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@ @ @ @* *à à *T he official Sailm aker forW h a r ra m c ata m a r a n sW ith m ore than 40 years experience w eun d erstan d th e T iki an d W h arram rigsb etter th an anyon e else.A w ide choice of m aterials togeth er w ithour trad ition al sailm aking sk ills allow sJeck ells to design an d construct sails tom eet your p articular requ irem en ts.A II W h arram sails gu aran teed for 5 yearsForfurtherdetailsContactC'/zrïs'Jeckells.On Telephone.01603 782223Fœw 01603 784023Email:chris#jeckells.co.uk. . WebSite.www.jeckels.co.uk . .l :. * ậ â. *

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E D ITO R B N O TE2009olynesian Catamaran Association11 m em bers contributions in theorm of articles,letters and photoaphs(black tf white or colourrintor transparencies) are welomedby Sea People.11m aterialwillbe retum ed to theontributor if requested. In anyvent the PCA can acceptno reponsibilityfor loss ordam age toontributions.AIImaterialacceptedolely.on the basis thatthe authorcceptsthe assessm entofthe PCAsto itsvalue.1m aterialsubm itted to them againeis accepted on the basis thatopyright in the w ork will beested in thePCA who assum esa1l'ghtsworld-wide,in allform sandcdia.Reproduction in wholeorin'artwithoutwritten perm ission isohibited.'etextspublished in the magazinee theauthors'responsibility.' 11m emberssubm itting articlesforbmission to them ag.willbe enedinto a drawing atthe AGM .rizeswillconsistof PCA clothing/urgee/item s that have been preentedin them oney saving colum northatyear.icles forsubm ission to the magan be sentto the PCA Office orlectronically to pcatxt@pcaeapeople.org.uk(form icles,simqlet'xt is besț .doc(M SWord)isine also) and pcapix@pcaeapeople.org.uk(for pictures orawings) jpg format preferredotherslessso).ictures should be scanned in atoodpiresolution and size shouldeno morethan300Kb please)lease keep totaltransm ission sizeo 500Kb or less,3 x 300Kb tileseeasierto transm it/receivethan 1f 900KbThank you alps many editors ofthe Sea People magazine beforem e, I have been in a distress situation w hen Irealized,few weeks ago,thatIhad alm ostnothing toputin the magazine.Iknow now whatis the fearofany w riterin frontofa blank page...Since the tragic death of Ken the association has been Ieftalmostbeheaded.The time to think aboutthatsadness factand the norm aldate forpublishing the m agazine have beenoutdated.So,Ihave thrown severalbottles in the water,hoping thatsom e ofthem would arrive atdestination,somewhere on afriendly coast.Im ustsay thatIhave notbeen disappointed atal.The sailorsolidarity is not an idle word.Just few days Iater I havereceived texts and pictures from m any places in the world.From England, Florida, Austria and even New Zealand.Fina ly,Igotalm osttoo m uch to publish.ButIhave found theplace foreverything.Im ustthankyou a Im uch more than the sim ple words in thiseditor's note.Yourquick response have probably saved yourmagazine.So thankyou Sam ,Dan,Gene,David,Gerald andHanneke, Anita . I have been deeply touched by yourkindness.Forthe otherreaders ofthis m agazine,neverforgetthattheSea People m agazine is yours and made with yourtexts andpictures.Never hesitate to send few pictures orfew wordsaboutwhatyou are doing in the W harram world,even ifitisjustdream ing ordoinga shod sailingcircle inthe Iocalduck'spond,you are welcom e in these pages.Iam verysorryforthe delay ofthis issue (and also the nextone)due to the above reason.W e wilgo back to a normalpublishing schedule forthe very firstissue of2010.UntilthatdateIhope youwilenjoyyourreading..Rém y Roy.The sea People* @ issue74 5

LA # J;')qh.j.,V O VA G ES A ILIN G IN TO TH E P A ST$k LAPIT/ AçE ,'I-laîillg it-rtzz?alnlostthree lzt-azw< lgo 11ith r/ltn drean, ta/ a little r-o',o/,.o ure ewz?, the L aplta ' P zwgt-v ' 't /1:'?1z? ;* V ..,.,.,.t'':,.b. ..,rz . . .krJOih(Ijt';.1'1t'.L lp.slzt'@uVzoyqog- jo,s=a I,I;l,Rg'jroztltq,ztoooum from Boholinthq piailipinq:toTikopiaandAnutqinthqqasternspiomonsbeen led rè?z-s-achief't-za?ez?r this.1Ilrd..r'io.>I, ' .)vear a/rt-r a hard 1,zlrk t)/ g-u-zpr y'* 'j!r * z. /? wrvlz'x yt. !:7 . 7ḳ Ẹ2î Lr t. -j .,,p...,. rcp -Xe.%'1â%11111gy # Yh/- Ina 11 1.;.%.11zzlp. ' 1 - %-.-- ' '.LI'>'qI.Ird'., :qrl1j!.,1IK 47jI,3:ks-j, Rks ' .cjrltpt:tLI r

VO YA G El'Iannktk't and Janles tral'ne otlt a nlonthbel-ore tle departtlre to tle Ph 1l1ppines ,S il'lcethel)H annek ehasled:1groupo 1-nlt'!n11l'nak1ng al1thesails.hand st1tched t-rol'n'(-anqracon' 1-:1131-1k.r and 'Iiros lattlraIhel'np'rope-botho 1-u'hich N.srel-t?dolatedtotheproject1n)'tle l-lantl-acttlrers.Ten dal's Iater tlel'n K 1atls ill'l-npeldahI.tle('-jerln an 1eadero 1-tl'leproject-cal-netoj0 1 thenl Ns'itl) :1 great l'ltap of 5&'orldconneet1ng elctltroniklequipl-nelt.u'lich heproeeetledtol5t.ThentlerecanleNlatṯ the13rilish calnera1-1:,1)Nvhohasbeen'S.Norkinglard to getallthe linalstoresltladed - pressre1easesïv1-1tte1'1andptl13l1tr1t3'1-:1ised.above:Jamesand Klausdiscussing before thelaunching of the twoboats.Lapita Anuta sailingalong the Indonesianc o asts . N ote theM elanesia canoe designattached on the deck tobe usedastender..Firstleg aboard 'Lapita A nuta'.Theboatsle(tPalglao - t'le j -.;ra t) j-x ( lq,ty-jatnt?rasscleduled.,'ïsistlstlalu'itlal'leu'boattheu'eatlerand sea(iodssetotlttotestlerand the neu'creu'. -l-l'1e lapila N'rol'agecreu'scertai111)'got1test1lg.7-l'1etirst1)1ghturashol-rid.Jannesand I-lanneke lad neN'erexperienced stlch 1-oLlgl,Iul'npq'seas n'itl'lstlch relatively lightNvind before.W'itlAthedecks Iike a sk ati1g 1-11k (because o t-tht!coatil'lg o fcocontItk)i1)-the levs'saiIrig andsteeri1'1g padd1es.1tgas'e to th e s:111orsandthe boats thtbest test1ng thatone could1aN'e asked tbr. tlotlglè it d 1d leaN'eeNrerl'one sl-lattered. It shtlvvetl up eN'er')'l1ttIe prob 1el-n that 1ad to be solN'ed beforesett11'1g o l-l-s1'1ortr.(ln 'Lapita A ltlta'the sl-nalll'nizzen IlaA'ebeen chalged earl)'antlthe forenlastl'laN'ebeen leant t-orss'artl - Nvl'lich gave a betterbalance and nlade stresses ( . -,11 steeringpaddles ald the k2revv 1ess.By I'norn1ng 1turas(nbs'l'ousto llak'e harbotlrand reassessthe boatald fintlotlt 1osv 'l-ap1ta 7-ikopia'TheSea People8 Issue74 * *

V O YA G E't t(.)'$I1) S u y 'yras a1-!-:.1I'lgetl'k 's1tl'lt's't'lrigat)l.I.4:1kas (1.)k.Jtl17le t)t.lt1-1ggtlr cal'ltles (.)1-tle1à1)1I1171n11t?s.-1'1)k?'.'St11-t111al'lka Ilastlesallt'p-.r4.'ht')t as yN'-a1k a . 'h.'$ :1ka- N'ak:.'.1. N': . ṭ'a . :1ll11C t1)I1 ,jr'3(.)1tC lt1(.JC l1 () . ,! 10 SI21)1a1gtlages). -.ï 1eNy 11g1te1)1I1g sqstenl fortIle steel'iI1g patltlles 5$as :tIsl.) kle:1setl.'tlsl 1g :1 'S I'l:tl-l1sl1q&'11d1ass'alol'lg t1esidt'rt'1-t1)e u't)c k 1.3it.'I-p)1s 1as 43l-t)5,ed 1tsk.lIfa1dall(.)'h&s1I)e 1)c1Illsl-l:.llt(.)l3tllItlk.-Ik)'$ '$er lnart(.)f-tIleInfttltl1e 11realN tiglt.e'srt-l'latspet'td,'I'I)1s lal-e'$rk?l'1ls c1'1êtl'e as stdtln as tlere 1ssk)1,)esIack11t1ert)I7e1tstartst(.'lk,)-1afe.17tlt1l'Intlllt.ld tl17t1g 1-1t1l( -ltle s 1()t.One ofthe rare mom entduring the first Iegswhere the two boatscouldsailclose.The seaPeople10 psstse74 @ @

kX.lc'..'c'.'w '6!' .m.'.%.e 'tr .-p*-% .u;?. i't . . h.r' ..Ẉe 'ḥ . 4i,Ṿ- j j. a 'zl'.. '5a.I. . et ., .lr ''1. k'Anuta' left Bisling Ba)' in tlle earll'afternoon (2()/1I) u'l'1i1e the u'ind urasb IONN'in g fronath eW estand thetida1cu rre1)tNvas favotlrable.ltNvas stillrai1-1ing . Thatfollow'ing nightthe u'eathergotbeteral'lditNvas a l'nore peacefulsail . The nextdal'u'aseven bctterand itu'asatl1stpossib 1eto air al1 the cabins and svet urlothes .To'svardssunsetAn utaNvascloseto thebaq'Nvhere'Tikopia'had sheltered.Thel'set()t-tto'!oin'Anuta'014herA.val'south.S oon al-terthel'setsai1the tu'o boats lostcontactand eachonedid nothear1-1-011theotheragain untilthel'arrivedin Ternate(1'JN ',l2 7 C'E )nearly4()()N IM Iater.The rain beat kloqvn on tierce , rapidlyincreasing waN'es with big urhite caps . Sothe boatvvas laid ahullagain hoping thewind would subside.Hanneke checked the GPS position andfound thatthel'haN'ebeen setcloserinshoreby thelastsqtlalland u'ith thiswind wobtldnotbe able to clearthe large reef01-1-thecoastjtlsttothe501.1thofthel'n.Theymadeaquick'decision thattheonlyprtldentl'novewasto head straightW estinto Bisling Bayand tind shelter.Bisling Bal'islikeajNI'ndeep rectangle cutinto thecoast . They ranunder tinl'ston-n sailbefore the Easterl'wind with huge waves following. Thevisibility wasbad.rainsquallsobscured thecoast-btltthey could seetheIong nnanl-nadeharbourwallbehind whichthey intendedtoanchor. Theq' sailed into shelter anddropped anchor by sonne little tishingBankas.These4()()NnAtook thecrela'tiveandah: .llfdaysnon-stopsu'ithanapproxil'nate3k l'lotsaverage speed. The ureather uras v'er).'changetble u'ith lots o t-rain anklsqual1%(vN'indstlp to force 7-8 Beau fort)and N'el-l'darknightsasthe1-1-1001NsrasN'anislingvery'fast.ItB'ashard and tiringsailing .Forthe Antltatzrev itNvasasurprisetoG ntIthey Nverethe lirstboattoarris'ei14Ternate ,a notvefy glal-norous toNvn.urith lots o 1-little k ids s'wim n-ling and screanling rotll'l( .lthe boatalIdal'Iong.Theq'ubere glad tohearLapitaTikopiau'ascloseb)'and toseehersailin atstlnset.Second leg.Betbre the beginning o1-the seeond Ieg otthevoyagesol-nechangesintl'lecren's laN'eHard and tiring sailingundera constantrain.Itraineda1lnightand,lextmorning - itwascooked food undertheaqvning which havebeen setreally low overthe deck and thecookbox.,4 totofrtlm cheered everybodyup and al1 were N'eo' pleased to be inshelter. At least allthe water containerswere retilled by m orning!Aboard 'Anuta'people u'ere worried about Klatls and'LapitaTikopia'and hoped they wereSouthof thereef by thetim ethesquallgalecam ein.The nextmorning they gotthem essagethat 'Tikopia' has arrived satèly , butexhausted-atthe arranged m eeting pointfurtherSotlth.Thesea People* @ issue74 1 1

