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@ PCA 1998
Contents
Tips Hints & Gadgets
Gaia in the Red Sea
Hitia 17 im provem ents
CatCorner-.Queensland
Narai4 '-m onocoque
Austrian Meet
Cookie 'w'the facts
Tiki38 '>'build report
Tiki26 -.Iashings orstraps?
Tangaroa 3rd tim e around.
Modified Tangaroa in Ho land
Tiki21:'Verity'''.-cruising
N.E.UK meetrepod
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ED ITO R 'S B IT
SteveTumerj
Forthenextthree issuesIw illbelistedasyour
magazineeditor.although,in fact,itwillbea
jointefortasusual!Thiswilbe my Iastyearon
thePCA comm ittee.both Sandy and Iw illbe
standing down atthenextAGM (wehopeto have
timeto doalitlemoresailing before wegettoo
old!)Sincethelow pointofsixyearsago.thepresentcomm
ittee hasbuiltup theassociationto an
alItimehigh withrecord membershipand healthy
funds.
Thisisan opportunity foranew group ofmem -
bersto takethereinsandleadthePCA intothe
twenty-firstcentury.starting from the strongest
READTHIS,IT'SIMPORTANT!
position anew comm itteehaseverinherited! Running
the PCA isa Iotofwork butitbringsp'eatrewards
withit,including personalcontactwith peoplein over
forty countries.
Computerliteracy isan importantrequirement,asisa
fairbitofsparetime!E-mailconnection would bean
advantageandagroup ofmembersin fairly close proxim
ity to eachothercanbestsharetheIoad.
The 1999 AG M willbeinSeptem berasusual Ifyou
thinkyoum ighthave whatittakesand would liketo
haveago,contactusassoon aspossible.itwould be
niceto haveaseam lesstransition!Scotthasoflbred to
stay on foratIeastonemore yearasaguiding hand,
gradually reducing hisinvolvementasthe new com m itteetirtdsit'sfeet.
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otherboats tookupthisofferandaf- age;seams beginning to give aI1
John Barkertakesa breakfrom teran anxious wait - they were overover.A day and a halfwas spent
theJW D drawing ofsce to sailon an hour late - we were given a hove-to,hard atworkwith the sew-
'SpiritofGaia'
whoie roastgoatwhich keptus fed ing m achine re-sewing the three
orthe nextthree days.
working sails.The nexttwelve days
W herethe helisDjibouti?This was
were spentbeating to windward in
my first question when asked if l Afterleaving Obok we entered the windsofbetween Force 6 and Force
wouldjoin'Gaia'forherpassage up Red Sea witha folowingwind and 8 withonly onemorningandone afthe
Red Sea.A few days Iaterlwas had six days ofgentle sailing untilternoon where the wind dropped
flying in tothisdustyFrenchcolonial offPortSudan,where,as predicted,away and we thoughtthe worstwas
piece ofEastAfrica aboard an Air the wind turned to the Nodh W estover.Onlyafew hoursIaterthe wind
Ethiopia jetvia Addis Abbaba. andstarted blowinghard.W henthis was back howling in the rigging,
happensthere are two tactics',coast kicking up short,steep 3 to 4 metre
breaking waves which would regu-
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z' ze' ' * ' fling up through the slatted
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..J . w jed sails we keptthe
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yf l. .j. speed down to around 4 to 5 knots
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(' k .. tacking through 120 and making a
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good 55 m iles a day.'Gaia'could
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easily have gone faster butabove
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, . thisspeedthe noise,sprayandfeel-
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ing ofstrain on the boatmade Iife
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Those'days are now a blurofclear
...s blue skies and flying spray - the
crew huddled togetherin the cock-
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.î ed coasts and Iong dark nights
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. . 1 spentdodging sbips which mysteri-
' ously only appeared afterdark.Finally,we
'Gaiar was anchored off the run- reached Egyptian waters
hop between numerous whaddian- and decidedto putin to Safaga,the
down 'Club Nautique' and after
spending a day provisioning and
chorages during the morning calm s firstpod ofentry.
orstay outand keep beating.W e U nfortunately our tim ing was
sorting outmy transitvisa we motored
overto a nearby island with a
chose the latteras we were Iimited wrong - Iate in the afternoon,and
ontime.As soon asthe wind staded the approaches are trickywith sevbeautifulshallow
lagoonto scrub the
botom .Thecrew,James,Hanneke.
blowing hard, 'Gaia's'six yearoId eral unlit reefs. W e were getting
sails aI1 started showing signs of close asthe sun setbutcould make
Jamie,Alexa and 1 had an enjoyabledayswimming
and scrubbing * '/* - 1 . vîy.* %:'#.
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to Bab elMandeb-The Gate of ; ;. W. . tut ' g !
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the forbiddingly entitled en- lrt .. s., .
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trance tl tbe Red Sea. The pilc)! :'.,.y.'#' yjo ' .
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book makes clear that in March '* ' . ' . '
boatscanexpectfolowingwindsfor . ' : 2.
the first half of the passage and
headwinds forthe second.However, * . '* . P
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we gotstrong headwinds in the af- ' ' .
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ternoon and decided to put into / '
Obok,a smalpod onthe Djibouti/
Eritrean border.W e anchored along '.. J*
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with fourotheryachts and waited a p
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da y untilthe wind died down and '
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turned around.Our first afternoon
was enlivened by a visitfrom som e
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Iocalmen offering,for$20,to cook
usdinnerashoreandbring itoutto
us in the evening.W e and sevaral
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outlightsashore.Suddenly the wind
dropped so we tried to start both
motors.Aftertwoweeksofinactivity
one refused to startand the other
would not provide any drive.Suddenly
the wind sprang up again,
blowing hard and forcing us to
spend the nighthove-to offshore.ln
the morning we made sail and
tacked into harbour, the wind stil
howling.
Safaga harbouris a baywith an is-
Iand in the middle.The oId port,
where boats checkin,isatthe south
end ofthe bay and the Yachtanchorage
offthe hotelarea is to the
north, through a narrow, shallow
channel.W e sailed up the oId port
anddroppedanchorhaving folowed
a large m onohull which turned out
to the be the Swan 65 'Tangaroa'.
W e checked into Egyptalong with
herand the sloop 'Halycyon',who
kindly towed us through to the anchorage,which
wasfulofsheltering
yachts. It turned out that both of
these powerfulmonohuls had had
justasrough atime asus.The next
m orning was calm and many boats
raised anchor and headed nodh.
The crew of the 'Gaia' however
had a thoroughly Iazy butwelldeservedday
lounging around the pool
ofthe Holiday Inn eating hamburgers
and ice cream .
Afterhaving spenta while working
on the engines -one starterm otor
had seized and we adjusted the
gearcables on the other -we decided
to take a tripto Luxor,a three
hourbus ride away.This turned out
to be a fourdayhighlightofthe trip
taking in visits to the tombs ofthe
Pharos,the LuxorM useum ,the Karnak
Tem ple and, my childhood
dream -a feluca ride up the Nile.
Due to the massacre oftourists by
Muslim extremists the previous
year,the citywhich thrives on tourism
,wasvef'y quietand very cheap.
Back aboard 'Gaia'the wind was
stilblowing from the NW butaftera
couple ofdays we awoke to a calm
day and the sound ofboats raising
anchor.W e decided to folow suit
buttook a while to getgoing.Another
port, Hurgarda, is only 25
miles on so we thought we could
make itthereforthe night.The wind
was Iightand on the nose so progress
was slow. Come sunset the
Iights ofHurgarda were in sightbut
the wind staded blowing hard,so in
a repeat of our first approach to
Safaga,we spentanother uncom-
fodable nighthove-to atsea.In the
morning itwas stilblowing Force 8
and ratherthan attemptto beatinto
Hurgarda we decided to run backto
Safaga, wondering how Iong we
would be stuck there.
Aflera couple ofdayswait,one afternoon
the wind dropped and
turned to the South.W e im mediately
raised anchor and motored
through the night, through the is-
Iands and reefs of the Strait of
Gubalinto the GulfofSuez . From
here the wind was Iightnorth westerly
so we sailed during the dayand
anchored at night. After several
days of easy sailing and deseded
anchoragesthe hustle and bustle of
Suezwas difficultto take so we decided
to stay only one day to reprovisionand
sod outa pilotto take
usthrough thecanal.Ourdreamsof
drinking and teling sea stories at
the Suez YachtClub wentunrealised,asbeing
a Muslim countfy,the
club has no bar.
