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The Sea People 

Magazine ofthe 

Polyneslàn (Q/zzlzltzrtza Association 

@ PC A 2004 

CO N TA CTS 

Editorial 

C ontents and C ontacts 

News News FOR Sea People 

Seamanship 

Smaller W harrams 

Construction 

Pot Pourri 

Editorial Team : 

Dave, Rem y, Ken & Anita 

 

Edit orial Address : 

PCA, 118 Howeth Road, 

Bournem outh, Dorset, BH IO SNS, UK 

+44 (0)1202 531445 

e-mail: editor@ pca-seapeople-org 

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News FROM Sea People 

Faces of Sea People 

TARAIPO: Venezuela to Panama 

TAHIARII: On to Columbia 

KANANASKIS in Croatia 

ANNA SOPHIA in Venezuela 

In praise ()f' small boats 

Overcoming Adversity 

Galery ol' smaler W harrams 

Voyages in smaler W harranls 

Ruths Relections 

Hitia Launching in Costa Rica 

l'lints tkl Tips .h;()1:tI' (-)vel. P()t- in- Ptlt Refrigerktitln & Retlsable Bkliltling Sleler 

News From the Starboard Hull 

Ditty Bag 

Humour 

COVER 

TO M H EM BRO FF. whose A riki, 'PIG G Y'' won 

the JW D short story contest for his (& brother's) 

story 'Stick to the plans' sent this photo show ing his 

m otor technique using a Zodiac style dingy w ith a 

Tw enty HP four stroke outboard. 

From the PCA Constitution', 

The objects of the Association are to promote and further the 

interests of builders and owners of Polynesian Catam arans, and to 

encourage the developm ent of good seam anship in al1 its aspects 

amongst the association' s m embers. 

t'Polynesian Catamarans' shall mean the various classes t)f 

catam arans as designed by James W harram. 

* * The Sea People 

December 2004

N ew s for Sea P eople 

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CO e SaI *j* ln 

erry X m as appy ew ear to aII Sea People 

The editorial tealn (and the commitee) gives a special thanks to all who supplied material in the past . Your stories are great and 

deserve to be shared with a w'orld wide audience. Dave Peak & your editorial team 

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HELP! Netdetl Ibr M arch (and Illaybe June issues). To date Ken has provided invaluable help proof-reading, offering suggestions style 

changts etc. Ken may nlt be always available to this . SO I 'In looking for a proofreader / editorial assistant for 2 days in -sunny-' Rtlttertlan) 

( ltlcatitln light change) around the middle of M arch. PCA w'il help with travel and accomodation expenses. 

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Aptlltlgies l'rlpl Ken & Anita. Here in the PCA Office we have been too busy to fuly complete the transcript of the talk that James gave at the 

2()(/.1. AGM . lt wil be ready tbr the M arch 20()5 Sea People. 

2005 PCA M eets & other Events Contact How to host a M eet 

Jan T.B .A Poole & Solent New Year Cun'y Dinner Ken Hook 

W hat's needed to host a meet ? 

Enthusiasm & optim ism 

Mid Jan I Mal-tinique Rally Bertrand Fercot M inimally one (or two) btlats. preferably 

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6 March 

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Falmout h - Lacoruna Planning Meet Dave Peak 

w harram s 

A coup j () of 

anchorages within a day' s sail 

April Toronto. Canada P(?A social/icnic/B-B-o Mike Haromy Pre-designated pickup points 

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29A 

pr 2May Poole Spring Meet Ken Hook 

sjt: for a BBQ or inexpensive restaurant 

yyee/cjaeap parking nearby for visitors 

by 

27-30 M ay Ptlole W hilsun Bank Holiday Meet Ken Hook road. 

l ()- l 2 June Austrian W harram M eet Gerald W inkler some PCA mem bers have invited 

July I UK North East M eet. Humberside YC- Lincs Si Belk m em bers to their areas with little or no 

t turnout but continue to extend the invitation. 

July t UK North West Meet Cumbria?'? T.B .A. This k stjae 

kintj of optimism & enthusiasm 

July DutclfGcrrnan M eet Dave Peak l1CCdCd. l-Ve attended m eets at 4 different 

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jocations. They-ve all been different and they 

Jul/Aug r La Ralce Dirk Horstmann jaave all had their own personalities and 

Atl , g Chaflnel lsles Dave Yettram Charm . 

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y . -- ojyayjsjng a regiona) social i!ç even easior - 

Aug ' Sluthelm Zrittaly VCCt Nicolas Vivier Ajj you need i s t() de Signate a t ime flnd a 

Aug Solent Summer Meet Robert Sheridan PlaCe,. The PCA will willingly assist with 

26 29 Aug 

sept 

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Poole Summer M eet 

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Iulmouth I-TK Anniversary cruise 

Ken Hook 

oave peak 

notijication via website. e-mail. m agdzine 

(j regional snail 

an 

-mailings (these usualy 

produce best results). 

2-4 Dec ! POI St Lucie. Glorida Ann Clement ++ + A burgee or item of PCA clothing will 

2t*6/7 5()th TRANS-ATLANTIC Anniversary Raly Dave Peak/others be ziven to alI hosts of PCA events/rallies. 

Page 4 The Sea People Issue 58 December 20(:1 *

l Iove it w hen a plan com es together r 

I f irst though't of c 'smcll W hcrrcms' issue, promp&ed in no smcll pcrè by Mike W ynn's ques&ion cbou: whe&her we cs 

cn cssociation cre doing enough to c&trcct cnd keep builders of bocts like &he Melcnesic. Personclly I don't Ahink the 

Melanesic should s'tand cpcr'f f rom oèher Whcrrcm designs jus't beccuse il's not c cctcmcrcn per se, but should be 

included in the W hcrram clcn as c full and welcome cddi&ion. 

I wondered if I hcdn't bi&ten of f more 'thcn I could chew this time cs I dug f ranticcly cround our crchives (yes dear 

we cre building crchives), but oercld Winkler's contribution slcrted so mcny wheels 'turning in my hecd. 

I recclled I f irs: recd cn crlicle more thcn 20 yecrs cgo cbou't c young Dutch girl cnd the fortilude and knowledge 

t'hat showed in her 'smcl W hcrrcm' (see page 17 for reprint of cr&icle). It embodied whct 5ec People c&ti&udes were 

cboul. Jo live your drecms. OK you mcy experience groundings f rom Aime to time. But cs c wise mcn once 'told me 

' anyone who hcsn': gone aground, hcsn'è gone onvwhere'. In ef f ec& they stcyed wi&hin known boundaries cnd never expcnded 

their horizons. Our groundings mcy tcke dif f erent forms-physiccl, emoiioncl, f incncicl. But like Lilicn's resourcef 

ulness in her plcnning, hcving &he spare pIy abocrd cnd de&erminction l'o overcome problems, I saw in myself &he 

desire as a future member of &he Sec People thc't the journey is cs much c pcr& of 1he drecm cs the gocl itself . 

I&'s this c'tti&ude 'to cchieve one's gocl cnd overcome the hurdles that Iif e puts in our wcy èhct I mosl ndmire in current 

and pcst Sec People. W es&oq Fcrmer cn cmericcn ncvcl crchi&ecl/boc't designer summed it up best when csked 

whc'f 1he mosè essenticl 'trait of successf ul boct builders wcs replied 'Persis#encel' 

Please, pleose read News from sea People a# bottom of page 17 about how PCA members ccn assis: one 

ano#her on a global bcsis. Gcve me a buzz! 

On pcge 28 you'll f ind the repor: of èhe meet in Mesquer, souèhern Bri&tcny in 1he origincl f rench. I Ief't &he 

translc&ion until the Icst minul'e, cnd èhen s'truggle wièh some pcrts of it. A f uII cnd comple&e èrcnslcèion wil be 

qrovided on &he website cnd upon requesè f rom èhe Pch of f ice. Pcrdonnez moi! 

Caio, bcve 

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consist of PCA clothing/burgee/itelns that have been presented in the money saving column for that year. 

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The Sea People lssue 58 Decenlber 2t)()4 Page 5

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A U A A A U A U 

A 

A ATales 

of Taraipo (cont'd from #s7) John Jamesonvangaroa I j 

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A U A A A A A A A A U A A A A A A A 

'raraiptlfs Panalna Canal Transit 8 February 2004 

The bi g day staled at 4 aln w' ith shi ps (k. tu gs all over the place 

w'lel JJ ctllected his 4 lile handlers t'rtll their yachts. (lne 

bl'ltlglt the ice box ct cak e. the sectlnd v()l u nteered to ctltlk' (k. then 

t here w'crc 2 (lthers . tlle o1' w'honl w'as a st) 1f.) sai 101. The tran sit 

ctlu ItI tak e 2 days w'hen prlpvi si (lni I'lg for 7 crew' w'ould be a chal - 

Ienge vvitl 1(.) fridge as vvel as bedding if we have to (lvernight at 

anchtdl' i 1) the Gatun Lak e 1. Then J J - s (lther preoccupat ion w'as 

k.7( lul tl Tltrai 174.) Inaintai n 5 knlt s l'ol' 6 hours w'ith her - dodgy - 

d iese l -pri I1 i 1 g pu lp . C'tltl ld she avt'id tricky llaloetl vri ng 

sittlatiklns il'l the w'ind & cul-rel'lt of tle Iocks? Al'ld w'il l the piltlt be 

' uscr' t'riently t)I' I1()t'? It appears that the jine lk'r not providilg an 

adequate I u l'lch tkpr t he pi l ()t i s I 2() d(') l l ars ! The yacht that transited 

w'i t 1 us w'as obl i ged t(J pcty 1k)1' a pi Iot - s lu nch box l'erried out by 

ttlg ;ts they (Jn ly offered êtn ()1 iln saldu'icl'l ! A lother yacht - s 

elgil'te ctltl'tll s t'ailed il'l tl'le penultilfte Itlck' & i 1' tley had l1t')t 

bet? 1 ltb l e tt'h Illêti 1 tai 1 cont 1*6.) l i 1) the sw'i rl i ng 4 k nots o 1* current (.)1 

t)x i t t Iley svtltl Id lav(l beel tlw'etl (ltlt by al'l ACP 1 aunch at a cost of 

65( ) d()l l trs ! E ktcl yaclt nlust have a c lean % heads - & sl'le lte r fro l 

the stl'l (k,1' tl'le canal piltlt . Al s() have 4 x l 25 fklot f 38 1) I ines. 4 

l i I'lt lltltlers ct adeqtlate t'enders 1. Taraipo had tknders Inade of' 

tyl'es 1'(')11 the (1tl'lp ctlvered w'ith bin bags. Tlere is a lot ()1% 

l'tlder. I i ne t creB' swrappi I1g as the yachts travel thc 45 Illi Ies to 

tle Paci fic . T lel the I'eturn t() Cristobal via the hlon bus w'as 2 

tit) l I Ctrs t'l'l l y ! 'sve hatl a l tlve I y day ! Tl'le pi lot w'as c()t) l . ga ve the 

cl llltntl -trtptain Ileltd Iltlre Ieft ! - & w'as keen t(', transit in 1 

tlay. S() w'e u'elt tlrtlugh thc B anana Cul u'hicl'l i s very peace ful 

and featul'es tle odd crlckltlile. W e had stl'ol'lg gusts ()t' w'i ntI l'l't')l 

behind btltlstilg Taraiptl- s speed t() 6.5 knots w'ith the genoa up (t 

hal 1* 1 tln extrlt ()1' peklple t k it abt'ard ! Seeing tle big d(.)t')r (lpen 

i nt() the titlal Ptc i jic tlceêtl B'fts :.1 great n1i l estone for Taraiptl ! 

