? 

. 

!he m Idd Ie , 

n .'a 

) '*. k . - -. . 

. - 

By now itw as O ctoberand tim e to , 

thlnk aboutgoing back lo w ork fo? ' ' '-- '' ' ' 

the w lnter.W e had hoped to launch in - 

Ju n e a nd c ru ise aIsu m m e r butth at 

w ould have to w aittilnextsprlng. 

W e tjecided to take the boatto 

Sa 1Inas,o n th e so uth co a st forthe 

w dnter There w e could cruise in 

she 1e red waters ofno urd ays off. 

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20 The Sea People/sailorm an No . 8 July 1987

Vailiand Ireturned to Puerto carthatcarries passengers forhire on The TIKIFIOA Is fastand very 

M osquito,w hich proved to be a a regularroute)forSalinas then com forlable.Itadapls beautlfuly to 

m lsnom eras w e dldn'texperience a anotherto Guayama and anotherfor ourneed - a sea golng cam per.The 

m osquito aInight,W e anchored in San Juan.Ittook m ostofthe day to bonus is thatitls incredlbly beautiful 

the m iddle about 100 yards from the gethom e although Salinas isonly 1 - people falln Iove w ltb it Ne are 

surrounding m angroves.W e cooked hourand IS m inutes via the freew ay. very pleased. 

u p ë!po1ofrice a nd bean s,a nd 

played M ilesDavis ;, Sketches of w e eithersailorwork on the boat S Om e further notes: 

Spain ,, as the sun wentdow n . Then every w eek.Oursailhandling and 

seam anship is im proving,and we 

So farIhave seen no need forIee 

we satback and dug the night should berealy ready togo down boards ' downhauls for1heiibs orthat 

soundscoming from themangroves island by June 

. 

thing-a-majig where!he mainsailclew 

and watched the w akes ofsm alfish 

attaches to the w ishbone - Islm ply 

in the phosphorescence.Icouldn't Here are a few m inorm odificalions Cleatthe clew offto the w ishbone. 

resistjumping inand splashlng Imade in theTIKIROA: Also no need fortarpsfore and aftof 

around. 1w as psychedelic. 

the platform - w e take a little spray, 

1. A catw alk forw ard to the forw ard butthats , very refreshing on a hot 

Tuesday w e snorkled and explored netting beam .A 2 x 12 firplank d ay.So farthe cabin hatches have 

covesalong thesouth coast.No Iuck dId the job.Beneath ItIpassed notleaked butwehaventbeen . out 

' 

w ith the spea rg u n w h ic h w as d is . 3/16 ny lo n 1ne s 4 'a part in jae a vy w e atheryet,Ia m u s,n g th e 

couraglng.25yearsago yoo could be athwartshipsto keepthejibsout sIm pIerm ainsheetarrangementw ith 

sure offinding a good m eahin 10 

ofthe w aterand catch faling 

mlnutes.W e sailed back to La bodies. 

no 

did 

traveler.1tried 

/ 

a traveler 

' 

and it 

Esperanza 

and took Charlie and M yrna 2 

n t seem to inlprove perform ance 

. 

o utto d in ne r.W e h ad e norm o u s 

Ibuilt blocks ofw ood into the appreclably and was m ore 

portions offfeshly caughtCapitan 

stem and stern caps.Through Com plicated to handle,Ido use 

(h og snapper)and iobsterasopao. 

lhese are passed 3/8 eyebolts for w inches forthe Jkb sheets and these 

E ven w ith severalrounds of 

The 

attaching a brldle stem and stern. do realy help. 

Helnekens 1he cheque cam e to only 

anchoris set and retrieved 

$2 7 from the platform ' 

. 

and the anchor 

rode 1s p assed in a b ig htth ru a n 

W ednesday m orning w e Ieftabout eye splice in the m lddle ofthe 

7.30 forSalinas.Itw as dead brdle,A block ofw ood goes thru BilGardam . Tikiroa builder.Iiving 

dow nwlnd ,about 15 knots again,W e the bightas a retainef. in British Colum bia Canada,sentus 

setm ain,staysaljand yankee aod 3 

this shortnote with a prom ise ofa 

. 

saised offon eitherside of!he w ind . lscrounged som e deadeyes ofan longerm ore specific article. 

itwas very exhlaratlng surflng dow n a ban d on ed sh ip a nd c ou Id n'1 

th e swells.Valiw as becom ing a 

resist using them on aI1the 

Forfive m onths thls pastw lnter 

pretty good helm sm an (herfirsttrip) 

standing 

f 

rigging exceptthe Ourfam ily offive took ournew ly bu lt 

butforsom 

e reason would povariably 

orestays.On these 1used tw o TIKIBOA (no.2 7)AM AZO N on a 

oversized bronze turnbuckles from fam ily adventure to the sunny clm es 

comeasoundtoo I taron thejibes ' and thesame source a1m ostgotfIogg ed to d e a th befo re I 

. ofthe W 

Baham as,U.S.A.and M exico. 

e covered thousands ofm iles by car 

could secure thejibsheets.The only 4. A boarding ladderhinged onthe and trailer cam ping along the way casualtles how everw ere a cushlon aftm ain beam offsetto 

' 

, 

slarboard. 

, 

and Valis hat.W e covered 50 m iles A ham m ock to port 

and hundreds ofm iles on board 

( . 

actualy m ore,as w e were sailing 

Au lzojjas we sa led through the 

25 o -3O o oftw ind)ln 9 hours.The 

5. 2 pleces of 8 x 10'used saiIcIoth Waterw ays OfFlorlda and the Isiands ' 

. 

nexttlm e w e d o a Io ng run ' Im golng 

forthe boom tent.These cross Ofthe Baham as.W e even m anaged a 

t o try b0th Jibs swung out w ith no 

Overthe w ishbone (about 7 'up). Shortcruise in the gulfofCalifornla 

m ain - the m ainsailchafes on the 

Forw afd ofthe w ishbone a boat On the way hom e. 

b ackstay and is difficultto ge!outfar book extends from the m astto w e thank you forthis eleganl 

en o u g ja . 

wf here itcatches on the inner d es ig 

n and are pieased to reportthat 

orestay to form a supportforthe AM AZON proved herseifto be a good 

w e inad set up m ooring arrange- tentforw ard ofthe m ast. 1ittle seaboat;able to m ake f:st 

m ents pn Salinas a w eek prevpously.In Th e biggestsingle expense of V'PIE;E;CISe'S In O ften strong w lnds and 

amongstthe m angroves,totaly 

k) ncy seas but also perfect for 

/ bu iId in g ''Take II''w as the b u i1d in g Ot1 

sheltered ' ps a sm alIagoon.Its Iess space rental w hich w as $7 5 a m onth OXPIOCng i Sjnalow seas aod sm a l 

than 4 'd ee p ath Ig h tid e ' w h Ich f Or2 years.The ' sails costJustunder 'Sl3Od Coves. 

precludes m ost sailboats,Several $1 

private hornes m ostly used as 

,000 m ade by a localsailm aker, Naturaly we have coilected a Iotof 

slightly Iess than Jeckelsquote w ith pdeas and inform atlon along the w ay. 

weekend retreats Iine the beach.Rudy f stays there aI1w eek. Rudy w as on an reightand tax,The alum inium m ast Such things as: 

American aircraftcarrierin W W 1and w as on the roofofa friend's house 1 M lsslog orIncorrect lnform atpon ùn 

. 

w ilshow you his scrap book atthe for20 b years.Itw as 30 'long 4 x 6 ' tja e pjans . 

drop ofa cerveza. He is retired now uthad a gib bah In Itw here 

som ebody had ridden itdow n onto a 

2 

' 

u 

eW a 

nd sim ple tentdeslgn 

an d spen d s h 1s tim e fish ing a nd d ockfIsaw ed itInto 3 sectlons and tsears tent + sky hooks). 

pultng hIs lraps. 

to o k itto a n a Iu m in iu m w e Id e r1n 3 Tra ie rin g 1a u nc h Ing a rld a s se m b 1y 

W e anchored In the m iddle ofthe Caguas.He also builta tabernacle.l solutions . 

Iagoon.Rudy rowed outlo greet us borrowed a Nicro press and did aIthe 4 

and took us ashore appraising our 

. 

standlng rigging one night,finishing 

On deck galey in cam ping boxes. 

ratherworn appearance.''My wife's justin time to getthe toolbackto 5. Sleepingforfive. 

nothere,buthere's the kitchen . the shop at8,00 a.m .Iused 3/16 1 s 6 Reinforced outboard m otorm ount help yourselfto w hateveris in the 19 throughout,as it w as m uch ' 

. 

fridge.There'sthe showerandthat's cheaperbythe rol.250'wasjust 7. etc. 

the spare bedroom ,1'm godng to right. Ifyourare interested in m ore 

watch W 

TV.See you in the m orning.'' I used tw o partpolyurethane parnt 

specific inform atlon oran artlcle for 

e devoured bacon and eggs and a topsides and M icron on the bottom .I Yourm 

agazine Ietus know . 

w hole ioafoffrench bread. 

could have gotten the screed coat 0fcourse we would Iike an article. 

Thursday,we lldled up the boat m uch sm ootherbefore painting,but There are m any TIKIROA buildets w'ho 

and caughta Pub ico (prpvatety ow ned w ho the he lcan lelfrom 20 'away? could benefitfrom vourexpeliences. 