Thetwo Ieg canaltransit-boatsanchor
at the town of Ismalia overnight-wasenlivened
by two thingsthe
arrivalof Petera potentialPahi
63 builderfrom Australia and the reoccurrence
ofourportengine drive
problem .During the second morn-
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ingrafterhavingbeenjoined byour
rathersurly pilotin Ismalia,the pod
engine suddenly started racing but
notproviding anydrive.Immediately
ourspeed dropped,the wind again
being a briskheadwind.Ourpilotindicated
he wanted us to m oorup to
a floating bridge atthe canalside.
This done, after an uninteligible
phone calata nearbyferrystation,
our pilot disappeared. Our agent
had m ade clearwe should contact
him ifwe had anym echanicalprob-
Iemsso we decided to go ashore to
find a phone but found our way
blocked by a pairofarm ed soldiers
who refused to alow usashore.Despite
our attem pts at reason they
continued to guard over us as we
struggled to diagnose our engine
problem which turned out to be a
sheared prop. Meanwhile Peter
tried radioing passing shipsin atattempt
to get in contact with the
agentto arrange anotherpilot.For
Petertime was running outas he
had a flightbooked outofCairo at
4pm the nextday.
By nextm ornjng we had repaired
the propbuthad stilinotgotthrough
to the 'Prince ofthe Red Sea'.Finaly,Peterdid
getthroughto avery
helpful German ship who put us
through to 'The Prince'.He told us
to go to the nearest pilotstation,
which was visible abouthalfa m ile
up the canal.W hy ourpilothadn't
taken us there the day before we
slillcan'tunderstand.By m idday we
werejoined by a third pilotand were
underway again.Peterwas desperate
to make his flight.Despite protests
from everyone in the pilotstation,who
insisted he stay aboard
'Gaia' to Pod Said, he stayed
ashore.W e learned Iater that he
was escoded to the airport under
armed guard and did catch the
plane.
M eanwhile we motored on to Pod
Said where,m inutes afterdropping
the pilot,ourpropelerrepairfailed
butby then we were in sightofthe
Mediterranean.So,with fulsailand
one engine we were able to clear
portsafely gliding along on a gentle
breeze,Two days Iater we were
safelybedhed inAshkelon Marina in
Israelwhere 'Gaia'wasIeft.
Com paring stories with othercruisers,aIagreed
thattheRed Seawas
atoughsailand thatthishadbeena
padicularly tough year,possibly af-
fected bythe EINino.A numbertold
distressing stories oftheirtreatment
by the Suez Canalpilots,the worst
being a yachtrammed by the pilot
boatafterthe crew refused to pay
tlne 'Baksheesl'Jem anded.W e had
been advised beforehand that the
going rate forthiswasUS$5 and a
packetofcigarettes anddespite being
asked formore we didn'thave
any problem s.
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H itia 17 im rovem ents - in Ibiza
g byJanLendertz
In 1987 Ifinished a Hitia 14 and a
yearlatera Hitia 17,both according
to the plans (now Iwonder
why).
The only alteration on both boats
was a classicalhatch cover
(Wood)infrontofthe mast-beam
on both huls.
As 1sailfrom March to November
(since 1988)in the beautifulwaters
between lbiza and Formentera,Icould
gatheraIotofexperiences
outin the sea which can
getverysevere.
Sailing Hitia 17 wasbeautifulright
from the beginning. If Icompare
Hitia 14 with a Fiat Panda,she
would be a Mercedes Benz.(And
a Dart,a Porsche,added a Dad
owner).
1hadn'tsailed Hitia 17 Iongwhen I
staded thinking ofa few improvementswhichduring
the 11yearsof
sailing have accumulated to quite
a Iist.
AI1staded with the hatch covers.
They were torn offby big waves
and Igotinto trouble when trying
to rescue them . The sprit
(wonderfulon Hitia 14)was dangerous
when trying to reef.The
shock cord securing the shroud
Iashing under the lanyard cleat
came offand the 1ee shroud Iashing
held the mast with it's Iast
thread ina force 11.The masthad
come down several times. The
bowswere ratherdeep in the water
and big waves sometim es
stopped Hitia from fulspeed because
the frontbeam was in their
way.Surfing wassometimes chal-
Ienging and dangerous. I also
couldn'tgetused to the position of
the jibsheet cleat between the
hatch covers.
Ittookme a Iotoftim eto find solutions
foraIthese 'handicaps'and
the changes Im ade definitely improved
handling, pedorm ance,
safety and also the Iook ofHitia
17.
SevenyearsagoIhelpedafriend
tobuildhisHitia17andwebuilt
herwith a1Ithe changesthatIhad
on mine atthattime which m eant
saving much money and time as
we did notbuild the sprit,the front
beam,the tent,the canvas hatch
covers,the double floorwith it's 4
big expensive hatch covers,and
we did notcutthe drainholes into
the hulsides.Ihad builtaIthese
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My improvements were made on
the huls, beams. mast. Riqqinq
sailsand the trampoline.
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lm entionedthe canvas hatch covers.Ichanged
them forwatertight
wooden ones.So did severalHitia
owners,some ofthem rightaway.
Later Ireplaced the two wooden
hatch-covers perhulby one Iong
cover,so that3 people can sitbeside
eachotherinstrongerwinds.
Ican also m ove forward to the
m ast-beam on this new hatchcover
to go more to windward
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pads(exceptthetent)justto throw
them aI1away later.lpaid forthe
Iesson and Iearned a Iotand my
friend was pleased.Steve Hankey
who boughtthatHitia17 Iater(sail
No.114)tookoveraImy improvements
(exceptthe topsailwhich 4
wouldn'tcallan improvementbut
ratheran extravagance).
The more people sailtheir boat,
the more they willprobably wantto
adapt it to their necessities and
many Hitia owners wilihave made
their own changes. I wonder
whether anybody else has taken
the frontbeam off.W e have three
Hitia 17s with two beams in Ibiza.
Hanneke Boonknowsaboutitand
she asked me to change the
plans,which ldidn'tdare todo because
of the many cross references
to othersheets ofthe plan.
when tacking.The Rosition ofthe
jibsheetcleathad to be changed
now.ltwenttothe backbeam (see
picture).
Having waterproofhatches Icould
finally store and Iock away aI
kinds ofgear,the mainsheetwith
purchase,jibsheet,tilersand pul-
Ieys, sleeping bags, tent, drinks
and food etc.
Aftercuting outthe double floor,
leaving a 2 cm rim with it's filets
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forstability and closing the drainholes,lgota
huge hatchwhich togetherwith
the hatch in the front
turns Hitia 17 into a cargo ship.
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Am ple place for everything, and
whatwas washed on the net,is now
dfy inthe hatch.
Stemposthandle,Isee itas a nose
on the bow.A helperpufled the boat
to theside and broke itoff.Iglued it
back and added oneachside 5 mm
ply.The nose Iooked a bitthin and
m iserable before,now it is round,
shinyandstrong.
Skeqand keel:Isailed overrocks 6
times.There wasneverany damage
thanks to the 3mm alum inium keel.
Each tim e there was a bang amidshipsand
asecond cruelone on the
skeg. I became more and more
afraid to one day rip the skeg oK.
There wasanotherreason fordoing
som ethingto the skeg:
Many tim es Igotstuck on ropes in
the water, sometim es with fine
tbreadsto boldtheplasticrings,and
som etimes ldragged a big plastic
bagalong.
So l made a Iong, gently curved
skeg(see photo)by adding sheeted
12 m m ply.The keel1 prolonged
from 12 cm up the bow to 1 cm
overlapping the rudder,covering the
piece ofpIy added.
Now l can sail over ropes and
threads, and when hitting a rock
there is no more fearforthe skeg.
And Ifeelthatthe boatIooks more
beautiful.Ihad asked James W harram
whethershe wouldstilltackwith
a Iong skeg and he said,'T? itour'.