Life in Panalna 19 February. ln Cristlbal & C01(.)1 there is nlucl 

ptlverty silcc tle Alnericans left the Canal Zone ! Panallanials :t 

al I Ieve l s () 1* slci et y %,i I I screw' ytltl i 1* gi ven the chance ! I n t'act it 

w'tltld appeal' to drCtw stllne adluiration ! The skipper of a yacht had 

hi s Visa cal'd pin nt lber stolen fronl hiln by the Iuanager (31' a 

bank i 1 (-()lt'n ! NliTlisters di sappeltr t() slialni w'ith hordes t)l- State 

casl'l 1. L' N'erybtldy i s at it l'l'tdnl shtlpk' eepers t) taxi drivers ! But tle 

pckpple al'e ' llega- li-iendly & hclpl'u l & w'il l quickly guide you 

awray t-rt l -dtldgl'- areas lbr exanlple ! The shopkeepers are al ways 

ready t' give disctltlnt up to 25f,1., after a bit of chat 1. The anchorage 

(41) 'Tl'le F l:ts - i s sptcious & very satk. secure & a convenient 

di lghy ride tt) the Pananlt Cltnal Yacht Club dock w'here ytltl can 

pay 2 tltll lars a day t() park ylur dinghy. The c ltlb i s a bit 

d i Iapidated & l'req ueltetl by lal y - long stay - A lnericans . svhen 

there is Cl cru ise ship in harbtlur thc police rtlund up al I the k'ltlw'l 

pi ck' ptlck ets &- - bald idtls - - j ai l tlen) lklr the day & dtlubl c thc 

arlled ftlt patrol s in the tlwz'n ce ntre as they d(') Ilot Ilave enlltlgl 

pri sl'l1 spacc t() Ilck' up al l the kl'it.lufbn -desperadkls - ! The ckltlntry- s 

prilcipal ilcll'le c lles 1'r()I1 al'l eltl-nltlus - Free Zone - i 1 

internalitlnal balkilg as the canal bl'i Ilgs in Iess tlal 5tJ. (.)1' GDP. 

as yaclt transits are a ntln-l'tlj'it ('perkt iln ! 

Sllck H lrrl')r ! A - nest - t)l' 3 yachts iI) :tl'l up Iock u'êls bI()%'I'l awbay 

by t hc t'nln t sli p - s l'1'tlt Ill'lpel I er w'ash l ast w'eek ! The p i lot flti I cd 

to nllict that l1e had 3 yaclts behind t applied too l'luch ptpw'er 

ttlt) stltln ! It is ptlssible lklr the -I1u les ' to tow' the ships throtlgh the 

ltlc ks. :tI t I1( ltlgl thei 1' I)()rI1al l'tlnct itll'l i s t(.') hold the shi p 1 the 

Pace 6 The Sea People lssue 58 Decenlber 2()()4 m 

cent re ot' the lock . S() 3 ol' the yacht 1 ilt!s pal-ted but l'ortunatel y 

ntlbody w'as hurt o nly one of the yacht s. a catanlaran. su t'fered 

superlicial danlage oI1 i nlpact w'ith the lock wal l ! 

The l'ree yacht anchorage on the Paci fic side is pleasantly sitlated 

in the Iee ot' a new' causeway that runs (lut t() Fl- anlenct) Island t() 

lhe seaw'ard eltrance of the canal . On the u'indurard side there is 

an expensive new nlarina colnplex w'ith restauranls. btluliques & a 

busiless centre . Needless to say. those iI1 the t'ree alchorage eschew' 

al1 01- that ! They run their t'w'l1 dinghy taxi service int' the 

rough sl i pway fronl w'here they can catcl the hou rl y bus service at 

25 cents into Pana la City. It is a B'ondertbl place tbr Tal'aipo l() be 

- stationed ' as there is shipping & yacht acti vity (lvtlr the 24 htlurly 

period- 7 days a w'eek . 365 days ()f 1 l)e year ! 

It - s tidal w'ith a 1 5 .5 t'tlklt (4.711 ) rise & fal . surrtlunded by treecovered 

i slands wzith high -ri se Pananla Ci ly i 1 the di staltre . The 

w'ater is clean elt'ugh jbr scuba scrtlbbing & v/indsurting i s 

possible but nol great. Now' it - s breezy & thcre -Ai 1 ' t N() Bugs - 1. 

Our plans are to expldre the Paci fic coast of Pala la. tle Los Perlas 

Islands & Inaybe Ctlsta Rica.? Then u'il I ctlue the lklng hatll tk) 

the Galapagos. l (X)0 nautical nliles lklher ()1 il1 very' Iight airs. 

then close reaching to Easter Island fbr 2(.:/) Iniles. tlen B'e u'il 

t'ree (.ll'f f'lr Pitcairn & the Ga lbier Islantls. the Tuanolils. then (Jn 

t'urther t() Tahiti 2500 lniles aw'ay & tlen t() New Zealand 2()(X) 

nliles di stalce ! lt 's al a bit daultilg but htlpetb ly B'e can keep 

brain & boat together & w'i 11 be able t() re:tch Aucklantl belklre tle 

c yc I () l1e s k ic k i 1 ! 

W e have l'lanaged t() ctlpy ('ver l 0() cI1al4s at 5 dtllars per ctlpl' 

thanks t() the crew t)l' alother yacht ! There is I)o clpyl'ighl on US 

charts BA please nt'te ! N()u' BA charts ckpsl 28 dolars llal is a 

ridiculous price fbr the tlle-tl't' usage (Jf the averagc long dislance 

cruiser ! Ol1e ()f the creu' (.41 tleir yaclt l'lktve ()1)1).' electl'tlic charts 

i n ('rder to save nloney. a dtldgy opti t)n u'e thi 1 k ! 

John's wife Judy, home in scotltmd is #he conduit for John's 

diary Ao ge# *0 us here a# #he M A. For a chanqe of pace I 

t'hough# Judy's own words would be a nice change. some#imes 

writing in #he f irst person things ge# dropped along #he way. 

Enàailing friends & faluily using the intcrnet- s Hot lail. John 

Jalneson says it has been a long haul since Cunlana. Velezuela! 

Taraipo has been to Nloshinla. Caracas del Ouest u'here JJ had a 

brush with a ielly-lish sting for his early lonling su'il'n on the 

reef! 

T len Chinlana Gralde where Taraipo decided to stal-t sl ipping tltlt 

01- gear on a Iee shtlre w'Ilil st JJ u'as Iiftilg the alchtlr &, tley had a 

luck y escape in a grtlw'i ng breeze ! 

Next Pueno I a Cruz 1*01' a lolg stay i 1 a luega cheap nlari na B'ith 

ltlts ()f boat nlaintenance btlt a dangerous llwn tlut witl tl'le 

jllarina/tourist conlplex thal 1)() Iolger has aly totlrists ! 

Af'ter that Cayo Herradura . Los Roques. :1 stunn ing Nlari ne Nature 

Reserve 25 liles by l 2 nliles studded w'ith islands ct s'ery windq' ! 

Jtl1l says it w'as a sail ing & u'indsurling parêtdise ! 

Taraipo visited Crasqui- Sarqui & Carenero. a bug city w'here JJ 

had to Ieave i 1) a htlrry be fore dusk as Ile was bei ng eaten al i ve 1. 

A. t Los Aves tlere u'as ()1y the rce 1* betu'een Taraipo t tle sea- 1 

Ilagic place w'ith no tishernlen. no coastgtlards. nobody 9.

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B'ts - dc:td - i ntel'e st ing 9. A fter 1 ('ts of won-ies prior to the transit 

w i t 1 the pflss i bi l i t y t) 1* t-i nes i f you go s l ow' , break dow'n or break 

gtlktr i 1 t le e lklI-l) tkltl s I ocks- the necessit y to bu y enough food for 

t 1e cre u' tr pi I ()t & have thel'n hot bunki ng. sleeping rough 

t'vernight. Taraipl) Inade the bluega' rapid passage u'ith nlore than 

lktl f kï ttl) tJf pcoplc . t yre fenders & long svarps out into the real 

t lceCtl) ! Sl'ie kept in fI'tlnt t't' the big ships alI the way w'ith the genoa 

tlp ()1) tlc (Jltul Lake & did it in j ust one day B'hen most yachts 

tke lu'() ! J()h1 says it w'as a great nlonlent a u'onderful feel ing 

B'I)e 1 Tktrai 13() fi nal I y exi ted the I 5 dow'n lock s int) t idal w'aters 

agiti 1) ! 

Tarilipf ) w'as il) tl'le Isllt Flanlenck' anchorage at the Pacilic end ()f7 

the Pan anla Cêtnêtl near Cristobal w'i th beauti ful surrounding 

i slantls & ll'le skyscrapcrs ()1' Pananza City as a backdrop. After JJ 

Kent tli s tlnllti I he then ttplk tilne t) go t() the Carnival in Pananla. 

J(J1I1 lfts beel exploring tle Gulf (41' P:tlafna & the Las Perlas 

I s l ktnds w i th I i ght vs'i lds &r lot s 0 1- nlotori ng g() i ng stllnew'here new' 

e very' day ! T lel'e u as f'i sh i ng & the best catch w'ere 2 I arge tuna 

which were slnoked by his ex crew fronl Scotland who had joined 

him in Cristobal for 3 w'eek s cruising but the shark they had OI 

their l ine got away ! 

From David & the marina near the Costa Riea border 8 miles 

inland in a mangrove swamp with crtlcodiles & lots ot' wind . the 

crew depaned by bus 6 hours down the trans Soutl) A lerican 

highway t() j1y back to Heathrow direct l'rom Panaula City! 

John has found his old Swedish crew again froln the ektrlier trip & 

disnlasting making contact by enlail when she was looking lbr :1 

boat to do the Pacitic & hanging around in Crislobal. 

W e guess the next elnails wil anive from somewhere in the South 

Pacific Islands. lt' anyone is stil dreaming of going cruising the 

slow way. the long w'ay round & has a sense ot' atlventure 

themselves then Iook out for more Taraipo Tales w'ith John 

Jalneson in the summer when he-ll be heading even lbrther west 

across the Indian Ocean. But îust how' long will the voyage take tbr 

this sea gypsy cruising round the world ()1 his adventure ol' a 

lifetime. nobody km ows? 

Judy Janleson 

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A t'ter ft 11(41th i 1 Panltlnkl C ity I decided I had to get out of tow'n 

and ctltacted tile yacht agelt tk' gel the paperurlrk started. I 

stêtl-led tktl kilg t() (lther sai ltlI's tt) get Iine handlers lbr the canal 

trltlsit ltnd 4 Ctgl'eetl t) go. A l'ew' days Iater everything w'as organizt!d 

altl schetluled. Tlen the night beftlre going tlrough the canalal'ter 

1 w'as already checked (lut ot' the cotlntry. I nlet a single 

w'()l1aI1 and a bftckpack ing couple. al l l'rolu Gerlnany. They w'anted 

t() gt) elïst Ctld I (l'lkred to tak'e thenl aboard as crew'. I show'ed 

tlel the btlat and tle ctduplt!. Ni l s ald Katja. said they wanted to 

g(') t hrlugh the Cranal and plss ibI y sai l w' ith l'ne t(') Crartagena. 

Nils altl Katjkt shtlu'etl up in the dark of' the l'norning and the other 

l i ne hitndlel's ca le abtpard w'hen tle sul calue up at 6:()0. The ca- 

Ilal tralsit pilt calte aboard at 7:(.)() after a f'ew btlarding atelnpts 

and u'c were ()t'l'. N's'e went up tied w'ith four lines in the center of 

thc llcks behind a big car canier ship. The ship w'as too big to 

Ilove u'ithotlt help fI'llz its propeller and when the prop wash hit 

us it was Iike riding rapids ()1 a river. Tahiarii bucked up and down 

and yawed sidc tt) side. Bre nlotored all the way across the Iake at 

Ct tl'p speed ()1' 5.3 kntlts and passed the Iltrgest l'loating crane in the 

u orld. It w'êts w'al' btloty t'ronl the Nazis after Svorld Svar 11 . 

