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The Sea People
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Polynesian
Catamaran
M sociation
@ PCA 2000
Contents
TANGAROA MKIV - Salad Days
TIKI31'-pilgrim 's Mast 4
TANGAROA MKIV -YingYan 6
TIKI26 - Meira 9
Rigs '-W ing Masts and W ing Sails 12
Tips 13
Australian SpringMeet 14
Yuloh Update 16
Hints and Gadgets 18
MELANESIA - No 17 20
MELANESIA - Sailing 21
Book Review 22
Ditty Bag 23
News From Sea People 24
EditorialTeam :Adrian
Assisted By:Annie
EditorialAddress:
PCA
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Bon#s curren#ly for sale
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Hitia 17 4 E1.35k-DM6.5k
Tiks21 3 :3.85k--4.5k
Hlnemoa 2 :2- 2.5*
Tane 2 E2.6 -9.95*!
Pahi26 2 :4.25- 5*
Tiki26 GRP 2 :8.75- 10.5k
Tlki28(PRO)
Pahi31
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Tangaroa's 2 E!5 -E21519
Tiki38 E39.850
Narai4 2 1225k & $US40k
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FrontCoverPhoto:
Dan Green's Tiki 21
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tralia.Building plan set197 and with a few modifica- - 4
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W eareenclosing som ephotographsofthe centre unit
ofourTangaroa MarkIV 'Salad Days'(planno.197)
thatwe are building inourshed (almost4O1x251)on
ourfive acre block in the South W estofW estern Australia.The
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(double berth)witha cockpitbehind,and fitsbetween '- ,ytrogj.y:.
beam s two and three. W e have tried to follow the 'k'p. ''m'
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utwo smalVodex Generators,
ualthe m ain beam s to the sam e patern.these we
hope wilbe suitable fora 19 footbeam
ul-ikischoonerrig,drawnby Steve Turner.
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Dave Peek looks atthe construclion ofa wooden mastfor Used 1.5'x 0.T5'pine from IocalDIY store .
his Pahi31Pigrim .This is Dave's third W harram .
IcUtthe 'birds mouth'with a 45-degree V shaped
router.You could also cutthe V on a table saw with
The thoughtofbuildingm yownspars hadneverrealy the blade setat45 degrees and running the staves
crossed my minduntilIastyear,butwith a 31'Pahire- through the table saw twiceto cutthe V (afterflipping
quiring awhole new rig andreading inSea People of the staveoverofcourse ) .
people retro-fitting Tiki'wraparound'sails to various
Pahidesigns gotm e thinking ofinstaling a hollow Afterprim ing the bases and 'birdsm outh'with unfilled
round wooden mast,ratherthan a conventionalalu- epoxyresin (to preventglue starvation ofthe joint)and
minium one.Anarlicle in W ooden Boatm agazine Iate alowing ita few minutes to migrate into the wood
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Iastyearfinaly did it.The technique used seemed smeared a generous dolop ofcoloidalsilica/epoxy
foolproof,we'llsee aboutthat',- ) combo along the length ofthe 'birds mouth'ofthe 8
staves and assembled them together,clam ping them
Ratherthangooutandchew up hundredsofpounds with plumbersjubilee clips(oneateachend) .
of raw m astm aterialwhile on the steep side ofa 'ù'.j wu
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Thickness = 0,2 * D (diameter),W idth = 0.4 D
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2)CutV in8,1'pine staves 5 mins.
3)Prime staveswithunfiledresin5mins.
4)Applycoloidialsilica/epoxyto V in staves5mins.
5)Assemble stavesandclamp together5mlns.
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Ithensanded down theedgeswith a palm sanderand
60 gritpaper,notthe besttoolforthe jobbutIwanted
to leave one end unsanded forcomparison purposes .
This took approx.5 - 1()m inutes as lkeptchecking
forroundness afterthe initialsanding . Fora full-length
spar,Ithink a beltsanderor planer would be a beter
bet.
Issues forlong spartengths
ùssng the 3.5.'base dlameterofthe Hitia 17 Icame up
with staves of0 .
2 *3.5 = 0.7'(thick)& 0.4 *3.5 =
1.4'(wide)and forpurposesofmysample section I
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Obviously a ful-length sparwould take a propodionalyIongeramountoftim
e,alsohandlinglongerstaves
especialy Iongerthan 10+'is more than a one man
Job and a develsupportarrangementwith half-round
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Taperlng of m ast should be m arked/cutoff the base
skde ofthe staves.
The artlcle dId notcoverscarflng Iengths togetherbut
there have been enough ar-tlcles on those thatIwon't
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John and GilHeath telofanexperience thatwe aIhave
nightmares over..dragginganchorln a crowded anchorage.
The reportisessentialreading ifyou sailin the Mediterranean!
John's originalYing Yan was a Tehini,mentionedin Sea
People No.14.
mixture Ofsand and shale with the occasionalIarge
rol;k so we laid ourfisherm an anchor. W ith thatand
the COR we feltprety contentwith the situatlon and
9oton with snorkeling , sun bathing and exploring the
tinyvilage thatstraggled up the hiḷ Ghiralata is surrounded
by a harsh,forbidding but beautifulland-
Someyearsagolmentioneda Force10thatwe (John scape.lthas a winterpopulationoftenandcanonly
andGilHeathandYing Yan,a MarkIV Tangaroa)ex- be reached by boatordonkey.Thatdayand the next
perienced in a Corsican anchorage (Sea People 5). wereidyliceven though boatskeptarivingwithtales
Some ofthe details ofthose events we Iearntafter- ofbig seas and wlnds furtherto the wesṭ
wards in conversation with others who were there that
night. W e were sailing from Alaccio to Calviand had Forecasts began to issue gale warnings and soon F10
anchored offa beach forthe night. The nextmorn- storm s were being forecastformostofthe western
ing's forecastwas enough to encourage us to Ieave. Mediterranean. The anchorage was beglnning to Iook
W e sailed north to Ghiralata,a atthe head of a bitcrowded. Even so Giland Idecided this was
Ying Yan inGhiralata Bay
a deep gulfon the W estCoast. The passage started probably the mostsheltered spotalong this coastso
calmly enough butas the day progressed.a swelbe- we would stay put.On the m orning ofthe third day we
gan to buld. The wind didn'tincrease butthe wave spent1 hours diving and checking ouranchors. W e
size did. W e were relieved to getinto Ghiralata aI- untangled the knitting created byour2 days ofswingthough
thatfirstnightwe could only anchoratthe en- ing and were pretty sure thatwe were ready forany
trance to the bay. The next mornlng a num ber of bigwinds. More boatskeptarriving.som ehow finding
yachtIeftand we were able to getrightlnto the bay. a place. W e assum ed they were used to settled con-
The plotwarned ofthe uncertain hohdkng and sug- dttions and marinas. They seemed to rely on a COR
gested two anchors W e rald a COR and then snor- and 1oo lttle scope. Two technlques predompnated.
keled around to have a Iook atthe bottom Itw as a Drop the anchor and continue to m otor forward lnto
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the wind ordrop the anchorwith metres ofchain on
top ofItand sitand waitto see whathappened. By
mid morrting 1counted fifty yachts in the anchocage.