She tacks very wel.
is saferwith 2 beams.There is stil tothe beam .
more than enough stability and a bit
moreflexibility.
3. MAST AND SPRIT
W hen 1take my anchor,Iplace it
rightbehindthe mastonthe canvas Icut the sprit in two equally Iong
tram poline, sticking the shaft pieces to hold the roof of a hut I
through the gap between the two built.Thatmeans 4.8 kg ofweight
trampoline halves,in a way that it Iessup in the air.Instead Ibuilta 1
doesn'ttouch the water.Chain and kggaffwithit'sclaw similartothatof
rope are in a flat bowlwith holes. a Tiki21.The gaffgoes through a
Even Barry Aslet from Denia who narrow pocketon top ofthe mainused
hisHitia 17 as aworking boat, sail.The spritsailbecame a gaffsail.
took the frontbeam off,he always maintaining the sail'sshape.Hitia 17
carried Ioads ofheavy diving gear, ownerM alcolm Kirke wrote from the
food supplies,tentetc.,butaIwas Philippines, 'I too am considering
Iocked away in the hulls and front using the spritto hold upthe clothes
hatches.He dived forfish to selto Iine in the garden and making a
the hotels.-
gaff.Reefing is very difficult in a
1Iostmydolphin-striker,so Iglued it rough sea, and lowering the sail
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2.BEAMS
The frontbeam ,the net'ropes,the
anchoretc.make a weightofeasily
25 kg in frontofthe mast,close to
the bows. That led to numerous
stresssituationsathigherspeeds in
waves orwhen surfing.lheard from
a French yachty thathis friend's Hitia
17 pitchpoled.(Ofcourse there
can be many reasons).1took the
front beam offfor ever (aI that
work!).took away it's sockets and
lashing pads and simply added 4
wedges ofhard wood underthe remaining
2 crossbeams.(see drawing).They
push againstthe beam
lashing-pads (the strongestpartof
the hulside)and securely keepthe
huls in their paralelposition.The
wedgesrubbed a little bitof'fthe top
ofthe beam lashing-padswhjch Irepainted.No
more problems.
She performs much beter now,
mainly in strongerwinds the bows
are always up and lassertthatshe
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even more so as the sprithas to
go inthe water
On Hitia 14 the spritsailwith the
brailline isa beautifulsolution and
reeting is no problem because
everything is smaler.
The gaffsailneeds a topmast to
pulthe gaffup.1openedthe mast
top,stuckthe handle ofan axe in,
secured the masttop with a strip
ofstainless steelscrewed around
itand filled the holes forthe halyardswithEpoxypaste
and sealed
them to strengthen the masttop
which has to hold 4 shrouds and
23forestays.(SeeNr.4 rigging).
Tie mastfootflaton the beam
caused the beam to folow the
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back-and fodh movements ofthe
mastwhen there is waves butao
wind. Rounding the masWoot
helped,
4. RIGGING
Fourtimes the mastcam e down,
the reason being each time the
failure of a stainless steel part.
(shackle,hook,steelrope).Last
month,sailing in a strongerwind
the forestay cam e down together
withthe jib into whichitisincorporated
(because ofthe jib roler.)
The steelrope had broken whereit
goes around the mast top. The
m astwould have definitely com e
down again(in a choppy sea near
a rockycoast)had Inotputsecurity
forestays to each bow.They
.
hold theprolongedtopm astwhen I
puta top sail.(SeeNr.5 sails).1replaced
the broken piece ofthe forestay
from the upper jibrolerswivelto
the masttop by 4 m m
spectra lashing.
Sometimes when 1started out at
F.3 the wind increased to F.6 and
then Ihad a very insecure feeling
because of my experiences that
the mast can come down. So I
doubled the shrouds. The additionalshrouds
received additional
shroud lashing pads outside and
counterpads inside the hulsides,
a Iittle bitforeward ofthe original
Iashing pads.Ialso took off the
shock cords thatare supposed to
keep the Iashings under the
'halyard cleats'and fixed a piece
of wood threading the Iashing
through.
I feel a Iot safer after these
changes,knowingthatlhave done
mybestto hold the m astup.
proximately 1,2 m Justforfun,in
Iighterwinds.ltfitsveryweland
helps a litle Ithink (itis hard to
measure).
6. TRAM POLINE
5. SAILS
As the jibwasfited witha (Hobie
16) jib roler the forestay can't
have a lashing to pulittight.This
is done with the shroud Iashings.
The 2 additionalforestays to the
bows must be slacker than the
centre one for better windward
performance.
A purchase in the jib sheet
seemed too com plicated to handle,so
1didn'tfitit.lfitis hard to
pulthe jib tighter,Ijustturn Hitia's
nose into the wind and pul.
Only m inor changes have to be
made to turn the spritsailinto a
gaffsail.Ialso added a window,2
battens and prepared the m ainsail
fortwo reefs.(ThatwasnotpossibIewiththesprit).
ThisyearIIengthened the topmast
and filed the gap beM een topmastand
gaffwith a topsailofaplmade
a new ceanvas tram poline
with the positions of the holes
changed and thick waled plastic
waterpipes sewn infortightening.
Iputpocketsforthe halyards and
beltstoputthefeetunder.
Hitia 14 also gota canvas trampo-
Iine instead of the wooden one.
saving 20 kgofweight,so thatshe
now weighs 80 kg in total. She
also received a 7 mm pIy board
15 cm wide,from beam to beam .
juststuckinto make sitting onthe
huls possible.
W ithaIthesechangesboth my Hitias
have proved during many
years of sailing in aI kinds of
weatherthatthey are very easy to
handle.saferthan they were before
and a pleasure to sail.
1 m ay once more quote from
Malcolm Kirke's Ietter:'Despite aI
these criticisms and alterations,I
thinkHitia 17basicaly a verygood
boat,seaworthy and weldeserving
spending time on improvementsl'
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PerfectParadise By Alex Milne fine weatherand lightwinds,we
Ioaded our Hitia 17, 'JOD1,'with
the ospreys, these beacons, as
otherwise they would have to nest
food,water, and a minim um of
cam ping gear, and m otored toindeep,roundholesinthe
water.
A couple ofweeksago,ouryoung- wardsthe Boyne Rjvermouth and Afler rounding Bushy jslel, and
estdaughter Kirsty arrived home adventure. getting closer to our planned
from a year's working and travel-
Iunchtime anchorage,a couple of
Iing in the U.K.and Europe,with
Scots boyfriend in tow. After
The weatherbureau's prom ise of
Iightwinds in the morning proved
tudles poked their heads above
the shining,sky-blue surface.They
spending a weekwith numberone aIltoo true.The only breeze we were shy,though. and a bittoo
daughter in Brisbane,they came had was created by the Suzuki2 quick forCalum to see.W e took
up to Gladstone fora week's stay horse pushing usalong atabout4 the risk of sailing straight over
with us. knots on the incom ing tide.Aoer Pelican Banks,as by now the tide
the recentstorms,the green hils waswelinto the flood.lfeltitwas
Calum had justIeftthe coldest ofFacing Islandon ourright,with a risk, at Ieast, because I've
Scotish winterin decades,to ar- its white sand beaches,areas of ploughed m ostofthe Banks with
rive in Queensland and greetthe m angroves and dark, rocky the skegs atone time oranother.
hottestsum merwe've had in the shelvesprovided a pleasantback- Calum took over the steering
same period.Needless to say,he drop to the brightblue ofthe wa- aboutnow.no problem foran exfelt
the heat more than a Iittle, ter. coxswain ofthe RN.Once we got
washed outand covered in prickly
closerto 'The Oaks',ourdestinaheatrash.Icould
sympathise with W e allkeptoureyes peeled hop- tion nearthe north end ofFacing
him ,though in the opposite direction.1stad
to shiverwhentheteming
to see turtles.dolphins ordugong,
and give Calum a close
Island,Itook overonce more,as
there is a Iotofcoralaround this
peratureplumm etsto about26 de- Iook atourIocalwildlife.W e didn't area,and we needed to thread our
grees Celslus. come across any for a while, way through the reefs to the
though the sightofa couple ofos- beach.