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theafternoon - I 

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, and som etim es Buria obtained on the spot atthe Captain s 

(an E w lnd)orYugo (Shin the office in any m ajorharbour.Fora TIKI I vi 

. Hvnr 

m ornlng.Butthey can a1ifallfIat 21 itcosts aboutf 6 M arine charts 

suddenly and ieave you frying under costabout fl2 each.Basic food and * 

the stln fora very iong tpm e, drinking are not problem (fruitis quite Körotzlo 

sometim es w ith a w avy sea m em ory cheap).How ever there are few petrol * e 

ofthe pastw lnd.W hen ouroutboard stations in the islands so plan fora 

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Themain dangers comefrom the Severaltips: 

localchildrens interestin 

lack ofcom plexes a0d There are a lotofhelpfu 

!t 

catam arans.They very 

T istBiro).People 

ourist 

offices (ur 

there 

m uch Iike to hang offthe tiilerbar(so speo k Eogsish and w ittoften 

rem ove itifyou have to Ieave the 

kindly give you any inform ation 

boatin a populated area)and pulthe tjaey have , even if notconnected 

halyardsdow n ifthey are notm ade to turistbiro business . 

fast.The second dangeris the Bura,a Iced water is m uch appreciated in 

continentalwind quite unptedicatabte su c h a jaoyclim ale 

, so buy your 

and often extrem ely violent.Itstem s m ineralw aterbottles from bars 

from the interaction betw een the hot (they are usualy cooled)and not 

and hum id airflow from the sea and from superm arkets , The prices are 

cold airflow from the continent. 

alm ostthe sam e (that's a side 

Fbrtunately,during summ efthe Bura effectoftheirsocialsystem). 

starts blow ing m ostly atnighl,and vou are in a ho!clim ate so to 

forseveralhours only.So,ifyou 

keep healthy drink a Iot(of 

anchorin !he evenig ata place 

water) . W e had adequate support 

protected from the continentalw ind from the Iocalhealth system for 

you are safe.W ith TIKI21 you dorn't ourfew needs , butfriends w ho 

need a 1otof room so you m ay often had a severe eye infection found 

find protected creekseven ifyou are itbetterto be repatriated (an 

sailng the exposed coastOfan island. insurance m ightbe helpful) 

Change yourm oney in Yugoslavia. 

That's 1ega Ia nd you getthe be st 

rates.Eurocheques w ork even 

better,w ith no charge.The 

exchange rates are the sam e 

everyw here in 1he country,and 

there are exchange telers 

everyw here.Creditcards work 

only in Iarge Hotels restaurants 

and stores and you cannotget 

cash from yourcreditcard. 

In fIa tio n is q u i!e h ig h (10 0 O/o 

betw een '85 and ,86)butthe 

exchange rate is adapted and 

prices expressed in DM tend to be 

stable. 

Foradditionalinform ation on 1he 

Zadar - Spli:region see also the 

PracticalBoatO w nerofAugust 198 5. 

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Here is m ore information for The boatis very easy to trail.W ith Asthe footofthe m astand the 

T IK 121 sailors from Ashley Clobberforfour ' anchors/engine,fue1 ' ends ofthe bridle are on the same 

W ood s 

, w ho boughtM au rice the Lake Districthilsposed no centre line the bridle stays abou!the 

K iII . , , problem to ourRenault 12. sam e tension during the raise. 

e n s SAS S IE 2 . 

M y only apprehension,discovered Having contro led the sidew ays 

TIK I2 1 

during a few practise assem blies in movementIthoughtabouta 

SAILING the frontgarden wasthe mastraising. mechanicaladvantageto assistthe 

, TACKING, 

lift 

M ODIFICATIONS , enabling me to do ilentirely on 

etc. 

MAST RAISING 

my Own. Jendoesn'tenjoystanding 

by Ashley W oods The pointofbalance when the foot waistdeep in cold mud 'starting the 

ofthe m astis Iocated on the centre Iift'w hilstIstruggle on deck.The 

Ihave been sailing aTIKI21for beam isjustafttherearbeam .I problem isthatwhen themastis 

almostayear.Having enjoyed and wanted to be ableto raiseand lower down/any attemptto raise itby 

Iearntfrom the experiencesofotbers on waterifnecessary,also asthe pulin: 0n the forestay (even if 

in the Sea People Ifeelobliged to shrouds don'tbave effect'tilthe extended back to the lifter)is m erely 

m ake the effortto putpen to paper m astis alm ost up 1could see tending to puslthe entire m astfor'd 

and Ietyou know ofa few of m ine in problems controlling itduring a blow . as Opposed to up. 

case they are ofinterestoruse. Th , , 

e answerto athw artships control JIM is alw ays rem inding us about 

M aurice Kilen m ade a beautiful was easy . W ith som e Iight Iine 1m ade 'oars' - so Iscavenged a Tham es 

TIKI21 caled SASSI.ln Decem ber a tem porary bridle;- a single line w ith row ing club and acquired a pairof 15' 

1985 he 'm oved up'a size,and I a loop ateach end and a sm alone in sweeps w ith dam aged blades.Icut 

becam e the new ow ner. the m iddle.The ends w ere attached them dow n and epoxy'd in a blade 

Having sailed dinghies fora to the ends ofthe centre beam (same giving an overalIength of9'.An oId 

num berofyears - bolh racing and as the m aststood on)and the centre sausage shaped fender ' cut in half 

weekend cruising in an , Enterprise , Ioopattached to thejib haliard.Haul pushed on each bladeenablesthe 

w ith tent,Jenny m y w ife ' 1w o the haliard and bridle 'up'the m ast - oars to be lashed flexibly onto the 

children , w ater,food and dog basket tight.(Having adjusted Iength ofbridle endsofthe centrebeam whilstthe 

(Ieftthe budgerigarathom e)we 

, too, to suit).The first effectis to pu lthe handles are , Iashed togetheram idships 

d ecided thetime had com e for jum 

m ast ping 

into its footIocation preventing - about t, 

7 above the deck.In effect 

out, 

som ething bigger. 

butthen asthe m astis an A fram e capable ofpivoting 

raised itprevents aIIsideways forward as the m astis raised.The 

W e had arrived atthe TIKI,having m ovem eot . W hen fuly up and 'forestay is led from the top ofthe 

tried and conssdered the follow ing forestay attached then the shrouds m astoverthe 'A'fram e dow n to the 

boats.'HunterM edina','Hunter properare in fuleffectso the bridle bow fitting then extended to the 

catboal','New bridge Corribee'and can then be Iowered and detached. centre deck w here Istand.The 'A' 

'Corom andet','M lcrorM irador', pbzery good idea - J.W ) fram e has the effectofrelaying the 

'Drascom be Coaster','Jaguar2 1'and 

'Sw ift 18'.W e w anted a trailable craft 

a nd fa s!a s m ostofthe fam iIy sa i1ing 

ps perform ed atw eekeods.Being 'j-m at zato ,- 

confined to a m oo rin g m ade cru isin g . 

groundsinadayortwoIsmited and 

cx?tpue ézazklar 

fepetitive . kVe foun 

d thata1the 'l.oye(7.1 t. GJVX /:7/tltV-E2 foF'C ET'* 1- 

b a I$a s te d bo a ts te n d e d to m a ke Je n 

o rpẹṛ fot.p pzy'e.! 

sea-sick,andtofrequentlytrailthe 

majority Roverand ofthem would need a Land 

very hapry arms.(AIso join 

B.U.P.A.retheback.)Thereseemed 

no happy com prom pse, 

Ourfirsîspln in acatamaran 

A p%(T.ot' 

c, Ntxtm c ,xw a 

I'élJEALZCX 

ûlr-se st tps . jtxlj 

I't//ẹ t# t.'( y;c egoxy 

(Strsder)fieduswilhecstacy-fast cr'o.c a, -.-.-% 

= . y- ' sR.pkv 

a d In g h y m o tIo n ,ro o m to m o v e ro u n d 

thedogandnoheavy1um psof1ead YXrie . 

' $ N 

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to haulup wet slipw ays'The price of -.- 'h 

production boals popped thatdream . 

Dream ing started again as soon as 

I 

wesaw 21Not wanting thestudyplansfortheTIKI 

tocommltourselves 15C' 

t 

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til . tkqpe 

the we'dseentherealthlngwejoined 

P.C.A .Soon afterw e w ere in 

.j'ef 

o: .2'h ao 

contac!wlthMaurlce -thenearest f . - .- .-V yeto' I 

mem berofaTIKI.Thesam e z , ' .t,0 txl' b ' j 

aftefnoonweIookedoverh1s Sassi ( Lyvo (yzykwt.j I 

- Ioadedupandduetobetrailedto .. 

= . 

,'. s 

. 

.. 

s 

theMedileranianthenextday - -- - . 

. 

soP jotzwh 

t?f o. u 

B uilding one becam e ourserious + I 

considecation. A w eek before orderlng plans and 

wood M aurice told us thathe w as . .- . - -- - - .- . . .w q 1/8/.% 

selping.W e boughtthe boat *--- 

reluctantly in the sense thatIhad 

been Iookpng forw ard to maklng m y 

ow n,butJen's realistlc assessm ent 

that2 years part tim e building m ay 

stIInot see iton th e w ater w as the 

declder. 

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pulon the forestay from a sufficient before she has answered haulin the outforfun and throw n them onboard, 

helghtto m ake loads a lot Sess.Now m ain as fastas possible.This rotating allow ing the Tikito drift 2-3 m iles 

m ostofmy pullis in raislng the m ast Inertia carries herup to and through dow n w ind to pound overnighton a 

asopposed to dragging itforw ard. the w ind every tim e,butdoes slow shingle shore.The sharp keels had 

Th e m ain sheetblock gives enough 

the does 

w aterspeed a little.(Then so scoured theirow n groove and apart 

reduction lo hoistsingle handed.I a failed tack). from painland keelband no harm w as 

' 

done.W e discovered Iaterthatthe 

preferto use a 'Halutrac .This is a On the TikiIhave rigged a w arps on a m oored 25 / M ono had 

cheap enginehoist (E7.E8)sold by continuousm ainsheettraveljer been cuta few dayspreviously . 