%vc B'elt dlw'n tietl to êl tug (.,1. lead 01* the ship. The first tie up to 

tle ttlg and ltlck dowrn went very smotpthly but the second was less 

st). Nvith a tail wild and a surface current t'ronl the ship conling up 

beli nd us and the need lbr speed to have w'ater going over the 

rudders iI1 tlrder tt) lave steering we w'ere going prety fast inside 

t he l()c k . ablul 2 . 5 knol s . l had sw'u I1g w'i de to Iet the tug pass and 

appnlacled tle tug :t :1 sleep angle then slalnlned into ful l reverse 

ptlw'er as u'rt? calne altlngside. 

Thel B'e al llst had disaster! The tirst throw' of the stern Iine 

snagged ()1 a cleat and t'ell short. T le sterns swung out u'ider in the 

surlktce ctlrrent. T le sectpnd thrtlw' was successlkl but three of us 

strainetl to bring in tle line ald pul the btlat alongside the tug 

w'i thtltlt stlccess. Then the btlw'l ilte t)n the tug bursl frolu the strain 

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like a cannon shot! Lacy streamers of rope fiber drifted through the 

air. W e had to wait until we were Iocking down and the surface 

current quit before we could haul in the lines. The next tie up in 

the last lock w'as very :1100th since I kept the approach parallel 

and Iines were throw'n wel and true. 

I gave the rented mooring Iines back t() the yacht agent and had 

dinner w'ith the line handlers before they went on the bus back to 

Panama City. 'Thai' spent the night at the l'uel dock of the Palama 

Canal Yacht Club and I had to do a new zarpe (zoff icicl document 

of cpproval t'o travel-very prevelen: is cental/south 

America-Eb) in the lnonling because I had already checked ('ut 

when Niles and Kanii ioined the boat. Btlught a Iittle ltlre fuel and 

Ieft for P()l4() Be Io . 

Columbus discovered Po:1tl Belo on his last voyage and it became 

the most important port for shipping Peruvian gold to Spain and 

the associated trade fairs for hundreds of years. A l this wealth 

attracted pirates. notably Drake in 1 570 and Morgan a century 

Iater. Porto Belo was attacked numerous times and the ruins of the 

3 forts can still be seen. Also in town is the restored Customs 

Building that is now a museum. Port) Belo is a picturesque town. 

The lirst night in port Victor visited us in his dugout canoe. He 

came aboard and tried to sell tls J'ewelry and invited us to his house 

for tish dinner. only $3.()0. W e went at sundou'n and w'andered 

through town w'ith Victor as guide. W e drank beer while waiting 

lbr the lisherman to come back with the catch of the day. Victor 

cleaned the lish. some porgies and a sierra. Then Nils and Kaqji 

cooked the fish- the rice. and the plantains. Victor couldn't eat with 

us because we used al the plates and utensils l1e had. 

W e stayed there a couple ol' days then sailed to Isla Grande where 

we anchored overnight. Then we spent alluost 2 weeks in the San 

Blas Islands. W e snorkeled. ate lobster. crab. and lisl that Nils 

killed, socialized with other cl-uisers. and talked to the Kuna who

always came buy in their dugout sailing canoes 

with something to sel. I spent every remaining 

dollar ()n handicrafts. I slit a finger on a thick 

spiky crab shel when we w'ere shucking the 

crabmeat. W e got wise and used gloves and a 

hanlmer to bash the crab shell into submission 

the next time. There was lots of rain and lightning 

bul solne good days as wel. 

Nils and Katja were another good crew. l hardly 

ever cooked. They did most of it. They worked 

well as a team. They liked to work the boat. 

Katja became a pretty good helmsman. We had 

lots of fun discussions with lots of laughter. 

Katja is quite cute in a pixie sort of way. Nils 

has looks that appeal to women and gay men. 

He has blond hair, a tlashing smile, chiseled 

features, slim waist. broad shoulders- and a tight 

butt. He told stories about homosexuals in Central 

America passing him on the street and kissing 

him on the neck. I guess they were just overw'helmed 

by his beauty. M ust watch out for 

those valnpires. 

W e spent a Iot of tilne in the water. The coral and fish were awesonle. 

I saw a tam on and a spotted eagle ray, as w'el as the tlashy 

reef fish. Nils saw sharks and banucuda as well. 

Al our last anchorage I w'as the only American. There were four 

Italian boats. two Austrian boats. a German boat. and a French 

boat. On of the Austrian boats was 'Tanoa' . a heavily customized 

and beautitblly tinished W han'am Pahi 42 catamaran. Roman built 

it over nine years and is sailing solo at the moment. W e had a good 

visit on 'Tahiari' and 'Tanoa' one afternoon. It was great to conzpare 

notes. I was interested t) lind out that Tahiarii's perfonnance 

B'as about the same as other cats of the same class. 

In this anchorage there w'as an island to the south. a reef to the 

west- another reef to the east. and another island some ways off to 

the north. It looked prety snug and protected until our last night 

when the anchor dragged and then it felt like a trap. The lirst thing 

we knew about the problelu was that the boat bumped something 

in the dark. 

W e all rushed out on deck to Iook around. I don't like things that 

go bump in the night. The wind was blowing 20 to 25 knots out of 

the west. Nils noticed the rudder was bumping up and down in its 

gudgeons. W e looked dow'n and the smld bottom was clearly visible 

in the tlashlights. l started the engine. lowered the prop. and we 

roared off the beach into the night. Nils and Katja cranked the 

w'indlass to raise the anchor while the boat went charging about. 

The neighboring boats turned on their navigation lights so I could 

see them. I was very worried about the invisible reef that was directly 

up w'ind of us. I watched the depth finder like my life depended 

on it. because it did. 

Every time I slowed down the wind pushed the bows downwind 

toward the other boats and I would pour on the fuel and with maximum 

rudder detlection. Finaly we ran out of room so I slammed 

into reverse and the bows came around into the wind because of 

the anchor drag. W e went roaring of in the other direction away 

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deep water. let out lots of line, and prayed it would hold. It did, but 

we were again in shalow water. 6 feet, I rigged the fisherman 

anchor and Nils and 1. wearing lifejackets, loaded the alchor and 

chain in the dinghy and took it out as far as we could to the northwest 

and dropped it over the side. Back on board we hauled in the 

line to the second anchor as far as we could. This hauled the boat 

into deeper w'ater. W e felt much more secure with two anchors out. 

Finally I got tired of waiting for a favorable weather w'indow'. W e 

picked up the two anchors and motored out of there. W e slogged 

through two days of headwinds and waves on the engine to get to 

Cartagena and the last night we were down to 2 knots but the wind 

let up in the morning and we were able to get into port in daylight 

and even had some fuel Ieft over. about 7 gallons. 'Fhis trip convinced 

me that I couldn't go against the winds to Venezuela. 

W e rescued a couple of guys that dulnped their kayak in the bay 

outside of town and towed the swamped kayak to a beach where 

the guys jumped in the water and swam it to shore. We anchored at 

Club Nautico M arina and had dinner. W e drank cold beer (first one 

on the house. 70 cents thereafter, W elcome to Cartagena) and I had 

filet mignon ($5,* ) while Nils and Katja had hamburgers. The 

next day. after we had our laundry cleaned, Nils and Katja left the 

boat (hugs al around) and moved to the luxury of a private room 

with a giant fan in a hostel. I went back to the boat and baked cornbread 

for the Independence Day potluck. The cornbread was a big 

h it. 

Nils and Katja must have enjoyed their time aboard because they 

came back a couple of days Iater to visit and take pictures on 

'Tahiari'. Then they left (hugs again) to tour Colulnbia. 

Cartagena is a modern city with an historical district 500 years old. 

It is the safest spot on the Spanish M ain. The women are beautiful 

and the people are friendly. 

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Al'ter 9 months in Europe w'e returned to Trinidad and to 

''Anna Slphia' ()n J;m .7th. W e had hauled her out in the boatyard 

''P()B.'er Btlats-i. Chaguaramas in M arch 2413. The rainy season of 

last year had luckily been drier than usual and so we tbund the 

cabins conlpletely dry inside and no smell at all. Unfortunately the 

ctlckpit had sul'fered in the tnlpical environ lent. Through cracks 

il1 the varnish layer water had lbund its w'ay mainly into parts 

Ilade ()t' solid w'(4tld. W e had to dril oul the roten material with a 

'-Dremel'- tool and jil the holes w'ith epoxy / silica. The w'eather 

becalut a problenl. The dry season should have staned already but 

we had tropical shtlwers nearly every day. As w'e had iumped from 

a1 Austrian w'inter of Ininus l ()0C to plus 300C.' and nearly l ()()% 

lunlidity we tlsed up a week t() adapt. So it tlok us 6 weeks t) get 

the boat ready lklr sailing. 

During this tile we tlklk' (lnly 4 days off and the reastln 

B'as tltlr 4()th w'edding anniverstu'y. 'W'e tlew' to Tobago. hired a car 

and disclvered the island inshore al'ter we had colne lo km ow it by 

boat 121st year. Tobago' s northern hall' is stil nearly unspoiled by 

tlurisnl u'hich thl'ives in the southwest near the airport. Nve found 

acctlln lldation in Iocal guesthouses and payed 20 US$ for a 

dtltlble rtlol'n with air condititlng and the possibility to use a 

kitchel. S() w'e ca le intt) contact with the thendly black 

ptlptlatilln ('riginating 1'()1 Galubia. 

For us the nonh of Tobago is the licest pal4 of the 

Eastern Antiles as t'ar as we know' theln. The pretiest bay is 

Englishnlan's Bay. The strtlng currents around the island are a 

seritlus probleln for swinlluers. That's why most tourists stay in 

the southwest where the Bucoo Reef shelters the beaches. 

Back il1 Chaguaramas we Iuckily had 2 dry days to do 

(he necessary varnishing job. Meanwhile a W harram had tunled up 

in ''Ptlwer Blats-'. a Pah ' i 42. The Gerlnan owners Rolf and 

Susanne l'ro l D isseldort' had left it on a nlooring in Carenage Bay 

Yachtclub for 2 years. During this time the pelicans took over and 

the btlat ltloked like a tloating guano island. Rolf renamed it 

'Pelican Inn&'. W hen they invited us tbr dilner the biggest part of 

the excrktnlents ()f the birds was already remtlved. This was the last 

Brharranl we nlet that season. 

0 1 Feb. I 9th otlr boat was launched by travel lift. As no 

l'ntlring was available in Chaguaralnas Bay we I'noved 

Carenage Bay w'here anchoring is much safer. On Feb.20th we 

cleared (lutu'ards and set sails late in the evening for the Testigo 

Islands ( Venezuela). W e slipped out 01* the Gulf 01' Paria through 

Btltla de Navios, one (lutlet oI' the so called Dragon' s M outh (Boca 

de l's Dragtlnes) into a dark moonless night, our navigation lights 

tlnlit and the radar retlector dow'n as the north coast of Venezuela 

w'est of Trinidad has a bad reputation for piracy. W ith 

ntlrtheasterly wind of I 5 kn and a current setting to west w'ith 

about l .5 kn it w'as easy sailing and we reached the Testigos next 

day at noon. This small group of islands looks like a M exican 

cacttls Iandscape and one w'tlnders how people can make their 

living here. W e visited the coastguard on Isla Iguana and were 

allowed to stay for 3 days. lnward clearing is nllt possible here. 

Then we anchored in front 01- the Iarge beach of -Breakthrough 

Bay-' ( Pltya Real ) where the lslalds of Testigo Grande and 

Ttlstigt) Pequeno are only divided by a few nzeters o1- w'ater. 

Next day we relaxed. The day af'ter in the nlorning I w'ent 

sntlrkeling and saw' that the anchor rtlde had been caught under a 

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coral head. Gundi started the engine to take the pul from the rode. 

Al1 of a sudden the engine sagged down a litle. Main parts of the 

suspension had broken and the engine was ntlw' held t'nly by the 

rod that shifts gear. The engine is a Yamaha 9.9 hp lburstroke 

ultralongshaft outboard mounted in an engine wel în the celtre of 

the cockpit (centre of' gravity of the boat ). W e secured the engine 

with a rope and then I set one of our two Fortress anchors. took the 

pull out of the main anchor (a Gennan B igel) and freed the rode. 