Lynne and Idecided to take Kirsty preyswas a worthwhile event.W e
and Calum fora sailing andcamp- have severalpairs nesting atvari- Once anchored,everyone,including
touraround the area fora cou- ous points around the harbour ing yourstruly,decided itwastime
p1e ofdays.So when m y days off usualy on the tops ofthe naviga- fora swim.Calum was the only
arrived, for once colnciding with tion beacons.Very convenientfor one with a snorkeland goggles,
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and wilingly shared them around
so we could view the underwater
sights.This was a completelynew
game to Lynne and me,and to Kirsty
also,itseem s.Lynne and Ienjoyed
itso much thata few days
laterwe boughtsnorkeling gearof
ourown.
W hile swim ming nextto the boat,
Calum Iooked around atthe blue
water, the white sand, the boat
and the surrounding view in general.
*-rhisiswhatit'saIabout,isn'tit'?n
he said.
BW hat do you m ean, Callum'?p
asked Lynne.
'W e1I,you sailoverhere on your
own boat,the water's warm ,you
anchor,go foraswim .It's,irs,it's
it's perfectlM
Yep,and justperfectenough for
the restofus too,Calum .
By now itwas time for Iunch,so
we took a shod walkto the top of
thebeachwitharmfulsoffood and
drink.There inthe shade ofashelterwith
picnic table,we filed rum-
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bling belies.Then a walk to the
otherside ofthe island to Iook at
the open ocean,before going back
to the boatand enjoying another
swim .
An hourorso Iater.anenjoyable
supperwas finaly overand done
with,along with a few bottles of
Pauline's Powerful Home-brew.
Pauline's dog Beau took care of
the scraps,then we took a walk
along the beach.W e were hoping
to see some turtles nesting,as this
area is renowned localyasa turtle
nursery.Howeverwe were nearing
the end ofthe season,and saw
none atal.The three and a half
m ile walkbystarlightup to the Iagoonwasveryenjoyable,evenso.
Examining shels bytorchlightwas
a novelexperience for aIof us.
The walkbackto cam p tookus up
to bed time,where we shouldhave
slept Iike a stack of iogs, on
Pauline's mattresses.W e aIlslept
foronly a coupie ofhours,unfortunately,
except for Iucky Calum,
who didn'tsleep atal.He states
emphaticaly thatourQueensland
sandflies are exactly the same as
the m idges that inhabit bonny
Scotland.So between the sandltwas
about2 pm now,and the
wind had atlaststarted to blow.
On a 10 knot nodheasterly we
threaded ourway undersailoutof
the coral.and into the main nodh
channel.Then heading north be-
tween RatIsland and the reefs of
Facing lsland,we headed outto
open water.Once outfarenough,
we turned and ran paralelto the
north coastofCudis Island,where
we planned to camp forthe night.
W e had tobe a bitcarefulhere.as
a Iotofthiscoasthasrocks,along
and justoutfrom the beach,and
we planned to Iand athigh tide,
hoping to sailoverthe tops ofthe
said hard things.Aswe gotcloser,
sailing south now towards the
beach,Idropped aIsail,Lynne
steered,and Calum poked one of
ourpaddles overthe side to test
the depth.The wind blew usgently
landwards, untilCallum 's paddle
touchedbotlom,andIjumpedover
to stop the boatfrom hitting the
rocks.W e towed *JODIO in and
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flies,mosquitoes,and ants,notto
mention the heavy rain,we had a
rather restless night.Then at high
tide,which was at 4 am or near
enough,itwas time to check that
the boat wasn'tgoing to Ieave us
stranded,so Calum and Iwalked to
the beach and dragged 'JO DI'out
to deeperwater,and re-anchored.
Down came more rain,and itwas
cold!The sea was warm however,
so we crouched in the briny up to
ournecks,and waited tiltheshower
passed.
After a breakfast of bacon,eggs,
black pudding and toast,and moving
the boatoutwith the tide several
tim es.we gotthe gearpacked.W e
were ready to feelourway outbetween
a veritable field ofrock reef
just before low tide.W hich was
great,as we could see mostofthe
rocks thatwere underwateron our
sail in.but not so great because
there were a Iotofsharp objectsjust
underthesurface.W egotoutsafely
however,under motor power,then
setsailinto a 10 knoteasterly,Oh,
horror! I'd thrown the anchor and
chain ontopofthe jibsheet.A mad
scramble to untangle the m ess,but
no harm done.Glad itwas only 10
knots of wind. That's the sort of
thing thatcan happen when you're
tired.W el,that's m y story,and I'm
sticking to it.
W e had a pleasant sail back
through the entrance between Rat
and Facing Islands,and keeping to
the channels.sailed to the jety at
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South End,which is the southern
end of Cudis Island.Here we anchored
ashore,close by the jety.
W e couldn'ttieto thejety because
ofthe barnacles,and we have no
fenders.One ofthe prices we pay
forsailing a sma lboat,and saving
weight. W e cadged a Iifl with
Pauline,who drove us to the Lodge
for welcom e cold drinks and ice
cream.Onourreturnto the boat,we
walked outonto the Iong jetly,looking
down at the white and yelow
coralin the shalow waters.Calum
and Kirsty took the snorkelandwent
swimming for a closer look while
Lynne and 1walked back to the boat
to wait.Time was a-wasting however,and
soon we caled them in,
and sailed into a by now southeasterlywind
ofabout15knots,
W ith the wind on the nose, we
rounded Farmer's Reef and sailed
once m ore over Pelican Banks
again withoutgrounding (wonderof
wonders).and sailed on the port
tack untila kilometre orso from the
Smelter W harf, then tacked and
headed in towards Facing jsland.
W e wentas close to the island as
we dared,thentacked again,hoping
to make Gatcombe Head,on the
southern end ofthe island,in one
tack. W e just managed this by
squeezing between Bushy Isletand
Facing Island,hoping alIthe while
thatthe tide was high enough by
now.A thisstagethewindwasgusting
to about18 knots,with a short
chop,which m ade conditions a bit
dam p.ButIwas alright,thanks,in
the helm ing position behind wife
and num ber four daughter. W e
made itto the camping ground in
time fora belated Iunch about2
pm
AfterIunch,itwastime forthe Iast
Ieg,about5 m ilesacross the harbour
to the m outh ofthe Boyne
River,and home.By now the tide
wasnearing ful,and thewind had
grownto a more orIess steady 18
knots,ifmy judgementis corect,
which itquite oftenisn't.ButIdon't
Ietitget me down.The sea had
grown quite Iumpy,with lots of
whitecaps.1putKirsty and Lynne
on the uphilside with me,butthe
lee hulstillbogged downwithonly
Callum on it,so gothim to move
over with us too. Some people
would callthis cosy,buton a 17
foot boat,Ical it crowded,The
poorboatwas slightly overloaded
with fourofus pluscamping gear,
and didn'trise to the waves asper
normal. Itwas good fun though,
going through som e ofthe waves
rather than over, and everyone
seemed to think waistdeep wbite
water from one end lo the other
was hilarious.It was sod of Iike
white-waterrafting underthe rapids
instead of the other.Callum
reckoned itwasIike the Nodh Sea
on a very calm day, only much
warmer. W e sailed over W est
Banks,then into the river,shortcutting
overthe shalows.Thenthe
Iast few hundred metres,quietly
coasting intothe boatram p.
The whole two days had been a
perfectparadiseforaIofus.
D ITTY BA G
ForSa Ie
Tiki26 Mastextrusion
RobertSheridan(UK)
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DaveIrving PIYmO0th and Lena Ljungqvist a se tofpahi42 beams he was W eused glassroving forthe con -
, UK. king
ma . The centreline spacing nections,120O tex ,draped overthe
was 16feetor4.880 metres,which beams and fanning out 1 m etre
Our Narai Mk 4 , Havaiki. was wasjust5 inches Iessthan our5 onto the hulsides.We made up
Iaunched in 1986 , and 10 years mth etres,so we were definitely on bundles of 20 rovings , 2 metres
Iatershehad neverbeenoutofthe e righttrack. long,and used 30 bundles on the
water
, apart from drying out to If inside and 22 on the outside con-
scrub offthe bottom you make the beams Iongerthen nections,and covered the whole Iot
, so she was
wetdue fora refiṭ
you m ustmake them stronger,and with one Iayer of 600 gram biax
the connections to the huls m ust glass .