V O YA G EI'latetlelenly'N.Nl)ellsaiIilg i1cllseqtlarterstlnderlartlNveatltrcoltlit101'1s.'lneel arralge(.l. (.-11-1stllnl- :1 5.$e1l k'1(.)N'$ .1lnart1c1palt 11 tl1e 'S'S(.)1-1tlf.)1-1uxtl-q'l'achtsaiI1lg.5s,1'1(.)hatlsa11e(.l(.'ln tl)e lirstlt'?g #-1-()1-1-113(41)(.)Itt)'I'eI-l'1ate (-,1-1'1.aI')1ta -1-1k('l In1:.t''$'$'it1)Iklatls cal')le board t)1-'I-ap 1ta ,A 1'1tlta'becatlse t)1-sol'ne d1ssel'ls1o 1 SN1t1'1 lklatlstlespite belolg 1l)g t(JtI1e stl'le I)isseIt10r1-5-acl'1lC-ltlb.'S(n.11'1'-l-el-late-','X1-1tlta'1(nst ler'S NelIl1ketḷhard'$ N'tnrk'il'lg l'-.1)g I1sl1 klallera1'1'1:11 N'latt t(.)lklaus'blnatantlglnttl-ltr17(.41-N'1N'al'ltsa11t)r'(-1risttnlal'las tzreq's 11-1extl'lalge.(.'1'11-1stt''pl'ilasan excelleltselse t)1-l'ltlllkltlr.Ile hatlstrelgtl)t(neasiI)'I.3tllItlp sailsInutN'srltsI'lt')t1-t)1t1(.)t-'svktsl-lil'lg tiisles ('$ srl'lat l)al'1dkles-.').IJk)r :1l-nal'l1-r(.J!1'1tl)t't'S 'S(.1r1(1(.)f-tlasq saiI11)g(.)1ltlxtlry'y'acl'lts 1t'ttl1(.lNN't.'I1l.I-I()N'$eNrer.(-1'1risttllnl'1l:.l(.tt)It'tëlq'e'-'ï1)tlta'at(.)letliN'i11setlslnlnt,thesnla1lIsIaltlt.)1-lk 1'1 1tl)t.ll)al)')131erstrait.h'l (.'j1-1-( .)1)tl)t'tl-t'ytk',lk(.)1-1do(-.7i.)())k1'1),N'$'l1ic7l'lttlklk't(.J'z,X1uta'6 (.laq's1.#tl'ltpsklle creN s'alnklar(.l'/'N1'1uta 1'1:.'t'$.t')l3eel i.t.,.$())'eark)ld ('.pel-l'lal's y (.)1-1:.11klt.1-l'laI1stN.$'1'1t .,l'lêts.lneclt:.(.)1'1'111lssllnnet ' ' It)'y'S1'1te t êlI'lart1cIe lkll'tle (ierl'1al'1l'lagaziltl 'Il1'e h'kltprl-l'atntltlt''S Ṡ(.')I'1'ï k.')l'1abtlart'l.E N'e ad1'11tss1)etl(',es1'1o tl1kek.l:1I')1171l'tg (I1t2(.41'1 the l.:1171t:t btlltts l-ar las betleqtlis'alelltt()extrel'ltlcltl-l-lpiI'lg ).lIklr 11sts1x y'ears llas beel spelts1tti1)g beh1l'ld tlkllllptlter Ny'ritilèg d 1ssertat1(.,1 ol'l IàtlstW-:t1- (.ierllal 'SNollel). 1'I()N.N'e'$er sle l'laslnl-(.lsret.l ol'le (.J1-tIlk2 -1a1'1)es' I112 tl'leorikls:Nykll-lel-li'lak'el'nltgl'ï1tiklktltbtlatcl-eNy.The huge space ofthePacific OceanThe SeaPeople12 lssue74 * *

Janlesistlsed to sal'that 1ispartnerin Iil-eand design,and skipperof'Lapita Anuta'on this volrage- Hanneke. is aggressivel),(to a l'nan )self-assured ald eftik2ientas aboatn'ol-nan,butshestarted hersai1ing 1ifeasasnlal1ch iId.EvefbrherpartstartedheroceansaiIing Iifejusta fen,'weeksago inTenlate.She hastunled outto be a brave,hardNvorking sailing u'olnan and, l'nostinlportant-one N.vith sense of htllnotlr.Apity she has to Ieave 'Lapita A ntlta' inIalrapura for another u'riting assignnaentbutsle Ns'ill hopeftllly return i1'1H oniara(S o 1ol-n0nsIs1and s).AnotherC-hristoph have been also boardedo1,1'L apitaT iko pia'.So-itisNvithaneu'crew'that'Lapita An tlta'started the nen'1eg (90()N1'n long)in theLapita Voyage NN'l'1ich Nvil1end in Jal'aptlrainthel)'1lnling 01t'.-l'1ristl-nasEN'e.During the 1)ight o Ixthe 3rdDecenlber'Anuta'crossed the Equator line ot-f theW est coast o1-I-I:1ll'nahera i1 Indonesia.Finally'a beautifulnightsaiI.the sortyotldrealu abottt-Nvith the neNv l'noon o'vertothe 'svestand the constellation TaurtlsandPleiades to the E ast, saili1-1g along at asvveet3 .5 k nots on :%1calIn sca.To respectthe tradition sol-ne run) Nvasdralk fortheoccasiol).The line crossed e's'erybod),n'as hopingthat the Southern Henlisphere 'weatheru'otlld be 1-1icerastheexpedition Nvi11 lou,sail far asvay fron: the N orthernHel-nisphere Tropical Typhoon area. Butcalnns and eontrao' Nvinds 'wil1 l'nakeprogress 01 the planncd route irritatingll'slow'.Calnns on an enginelesssailing shiparetotall)'frtlstrating.I1thepastsailing ona 'non-engined'boatu'as of the greatest valtle. The l'nodernl'achtsnnan is an 'engined'sai1or and thepossibility'to .justsNvitch on theenginetok'eep nAoving in a calnlorforentering andIeavingharbourgivestothatl'nodern sai1ora different lnental franae 'work'. Klatlsplanned the routing as a nnodern sailor,Nvho can expecta l00N n'1dal'average.('.Jnthis voyage there 'was no l'nore nlodelmsailors.EverleoneNs'asananvient(before5()yearsago)'Nvind 01'11).'sailor.So each onehasto l'nentall)'adapttoIivingon theseaasSeapeopleal'ldbe patient:tsSeapeople.ForJalues.Nvho adapted to being a Sea Person(3. ,ears:1co .-. 1tNs':1seas1erto adaptback asza11) - -tho tlgh to be pat1el)t 1 a l-o l111$.:cal1-n 1s:)11vvavs:1totlel'1tzl-laIIe1ge.TI11s second 1eg o 1-tle N'oyage 'w'1IlbeNs'eek'so fhard sti11ngNs'itl'ltoo 11tlch sai1ingand not enough til'le to relax ashorebecatlse o fd ue schedtlIe (dates lbr creqs'Ieas'1ng or board1Ilg. col'lstrailts ()1- al'nodern exped 1t101-1Ns'it1:1presst-olloNs'up).Tl4e boats haq'e anehored feNN' t1l'nes 1nprettl'alclorages-buthave to IeaN'e againthe next1'1)orn 1ng N'ithotltt1nle t( .)ex plorethe shore.ItNs':1sd1ftictIItanchoring 01thesteep coral1edgesthatsurroundislalds,tooshaloNs'close totheshore-too deepjust2011 l-urther otlt-so the ol'l1).Nsral's's':'ts toanclorparalIt.rlto the shore Nvith fore andaftanchors I'look'ed 1nto the coralslope atabotlt6-81,1 and hope tlere 1s 10 strongonshore Ns'ind il1 tle niglt- or the tidedropping and 01-1ehu1Iscraping11-1thecoral!.T lere'wrasone id)'11ik2bal'vs'ith Nvh ite sandbeach al.the South end of(.-$ebe lsland-thtlast island o 1-1- the Soutl east end ofl-lall-nahere. Iltlt tI1is beautil-tll place vvasspoi1ed b)'tle N.'isit ot-a intrtlsiq'e police1'nan.'hA'l-1o N.N't'tfot.lnd 1ard to getritlo f.H espok e 1,1o E ng1isl) al a1l, btlt Nvas sti1leapable ot-l-nak ing us al1lkclthoroughlytlncol'1'1I-ortable.. , .Th isNNas tl'le til'l-le that( . 1)listoph (the 21tl)Nvho jo ined 'Tikopia'i1Tenlate-deNvelopeda seriotls 1.31adder col'npI:1int that ttlrnedserious as tin'e passcd.U1)f-orttlnate1).'theSom etim es the nicestanchorage can becomethe worse place becauseof som e intrusiveclearance officer..The Sea People* * issue74 13

V O YA G E'ctll-l'tplts tl'le l'l:.1l-1'()5y's. l--ater IIf'tnllek'k?l'lk-tt'tl'tltltz tiI'les tle ctl-relt 's skltlld be il'tThe boat is sometimeshiddenby the big swel.,ïl'tel'1t.)tg1&'e k?1tltlgl'lsteel-êlge 11tI1e brcakiI)gtk'lIklssil-tg sets. 'I'l'!k! l'lext tlay' 1'!annekt.'t1)1ade:1seaalclklrl-l't')l'1tNs'o llestil'lg rattanLot of wind and roughseas.The Iittle storm sailon the foremast is welenough.TheSea People14 Issue74 * @

.,h k)o 4'.,... )emja V O YA G ESelfsteering on the flatsea.Filipino bask'ets,so if'A ltlta'u'otld eN'ercaughtotltIikethisagai1-1herstern could bek ept to the Nvaves. A ftln' dal's 1aterH annek'e also titted :1tiI1erbar,eonlectil'lgthetsvo rtldders,u'liclldoesl'lak'tsteeringluorepoNverftlI.B)'sunsetthe nextdal''Antlta'gota lugessvell5.s.ith I1ttIe to 1-10 u'i1-1(.1.W 1th 1-10 u'i1(1the steerage Ns'as Iost :11d the boat thel'naturalll'lies beal-n OI'Ito the seas.so y'otlcan 1Imagine lo lIopil'lg about for hotlrs i1huge beanlseas going nosvhere.Later thecreu' discoN'ered that this inordinatell'rotlgh seas l'laq'e been gcnerated b)' atlephoon Nvh 1ch 1it(-,ual'n alcltheY1:11-1anas(N orth ofthe Eqtlator)and had el-ects asfarsotlth as Paptla N eu'(-.Itl1nea,'13islnark s.Thenl'norestrong Nvind inthe 1ightald theileq'l'table sa1Iehallges. E N'e Nvas feelingsick btltshealNs'al'skran'le to Ilelp I.-lannekedo the s:ti1s 'w'h 1Ie Jal-nes steered, N ext1017'1ing batlk to the su'elIand no u'1nd.then t2Ioud al'ld pouring ra1,1.5&'il111-1ises'erbeaniceN'oyage'?'Tle creNx'Ns'as Iook iI1g atthe W estel-lendt.)t-1)3iak Is1:,1d a11 (.lêt) btltclltld notgett1)ere. 'L ap1t:1 -1*1k't)13ia' 1J.td beel'l :1 b 1tluck'ier and Nsras :1lnotlt8-l()'N 1-1alead ot-'Ānt.lt:.l'.-1-l1e)'decidetl to tlse the dingl'l'n'1(.lt(.ll- tk) tr) t() get i11(.) tle N'i1lagu't (.è1-Iktll-id()bel-ore 1iglt1-:111.sk)f;iseIacotl1d gettoherclklropIal'le01'1tin'le.S l1eitlst1'k-1ade1t!'./4.1)uta'carried ol'lthrfnugh tl)e 1)1gI)t andThe last three days n-1ore ot-the sanle .clotlds altlra11)to 10 NN'i1'lt1al'1(.ls'el-y'I'lot.The tirst4dal'st1eaN'erageNN.'as68.73 - 7 2and 53N IM per24hotlrs.btlt01tlal'5itsNr:tsjust1tAN n-1.tltletototaI1ack'o 1-N.N'ild,andAxhatn'ind there B'as-itNvas fron'1 front.TheSea People@ * issue74 15

VO YA G EOne of these beautifulnice canoe bows.,4 troulnle(.à1-ttaysin the1)ice!1ttle'$'1llage01-Ik o rid (.) d 1d so l'net1)11-1g t(.A get oN'er t1eoNrerdose ot-1-1ard sa1I1lg- btlt 1t svas l'lotIong enotlgl).'?tï.n tta'sai1ed olto the port(. )1- 1.31ak l-o 1- bty'1,1g stlp 13l1es a1'1dtllk 1'1tp'$.s'1ng Iq'anclored o f-l-1he na.$'tllbase(aga11)11-1thedark ).'I'he1-1;.tN':.tl(.JlicersNsrere11kze ald lelpt-tll.-I-1e),gaN'e thecreNs':1lil-tto tk)h&1-1 1) t1ei1'trtlt2k - btlt 1t 5N'as aga 1necessarl'to g(.)throtlgl)ll'le tlstlaltlndlessIl'ldl.ll-ltrs1al'lIai.l.pelasrlrk.tinal1)'latlabeatIt1ftllse1flsteeril1g (.)1'1:.1latsca.this s's':ls nlore 11ke it.-A bkltlt3-4).111fron'1the N.'iIl:lge I-I:1,-1eke cotlId ntltsee itastlere svere hardl).'al-lj'sltll-e l1glts.btltcotlld llLul-1tal'1klp11-1po int 1ts ptls1t101)(.)1)sotlnd .S(.ll'nel'lovs'tleq'lad d1sct)1,1tis1u'onIoud at4.3()il1tle 1'101-1il1g1.'-'Nntlta'arriN'etlin lktlridoN'ilageearly in tlel'norn ing.justas the clotlds opeletlNNitl) l'nore pourillgra11.-l-l'1e tiI-lal1ol'lg stretch to -1t'tl:.1ptl1':.1.another3()t'()'N 1'1-1.took'4klaq's,l'11-1:1II)'tllecnd ofthe9()()'N 1'1 lol'lg su-kzold 1eg (.41-l-apita N'tdl'ageNsrasreacled ysrl-lel'ltltlal'kclll-ssrasdroppedat2all-111'1tht1'1'101-1)ing 01)(.'1)1-1stl'nasF.s'e inthe snlell)'larlnotlr( . )f-.1ayrapura.'-'N1tlta'did:.1ratlerl'leatentrl'tltlersa1l 1 the dark':11'1d 1-:111'1. '1-1-1e kll-ess (-k.'r1t pleasekl '$.N'1tl'l1i11-1seIl-btltys':1sF-.X.l.1-A U S 'l-L-'l)!''-rh ir(lIeg.()ne day' 1.1ay'aptlra-a t#'171caIIldones1alti.lN'$'l'h-'$vast'tl'hotlgh ((.-l-eNNstlid haNbt't:1l1ttle(.-hristl'l-lasE'.'$,rt.'tparty aslore)and assoolastlek.rustol'n scIeêlretlt1)ebklats-Iklt-t.s,.jtjy sta t'e trx 24 t1-1e 1-.v-lp 1t:1 N.'o 'h,':1c - u e(.1:t's'tlptlrato R abauI)theex petlit101)entereda 1eNs'plase.H :11)1)eke and .1al'nes f-i1a1IN'One ofthe localcanoes.Note the sim ilarity withthe James & Hannekedesigns. Note also theIittle bird carved on thetop ofthe bowA >-'v + * .. . 4 x.' a u a . '. .wT-';.4' ,F.& e. >G> .,-w .*.# .wY ' . .. . ' ' x+%W' '. %.'.. m ' e -+ .' ' .' . > .w z .> .. .. .. n X * '' . Q '*- x. J. v . . . r- n ,:. .- .- - w : . . ->' wA ' .. . N A =- - . .'J*'- .' .z' '- z* .e .;A . % . .. z.-'* -' '' .- 4&.j . - . .* k . ,w -+ . -b