Now we lashed the engine's head tightly to the engine wel and 

fixed a bridle to the shaft just above the propeler. The 2 ends of 

the bridle were tixed on clamps on the aftdeck of both huls. So the 

pull 01' the propeler w'as Ied to the hulls. But we could only use 

lbrward gear. 

Next morning we Ieft the anchorage under sails. The 

w'ind was down to l 0 kn and as we could not raise the propeler 

above w'aterlevel we were very slow. W e w'anled to reach the bay 

01' Porlanlar on Isla de M argarita in daylight. As the B'ind went 

further dow'n in the afternoon w'e had to start tle elgine although 

w'e had planned to use it only for anchoring. To tlur relief the 

Iashings worked wel and we even managed a speed ol' 7 kn. 

Shortly afterwards we caught the tirst lish of the season - a bonito. 

by trolling. W e reached Porlamar in last daylight and anchored 

next to -Athenaeum-%- the M otldy of our friends Josef and M aria 

fronl Salzburg. W e had met them Iast time last M ay in Austria and 

they had encouraged us to come to Venezuela. The long evening 

became morning and it was 4 o'clock when we went to bed. 

Two days later Josef and I took the engine apal and 

M ichel. a French Suisse who repairs nearly everything for the 

sailrs here in Porlamar knew somebody u'ho could B'eld 

alulninium and had access tt' a trustworthy equipnlcnt. To nly 

great surprise I could put the engine tilgether a t'ew' days later. 

Life in Venezuela is cheap and as Mltrgarita is a duty 

free area this island is even cheaper. Fuel costs next to nothing. 

M any European bachelors ended up herc with or without boat due 

to the low liquor prices and the liberal views of the Ilcal w'onlen . 

People are fliendly and in the shops and restatlrants nobody tries to 

cheat. But security is a problem like in nlany Latin American 

countries fmd you must be on alert. A pertkct paradise does not 

exist. 

In each new harbour it takes some time to conle to knou' 

w'hat can be done where and what c:m be bought w'here tbr the best 

price. Through the help 01' Josef an M aria we could sholel this 

time considerably. On the first day they already introduced us to 

the German -beer club--. On a beach in the vicinity near a dinghi 

dock that is reckoned safe when you lock the dinghi onto the 

construction by steel cable and padlock sonle locals have instaled 

a bar with sunshelter and a few rathel' strange seats where tley 

serve mussels and icecold -'Polar-'- the Venezuelan fashion type 

beer. For a botle of 25()ml you have to invesl (). l 5 Euros in cash . 

Every evening the German speaking sailors meet here with a few 

Germans who live in town and this is a useful source of valuable 

information. They tell you for example where 01 the so caled 

'-trustworthy black market-' you get the best exchange rate for 

US$. 1 or s-dollar notes are not accepted. l00s favoured. 

Expatriates who live here l1y every now and then to Trinidad 

w'here you can get US$ from ytlur credit ()r bank card. lklr exanlple 

01 special A TM s on the airport. The official exchange rate in the

first hal f o f 20(3.1 w'as approx. l .900 Bs. 

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the colnercial port ol' Panlpatar where yachts are i 

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comprises a dinghi dock with watchman and a spacious hut. lis retunl later than hal' an hour betklre sunset as the area bectples 

office. For approx. 35 US$ he does the job for you w'ithin one day. dangerous later ()n. Here the B'atchnlal gets 1()4)() Bs. 

This is a bargain as it saves Iots of taxi fares and as a foreigner ytlu 

Al1 inlportant place is the clandlery -'Ve lasca-' B'lert 

would not know who has to get what bribe where and when . The English and Genllan is understood. Althtlugh il is ('nly lt l'eB 

crew' gets pem lission to stay for 90 days and the boat ft'r half a I'lundred nleters frolu slarina Jual lt taxi is Ilecessary because it is 

year. Bt'th pernlits can be renewed but the boal has to leave the situated in llangrove area- a got'd hidetlut lklr cri Illi nftls . 

country at Ieast l'or :1 short t i n1e after 1 8 Ilonths . Ru mor says there Robberies are l'requent. A Gernlan sai 1(41. tld us a nice sttlry. An 

is also another sol ution but so leu'hat Inore expensi ve.. . Juan has a Alnerican lady of' appnlx. 7() had her electric generatlr repairetl ft 

conlpetitor. the Cltnadian colsul who advel-tises his services each Veluasca. On the w'ay back to the beach she u'as attacked by three 

llorning ()1 VHF in Engl ish and French. You can lneet hinl at ylung robbers w'ith knives. She carried the geleratpr iI1 ft u'lite 

cenain tiles in Jack' ' s Restaurant o1 the beach. run by a Thai Iinen bag- tlulg it onto the head of' the tirst robber ltld kltlcked 

wonlal. lt is a gtptld place to dine but a l itle nltlre expensive than hinl down. The second had already turned rtlund l() lee B'hen the 

i n town . 

generator hit hin'l in the back' and got I1iI11 dtlw'n tot). The tlird latl 

How d() you get to t()wn'.' The luost convenient way is to a bicycle. He dropped it and fled into the nlangrtlves. She brlptlght 

lock the dinghi t() Juanfs dock. The watchlnan gets 5(j() - 10()() Bs. the bicycle t') Juan ald proudly told her sttlry (11 VHI7. A llth(.)r 

on return. He has t(3 lnake a living fronl these tips and fronl the Venlasca story happened shortly b tklre B'e ari N'ed . -rw (.) Illen 

aluluinium tins he gets t'ron'l the sailors. He also takes the rubbish q'earing Natitlnal Guard uliforlls eltered tle sltlp. pnldtlcctl tiltir 

fronl the boats. Once a day he gets a nleal for free t'ronl the pi stols and enlptied the ti Iler. 

restauralt. Stlnlewhere between Juan-s oflice and the restaurant 

In Porla lar you can choose betureel'l 3 stlperlêtl'k' ets. I 1 

under :1 shady tree lhe taxis are w'aiting. The t'are to the tow l centre the centre in 'Cuatro de Nlayo- ( 4th ()1' Nlay Aventle ) ylu B'i l I 

is 3 (XJ0 Bs. You can also go by dinghi to the beach in front (.,1' the fild h-Ratan-. A Iittle u.:1), out o#' !(.)M.'I1 ol tle rtltl t() le airplrt i s 

town. That is a long way and can be quite wet.-rhere (ishernlen run 

send an ()Id Alnerican schotlbus t') Nlarilt J uftl) 

a rolnantic Iitle restaurant under coconul palnzs and their 

watchman helps when you have to struggle in the surf' to get ashtlre 

or back intt) the w'ater. The dinghi has to be locked to a palnltree. 

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f'ree and the bus blings you back nearly to the dinghi dlck. Here 

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Plrlalnar seemed good since the people who earn good money 

t'rtlnl the sailors organised an armed security service that patrolled 

the area at night in a fast dinghi. Anyway dinghis were stolen from 

tilne to time. The thieves are only interested in strolg outboards. 

The rubber dinghies themselves were set adrift and sometimes 

reclvered (1 the westel-n shore of the bay. It is a rule to take the 

dinghy aboard before sunset. The 3.5 hp Tohatsu of our litle 

Bolnbard dinghi was lot what they were after. A few days before 

klur second visit to Porlamar an armed robbery happened. The 

skipper was an Austrian. The robbers w'ere after his expensive 

videt) equiplnent and a gun. Rumor said that the coastguard was 

invtdlved as they had controlled the boat thoroughly the day before. 

Then the rtlbbers knew exactly 1()8. to lind what. A mistake of the 

sk ipper was to anchor in some distance to the rest of the boats. In 

general it is more dangerous in Venezuela the longer you stay in an 

anchlrage and the nlore expensive your boat lotlks. Stll1ze sailors 

take w'tlnlen (lnboard tklr the night and don't pay af'terwards. This 

B'tluld be dangerous everywhere. 

Venezuelans are a mixture of Europeans. Africans and 

Indil's and the result is very pretty. You donft feel racial 

anilnosities. very much in contrary to the Eastern Antilles. As they 

gtlt rid (41' their colonial power Spain as early as the tirst half of the 

l 9th ccntury they are plliticaly very self contident. They show an 

tlI)el atitude t() sex. Bathing nude in a public beach is nl't done but 

lhe arelt ()1' (he bikinis can be measured in square centilueters and 

even highly pregnant women w'ear them. Children abound and lnen 

& wtlmcn treat them friendly. Tbeir t'athers or the current 

btdyl'riends of their mothers care for them in public. W omen lik'e to 

sl1()B' their lkmale atractions also in tleir every day outlit. If a 

IlaI1 shtpw's his appreciation they take notice with a smile. Aids 

seems n()l to be a big problem. On remtlte parking areas you see a 

ctlmlklrting anltlunt (,1* used condoms. 

W here ever we had met Anlericans in anchorages ()1' 

btlatyards st) far they were friendly. helpful and (lpen minded and 

usualy ntlt very happy with their current gtlvernnlent and the w'ar 

in Iraq. In Porlamar we came to know a completely different 

species. Apparently their reason for living here are the Iow prices. 

They calle dtlw'I1 from Florida island hopping and avoiding open 

B'ater w'here ever ptlssible and they w'tluld have held hands aIl the 

tilne il' that u'otlld be possible between yachts. Now' they found 

thcmselves in a w'orld that speaks exclusively foreign. You Inet 

thenl always in big grllups and even if you exchalged a few words 

it never became a real ctlntact but their w'omen communicated 

excessively on VHF. 

In nlid M arch Athenaeum Ieft us with 3 Austrian charter 

guests. ()n M trch 1 9th (lur daughter Barbara and our son in law. 

Hannes jtlined us for two weeks. In the lnorning of March 22nd we 

Ief't the bay ot' Porla lar and sailed westwards with the tradewind. 

W e passed the islands, Coche and Cubagua and headed for the 

western tip ('f the peninsula 01' Araya. W hen we rounded a beacon 

(,1* Pulta de Araya our Simrad/Navicl' tillerpilot TP3()0 stopped 

w'tlrking. Later on it turned out that saltwater had made its way 

int) the electronic at one of the litle acrylic glass w'indows that 

clver the LEDS and had corroded it. W e were very angry as il was 

the third time an autopilt't of this type had failed on -Anla 

Sophia-'. 

N()w' w'e sailed to SSE parallel to the w'estcoast ()1- the 

peninsular ('f' Araya. As the apparent wind went up to 24 kn we put 

a reef' into the main. Shortly afterwards the peninsular shielded us 

ctllnpletely from the wind and we had to start the engine. At 4 pm 

B't rcached the entrance tt) the Golfo de Cariaco and from now 01 

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was pitching heavily and we made (lnly 2 kn heading easth'ard. 

The Golfo runs from west to east approx. 25 nn1 long and 5 wide. 

On the south bank of the entrance lies Cumana. f'amous tbr its high 

crinzinal rate. capital ol' Sucre, the poorest state of Venezuela. For 

sailors the main atraction in the Golfo is Laguna Grande deI 

Opisbo- a fjord that reaches deep into the nonhcoast with it's many 

arms. W e headed for the much smaler Lagula Chica l .5 lniles 

west of Laguna Grande. As we were so slow we didn't reach it 

befbre nightfall. W e had the coordinates ol' a waypoint south of the 

entrance and reached it by help ol' (lur GPS. W hen we slowly 

approached the coast I sat in the tranlpoline our searchlight in 

hand. Suddenly a slope became visible conling dow'n f'ronl right t) 

left and so the position of the entrance was clear. A Iight was 

switched on. A French sailor w'ho lives on his btlat near the 

entrance of the lagoon had noticed us and had lit his decklight. 

Now anchllring was just routine and then w'e eljoyed a lneal and 

the fact that the enervating pitching was over. 