Halfords w hich as w elas an 8 part enablng m e to controlthe clew ofthe 

reduction hasalso ajamming device mainorpositionitanywhere between Onthe 11.1.87 PaulWelsand ileft 

to grip w hilstyou getanother the sterns.lfind thatifIpu lthe clew Em sworth atO8.35 In a cold NE, W 

handful.Iattach itto the stern fitting' to w indw ard as soon as the helm is an hourafîerhigh w aler.At09.22 

asopposed to the m ainsheetlrave ler. dow n,then the w ind pressure on the ChichesterBarBeacon was abeam . 

m ain pushesthe stern to Iew 'd and Tacking dow n w ind in a rising w ind 

Using this m ethod Ican raise one 

handed 1etalone single handed w ith 

consequently the bow s through the EiaW u5 at 10.16 one cable offSt 

no dangerto the Iarge group of 

w ind every tlme.(W e1almostl) Helens Fortreefing and brewing up ln 

spectators w ho have alw ays gathered IfI'm tacking in a sktuation w hen it 

a N E force 4.At 11.50/12 .00 hours 

b we w ere trying to getw arm w It 

jn 

y now .Itcan also be used afloatso m ustn'tgo w rong - you know - anoth erofw 

ellsies cups oftea off 

thatwhen com ing upto thatIow justoffthe keelboatssailing club Hamilton Bank in ja ortsmouth 

bridge 1can confidently fiddle w ith during 'dw inks'hourthen I'm ready At gg ao jaours w e passed 

entrance. . 

m y bits ofrope Instead ofglaring at w ith one ofmy Iong oass w hich soon b etw een the dolphsn (Can t jais go 

the chartaccusingly and m utterpng pushes the bow s through.Can'thave d o w n as a do Iph In -Iin k J im p )ga p ln 

'thatthe bridge w asn'ton there them m uttering aboutm ultihu ls being the s u bm a rne ; barrieṛ W e theo 

yesterday! on tram lines ' can we? ploughed through a 4 :5 ' cjaop in a 

The 9,oars are m uch Iongerthan I 

freezing NE 6/7 to re-enterChlchester 

would have m ade iftheironly purpose GYBING '' harbourat 14 .30.Recorded m ileage 

was to paddle.They Iie quite happily w hen gybing from a course 'On' Chi.Barto Chl.Barof 26.3 m tles In 5 

across the tram pollne,m ake an the w ind ' sav # havina 'u l iust failed to hours (Averaqe '- 5.3 knots).W e saw 

exce lentdepth sounder sw eep, tack in a strong breeze , Ifind she fils One othersailing vessel.Itw as 40 oF 

mudbank pusher-offerand w hen that the m ain then goes offIike a rocket (4OC).A1Ithe others seem to be lald 

pontoon rushes atus m uch too fast taking hertim e abeutcom ing round . up. 

glves a betterchance ofeffectjng The turning circle can be Iarge! yj a e versatility is great.M y ch ldren 

som e deceleration before im pact. Having said thatthe actualgybe is c an happil y take the helm .Jenny has 

totally stable.(Com pared w Ih the oId neverfeltm otpon sIc kness and Paul 

SAILING Enterprlse it'ssheerdelight).A couple a ncj4canenioy agoodthrashing . 

Theboatisathriltosail.I'm oftimeswhenseeminglyaqproaching w hatmorecanyouask?Thedog 

keeplng Iton the wateroverw lnter a m ud bank at 20O m .p.h.Ive go!out j4 asn'tfouled the tram poline - yet . 

andoften sailsinglehanded in Oftrouble by freelngthe jib,grabbing - 

wetsuitand harnessaround hold ofitswlndward sheets and I . . ' 

Chlchesterharbourand Solenton hauding to windward.The backedjib '- - 

suitable days.O n Saturday 21st starves the m ain and presses the bow 

Decem ber1986 in a force 7 gusting dow n w ind resulting in a much 

8 Northwesterly underfu 1w orking sm alercircle. 

rlg,on flatw aterthe 1og indicated 16 

knots forabout 20 seconds.Atthat LASHINGS 

windward hulwasjustskipping the Everybody com ments on them 

w ave tops,giving it 12 'ofm ain f rom my nextdoorneighbourw ho 

sheetbroughtthings back dow n to bu ild s plan es (assu red m e thatit 

. . -. 

earth. Iooked very weak)to halfthe beach I 

PaulW els (w ho you 've heard of atIaunch tim e.1w ouldn'tsw op them @ * * 

before!)and 1had 15 knotson several foranything.They don'tneed fiddling 

occaspons butneedless to say w ere to Iocate like a boltwould they are in 

both holding sheets. the condition you can see and not ' AI1thi sisqulte unoecessary (even 

abouttopartwpthfatiguesuddenly j 

' 

tho ugh its good fun)as reefing and they don'texerttheirforces over 

' 

p roduces a totaly safe boat.W e fInd a flex tiny section ofw ood.They give and 

w ith the sea.W hatm ore could 

wereefforspeediongbeforewe k? i 

needtoforstability. YOUaS .I 

TACKING 

Notevery tim e in the stronger 

winds - butatip Iuse (Paul's notso 

keen)w hich vlrtualy guarantees every 

W e took the TIK Ito U Isw ate rin 

the Iatterpartof M ay.An 83 k not 

gustw as recorded in The Daily 

Telegraph fora hiloverlooking 1he 

w ater.lt wasn'tthat atw aterIevel 

tackinaconfined spaceisoneI bu!itwasaverystrongwind.Iwish ' CATA M A RA N S 

Iearntwhensailinga Junk rigged Icouldtelyou thatwe overtooka from the largestto fhe sm ollest - I . 

New bridge corom andel. 

100 h.p.pow erboatunder bare poles. 

Th i ' heydon'thavepower welcome on lidol moorings 

. 1ca n t - t 

sisabaIlasted21 bIgekeeI , . boatsonUlswater! (1 1ongsid e 1ety w ith w afer and 

crulser.Withjunkrigwhen on the electricity 

w lnd and hauled close the sailis stlil A couple ofdays laterw e had 

. ConvenientShorehom 

45degreesossooffthecentreline . pu led the Tikislightlyup thebeach Stotion cnd H crbourentrance. 

Putlingthehelm downresultsinthe (notide)andburiedtwoanchorsby jWrite: 

entire sailIifting along i1s entpre length hand.I 

' 

immediately the wlndagestopsthe we sald m 3 glad hourslater,justafterdark you didn'!hearw hat I D.Pinn,The 'Pinn Quay' Boathouse 

I 

Coromandelbefore she'shead to whenfinding anempty space.The I4 1 Riverside Road,Shorehom-by-seo 

wlndortacked.Thesecretistoput thehelmdownandthenalmost anchorshadn'!dragged.Justaclean holewheresomeonehadpuledthem j W.Susex.BN45RB. 

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6lw el , thearticle says itaI- rwo ofthe people rescued w ith 

aIm ost,and 1won'tgo into extended him have boughta TANGAROA 

Ithas been said,thatthere are details,butbasically 'MAHINUI'broke y k jbland are happilv sailing 

rw o kinds of W harram people - up due to faulty and w eak beam around 

w hose w ho lfke to build and l/aosa brackets,untilwe w ere Iitera ly Iashed 

. 

' 

who f/ke to sail.Ernald Pearson is 

togetherwith alIrope available. The future t'sdkdtlorurE's 

. 

Of Ernald 

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one ofthose,w ho hate building, However,we did 95% ofwhatwe 

forthev wilcontlnue 

, 

- willbe 

b utIove to sail. 

set outto do and along the way had written up in the Sea People/ 

H ow ever,this approach can a greatt 

ime and metmany other Sailorm an'./,hopefulf Iook 

W harram ow ners,in fact,almost forward tO the daY when he carl 

bring 

f 

difficulties.Ireceived the everyw here , w here w e stopped w e co-s 

ki 

pp 

erour Gm/A , forhis 

o//ow /ng Ietterfrom Ernald about eithermetorsaw W harrams and sailing skills and cheerfulness 

the f loss ofhis heavilv m odified 51 owners . should notbe wasted on the 

r.FFH/N/'M ,4 H/NU/',w hich he W , , yore 

bounhï2nd hand 2 vears agct 

e Ieft PALAG IC LADY (ORO 1in S . 

Barbadosbehind, 

to find casual 

charters to keep him going. 

W e also saw BilBoucher's NA RA I 

In the Canaries and on 20.1.87 

betw een Dom inica and Guadeloupe. 

He did Las Paim as to Antigua in 29 

days w ith very good self-steering 

()e ilṛ19 

@ @ * 

@ 

'I'Hh. 50:. catam aran the IKRI.EY EDW ARDS meets a mid-Atlantic stl 

rvi V 

or .. 

Mahilpuiwas 330 miles ofI 

th e 'tzores when it started 

and flnds sbipwreck has its mom enG. 

to break t1P. n ey lofak back wlth sadness at hemoved 13yearsago . 

Antigua.Iles de St. Maftlt.and 

Its hve.nlan and one-woman tlle loss olthe elght-Y rth crat on (ktober ll last year the Anguilœ 

crew had spent days lterally whlch he Lxlught in April. lfxks, trio with two acquaintances from 'You could speld 1ttree lifelashlng 

lt together lo stop lt andrebuiltin 1%6lxforesailing %tjland.set*1from Ferydside. times going round there.sad 

fahlpnç apart.Now owner Dnald her to Plm outh,Millord.Lundy 

hznald,relMng thelxautyofthe 

Pearxf?n.f)(Ferryslde.caled aI andIltracom- . Chrlltm al scenery through h1s colourful 

lnaflds tfJ prepare to abandon Shewmsalso a back.up % atin n e IMGS OùCalin the ship's Pxjtosfrom whlch tllesunseems 

, s hl) ; the Ferryslde toTenby sm nsored l(7g read like something outofa to blaze tluṭ 

Fl wind-surfs,11in 1%6 never-ending luxury Cruisel La .Ix wasso muchto see- 

ares Cb I- 

istxyn, We 

Excitem ent runa, Spain; Cascais. 

obraltac ilcluding simon Le B()tl's Y at. 

n ey were putltng otlta May killamorax Algarve: g) nl m . in yajmouth HarY ur. 

DayCalevery 15 rnlnutes.butit Ernald now aged 49.haslx'hen Ceuta. N. Afritra) Tangier. Antlgua. 

wasantlt her52hourslx f?rethey saling s'ince he was l2 

. 

He' Casablanca.Marrakesh.Lanzitrute. .w e ended up going to more 

made ratllf)contactand tbatwas previously owned a 40(t. Arrecile. Feurteventura, Gran p laces 

than we'd planned and it 

sfxknlt/st catamarim which be took to tlle Canana.LmsPalrnas was a1glxng welunlila few 

' 

Tliey Iirf:hd tlkresataU.S.Navy Cananesand to Holland , and has 'IXP Mlantic Crossing to daysle orethe end . 

plime - wlth rl() reslxlnse - done yachtdelivery (rom Miljord Barbados- 2.819m le.s - tot)k Storna 

lxlfpre makangvlstlalContact-1t11 and lretand. 