Youcould almostcrossthebayjumpingfrom oneto
theother.Abouttwelveboatswere anchoredjustoutside,in
the gulfitself,and seemed terribly exposed.
Then itbegan. A wind tore down the hilside shaking
and bendlng the trees. One mom entwe were a1Ifacing
in differentdirections asthe lightbceezes had Ieft
us,the nextwe were a1IIlned up faclng tbe sam e way.
Then Itwas gone. The stlness was more worrying
than the w lnd. W hatdId ltm eang W e soon found out.
The wlnd began to blow from the opposite dlrectlon.
And ltwas different. Ithad realwelght. Boatsbegan
to drag atonce and driftdown on others. Othercrews
decided they didn'tIike theirspotand hauled up their
anchors. They motofed around anchors hanging
down in the water, looking for somewhere better.
There were collisions fouled anchors and chaos.
and the anchors dug in again.They then dId the same
to a big alum inium boatnextto us. ltdrifted down on
us. By the time we had separated.ourbulwarks were
dam aged and we had losta ventilator, The m otor
sailorwas now sldling up on ourotherside.Iassume
ithad a big engine butthe crew seemed unwilling to
'give Itsom e welie'and m ove away from us.Asthey
drifted nearer Isuggested as succinctly as possible
thatthey should perhaps move away.Idld thls Ioudly,
uslng a fulrange ofAnglo-saxon. ltwas a Maltese
boat,I'm sure they understood butthey justsm led at
me as ifIwas an amusing Iunatic.The nextmomenta
wave Iifted theirbow and dropped itonlo ourIovely
Polyneslan prow . ltpunched a nine inch hole ln their
topsides.ltreated the assem bled com pany to some
more Anglo-saxon. G ilin an uncharacterlstrc display
ofem otion stamped the deck and sald,'Oh shit.shit,
shlt,shit.shitl'W hich described the situatlon nicely I
thought. W e had to waitforanotherwave to help us
separate the two boats.The damage to Yin Yang was
Ghiralata Bay
Gradualy the swelbegan to wofk its way into the tittle
bay. Itgotblgger and blgger untilItwas probably
aboutthree feet. Giland Isaton deck and watched
themeseearound usand justhopedwe wouldnotbecome
involved. Ouranchors were holding and left
alone we would probably be aIright. Itwas notto be.
A Iarge motor sailor,whlch had been drlfting about
causlng wldespread havoc fouled our anchor frnes
and puled 170th anchors out W e 1etoutm ore warp
cosm etic. The motor sailor's crew never left the
wheelhouse. Now they increased revs wentaway and
terrorised others.
W e seem ed to be aIIright. W e slid anotheranchor
down the warp ofthe COR and this seemed to help.
Forreasons I've neverunderstood the people In the
alumlnium boatdecided to row around in thelrdinghy
explorlng the bottom wlth a grapnel They puled aII

ouranchors out,Iooked atus apologeticaly and rowed
away. W e Ietoutmore warp butitwasno good.W e
were slowly drifting towards the shore. In the end the
anchors seemed to hold butwe were broadside in
breaking surf, W aves were breaking overus and Yin
Yangwastaking up suchsteep angles thateverything
was faling offthe shelves. W e Iosthalfourcrockery
and the galley wasa mess.Mayonnaise,olive oiIand
coffee were spread aboutthe sole and running and
m ixing together. W e launched the dinghy.1gotin it
som ehow and rowed another anchor towards the
shore. lt's the onlytime I've experienced surfing in a
boat.Ididn'tIike it.ButIgotthe anchorlaid and made
itback to Yin Yang. The ploy worked and we were
able to pulYin Yang's head round into the seas. But
we were stilin breaking seas and itwas clearthatour
anchors were dragging very slowly. W e needed to
startagain from scratch. Itwas beginning to getdark,
the gale was atitsheightand itaIIseemed im possible.
OurDucatidieselonlygave us 3 knots on a windless
day. W e staded the engine and gave itfulthrottle.I
helped by hauling on the anchors.Two thatwere supposed
to be holding us and the one thatwe had used
asextra weight. OnlybyIooking atotherboats wasit
possible to discern forward movement. Gilatthe
helm was atone pointsteering with one hand,controlling
the throttle which had a tendencyto slip,with the
other and had the stem anchor warp in her teeth.
Honestly! Atthe time Iwas unaware ofaIlthis,1had
m yown problems. The three anchorwarps and m y-
selfwere tangled in the forward net. The pin had
come outofthe fisherm an anchor.Ihamm ered that
hom e and then turned to the tangled warps. AIlthis
tim e the engine was holding us stationary orm aking a
yard ortwo between gusts.Icould do nothing about
the tangle. Itwas too dark,too com plicated,there
were wavesbreaking overme as lkneltinthenetand
itwould take too long.1dropped the 1otand rushed to
geta knife.Iyeled to GilthatIwas going to cutthe
tangle. She didn'tanswer she had a mouth fulof
warp. Igot back,satdown beside the warps and
waited as anotherwave broke overme. W hen Icould
see again,itwas to discoverthatthe Iastwave had
broken the tangle. Itseemed im possible and lhave
no explanation. One m inute there was a tangle of
ropes the nextthe ropes were separate and easy to
flake down.Iam nota religiousmanbutjustfora tiny
moment.....Gilin the meantim e had succeeded in
edging usforward into deeperwater.W e resetthe anchors
and they held. W e didn'tmove an inch aInight.
Gil.exhausted,collapsed into bed and 1,as high as a
kite.stayedonanchorwatchaInight.
stood onthe beach holding torches ashestruggled in
the shallows to do som ething forhis boat,None ofthe
watchers helped him . Others ashore setup powerful
searchlights forthe sole purpose itseemed ofwatching
the 'fun'. W orstofall,during the afternoon and at
the heightofthe storm a yachtcame in,engine not
working and headsailin shreds (we don'twantanythingto
do with rolerreefing).A greatchorusofprotestwentup
ashe triedlo énchor.He m anagedto get
to ajety and tied up there. The fishermen cuthis
Iines.
The nextday conditions began to ease butnobody
was able to Ieave untilthe folowing day. W e waited
anothercouple ofdaysbèfore we Ieft, Forthe next
eighteen months when yachties metalmostthe first
question was 'where were you on August6th?'and
we aIhad tales to tel.
Did we Iearn anything? Ithink so. W e Iearntthatwe
could cope. W e learntneverto trustthe Mediterranean.(W
henwe Ieftweraninto fog.In August!In the
Medl)Youcan'thave too manyanchors. W e'vegot
five.lknow a fisherm an anchoris a pain in the arse
mostofthe tim e.lt's always in the way,otheryachties
make funofyoubutjustoccasionaly nothing elsewil
do andalIthose jokesandstubbedtoesseem worthwhile.
In Ghiralata itwas the fisherman thatheld us.
Al1therestofitwasjustheavy-dutyironmongerythat
slowed down ourrate ofdriftwhen ourfisherman got
shifted. Itneverdragged. Use shallow draftdefensively
to keep outofthe way ofeverybody else. And
afterthose few days we decided thatit's nota matter
ofshore bastards and sea people there are quite a Iot
ofsea bastards as wel.