Next lnolming w'e realised the idyllic sunxlunding. The 

shores were covered with intensive green Illangroves with a feh' 

huts and coconut palms in the back. The slopes rising l'rom the 

water were part 01' a ban-en red desel scenery. Tle t'renchnlan 

visited us in his dinghi. The third yacht il1 the bay was Italian. W e 

stayed tbr tw'o days and then nloved to the eastnlost pan 01- Laguna 

Grande. W hen we tried to set the anchor in reverse gcar the engine 

junlped up. The weldings were broken and so w'e had to reneB' the 

lashings and had to rely on them lbr the rest ol- this saililg season. 

Later in the morning two children in a small rowing boat 

oftkred us fresh mussels and we bought thenl. Later on we were 

ttld that the fishermen send their children to avoid to be shot by 

sailtlrs scared of pirates. In the afternoon Athenaeuln entered tle 

lagoon, anchored next to us and invited us tbr dinner. They left 

again next morning and we went ashore in the al'ternoon. clinlbed 

one of' the surounding hils and enjoyed the scenery. As l'ar as we 

could see v'Anna Sophia- was the only boat in the Iagotln. The 

shores are uninhabited w'ith the exception 01- a lisherlnal's camp in 

the far west and theretbre lack 01' ctlconut paltls but are covered 

with mangroves. T le slopes above are barren with the exception 

of a lkw cactus plants and show the deep red colour t't' Iaterite soil. 

Further east on the peninsular the high mountains nlake up a 

dramatic background. As the area cal only be reached iI1 a private 

boat it has preserved its splendor and loneliness s() far. 

The following Inorning we went 25 nm westward to the 

fiord 0f Mochima. We had expected a pleasant sail with the 

tradewind but there was no w'ind at all and so we had to use the 

engine. W e anchored in a snlall sandy bay on the eastern shore of 

the (jord. The beach was crowded w'ith Venezuelan holidaymakers 

who were brought out there by Iocals in their fast pirogues from 

the vilage of Mochima. On the slope behind the beach the Iocals 

had built sunshelters and here their wonlan served fish and icecold 

beer. W e went ashore and enjoyed the lbod. the beer and the w'hole 

situation around us. 

Mochima fjord is the eastenl boundary of the lature 

reserve of M ochima that reaches as far west as Puerto Ia Cruz. It is 

a Iabyrinth of mainland bays and islands. the islands ban'en and thc 

mainland dry bush. W e anchored for one day near the village of' 

Mochima and then went around the peninsular on the westelm side 

of the fjord and anchored in the nanow bay E1 Oculto over bow' 

and stern opposite the island Venados. Here the q'ater above a 

coral reef is clear which is unusual 01 the Venezuelan coast and so 

snorkeling is excellent. 

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W e started early and reached Cunlana with next to no 

B'ind . But in the Gt)I fo it piped up and the w'aves becanle nasty. So 

we entered Laguna Grande ald anchored there for one night. Next 

lntlrning we nlanaged the Iast leg t() M edregal . 

Getlff and Pat ttlok us ashtlre t() introduce us to M edregal 

Vilage. a ctlsy bungaltpw' hotel . Jean M arc. the ou'ner- is a Frencl 

Belgian btlrn in the Ctlngo. aged arould 5(). He lives here w'ith his 

ytlulg Venezuelan w'ife Yklleda and the two year old daughter 

Shasha. As tourisnl is in a big crisis iI) Venezuela l1e Iikes sailors 

tt' anchtlr in fnlnt ()t' his hotel. They nleet regularly under a 

sunshelter next tk) the swiluluingpool. The beer ctlsts a litle nlore 

than elsewhere but the use 01- the pool and the showers is t'ree. Jean 

Marc is a good cook and introduced hilnsel f with -'coque atI vin-, 

chicken in red wine. Every Saturday' evening he prepares a special 

dilner. (lne ()1' these dinners becalue very expensive ftlI' us as 

'A lna Sophia-' received uninvited guests during that tinle. Anlong 

1he itenls stllen from the cockpit the liferaft was the I'nost 

expensive. Everybody in M edregal was shocked as the Iast theft 

had happened here three years ago and everybody had felt safe 

already. ()ne night the whole ltrea had an electricity blackout. The 

next day they tklund that stlnletlne had cut out 4 0 nl of copper cable 

l'rol'n the supplyline. An t'Id Veneztlelan w'holu we had nlct in a 

Pklrlamar restaurant had told us: -'I f yotl want to Iive in this country 

J' 'tlu nl ust have ët strtlng sense o t- hunatlr . - (31 lany yachts alcohtl beconles a heavy prtlblel'l as 

Iil'e ()1 btlartl can stlnletilnes be quite btlring. Here in Nledregal w'e 

I'net tu (' exanlples. Brad ald Karen t'rtll Florida w'ere a pleasant 

exceptitln although ()1 tbeir calling card they stated'. -our drinking 

crew' has a sti lilg prlblenl.- Jean Nlarc ou/ns a Landcrtli ser 

capëtble 01* taking up to l I people. As t'uel clsts next t() nothing 

ltnd as I1e does ntlt possess a nunzbel-plate transport i h; cheap. Each 

Saturday he takes the sailtlrs t'j the vil lage ()f Cariaco for shopping. 

Tu'ice we acconlpanietl hil t(.) the iitlle harblur town Carupant) 

and (lnce t() Cunlana. The highlight was always a lulch in a top 

reslaurant as he is a real gourlnet . Together w'ith Brad and Karen 

w'e btllked a tour t) the Caripe cftves in the state of Nlonagas that 

lurn tl tlut t) be very interesting ntlt only becatlse 01' the cave in 

w'hich the l'alulus Guachart' birds live. 

Atker 3 w'eek s in M edregal we nloved to the eastern end 

t)l' tle (Jollb t'n April 28th and anchored near the mouth ol' the Rio 

Cariact) in fhlnt ()1* a dense lnangrtlve w'ood. Late in the aftenloln 

%'e u'ent upstrealu approx. a mile in our dinghi and then drifted 

back t() the liver Inouth. Here we were in a real tropical iungle and 

it was jttscinating. Nve lnet lots 01' herons. k ingfishers and a feu' 

scarlet ibises. These birds are actually w'hite but when they get 

enougl) carotine l'roTll their diet (,1' crayfish they turn scarlet red. 

'W hen we calne back t() the river nltluth the sun was seting and 

I1tpq' %'e sau' swarlns ()t' htlndreds ot' red ibises overhead. They 

wcre an illpressive clntrast to the intensive green of the 

Inangrtlves. Ntlbody w'ltl sails in the Gllfb de Cariacl) shotlld luiss 

this experielce. 

After a day il1 the bëly of Puerto Nuevo we started our 

rctulm to Margarita early ()1 April 30th. Now we could use our 

sails again after more thal a Iuonth. On the way westward in the 

Golfkl u'e were acconlpanied by a large nulnber of dolphins lbr 

Iltll'e than 2 hours. Nvhen we Ieft the Golfo and headed north 

paralel t() the w'estern end ()f' the Araya peninsular we had to put 

tw'() reel's into the lnain ald reduce the ib to I /3 as the apparent 

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wind went up to 36 kn. The boat speed went up t() 7-8 kn. 

W e headed for lsla Cubagua. After we had rounded the 

beacon off Punta de Araya we had to take the sails dtdM.'l1 and batle 

to windward under engine power. For 5 hours we were restricted to 

2 kn and reached the SW -tip of the island shortly beftlre sunset. On 

the way t() the anchorage in Ensenada de Charagat) the sun w'ent 

down but it was n() problem to find an conveniant place in the big 

sandy bay. This eveling we could receive the BBC world service 

on shortwave clearly and as it was 1 st of M ay already in Europe 

we got the lirst reptlrts 01' the celebratitlns ()t' the enlagement of the 

EU from 1 5 to 25 menlbers. 

W e used the next day for a rest and then stalcd for the 

last leg shortly after midnight. W e expected a long batle against 

the tradewind but nlanaged t() reach the bay of Porlamar at 6 am. 

The bay had changed completely. Huge numbers of' cornllrants. 

pelicans and frigate birds had an-ived as the sardine run had 

reached M argarita. That night 3() tons oI- tuna had ended up in the 

sardine nets and one ()1' tleln l'tluld its way into otlr l'rying pan. 

After we had stocked tlp our pnlvisiols B'e sai led back 

westwards along the southctlast of' M argarita as l'ar as Punta de 

M angle and froln there to Chacachacare where -'AI)na Soplia'- was 

hauld out in M arina del Caribe whicl is actualy ël btlatyltrd rtln by 

a frenchnàan. Phlippe Philippart- a tbrnler helicopter pilot. Storage 

of' lnultihulls is rather expensive here but as we could convince 

Philippe that our slnal Tiki had to be charged Iike a I'ntlnohull we 

decided to leave the boat here. Alternatives w'ould have been the 

lnarinas in Pueno la Cruz or Navinlca in Ctlnlana. M any sailors 

had wanled us not to choose Navinlca. 

Chacachacare is situated in the driest Ctrea of s'lftrgarita 

il'l lhe Iuiddle of nowbhere. The latter reduces the risk ot' theft. 

During night a w'atch lan w'ith gun and dogs is t)I1 duty. Ol' t-tlurse 

lnost things have t() be btlught in Porlaluar but therc is Ct little shop 

here seling basitls and cold beer. A retired ship-s cotlk prepares 

n'leals o1 request ald del ivers thelu t) the yaclts. 

W hen I serviced the engine it turned tlut that there u'Cts 

only seawater in the gearbox instead of' ()il. W hen the suspension 

('f the engine broke the gearbox had been cracked and it seelns a 

Iniracle to me that the engine stil worked l'or another 2(X)nm and 

2.5 lnonths. So a new engine must be bought and I stil don-t know' 

how to get it down to Venezuela. 

'W e Ief't Margarita by air ftlr Port ol' Spain 01 M ay 24th. 

spent lklur days in Trinidad where we hired a car and toured the 

island and were back htlnze in Austria on May 29th, 

Eb-fuen&er cnd Gundi hcve returned to Annc sophic 

cnd wil be cruising &hrough &he W indwcrd Isles towcrds 

Mcrtinique for c rendezvous wi'th felow PCA members 

Be&rcnd cnd Mcrie-Helene Fercol cnd their recently 

lcunched Tiki 30 PHA. W e Iook forwcrd to seeing LOT5 

of photos in &he next issue. 

Berlrcnd knows of cl Iecsl &wo olher W hcrrcms around 

Mcrlinique cnd hopef ully :uenter cnd oundi can invite 

some other W hcrrcms en route.

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6d-As Ken and I were put#ing this isue Aoge&her , I received @ 

our f irst recl-time meet report in an e-mcil f rom Ann 4 Nev r 

while #he meet wcs wiqding down on Sundcy af ternoon (Floridc I 

time). This even't and èhe suppor: NZ members are providing for 

John Jcmeson (see NZ repor: below) shows l'hct 'the ?CA ccn be 

c real time organizaèion providing cid and inf o cs needed. 

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Gene u'i 11 be w'riting yotl sool about the nleet . but this is j ust aI1 

additiontl view'. '! 

The lleet is going u'el I u'ith true Florida sunshine Iuring PCA 

I'nenlbers ktll the w'lty across Alnerica I'roll Vanctptlver. Briti s1 

(rolu lbia in Canada ald l'rtll'n Denver Ckllritdtl higl tlp iI) the i 

Rock y N1 (Juntai ns . W e w'i 1 have hatl thi 14 y atenders by the eld 0 f ' 

the w'eek end and fotl' boats ilcludilg tlree s&rhal'ralns ( (lne t)1' 

I 

which arrived under sai I ). Tltre n'ert tB'() chi Idrel) . Twbo leu' PCA I 

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couples M. i l l be 1 (liTli n.s! . Several old nlelnbers cal'le Ctnd w'e htlpe 1. 

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t hey B'i l I re 1 t)i 1 . ' 

This sptlt and date êtl'e gltld eltlugh t) repeat and 1*01' sure. Gene 

Perrl' is a nltlst ctlrdi:tl and t'rgaliztd l'ltlst ltl(.l deserves aTly 

anlt'tlnt t'I' prai stl . 