LA P ITA VO YA G Egot:1chance to nleetand study the Iocalcanoes. one of their l'nain ailus of thisvoyage.Theotherail'nNvasto discoverhow'Talma M oana design saiIs in allsorts ofdifferentconditionsand thisstretch 0fthevol'age gave thenl severalstlperb sailingtestopporttlnities.Frol'n Jay'aptlra 'Anuta' sailed direct toW eu'klk' in Papua New Guinea ( .-)1ChristnaasDay.B/ewak wasthe tirstNewGuineaport.Everybodyhoped totind nicersurrotlndingsandsonaepeaceforarestbut,with Iarge waqres rolling on the shore,landing wasdiftictllt.Also the locals toldthateverybody had to be very carefulwithsecurity asanotheryachthad had 'Rascals'colmeaboardto rob them .Atthistin-1e(B iak to W evs'ak)there svas5crew'on each boatandt'wo 'wereto Ieavetotraveloverland.Attirsttheresveregoing tobe Eveand Philip btlt,then,Rudy becalueil1 'with :1 serious 1eg infection andsepticaenlia frol'n justa tiny scratch.Heneeded daiI)'antibiotic injections tbr 10dal'satahospital..1al-nes'wasalsosufferingfroln exhaustion and needed a break'froluthe contintlotlssai1ing reg.ilme.So the t'woofthel'n gottlightsto Rabaulto a'waitthe'Anuta'arrival.A rotlteto Rabatlwasplanned viasonae ofthe sm al1er islands i1-1 the B isnlarkArchipelago. The tirst one w'as KarkarIsland.S olue infon-nation frol'n ChrisB oneofOceanu'atch told thatthere n'ere lnanycanoes here.Chris haq'e also given somenames ofthe locals who were f'riends ofh in'l.svith little detail01-the island on the onboardsmallscale chart.the Anuta's crewhad to explore a stlitable anchoragehim self. The two boats. 'Lapita Tikopia'and 'Lapita Antlta',arrived together and'Anuta'saiIed into the bay in frontofthevillage nalned by Chris Bone.There werewaqring people on the shore-howeverthisbay appeared too deep for anchoring,particularly in an onshore N W w'ind.So'Anuta' tacked out again, lmeantin'le'Tikopia' explored the next bay to theNorth.Nvhich had Imore stlrrounding reefand itss'as found there shallow waterandhelptklpeople.The creu's joined thel'nthereand nlanaged to lind aslnallpatch of' Ir 1k 'd . ' rg.f 'x . ;,.k.x. .,- ./.. $. jstïs., .. .-e.-' ị . - .' ./ . îj.1k:kyJ iv g##'l ,,. ,. /1; '. ktk#' ..-- .. - kx - . .( .. - -ex -> ..K' .' j .% vj .-. '>' .- z 'Y . 2 'Ci - V 7.>. . p . x r,-.-- ;,. . -ṿ- - ( 4 .W ' î W...ï@ .we'l.. . t.im .' .t.. s:l $ K.black sand amongstthe coralto place theanchors in. Imm ediately the boats weresurrounded by canoes and m any friendlypeople.W ithout Jalmes, Hanneke took everyopportunity to photograph and sketch thecanoes and ask questions. Generally ittakes one ortwo weeks to nnake a snaall'dugotlt'outriggercanoe.depending onthesk i1lofthe builder.The canoes in KarkarNvere fortishing and were fairly shortandfat, but 1-1:11).'were painted nicely Nvithpatterns ol-lthe sides.They a1l had tqvoupright notched sticks on which fishingspearscould belaid,which were decoratedat the top svith either t'ish, birds ordolphins.Hanneke wastold by an olderman calledJohn thatup to the l970sthere wasatradeby sailing canoes from the m ainland atM adang to Karkar, bringing potteo, inexchangeforfood produce.Thistradew'asapparently stopped by the governm entbecause itwas claim ed to be 'unsatk'.i.e.canoessom etimesgotlost.Nowadaysm osttransport in New'Gtlinea is by 'bananaboat',a long narrow fibreglass speedboatwith large outboardmotors.Afker one day visiting the people on theisland itw astimeto sailon.Thatmorningthewind sprang up early,quite strong,anditwas in haste thatthe Ieaving was made,asthe NW wind isdirectly onshore in thisbay.Sailing outofa situation like this iscalled, in sailing tenms, 'clawing off 1eeshore'sso thiswasgoing to beatestiftheboatscould do it.Thecrew hoisted sailandgotready to raise the anchor.'Antlta'wasqtlite close inshore,so Hanneketold to hercrew thatthey only had one chanceto getthis right(orthe boatwould be on rockyshore).Itwas importantto getoffon theSketches ofMelanesiancanoes as they comesurrounding the boatateach arrival.The seaPeople* * issue74 1 V

. $ky,0 . , y .q. ;, ,..Q; . ' .Anotherday ofsailing inbadWeather ..1-1ghttack.so eq.'el-lh'l' .lne Nvasready'to backtl1e1n 1zzen asaS.N1nd rtldderto gettheboatpo 1nting the right NN'a).'. U 1-1i-ortunately ,tlotlgl tlt anehor ealue up k2Iean , thetripping line 'w'as t2aughtround a 1tlnlp o fcoraI.-l-le 0!'11)'th1ng Ns'e cotlld do Nvascutthe1il'leand leaN'ethebtloybehind.'rhisI1tt1een'lergenel'hadsle'wred theboatabit and u e Ilad to get lel-rotlnd on thestarbklard tack so the sai1s u'ould starttodl-aNs'.q?1thtlesai1sl'leId aback to ttlrnhersl'1tl,attirst-'svas sai1il1g back 'ssvards.B tlṯjtlsti1-1tile-the l'lctl'nsai1started to drau'al'1d 'Antlta'ptlled a5.s';.ty'fronl the shore.-1-1-1atNNras on1)'abotlta boatIength beh indt1)e boat. 13l-e&NNs'!! '-A 1-1uta' sailed close-1:1tlIed allkl(.2Ieared the ree1-at the Southheadland o1'tle bal':she 1-1ad proN'en her5y1ndu'ard abi1it)'!Il3tlttltlre NNere l'nore tests 11store forthe'cle - Ṣ ..-.N.,'ï.ltera da) o lc1'1angeab1e N.Ni1'1d s(5ti1.1:11ultry')getting rtltlnd theSotlthofKerk arantl neiglbtltlring lgagabag island . b)' I()(.J't?1ock 1the tls'el'l1ng theN'$'1nd ald N'as'es1lcreased . -I-l)e Ns'1nd B'as no'k.s' Nortlsloss'I)'ttlrning l'nore N W , btlt l'ntlchstrtlllgel-tl'1:lI)l1e forecastN W-3-4-l'noreI1ktl4-5 u'1th (3i1)t1e sq tl:)lIs.'w'il1roughseas incl-eas1l'lg i1size.'-Antlta'Nsrassai1ingcllssrl u'itl) tle sl-lal1 I'nainsail on thetbrellastk'n1(y.StiIl15()N1'n to go,due Easṭt()tl1eplal1-1ednextstop at();artls'e1sla1di1-1. -t1C XV ltt,lgrOt.lP.(.Ial-ON'C l:tj;a lal-ge el-aterlak ethatss'otld gis'egoodshelter ,.z iZ ' . . 9*w . ; .yw.x-..k..;'à 4.-.*.r..-.L.z' z .'.'.... .w.,.,*.T**. .Q-.X .. -- y .ż . . . ) x..); . .'r -.'r- = ' ... . - r . '.'r . .x 'x z *- %. .ẓ. * ' ' * G X.-'i';i .i &, . . .. . ., . .e xkè.On the second day the bestmileage in 24hotlrso far was done, 12()Nm,as mostll''Anuta'smileage are60-70'Nm t7n thegooddaysand alotIessNvithchangeableorIightu'inds,n'hich isvery often., .The u orse w as to colne . o a).t'lr , j ee (7thJanuarl')started atl'nidnightwith achangeto the storlusail as the u'ind was nou'q/N W-arotlnd tbrce 6.TheseasB'ere verl'rotlgh with l'ntlch Nvater conling 01-1deckandthecabinsgettingq'etinside.Thelargedeckhatehesarenotcolmpletely watertighṭB/.'02.30 the wind goteven strongerandthe stonmsail Nvas taken down. Hanneketried outthe sea anchor (nlade from tn'onesling rattan tishing baskets and aweight).The sea anchorwasnotet-fectiq'eto keep the sterns into the wind.The boatdeternlinedlytunAedbeal'n014asshealwaysdoes when a1l sail is taken down.Thishowever svas lmore conlfortable thanexpected.Thebigwavesjtlstroledunderthe boat,the htllIs lifking c'yN.'er the crests -with only theodd awk'Nvard breakercolmingoverthe decks.The tiller was lashed and'Anuta' nAoved a gentlc l.l-l .2 knotssidewaysin thedirection I-lannek'e wantedto go tlntildawn.The crew'tried to sleepinto theirwetcabins.At6am theston-nsailwashoisted again,Therewasstil2-'RNnatogo to Garove waypoint and everybodywantedto thereassoonaspossible.Nvith the fbllowing wind fronl the W est'Anuta'wassailing at5-6 k'notswithrain aswell as waves naaking everything andeveryone n'et.By 10.30 the was'es u'erehtlge,the Nvind around force 7 gusting 8and the position Nvas near the way'pointwhich Hannekehad setabout2Nn-1SSSV ofthe island.Thick rainclouds were nnak ingvisibility terrible and itwasilupossible loseetheisland.As'Anuta'drew elosetothe 'waypointtherewas still no land in sight. So Hannekeasked Peterto getanew waypointrightinthe entrance to the crater lake off hiscolnputer chart as her paper chart wasrather a sm allscale.As Llanneke enteredthe waypointinto the GPS,to her hon-orshefound 'Anuta'was9N n4Sotlth ofwhereshe thoughtthey should be.She thoughtthatshelnusthavelnadeanlistakeu'ith herwaypointlatitude-whatnow? W'ottld theyThe seaPeople18 Issue74 * *

t'k'ḳf4 4,'r4 V O YA G EThe decks Iooked Iike amarketstalwithclothes,mattresses and blanketsdraped ever> herehaN'eto bypass()5arove altogetherand faceanother day 01- n-lore in tllese storl'lconditions? W laatu'ould K laus do i1-thel'did notturn tlp.tley'cotlld notreacl 1i1'ton the V lIF? T0 l'nak.e the harbotlr tleq'w'otlld have to take theu'ind 01thebeal'n.W tltld she able to sail1ike tI1is i1 tlesehuge seas. Nlatt elcouragetl H anneke totry.so thel'did.Here is u'lere 'A ltlta'shou'ed ol-lce aga11'1svhat she Ns':1s capable (41-. Llnder till'stornlsailsheplotlghed ontacking theu'indforqvard ofthebeanl-so1tcotlld bepossibleto lnak'e track tbr the harbotlr entrance(incltldingabout15-2()degreesIeeNval'anddrift).Thenextproblel'n u'ashovvto get1n.forthe Nvind started to head thel'n as thel'dren' close to the island. '-l-u'o canoes.Nvithout outriggers. cal'ne patldlilèg (ltlthandl1ngthe big seasbeatlt1l-u1l)'.Tl1e 1-1:1ltnak'edl'nen i1-1sidetl-lel-lNverealso beautit-u landsas'age1ook i1g,b ut11'1factl-riend1)':11'1dgiqring adN'ise to head lbrtl'le N Wrside ()1-theentrance.In orderto be able to I'nantletlN're ilttntltlharbotlrentranceIlloresa1lysrasneeded andal'n izzen 1b1-tatzk ing.So :.1f-astsai1trl-lalgtlNvas required as soon as there Nvas sol-neNvindshelterc1ose1nshore.I1-15 1-1i1'1tltestleston'l)sailu'asdropped-the sl-na1lnlainsailho 1sted and tl1c stol-l'lsail set as n-11zzen.7-he (2re'w exceIled thel'nse1N'es as the boatNs'astlril-t1l'lg closeto tl'le rockj'shore.N oNN'skll'le trick).'tttcking.trlose t(.Ja rtlck')'1sletu'it1'1a '(-rtlss'(.)1-11t.thelts'lnIuore tacks:11d 'A 1-1tlta'N.Nasi1tl'leshelteredN SV cornerunder tle l)11ssi01'1 chtlrcl. Using then')1zzelas 'yNint1rtldder'sle neqzern'1issed:1tack.-l-1)e canoe l'nelcatlgl'lttlp Ns'itl)thecl-es.s and lelped tlenl lal'otlt :.1 secol'ldalclorcltlse 1lslltll-e-as tlstlaltl'le lntltlol'ldropped o t-l- steep I)', 1'nakiI'lg anchoringd1l-lictlIt.S k)o 1)t1'1e decks 1(.)(.)ked Iike :.11'k'1:.1rk etstal1Nvitl1 clothes. nlattresses and blalke1sdraped eN'erq'u'l'lere.-l-l1el to ',-'tnuta'cres'surprise.tNs(.) 1()t.1I-s Iater-'1-apita 4-ikop ia'appeartlt.l 1-1-01) rtpultl the head 1andllotol-il-igu'itl'l tle dilgh).' betu'een herbo 5ss. It 1as 1-1(.)t bee1 po ssib1e t(.J 1akeN'11Fkltlltttct'SNitltl-lel'n foroNrer36 I'ltltl-s.(iaroq'e is N'erl'rellote as it is qtlite adistallce l'r0ll 11:.1inlaltl'NevN'(.-Jtlilea.'rlepeople liN'e i1sinlple-sllalIl'ltlts o1'lstiltsl'lade ()1-,$'$'(.)4)(.1ald thatching.n'lai1)l)'se11-stIl-ficientt-orl-ood .-'f-leN'illageis lestled il)a s.s(.ltl(.lel'11,101loNv tldertl'le rfncky 1iII(.)1NN'l)icl tl'le 1-1)issiol chtlrch is btli1t- srithThe sea People* * issue74 1 9