W e werejustbeyond the surfand inwatertooshalow
forotheryachts.W e rocking horsed through the night
butthe two Iights Iused forbearings didn'talterand
gradualy we relaxed. Boats continued to drag and
motoraboutin the dark a1Inight.A French yachttried
to tow someone outoftrouble. The assisted yacht
castoffthe tow line w ithouttetling the Frenchm an. lt
caughthn hIs prop and he was driven ashore. People

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!N 1Lee and hIs partnerLucy (Jo crulslnç;on Mekra.Tlki26 boatwas quite a sight:Driver.6 passengers,ourtwo
complete wlthpod Two weeks offun in the Algalwe.Portu- big bags,two Iitle bags,Iong bag ofoars a large
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cardboard box and a huge home made crate balanced
on the top.
Lucy and Iacqulred Meira late Iast year v,a Scott
Browfl's Brokerage,aftera Iong searcl forthe rlght The taximan wasvery kind and took us to the western
boat.Thls is the story ofourfdrstvoyage
pointofthe lagoon .He was apologetic butfeltItwas
too shalow forhim to go further.
Saturday 1375.800
On arlvalatFaro alrport.we colected ourbagsand Afterunloading onto the beachweenjoyed theJames
wentto the cargo terminalto colecttle airfrelghted Bond like transformation ofthe crate into a dinghy,
stuff,Includlng the new tinkerdirqgly
piled the otherstuffinside and walked round to Meira,
who seemed in very good shape.
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Meira has a pod .Lucy Iooks acrossthe top ofitwith solar
panels and aIIcontrolIines runbackto the cockpit.
She floated Iate thatnightand we moved herround to
the anchorage,which is a very deceptive place after
dark.The nexttime we did this we chose a mooring
buoy from the shore before dark,and wentstraightto
it.Good m ooring buoysand dodgy mooring buoysare
quite easy to telapartin the daytime,atnightitis nOt
so easy.
Sunday 14/5/00
Motored and sailed to Olhao to getstores. PCA members
Gerry and Maureen had brought 'Swjngalong'
overto Olhao and Gerry gave us some very usefuladvlce
aboutthe EastEntrance.This is completely unm
arked and has a shifting channel,whlch isn'tvery
deep atthe bestoftimes.
Pleasetjto flnd Itwas aiIln one p Iece arld squeezed it
Into the n)hnlbus taxlto Olhao W e'd fn Issed the ferr'y
to C ulatra arnd aftera swkftthlrnk declded that 4 hrs
w altlng forthe nextone was a Irttle Iorlg.so spllta watertaxlrlde
wlth 2 otherpartles The ratlerfIne speed-
In the afternoon we setoffforFaro Quay where we
hoped to meetLucy's parents.Aftermaking fastIn the
very sha low channels offFaro w e set aboutrigging
the tinker(now named'Stinker')forsa lng.Thlstooka
while, with many false starts and tangles Stlnker
sailed beautlfuly aIthe way to the Jetty.and Lucy's

parents were there to meetus.They had spotted us
from theirhotelwindow and had been whistln: and
w aving forsom e tim e.
Monday 15/5/00
Some Faro shopplng was dooe,and a very pleasant
sailwlth two guests was had as faras Faro where the
wind completely died.butnotbefore the splnnakef
wasflownforthe firsttlme.
Tuesday16/5/00
BlG TRIP DAY, Thursday 18/5/00
26 and a smalclassic which W harramites betterthan I
wilrecognise.Forthe record lthink Porttm ao was tbe
bestportwe visited the whole trip.The m olesprotect
the harbour.butthe entrance does notseem too narrow
Iike atFaro.There is an excellentanchorage,and
forthose thatway inclined,a new marina.
W ednesday17/5/00
Today we made and mended.and used Meira's 5HP
engine on Stinkerforthe firsttlme.Goes Iike stlnkbut
notforthe fainthearted(orthe water-soluble).
Setofearly -07h30,forthe eastentrance.Forecast
SW 3-4 veerlng Iater.PerfectforCadtz oreven GI-
Setoutm id-morning for Tavira,which Is aboutten
m iles eastofFaro.Fine reach as faras Faro which we
reached aboutmidnight,W e were then com pletely becalmed
forseveralhours. Mostly itwas peaceful,the
Cabo Santa Maria lighthouse keeping us com pany.
There was a 30 secortd burstofcetacean activity -a
schoolofdolphins,jumping and diving atamazing
speed.Iwas spelbound as the waterboiled around
us.Doubly am azing atnight.
Friday 19/5/00
Ended up beating in to Tavira,and on the way were
offered a pairofgiantcrustacean by a fisherman.Unfortunately
we had to decline as Iam too frightened of
arthropods to have one nearme,Ietalone EAT one,
Tavira has a smalm arina,butwe anchored in the
channelwith the othersailing boats.
Saturday 20/5/00
Spinnaker set
braltar!Fastentrartce shckved breakersclean acrossf
and the wlnd did seem to be firmly In tNe Fast W e ran
the length ofCulatra lsland and IeftvIa the very wel
marked and dredged m aln entrance,to be faced with
an ESF 5 ln exceedingly lum py and confused seas.
Som e tough plastlc caught round the propelerand
stopped the englne dead.and a inuge shlp cam e out
beblnd us.
Melra showed herself worthy and we saled outof
harm s w ay,m ade a sw iftchange ofplap aqd declded
to head downwind forPodim ao.W e had a sparklng
day'ssalIng wlth frequentsalchanges,m uch surflng
(greaterthan 10 knotsattlmes).lpghthouse spotlng,
and cave seelng
Setoffbefore Iunch,and,in a spooky replay ofthe
previous time we tried to go west,the wind was unfavourable.W
e setoffgamely to Cadiz anyway,but
were quite unable to lay it.Steadily the wind veered
such thatwe could Iay Cadiz with something to spare.
W ind SSW 5,double reefed main,no jib.Eternal
choice:claim the weathergauge,orstlck slavishly to
the rhumb Iine and Iose outifthe wind goesback to
where itwas.
W e (weil,OK,itwasme)chose to claim the weather
gauge,and by m idnightwe were 8 m iles high ofthe
rhumb line.This seems Iike quite a Iot,and itis,but
how Iong would ittake to surfand sal8 m iles al10
knots? NotIong.
Atm idnight,with a fairbreeze stilblowing,the pin
connectlng the autohelm Iinkage sheared sowe went
straightforthe waypointforreduced m ucking about.
seetng as we were hand steering and everything.
Sunday 2 1/5/00
W e bore away and took off-flying towards Cadlz,but
withln m lnutesthe wtnd dropped and dropped,and we

werebecalmed againin the earlyhours,and whenthe
wind did filin itfilled in from the E,atabout3kn or
Iess.W e ended up using the donkey forthe lastfew
m iles.
W e decided to spoilourselves and go to Pod American
Marina,and were charged a princely 6.47 Euros
forthe bidh,abitover4 pounds.The marina buildings
are porlacabins with variable hotwatersupplies.
hard day's sailing.There was an al-night open-air
disco onthe quayso notm uch sleepingonMeira!
Friday26/5/00
Redesigned and m ade prototype fornew deck tent.