W eknew the b eams would have to
also be stronger. This rules out
come outin o solid Iam inated wood for the new Theotheralterationsplanned are:
rderto maintain the beams
beam boxes and beam bots.This h as they would then be too Makingthe bowssharp.
gave
us the idea to putinto praceavy.On
the Pahi31 there is an Reducing the size ofthe skegs to
tice two ideaswe had been muling option to make Iongerbeams,in- Tikipropodions.
overfora Iong time -
make Ionger
creasing
f
the centreline
, ,
spacing Fairing the rudders and skegs to
beam s and glass them rigidly to rom 10 feetto 11 6 .The extra anaerofoilshape.
the huls
. The thinking behind this
strength
I
is gained by adding one Closing off the gap belween the
is thatwe geta 1otofwave interfer- i amination oftim ber.The problem ruddersandskegs.
ence between the huls sthatthe extraweightofthis,plus
which the
seems to slow herdown . 4have b extra weight of the longer W orkisprogressing fairlywel(Feb
eams cancels out some of the
r benefitofthe increasein beam .
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Wedecidedtogoforholowbox
sectionbeamswith12mmplywood
sidésand 20 mm Douglas fir
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square metre uni-directioal glass '-
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top and botom andthewhole lotis '
. ' wrapped in 3 Iayers of600 gram
' ' (J Iass at+/- 45 degrees ,
aIIami- '
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worked out ata few kilos Iighter
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7+$- t. than the original beams, being -'
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lnside Beam Connection
read that the ideal distance between
the hul centrelines on a
catamaran is half the waterline
length.A quickcalculation showed
thatwe would have to increase the
length ofthe beamsbyabout4 feet
to getto this ratio.Ipicked on 5
metres asbeinga nice round figure
forthe new distance beM een the
hullcentrelines and then started
agonising overthis being perhaps
too much,Reliefcame whenSteve
Turnershowed me the drawing for
W e also wanted t glass the
beam s to the huls and thus do
awaywith the flexible connections.
W e had noticed the Pahi42 'Tirla'
had done this.lthink the flexible
connections are a good idea ifyou
only have timber,resorcinolglue
and bolts,which was the case in
1958.Howeverwith uni-directional
glass and epoxy resin, you can
spread the loadsbyfanningoutthe
glass on the huls,and make the
connections stronger. Making the
connections rigid makes itpossible
to close offthe beam boxes,which
are always a maintenance headache,There
is stilsome flexibility
because the beam s themselves
bend and the hulstwist.
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98)ifa bitbehind schedule.There
has been more maintenance work
to do on the cabin sides than we
thought. On this point we have
some good advlce to any new
builders,and ithas nothing to do
with Iongerbeam s:
don'tuse joinerypine.Save upand
buysom e Douglasfir.
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'1998AustrianWharram PCA Boat
.Ralv report. . .
by Gerald W inkler ' ' '- '
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Attheiastmeetingswe heardthe
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wish form ore sailing.In orderto .- -y :
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of W harram sailors and builders !e' .; ew . , . u .
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we planned for various events X* .-- '*V
over three days instead of one. ,. .a '' .
The m eeting took place in June F'
1998
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, as usualatthe Neusiedlersee.W
eathergods were with us; '
we enjoyed fairwinds and nice p . N x *
Stlmm ertemperatures. ''> œ 'h.s.. .
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EARLY BIRD MEETING . .. .
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On Friday afternoon,afterassem - '. -
bling ofthe visitortrailerboats in
Podersdorf was com pleted, six
Tikis sailed to the lovely Bauminse1foranovernightanchorage.Aftera
colourfulsunsetitwasa Iong
evening and can be described
bestas 'Vienna cake and Frankfurtersausage
night'.
BOATFRALLY /
On Saturdaymorning we metwith .
theothercatsforatwostageboat , . k ''
raly,with a Iunch raftup in be- .. -- 'j '
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tween atthe RusterSchoppen,a 9 .. j
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was won by Gerhard Bobretzky
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with his TANE
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having a Ionger waterline as the - A '
26's.She isequippedwith a modernbi-radialgenoa
and a fulybat- '. ,:'.' l
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s tart ') . Second arrived the ' -' ' '
Schröders with theirTiki26 TW O t;6*-.sp.z 3'=:i 'b',
HUSKIES.Wecameinthirdwith j
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our slightly Ioaded GRP Tiki26 '-. . . 1 . .
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KANANASKIS
. When Pahi 26 . . .. . . . 1'% v. ..lbv-A ng .
AQUARIUS (Tikirigged)wascom-
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handed and totalempty(noteven .- a-. 't-* '=
a pilow)and hadonce duringthe - v t'u;- .
race a hulIifted outofthe water. ,.
Helmut Rieder (Tiki 26 AURA) '
stated thatAQUARIUS may Iack a ,.-
bit of the expected stability, because
herTikirigs centre ofeffort -
#
is higherand herbeam isnarrower
than thatofa Tiki26 (butAQUAR-
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IUS didverywelinaBora (storm)
inthe Adriatic).Quite a few boats
used theirchutes.Butdue to permanentwindchangesthey
needed
very close attention and only if
properly trim med they increased
boatspeed,otherwise they proved
to be a disadvantage.
Racingbacknorth a1lthe W harram
catamarans were running close
hauled.Itwas interesting to watch.
how the different boats and rigs
pedormed to windward.This leg
waswonbyAQUARIUS (Tikirig)
folowed by Helmut Bayerls Pahi
26 MANIHI (classic rig and
genoa), pointing higher than
AQUARIUS. Again,we came in
third and our strategy of higher
boatspeed witheasedsheets(our
sails are verticaly cut) paid of
against the other close hauled
Tikis.Analysis of our Gps-track
data showed Iater aIl the slight
wind changes and that KAN-
ANASKIS'S tacking angles were
around 100 degrees. Interesting
thatTiki21 ANCHI'IO whichcame
in fourth,showed excelentwindward
pedormance despite her
rolerreefing jib(smalerjib).Some
Tikis were sailed to windward with
tackinganglesof85 - 90degrees!
Otto Urbanek,an experienced dinghy
racerfound him selfnotin the
Ieading packwithhisnicelyrefitted
Tiki21.because of his oId worn
outjib.This showsagain thatthe
cutof the sailis more im podant
than the size.Interesting to note,
that al the winners were single
handers.the second had two on
boardandthethirdthree!
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Upon return the W harram catamaran
fleetproceeded through a reed
channelto the Neusiedl-Bad Restaurantharbour.This
cosy little basin
finaly filed up with 13 W harram
trailercatamarans (five Tiki
26.five Tiki21,two Pahi26 and
one Tane).Atthe restaurantwe
joined the not(yet)sailing folks.
Lots ofnew faces here from Germany,
Switerland and Austria.
Quite unique the veranda of the
restaurant, towering 6 meter
above the water.From here you
could watch the restofthe fleel
coming in(ofcourse the wind has
died in the Iate afternoon) and
have a bird's view ofthe boats.
Lots ofstories and pictures were
around ofthevariousbuilding projectse.g.A
Tiki21 iscurrentlyget-
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hullas the m ain,the other was
sliced into two piecesand usedas
the amas.W e shalsee hersoon
onthewater.News from PeterMican,he
has sold his Pahi63.The
Pahi huls are currently being
transformed into a 'Tikishape'to
increase interiorvolume.The Zimmermann's
are close to finish their
Tiki30 project,The plans were
verycarefulythoughtthrough during
building in co-operation with
JW D,resulting in a bug and how
to do betterIist.Meinhard Koch is
building his THIRD W harram at
the moment(Tiki38 aftera Hitia
17 andTiki26),Ieaving the question:which
next?
The locationofthe meeting turned
outto be perfect,because ofgood
access from the Iake and town ,
good facilities and the excelent
food.More than 50 W harram enthusiasts
enjoyed this evening.
Later, the PCA prices were
awarded.Iwas told more than at
the UK meet,thank you Scottfor
thisbilateralgesture.Big applause
whenthePCA Tshirtsand burgees
wentto the race winners and to
W iliand Gordon Vofà,who trailed
their Tiki 21 COOL RUNNINGS
th e Io n g way fro m Be rlin
(Germany)to themeeting.