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V O YA G Edrilting.z4notherlesson i1l-l(.)'$.s to hal'ldIethebtlat!(.)N't'?r tl'le l'lext tNvo day's, (.)1'1 t1e NN':'t(h.'toW':1tt)1)1IsI:,1-1d,o fftheN ortho 1-the(.iazeIlePenilstlla, tle NN'iltl ald seas sl( .)5.srlq'decreased and tl-le Iastnight lad cal1-1seastlnderal-tlII1'1t)01).'clotld.tlen I'lad to lead batlk h:ortl W'est1t(.)theIargel'lal-btltlr.tleatlagai1stthe!'kq/'NN'ind. -l'1'1e NN'11'1d N'Sas 1'1it?e al)d steadq' - at-orce 3-4.thtseas ltltltl'l sritl'ljtlstsl'nalIN 'aNes . ' -'N1-1uta' Nsas sa1l1I1g tlltler largel'nailsaila1( .1slla1I1'tizzel)-al)1dealsettilgf(.)r1lest(.)1-'s s1I'ltl's sartll7erl-klrl'1l:.1-1ee.ïsraton-llsIanklNsras NNlere the first1.--ap 1tapotterl'shards ïs'el'k?l-otlnd t7l'tl1e (;erl-l:11)l'nissiolarl' (.lttl.) N1clk'el- il1 19ll- so :1s1gn1tic:11-1t sto p (.-,1) t1.1e L apit:1 N'-o)'age.'L:1171l:1-1-1k017ia'1)ad peop le 011board ys'l'1oneededtocatehaplaneso Ik Iausdec1deklt()col'lti1'1tlestra1gI)ttoRabauI.'ïsr atonlss':ts :)1liiend 1)'litt1e island.vshereq'itl ckll'l)pass and (J'IAS 1-Ialllek'e p lottetle'srel-l'tack.'l-1)eboatsa11ed ata1:1v'erage( . ')1-4.I k'!'1(lts l'nak'il'lg 1(1() degrees bet'w eel'ltak2kso 1t1'1econlpass-.W lèel)plotted ( .)11theclart the ang Ie betureel tacks NN':ls 12()tlegrees.-1-1'11s l'neal)ttl1e btlatu'as 171:.1k1ngI()degreesleess'a - s.'asappareltlṆ tlereNs'as1'16.)ctlrel-lt-''I'I'1e N'intl.$sra!.;N'erq'steadq'-e's'el-l'tack ol'ltltlsal'lecol'npassctltlrse- sothegl.l1de NNast.2a1Ied Pentecost.'sNrI'1o k nev aperl-etrttest.i-01-:1'Stone zAge'boat&s'1tl'laIlabotltthc 1.-ap1ta lindsand tl'leN'arious j(.1st6()cn'1tlral-tantln(.)keels 01-btlards, !arclaeolog icaId igs tI'lat had tak el'lplaee. Ns'1tl seltln-1ade et11)1c design sa1ls ol'l 1'l-ht'tanchorage Nsras riglèt in frol'lto 1-tl'le ban'1btlḷ) spars- tl)1s Nyr:1s rel-lark'C.tl.3le01-1gi1'1:.1Isiteo 1-tl'let'intlsperf-orl-naneeand proqrestllatPacific t1()ublt?canoes 11-1the past ctltl(1 I'laN'e saiIed t(.)l-lannek.e aga11 Ns':.'ts l-asc1nated bq' tle '$N'il'ltlNsrartl.canoes- d1f-l-erel-lt 1) shape t-l-(nl'1'1 t1e-pre:iotlstNvo 1slands.Sl-le lotlk'td at tlel'l-l (. .)1) tle I1ttIe ptlntool by'tle N,'acht( .-ltlband saitl: 'tlese haq'e a l'ltlIslape I1ke the sttltltl.1anlesald Ittldy '$s'aN'il'lg thecress'toSal-noal canoes.&N'1tl) :1k'1nd o1-'('Iiljvlcl.'boNv' (ltltcan-le 'ç-aloeso f-(lceal)ia'andtl1ebest1)laceto :13)cl'10l-.'I'1l-l'leto goashore1-t11-aco 1dbeer. Tbo 13StrnileSto Rabaul. . . , w ith the active volcanoto descripti01.bq'(.ltoN1el'er11'1se1f-B'ritel'll.lanneke gratlfiklatlol tl-lere ïsras :.1 (1.()/')( .,t'()ltll1tlt(.-Ll/?//?t.'/?t.>.r//.$'.$'?f&? jn tjae backgro und.Youca n read the joy ofi1 lt?I1-(.'t-Ilon':1neu'tzaloe shape I'lakl arriving on H anneke'sbeelintrotltlced 1-1-01)Sal'n0:11.!-1-:1Ik11)g to srm iIingface .tl'ltpN'ariotlscanot'tl'nen-tle lanles 1-01-tI)et2anoe parts are alsost1ll t1e s:t1'ne 11It)1I. ;'!.:*$. .u,..'The ti1):1lsaiItestNN'as V.-:'- .' . . - . .s . s'srl'len '>N1)tlta' sailed :/...'..'' '1* .i nto 1tk217,ILt.lI a : 1-12:.1t-l:)l1.lI $.- . .7c ' .-'. '.. LA . > ' on1i CS k)1 tle 1 Sltère l O t1)LI.-,'*-'' .'s'îh! -'-' .?q n'3' : ''., .''.# > G'.t '.' : 74 .. ' .large natural Ilarlnotlr - k!; .'.-- .!,)k.:. :s.'t.èh.?.. , , . ' u. . .5. ,,., .: .onee the 'Pearlotthe - ... , . ,(!,.-p..: ,I.ịt r;./ê' ' ., lz . W'esterlIàaclfic'- ḣ 'S' 'l1oNN':1 .' ,: rl;.Lqi.- .,,!;'.. . , s (., . ;.req' asl leap tllder.g . .. , -z? ' '. .. .t1e b i1l()U 'lI1g :1s1 . . ,- ,.. s,.

N E W S FR O N% l S A P E O P LEz * àThe r--m s afe making agood shelter.Thisl'earthesulul-lel-boatl'neeting 11)Austri:1svas 1iterally u'ashed au'ay b)' badNveather.W ehad i(.1stthe 'Ea1-l'8 ird N1eeting'onl)--1tl1,1e 19 -2 009NN'itl1tl'lreeT ik i2 t$attendingal'ld Nvt?aIIhad otlrproblel-nsi11-1-1aking its11'k I)'1-1ol'n e.Theraftatnijhtwiththeonly three Tlki 26 thatattended thisyear.z z :F 1-011Sal'lPadb ul-l'.(.1tl'$s'1)tlder,N's'ehas'ereceiN'etlsolnepicttlrestak en 1n)'1)is li-iendl-'1-iedeS tesvart.S :.1l'n 13atlbtlr)' is btl1ltl1ng T 1k1 (the1tlln ber46)-'W'-el'ltlpeto getstdn'le l'leys'soft1)1sN.'el-l'1)1ceb tl1ltl11g .TlèeIittIet2hi1d-T lek). 1sI-'1-1etle'sgrandson'.n-layqbe:1l-tltureW 1):1l-l-:'tl11eltltIs1:1st.A.1d t1)e s.'s1)1te btlat 1s a -1-1ki 46 11es'1)'launchetlintheBal'k)f-Islaltls.22 TheSeaPeopleissue 74 * *

S EA P E O P LET he h uIIs u nd e rpainting. The finishinglooksalready nice.Left: Sam is sandingthe decks.Right:the huls Readyfo r be ing la s h e dtogether.T h e fin is he dcrossbeam sare movedto the place where theboat wil be finallyassembled.#. .Ax . %..e * . .6 -*.The finished boat.No:itis time to Iaunch herandputthe sailson.///! 'ṭLeft: Sam 's Tiki 21namedRuru.Right: W akataitea, aTiki46 newly Iaunchedand sailing with acrabclaw mainsail.y t7-5 . >The Sea People@ @ Issue74 23

#'M,j?.l s ..- .i. .. . r. .=j,f.*% .$1j!1t!1,1jtr .. 27 , , . jL.'..$' , ṙj, .. ' , ' ',., ,. ,. ,. ' ..!s. . ' ,.!, ' , :ï.'.,j: ';r.'qp',kj;.d''.$..y$, ,j,.yj.gjy,j!jk. '$!j!'@ * R z à2009Spring Rendezvousby Gene PerryG ene Per 's catTiki26. .,.y.g.'. C'a .. .. lx... .a,+ c. * . NX.%' . .... a.gz.J.. $ẋ :# f M .. . ..j ' %rA . - .above:coolsailing padyBelow:the Tiki21The lniddle of M ay has again come andgone but will not likely be forgotten bym any W harram boat enthusiasts. Oursecond anntlalSpring Rendezvous svas agreatstlccess.Best01-:111we had 45 people atthe dinnerand a total ofm ore 5() ttlrned out.N ineW harram boats attended. These are thePeople who make a 'sail in' stlccessful.Our loating attendeesincluded:Tik i38, Hans Bortman ti-onl PuntGorda(Florida)Narai 42, Gi1 Grove and Annie. withFreddyfrom Kel'Largo (Florida)Tangaroa M K IV. Dan Kunz fromIslam orada(Florida)Tangaroa 35 M K IV-Carl 'SKIP'Lichtyand Jan.hisenthtlsiastic mate from CutlerRidge(Florida)Tangaroa 32 M K 1. Joe Thrasher fromIslamoradaand ev'eryqvhereTiki30,new professionalbuild by Das'idHalladay and hiswife with theirson and afriendol-his,from Jtlpiter(Florida)Tiki 26, Gene Perry from Hobe Sound(Florida) with Dale Kipp from Jupiter(Florida)Tiki21,Tom Yarbrotlgh from Islamorada(Florida)And M elanesia (rebuilt and lnodified)byKevinHutchinsonofStua:'t(Florida)Variotlsothervesselswerealso there.DanKtlnz' AERE 4 intlatable catam aran. aVictoria l8'monohtllland tw o dinghiesofCasey Kipp from W est Palm Beach, abeatltiftlFotlntainePajotcatamaran sailedin by Bob Gascoine and Jane M inty ofW avyline Publishing (the chart people)from the Turk and Caicos lsland and aCorinthian 42 trimaran w ith Tom andDiana Leonard on board all added to agreatweekend.()11Saturday evening wegathered bay sideatthe Loreleifordinner.A poweroutage,notatypicalfortheKeys,justastheordersu'ere being taken delayed the meal justIong enotlgh to col-nplete the fesv itel-nsofb tlsiness:11-1d aNvardd oo rp rizes.'- -%'-.- A l1who attended the dinnerwere given aticketlbra drawing and atthe sam e tim easked to offerashortnam eforagatheringof W harram boats.This Ibelieve was toShorten the title and elilninate the wordrendezvous.The winner of the nan;ing contest vasDennis O'shea with a H awaiian nanle.I1'1long form 'Htli-o-w'aa-Katlltla-W harral:'.'Hui'm eans a grotlp or gathering tlnitedfora colnnaon purpose (ur f ther 'o'meanso j- , ,, w aa , l'neanscanoe an qjj sprojaouncedva-a Nvith both %a'sshort, 'Kaulua'nleanstwo hulls (Kau=hulland Iua=-twoll.So-itliteral1y Imeans a gathering of two hullB?harram canoes.In the short fon'n 'HuiW haaaln' -a grotlp or gathering ofSvharranns.H oNv orB'hen itwillbe tlsed Idon'tknow atthistilme.Perhapswhen weh aveap'ilrinlagesail-intt)our50tl' g s tate ,Ian1 willing and ready ! Dennis B'aspresented with a gil'-tforthe chosen name.Othernanzesthatnlade itinto 'linals'werea W haaalQuorulu by Don Jonesand aSwarln ofSvharralnsb)'M ikeHalladay.Severalothergiftsweregiven to theltlckl'ticketholders.There giûsweredonated bythe followings'. Frank Papy an honotlredguest who attended w ith his wife andprovided books he has authored',CharlesandCorrineKanteralso providedtheirwelknown books. The Lorelei. our lostlocation-provided T-shirtsand PRAKTEKinc. the tirrn who makes the AERE'intlatable catamaran and Iarge intlatableboatfenders provided a fenderand ptlmp .Latitudesand AttitudesM agazineprovideda wide assortment prizes incltlding oneyearsubscriptions,hats-books.N'ideosandotherwonderfulgifts.Thedrawingwinnerswilcertainly enjol'theirprizesand wethank aIlthose who helped m ake the doorprizedrau'ing agreatadditiontoourevent.The highlightoftheactivitieswasthenewTiki30 saildelmonstrations.If-l'ou didn'tgo forasai1yotlm issed a loto fftln and anexanlple of what a racing crew goesthrough in sailboatraces.A11these racingtechniqtles were ably denlonstrated b)'David Crawford,while the 'other'Dasvidshouted orders.Thanksto David Halladayforhaving helped tsN'()otherboatsand theirownersto beableto ioinus.The sea People24 issue74 * *