Moved Meira back to Culatra Lagoon.
Saturday 27/5/00
Cadiz is a fabulous city with Iots ofnarrow cobbled
streets and loads to see,though the castle,m aritime
museum andgaller'y were aIlunaccountably closed on
bothdayswe werethere.There isan excellentfeature
fortheIostvisitor:Ifyouwalkabout4 blocksinanydirectionyougetto
the sea.
Ourpilotbook stated thatchadscould be boughtfrom
the Spanish HydrographicOfficewhich isonthe hillin
Cadiz.W e wentup there and they were verynice but
said they don'tdo this any m ore,and pointed us in the
direction ofthe Iocalchartagentwhich isa newsagent
Lucy flew backto Britaintoday.
AlmostIowered the mast.W e had whatseemed like a
good system to getthe heelofthe mastoffthe step
before itwas quite down,butatthe time itwasclear
thatitwas nota verygood idea ataIl-and needed a
rethink.Putthe mastbackup again.Enjoyed some
Stinker sailing too - com pletely wodh it - zoom ing
aboutthe anchorage in a very flubbery boat-great
fun.Meta CaptainCookownernam ed Nicola.
Meira floated again atmidnightand Imoved herround
andartssuppliesshopcaled'A1fa-2'nearthecityhall. to the anchorage again,bymyselfthistim e.
TheyhadIoadsoflocalchads(including a 'smalcraft
folio'type ofthe StraightofGibraltar)butnothing we Sunday28/5/00
needed.
Took the elderly relatives sailing again.Beautifulday
Monday22/5/00
withjustenoughwind,butnottoo much.Surveyed the
'white house',which is a very prom inentIandmark on
So IovelyinCadiz we stayed anotherday.
Culatra thatisnotonthe chad.Also enjoyed fuly exploring
the EastEntrance,and having a good look at
Tuesday23/5/00
Armona,whichisthe islandto the eastofCulatra.
Leftat08h00 fortheIongishsailto Magazon,which is
halfway backto Tavira.W ind messed aboutmostof
the day,boxing the compass severaltimes.W e were
entedained by Spanish gunnery practice going on
overthe horizon.By mid afternoon ithad settled to the
ENE.onthe nose again.Aswe neared theIand we hit
the airthathad been overthe Ria Formosa,and got
lifted and Iifted untilwe were sailing paralelto the
shore.W e managed to getto Magazon justbefore
dark and a giantthunderstorm came down from the
hills and drenched everything.
W ednesday 24/5/00
Flatcalm,butwere meeting some elderlyrelatives(my
parents)atVila Realde San Antonio (which is just
overthe borderbackintoPodugal),so we motoredfor
15 miles and beatthe Iasthour.
W ith a heavy heartwe putMeira in herbedh atCulatra
and spentthe restofthe daytidying etc.The night
tim e tide was slightly higher,and lpulled herup the
beach a little.
Monday 30/5/00
Flew home,with the oId dinghy,both plain sails,the
prototype deck tent,the supernumerary fenders,and
a1Ithe usualbags etc.Iwas ready fora giantextra
baggage bil,butluckyforme the scales atFaro airportwere
brokenandnofusswasmade.
Meira stretched herIegs this trip -Iogging about260
m iles overthe fodnight,and we are becoming accustom
edtoW harram sailing.
Thurday 25/5/00
SetoffforTavira on a scream ing reach at about8
knots,and wewere there by 1lam .Seemeda pity not
to go on,so we did.Ofcourse,atthe halfway point
we were beating again,butwe gotto Olhao.By the
end we were undera double reefed main and a scrap
ofjib.Aftera carefulinspection entered the Ria Form
osa via the East Entrance an'd were quickiy anchored
offOlhao market,fora slap-up mealaftera
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Steve Turnercontinues his seriesofarticles on the subtleties
ofW harram catamarans.
W hy the TikiMsoftW ingsail-is such a success on ourboats
andwhyarigid wingmastisIessIikelytobeI
W e hauled the jIb aback.no effect-she satthere as if
hove-to.
Someone suggested adjusting the trim ofthe wing
m ast,lwas kneeling on the porttrampolne nearthe
Th footofthe m astand reached overforthe Ilnes that
e wind is always blowing eitherstraightin orstraight . , u
o utthroughCremylNarrows,atthe mouthofthe
controlthe the
m asts angle ofattack .A slighttweak and
RiverTam ar,
so there is a good chance you wilhave trim aran took offso suddenly thatlfellflaton my
to beatwhetherentering orleaving , The Narrows are back on the tramp!ltseems we had been hove-to be-
a bottleneck
, only a couple ofhundred metres wlde tween the mainsailand 1he wing mast!The amountof
throughwhichthe combinedwatersoftherivers ' Odjustlnentfequiredwasastonishinglysmal.
Tamar,Lynerand Tavy flow into Plymouth Sound.
'W haf',Ihearyou say,'is the relevance ofthe above
On the day in question we were heading outInto the
Sound,so naturaly the wind.which had been on the
beam .swung round dead ahead as we entered the
Narrows.W e had aboutthree knots offavourable tide
underthe three slim huls ofour26'racing trimaran,
we w ere on starboard tack and we loverto the starboard
side ofthe channel,so we hardened the sheets
and 'Ozone'tookoff,
ln no time ataIwe were halfway through the Narrows
and rapldly closing the other side of the channel.
'Ready about'- the tripivoted Iike a thoroughbred -
butfailed to pay offon the new tack!W e were dead In
the water,although stillm aking severalknots overthe
ground in the rightdirection.'Ozone'was carrying a
narrow 'blade'jib and the usualracing-multistyle
high-roached,fuly battened m ainsail,on a 40'wing
m ast.The bows appeared to have gone through the
wind,the m alnsalwas trylng to filon the new tack
butsomethlng was stopplng herfrom getting away
experience to ourcalsg None ofthe designs have a
wlng mast'. ItIstrue thatnone ofthe designsfeature
thissortofmast butthisdoesl3otstop some builders
in a m istaken search for'performance'from spending
a Iotoftim e and money building a rig which is poorly
suited to theirboat.The wing mastwilcostmore than
a conventionalmast have a highercentre ofgravity,
be stayed muchIessreliably(due to theneedforthe
mastto rotate.a1Ishrouds and stays wilcome to a
single fitingonthe frontofthe mast)andintheendbe
less efficient!
A racing crew wilmonitorthe adjustmentofthewing
m astconstantly,keeping itatoptimum eficiency.The
crew ofa cruising catcannotdo this.On passage.often
wlth only the helmsman on watch keeping a constanteye
on the trim ofthe mastis an unrealistic expectation.Itis
safe to say thatitwil!almostalways be
wrong,arld a badly trim med wing m astis considerably
Iess efficientthan a conventlonalone.

The wing m astalso presentsa fixed,un-reefable bitof
sailarea which maywelpreventyou from lying ahul
atsea and m ake you a menace inanchoragesasyou
sailround and round youranchor.In the ultim ate conditions
you may be g/ad to Iose yourrig as the alternativecould
be capsize!