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Sunday morning saw the crowd
getting up ratherslow.Butfinaly
we managed to negotiate the reed
channel.Notwithoutsome bum ps
(remember O.U.?). W e headed
westfora fleetorbettercrowd sail
to the Breitenbrunn Bayforthe finaIraftup.Thisalso
gave some of
the visitors the opportunity to sail
forthe firsttime on a W harram .
The raftup was crowned by the
champagne from Helmut Bayerl
who combined this eventwith the
christening party of his Pahi26
MANIHI.She was builtaccording
to plans,only the cabin roofs were
raised,withoatdisturbing hernice
appearance,
Iguess that this meeting was a
success and as somebody stated
that'thiswas realy The W harram
Event in Austria so far.e . Most
Iikelywe wilhave som ething similarnextyearagain
in June.Check
withyourPCA yearbook.
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SomeofCookie'sIesserknown tent,cookersbately solarpanel.gas
statistics
bottles,paint,epoxy,Gcnoa-storm
sails-trampoline,Avon dinghy.Gre
Hulls- GRP jkom Steve Ttlrner. extinguisherstireblanket.slceping
Decks.-cabins.bulkheadsctc.3 bag.Thennarestmatress,foul
vencermarincply.
weathergear,vhtlepirbandcabin
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lights.
Building time-8months(2people).
M astadapted tlagpole anodised 4'q TOP TIPS!
diameter3mm wallthickness.
Two partpolyurethanepaint
Sails- w'orkingsuitbyW estaway (Hempels)Cookiesdecksstil
Sails
good after6.5 years,mainly
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tropicalsun!
Working jib with50 ooreef
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in any of thebeams.
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chain.80 M warp.
possible,there isenough
Kedges- l0Ib Danforthsl0Ib
Fisherman.
tlexibility in theropewhatever
the tensionsthiswillhelp you get
Navigation - Davismk.l5 plastic good rig tension.
sextant.(replacedmirrorshalfway) 4. Haveaverystrongpeakhalyard
Radio direction finder- Thrown
system,so you can sweatheapsof
away!
tension on the gaff forwindward
W asp trailing Iog - Thrown away! work.YES itispossible to have a
Hand bearing compass- Keptgoing tightleach on a Tikirig!
swimming - used a :5orientcering A strong,wellcutsuitof sails
compassin the end!
alwaysimprovesa boat's
80 chartsused in total- mainly Seaworthiness.notto mcntion the
photocopied.
owncr-senjoymentofeficient
Sailing conditions
sailing,Icannotrecommend
Daysdownwind -I06.5
W estawaySailsofIvybridge
Daysbcam reach-70.5
Daysto windward - 90,5
highly enough.
Nevertow a bloody dinghy!
Daysbccalmcd - 28
Ifitswarm cnough 11- . :body
Dayslying ahull- 9
surfing behind your Tiki!
Daystowing a drogue - l
8. Plasticgarden chairs with thelcgs
Dayson sea anchor- 2
cutofr make cxccllentdeck chairs
Daysheaved to -l.5
forsmallTikis.
Totaldaysatsea - 309 = 44.14 wecks 9. Don'tpoo in a bucketdown
Totalsca miles- 28s()0() below in aforce 9!
Averagedailymileage-90.6(Calms 10.Fitkeelstripsforbeaching,takes
andstormsincluded)
althewearand tear,notto
Av.speed - 3.77 knots
mention the5 timesI
Averagedaily mileage - l04.6
inadvertently wentaground.
(Excluding calmsandstorms)
Justfinishbuilding!hebloody
Av.Speed- 4.36knots
thingandenjoyvoyaging
Bestdaysrun - l76 milesundcr
Polynesian style!
windvane,2 10 miles hand steered.
w orstdaysrun- 30milesbackwards! Right sory d Cookie at1998
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Southampon BoatShow
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. capitaloutlay.Nextwinter1intend
arbao BTinternetcom yjnishashelped to reduce conden- using 1ow (relatively)watageelecsation
by a sm allbut noticeable tric convector heaters continually
HINTS AND TIPS FRO M DOUG amount.
in an effortto maintain a back-
PHURGH . (A fudherbenefithas been a re- groundwarmth.Hopefuly thiswil
POLYTUNNELS . FOR PO LYCATS duction in the temperature in sum - keep the inside surfaceofthe tun-
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A Polytunnelis a . mer-itdoesntseem to go much ne1warmerthereby reducing con-
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plastic greenhouse
. Itisa cheap way ofprovidweatherany
fossilfuelproduces
above 40deg.C now!) In cold densation.
i ng a sizeable workshop.Mine is
direct heating using Epoxy resin requires a working
45Q x 14fṭ high Ievels of tem perature and cost E500 new. humidity of10deg.C.ormore
Because these buildingsare semi resulting in condensa- andlow relative humidity. - Assumcircutarin
cross-section the height
tion.
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Dryheat,in the form ofelec- ing thathum idity Ievels are under
is half the width so 14fṭ ric heating oran indirectsystem wide , control(more ofthisIater)another
means 7fṭ headroom .This is not
appearstobe in
an expensive option difficulty can be the temperature
sufficientformy needs but extra terms of running costs and/or gradient. Ihave found thatwhen
headroom canbe created byfixing
the polytunnelon top ofa sim ple
fence and battening the plastic
coverto the top fence rail.lncluding
the costofthe fence and a
wooden floor my workshop cost
around E1000 and could probably
have been made more cheaply.A
PolytunnelIS a greenhouse and
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wilbe VERY HOT in the summer . // .
and VERY COLD in the winter. ; '
One way to dealwith this is to l ''*
work hard during the summer ' :' ,
months withouta break and then, J' ṭ '
whenthe cold weatherstads,cool . .
offwith a nice cold shower pro-
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from the roof. lt can be very
dam pin a polptunnelin winterbecause
the plastic inside is as cold
as the outside so condensation . .
form s as soon as you generate
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moisture
. ,.a. , forexam ple by working ' t.1
hard orheating he workshop with
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meterso thatyoucanmonitorthe .
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m oisture contentofyourdouglas * t m
firand plywood. However,before
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readya strong chairand a bottle of
good whiskey. I nearly had a '='. .
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found outhow damp my timbers
had become -the wood was nearly
asbadwith readingsof14-17OA for ' f;t'7=.
thefirand 16-20% forthe plywood. f/ .-J,
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the temperature athead heightis
2Odeg.C.itcanbe asIow assdeg.
atfloorIevel. Also,the flooritself
canverycold so assembling items
such as a hulbackbone should
only be undedaken when conditionspermit.
Having said al1this,
Istilthinka polytunnelis a good,
relatively cheap option,especialy
ifyou can erectitin yourown garden
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Ihave to sayIam veryfodunate in
having a wife who takes a keen interestin
the boat. Lastwinter 1
had ALL the parts pre-cutforthe
bottom partofboth hulsstored in
the house to keep them nice and
dryand warm and itwas heridea!
Mind you,it's dam n cold sleeping
inthe poly-tunnel!
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lkeptthe projectturning overduring
last winter by making items
such as beams,rudders and tilers,thatcan
be assembled offthe
flooron trestles.
lused a propane powered space
heaterto getthe temperature up
above 10deg.C.and keptthe epoxy
resin indoors (see keen wife
bitabove)untilreadyto useit.The
woodwasstored on trestles under
plastic sheets with Iow electric
heatunderneath. Before gluing,
the surfaces were prepared and
also warmed with a hot-air gun.
Ahergluing,the plasticsheets and
heaters were placed back in position.
Later, one of the main
beams showed signs of delamination
along one joint. W ith
some effortIwas able to splitthe
beam apad along thisjointforits
entire iength.
W HAT W ENT W RONG?
A technical representative from
W essex Resins inspected the
failed jointand quizzed me about
working conditionsand methods.lt
was evident that the thickened
resin had notproperly bonded to
the primer coat and in many
places appeared to have been totaly
squeezed outofthe joint. It
was concluded thatthe contributing
factorsto thefailure were:
1. Itwasa coldday (outsidetemperature
3-5deg.C.) and the
space-heater was used to raise
the tem perature to around 15-20
deg.,therefore hum idity Ievels inside
the workshop were high. The
wood was warm and both surfaces
were heated with a hot-airgun before
the primercoatofresin was
applied. Because the beam is
about20:,Iong ittook some tim e
to apply the primercoatand then
prepare the thickened resin m ix for
gluing. Therefore,by the time the
thickened m ixwas applied andthe
two surfacesbroughttogether,the
primer coat had begun to cure.