S EA P E O P LE-1-1:11-1k s to Roger A y res and D ix ie fordris'ing fronluestTexas and 'w'e are sorrythatthe boathad to stal'atKey Largo dtleto a brok en ti1Ier. Another Iong tinneI'nel-nberofthe Pf.-A u'ho flen'dourn fronlN on-nal(ll1ino is).Thol'n dclForge,Nvho hasa T iki 3l u'hic1-1 1e keeps i1 N orthernC-arolina.W e inlbrlned hinlthatthere Nvi1lbe 10 exctlse tbr1-1iln notto have hisboathere next year! Frazier N1artil). a vcryfaithftlIattendeevs'ith 1)isIady friend frol'nFortN'1y'ers Beach.T lere are also a feNvsvharranlsi1,1build in F loridaandNve hopellècl'B'iI1alIbe here nextl'ear,W e alsoenjoyed the conlpany of Til'n Orr andStephany u'ho ean-le fronl England toattend the tN'ent.,.and u'e NN'isl)thel'n Nvel1ontheirupcol'ning Nvedding and subsequenttrav'els... W'e hope they include aW'larral:.So lnany others... including Don Jones,C 1ark G rinlsleq'- l-loug P osey'- The K ippLadiesand l'nany-l'nanl'others.Thank l'oual1 for n)ak ing th is a successfu I andenjoyablees'ent01-'H tIisk'harral'n '.Ihopeto see a 101 of q'otl at H obe Sotlnd in141December.the2 weekend . ,Decenlber l1-12(&:I3.fxt.z(?btll'L-(.t?!-t.z?-?'- . .- - . .ax.. . % ṭ 'v e 7 .- . . ... '.z. x as ..- . .*'. -..-.!1$J:- c-.-.x. .'r*m sxXV -..T h e M e Ian e s 1aM odified by KevinHutchinson'sThe Tangaroa'Litchy' fromM orada.M kIVIsIaThe brand new Tiki30professiona ly built byDavid Haladay.Ay ' :K .. D' z. ..1. .Và,àL w .41. =. -.. . akG Q k%.. u, .-z... .....'. ' .s..above:HansBortm an'sT'Iki38Below:GilG rove's Narai

These columns (as #?c''est t?f the rat'?g? areyours.Don'thesitate to use itforgiving to us som e newsabout your boat, yoursailing partiesorvoyages.Even a single photo withtkw Iines could be publishedin your mag.W e hope to get som enew sfrom you soon.Rémy.N * :* N'1 j,l4.)Espresso timeThe crew quarter.4 '#TheseaPeople26 lssue74 @ *IS EA P E O P L E= .A bridge too far. .--Ns'e I'lav'e a l-est n'e l'lav'e a fest...-- Threen-1en i1 a slnall l'notor boat Nveregesticu1ating to us as they cirtr1ed arotlnd(;odzi1a 1thenarrtlys'channel.N?1elja-'w'hospeaksalittleS Nsredish.thoughtthel'nleanta l-estis'alo1-party'- 'w'la)'Nvould thel'beteIIing tls this'? W-el-e tlel'Nvarning us tostay a'svaq'- after al1 otlr large strangeIooking cral't1-n1ghtl'lot fit11-1the harbotlr('SNe-d l-aced thatproblel'n before),01-NvereNsebe1ng Ns'eIcon'1ed? Eventtlal1)'they cal-nealtlngs1de and Nvith sol'n e S'w'inglish (n-lixedsNvetl1sh.li1)1-1ish and engl1sh)Nveeventtlally'tllderstood tlatthel'had a l3RIII)I.JE - a1(JN t'ne.jtlstrotlndtlenextcorner.W e'dbeel u'onderiI1g Ns'l'1y Nve-d not seen anyotlersai1ing yaehts al'ld in t-aetN'ery 1ittIetral-licat:1lI.on thisN'ery beautifu 1route -and noss'u'ekness'N'$'h)'!W'e-d lel-tl-rkll1-1U tö island .oneo 1'-the n-lostout1)'1ng 1sIands11the F inn ish archipelagosea (Sfitirislol-neri) earll'11 the nlorning.1-1:.1N.'11g scrotl1ged c1:1rts ï-ro 1n ane1gh botlring yakrltthe eq'en ing before soNs'e eould contintle ourtrip Nvestvvards.I'dbeenp Ialn 1ng to btly'chartsen rotlte,i1-andNsrlel'1u'e dec1ded to Ilead 1-0!-zthvenannlliliand1n) 1-1oNy.Ns'e Nvere 01,1tl'le edge ofour--k lal.lvs'nNs'orld- l-(1been fortulateto strik'eltlcky al'ld col-ne back Nvith :1chartsetfronl--3(,)()()-u'itl'lthe colnl-nentthatat leastthe--l-tAt.rk's 1:,s'en-tI'nos'ed since tlen'-!!'W/e-dbeel recol-n lended Dergerby as :1 niceN.'1IIage t( .) stop at- ss'ith a sea Nvaters'w'inll-1lil-lg pool,restaurantand shop.and.llak'ing otlr passage 1-,Ial'l Ihad chosen anarrosv rotlte tlrough tle hearl of the1s1and. rather thal'l the nlai1 sl1ip pingehannelgoing nortl and NvestNvhitlh Nvasanq'sN':1)' right agai1-1st the prevai1ing1)('rtl'lerll' Ns'i1'1t1. Sol-neho'$.s' 11 l'n)'e1'1t1-1tls1:1sI11 I-d total1)'n-1issed the bridgea1(1its 1e1gltnlark'il'lg 01thechart- quiteeasl'to dt)anlolgstthe l'l-l'riad 01-channels:11-.(.1 1'1oNs' I f-acetl the el-nbarrassingkst.ln seqttences!(.ltl1-three kids- Lara. 7, Storl-n- 4. anditt.l(.1l.-?-1-1atl:.1Ireadl'been'w'aitingto arriN,eatIl-lergtlrby harbourNsritl) --A1-en -tss'ethere'(h et'-- . lne1-iodit2aIl)' enlalating frol'n theirplalroon-lcabin.Itshould has'e been lessthan hal1-and hotlrau'ay,butnou'-svhat?!The three l'nen in a boat stlggested u'ecouldusethelocalchtlrchjety,butpassingit by I didn't fancy' t)'ing ( .JodziI1aalongside -.the rick etl'constrtlction w'asprobably ok 1br sl-nal1 dinghies but notlargecatamarans!Idecidedu.eshotlld tindananchorage - B'eu'erein:1verl'shelteredarea afteralI.W e nlotored tlp near to theb rid ge, causing solz)e aprê-s saun aenter'tainnlentfor the Iocals.It's probabl)'silnilarto a U FO sighting to have a Iargeblack poIl'nesian catalnaran. Britishjlagged,appearing 1tlstoffl'otlrshoresidesatlna!N o dotlbta feu'beers add to theil-npression ...W eca1led acrossto acoupleNvatching tls in their dressing goNvns.andth ey pointed toan ad jaeentbal'asagoodplaceto drop theanchor.Itturnedotlttobetleperfectspot.Tranqtli1and sheltered,It-s tlsuaI i1)the Baltic tol'noortied boNvsto the shore,so anchoringNvasanicechange1-01-tls-nltlch qtlieterandu'ithotlt the hassles 01-harbotlr or otherboats. The next l'norning Ns'e roNved ourd inghj', -bPik ku fli'- (L itt1e G ) to TheBridge,and svalk ed (in potlring rain)the2kl-n to the N'iIlage and harbour.zknl isquitea long 'w'al'N.vith snlaIIkids....btltu'enaadeiteq'entual1)'.A lthotlgh itsvasSuldal'es'erytl)ing u'as open by the til-ne u'e gotthere, and u'e l'nanaged to eat, has'e ashoNver and stock up 01 groceries andpetrol. and get a (s'ery' expensive) taxiback!Fl5gf5I,Nvhere'weanchored.u'astleftlrthestNvest 'we n-lade. H eadi1)g back tou'ardsFinIand again throtlgh tle archipelagoscattered Nvith rock's and islands, thecontinuing northerl' u'inds l'nade thechoice fortls.(ltlrnextstop urasKarlby o1K l.5klir isIan d.K arlb)' is d eep n'ithin theK-nlainland--ofKök lir,nlore1ikebeing on arisrerthan sea.An extrenèely narrosv andt'wisting channelled tlp to tl'leharbotlr-andas Nve Nvere arriving arotlnd luid-daytinding spaceNvasnottoo d iflictll-u'iththeharbotlrluaster directing us to thepenultinlate spaee i1 a dead-end Tvith theNN'(7rds *'sN.'e k2an tONV j'O u (.)tlti1-yOtlNN'ftlttOleaveu'hen itisbtlsl,--.Stlrprisingly Karlbl'

S E A P E O P LEwasftllloflargeandN'erl'expensiven'lotorl'achts and quite a nunnber o1- A SVB!S(as'erage Nvhite boats) of sai1 and nnotorN'arietl'.ItseenlstheNvholegtlestharbourispartof-a conlnlercialdevelopluent. vvithlitle localactiNritl'in es'idence.W ebecalueqtlite :.1totlristattraction in otlrosvn rightl'nooredright opposite the n'1ini-go IP INvotlldn 'treconlnlend Karlby to l'ntltihullstInlessyou need accesstoalll'nod-colstbraday orturo.Köklirhasatleastt'wo otherharbotlrson thenorthern side01-theislandNvhichNve-1lcheck'otltnexttinle.:4 ticrK ök'liru'e saiIed eastagai1 i1to theFinnish slitiristölneri- reaching Jtln-no b)'lateatkernoon..1tln-no hasalong 1istorl'01-habitation,the earlierresidents k l'loN.'$rn 1brtheirpirating (apparently qtlite 1)colnl-nonlis'elihood in the archipelago.luring slipsonto hidden reefs and pi1laging thecargoes).N ovvaday s Jurnlo is knoubn lbru'ild scenery and the unique geologicalrock fornaations.Asu'eapproachedJtlrnloharbouru'ecotlldsee itu'aspack ed 'w ithlu asts- not21gooklsign.W eklaIledacrossto:1cotlple01-yachtsheading out.and thel'said it'was alreadl'fulltlp.Ihadstudiedthecharts(th istinle!!)and could see that certail) parts o f theharbour u'ere N'ery shallou'- btlt certainlq'enotlgh tbrotlrdraf-t,so w'e continued i1u'ith the intention to drop a stern an tlhorand lmoor tIp to the shore.Once in theharbour there u'as lilmited space tolmanoetlvre butIlloticed a couple ofslual1jetiesonthe'windu'ardside,andl'nadethedecision to go fbr those rather than theanch or plan. ()-011p Ieting :'1 -1andbrak eturn'(ctltting seriously close to the sternsof1'1uluerotlsyachtsalreadl'enj0y ingtheirstlndovvners and causing a feu'hiccupsnodotlbt)Ns'e n-ladc itto the jety and tiedGodzi1la aIongside - a very snug -catconler'-! Although croNvded the harbotlrNvaspleasantNvith sinlple alnenities and :1slnalshopselling freshly snloked lish.H eading back tovards nlain land F i1'1Iandthe nextday 'with Iightu'inds and drizzlewe alreadl'started l'nak'ing plans tbr otlr1ex t )'ear's crtlise - ftlrt1'1eru'est....A 14v e1a11-ntili- S to ck 1'1oIn'1.(bötland.....thoseVik ingsbetterSvatchotlt!(bj'-1lî(lb'S&A'/ -Ptlhi./-9.?'k $'k t> .r j.xJu; r< ',(:w'''..< . . I ij .- . u . . 1 . . y.-p I. . Y.C.=.'.- 1.z' >''' ..- -. 14 .'b%-.. . Nk- . Nèfh +Nẋ' X *s ':W'C wA ee. aqv w- .k'/.-' ;.at',7or#o,f'ztvt'. @M otorsailing onGodzila.Lara athelmKarlby harbourThe BridgeThe Sea People@ * lssue74 2 7