So whatcanwe conclude from this? A wing has no
place on a cruising cat.True,ifwe are thinking of
the talrigid wing mast.which is now Iosing favour
even with the racers. However, the Tiki sailors
am ongstyou wilknow thatthere is anothersortof
wing,which is admirably suited to ourboats',The TIKI
SO FT W ING SAIL!
The Tikisailis aerodynam ically as clean as the bestof
wingm asts,butistotalyself-tending.Italwaysadopts
the optimum shape automatica ly.lthas a Iow centre
ofeffortand Iow centre ofgravity.Castoffthe halyards
and itdrops to the deck,presenting minim um
windage whenthatis vital.And bestofal,ltisastonishingly
efficientto windward!Overthe pastten years
we haveadopted the Tikirig on an evergrowingnumberofW
harram cats,with consistentimprovementin
handling and windward ability:Pahi31,Pahi42,Tangaroa,Hinem
oa,Tanenui-a1Ihave benefited from the
change.Some ofthese boatswere rigged as sloops,
som e as schooners,some as ketches.Unlike other
rigs there is no penalty in windward performance for
twomastedrigs.(A BermudanketchisatIeast50Iess
close winded than the equivalentsloop,a schooner
109)
JamesW haram isjustlyfamed forhis developmentof
the open bridge deck cruising catamaran,however I
suspectthathis and Hanneke's true stroke ofgenius
is the Tikirig!The restofthe multihulworld is slowly
catching on,severalbuilders ofone-off'performance'
cats are adapting the Tikirig to theirboats.
To sum up:ifyou are building orrefiting a Classic or
Pahi,don't waste your time and money on a wing
mast.Boats so equipped have proved m ore difficultto
sel.Ifyou are building a Tiki,don'tthink offitting Bermudan
rig.W e have the best cruising m ultihullrig
available,so Iearn itssecretsand itwilpayyou dividends
in pure pleasure.
Subject:Composs/Elec#ronics wnrning
From :IcnJohn
Ca#egory: BuiIdin:
ba#e: 11 ;pr2000
Time: 12:47:34
Commen#s
I hcve an Autonnic dlsèance/lo: unlt on my
Tiki26,yesthe rellcbility isbcd,I've hcd Ao
have #he Arciling Iog repcired once,only cfter
6 monAhs use (butover l-yecrelcpsed Alme,
theywouldn'trepciritundergucrontee).The
uni: goes decd periodicolly due to poor contcct
between the crcppy bcttery termincls
and the pcb,but this can be lmproved by
cleoning l'he board in this arec cnd putting c
decent Icyer of solder over &he Alnned contccts.
Contccts wlth the trcllng Iog are poor
cnd need clecnlng every week or so. A very
dlsoppointlng buy.
James Mackie - New castle Upon Tyne,UK,recently
asked forhelp.
'How do people setaboutsecuring anchorwarps
on a TIKI21? In the paston craftofthis size,I
have alwaysenjoyed the Iuxur'y ofasamsonpost.
Any suggestions?
Please reply to the PCA office,addresson page
2 .
D ITTY BA G
For S//e
I
7'IKI 21 Cruising Chu'e
Little Used -'E 1œ .œ o.n.o.
Ton#ac't:Adrian Honeybil
Tel:01296 399776

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Atthe excellentPCA Eclipse raft-up.Pilgrim was distinctly
Iate onstation due to a spotoftechnicaltesting.
W e had decided on an improm ptuYuloh testin the very near
calm conditions ofa fairly slack partofthe estuary.The goal
was to see ifourhom e-builtoarcould propela ton ofP igrim
six passengersand halfa ton ofcruising stores ata knotor
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A couple more attempts showed thatitwas betterto work
the oarslowerand smoother since the pivotsocketwastoo
shalow to handlethe availablemusclepower(feeblethough
thatmaybe).Gradualyatechnique evolved-whichalsorequired
one footon the unlashed pivotbracketto avoid that
colapsing sideways.
So whathappened? The goalofone knotseem ed verydistantas
Istarted threshing away inexpedly,butthe two GPS
were in agreementthatthe speed was rising with practic.e
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Ben Ridouta long serving PCA m em berreports on
his firstsailon his beautifully builtMelanesia.He
broughthertothe SW UK summerm eet.Thequality
ofthe finish is outstanding.
outa clue!
On page 7 the instructlon drawlngs show how to use
the paddle and saḷ (1dId try Hannekel) lIetthe
sheetgo and paddled like mad to cornbattle m agnetic
attractionofmooredboatsarldpontoons
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colecting the sailfrom Don StewartatTorpoint. W e main sheetonly,Ihad a good run with the wpnd on the
arlved atSouthdownjustintime toseeBig Cat(inthe starboard bow (floatside).realslng the considerable
distance)raise those classlcsailsand glide.Magnifi- Ieeway1gentlyputinthe paddte ontheIeesldeusing
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cheat using the paddle to steer a Iitle and used
Steve's barge to stop.
Som eone suggested thatmy grandson ascrew could
handle the sail. On severalfurthertrips round MiIbrook
lseemed to be improving. Had a sfde by side
conversation with windsurfers who seemed impressed,
We thenwent(by road)to Cawsand Baywhere we
were staying. Getting of'fthe beach using the paddle
again into flukey winds and a choppy sea inciuding
powerboatwakes,she rode wonderfuly (keptvery
dry)andverystable.Icouldnotgetthe floatto cross
the wind,either with or without a crew or single
handed no matterwhere Isat,orsailposition,the Big
paddle again! Ikeptthinking ofthe adicle in Sea.
People.No 37 by Jan Leendertz - the photo does
show more space and flaterwater. Ithink Iwilwrite
to otherMelanesia owners in the yearbook and compare
notes.
I made the float hollow with 16mm pIy spacers
(bulkheads)to form compartmentsand also'Knotched
holes',in which m y keyed crossbeams are held in by
wedges.The force ofjamming the wedges in has
caused cracks,three ofthe fore end com partm ents
were full,This was very noticeable on the Iastday of
sailing although she stilrode waves very well. There
was ittle wind and drizzle setin ,Time to go hom e.
Mostof my tim e atSouthdown was spenttrying to
handje and rig m y boatwith Iitle time fora good Iook
atsome ofthe dream machines. HoweverIdid have
a pleasantwalkaboutwith Steve Turner,1had an exciting
tim e butwish lhad had closerIooks atTiki26's
and 21's especialythe green 21moored close to the
slip.IsitwoodorG RP (Bertitis wood!-Adrian)
lappreciate m y Melanesia is very smalin com parison
with otherboatsbutshe lsaesthetlcaly beautiful,very
seaworthyand forgiving.(BertyourMelanesia isa joy
to the eyes.,.oh thatkv'e could alIreach yourexcelent
standards -Adrian)
There are severalmodifications Iwantto do:
ufloatstrengthen up and sealbulkheads,
ubotom sparmorecun/ature(to suitDon'ssail).
Someone atSouthdown pointed outthe jawsofthe
spars were short who everyou are you were right!.
Buoyancy compartments would be good and Iwonder
if som e short rubbing strakes would help reduce
'Ieeway'.