21 days.22 hours and the crew 

3 tanker Less than two hours 'But Ialways wanted to * 1 Ctlebrated ChnstmasatSea < th At the teginnlng ol February 

latertheyweresafelyaY ard. acrorxsthe Allantic . 

'he sad wlt.h Streamers. sttrkings and spray they headed north towards 

'lt WCLS 2 bitOf a ClO* Cal aglintofexcitementin hiseyes. foam.PM Of a Ohristmas N)X Bermtlda - 10 rniles- but 

IOWVd.stbe end.'admitedDnald He txàught the Mahinkliwflen dtlnated by Mazlin's workmate.s faced with leavy wind and sems 

t Nisweek n()w settled backathIs he gotback to Walesafterseven atPefrlbrey. they altered courseklrthe Azores. 

. 

hflme at'I-he Ctyflee Tavern.'Ihe years working as a mexchanpcal AtBarbados they were joined Then on February the 13th 

Beath. englneerin SsaudiArabia by a sixth crew member.a girl they l'ut a very bad storm. 

But he his zl-year-old son Martin and Daisailed with him h'tim Penzance. fracturing the main t-am. SN 

, 

Martln and hlsfnend Da Hopkins. atdifterenttlmes , 

and he ran a 'rhey m'ulftxl up Past the dayslaterheavyweathersheared 

aIst' fr' ()m the v lage.wtzuld not few trips!orltycallxlyslnFerryside CaribY an Islands- St Luciw Offthe tyearn mtluntingl. 

have mlsxxl the 4/z-month where < th hIs wife Irene and Martinlque. Domlnlcaa Iles de On February 24 the barometer 

adventurehlrtbewt/rld. thetrtwo daughtersand twt)sons Sœntes.Quadeloupe.Mtltlserrat,wastboppmg.the wind and waves 

26 The Sea People/sailorm an No.8 July 198 ?

. 

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kt ( tgF;yyr.;i. o .fs.' :.', 

'. â.f.t,rC.r:.t p/vjïq'qï:#. ;. E. 

noton drv land.Here are 2 

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...:u j.y.3?2...y,.! 

.;oy,:,..'j.j.î? 

reporls from TlKl2 7sthatwere 

ṭ : . ' 8 . ? . ' b 

gîutv l' ''yt.' i ' 

hitI)F storm s while laid up.The 

. 

j.'.t' ;;. .;? . 

. second report from Australia 

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sounds like a big understatem ent. 

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' ''we gotthe pieces togetherand 

nsilzil --ckrltàttltbrtlakflsttlrrt.hFlàt ? 

folowingdaytherearstarboard . '. jtlstplJtitalback together 

team mountsshear ed o ffand the ' ' . aga i n. '' 

Crew prepared to abandon ship. 

Buttheyheldon,althoughthe 

The One disadvantage Ofthe 

sttlrm continued. 'lt wasn't so 

lightcoastalkek construction is 

much frightening as difficult.' 

thatwind can pick up a boaton 

recaleu Fznald - the sort ol .. 

I.d liketohavearotlndina ' Efry Iand quite eas?'/F.Ourl-flt/a 14 

mr . 

Crisis..'Ithasitsmoments .' ' ' once again losta stelnpostw hile 

Despitetheirefiortsatkeeping , , .'''- , k d, / ide our workshop . 

lheshiptogether.themast-zlsl. 

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v Dk.ugz. , 

,w. . J : 

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k .>i 

p . pare a(7ng s 

r)fwtyod weighing 4cwt.- was ,..a .a...- ..- w Do be aware ofthis and tie 

aow cracked and daltgerous. - Q '- . J --. YOUF .5rT1J j6 Oa ts down . 

'FI'he waveswereIJI1.40 lt.high. (rec k()(1 ed . 

arid they probabiy . 

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E!kltausztcrtlisirl!1céktatnzaurau)it ṫ.::y'.w jlvo : . 

wmsquitea heavy txàat. iI. z,.' . 

The gale decreasect and afler 

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keeping watch through tbe night. r ' theyabandonedtheMahilui- 

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,. .. $ .-,zzj. . k(. i ;.' 

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named afteraio 'lyn esian god - UNDER CM VM - . 

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br the haven ola Ntlrwegian theMahinui e ' .' . b y M artin Roberts 

t anker 

Jeavel F ' 

''. 

erryslde (top) < ' You may be interested in the 

Capsized anfjrides =' 

,y follow ing:- 

'Wedidn'tactuallygetourfeet b t it wmsn't far of.'said the rollers Atlantic , M artiniki , my TIKI21 did a barrel 

wet u 

srnald,in whatmusthave txlen fbelow). ' z roll!Iwasmorethan surprisedto say 

tlw understatementofthe year. àrnald atwork 1 ' the Ieast!Sorry to saythere were 

'n ere was another storm the çluripg the . . dam ages incurred.-one broken stem 

rlextdayand shewtluldn'thave voyage (rigbt). L.' jaandle one main hatch cover 

stlrq/iv'tstlth12:ṭ , the 

., . j '% ' . ' 

nleylaterheardthatthesltlrm J. .- . 'r .' .. '.,$. mastheadnavigationIightanda 

had capsized anflther vessel. t;,w.- ,. . . :(. mr) rudder.asoneIashing tore outofthe 

takanklives , inthevit xinlty. . . @..)'.e . '.',w.) woou!Ihave ye!to getinsidefor 

() n hxlard the talker 'we were oJ'.4ṭu 

ki?.' .4': 

q ' 7x.4.' 

. j 1 :> . .';# furtherinspection,buthopethisisalI 

trealed tike Royalty, he sitit I ,: thatis involved . 

being takel) to New York frflm 

where tb ey Ilew home.The'y had ! '' M 3Y 10Sk ifthis is a record being 

sailed atotalof8,234Inilts. 

the first W harram catamaran to 

Irent' already knew ()f thelr ;' ' perform such a m anoeuvre? 

adventure , 

h vi lxxen informed ' ' Y bY ' êttlite frf)rrltht,tëglktlr 

a ng 

tlAat i 

x 

'N ' ' 

. 

'% v ' 

. As 1realise Jim is now rushing for 

x ' 

. . 

they were safemld sound. ik '. &. 

his calculations,Hanneke Iikew ise, 

Now lxlatlesș F-mald looks 

Ic NX & '>v.'k thinkingthatherfiguresarewrong! 

forward to sailingwith friends. 

There is nothing w rong,Ican assure 

you!and Ruth asking,''how good a 

. ; sailoris M artyn?'' 

I. ).1'' 

,yartioiki'wzs30 ft . away from 

ë 

sisterTIKI''Baidin''.Both catam arans 

' 

ready forre-launching afterBahrain 

' 

winter(which neverarrived !).Less 

. 

reassem bly. 

î 

'M artiniki's crossbeam s and centre 

f. 

' t sections were on the sand alongside, 

.. : k' y but3 'x 3 crossbeam s w ere being 

ṫ: L% .2. à(. ḥ 

Ṫ /7: J 

usedto holdthehulsupcorectly. 

. ' Yes,the boatw as on dry Iand!At 

' ,7 ' 22 45 hours on the 1stM arch, 1987 

f 

a w hirlw ind ran am ok through the 

ï ' Club.W ind Speeds suspected at 70 

m .p.h.No she was notoverrigged ! 

The m ast w as Iashed to the m akeshift 

' ' 

crossbeam s!'Baidin'sim ilarly rigged. 

g .c;. .. 11: 11 t' y.j 0 jyoatmus!jaave barrelroled ' 

. 1 ' 

h snappedthecrossbeams,moved 

@*' - 

. . 

. .,.--. . forward 6ft.,sm ashing one handle on 

. * . . . . 

. . -s .uw tjle road .Yhe Iefthu 1w as fou nd on 

' ' . . ' '' m. the Opposite Side and ag ainstthe 

' 

...jyx.o.k- ve .4,.00sswx 

. 

=''* ' ' - . . rig h th u l1 y e s th e 3 ' x 3 'b e a m s 

''* 

.. . . '. broken!M aybe this speaks highly of 

#.- . 'w . q the TIKIconstruction !(P.S.Nothing 

1. +.' '- wt . .'' -

Otheroccurrences:. '8ald/n' Stay,buttblocks torn away,some From Dierter Isenhartand 

moved 1ft otherw Ise no damage! delamlnation # and identical(portand christine Childs 

/. 

Australia 

JAGUAR 21 lifted off1ts trailef,onto starboard)fram es broken!1atfirst 

ta rm ac - palntdam age only (later thoughtthis w ould be a difficult F()u m dy rem em berIw rote ttnvou 

cracks found on inside shelI).About repair ' buton rem ovlng the debris ' i.e. in TIKI2 7.984 1 ordering sails and tentfora 

10 HOBIE 16 ft 

, w hich y'tplsentand were 

. 

SKIPPER 17 I 

Iike m atchwood.A delam ination , and chipping aw ay the 

lfted offits cradle, filets, Irealised an easy eftetive repair 

received 

kk' 

gratefulv in k'ery quick 

. 

tim e. 

throw n Into the harbourthrough 20ft. ossible e had been hoping ?0 be salling that 

f ' w as p . The buttblocks were christm as . As itturned out 

b ound fIoatlng upside tjow n .Pow er cutback (!n half)as they had only lrterruptions postpone d a jsyaunch/ng 

oats lpfled offtralers. clelam inated/torn aw ay prim arily on 

t 

i);aftorchristm 

as the nextvear.anl 

W e are aIkIpcklng ourw ounds 

. 