(Jreal.e st vert ical di st ltlce t rave led : 

1.71s' i d (.t, Sltral Inah I st 1'0 1 dvtldahl (.t: a(.ll .c()1 

7 7 85 10B t't l I bl vd 

I 

:An-ived at the nleet under sail : Tonl 51il iano iT1 lis slelalesit 

t 

I Hosted Ileet and did so perlkctly'. Gene Perry 

The plizes this year u'ere Anita's hald nlade bl'tlk Ilarks and tilty 

' B'ere adnlired greatly. 

W e lad supper in a restauralt (,1 Saturday night and al I went 

ashore in Gele's Tiki 26 I NSEPERABLE. l 5 sotlls t)n tlat btlat 

Inade her Iou' i1 the u'ater. but she went salk and steady ald ()l1Iy 7 

rettlnled t() sleep abklard because the others w'ere canlping ()r tlrlve 

1tllue. 

W lile sve w'ere in the restaurant, an tlriginal painting by Jlck' ()1' 

catanlarals in Ptllynesia u'as presented to the ctluplt? thtlught Iltlst 

I ikely t() begin building a bklat in tle lext I 2 lntlnths and it w ent t() 

Robbie and Nlary who w'ill halg it up in tle Rocky Nlountains t() 

enclurage theln. 

. The potltlck catering was excel lent as usual - and tlc ctlversatill) 

was ilteresting and helpful because questitlns w'ere alsw'ered and 

ideas kicked anluld. Sve think both (lur ltpng distance attelders 

u'i l I sool buy plans - prtlbably Tik i 26s. And gelertl ly it las been 

al excel Ient nleet. 

()tlr l'i rst nleet i 1 Florida had 011 y tlne btlat and l l atendtrs . but 

th is l'neet has tlree boats ald 3() atlendel's . Eitch I'lect a lng t he 

' East C'klast has lnore fol k s and that gi ves u s a l it 1 e thri l l . 

W e must meet here aaain next A'ear on the first week end in 

Decem ber. 

Al l the best. Al1l1 al'ld NeN' 

SC O TLA ND /PCA /N EW ZEA LA N D 

I received an e-mail f rom Judy Jcmeson Saturday evenin: 

informing me #ha# John had arrived slfely in #he Opuc, 

Bay of Islands New Zealcnd from Tongc. 

Inciden#ly, she csked if I or other members could help 

source some spcres for John. Leaping onto #he in#erne't did 

some scurcying/googling around-#hen had c 'though#. Could 

NZ members help John wi#h sourcin: closer Ao him, rather 

f'ha# do i# here in UK/europe and inevi#able shippin: delay. 

so, wi#h PCA member handbook and online a#lcs I found I 

Opuc f irst and 'then looked a# #he NZ members in #he handbook. 

I found 3 members Iess than lx km f rom Opua and I 

sen# ou# e-mails Ao Ahem seeing if 'they could offer Jbhn any 

assistance. I also con#ac#ed bon Brazier down in Aucklcnd I 

Ao see if he could of fer Ion: term Iogis#ical with his ex#ensive 

knowledge (md experience of w hcrrams tmd Sea People 

in New Zealand. 1 

One e-mailed bounced. one sen: aut'o reply saying 'ou't : 

of off ice' bu# bon replied almos# ins#an#tmeously. Of ferin: 

#he distcmce suppor# #hc# I hoped he would. On Sundcy 

J 

morning Chris Bone replied s'ating #ha# he'd sent someone up 

l'o loca'te and offer assisAonce t'o John from his bcse in 

W hangerai. Advising clso on #he checpes: mcrina cround 

O-u#ukcka) and second checpes# (in whangerci) wi#h ber#hs 

plenty big enough for Iarger w harrams. 

fhris hos ex#ended his of fer of assistunce/advice 'to any 

o#her PTA members cruising in #he generul crea. 

John has had some diff iculN in ge##ing crew for some 

Iegs of his 'trip (md hopefuly chris and/or bon ctm help him 

ou' in Ahis area also. 

This sor# of community can apply Ao jusl abou# anyone, 

anywhere on #he globe if you check your handbook. If you 

don'# see anyone where you're headed, check wi'h an areu 

rep/commi##ee member (they may know someone else) 

Dcve Peak 

Vice Commodore 

* The Sea People December 2()()4

ln P raise of Sm aller W harram s 

The Pros and C ons of Sm aller and Lighter Boats 

Pro: Better sailing 

Changing to a smaller lighter boat almost always results in better 

I sailing. The truth is: Light air is more common than heavy air and 

I most sailors tend to avoid heavy-air days. 

Pro: Lower Ioads, less m uscle required 

' 

. Smaler and lighter boats don't generate the same Ioads as heavier 

; boats, meaning that they don't require the same strength and you 

don't have to musele things as mueh. 

Pro: Crew not required 

Smal boats don't require crew. Rounding up people to go sailing 

is a never-ending problem. Also, smaller lighter boats make single 

handling nlore of an option. There are few things as rewarding as 

spending an afternoon sailing by yourself. W here crew' is required. 

less are needed and their needs place less demand on owner/ 

skipper. 

Pr(): Advantages of high-tech 

Smaler and lighter boats benetit more from recent technological 

advances, ranging in improvements in sail shape and cloth to composite-ctlnstruction 

techniques. f 50- l 00 worth of carbon tibre 

lnakes nlore dramatic changes on a 1 6-2 I ' boat, than on a bigger 

boat. 

I 

Pro: Building 

I Smaler and lighter boats wil be tinished quicker, thus you'll be 

sailing stloner. 

. Pro: Cost 

. N() brainer here. Less investnlent in initial craft plus less cost for 

aII her equipluent too ! 

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1 Con: High-motion boat 

A lighter boat tends to be m ore active in the water and the 

I motion is not as friendly. A disadvantage ()f downsizing is 

I that the rapid motion of light boat is tougher on the stom - 

Iach. 

il Con: Low payload capability : 

Lighter boats can't carry payload as their heavy cousins can. ' 

Even if you cruise only occasionally, you wil still need to 

. load up the boat with provisions and gear, which can etfec- 

! tively spoil the boat's performance. 

Con: Narrow structural tolerance 

Smaller and Iighter boats need to be well engineered and 

constructed to nzaintain the sam e structural quality of heavy 

boats. 

Con: W orld cruising dem ands for comfort and seaworthiness 

If you do actualy sail around the world, chances are you 

would probably enjoy it more on a heavier boat. Speed is 

I relatively unim portant on a world cruise, whereas com tort 

I x 

and seaworthiness are prim e design tactors to consider. 

p Con: Faster passages 

' Slower average speeds will be m aintained on smaller vesl 

sels in the higher wind ranges. 

It's at about this point the Cons run out of steam . 

So IF enlugh ot' the pros apply and you can live with sonle of the cons . a smaler lighter vessel might be the order of the day. 

But in the end it comes down to our need. Do I need a 40- world cruiser when I just want to sail local waters? Can I aflbrd it at present? 

So our choice of boat depends on so many diflkrent things. There's always the danger that with our dreams of sailing the oceans of the 

w'orld we overlook the pleasure to be derived from getting a day sail in the bay. W ith this is mind you-l find the next l 2 pages dedicated to 

the smaler but non Iess worthy W harram boats the classic M aui- Hitias. M elanesia and Tiki 2 l fllinemoa (at which stage we're gelting 

into the mini-cruiser realms). 

The Sea People lssue 58 December 20()4 @ 

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Depth stil (lne letre. thought I Rd tack stl()n. We B'ere j j 

saililg licely il) a stl ly Ftlrce 3-4, the lew' cutter rig I had 

' ' 'k ing betutilklly - I1tlt nltltrh to w't.lI-l'y Lilian W tdiJd: ( Ilee B(')()l1) Hila 'TLIRANGA 

lnade this w intcl 5: ol 

about. CRIJNC'H !. tk'ucletl btJttlnl. Sklundetl Iik'e sllid nlus- O 

riginal artwork 

sels. Tack ! .. were u'e Iloving again.? Yes. . .CRRRUNCH . ' . J'-'- ' L . . 

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. drawn by 

agftin . Stl'alge it ditln - t seeltl tlat sha llw' real l y. . but thel ' - ' .. ' 

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Iny hearl stopped . I vaguely sau' the tt'p of' :1 rou' of stakes -?'*' , . -' 

Lilian Boon 

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( pil ilgs ) abotl a l'(ltlt untler w'atel'. . '' ' 

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This ltltlked bad - . - -tmr - 

- B't w'ere tt' w'indu'ard ol thcn) and hall , 

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stuc k. bei 1 g pu shed i nt () tlell. O f course- l had let the sheet c-. . -.q- . . ., . . . t - - ' 

go ald then quickly dropped the sails. I could sense that the . * ' 

starbtlard hull was nlore subllerged . Indeed. lotpking inside t ;,. : . 

lhere w'as B'ater in the bilge- risilg quite fast. ' ' 

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had acted autllnatically - 1tlw' it w'as tilne to think t'(lr a . 

nlo lent . the t ide w'ould keep rising tor another halt hour'. l 

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couldn - t g() alyw'here until I did solnethilg about the leak s -' 

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and I had to avoid getting luore htlles. -7 ' 

I ripped ()f t lly saf ety hëtrlless and JeI seys, picked tlp the # 

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ltl c 1 ()1' ltl tl i tl1 1) c tl t) $; e rtAtpitl'tl t) &N':t tl e (ltlt êl s fïtr Ct s tl1 k: N&':tl-I7 

reacletl. It w'l ts i.t stlntlge lkeling 'kveari I1g u'el suit trltlsers . l'l.y 

legs tl'ied t) jlt.'ji.t. I I'eached the end (,1' tle li Ile. pul the anchlr 

dtlw 

1 ltnd pusletl it iltt) t l1e lud ;.t bit u'itl l'ly btltlts. tht'tn j'(ll - 

lt.'w't?d the l iltl bltck t', Ttlralga. P()(.)l' Turktnga- sle Iotlk' ed l'lurt. 

I illping (41 ('le lu 11 . I clilbed back t)n deck. pantil'tg a bit antl tried 

ptl l i ng t l'le tl'1cltlr w'arp . l ctluld l'eel tlat the anchor w'as hf.'l di ng 

Ctld 'Turalga started lntlvilg aw'ay l'rt')l't) the pi l ilgs . At a sal'e distance- 

l cleatet.l tl'le w'arp ltntl ttl'led rotll'ld 1() ilvestigate. Tl'le w'ater 

N!. as tlv'er the ltltlrbtlards and it B'as a real lness : sleeping bags ald 

cllthes w'ere aIl soaked '. stlggy crackers. teabags. nlatcbes and 

ltlating contailers w'ere everyw'here. At the l'irst Ilint ol' trouble I 

had pul letl the box u'ith t he cassette pl ayer in il otlt ('f lhe B'êter s() 

I ptlt evel'ything t'tlse out ol the lranlptlline t) drip dry. 

I w'as sure there w'as 10 hole in the fbru'ard ctllnpal-tllelt. but l 

u. as nt't t'el-tltin about the batrk t'lIle. I ttltlk' the hatch off itnd picked 

up tl'le radio - Nvater ran ('ut o 1- it ald al so out (')f a few' bk'ltpk' s and 

l1 y passpol't . Tle 1(')1 es w'ere vi s i bIe ntlw' t hat everyth i ng w'as otlt - 

side. sN'el 1 it certainly ltltlkt'td like the cnd tlf this voyltge - u'tp lad 

sai led ()11 y 5() Ini Ies and iltended to sai l over t() England . Hou/ever 

the prtlble l at the I'nt lelt u'as saili ng those 5() Ililes back again. 

I fi shetl (lut the lellane sttlve . f'ou nd dry latches i n the t'thcr 

hull and I'lade stlletling I1('t t) checr nlysel 1* up. It u/kluld be solue 

hours belklre Ttlralga dried tltlt and I could stal4 patchilg her up. 

Nlealti Il'le I tried to stlrt tI1 ings out. T linki ng about it- I vas a bit 

upset. 