tTA N G A R OA r 11)t 11!z/œ four reazs ago àyoungEnglbhmpand rw'o Germ an pzk'ljbegan to sa# heading for zâvjCanbbean ïçiaals with a/zatutno money in their pockets.##doing rézk they had certal W/p 1n0t1 W mind that râer wrei jbem hm hg an O dyssev that z:p!m l contlhuing todap Slzt behind the hum an adventuw 1everybody Ja,ç forgotten réa )there w'a,ça sm all catam aran...f1:1The Iittle modelofTahitiandouble canoe exhibitedinthe South KensingtonScienceM useum1 tle 1id 5()s there Ns'ere not N'erl'11:.11) to las'esailetlacrosstheAtlantic'1t1st1-01-tl-ltlirpleastlre.'I-he 'Yachting'5:as :1 I'latter o1- '5&'ea1tI1#' gentlellen'.Cer tain l)'not:1 'fa(.dr' P )'otlng n'1an'sNvl'1i1-1-1 ., 4 tt1,1st1n-1e iu st2()sn-l:1Iboats1)ad sa1ledtltpAtl:11t1t2.lnost0 t-th el'n sing le-handed .Sol'ne becal-ne t-al'1lous,.f-orthe n-len .1oshuaSloctll'l'ld 1kl 1t dtlring 1is saiIing N'oqragearound the Ns'tlrltlb)'the entlofthe X IXecentury:a1-'rentzh gtly',A lain ( .-$erbatllt,did1t 1 lt?'.3 sa1111-,g 1is157irecrest11-1so Io . Forthe'srkll'lelztïnn Daq'1d sonNvasthe tirstoneto tzrosstleAtlaltitlil'l1953,also stll().Alltle otherattellpts svere klole Nvith biggerboatsal-ld'01-:1nuI'neroustzreNv .19($t.lalklitsIiberty'Nvind N'asnotq'etin tlel't'til'lkls and .1tek Kerouae Nvill Ns'rite hisfalptltlsbook.'42)1-1theroad '-OI'Il)'i1,1l957.SO.ca1)lrotl1l'lagil'le Ns'l'l:'t'sras the societl'reacti01'1&y'I1u-3'111-0o1ishl'oul'lg EngI1shl'nan1)atltht't1tlea to s1)11t1-1e .,A tlantic.1)oton atrad 1tio 1,1aIs11-1g Ie-1tlI1ed boat- but Nvith akloublehtllletlboat11-!spired by'the spirit(Attlt'tal-lkr1eltPtnl)'1-1es1ans'.7N1orethanthatshe'ks1II do it .$N'1th tNvo girls 01-1 blnard.j'll1f.ltlk1ng! 'Tle restl1l is that- for 1-1:11'1)''ears-tle 's'acl'1til'lg NN'()r1tl'haN'e t-orgtnttenthe Tangaroa's story,l'nostly rtln dt'hNN'l'1b)'the orthodox soc1etl' Ns'l'1itrh l'las'e jtlstrecalled the 'il'nnnoraI adN'enture'o 1-onel'nal Nsbith tNr$.'o girls. Stlch thilgs Ns'l'1iclseenlsrid1cu1otlslodal'...Noqvadays l'nanl' people renlel'nber theAtIantic crossing storl' as a renlarkablesaiIilg odyssel'- btl I'lost oj-tlen'l haN'elbrgottentheboat'snalMe and hou'sheNs'asbu ilt. B)'the tinle u'here catanlaral'ls aresa1l1ng everyNvhere. are nlaking tlp thegreatestp arto1-the relt1ng boatlleets,andeven break allthesailing records,itcouIdbe good to 1ook batlk at t1-11s 11ttle boatNs'hichbeganthestorl'.IIR lk)53 the k no'w'ledge aboutthe ancientPolrnesian nas'igators ald theirboatssvasredtlced to alluostIlothing.ThorIley'erdahlhad saiIed 1-1is 'K(nn-Tiki'raft'lion'150t1thx'Nl-nerica to Pol'nesi:.1 i1) 194 7 and Nvastrlainling thatthealeiel'ltPoljvlesianshav'enotsailed the Pacitic btlt'!ustdrit-tetlon it.l1'1 1937-I938 :1 I-l-enkll sailor btliIt acatalnaran (Kai1'nil0:.1) i1-1 the H au'aii:11)IsIands and sa iIed her frol'n there toC-annes.01)theFrench ItiNziera.i1250 dal'sbut 1isbook doesnottelIN'el-l'1'ntlchabotlttheboatcolstrukltionand ab ilities.The SeaPeople28 Issue74 * *

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Tang aro a'T h e O n lyTANGAROA 23'6' re j- e re n c eSConstructed onasimplebuildingbase .Bulkheadsmadefrom edgeavailable atthatglued Plne. m'-- ' v,., ' '..- -- (..' Z.at' tin'le tb r JanReS...-'--vM-Tf j. . J!-'r- ' - w jaarram was.X.M vs' :..#-1--L. ' U j> A.-..- < th e b t)(.)k .,. zf , . ,'c anoes of. . ;..- ..r . ., A .,, . w ... .- , o ceania,,z Iby'x-72 x H a d d o n a1dn- -.-- 3watertightbulkheads Hornell written% s.jjttje ,.).)()de1o fa2 . è.> Tahitian tlatbottolnedcanoe exhibited in the SouthKensington ScienueM useum .Right:a close vision ofthe foredeck.EveY hing(masts & centreboard)was centred on two Iongitudinalbeam s. Thetwo brace disposed onthe top of the cabinswere bolted to the cabintops and were built tomaintain the m ain mastcase as also the centreboardcaseIn M arch 1954.the amateurboatbtlildingwas :1strange challenge.W hatJam esandRuth (Juttawould eompletetheteam later)would Iikewasa seasvorthl'catamaran thatcould crossan ocean and which cotlld bebuilt with 0!31y 200 English pounds ofcapital.Jam esbegan to build the boatin ahaylot'ton afarm nearhishom e .In 1954, when Janles began to buildTangaroa,therewasashortageofplywood,oritBzasN'ery expensive - faraway from hisl'neans.So- Jalues used 15n'1n'1 Red Pineplanks,which he cotld getin shor'tlength ,hencethe),'were tlsed asdiagonalplank-ingon the htlllsidesand crossw iseplank ing inthe bottonl-and the edges gltled with anUrea Fornnaldelyde glue ('Aerolite').Thisis one reason the teredo worlnswere ableto eattheirway throtlgh thehullbottom soeasily,As the htlll shape w'ould not give asufticient leewal'resistance Jalues builtacentreboard again nladeoutofpineplanks.Thiscentreboardwasabout6()cm 'wideandapproxilnately' l.50n1 long.This m eant itprotruded approxil-nately 60c1'n below'thek'eelsu.'1,1e1ftlI1yTANGAROA23.6', Constructedfrom shortplanks(5/8' -low ered 15rnm thick)ofRedPine. TheedgegluedwlthUreaFormaldehydeglue('Aero1Ite').Pl ywoodwasdlficulttobuyln1953.rtldders n'ere Ofa silnilar depth.lal-nes used the., r - >centreboard foro - - , , , .s y''= ' ' '- ) s a i I i n gA oc:7' :35 ' ,'/...r' ., w in dn'ard bLIt. ' - - x '.'v ,/ . . x . hc has not# .-.J-#'.l.. recoIjectedîs p r e c i e$ ej-t-ectiveless ofThe seaPeople30 issue74 * @this dagger-board,This was experiluentalbutseel-ned toworkwell.ThelayoutofthehullswasN'eo'simpleandpractical. The aim was to giN'e enoughspace for three people to sleep and liveaboard.The hullvoltlm e and length wasdeterm ined b)'then body length.heightforsitting and,ofcourse,thelackoffunds .Each hullhadonebtlnk in the lbnvard halfand the aftsection was the chartrooln inone hul (port) and galey in the other(starboard).Bookswerekeptin both hulls.Thecentrebulkhead 011),reached uptothehullgtlnnelsheer so the upperpartin thecabin w asopenandthingseotlld bepassedthrough.Each hullwasalso reinfbrced byouter whales and innerdiagonals used toPrevent'hogging'and'sagging'.ConcerningtheI'naststhenlizzenNvassolidand the nnain 'was solid lanlinated. Them ainsail Nvas a second hand bought byJanlesandtheI'nizzen Nvasaself-nladejunksaiIas also t1e 1ib .T he ,'un k saiIs areanotherinlportation ti-ol'n the Patzit'ic(frolmthe Oriental part) and are a discussionsubjectin solme sailing circles.As farasyotlcango inthepastreports-Janlesisstilthe firstEnglishnlan to tlse1unk sailsonanocean going ship.that til'ne- Jal'n es didTA N G A RO A 236'Oulerwhale and dlagonalsbvere usedto slop 'hogqlngand'saqglpgthe. ..-J. '- .---X .' i %s.y . . . . 'vvxvx-w . . ? ''CXxụ x.. .'.N . .. ,xlex' .f A.:xh u%vt.xv&'uux ..x u.v xa -.w.ux-xwxt ' -.x%.:..u.'w .-ụ.x-..u- ' x .-=F. . ' x .x vx .'x.J2'..#Nu2x'.'xQ'rX . x ' X ' s W . 'VU. 'r.>.+7 k 'b ' ' ?hoqgpngsagglngy VU ..... y W t * - ' - ''!'

m .mrL '. .''*'.x,. .-. 'X DVW FPWBotlom wasplankedwlthshortPlnepianksII. ' j I . : I '.jI l' I .I . .i! 1 III L> .IL.u a . u.l.kuI:.;1za.).I.:,a.a. .. .James planingone of theplanks.Jalnesl'nade the endsofthe boatN'el-q'ftll1to prevent 'pitch-pol1ing'-1.e.diN.ing tlenose undertlle sea Nvhen runn ing doNvn :turave.The sides Nvere stra1ght.The greatfearurasNvhethertletNvo 1ullsu'otlldcolleapart.T()be ol'lthe safe side.-1anAes tlsedcross chains u'ith :.1 rope 1anq'ard 01'1tleendsto braee the htII1sdiagonally .ItnosvIook scrudebut,in l953-54.theail'nNvastostlfa'iq'e and cross 21!-1 ocean-not Nvi1) anelegancecontest.Tangaroa Nvas ocean-going. She nrasseasvorthj.enough not t)n1).tbr the tradeB'ind passage, but for sesreral hundrednRi1esofcoastalcrtlising 11the N orth S ea-Eng1ish C hanne1-and th eIberian Pe1-11nsuI:1'whicharenotustlally placeseasy tosa1I.I-lerda).'to dal'perfon-nance-speedso f-3-6knots)BbasN'erl'si1m il:trto the n1:11,1).'1ittlesingle-hul1ed ships of abotlt the sanleNvaterline Iength . Tangaroa had the i1-perfornlance-pluseasyl'notionand stabiIit)'aTld thtlsdelnonstrated thatthe catanlaranco u1dbeaseaNvorthl'k2raft.To contrlude Ns'hat Icotlld saq'nlore thantlpe feu'Nvords Ruth has'e receltly sentton)eabo uttheTangaroa'.James and Ruthm akinga trialforp Iac ing thecrossbeamsThe two hulsare waiting forthe paint.Juta (Ieft) andRuth(right)visitingtheir newhome ..The Sea People* * Issue74 3 1

Tang aroa-ua *Hulls assemblingbefore the Iaunch.'t/t/.q'/t?p? .$'/?t?/?t.?-3t'/xt.z. tll.tlltvrll 1(1(.L' t)/'(Ij'LliI(l)Ie Ff/?t/lt'/t.pt/t.rt.,(l//?t.zlilllc./1?/./1.lJt.(?.$'(11.b'()3.,t?,-)./?/-t/t'//'t.t?//t? x vtz/?/?t ẓ b(.,b(ty?f?.y'.v,'/)/ct'tlbill/(à'-.(,311:/t'?/-3 /?t?t'?/?/&.1/113t't.z(11(1stlil//?&b()tllt?t'l-().Y.b'//?t>.j-(2l-tlls-&t/,tllt?/t)?ṭ.r//?taàS()llllt'()(I.Yl(?/'11,-111(1231.t?t'/-t),î'.h'//?t'/?t(1't?/'x.l3l'-vt't()'Qlll(l//?t.,.,1//t?/?//(',t?/?t/lll(lt-l slill//? @/?/f,l'.Y//7 t.-/'t.a/??t?/'/kt?/')/t.z.b't()l-b''.(By Rémy Roy from the James'bookwritten data and the help ofHannekeBoon and Ruth Wharam Ieters)The galey in thestarboard hul.$ Z ) .j ' 'i -N> e+The deckcluttered withthe freshprovisionsJutta reading in theforward cabin ofthe starboard hul.50 years separate those two picturestaken in Falmouth harbour where havebegunthe storyTangaroa in theTrinidad shijyardwhere she w l5nishherIife eatenbythe teredo worms.Thesea people32 issue74 * *