Iowersurfaces.Plenty ofbulked up afterhaving itin the watera couple 

so m e Iucklertha n others I C/OXY,and a few doublers and aIis ofweeks and realv having fun w ith ft 

w el! 

we w ere hitl?y a bjg storm while 

LaterInspect$013 rekeaIed Internal drving outon ly e b eac j)and itwas 

dam age.- the hulls m usthave com e 'M artiniki'is now back w ith the overturne d and sm ashed . As we kvere 

shoulderto shoulder1 dolphfns w hefe she belongs! no tirtsured kve gotthe pieces 

togetherandjustputitaIback 

.. ;' togetheragain,working nightand dav 

# 

. so we could have /!back in the w'aler 

'' 

l?y Easter.W & did itbutbv& ICISt 

' 

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. 

Colapsed Orlthe decks fOfEagterand 

.. 

' z . %' were r(7(7 exhaosted ttngo sailing.Z/e 

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onjovit,sailingfrom oneend ofthe 

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' ' ' bap'to 2heother.Itisjusta greallïtle 

boat.Onlv thing is nokv kve wish ?r 

.-. was bigger.Dieterrealises he ps not 

' 

the trailer/sailortvpe.kl/e wanta boat 

to Iive on,nota w eekender. 

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M artiniki' 

8ear?s and platform 

neverm oved. 

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28 The Se a Peop Ie/S aiIorm an N o,8 JuIy 19 8 7

9 James w harram 

Severalyears ago,theinsurance 

com panies w ere wealthy;the w orld 

economy w as boom ing,and the 

people investing m oney into the 

There are tw o fofm s of boat insurance business w ere m aking 

insurance.The firstone consists of profits . Then the big sharks m oved in, 

'Seamanship'dwhich begins w ith big fraudsformillions ofpounds/ 

strong groundtackle,thatis several do lars took place,w hen tankers and 

anchors - 1w o atleast ofsufficient otherIarge craftwent'm issing'. 

w eightto hold the boatundergale w ithin the insurance w orld itself, 

conditions - chain and/orw arp good som e sharks extracted fortunes 

enough to hold the boat,again,under Ieaving the m ore honestinsurance 

gale conditions',a dinghy thatcan be investors robbed ofthe invested 

row ed outw ith a spare anchorin a possessions. 

strong w ind and the know ledge and 

k the bestuse There w ere i!lotoflittle sharks, 

co m m o n sen se to m a e 

ofthe strong groun 

d tackle.Then the tOO.Som e w ere blatantly conning 

ifone has one i!m ustalways insurance people onthe value oftheir 

m otor, d ' k' Sails , m ust be strong boatand the dam age done to it.W e 

start an w or . 

d ready ferinstantuse.One must have aIlheard stories!!!Easy 

an 

a l 

ways be alertfora w indshift 

, that instlrance led to the low ering of 

h Itered bay into a w ave Seam anship slandards.Carow ners do 

ca n tu rn a s e 

i trap.Tying up alongside quay, O0tIike knocks on their'new cars'/ 

roarng 

one m u s t 

w a tch outfor!he tidalrise btltOW ners of oldercars can 

d falto preventgetting stuck or frequently be heard saying:''so,the 

d 

an 

d on lim berorstone quayside insurance paid,and itis betterthan 

am a ge ions Fire prevention,again in before''.The sam e has happened w ith 

project the form ofaltertness,and 

. 

Yachts. 

extingupshers.The w eatherm ustbe N ow , 

there are a 1otofo1d 

studied forsafe entry and Ieaving of 'w harram s'around and though we, 

harbours.The listgoes on,and i!is the readers o ftj) e 'sea People/ 

caled - to repeat - Seam ansh/p s ailorm an' / are obviously fine seam en 

This is the basics ofsafe and happy and above m oralreproach , there have 

sailing. 

been sufficientclaim s from ow ners of 

oId 'W harram s'and ofnew badly 

ln recentyears,the second kind of b uilt , W harram s , forthe insurers ' 

insurance has becom e m ore com m on 

' now 

very shortof m oney and desperate to 

am ongst yachtsm en:the 'Insurance' m ake a profit , to take a Iong,hard 

w here you pay so m uch m oney to an look atinsuring W harram catam arans . 

insurance com pany,w ho,in case of 

Jam age orloss ofyourboatw illpay This problem cam e to a head at 

you sufficientmoney forrepairor the 1987 January London BoôtShow. 

replacem ent.This seem s Iogicalfor One broker,a few stands dow n from 

m any people,forifyou ow n a caror ourstand said quite definitely,lhat 

aeroplane you have to have an he culd notget insurance for 

insurance by Iaw,because ofthe W harram catam arans.This sounded 

dam age you can do to otherpeople. like the end.But anotherbuilderand 

In general,sailng boats dam age only yachtsurveyorfrom Scotland said:'/1 

them selves and theiroccupants.So have no problem s getting insurance 

insurance is notm andatory law for forW harram s providing they pass a 

yachtsm en. 

survey.'' 

The Sea People/sailorm an No.8 July 1987 

Insurance syndicates and brokers 

acting as m iddlem en do notw ish to 

lose m oney in the form offalse or 

unnecessary claim s,norin m issed 

opportunities.Afterasking around at 

the BoatShow on the insurance and 

brokerstands/this wasthe general 

advice:Forinsurance,you need a 

good survey reportfrom a com petent 

surveyor.A surveyorregarded as 

com petentand respecled by the 

insurers is a m em berofthe 'Yacht 

Brokers,Designers & Surveyors 

Association'(YBDSA)in Britain.The 

surveyorw ilw antto know the 

quality ofthe m aterials in a new boat 

and thatitis builtto design specifi. 

catîons.Som e insurers w ould idealy. 

like you to have the surveyorvisityou 

before aI1defects are covered up. 

Surveying comesin many shapes 

and sizes.W ithin the trade there are 

surveyors w ho are greaton steel 

boats,butpooron w oods others fine 

on engines butknow little about 

fibreglass,som e coverup their 

difficiencies in the very w ide field of 

yacht surveying w ith a certain am ount 

ofbluster.Stil,thatIsIife.W ha! 

em erged during the London Boat 

Show was a)theneed forasurveyor, 

experienced in W harram catam arans 

b)to offerto any surveyorwho 

undertakes a W harram survey,the ful 

supportin the form of advice and 

necessary draw ings,ifneed be from 

the W harram design office. 

W e already have one good 

surveyor/W harfam expert.This is 

RobertEvans,'St.Anlony',Church 

Road,Llanstadwel,Dyfed SAI3 IEB, 

T&l;(0646)60057 5,bu!in additit)n to 

his fees he charges traveling 

expenses and he does Iike to eaton 

Iongiourneys(why?). 

The YBDSA on being poinled out 

the need forspecialsurveyors of 

'W harram s'and the desire ofthe PCA 

to ensure good standards ofbuildlng 

and seam anship very generously 

offered to adm itto the YBDSA a 

person proposed by the PCA as a 

W harram surveyor.A logdcalchoice 

was Steve Turner Foss Quay, 

M ilbrook,Torpoint,CornwalPLIO 

1E N ,Te f:(0 7 5 2 l8 2 2 8 4 6 ,w h o n o t 

only has builtW harram s and sailed 

them formany years butis an 

experienced worker/builderofother 

catam aran designs.So.the future 

insurance ofW harram catam afans is 

being protected. 

In addition,w hatis needed,is a 

widerunderstanding,thatjustasSn 

the carw orld there are old Fords 

Volkswagen etc.,'bangers'oflow 

insurance value,co-existing w ilh the 

latestquality m odels the same 

situation exists in the wofld of 

W harram catam arans. 

The difference betw een the 

'banger/W harram and the w el-bult, 

up-to-date W harram has to be m ade 

clear.A11ofus can do this In addition 

to advising the ow ners of 'Bangers'to 

learrlseamansblp and ship care. 

L-. .. 

29

D @ lp h i> * 

F'rom Ruth W harram 's desk Dolphin LookoutTeam 

com es aIIthis latest inform ation GREENPEACE also has dedicated 

ofwhatis qoing on regarding itslatestnewsletterto the protection 

Dolphins;nekv m agazjnes,books 

' 

Ofdolphins and whales.Ithas 

charters etc 

established a 'Dolphin LookoutTeam', 

asking anyone w ho is living or 

spending a holiday nearthe sea or 

N sailing'/to reporton:sightings,Ievels 

ew W W ade Doak Book 

o ffishing, seism ic testing,accidental 

ade Doak ofNew Zealand is (j o jjlin p netting, directdolphin kiling, 

sending us regularly his new sletters sources ofpo lution and strandings '' 

aboutDolphin/W hale/o rca encounters Please help and send inform ation to: '* ' 

w hich m ake fascinating reading.He is Jeff Cabin at Greenpeace 

, 30 - 31 

now w riting a new book to be called Islington Green , London N1 8XE. 

'Ocean M ind',w hich w ilinclude alI 

the latestencounters w ith dolphins l . 

Iike Percy in Cornwall,Jean-lm uis in 

.?' ' 

B r itanny and Ram palin New Zealand. '- '' 'j1 

W hale W atching in the . !,l 

Unfortunately,hispreviousbook M editerranean 1' :' 

'Dolphin,Dolphin'is now outofprint lrn yrance , Franck Charreire hasalso .'- i 

and does notseem to be available started anot ja eractv iit y :''w hale ' ''*-'' '- ' Q *' 

. - . - . . 

anyw here, 

w atching in the M editerranean'' . He 

has been regularly visiting Jean-l-ouis 

in Britanny and recently reported that 

lnternationalW hale Buletin she isstill''faithfulatthe rendez Friends oftbe Sea 

Otherorganisations and m agazine vous'' . In the USA,Larry Vertefay w ith 

editors have recently started 

H 'Friends ofthe Sea/devoted to the 

publications.Kieran M ulvaney w ho e inlends to use one ofourPAH I study ofdolphins in theirnatural 

, 

w rote a book to be entitled The designs in the M editerranean next habitat,is continuing his 1- 2 weeks 

Dol phin Book 

. forw hich Jam es w rote year,but boathe as itw as too Iate to getthe research trips on his Iarge,Iuxury 

a chapter, had so farno Iuck in 

is using another40ft research catam aran , Dolphin t w ith 

fi nding a publisher,has founded the 

catam aran this year. 

trips to the Baham as,Braziletc.Costs 

'W hale Conservation Society'''the He is offering 5 day cruises to are quite steep,from $995 perperson 

only society in Britain dedicated solely Observe and com m unicate w ith the perw eek butthen you can expect 

to the appreciation and conservation M editerranean dolphins and w hales''. Iuxury cabins w ith airconditioning,but 

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publish aiournaltwicea year,issuing FranckCharreire,BP 2337,M arseile research and study.Forfurtherdetails, 

irregularreports inbetween to cedex 2,France forpricesw hich please w rite to:Larry Vertefay, 19165 

membersofthe society.We havejust dependonthe numberofpassengers W aterway Rd.,Tequesta,Fla,33458, 

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this 'InternationalW hale Buletln',a 7 

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30 The Sea People/sailorm an No.8 July 198J

Jerem v Cresswell(see his 

articleinSeaPeople/sailormanNo. a n to d . . . 