A cotlple t'l' hlurs later. l ubalk ed arou l1d the btlat t(') êlsscss the 

danlage - there w'erc li vt l'ist sizetl htlles and cracks. I prepared l'ly 

spare p ieces of plyu/ood pl us tle o f the lokprboards . dri I l ing holes 

:11 round the etlges s(.) I ctluld stick the l t() the hull sides w'ith seI IL 

tappers ald --sealastic-. Fortuntïtely there was ()11 y one hole o1 the 

tranlpt'l i ne s ide '. even st) it u'as tlconlfol-table on nly k' nees i 1 the 

Ilud - I lctd t) dig Ilear tle kcel belbre I could use the screu'driver 

;ts I w'tlrk ed k nee 1 i I1g in a puddle ot' w'ater. 

1 gt't nice blisters. Al leëtst the jtlb w'Cls donc as u'el l as w'as pkpssible. 

so l w'ashed ol'f lhe ltld and glt back' ilto lny u'etsuit trousel's. 

s'lost tlt' l'le B'ater inside tle lull hatl lMn out again : l used the 

ptllnp t() renltlve B'lat u'êts lel't . 

W titi ng 1*01. tle t i de agti 1 . I had sllnle * hot s Iu dge - al'ld then 

vK'rappt?d nlysel 1- i 1 a space blalket ( l li nd I can'y a l()t (31' eq tl iplent 

w'hich w'Cts extre lely tlselbl then ). I shivered a l()t. but I 1t.1st 

have vK'lken up Clbotlt ()2 .()() t) the sound (.)1' w'ater tritlkl ing i 1 - ntlt 

real I y fbst thtltlgh. I ct')u I d lanage to keep this dou'n by pu nlpi ng . 

It u'as a quict night. u'ith lt l ight stluthq'est u'i nd. L7ntier yalk te 

t'l l y we s I ipped awbay- back east . I u'as gl ad k' 1t)B' thi s area 

l'ai rl y u'el l - becatl st I w'as qu i te bu sy ptl llping ktnd ktcpi l'lg al tytl 

(41 the u'Ctter leN'el . Al't?r lklur ht'urs. 1y arls u'tre very stll'e . 

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'I-len w'e rltl'l agrou nd agai n. 

It u'as abtltlt t'$N'() Ili les tt) tlc bil'd B'atclel's ' ald tle beêtctl nexl 

tk) it . I ttlok a beltring ltnd ptlt t he c( lpass i 1'1 1'1 y pkpck' ct t l1e 1 set 

t'ut acro ss tle sandbank . Thcre B'as a sl rtlng B' i l'ld 1'( ',1) beh ild '- 

B'hi spered i 1 the sand and i 1 nly ()i l ski 1 s . I t fe I t l i k' e I B'as NK al ki 1 g 

tln the I'lotll. just space al'ound Il'le . ()I)ly tle beltrtln in thc tlistalce 

gave nle soluc stctlri ty . HaI 1' an I'lou 1* l ater I u'ktl ketl Ctl'lltl l'ld 

lle barracks altl cl ilbed up thc beactpl) . I lkluntl tle u Ctrdel tnd lt.t 

u'as very hel pftl I - l nlade :1 shaky cal l k'hn tl'lc rCtd it) and stayed by 

Ilis sttlve unti l l 2 o - clock - thel it u'as tile t(.) g() bltck t', A-tl'ltl'lglt. 

I t w'as rai n i ng ald l ctlu ItI 101 see the bo t. btlt 1k) l ('lw'ed l)1 y 1*()( lt - 

prints unti I she l'ilally l()()l11ed otlt ('lt' the dtrk. 

W l1el1 the tide tyal'le i 1 I stal-ted punlpi ng agai n ald a j'ter tle l'i rst 

bullps 01 the sald. I puled her l'rte ald set the yftlkct!. T le last 

ten I'liles w'tltld have been :1 gtld sCti I i 1- I hëtdl'l -1 hftd tt) ptll7 :tl l 

the ti nle. 

I w'as B'orried thkt the t'anlil y B'êts N'ery alxitlus ltbtltlt 1y w'hereabouts 

because I w'as strhedu Ied tt' arrive at T trscltl lilg tlt ni gl'lt 

belk're . Around 8 o- cltpck' I decidcd t'p B'alk t() lhe bil'dw atclers ' 

barrack s (.)1 Engelsnlalpltat'. stlnletlne u, êts sure t(' be tltre êt this 

tinle t)f year and there u'ltll(I probably be a V HI7. I restetl a bit 

Illtdl'e but it w'lts very ctld and I cluld l1()t sleep. I tried t() vK'CtI-l'l 

l'lysel 1' and dry 1 y socks over tl'le l'let hane sto ve . 

At Lauw'ersoog l antzlortd and lel't Turalga in a sl1aIl()u' cklrner 

fkpr the Iliglt. Nict) ( Ily fatler) tlltlk' Ille ltlnle Ctld tl'le next day u'e 

l:tuled ler (lut. 

Ttlranga did nk't sai I agai n 1 hat year. but 1 d i d . A B'ee k a l'te 1' t ile 

accident I btparded Tortuga. 1'1:h/ sister and her htlsband ' s Narai ald 

w'e sai led around Engl and- Scotlald and W tles - tltk i ng abltlt tB'tl 

w e k s . 

'I'lis articltr (lriginally appeared in Nlult ilu ls 5. Iagazine 51 arcl/rN pril 

l 982 and appears 1,). pernlissitln 4)9% 5. I ultih lls 5. Iagazi nt? I nt-. 

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Voyages in sm a l W harram C atam arans 

G erald W inkler 

The Nvharra l stlry began with a relatively slual seagoing 

catanlktral 5() years ago. 'IMANIIARIIA w'as a little boat. just 23 

lk t L()A. She prlved to be a seawtlrthy design at her crossing ()1' 

tle Bay t't' Biscay after Ieaving England in l 955. Nevertheless 

there q'as a lot ()1- roonl lbr inlprovelnent. After the Atlantic 

crl'ssing Jltm ts Nvharraln clearly recognised and analysed her 

strtlng and u'ttk- ptlints. He started to design a portfolio 01* 

ctta larans based ()n the Icssons Iearnt and did stick tt) it without 

anl' cllupronlises until nou'. Ctlntrary t() (lther designers he did not 

neglect the %'i sh jklr slual ler seagoing cruisers. 

N()w's al'ter j() years nlany voyages were nlade in sluall ( less than 

3() feet ) S'Vharraln catalnarans. sonle were spectaculara sonle f'ar 

away l'ronl the publ ic. sonze luadt reularkable offshore trips and 

(lthers did renlark able undel-tak ' 'ings by' Ileans of' trailer sailing. It 

w'ould be ilnpl'ssible t() ctlnlpile a complete report of all these 

-epic' vtlyages. This article should give you exalnples and :1 

lavtltlr ()j' B'hat can be achieved. E.g. did you kntlw that the 

Atlanlic ocean has been crtlssed already seven tilnes by Tikis '? 

PIONEERING PHASE 

' 

T()n1 and Canll Jtpnes could be considered pioneers in slnal 

W litrral) deep water cruising. Surnlner l 975 was considered as 

disastrlus between the Alnerican East coast and the Bernludas. 

They did a I()t of cruising in this area onboard their 23' Hinemaoa 

rI>hvo BBITS'. they were of'fshore when the wind increased -. 

Hurricane Blanche was cltlsing in : 

' S'srt.z t 'lltlyl,tl rf.,1 

sltaler .$'t.lI'/x t/?lJ kei'l( Flt/r ltlob'ilt vqb 'k-t? u't.zrtp (ilaIjrtxt./ 

I/('tzf/ 

1.() A'J'tr?r?l, jib tl/t'?7t.z, b-lile /èp?-t-tz 7 xtretlks I.$'dp?'t? otl /'/t., 

bt'tl(,r. Tl t? :(l1Ier ?/?tJ /brcx&? '$'- tle .çq/?t'a,'?'J'cr tilîle t'.l xJt'??7?? 

jib ('t.l? ? be 

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tptlrt - t'.?,? Rabbit u-/ J'/ ler l 6-/bt.)r 

/b?'f, sul '$.'- ?/?fJ stortl j?'/7 .b'(1 1.j- Cf s th ?'f.)I/c/'l t1 /?yr(.t> 1 . 'k'k't, 'ks'tzrt.z bt,l(.lbî-b 

t//lt/ Rtlbbit 1$-/.1.% .vkalf .$'/t,t.lv'll f.r llerself I.t '?'r/ ? her /?t./?? Iashed a?J /?t?r 

.b't()rlîl //*/J fltlt al?l ït./A'/2ï/?x. 

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(lir 'kt-f/s' /àf // f?/' kj't//t'?- t'l?lt,/ tll(' k.k 

't//tar s() /i// f?/' (lir /'/?t'IJ' the t/.$'J l'!l()'fJ'fp?l 

kj-tzrt, ll(Ir(l //.? ?t?l't>. b%'lt,lt p/?t? 'kj 'iltl /7/c'k.k. ltlrtlest - I'k-t' u't?rt' t7/.?f?df / 

3() ?l'/t'.$ //'f?? /?t' t' ï'tp, B()I'l F.?t'/tlr Ll.l ('rt/u. xlf rl 'ij'etl 1.j-?'J /?t'plf fIosill 

v 

t/? ï'?'/?/'?? f?, breakil z t/?J'r /?ï/? z. ()r /ldrJ /?l t.r tle (.rt,1.$,. ' 

California tbr a I ifetinle adventure in l t)83. he sailed dos'n 

singlehanded the coast to M exico- later he sailed on to Hawaii and 

after visiting lnany different islands he reached Thailand il1 South 

East Asia. He w'as the l'irst who had crossed the Pacilic Oceal iI1 a 

small 'W harraln. Later he lost his Pahi 26 PEREGRIN in the 

Philippines. but could rebuild her ( Detailetl story in bt'x )

' 

rib'e r.î') Sillbqtlp : rt> tltl co/'lzl iltlîtl /? 1() r$'ï?s.ç I /1 tz ??TJ?l.$.:? tp?l îb'itzl.b' A'T> (l.b' 

?t'.? 17/1 14't,.î'/' tlt'rt').b's J'/lt' u$'1/1/ tlld .$'t'?!f r/) lL'lila .q't?t75' atîd .$'Jrt'Jl'r.î' f#' 

54tlIaL'(.a I'k'ï'J'/? J'àt.p bb-ilt'l 

f/?t.'/l 1,1 5'I/? ?l?2t.,r /-1/,.1 bao'k J/?t.z other u't7v. 

In 1 990 Glenn lost his boat in the harbour of Cebu in the 

Philippines (Typholn M ike) but w'rote: 

' ,,/:1$. nulllb' .$'t't7?. ' /.'$' alul ?ltpl?;' blkl't /7/t'?('/cx Iater , Peregrine is 

t'(?)l'?lJ( :() e ('îlt e' r. . .. ' 

In the late 1980-s Coastal Trekking and Trailer sailing of smaller 

W hanum catamarans became quite popular around the world. a 

few examples: Pahi 26 AM AZON built in western Canada was 

trailed by Bil Gardam to Florida for extended cruising in the 

Bahamas ( including a Iot of equipment on deckl'. in the same year 

Ed Bears ( nomen est omen) sailed his Tane Nui FIREW OOD 

some 700 11 from Vancouver (SW Canada) to St Rupert at the 

Alaskan border'. on the other side 01' America Gene Perry sailed his 

Tiki 2 I PAHLIULI down the coast to the Florida Keys. Gerhard 

Bobretzky sailed in Europe from the Adriatic Sea to Turkey and 

M ike and Jenny W ynn trailed GRATITUDE (Tiki 2 1 ) from 

England to Yugoslavia and sailed down the Adriatic Sea from Krk 

to Hvar. 