High humidityexacerbates 'Am ine
Blush',a waxy depositon the surface
ofcured resin',in this case it
is believed to have staded to form
before the thickened resinwasapplied
thereby preventing a proper
bond.
2. lnsufficient microfibres had
been added to the thickened resin,
ie.itwas notthick enough,and
therefore proneto being squeezed
outofthe joint.Attheedges,only
the primercoats remained. This
was made worse by..
3. The plank being glued was
slightly bowed across its width.
This resulted in aIthe clam ping
pressure occurring at the edges
and.due to insufficient/too thin a
resin m ix, Iitle contact towards
the centre ofthe piank.
Another question is, did ! miscount
the number of pum ps? l
don'tthinkso butIcan'tprove it.
There is no question about the
qualityofthe resin.everything before
and since has been fine.
There is also no question about
the technicalsuppod from W essex
Resins. Their representative returned
a few days later and I
helped him re-glue the beam.He
spentnearly a whole day with me
on that occasion and has also
been a m ine of information and
suggestions.
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RupertSmith reportson hiswebbing
strap beam lashings
Steve turnerasked me to reporton
myexperimentusing Febbing straps
with ratchetbuckles instead ofrope
forthe beam lashingson m yTiki26.
1have sailed herwith this modification
for two seasons. During this
time she has been assembled and
dismantled four times and conducted
a num berofIong passages
offthe W estcoastofScotland and
inthe Irish Sea.
A 25 m m stainless steelratchetwith
a 25 mm webbing strap IM Iong,
breakingstrain500 KG wasused for
each Iashing.A flat35 m m webbing
guardtube was cutto Iengthand the
strap threaded through it.The eight
buckles (Par1 No. 01861-1-2m),
straps and tube were purchased
from SpansetLtd,Telford W ay,M iddlewich,Cheshire.CW
10 OHX,for
Iess than E100,00.
1HAVE FOUND:
The tube guard achieved its purpose
ofreducing abrasion and preventing
UV attack. lam confident
thatthe strapswildo foratIeastanotherseason.In
any eventreplacem
entwebbing is notexpensive.
The speed ofassembly ofthe boat
is much quickerthan with rope Iashings
and retensioning the Iashings is
easy when afloat.
If the intention when making the
boatis to use ratchetbuckles from
the outset,then the cheek Iashing
blocks on the hulsides should be
the same width as the webbing
T IK I26 - FR EY IA
have their hinges facing forward,
otherwise there is a tendency to
snag things as one com es alongside.Oftheinboardbuckles,the
forward
ones should have theirhinges
facing forward and the aftones aft.
thusalowing easy purchase and accessby
Iifting the cockpitseatwhen
afloat.
lhave found thatone can ovedenstrap.In
my case they are notand
the strap does not Iie flat or fair,
which mayyetprove to bea pointof
weakness.(Rupert'sTiki26 isGRP,
the lashing pads are slightly dïferent
from those on the Ply/epoxy
boats'see sketch.Ed.)
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the underside of the cheekbiock.-'
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to what1understand to be adesign
criterion.ltensionthe strapsto
a pointthat Ican no Iongermove
them Iateraly. but can cause the
edgesto curlinward by 1/8 inch under
pressure from my finger and
thumb.W hen underway in anything
ofa sea Iexpectthe inboard Iashingsto
Btalkto meo.The noise being
caused by the taut strap working
againstthe holow beam ratherthan
a knockingorgrinding noise caused
bya Iashing being toIoose!
In sum, Ihave been pieased with
this modification and recommend it.
Itwould be particularty suitable for
someone who trails his catamaran.
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Tony Perridge re-kindlesan oId
f/afrle/
She was a Mk 1 Tangaroa and
she was forsale.Seen from the
shore as she rode easily to the
swel,she looked sleek and elegant.Ihave
always thought that
thiswasthe loveliestboatthatJim
ever designed, with the perfect
combination ofoverhangs atbow
and sternand the m astsraking aft
to give a Iean and hungry look,a
boatwith a far away Iook in her
eye.
TA N G A R O A - FA O ILEA G
the paintwascracked and peeling,
revealing weathered wood beneath.
The slatted decks were
covered with growths of Iichens
and there were patches ofrotin
som e areas ofthe netting beams
and m ainbeams.The standingrigging
hung slack and the running
rigging was hard and ingrained
with dirtand moss.The mooring
chain hadjumped outofit's fair-
Iead and had chewed padly
through the forward nettingbeam .
Down below the same sad sights
continued.Dark waterslopped to
and fro in the bilges and the interiorwas
covered in areasofblack
mould,giving a dank smel.There
was evidence ofpadly completed
modifications using cheap ply,stil
Faoileag.the boatthatIbuiltduring
four,long years in the early
seventies Twice in the intervening
years lhave Iostthe dream and
sold her and now twice I have
boughtherback The sadnessthat
Ifeltwhen Isaw how she had deteriorated
was soon replaced with
excitement as I felt the dream
com e alive againAsIwas building
herIhad envisioned how Iwasgoing
to crossoceansinthe wake of
my heroes,MarceiBardieux,Jim
W haram (ofcourse!)andBernard
MoitessierIsetoutM ice in Faoileag
to sailto the Caribbean and
both times Igave up in the southem
Irish Sea and came back,
beaten by chronic Ioneliness But
the Dream Iives on,the Dream
Iives on.
As Irowed outto her it became
more and more apparentthatshe
was notin good condition.A few
yards away from her, I stopped unfinished and unpainted.Itwasa
rowingandalowed the tide totake
me slowly past.An airofneglect
reliefto go back up on deck,into
the fresh,sea air.1spenta Iittle
So now the work begins.A labour
ofIove to bring myboatbackto life
hung over her.Some sections of
the bulwarks were missing and I
more time aboard securingthetilers
and making sure that the
and then again to sailherand re-
new my understanding of her
could seewhere the sheathing had
come awaynearthe stern,exposmooring
chain was secure before
clim bing down into
ways.W harram cats are the sod
ofcraftwhere you discoveraIthe
ing the plywood underneath.The
rudder pintles were worn and
the dinghy and rowing
ashore.
faults immediately,butthen keep
discovering theirviduesforyears.
rusty, allowing the rudders to
thud from side to side as the
boat moved to the swels. I
Of course,
boughther,for
came alongside,tied the din-
how could I
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shrouds and scrambled up i s
onto the boatwhere a dismaIsightmetmyeyes.
Faoileag fits me Iike a pairofold.
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Tangaroa - R ongotai
'M odifications & Netherlands
Cruise -by Udo Tegethof
Dear friends, as we reported in
Mag.31 we brought RONGOTAI
to Vierlingsbeek, Netherlands, at
the riverMaas inAugust/September
1996. There we started to
change hersomewhat.
These pictures are from Iastsumm
erand show herin astate ofhalf
ofthe changes thatwilhappen.
Butshe was ready to sailforthe
holidays.As you see we raised the
decks at bow and stern to get
more clearance from the water.
After the crane put RONGOTAI
into the waterwe had a party on
board.
in it.(Even so itIooks nearly too
highl)The table can be changed
into a double bunk 1.9 m x 1.5 m.
Now wedon'tgetm uchwaterover
the bow anymore when tacking
through shor't,steep waves Iike in
tidalstreams oratIjsselmeer.
W e rem oved the original Ducati
and it'sfasteningswhichwere very
heavy,togetherwith the shaftand
the rests about 350 kg.This is
nearly the weightof aIwe built
new,including the both Yamaha
9.9 outboards.so the boathasn't
become any heaviernow.
The middle cabin hasprovento be
verycomfodable thissummer.W e
Iived on board five weekswith the
children and even if the pictures
m ake you believe differently,the
weatherwas oflen cold and rainy.