7,p.742,has continued to wr/te 

artic/esinthe'Fishing'pressto W 3 R to d . . . 

encourageindividualsandgovern- 

w a n te d 

ments to consider W harram 

catamaransforthe ose offishing. Inform ation is urgently required concerning any 

Articles kverepublished in the W harram designed catam arans w orking part orfu l 

'Fishing News lnternational'fxokt tim e in com m ercialfisheries at any levelanyw here 

86)u&,'xearshore'(June87) w orjdw ide lf you are not w orking your ow n vessel 

USA and the 'Professional 

. 

Fisherman ' (p . 

4 rilorMay 872, Y0U m aY W e lknow of som eone w ho is. 

Australia.To help him further, A p inform ation,no m atter how brief, should be 

'Cress'woold Iike people to write . 

t . Sen t tO. 

o hlm .people who eitherused 

theircatamaran forfishing or 

Jay Cressw e l,c/o Jam es W harram Designs, 

heard aboutothersdoino it. - G reenbank Road,Devoran,Truro,Cornw a l,TR3 6PJ. 

see his aàverr. 

all * 

Back Issues of Sea People/sailorm an 

W e have re-printed m ostofthe articles published Irlthe 'Sea People/ 

Sailorm an'issues Nos.1- 4,Nov.83 - M ay 85.A com pilation ofthese 

issues,60 pages/ata costoff 2,50 (incl.postage )in the U K and Europe; 

E4.00 overseas by air,is availablefrom the PCA orJam esW harram Designs. 

Boats W anted Boats forSale Crew W anted 

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rhe Sea People/sailorm an No.8 July 1987 31

NE HS F R OH SE A PE OPLE .... 

A chap phoned a w hile back to say 

he was building a TIKIBOA and asked 

to go fora sail.Itreated him to a 25 

knotal-sail-up blaster,he clung to the 

deck as we Ieaptfrom w avetop to 

w avetop,spitting outsheets ofspray. 

Ithink he w as m ostim pressed w ith 

. the stability. 

# Many times,like any boatow ner,I 

w ish fora biggerboat.Itwould be 

AUSTRA LIA 

niceto go below and brew up and get 

outofthe elem ents.Igotvery close 

A cry from the heartfrom 

to buying the plans fora Hitchhiker 

Australian builderGarrv Brett,RO.Box 33 . Idon , tknow ifyou are familiar 

486,Weipa,Qld.48 74.His letter Witj,tjle Hitchhikers , (Fes,ldo know 

reads like Iexpectto feelin a few Hl'rc j.jylxsp . ye started off zv 

m onths.so,help him,friends. blatentlv copving a w harram w ith a 

''lam AREOIbuilderNo.127 and feW design m odifications.saving how 

have justfinished one hullto 'fitthe he had improved the Jes/gnff- Ed.! 

beam s'stage anu have the otherhull they are in fact m uch to yourow n 

mostly pre-fabricated.lam also Rbilosophy,double enders,butwith 

thoroughly p...offw ith building 'fatter'hu ls and a sm aldoghouse 

(completely on my own). 

deck cabin i.e.plenty ofIiving space. 

lcan't afford to read m agazines How everaIlthings change.I 

butmyfamily think1need an subsequently Iostmy welpaid job, 

injectionof'SeaPeople/sailorman' mainlydueto Iackofinterestanda 

m agazine to getm e a Ifired up again. couple ofinlense new relationships. 

ls it norm alto getcheesed offatthis So - end ofbiggerboatand Inow 

stage?1'm glad ldidn'ttry and build a scratch a living labouring underthe 

'CAPTAIN COOK'!1believe you hotsun.But.no com plaints,Iife is 

' people are building a 63'PAH),afe good here and Ihave a girlfriend 18 

you into aircraftcarriers or 

years youngerthan m e w ho keeps m e 

som ething?! young.Ishallbe 40 nextm onth so 1 

guess life begins at39!1 

Please treatthis as an em ergency 

- m y m ate's m onohullis even To getback to boats,Annie and I 

starting to look good - ughll'' w ere cam ped on an island last 

w eekend,tentpitched and cam pfire 

burning.'Skua'anchored close in to 

M ike Ricks,Australia builderof drY OutOn the Iow tide.It struck m e 

TlKl21'SKUA'asalwah,hasan 

interesting contribution,pacticularlv 

this one abouthum iditv in the end 

sections ofthe TIKI21. 

thatwewerefarmorecomfortable 

than alIthose people bobbing around 

atanchorin theirIittle trailersailers, 

Oreven those cooped up on bigger 

boats.W e cooked on the fire,made 

love underthe stars by the flickering 

fire Iight,and sleptlike babies in the 

tenttilm orning sun drove us out.So, 

I'm really contentw ith my Iittle boat 

and the biggerone can w aita few 

years yet. 

''Thanks forsending two copies of 

the Sea People No.6,1waspleased 

to see m y coupfe ofarticles in print. 

The articles once again sparked offa 

flurry ofphone cals from prospective 

builders orpeople half w ay through a 

TIKI21 w anting to know w hatthey 

are irlfor.lalways give tbem my W elIthought I'd Iay al$that on 

enthusiastic accountofhow fastshe You to letyou know 1'm stilhere and 

goes etc.,etc.O ne thing 1do 

sailing.You m ustfeelsom etim es Iike 

recom mend to people w ho call,is your 'fam ily'ofbuilders elgrow up 

thatthey considerextra ventilation. and sailaw ay and eventually stop 

M y boatis underthe intense sun and writinq.1.1try to produce another 

hum idity a1day long and is prone to arlicle som etime ifIcan think of 

mould in the cabins.One day,iflever something fresh.Tilthen best 

get round to it,lw ilborrow a regards to you all.Hope you survive 

generatorand cu!a hole throush anotherCornish winter. 

bulkheads hroom '5.and vent on mthe aybe forehatch puta and P'S.Bem em berm y plans form y 

ma us 

protected hole on back bulkhead dinghY 'Skua's Egg'.(See Sea People 

fthe cabins,bulkheads'2',just N0'2).The floororbouom of!he 

ob 1ow the hatch, 

boatneeds extra battens across to 

e 

stiffen it up and itneeds a forward 

'skua'has been in the w aterover row in: position to carry 2 people 

3 years now,1stilsailregularly,in aI properly.Designers prerogative to 

weathers (mad dogs and Englishmen!) make amendments!!'' 

32 

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CarlRevnolds,TlKlBOA builder 

sailed w'fth M ike Ricks and w rote: 

'dW hile in Brisbane on reliefduty,l 

m etM ike Ricks:w ho kindly took me 

fora sailin his TlKl21. 

Aftera lively sailin boisterous 

conditionswe arrived back atthe 

m ooring ratherw etbutexhilerated. 

Afterreading aboutthe stability etc. 

ofthe TIKI21 itwasa pleasure to 

have experienced the seaw orthiness 

w hich m ade m e im patientto getback 

to Sydney and continue building my 

TIKIROA . 

Thanks again foryourhelp in 

explaining the besttechniques for 

glassing the hul.'' 

S.L.Bantick.Tasm ania.a TANE NUl 

builder sentthis chartwith the 

following fnk/tatlbn; 

''Enclosed is a m ap ofthe Tamar 

River.IIive at Kayenadm arked on the 

m ap.M y TAN E NU lw ilbe m oored at 

Devils Elbow w hich is visible from 

hom e.Any cruising W harram cats 

would be m ade w elcom e.There are 

plenty ofsheltered anchoragesdfree 

ofcharge.'' 

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The Sea People/sailorm an No.8 July 198'

Steve Goodm an.J.W D.'s agent 

keeps in touch with Australian 

buildels and reports on theirprogress. 

W ayne Bailey,ow nerofTEHINI 

Plans No.64 is aboutto com m ence 

building.He is building his boatunder 

survey,and has received the first 

approvalin Queensland fora 

catamaran to be builtto ocean going 

survey standards.He w iluse the boat 

as a dive charterboaton com pletion. 

Robin Bronte lives on a farm in 

centralNSW .The farm has substantial 

stands oftim berr,and Robin is not 

only building his ow n boat a 

TAN GA ROA M k lV/butis doing it 

from tim bercuton his property.The 

localtim berm ilhas saw n aIIthe 

tim berforhim /in exchange forbeing 

able to keep som e. 

W e are trying to getourselves in a 

position to finish pIy planking the first 

hulofourCAPTAIN COO K over 

Easter - this w eekend.Unfortunately, 

we don'tthink thatthe w eatherw il 

hold Iong enough to alow us to 

sheath it.Itis aiready reaching -1 at 

night,although days are 26 degrees 

(Centigradel). 

NEW ZEALAND 

Tim and HeatherW belan,having 

sailed half-w ay around the w orld,are 

settling in New Zealand fora w hile to 

have a second child.This is fortunate 

forus,because Ted Berry,the 

W harram New Zealand agenl,after 

years ofhelping New Zeaiand 

builders,is taking a rest.So,Tim and 

Heatherare now ourNew Zealand 

agents. 

In the nextissue,there w illbe a 

working reporton Vortex Generators 

from Tim.(see also theiranicle p.7) 

From K.Rohan.N.Z.Captain Cook 

builder. 

Yourdesigns are certainly reaching 

the parts ofthe w orld others cannot. 

