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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 * *