Inside there is a table forsix peopIe
to sitaround (5).The cabin is
only 1.5 m high,so you can'tstand
Altogetherthere are 7 bunks now.
The cockpitis also builtusing p'lywood
and epoxy.W hen the new
prolongedcabinswillbe ready,the
seats wilhave theirside-wals as
back-rests. There wil be passages
between the aftcabins and
the new ones ateach hul.
Duringtheholidaysitwasveryfine
to have a toilet,which we builtin
thestarboardaft-cabin.
There isa bunk forHendrik(he's
now 9yearsold)inthe otherhul.
Itis 1.70 m Iong and he often sat
inside and read his books when
weatherwas rainy and we sailed
The moststriking thing is the middle-cabin
which is at the place
where originally a Ducati dieselengine
had been. W e built the
cabin athom e and transported it
on a trailerto the boat.Itwas very
exciting when the crane putitinto
place.Butitfitted.
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cruise by Helen & John cartwright
T iki21 - V erit
Many thanks to Sifororganising
the N.E.Meet(he's the commodore
ofHumberMouth YachtClub
butwas keeping itquiet!1. After
the m eetwe had a S.W . wind so
we sailed Verity to Bridlington,the
nextshelter to the nodh.After 3
daysofstrong N.W esterlies there,
we'd had enough of this busy,
noisyfishing harbourso we fought
ourway round Flamborough Head
using the localadvice ofkeeping
welin underthe cliffs,because of
the overfals. Even so the seas
were biggerand steeperthan anything
we'd experienced before.
Conditions were getting rough,at
Ieastfora heavily Iaden 'Tiki'21
with 2 adults and 3 kids (aged
13,11&3)on board! Despite being
sweptby2 breakingwaves'Verity'
behaved im peccably. A dolphin
Simon Belk'sHinemoa
Verity in Filey Bay
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checkedto see we were O.K.
In Filey Bay 'Verity'rode out a
checkedto see we were OK.
In Filey Bay Verity rode out a
Southerlygale atanchorwe abandoned
herforthe safetyofthesailing
club.Filey is where we norm
alysailourHitia ,it's a beautiful
sandybay,idealforbeachcats,but
is open to al1eastwinds.There's
notmuch shelteron this coastexcept
in harbours and marinas,
where we seemed to spend too
m uchtim e holed up waiting forthe
wind to decrease.A typicalforecastover5
Viweeks was 4-5,6
Iater.W e feltveryvulnerable Iying
atanchor withthe tentup inthese
conditions.
W hen we Ieft W hitby under our
home-made cruising chute with a
IightS.Easterly,it soon strengthened
and by the time we approached
Hartlepool, we were
surfing underbarepoles!Later,on
our return South.a Mono sailor
told usthathe'dfollowed usoutof
W hitby to Runswick on his 30'+
sailtraining boat,he hadtried everything
to catch us,butcouldn't.
W hile heading nortl-tforAmble,the
wind strengthened yetagain and
we hadto putinto Blythforshelter.
Largerboatsarriving laterrepoded
gusts of 1:79 across the decks.
There we purchased the Royal
Nodhum berland YachtClub's superb
pilotbook'Hum berto Rattray
Head',essentialfor Nodhumbria,
the coastfrom here to Lindisfarne
(HoIyIsland)isve@ beautifulwith
sandy bays and castles on some
ofthe headlands butwe needed
settled weather to explore more
fuljy. W e beached the boat in
W arkworth outerharbour,Sam Iit
a cam pfire.There were rumours
that'we were so fed up with the
weatherthatwe'd run the boatup
the beachand setfire to her!From
Amble marina alIthey could see
was the top ofthe mastand the
smoke!
W e putinto Alnmouth,where we
saw a mastless Hinemoa, but
newly deposited sand on the riverbed
turned to soup when the tide
came in,we couldn'tgetthe anchorto
hold,so had to depad before
we could investigate.W e decided
to Ieave exploring the Farne
islands untila Iaterdate.hopefuly
undermore favourable conditions.
Aftera quick Iook at InnerFarne
we pressed on for Holy Island,
where we beached 'Verity'on the
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only patch ofsand in the harbour,
where she was most sheltered
from the Strong (again)N.W esterly.
On our return South,when
Jeaving W arkworth harbour entrance,in
the swellover the bar
waves came up the outboard hole
and com pletely submerged the
Seagulwhich prom ptly died.Next
tim e we tried it, rem arkably it
started first pul! John has cut
away pad ofthe outboard bracket
inthe centralplatform (70mm),so
we don'thave cavitation problems
anym ore buton this occasion the
enginebreathed insolid water!W e
saw dolphins again offCoquetIsiand,on
ourway to Sunderland.
The lastIeg ofourjourneywasa
Iong 10 hours in little wind and a
nauseating sweilfrom Hartlepool
to Scarborough. a rather green-
IookingSam remarked 'Huh aIImy
mates think 1'm Iucky 'cos we've
got a yachtl' Despite the Iousy
Summerwe had a fantastic time
and were shown greathospitality,
especially in Northum bria. Our
new dinghywas much adm ired on
ourtravels,she's a Selway Fisher
'Skylark 6'which we builtin 4mm
Robbins 'Elite' sheathed with
glasscloth and epoxy.She's very
Iightandsits neatly onthe tram po-
Iine be- een the beamsand huls,
with the fenders underneath.
W heels permanently attached to
the twin skegs make foreasym a-
noeuvring ashore. 'Verity's'main
non-standard features are hatch
covers and cockpit seats Isee
Maurice Kislen's article in Sea-
People anthology 1-4)and a rear
neding beam and net,which gives
'
us m uch more space.easierand
saferaccess to the tentfrom the
stern and is very usefulforstoring
itemsIike the outboard (notwhen
sailing.we drowned itoncel)and
Joe's potty!
Thiswinterweintendto fitanextra
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A reportofthe FirstA nnualN .E.U .K .M eet
j BySiBelk
24th-26thJuly1998heldatHumberYachtClub
The aqernoon provedno diferentfrom the morn-
ingexceptfora slightchop building upas the tide
cam e back in.W e feltsorry forthe mono's an-
chored in the river,they were realyroling about,
poorthings!
The meetbegan in good style on Friday night,
with everybody arriving byearly evening and settling
down to a sociable drink in their various
caravans,campersand the club bar.
Despite wrinen invitations to alIthe local PCA
members,theturnoutwassmal,butenthusiastic,with:John
and Helen Caftwrightwith Sam,
Amy and Joe along with their two cats
dxverity'(Tiki21)anda verynice ul-litia 14',as
welasa6'Highlandertender(thiswasonly finished
painting atmidnightThursdayand is a testamentto
Johnand Helen's paintingskils).Peter
and Penina Ball, Clive and Chris W intle with
grand daughterKirsty,Ian Cartwrightand hisfour
children and Elaine and me with ourown Hinemoa
'Dan Laut'.W ealso hadsome ofthe yacht
club membersturn outtoswelthe numbers.
Saturday morning dawnedclearand sunnywith a
Iightbreeze andflatwater.W e aIItookto the waterwith
'Dan Laut'in the lead to guide John and
Helenoutofthe creekinto the RiverHumber.
Once outofthe creek with aIsails set 'Verity'
quicklytooktheleadandwiththe wind beingIight
and thetide attop ofsprings,we decidedto just
playinthe riverforthe day.Some time wasspent
going backwards with the tide during parts ofthe
morning buteverybodygota chance to take the
helm.
The planned Iunch break at Spurn Pointdidn't
happen due to the Iightwinds and heavy river
traffic,we opted instead to stayon thesouth side,
running up the beach atCleethorpes and drying
outforan hour.uverity'joined us Iateraftera
good sailin the m iddle ofthe rivernearthe 'BuI'
fod, (don't ask John about cardinal buoys,
though!)
W e made ourway back on the rising tide and
Once the boats were anchored went ashore to
Iightthe barbecue and enjoy a few drinks.During
the barbecue Howard and Leslie Speightarrived,
andwhen everyone wasfed wehadanextra treat
with videos that John and Helen had brought
along.
The Sunday morning dawned asnice asthe Saturday,the
two Iargerboats didn'tgo out,butthe
Hitia 14 was assembled (it's realy simple and
Iooks perfecton and offthe water)and Helen
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