Here in Tasm an Bay there are tw o 

H 1N AS ,a TA N E N U I,a TA N E ,a O R O 

and a TIKI21 ortw o. 

M y TANENUIfriend reckons he is 

holding his ow n againstthe Iocalgun 

monohu ls w hich gives som e 

satisfaction.The localyachties give 

Iittle encouragem entto catam aran 

builderscitingthe usualobjections 

(though interestingly,few have ever 

sailed in one orindeed everreally 

studied thedesign types available). 

M ay lcom m end to you M r.Nick 

Woods(the aforementioned TANENUI 

owner/builder)whose enthusiasm for 

W harram Catam arans could have 

singlehandedly outw eighed aIthe 

opposition in m y m ind. 

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BRAZIL 

AUSTRIA 

Dr.Gerhard Bobretzkv has sentus 

Letterfrom Carlos Hochbetv HITIA forthernew s aboutAustrian builders; 

builder. ,, W olfgang W appland v eron ika U lz 

Ihave one bad new s from a TIKI arrived in Cyprus in theirTANGAROA 

21.Itis stislunconfirm ed but,it M k 1.That is alm osta circum navigaseems 

thata TIKI21capsized in Rio tion rsee 'Sea W ople/ Sailorman'No.6 

de Janeiro/in a Force 6 w ind.The p.37 teling us oftheirarrivalin New 

trick is that ithad a fu ly battened, Guinea on the way'to Australial. 

Hobie cat 16 sail,plus other Austrian builders are busy . M r. 

departuresofthe orignalprojecl.1 Bodeiis working on thefirsthulof 

think M r.Chermonthas some more jais CAPTAIN COOK - Mṛ Schenk is 

detailed inform ation aboutit. W eI1on the w ay offinishing the 

second hu lofhis TIKI21 - Juergen 

Baier's H ITIA w illbe sailing w hen this 

is published M r.Lux has both huls 

of his TIKIROA sheathed and is 

w orkin on the interior Dr. 

Hodum s A REOIw as som ew hat 

delayed by the cold w inter,butthe 

fram es are ready forplanking - 

Gerhard Noisternig's NARAIM k IV is 

now in the open and nearing 

. com pletion.She is quite a sightin his 

backyard - Helm ut Riederstarted 

M ALAYSIA 

anew with his CAPTAIN COOK since 

sailing a French production 

Letterfrom W altTuransky.' 

catam aran.Lateron Gerhard 

The TIKI21 was Iaunched 

Bobretzkv wrote:Dr.Hodum send his 

saturday last.The waitw as w orth it greetings and says,thathe is very 

as the sailing in 10-15 knotw inds pleased w ith his HITIA.She outruns 

was great.The boat perform s better everything. 

than 1expected and is nearly as 

responsive as m y oId HOBIE 16.I'm 

Iooking forw a-rd to a lotm ore sailing 

w ith itand its youngerbrotherthe 

HITIA whichIjuststartedafter Uua/!TLlranskY's TIKI21justprior 

receiving the plans thisweek. to launching. 

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$ David and Neila are stilin the 

* ** Baham as on theirNARAIM k IV . l 

believe they are in the Exum as at 

- presentenjoyingthe cruising Iife. 

* 

Furthec 

prom ote and encourage cruising in the 

Justa short note to reportw ith 

club'.In the fouryears ofits 

existance,Ernie won it tw ice.(Itis 

great sadness thatErnie Heard passed i nteresting to notice thatalthough 

aw ay on February 3rdd1987. W h arram catam arans m ake up only 

In the bestofhealth u ntillastJ u ne aout 10 0/o ofthe boats atthe cdub, 

w hen he w entto the Doctorsuffering the M aurice Jacques Trophy has gone 

from headaches and double vision.He to W harram ow ners three tim es out 

was operated on two days Iaterfora offourl)Ernie's experience includeda 

CANADA malignanttumouron the pituitary voyage to the Bahamaswithhis 

gland.He m ade a good recovering for fam ily aboard his TA NGA ROA 

Fhe Huebschs (see p.8!.back ?'n a coup le ofm onths and then started 'CA RIAD'and a trip across the 

Canada are sending Canadian new s to deteriorate again , On February 2nd, Atlantic,crew ing w ith John Belenger 

w ith the good nekvs ofthe vpyage of he underw enta second operation to aboard his ORO 'Pyxis'. 

the ORO 'PYXIS'across the Pacific remove his spleen , and thatevening 

and the sad new s thatErnie Heard his daughter , 

Sian,telephoned me to Ernie w ould have been re-elected 

died on Febr.3rd 1987. say thateverything had gone wel bY acclaimation to a second term as 

J o h n 

B e 

llengersuccessfuly m ade it w ithoutcom plictions,butthe next Com modore Ofthe TM CC buthad to 

t o Australia in 

PYXIS (ORO)and she m orning he suffered a relapse and decline because ofhis health. 

is presently in Coff's Harbour died, T'he funeralw as pac k ed w ith 

undergoing a majorre-fit.His Ruth , 

Iknow,has m etErnie and sailors/aIthe localPolycatpeople 

g irIfrie nd ,Diane M c Ca m m is bac k in m ay rem em berhis cheerfulgood and TM CC m em bers and on the 

Canada fora visit and Ihad a long h um ourand sound com mon sense. coffin w ere tw o photographs,one . a 

talk w ith her.They crossed the Pacific Th ese qualities served him w ellduring casualpicture ofErnie and M argaret 

in a series ofvery Iong hops,w ith not a yearas Com m odore ofthe Toronto laughing together,and one ofhis 

m any stops.They w entfrom Panam a M ultihullCruising Club.He transferred beloved , Cariad , . 

to the Galapagos,to the M arquesas, th e TM CC from a place w here people 

to the Tuam otos,to Sam oa,to 

M argaretand Sian plan to keep 

, spentm ostoftbe tim e bickering over 

Australia.This fits w ith John s 

stupid rules and w hich serious 

'cariad'in com m ission through the 

cruisingphilosoph / thatheexpressed cruisersregardmerelyasaplaceto 

' nextseasonand thendecidewhatlo 

in a Ietterto m e'Passage making is park theirboats to a club w here do with herin the Autumn.(An older 

like a viv'id technicolordream , people would sitaround ' in the daughterDebbie,is m arried and living 

w hereas Iand fallsare Iike biack and away from Toronto ). 

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evening and socialize and discuss 

w hite horrormovles . 

cruising and have a good tim e 

1' m notsure that lrealy agree w ith jy brought itcloserto 

. (In EvilrYof1e has been ralying round 

O tjnerwords e 

Margaretto try and make thingsa 

tiais.IIike to see as m any places p 0 Icatsj Y , 

along the way as posslble and to 

little easierforherin hertim e ofIoss 

t ravelthatfarw it la ou t seeing The TM CC awards one M aurice and anyone w hoeverm etErnie w ill,l 

everything 

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s a 

m islake but it's nice to Jacques Wophy annually forthe am sure,cherish his m em ory.He w as 

hearo f everyone ' sideas (and their I7ersor1whO has donethe most'to only 50 yearsold. 

reasons). 

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The Sea People/sailorm an No.8 July 198J

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U.S.A. 

Buildingthe workshop wasIabour 

F rom Larry & M arge Warnbetg- fem intensivedbutcostunder $1,000.A 

We ling, AREOIbuilders. 

ale m ould w as carved in the siltof 

the uppertide flat.A ferro cem ent 

lttook us abouta yearto buy our j) u1w as castinto the 8'x 35'x 14 ' 

plans,materialsand a few tools (we hole 

do carpentry forpar'tofourincome). . 

W e also built an 8 'x 35'fIoating Foam logs fil1the space . Cheap Pi' 

workshop.Crossbeam construction is plyw ood fora deck . Very Ievel,the 

scheduled to startTO M ORROW . waterIeve led tja e form . only 1'of 

W e are seriously considering freeboard w ith 1000Ibs,orone hull. 

omitxingthe daggerboards,using a SOUTH AFRICA 

centreboardinstead.We raiseoysters Latertheworkshopwilbecomea FonyDowns . Kears ago crossed the 

in a shallow estuary w here m uch of greenhouse and a protected place to A tlant'c on J .W s rsaw !on cttaaer 

oursailing w ilbe done.Breaking a process the oysters w e raise. and has since bu iu a pAa!al fn 

daggerboard on an oysterreefw ould 

Britain 

, w hfclhe has now had to sel 

be anuisance.So we are hungryfor Each PAHI31 hulw ildjustfit to spend some tim ein South Afréca . 

details on centreboard construction. through the double doors. He arfres , 

' z Z?e now find ourselves w orking in 

South Africa for a shorttime,a great 

'. 

place.Don'tbelieve aIIthe rubbish 

..7 Youhearaboutit' 

i 

. . ' e e finished ourPAHI31and had 6 

? ' 

. . 

1 

months sailing lrish SeatScottish 

' I : . T' G estcoast,in atrocious weathez 

I p 

. 

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' ç '$ m ostlv force 6 -#.The boathandled 

1J a @ ' ': .J' WelbutSeemedtotackbetterwith 

. 

soards up.w ith boards up dow nw ind, 

' ' 

i the broaching tendencv appeared 

* 

slightlv m ore than with the 'TANE ''l 

used to own.On the few occasions 

with lightwinds,lused a 25O sq.ft. 

. 

Drifter.The boataentverv wellon a 

reach force 3 approxim atelv 10 knols. 

ltalso handled verv welunderGenoa 

' 

and sêaF sail(ln/K beam reaching in 

force 5 at8 knots.The fastestspeed 

- 

reached kva.o 15 knots on a beam 

reach force 5-6.Itwas with regret 

thatIsold herto com e to South 

A frica for2 vears howeverto leave 

W orkshop acv-. 

her in tzx'.for2 vears unused would 

.'*' 

. ..,.xk.e 

.. have been a worrv.Fory'ourrecords, 

with 1 onlv 

.('>.. 

'' offreeboard kf j'.':'.k.,ș . 

!).:.* she Costf 5,000 tobuild (84/861. 

-h . . . 