Some 50yrs ago Iwas intrigued by these craftand the
people who saled them ',lostseveraltins ofcigarettes
in bets trying to handle them .W e had som e good food
asa compensationprize.Hope togetto anothergathering
one dayandjoin in the sailto the raft-up,the
M ELA N ES IA - SA ILIN G
From: peterblsset
sublect: R6:Ahelanessqheavy wecther
Itookthe'Beslslkc'ou#onthe wal'ertltDelQuay lcs't
nlflh'hwlth afrlend Inforce 4 withgustsof 5 and knee
hlsh chop roldng down from Itchenor.Upwlnd #he hull
shows cn olurmin:degree of fIex especlcllycround #he
cttcchmentsofthe frontcrossmembersasgustshItthe
sal,buènothlng broke,11.mlgh;be worth hcvlng o really
vood qucllty strlnger mlne are knotlessplne hard wood
might be better.I would even conslder c ncrrow Ahlrd
sect between the cttcchment polnts to brace the hull
sides more.On theother hand lf IèIsflexlble why no#
flex.
AnEnterprlsewosscllng necruscnd clecrlyhcd 'thecdvantcge
upwlnd, polnllng much hlgher cnd lravellng
fcster,wlth b0th crew worklng hard.W e were relaxed.
The fIoc#I1f#ed upor submerged once or Awlce bul'no
where necrc ccpslze,we could clso scllmuch closer to
t'he chonneledgescnd so pu'tIn Ionger l'ccks.surprlssngly
lttle wctercame oboard Sponge rather t'han bctler qucnè,tles.
Mycrew Isclconfldenèfelow cnd socould t'weckthe scll
on every tcck cs we wece hecd on to the wtnd the pcddle
s'troke necesscry to get'round glves sufflclent tlme to
adlustthe stcys.Bestperformcnce appecred to bewlth
tlngling the rlg sllghtly Int'o 1he wlcd,cbout 3 Inch movementoftherunnersonl'heslde
staysso11/2 Inch Ieanct
#he a#tcchmen'tpolnl',cnd wlth the sailhlgh enough to
hcve only rnlnlmalweaAher helm.
Runnlng downwlnd wecould ecslyou#run the Enterprtse,
pu lng ctway onevery downwlnd polntwlth less thcn half
#he sc'lcrec.The E'nterprlse nolslly planlng clong wl'th
surf flylng everywhere. We gldlng wlthout fuss.My
crewman Iylng down,flcton hIsbcck eyesshu'f'thls Is
#he1Ife '.
There wcsclso nevercn easlerbocl 'to gybe very ecsy cs
I steered through the wpnd cnd my crew s'tood up and
l1f&ed thespcrccross.Itmcy be difflcul:slngle hcnded..
My frlend Isgood Inc ccnoe cnd èrled pcddlln: the hul
wlthout #he outrlgger,1.wasJus'tposslble cnd aboutcs
stcble cs c rcclng t71he 'thoughtand wlth prcc&lce ()K on
flat'wa#er ln cclm condltlons.W lth #he oulrlgger he
found the cecr ccoss member pnterfered wlth h1s 'J'
stcoke buthe could stpllpowerItclong.
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Buehlers Backvard Boatbuildinq by George Buehler
he scores hlghly ln my estimation ps in interior& deck
Publishedby lnternationalMarine Publishing
Iayoutsbringingfreshthinking ratherthanjustrepeating
Review by Dave Peak someone else'svision ,
*1thoughtthe bookwasworththepurchase (!ome)justfor
his ideason gas instalationsetup.
W hydid you buy/build/admire W ha ram cats?
*'..the true craftsman is a rare bird'no more in tune with
Forme someoftheanswersare because theyweredifer- theCosmoslhanyouof1,justmorepallent..'
ent,unique,interesting.
One review caled It 'the BEST ehoe-foe book since
Ifthese sentim ents apply to you , then you too wilprobably *volkswanen RepairGuide ForThe Com plete Idiot.*
enjoythisbookbyoneofthefew designerswsling to buc.k Imightjustagree,heIeadsyouthroughasubjectcomfodably.easily.accepting
thatyou m ay know nothing aboutthe
moderntrends(alongwithJW ).
subjectbutnotinapatronlsingway.
First& foremostGeorge is nota m ultihulm an his designs
are primarly,heavily builtin tim berorsteel.They also appearto
be vel'yinfluencedbyColinArchers(Norwegianreddingsbot/lifeboat)designs.Ialso
see a IotofBilHanddesign
influence as wel.
'IfIcould handle the bugs and humidity ofthe Caribbean 1
m ightconsidera m ulti-hul.IIike the shoaldraft,Ilike the big
deck.and lIike the speed they can go in calm water.Butbecause
they have to be Iightweightto work they need to be
carefuly engineered and builtwhich makes them very expensive
forwhatyou get.Because the/re so Iightweight,
they don'thave the displacem entto carry aIlthe stuffIlike
aroundm e,and they simply aren'trobustenough to hita log
atnight.And they're more stable upside down than rightside
up.which would worryme ifIwanted to make a passage.So
Iwouldn'town one although Ican'thelp butgeta kickoutof
James W harram 's big plywood catsl'.George Buehler
So ofwhatinterestishe to us the m ultihullbuilder/owner?
His designs seem to startwith a fresh stzeetofpaper , no
preconceptions,
.W ould youbelieve a fourbefth 55 footer?
*f-le's a greatbelieverin greatstrength in a boat butwhere
I
There are 160 pages ofdrawings and photos and even
com plete plans ranging from a 281cutterto a 55.displacementpowerboat
Ifirstcam e across George'sdesignswhen Iwas considering
a steelmonohulback in 1989.W here he used to faldown
in m y estim ation was thatwhen he thoughthe had a good
idea he failed to see any realdown side ofthatidea.A 'my
way is the only true way'kind ofm indset.He appeared to be
a realhardhead abouthisowndesigns(hewasin hisown
words 'azealot'buthavingrnethim inperson(attheMetal
BoatSocietySummerMeetonW hidbeyIsland approx..90)
he struck me as being a Iotm ore flexlble and Openm inded.
Can be boughtfrom -
lwww.amazon.com for$ 20.76(US)lsorryno info on shlppingcosts)
- Icouldn'tfind the bookchnam azons UK site.butifyou
calthem mailwho knows.
eReedsNauticalBooks +44 (0)1225 868821 E 22.95 +E
z.ootshipping)
.Kelvin Hughes
& S ails
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An OId BoatDies - Dave Peak
N0 she didn'tfounderorrotaway:she ls reborn wlth a new name bound fornew adventures.
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I Renaming aboatisa big decision .
Somesayneverdoit,it'sJustplalnbadIuck.Buthundreds,probabkythotlsandsof
1
boats are renam ed upon change ofownership and Idoubtmuch harm comes to them due to a change lnnam e Probably
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more harm comes from a sklpperunfam lparitywith a new vessel.
W hydo we change a boats nam e ? W ela boats'nam e isarefiection ofits'owners thoughts dreams and perceptlon S()
it's highly improbable thata second orsubseqtlentOwners thoughts.dreams & perceptionswilm lrrorthose ofa previous
owner.Soinshortitjustdoesn'tfit!
How do we change a boatnam e?
Sand orpeelofthe oid and slap on the new and be done wlth lt?
'S A C R IL E G E !' scream the purists!A boatis aki!nto a Iivlng thing.to be afforded dlgnity.