M urp hySingle H anded B oatCapsizeM an over B oardl'TQ r 1'rzr/rṭ:LlrL.xtl1t? Igl-r/?arzuzzlcars'II'/)/'c/1/)z?vt-capyz-zt:t.//at-cal/ytar/1tA1-are v-t-xrl--çzv/t. .,Atzrytvz?t-rz'z?to'z-r/?eayn/7t?z'?.s'ft?r rst?zptzs.rIittle ()f r/?ez'l.1.%./t')z-the T71z'21.F$z7'rz'z?t-xItt-$J?Ik?r/?t-csaz?ct?rt)pt-rr/?t?eay7/azparz-tv?e'?z?ṭ/ the azle'?/l-u-t')/ the*n1L%(>z-/'l/?'?t-..j- yabove left:ThisisnottheTiki21 ofthe story butthe picture shows how acapsized catfloatswhenthe m ast is not downunderthe water.1'1is shalI be :1 report abllt.lt :.,1)1nkl1delts.s11k21)brt)ughta W'1'1: .11-1-:.1n)7'ik1 sai101- t.r1ose to the edgebetsveen liNe and death .z'N chaiIAt.à#'t'lN'ents(.7t-bad and gootl 1tlck. bad :11-1d gootlstlanpansh 113- J'tldge 1-01-y'otlrsel#-alklask itth1st'rlntl1t1l'lt'tlnpel-lt(.))'(.)tl(11'1l'tI'1)'N'ariat1(.41).The key players'.H ans (l'lot his rel'l I'lalle)- sailil)g1:11'1dedI)isT iki2I.ThelargeshaI1klu'1ake- N'(?tlsiedlersee .-l-iki26 Kalalaskis (13rig itte ct- lll'se1fonboartl).'Listofevents on Kananaskis... .& ' f-terl l('.t4.-,1 1.1tlt?:'S N1ltl fi-(.',l-l'1skltltl1. 2-.31) eatlt'ort. ï5'ḳl sv'e re sa 1l1ng Ik :.11a1-11sk 1seastsNrartl-l-tlIl1'1-1:.1i1)a1)dgeltlfttIp.sk-eNNrerelook 1l1g lklr(.)t.1'daugltert-u1se.sailil'lg leli'I1t1a17.h'lk)'NN':ls a bit1-1azl'NN'1t1: .1Iongdark clkltld 4Iekl'$N':tN'e ('h1-a nlot.lta1)ralgel-leal-bq')Clcl-klsstlelake.18.15- IJ1rst gtlst ('I./')t?t-'(.)11 //?t-' 113/),k'SN1thi1) 3() sectlnds sv'ind trlalgetl. goingti-ol'1'1sotltl)to l'linrtl'1.1lcreasilg 1i-01)2-3 toapprox1nlatelq' 5 1.3eatll-klrt. F2.a1:.,1'1ask1sspeed 1ncrektstltlal'ld SNe started 'rtl11il'lg' .lx'e recognizetl tlat I.-uise had severeprobltzlls()1tl'e Iee shore and planned to(21eck 11-s1e 1eetled 1eIp.l8'*4-(,/.2b()Q,'t?/?//?c 131(.1;) 5$/.'e passed :1u 1nd etlge beh1nd a 1argerreed is1and aldu'ere 1'1itb).'21second gust01-approxil-natell'7beatllkll-t..)8 '.2t$- ('t.z/-/v-t.z/?/?t? AI()B ' ('?/? thl., /??(?/??j.iutltlell). Ns'e spotted 11 :1 distalce o 1-approx1l-lateI)'2()() nletres solleth 1ng ol1the NN'ater.(ln Iy approx 1I'late1(y'1()()1'1)aNs'aq'Ns'e realized itN'sras:1person 11,1theNvaterslO'S.NI)'NvaN.'1ng-abotlt 6()1'1'1to ys'1ndNsrard .lnl1u ed 1ate decis1ol'l'u'as tak el1to continueu'1tl1oLltreeling andpassb)'-tack and try'torcsctle.I-ltlring thisshortsai1svepreparedaloatil'lg I11)eandattaeled 1ttootlrIife-ring.S tlccessl-ṭlI1)' tacket1 the heavily overcans'assed boat11)thestrong shtllou'Nvatercl'ltll-)u'l)1cl1u'asbuilttlpilnl-nediatel' .18 '.3t)- ('t.-/v't?/t'/2t/ ,î1(.)1)'()11 //?t.>nl(q)) Iturlu.d the boati1tl'le 'w'iltlunable to see1'Ians. 13rigitte Nvas ol1 the lbredeck' andptlinting 'writhherarnè.7-lèeboatstopped i1-1the ïN'iJ'ltl. Ss'/e hatl l-1al'ls approxiI'natel'7()cl'n i1-1tle 1ee ()1-the bo5.ss.'s'l'1ich s'ereTheseaPeople* * Issue74 33

M urp hy'.j.j .'' ..+=cT .Z'# = C.'- = - #'- : L >crA G-= %errelM 18.'3The ploted route ofKananaskis shows thee v id e n c e th a t th edecisions have to betaken very quickly.Aen 1:26A 2#.-#.k - -.f.Boe 18:15 z. # tx =W --.*vx =- --+ -x . ! - - - .% % 6 qc%ax.== -'- 'x+ o ' = '+ - ->.< X %-r s =*' -= k. q % . -.- - = .a e-?' .- nuc: :ny - -.-.. W = I -'-. g a= P -.>.'A - *Zt = - =à . . -.-.UC=- - *A - -=N Y' *- 'e .u.= ZX = = c '+'$N .) & = Q'a:. ..c= =Y = 1: #' = > 'é= w. = ụr ọ' ./ S N.'N=: e.azvm ax4, = T .. * 4C .v .. .xjz= .oThe kind ofbuoy thatcansave a Iife if it is wellused and atached to aIong Iine Iike Gerald &Brigitte did.34 The Sea Peopleissue 74 @ *m oving v'iolently up and down.Hegrabbedthering.Brigitetried to pullhim alongsideto Kananaskis. The connection line-ringdid break and was re-attached. He wasalready weak and cotld not support hisrescue anymore.Brigittecould notgethimon deck'.Iwentforward and togetherwepulled him with allourtbrceondeck .W e broughthim below the deck.into dryand warm clothes.He was in shocksqtliteweak, but did give clear and straightanswers.Hisheartbeatwaswellfeel-able,constantbutlow.Hansisam edicaldoctor,so Iaskedhim :Are you hurt?Yes,Ihavebroken ribsShall we evacuate you?helicopter)NosIet'ssailto theharbotlr;Iam instablecondition.W ethen sailed to getsom eshelteranddidanchorto cleareverything on the boatandreefitdovvn ('z1/?/(t??-1'(???//?t?tl.ltLql.Later, on the other side. w'e did anchoragain ('-4/?#cr 2 'f??7the ??t/?/.The windscalm eddowrn.W eptlled theHitiafree.Friends arrived and did catch the driftingboat.Hanswasbroughtto hospital.The story from Hans:S udden Iy the Nvind p ick'ed up.lgottlpandvventto thel'nasttoreef.-1ib sheetandl'nainNvere open.Atthatl-nol-ncntIreached themast'w'ecapsized .IfeI1dou'n-crushedontothe l'nasttlnderl'neand tlen into theNvater.The boatturned around the 1-1'1:1st (partl'tlnderNvater)to 1eeand-stlddenl'-did rightherselfupandbcgan todriftau'al'.Iluisseditby halfa lnetre.Icould p ick tlp a 1ittlebag containing naonel'and a 'w'et l'nobileph one; that 'vas :11I! I Nv:ts t1)ere total1).'alone and knou'ing itNvasonl)'a nlatter01-nlintltes for Ioosing 1-n,'consciotlsnessandthen to be drou'ned - Nvhich I final1#'accepted.W eathe r:ItNvas a col-nbination oj-three notuntlstlalsituations.First- a slight cold front (-f- 2 l'nillibardecreaseof 3':'(7clsitls)crossed the lak e'.w'ind increasing frol'n 2-3 Beaufortto 4 lbronly 30 nlintltes,togethersvith :.1dral-naticchangeofNvindd irectionyvitl'li1)3()secondsfroln sotlthto north.Secondly, this area. Nvith a baq'and anisland in front is u'e lI knoNvn tbr Nvindanonlalies.BetNveen the laeads ofthe bal'andtheislandarealjetcanboosttheu'indspeeds frol'n 4 -5 01-1the 1ake to 7 -9 .Thisspeed Nvas an estinlate fi-ol'n nlqrsel1-and

M urp hy in con certothers-Nvhicl'1verein theareaandu'ehavee&'idence by daluages on Luise's boat(brok'en ti1Ier)and a .jib blou'n aNva).'olTiki26A uraal'1d,tinal1)'-thecapsize.Third,theuraterteluperature.beilg aroundl52'Celsitls.B o at:The T ik i 2l o f sI:1n s is N'eo'NveIl btli1taccording to the orig i1'1:11plans.Afterthecapsize onl)'the starboard laatch Nvas Iostand u'attlrt-ound its 'kval'inside.The boatB'ason driftlbr2 hotlrsNvith ful1sailssetand cotlld lne sai1ed back d tlring the 1'1ightu'ithoutprobIen'l,Sol-neothert-actsandobservations:ï'$'e haN'e quite so l1d data about thisincident.W'e alall'sed N'ery precisell'otlr(.-JP S 1og. plottet1 1t 01) :1 n-l:1p. shou'ingtrack s antl tin-11ng o t- the incident.Furthernlore u'e I'nanaged to doubnloadedsonxe u'eather data fron'l a stationapprox1l'natelq'sittlated 4 kn-1aNval'.llansNvasin theNvaterfbrapp.roxinlately'16l'ninutes (160 Celsius), Nvhich is already'extremely critical.Hed id notu'eara Ii1-e j:'1cketsnorsafel'1arness.H ans did u'ear 1ight sailil'lg suit êtgain stspral'.H islmobilep hol'leu'asdroNvned and couId1-1Ot'$VOrkan )'l11O l-C.(lur1ife-ring did help as:1tloating des'iceto hang 01'1.Connection betqveen Iife-ring and Iine didbreak' (M itrke)' M otlse 1ine around ) andtinally Nve urapped the n-lain Iine arotlndthering (openU shaped),lt tak'es 2 people to get :11-1tlnconsciotlsp erso n(.)ut1)ndond eck .()1,11/,4 l'nintltes frol'n spotting to resctle isIuck)'.Tacking tlnderth iscondition sNvasrisk'y butreeling. . jibingora second to'Nvotld havetaken at Icast 5-I0 l'nore I-nintltes to gethil-n.Decisionto 1),LIansotlty'71'.)W lèe14 pu1ling l.lans 01'1deck u'e possiblyhurthil'n evenl'noreashealready Nvas.ThelightTik i2Idid capsizein Beatlfort7conditiols,fuIlsai1s -u'ind frol'n the side.open sheets.In lèospital2 brok en ribs Nvere diagnosedsone of-thenlhad penetrated 1is lungs-btltthethorax u'assti1ltight1.Ihas'e tried to av'oid subjective N'ieNvsorinterpretations.l'lou'eqrer.there are lots oflessons to be learnt w'ith regard toequiplments and procedtlres but l'nostinlportantisto beinpreparedness.(Bb'G'(?/-t?/(/11*1.1:L1v1-). ( k -L .. - o a y.tj . . o s e; G P W. . .a s a. .: :44e h 4o h 2o h 2 4 1:2 2 h 2 3 h. M m fWsws. q a oON oN4e h 4Q h 2 o h 2 4 h 2 * h * 3 NLeq:the graphics shh-the wind was changingve@ fastinforœ andin diredions.Booom : the Tiki 21 IsOing qicked up by*eotherTlki(26)Thesea People@ @ issue74 35

C ockp ie tkrvpod z-fz-ca ffonD an A'Wzlz /7t)lẓtV?r .1 Tiazvpartae'zAIK I 1.'rbutfound that/?tv timnler ctlcâwz'rItu-s'nots'rrzqnp 111-%.com fortczv-rerzk.Ftalr'sketches azzl solne labour Jztus'later and a zzevvf. -tvârz'rz-s'z?t)II'at . r/?e skipperk disposal-1)b'I)t?/?/&-?//?-t--'-'($ I .ô, AçjJ- '. (.:. Ī .,- . 4Y œ 'JjA - - ...- w m/ f '< .#/ --*1/ 'V%* '% '.;#o one leaves a boatthe same asthey bought her, especially aW harram boat. I purchased m yTangaroa M K IV, now named 'ForeverYoung', from the btlilder, Col. ClarkGrim sley.Hebuiltherin the Floridakeys.He did an outstanding job and had them oditications he wanted designed andapproved byHannekeand James.previotlsly had a Tiki 26 and madeextensive m odifications to her. It was agreat boat by my plans. at that point,incltlded living aboard and cruising thewarm waters of the Caribbean and LatinAm erica.So.abiggerboatwasneeded.Ihad visited Clark when he wasbuildingtheboatand asked him togiveme rightoftirstrefusalifhe everdecided to sellher.I'le graciotlsly honoured that request andsentme an em ailoneday announcing thatthe boatwaslbrsale.lnterestingly'Ijustgot home from an em ergency room visitand hospital stay and had and tlncertainprognosis. I thought the Universe wasconspiring againstme with a crueljoke.But.Ithen rethought itand saw itas anopportunity (asthe magazineLatitudesandAttitudes says...'Attitude', the diffkrencebetween Ordealand Adventure').Iboughtthe boat.A greatdecision...even though Iam stillnotcruising!Icallthe boata M K IW + (plus)becausethe following changes were made to thebasicplansoftheM K IV.She hasasinglemastusing agaffwing sailrig asison theTiki's (pic 1).Itis much easierto singlehand the boat and the balance is stillexceptional.The beam sare lashed on topof the hulls so thatthe interior space isexpansive(pic 2 & 3).The centerbeam islashed to the B-side ofeach hulland doesnot protrude through the htlll, increasingusefuleabin space .Cabins are little tallerthan usual and provide 6'2' standingheadroom.Thelastmajorchangewasthata toe railwasadded to the hullsaIlaround(pic 4).Thisimprovesthe linesoftheboatand elim inates things from falling offthed eck w 1e1-1up 1o adingfrom a dinghy. , .+ . u. xU + .! - .The toe rail. ẋ /'*.also adds a + .u x rQ!ż.m e3StlI'C O f' I ,LX.t--. . ..x. a.S :1 t- e t). , t- O rN..k-.. .''z.'PeOP j e . ,. '. î. . N .txN NCruising at9-1()knotsiseasy and I laveseen 12 in lessthan 2()klotso fu'ind...I4should beeasiI)'possible antlsal'e.TNs'i18hpotltboardsI'noveheralong NvelINs'lel'1thew'ind diesorvvhen Icol-ne inl0 1basi1ordock . The interior is u'ell I:1itl otlt andstorage isconsiderable.I las'enladea f-cqNluinor l'nodifications b)'changing tl'le reardinghy sled to altllniniul'n tube(pic5)andmaking nesv tillers fronl alul-nilitln-l(pic6 ).lhave added a Perl-nanent B in'1in iandan oth er 17 ()watts of solar .;,ss. .. ....(pic 7 )along kr4 'pJ*';with very large '.'u . . -sealed batteries. ''. 'k'eyr ':S h e now has ṣ ' . ' '7k. . -'-. .240 total wattsofsolarand500useable batteryalnp hours (to 508% depletion).Plenty'1-01'nearll'any need.An electric coolerhtts been addetlto theinsulated ice box and additiona1 fans al'ldlights have been 'w'ired. T1-1e t-ans areessentialeven u'ith the tbtl1'hatches andl'nultiple tlnder and over deck' ports perside.The Florida Kel'sgetshotand stick),.in the stlmm er!'sviring hasbeen added l-oraslnallw'aterlmakerbtltitlasnotl'etbeenadded.lalso added nearly 8()snlalll-abrichanlnlocks throtlghout the boal 1-01-additional storage (p ic 8 ). I tlll'1't Iik edigging through boxes in bilges or tlderberths to find things so l added N'isiblestoragen/hereeverlcotlldptlt:1hanlluock'.They are inside storage areas,tlnder thustairs-hangingon the sides o1-the berthsetc.It is :1.-.7ṣt. .J,. . . ' - .'- -.L,'* . . . ., :simpleand very .- .--.V. 'o rk le '';. . -However, theone area thatdidn't fit nlyneeds was the. a'The sea People36 Issue74 * *