.- . . : . Wes!epoxy system,a/oy spars, 

wlth 1000 Ibs . ' a usten Farrarsails . 4 h.p.Yam aha and 

orone hul 

Rocholog echo LTS Generator , Fuel 

Ioad 

oven ?and aIIsafetv gear.lsold for 

f 6,000 fora quick sale butprobablv 

could have got E'7,000. 

lam considering a sm altrailable 

TIKI,there are plentv ofk'ery /arge 

- 

. lakes and dam s here.Tbe Indian 

. 

Ocean is qtp/'te rough and there are 

' 

onlv a very few safe ports between 

Durban and Capetown,w itb Iarge 

v. . djstances between. 

' 

' 

H om NeW//e Man derW esthuizen, 

, ltseem s thata realinterestin 

f; W harram designs is developing in 

South Africa (a yachtmanufacturing 

-% ' boom is being experienced here w ith 

M 

. som e firm s having up to 10-15 35' 

. *' '*.> * ' keelboats on theirorderbooksj . 

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N.'X' 

How ever , the W harram s are spread aI1 

overthe country,so ittakestim e to 

see them aIl - overXm as Isailed on 

a TANGAROA (builtin the islandsj 

being used as a diving charterboat - 

M arge laving ' ownervery happy . Alsa an ARIKI 

outbulkheads - survived atremendousstorm offthe 

ofthe PAHI31. 

Each hulw ill 

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CapeofGood Hope (a37'Endurance 

keelboatwastotaly wrecked)earlier 

justfitthrouqb 

thisyear. 

the double . * This A RIKIhas sailed round l/7e 

doors . - ..L A' =-a. world - Ed. 


Raeff(TIKI21)has had a great Phîlip Le M aitre ofGuernsev. 

sum m er.I've been outa couple of buildzng a TIKI31 Ivr/tes: 

tim es and w as very im pressed.He ''1am Iucky to have the use ofa 

alm ostflipped herone day w ith one w arm boilersbed at m y w ork . This 

hu l4'clearofthe w ater! 

com es in handy , forno m atterhow 

Lance's PAHI42 is stilin Odham s Cold itis,it's stilw arm enough to 

W harf 

' 

though Iooking very sm art gltle.The sides w ere constructed at 

W ith the paintw ork finished.Ithink he mY Work and stitched togetherw ith 

B R ITA IN P lns a to Ieave things untilnext Stemsand skegsin,They were then 

Adrian KITCHING,ownerofO RO Season. 

taken to my fathers , greenhouse, 

w hich Iam slow ly turning into a 

'Zooev',is a regularsupplierofSea Thats aboutitfrom the im m ediate work s hop . '' 

People News form the Exeterarea,he arealBillBrown (NARAI)had a bad 

w rites: 

Biscay crossing taking 3 weeks w ith 

W e had a greatsum m er/w ith few 31Sorts going w rong.Vince w ent M .J.Cookson.Raka Builder. 

com plaints.W e m anaged to sailover w ith him and has since decided to Cubm ria wtites: 

2 000 m iles - Bristol- Exe La Se lw hatis Ieftof his boat!! z, 

. Furtherto m y com m ents 

Coruna Exe - ChannelIslands - since w e have had postcards from published in the Sea People No . 5 p. 

Exe.The m ostfun trip was across BillBrow n w ho arrived safely in the 29 could 1suggestthatone reason 

, 

Biscayinjustover3 days - realy caribbean , and also a friend of m ine w hy fore sails are particularly 

flying,though com ing back w as a bit John M ansen w ho is w ith Ernald on im portant on polycats is that since 

W et. his TEHINI - they aIsem to be the luffis angled backw ards , in a fore 

'Zooey'Is now atExton,Iaid up for having a wonderfultime (see also and aftdirectiondthere isan upward 

the winter,we are stilIiving on board pages26/27). componentin the thrustofthe sail, 

(m yself,M attm y Am erican partner, helping to controlpitching.W ind- 

, 

and Melfrom Australia)and haven t repairing 

Rick Thom 

the huls 

pson 

ofhis 

has finished 

HIM EMOA surfers benefitfrom the same effect. 

consldered 

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moving off,though M att 

and plans to be sailing next season. 

This pointdoes notappearto have 

as to go hom e soon as his visa runs 

been m entioned in the 'Sea People'. 

out. BilBroadley had had som e fun w hatdo you think?'' 

Dave (from PAHI31 'Freebird') W itb my OId TANE 'Tanw ych'.He has Thi s ss 

. 

turned up the otherday,and has got Som e greatphotos as his son is a 

also the reason w hy l 

a 10 b building a Formula40 in gbotographer(Both Rlck and Bijlare 

alwavs have a good rake afton m v 

Exm outh.He'sstaying w ith us as his in Burnham). 

m 

Iift 

astseso thatsom e ofthe wind 

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drive 

s the bow and continues to J/ftit 

boat Is out ofthe w aterin Plym outh, I/m notsure w hatw e are doing when diving down a sea instead of' 

G uy Barron (NA RA IM k 1V)is laid nextseason,as w e are a bitshortof depressing the bow.M .J.Cookson is 

up in Exm outh and also looking for m oney atthe m om ent.W e m ighthave the firstperson ltlnote and realizes 

w ork he alm ostdem otished a to sell'Zooey'w hich w ould be a kvhy.(Ed.) 

harbourwalIastweekwhena stern shame butwewould justbuild 

dlne falled in a gale - notm uch something sm aler possibly a TIKI 

damagetothe stern postthough. 31,thoughsuch ideas need notbe 8hOtO.Guv Barron's NARAIM klV 

(He'sstilon board aswepl). explored yet. 'llusion' 

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big hitw ith us . His literary quotes 

Themagaclne of1hedeep gf()(?nStla IA ntlw revealatlitudes w e Sh are.ltis 

quarterly magazIfle coverlng a 1a spec'sr)t e n c o u rag jn g to read a boutpeople 

manscom pIzxreIatlonshIp wth1h6l'3()a- dOng i it , notju stspeCuIatin gidIy. 

frorsshlp de sr()n to sea tarclIng.p1racy 1(') 

marlne blology- wlph specla!emphas1s on H aving Iived a board a recycIed 

clcan . safclarlciecologlcaI1ysuslarnabpe use Iifeboatfor4 yea rs,w e've g rad ualy 

ottht)aquasphûre 

tuned into a m ore hu m an -paced living. 

Tide.slplntlylargerthan !hoReadt)rsDlgtlts! There a re On Iy a handfulofpeople yet 

w lbefuly luslraled wlhpholographfg.Ilne a round here w i1Iing lo extend 

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drawings.maps.graphsandcjlagrams1!wLl them selvesbeyondcomfortconcerns. 

feature a rrlciesbysome otrhe m()s!ctmlrlt)rdr So itis through m agazines such as 

by Ruth W harram 

peo;lIe In !he fIe1d Tide se dI!o rIsR 1chard 's e a Peo p Ie/S a iIo rm an 'th atwe find 

ow 7rln,aolhorof'Thehaî'of!heSea 

no tjustpracticaIinformation butaIso 

, TIDE , M agazine 

Available on subscription:t10.X /$15.X spiritu a1su ppo rt. 

annualy, posted surface mail. Make 

Alongside,you w ilsee an cheques/postalorders payable lo Tide Inotice 'Sailing the Farm 'is finaly 

advertisem entfor'TIDE' the 'lnter- and send to Tide , SGramercy'.BalHiI, getting the attention itdeserves.It's 

natlonalM arine & M aritim e Journal Patardw ater,Hartland.eideford,Devon, been a valuable handbook forus. 

qeview ',anothernew m agazine the EX39 6BX. Anotherperson the sailing com m unity 

firstissue ofw hich should be out 

m ightpay m ore attention to is 

shortly. 

Buckm insterFuller.One of his 

Bichard Gwynn.theeditor, Ganzen trekken in troepen favouritesayingswasthattheIittle 

introduced himselfa few months ago & AIDwalend individualDOES makea difference.He . 

as the founderofthe 'Bideford Ship F0rDutch speaking m em bers,Henk had m uch to say aboutthe role of 

Company',concerned with the need de Velde has published a book about Polynesian seapeople (and their 

o f'' env ironmentaly cleanforms of his,now famous 'Round the World' Watercraftlin the beginnings of 

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sea transportwith a return to sail voyage on his OqO 'OROW A'(see Civilization.He was a strong sw immer 

powerasfaras possible . 

zsea People'No.1,p.5 and No.2,p.4) and avid kayakerin his youth,when ' 

H caled 'Ganzen trekken in troepen'. he showed his talentforinventing,by 

w e had been w riting a book 'The Itis available directly from Henk de btl ilding a betterkayak paddle. Itused 

ay d Abuse ofthe ofW Sea',subtitled aters'w hich,w 'M an's hen Use Velde,Uitg.Albatros.Vissershaven 2, t j:e squid propulsion technique Iike 

an 

out 1review.In themeantime 2846 AG,Harderwijk,Holand,ata 

an um brela opening and closing w hen 

, w e w i reduced costof25 guilders (or r) ushed-pulled . He was a skiled sailor 

he th form ed the com pany and published BF5o0 d navigatoṛ 

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75 French Francs,E8.0O or$ an He invented a unique 

e above named magazine in which 

and fastrowing craft(caled Rowing 

James 'L ec ture atthe Dolphin Day US 121. 

S y mposium in Leicesterin Nov.1984 AS atthe time ofpublishing he 

needles)using 

narrow 430 , x6 

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eightlong and 

w iIlbe published. 

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Interested notonly in ourdolphin OROW alend 

A . s fullof photographs of 

voyage w ith poem s by belonsto aIofus. 

wd ork,butalso in ournew PAHI63 Slauerhoff . This,again,w ilbe Check him outfurther.A real 

esign and is considering building tler available directly from Henk ata goldm 

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taking day passengersto the new So, m em bers,anyone interested in Photo:Henk de W lde w ith son 

marine parkoffLundy Island.This reading moreaboutHenksvoyage ' stephen and dog Soldieraboard 

m arine park w as established Iastyear getin touch w ith him . , 

as a protected area having rare and 

O&OWA. 

unusualundersea fIora and fauna. 

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