So to rename a boatwith dignity folow the folowing steps.
1lRetire theoIdnamewiththe formalityofaIaunchlng
2)Pourchampagneoverthebows(savingadropforowner& guests)whilethanklng Poseldonforhisbenevolenceand
forIooking after'< old boatnam e here >'and hercrew overthe years.
3lRemoveaItracesoftheOldnamelOnstern oldIogbooks,mugs,etc.)from theboat
4)AI1ow reasonableamountofmourningtime(couple otdaysto1monthsee***below)
slcrackopenanotherbottleof champagneandblessthe new vesselsname(stitlsavlng adropforbystanders/passlng
blondesetc),
***It's pretty crass to fun offwith yournew paramoufthe sam e morning thatyou putthe o1d trouble & strlfc s1x feetunder
(yougetthedriftdon'tyou?).Youwouldn'twantthegodsofwind& sea(andespecialytheirwlves)madatyouforbelng
a bitcavalieraboutthe business,would you ?
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Backetlby 20 yearsspecialistsvharran)survey experiellkre. Stlrveysprior
to purchase.D allage inspections.Co lditiol,stlrveys.Valuatiols altl reports.Inspectiol:/Ads'ictlduring
constructioll.
Rccentsunreysinclude:Tangaroa GreeceaTiki26 & Pahi42 Porlugal.
Tvs'enty fis'e years experiellcebtlilding.m otlifying and sailing nlany ty-pes ofcatalnaran-illcltlding tlle
O STAR classw inning Tiki26 :-Sh aring the C h allenge--.record breaking 'I'iki2l--f -ooking Fat--(tle
slnallcstcatlo complete a circumnavigationl-Pali63 %bBig Cat-*and nlorc thal)tlirty otlerJallcs
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Do you rem emberus? W e are the French famjly who came
to the get-togetherPCA South W estArea m eeling lastyear
wlth ourHITIA 17 and som e photos ofourTIKI38.W el
we're making progress!Slowly.butsurely .
As attoday we have done the followlng:
- Botom ofthe 2 huls
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Before they partcompany l'm sure many more 'meets'wil
bearranged (everyweekendl),soifanyoneisinthisneck
ofwoods(??-orwhattheheck makeadetour)pleasedo
join us forsome ofJacques'special'disinfectant'(Cane
spiritand lemonjuiceon icej.Jacquescan bereached by
emaileudelmwi@malawi.netandBradand Lucy,basedat
Nanchengwa Lodge,can be caled on 265 584 627.
The Malawi'sPCA
UK
Dave and Jane Hender keep up the diary com m ents by
e-m ailwhilstcruising on Big Tiddles,theirm odified TIKI
31
Subjec#:TheTripacross
bearaI
ThcnksforaIIyour messcges.38 days12 hoursand 30
mln.c'tsea!Itwasn':aIIhorrld!The firsèweekwe did
1000 m les.Thenweflothurrlcqne Lenny cftermcth-thct ,
washorrld.24 irs Iylng to the sea anchor and then a
weekof5W gcles.A weekofslow progressthencnother
weekofnonmovement.W e dugclgroove Inthe Atlantic
now named the bi9 Tiddlestrench!Fortunetely &he Iast
weekwe mcde gcod progress.The hlghllqht had to be
spendlngfive hourswith fourhuge w'holes-who cruised
clon: showlng cs much in#eresl in us as we did in them -
mcglc!
AntlgucIsbecutlfuI.we spentaweek recuperctingInuc-
Inhcbl#edNonsuchBay,wherewewereshowqgreatkindnessby
l'heo'heryottiescnchoredthere.6reutrostbif
and Frenci cheesescnd wlnes no#l'o mentloq the Iobster.The
hlghlght todat'e wcs meetin: Philon Dunlin -
Iastseen ln Portugol3 yecrs tmo.W e are now in Falmouth
hcrbour ct onchor off Plgeon beach surrounded by
megayach's complete wi'th helicoptersl Evecything is
very expenslve here Including compu#er Aime so
w lfIndshsoon.
Hope you aIIhcd c good Xmas.Ourswcs pretty specicl
Jus:'fhe twoof us-cwalkonan uninhabited islond t'hen
bockcbocrd for ('tinned)chlcken pie qnd mums Xmcs
puddlng.AlIl'hebes#for'thenew yecr.
Subject:Big TiddlesNews.
A gréclsofrecentevents.An#lguc IeftclIotto be deslred
- fourth world country wlAh four sl'cr ho#els
scruffyand neglected with Iotsof slums cnd burntou't
ccrs.The nc#lvescre surly.Bcrbudc to the north Is c
scnd dune.W e hod an 11m le pink beccha1t'o ourselvesnot
even tlfootprln'tllqt'wos grectto getbuzzed here by
IJERRY 5OUTH tofucdeloupecnd thesalnèes,whlchwe
enjoyed very much,Plectyofgood wclkscnd metsome
very green iguanas-they're impresslve.The French Esles
tme Iushand welcultlvoted cnd the people frlendly.W e
enloyed specking French and eating Ccmembert.Also
spent some good tsmes with Alcn and Glendc on kush -
firstmet in Porto scnto.Murtinlque cqd c good reunjon
wi'th drole d'oisecu -the French Islcndstcke some bect-
Ing.
Lcst week's highlght wcs cctchlng up wlth Arlcne cnd
Frltz,ourverygood frlendsfrom storksLcgoonCulctru.
Lo'tsto tolkcbout.Now'engoying Grencdc-frlendly people
cnd becutifulcountcyslde.Hadanexcelentdcy sallon
Ziskc (1 res#ored Moreccmbe Bcy Prawner. Excl'flng
stuff.Lnid flct in squalls clmosl'!6renada Is too holl
Heading north cscln soon l'hen ecs:l'o 'fhe Azoresmore
newsthen.
p.s.It'sfunny swimming doesn'tseem socppeclngslnce
Ihecrdthctthe IocclscctchshcrksEVFRY nlghtoffthe
nearby qucy!
s ubject:W ere backl
BI:TlddleshasIanded.Anunevent'fulcrosslngcpcc#from
#he sturboard rudder Aryin: 'to Ieave home,two of the
pin#le s'trcps bedng decldedly worse for wear. The
weathergodswere kind to us on thlsArlp because we had
agood slcnt.W edeclded tomissthe Azoresonthlsocccslon
and Just keep golng - ()good decislon as the wlnd
stayed fcvourable.Only one dcy of force 7 very wet
(Yuk.ThiscomputerIsntverygoodctpunctuctlonorIsIt
'
theoperatocl)Itwas31dcysBcrbudatoCulctra.Ettook
thct Iong to reoch the Azores Icst'tlme.Fnloyed fresh
fruitand vegetcblesinabundance. Jcrle played frultbct
cndate (!wholekilooffreshfigs(sorr.y bcvel).Jane got
(,standby flightwiAhinfivemins.ofarrivlngc#Fcroclrport.
bave is now enAertolning Jo cnd Phlin Porlugal.
Jane crrived In Englund yesterday In tlme forcunt and
unclesdlamond wedding cnd grcnddcughtersfIrstbirthdcy
we haven't met yet.Dcve should crrlve In UK In cbou't
Ahree weeks.