# # #cockp 1t.It'$N'asarek2essed tlo k2k1.3it(fk')r1eg s)Nvith nonualbencl) seats al1arotlnd.It isNsrl'1atIllostpeople expeclantlNsrhatl'nanj''srant...It)'tlstdidn't's's'ork'f-orl'ne.Theseatsol'l each side housed the gas cans andotltboards.-rl'1e relnoN'able box atthe rearot-the cock'171t svas tlsed for storag e. .A.slandardsettlp tbrnlo stboats.Idid n'tIiktlthis 1a)'outf01-the 1-01IoNs'i14greasons:1.ldon'tI1ke to seattlpriglpt.lllornlall)'sen'l1-rec1i1)klt)l'l:1 c1:111-as I til1d tlatPositiol'l Il'l(.lre col'l'1fortable. N onlaIcock p1ts d0n 'teas11)'t!14abIe t1:.1tsitt11gposltlol).'n .'N1orestorage(,1-1deck'althep1lotstat1(.41-1Nvas necded, especial1)' tbr additiolalftle1:11-1d safetl'1ten'ls.H aN.'1ng extra gascan si1'1thek:ockpitan d other1tenls 1olstoredcanbe:1lazard.3.lNvanted :1slualIerald l'noresectlreareain u'hich to stand atthe p iIotstation 1-1caseot-rotlgh sveather.A' selui-enclosedsluallarea in u'hich Icotlld lash I'nysel1-1fnecessaryNvassotlght.Piloting needed to be klol'leNvhileseatedfrol'n either s1de of u'heel or frol'ndirectll'behind the Nvheel.A Ieistlrell'cruise klon'trequire stalding behind theNvheel.Jtlsta 11ghttotlc101)the NvheeIu 1)ile sitting i1,1abeach c'hairisa greatdeligl'lt!Standing head1-0(41-1 tllder tle 13i1)111'11B'as reqtlired ald 1l 1:1(.1to enable thePilotstatitln to betlsekl1n)'sol-leol'le5'2'tal1to6'4 'taIlu'it1totalN'1s1b111t)'.Adding add 1t1olaI s()lar paneIs Ns'asessent1al.TI'1e soIar pa1'1e1s 1ad to bel'notlnted so that the sail k.rleyN' andsheet1)gb 1(Jkzk'sd idn't1,1ittheglasslo po 1-theso IarpaneIs,eq.'el'1NvhensIack.7. A11tlishad to beaccol-nplished yN'ithoutraising the foot o f the sai1 or otI'lelavisechangilg thecutot-thesai1.To l'neet al1these 1eeds required :1 l-ai1-al-notlltofsketcling and planning.i'lere isurhatltinaI1)'btli1:First.INsi1ldescribetle13i1'n i1i.Itis:1tvvo1eN'eI 13i1'14i1i (pic 9 ).The par't o'srer tlepi1otstatiol'listallerthan tle rearsectiol-lonNvl'1ichtlesk)larpal'lelsarenèounted.TheB il'ninilianle(1'altlnninitll'n pipeNN'ith l.8'vN':1l1s- 1ightbtltN'erq'strong )isnloulted t()the coek'pitrails.(.-areftlIilspetztion ot-thephoto 5.N'iIlraise the t-o l1(t)qs'ilg q tlesti01'1...'Ilt)ss'doesl1egetthega1-1-andsailotltfrol-n '- .tlndertl'le 1311-1-1ini'.''-rl'1e l-orNsard strtlson . '. 'the 13in'liniare not l'nounted to tle deck(theq'area t-orce lit)bt.ltsN$ing:1l-t-clearing - .the centerbeal'lC.t3l(.lellabl1l'lg tl'le gaffand -sa11to be 1it-ted tlp and otltol-its cradlef-rtll'l'te1thersikle t.'pltle (.71l(.)tstat1k')!'1.Itctl) 'k. . . . . q -then be raised easl1)'as 1t .1t1stslight1(h ott.jt?e1-1ter(p ic 10 ).'Fhe ra1setlsa1l-:1s (.)1-1tI'Ik.t - ' .aboatNvhen bu1It.1tlstsNs'eepsthe 1ighestcentersecti()1,1o1-tlei)in'li1-1i.-l-'he urlevN'antlsheets1))1sstle st.llal-panelseven sN'lelsIack.7-hu-rear B i1'1'11-1isect1tly'lslopesjtlstsIight1)'d(.JNs'1'1N'al-tlsotlatItlal'l , ..esrenttla ll! $tlseittocatclral1U.atel.- f-. .. . . . - .lo sittlnde!tl'lelealsectlono jtl'le 1: .91)il'li I !i)1e tlses e1tlel- beal bag chairs k)r los'$' '' . .(ḃeachchairs(pic. . - . .11).B0th. ..sl'ste.lsresult. .p. .q. ' .11 the klt'yl'l'1ll.ll-t:.lb le sel-l1-retrIl1lng posltlk)l1 Lr . >tlatIskltlglt.(J'eltIng t.113ëlnd (ltltreqtlires:1.Iitllecatltiolsk)onu-'sl-lklatldoesnklt 11tthe .skllarpanels..A slightincol'lNvel1tzncebtltlklt . ' l:1problen'l.'N extist1e f-lnrys'ard sect1(.)1-1of-t1'1e 131nli1)1.Th1s is taI1er tl1:.11) tlpe rear sect1()1'1 alltlcl.lN'el-sthet-oryrardseatingareaaltlextelds1 :.1 trtlncated triangtllar fash i(.)1'1 l-urtlert-orvvard . -1'1'1is trialgtllar t-kll-sa'ard setrtiol'lredtlcessL1n glareand aII()N'$.s1'n ot.l'lti1go f:1 l1. .tlIea1-1':11-.ba1-1-1e1-t1)at keep s d!-)'aI1N.'1lal .1l'lstrtl-leltatit.'.,1 al'ld ctAltrtnls il'! case (.41-l'lei.l'sry' rai1'1. -l-I-1e center (.)1-tle I'orqs'ard 213in-llnllssllgltl'llglertlèkln tleattsides, .agai1 t()catch the rai1ys'ater.'l-here 1s al'l -'klptning betvveen tl'le f-orNN'ard and rear ! .=' .B i1'k-1il'li sections to al1t)N.N' breezes to g( .)through and redtlce 's.s1Ilklage. -1-1isfunne1Ied breeze b IoN.'$'s ol-lthe face ot'1l)ep 1lot alkl p assengers seattld tlder thet-lrvsral-tl (. B 1-1)11)i secti(.)1-1 ald 1s qtl1tep Ieasant.'h;oNs to t1e t2ock'p ititse1t-.-1-14e 1lter1t)r()1-tle l-0rl-nal1)'opel cockpit 1-1(.',:$. las tlreeadtl1t101al storage boxes alld a stald-i11sl'n a1Ierp iIotstat101('ss'1)1c1)IcaIthe 'p 1t')(pic 12 ).7-N.N'o k)ftlel-leN.s'boxt?sI-1oïs'holdfuel(24 gal()l1stotal).'l-'lt'tth irdneNs'box 1s -used 1-01- storage (.'1-I1fe 1*ackets, d 1:-1chs' , ..-itel')ls- life riI'lgs altl tltltati(:1-1 lnfttls. ' '-ellelg -elltll' board131g latlkler , flares and -'-'!.t:.- x '.tlther sat-etl' 1tel-ns. S1(-e1)' i1el'ns arei1'n l'netliate1)'aN'a1lable t()the p11()t's1tI'ltltlth aN'1-1gtoleaN'et1)ep 1It'pt's '')it' l .-l-I1ep 1lot's 'p it'isnoss'I4 inclesïs'itlebl''!'TheSea People* * lssue74 3 7

.:!'t m o dlfica eion24 inches long (pic 13).Itis enough tostand in com fortably and providesan extrameasureofsafety'sinceitis2linchesdeep .This puts the sides at about knee high., Therearehandleson eithersideofthepilotstation to which the pilotcan lash him selfifnecessaryforextrasectlrity.The pilotpithasaeoverso thattheentirecockpitarea becomesa tlatsurface (pic14).The fullcockpitareaisbig enough tohold a k'ing size intlatable airmattress tbroutside sleeping.The pit's cover lit-ts offand can bem otlnted onto apostthatisslidinto asocketin thebotom ofthe 'pit'(pic15).Thism akesthepitcoverplateasmalltable.Two peoplecanenjoy eating atthistable in the evening since their legs arehanging into the pit.The table is also anexcellent place to put a G PS or foldedcharts while sailing.Of cotlrse , since theW harram isso stable,drinksalso rem aininplace w'hile sailing! An im portantconsideration!For comfort or steering one can sit oneithersideofthepit,using standard foldinglawn chairs (pic 16).Head clearance issufticientfora 6'4'adult.Steering isdoneeasily while seated to the sideorthe lawnchaircan repositioned (afterptltting thepitplate in plaee)to directly behind thewheelforcentered steering controland com pletevisibilitl'(pic 17).Allpositions are veryeom fortableformostsailingconditions.Ofcourse,standing in the pitgives fullvisibility to all sides. Two sm all plasticone-step pl% tic stools are available.Thelegshave been cutto differentheightsandeach jitssnugly intothe 'pitp'.Thispennitspeopleofvarying heightstohavecolnpleteand perfectvision whilesteering.The goalofbeing able to properly controlthewheelfbrany person from 5'2'to 6'4'was metwith these inexpensive stools thatexactlypress fit into the pit. A ll thesem eastlrem ents W'el'e detel-m ined Prior tocutting the cockpit so that everythingvs'ould have nearly zero tolerance andtheretbreensuresnug tsts.could star't.M easure twice,cutOnce . .. orsin my case,meastlre nlany.n'lanys 11a1)'times,cutonce!That,plus the realizationthatIw'asn'tcutting any seriotls strtlcturalm embersand also thatwood with epoxy isvery easily fixed Idove in.The bracing Iincluded in thedesign forthepitwasequalto,ifnotstronger-than the originalfloor .M y decision was to leave the deek alonetlnder the storage boxes. fitting onl'separators (used strtlcttlrally), and thenonly eutoutthe bottom of the new . quitesm all,pit area.Doing this decreased theunderdeck clearance in a very sm allarea(thedimensionofthepitthatmighteverhitawave isvery small)and itdidn'trequiremoving any ofthesteering gear . An)'othersoltltion would have added substantialweight,substantialcomplexity and IknowIwould havetilledtlpthelargerboxes!!Then Ibuilta box from m arine pl)'thatwould slide tightly into the existing pit .Leaving an overlap ofabout4 inches forepoxy and boltsthis 'pitextension'added8 inchesto thedepthoftheexistingcockpitin thatarea.Thatwasa smalprieeto payin loss of tlnder deck clearance in thatsm all location for m uch greaterfunctionality in tlw cockpit.The depth isless than the depth of the two outboardmotor sleds w'hen they are in the tlpposition.Extending below the pitis a 1'Piece of alum initlm pipe for another 5'. .This unitis the pole holder thatstlpportsthe pit cover plate when it is used as :1table.The pit extension and the l'pipeproduce virtually zero drag even in l'leaN'l'Seas.This m odification has served m e veo'well.ltmeetsallmy criteriaandmakestheform er cockpit m ore useftll andcomfortable formy pup oses.Ofcourse.ifyou like to entertain a lotol-people,preferto situprightorhaveotherm eansofaddingfueland satkty equipmentstoragethenthischange would notbe stlitable tbrl'otl.W'eaIlhavedift-erentneeds.Ihavestatedm ineand thiswasmy soltltion.The seaPeople38 lssue74 * @How was al1 this accom plished'?. First,afterdesigning ita1lIhad to getovermyfearoftaking a powersaw to the existingdeck of m y new boat! Reviewing mydrawingsand measurem entsoverand overlinally redtlced 11),'fearsto a pointwhereI

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