D ave Peek - A Pilgrim s Progress
Here'sjusta quick note on 'Pilgrims'progress.No l'm not
plagiarisingChaucersworkjustaquicknoteto inform youof
the progress of*pilgrim>my PAHI31.
llFore& reardeckrotrepaired,
2)RearBeamsinspected /repaired/replaced
3lFrontbeamsinspected/repaired
4)Sma1IrearcockpitremovedandLwocockpitscombined
intoone (asrecommendedbySteveT).
5)Hu1isrepainted
6lReplacedaI1standing& runningrlgging
7)New 9.9Yamaha4strokeengine purchased
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Stilto do(inno padicularorder)-
*lqew bottom paint
eRetire old name
pRe-christen boatwith new name
llnstalnew engine setup
wRepaintdecks (may nothappen before launching)
1had hoped to have herready in hernew livery and new
nam e forSosent& Channellsles Ralies,butSolentis deqnitely
noton.Itm ay be nextyearsevents lgetherto.
JohnW haleyon Tirla (modified PAHI42)sentthe fol-
Iow ing e-m ailupdate on his long term cruise.
subgect:W etfish!
Anchored beside cln ollve grove
Greece
Meganisl,Ionion
Jus:clfew f1shIccughttodcy!
I'm uslng(1dIfferen'tAechnlque!
Uptonow wehcve mcncwed'tocctchclmostno fIsia'rcl1.
No doubtyou hove heord 'thlt Greece hus had c bi9 hec:
wcve,forusIl'sbeen noproblem csweclwaysgotsome
secbreezes.Infcctno more 'that40C Indaytlme.
V;e hcveJus:hcdccold fron:go Ahroughcnd the 'new'
weather has tuken away #he Schcrc wurm aIrthct was
hcnglng cround ccuslng the hot spel Ouc second Iong
stcycrew,AllenandOlwyn Ieftcsplanqed las:sc#urday
cfter necrly 70 dcys cbocrd. It wcs grect fun cnd
worked oul'wel.The two huls (me llke #wo bou#s and
makesthese sor:of 'stays'no problem.They d1d some
600 nm around l'he GreekIslandswithus.W enow htwe
Jcckle.Allce cnd Sophpe aboacd fortwo weeks frlends
ofoursfrom the 'Norwlch'days.
W e cre Inc bcy c'hMeganlsiIonion.Unlke 'the wes#ern
âped Ahere cre many qulte placesto cnchoreven inthe
hlgh secson.
W zsbswere ()problem in scme bays.However the ratn
seemsto have klled mostof'hem.1*seemed,perhcps
thelrnest'swereflooded.Manyofthesmcllislandshave
recently hcdbuldozerscutting 'roads'bytheshore and
through'fhe cnclen:grovescnd stone wclls The crew has
goneashoreund crew'clklngononeofthesetothenecrestvllageofVal'hlso
l'he girls,A lce cndsophie cunIndulge
in the cyber ccfe.This consistsof a notice on ()
blcck boord cnnouncpng an 'Internet cofe'cnoId tcble
cnd chclr plus c 160mhz mochlne cnd ()slow Icnd ljnel!
ALL OUT.SIDF ..It'sf 2 cn hour ..They wan'tto surf
thene#cnd sousln:ourportablephone IlnktoLondonIs
too expenslve.
Mustrush1.ve beenordered to do #he wcshlng up before
t'hey getback!
ISRAEL
Yoav Ktalav brings us up to date with new s ofRaka
SubjecA:Englne+Autopilo'f
Helo everybody:
I wls IookingforcYanmcrdleselengprleforsomeyecrs,
ltseem the only powerto weightdleselocceptable for
our kakc.The questlon of welght Is ver'y hlgh on our
cgendubutthereasonwe didn'tbuyitforsomcnyyears
wusI#'sprlce.11.sohappened t'hc'tc'fthesamet'me'fhclt
our5 yearoId Mcriner(oneoverwhole inbetween)gcve
up compleAely 'to #he very snw pf'lwoAer sn our htmbour
cnd slmply dlslntegrcte crld I came ccrosscn o1d Ycnmar
18 + sllel'he cc#amcran drlve ()tb(1very Iow price . I mcqufle
to connect the Ie9 to #he steerdng rods ?Ie ccble ,
whlch is under t'enslon when the leg Is Iower. The steerqble
Ieg mcdebI9dIfferentlncontrolof'fheboa:intight
wcterforthefirs:'tlme wecrecbleto turntheboaton
#hespot(nowlnd)cndIwashcppy butafteroneund o
hclfyeorsuse thecutoplotjtweup.11.seemsl'omethct
t'he recsoncpcr:from theageofl'he plo:Is tha'twhen
the englne isconnected steering Ismuch moredifficult.
To correcA Ahls I made c quick release for the engine
from the s'teerlngmechcnism and rmw Ifwe hove tomo-
'
torourwcy In&he mcnycalmswe hcve hereIdisconnect
the englne.And the wheelis cs llgh:cls under sail , But
theouAoplo:(Navlco4000 14yecrsold)Isgone.
USA
News from Florida USA -Rogerand Marney Ayres
Enjoyed youfmagazine 38 including Jim's commentsand
two new designs -oh no!After2 yearsofbuilding,did Ibuild
the wrong boat? Both new designs Iookgreatand worthy replacements
forthe ORO atlasl!
News from Florida is thatafter2500 hoursofblood sweat
andtears(thankyouW instonChurchill)'Ho1y'hitthewater.
bounced up and floated rightto hermarks.She isa modified
Tangaroa M K IV stretched to 37 feetand Jim the crane
drivertels m e thatwith m astand rigging on board and most
ofourcruising gearand tools.she weighed in at6500 Ibs-1
don'tknow whatin kilosttly 2955 kilos-Adrianl!So 1was
happy -no,1was ecstatic!
Itwas quite a convoy from the yard to the water.W e had two
police cars with flashing Iights,one truck with flashing Iights .
one flatbed truck plus catamaran withflashing Iights,and a
fiftytoncrane(noIightsl).MarneynamedherwithahalfbottIe
ofCalifornia's snestchampagne (notmuch cashIeftby
Iaunchdayl)andthebuildersighedahugesighofrelief.
Then cam e Irene!A week afterIaunch with Holly sitting on
hermooring in M iam iIrene blew in outofnowhere and gave
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us20,.ofrain and windsover90 mph.(Thankyou God!!).
W ewere IuckyandonlyIostourBiminisunawning(atrifle
$300)plusaIitle paintdamage.Butas1say,atIeastwhen
you've builtyourown boatyou can always fixit!
Buildingcostsareso subjectivebutinourcase$25000saw
us in the waterwith new outboard and working sails .
Also add:
ucans 'cruiser'beerenough to floatthe boat
No excuses leftnow we have to go sailing . Biscayne Bay
here we com e!
PS Anyone wants to contactm e fora chaton bulding , Iam
in the mem bership book.
ucommute to building site 8000miIes
ul-unches packed 400
Lusneakers
3 pairs
ustraw hats 3
aGalons ofice tea 300
uorbitolsanders 3
usoftpad sanders 2
ulnjuries 1
uAntbites
numerous
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