' 

This was topped by 1he Hitia l 7 iourney by Pierre and Marie La 

Plante in NE Canada. They sailed SKUA down the St. Laurence 

river. visited beautiful inaccessible country: They sailed during the 

day and camped at night. SKUA was junk rigged and Piere was 

satistied with the rig but had his problems with the hatches and the 

trampoline. 'l'he boat did quite wel: 

' 

1't, hugged Jlta (-()asî fteyl4't7rJ.& l'he ct7.,'/ vb'ith /'/Ie. prebxliling 

T's't,'.sq/tzr//ez.s' illd /lt'J/7l'll/t's/v sailed 2 -3 l?l'/fz.î' (?ftkhore' /?I/r 

oç-lxlsiotlall'i' /1:/:/ t() .j't'll'/ sotte tppta/ l stretlnhes. stlït.' tles f.77trl/cl/rtl,.s' 

tll()lt tl T$'tJ.î' tl ?ltrl?lty r(lI,I ta t'rç).b'.b'iluq, 1$'t, lzltl r/? é/tl :J j4?p r(.c ts (Jll t Fita 

/7 (>(ltl 'j-l'/l .s'r : t:/a /? rt,tl 2:1 ç pf-tl $-t,.$' d71/ / b'itlî A? t) a//p .$'tz t fll t/ tll ta A?lzdl'?l 

bs'el l't,t.J/pJ 1t 't, l.s't/rd, t't.-?-s. stjI, tl/r/;t')J./-q/? qltite 1.$,t.'r und ('f'>/J. ' They 

logged 750 nm during their jounley which ended at Cape Breton 

Island ( between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland ! f ) 

FIRST TIKI TRANSATLANTIC 

In M arch 1990 Bob and Dan Beggs set sails in England bound for 

Belize - Central Anlerica for the first Tiki 26 transatlantic and the 

tirst one in a smal W harram after the TANGAROA trip (apart 

from the Atlantic circuit. sailed by the Jones-s onboard VIREO- a 

W haram style 27 footer in 1 979) : its been quite early during the 

season and the Bay of Biscay gave thenl a hard time- w'ind gusting 

up to force 9 and they w'ere reefed down but still making 8 knots. 

later between La Coruna and M adeira again they encountered very 

di flicul t conditions : -. . xt'>t'?/l bletb' tl/' gale ./brt.tJ, and f//ta w't/ l'ta.î' 

ill'reaxed d?7 lleight Jt'? about .?5 //t.-?. B':;' u'tart.z .î'tpt'>?l .5'Jtr./i'?l-ç Jf.?ît'? 

r/lt.'?l tJr speed ï'?l ca'(.t.'.î'A' (.4. 15 l'??t'??tî'. F/lc u'Jl.'t,.5' began &? break 

tl/f?l e tlleir r(?p.$', t'tkl/-$'l'?? tfk, the ('t)cl'pl'r t() .#// îb'itll -$'ql,/î'rr't.z/i'/l,j. bvhite 

1.$'fl?t,r ()'t A't/î'ezrtl/ t?('(.tl.j'Ik)?x, blt J'/?l'.î' quicklv Jrt'ls'?.lfzl out r/lrtpl/#,/l 

îhe (?l/HpotlrJ wel (it being a G RP boat, aI of them having the 

outboard well in the cockpit). A.î' w'tz approached l/le' M adeira 

A/'t./7i'pt.'/tvqt'.? tle u'e'tkr/?t'r .j'tpe/l?/tzJ to Jt?/t.zrïtprl/'t.z jùrther. xfp u'ez rat, 

belbre l/7tz b'itd. plcwt/l'l?tç .#pr t'J sntall l'.s'/t7lJ Q'aled Ffpr/'f) Saltto. AA' 

1$.: approtlç'hed tpl/r /,t'JI.'t.'?l the /?I/ tj't? Atlantio' rt'y//e'r.î' u'crtz ru lling 

1/p agailst #lc sloalilg xt?t/ bed, r/?l'x lbrl'ed J'/?f? .%txl ff.l heap l/p, and 

rt'/-$.$. TIKI t'p roltld tpr .$'tp?t, î'tzcv alarllitl kq t'?l.q/f?5'. This t.z-t'ttrptrf/l/n xç 

?()î't>??.?tz? l-t1u ,s'e't/ rltv? oj' #?t? rope /t/.î'/?i'l?#5' b%'hi(.h /7I'?lJ the Jptezt7?'?ls' 

tlld /1//,: togetler ?t'? Iooxell . . . . . 

They did some repair work and continued to Tenerifa (Canary 

' 

Islands) froln there they sailed across the A lantic t() Antigua'. the 

crossing took them 2 1 days covering 2850 nnl. they ctlntintled via 

Janlaica to Swan Island (hunting lbr a gtlod llap ()1' Belizel'. 

disaster struc k M ay l 9ti' l 990 when they hit a reel' a lkw' lli Ies 

before they could reach their final destination 

' The #?-.&r rtlyx (tf .î'l/,?/tt;.r/?? 11(1t1 .jI/A'? k-ix.%t'tl J/lt, ltlriz.tl, kî.'/?tz?? 

sltldetîlv 1$-t, strlfk'k :1 Q'oral rct#', ?/lt, ?t>.!'f îî't'? 

î-tz Iitttul .'J7A.-/ t'??t/ 

slanlnled her t')l?Jt'? the p-t,tz/'. The /arct/(l'/lt.) 1't/ t't.z.î' 

t/lt/ :11(, .:1/.-/' 

t':>? tillt ézf/ t() /?/f.$'/l i///t'J /i/ t-tl t, ?- () 1? t() t /? t' L'()t'(l /.$'. If? îiI lî-t' î'tJ?'tJ /3 r ?/ J' 

stltck. #t///p hulls 'pk/dr't? ?lt'?'k1' /lt'.)/&t'/ (l(i .î 

' ' ' /f.,$.$ /'$ 

.lilillg 1.$'1'/? .Yetl 

1$'tz/ez?'. '. 

Via Ham Radio their M ayday was received and tley w'ere rescucd 

by the British Forces. but the boat was lost. Nevel4heless the Tiki 

design could be considered as very wel prtlven. 

TIKI 21 AROUND THE W ORLD 

If we talk about epic voyages then there is (lI1e which cal be 

considered as the ultiluate - Rory M cDougal-s circunllavigatikln. 

Tiki 2 1 COOKING FAT was built real solid but (lnly spartanly 

equipped - had no engine - her motor were the wind and the 

skippers energy and determination. He lnet the W harrams en rtlute 

- read his story in the box - w'hat a nlan. 

' 

THE RORY M CDOUGALSTORY 

A year later another epic voyage started ( 

. on August 6 h 1l 

99 1 . Rtlry 

M cDougal set sail and headed south fronl Lands End - Elgland. 

Steve Turner introduced me to Rory in 1 990, w'hen 1e was buildilg 

his famous Tiki 2 l COOKING FAT. She is an interesting btpat. 

basicaly a GRP boat, but in addition traditional bulkheads were 

fited in (not necessary on the GRP design ) and she had a deck and 

cabin style like the Tiki 36. Originaly Rory w'anted to go around 

the w'orld in a l 8 foot beach cat e.g. a Tornado. . .however the Tiki 

w'as a good choice. COOKIE did wel in bad weather, could sail 

very fast (e.g. heart breaking surf through the Strait of Gibraltar). 

could stand some payload (remember the deck chairs & windsurf'er 

on her foredeck in the Tasman Sea @ F8?). As many others he 

encountered very bad weather after leaving the Canary islands. '. . Catlaries F?t7r#t?lf rs l'j'tart.z basled /.75. F/ 1 1.t'/'?lJ.$', t/t '(.bcltAra:etl 

à't,-ru't,-tl'? the steep ,.?2t'91.1,?&/1'/7t'-,./.$' islaltds. COOKIE rf/ltz ()tIt J/?tz 

.î'rt'.?r?? î'e'r .y lilppily rtp a 1 .$'g.pzl. sea tltlt-ltlr t'/llt/ 250 Jt/t'r f?/' ,1 j.'Iol 

u'tkrp set t'lî't'r the .s'J'crnx. She ft.vltzl /lt,?o'tJ/,' (il()b'itlg lf.s' t() A 1(1.b. Jrl' 

belobs' tJ?t/ to rt,.s'/'. ll ./27(./. the .î'?'J'I/t'J?'i't'?/l /p/? xo ,î'tgi//tzt/ t?lt/ 

?'c/a.vtpl. . ' lt took hin'l 29 days to cross the A( lantic ( 28(X)n 1) . 

1 ./4 rrib'itl k, ?'? the C.'t/rs'/7/.?t.'t'/ll 14't'lx thrillil k'. l l$'t7.$' espeLnitllb' /)/-t/lfJ :() 

e'n/tgr ()t ?.?v f.)14,?.) bra î.'ta little crzl/i. .N() t':?lvqï??t.z tl?lJ 10 t'/Ft'/'ri't'.s'. J1.Yt 

tl sextatlt, 1 0 -vèztzr-tr.l/l reductiolt &/dp/tzx a?.?J t? (.fpl?ptl.$'.$'. ' 

Folowing Roryk statement you can say that the size ()t' the cat w'as 

only secondary - big achievement. He then sailed on to Pananla. 

The passage through the canal is difticult t'or an engineless btlat. 

First Rory tried to be picked up Piggy-back ()n a freighter. but this 

was not allowed by the Canal adlninistration. Filally COOKIE was 

towed alongside a Swan 42. From here he sailed single handed. 

Rory was using a self steering systenl nanled 'Harry- w'hich 

became a legend as w'ell 

' 

. .F-lr .î'f'??e' b3'o()d- qg/l/t.', bolts tpllt/ sîrilèg, I f/it'.,/-f.;/l r/ltl? .#./al-cy' 1.!-t?5' 

a /:l? é?.$.Jït.' llelnlstîtan. ,f'ft/ (-()l.tld t'tpt.- bs-ith tl pl 

v strelgth ()r t/l'rct'/àf/ll 

çtj' I$'ï? è/ à? / (J 1$71 ti J /1 ill. . ' 

He took a rather unusual route across the South Pacitic. because he 

did not want to spend the required cash at the Galapagos islands 

nor to pay a bond in Tahiti. which is required for visiting yaclts. 

Rory was in a hurry to meet his girlfriend in New Zealand and 

consequently sailed quite long stretches having stops only at Easter 

* The Sea People 

123 t) kl e l11 17 tl' :! ()():1

' 

Island- Nlalgareva and Rarotonga onto New' Zealand. The final falui Iy w'eekend sailing - it - s rough out there. He added t) his Tik i 

approach becanle di l'ticult and becalne an endurance test: 26 SIEIRA an electfic autopiltlt systenl and spray hoods sinlilar t() 

' /! .%ltl'f 'ta.vxl'f/l (t' /f?1$' /?rt,.y'xlf nz.j' Faf??/zt/-t/tzl lk.b', .$'lj't't'pi'ltq !d/? .//f'?/? 

//?t, stlltllenl t?('t,t/,?, f'nptltitlg rt/pït/ bs'etltlcr ('&t'?/? .t;t,x t'/?t/ /?/t,??rJ' (-.,1? 

bî.()rk f?? t/tzt'/k'. F/?t, bî'f'tller .vf?JA' bvltlted tle /t?A'r îb'('lrd I.j.'ï/'/? tllree 

the ones SHAR ING TH E C HALLENGE had . Becatl se ot' t he 

rough nature of the area- l1e started t) experilent u'ith deck pklds. 

He w'as ('ne of' the lirst t() add :1 sllid deck pod. his I.7tld designs 

vtlIf'.b ï? .Ylt( 'f 't-x.&/f//l, /;'?r( 'il.Lt ,?ltJ 1.() /?'tJ-t/-/l// /?Jr 7 Jtk T'A'. /r u'/?.s' w'ere I ater luch i nlproved . 

.4 l .qtl.%t- r/ltz 

t/t.y//? (tf r/?t? 

vb'tAllthç'rl 1t./'??t.'r, tltltl l ltltl ?lf? gI() ! 'c.$' ()r 

' xtzf l F'?fyf?rx t() f./t#plt/ ? 's trtlilif 't.l/ Ii l.ï.v. lk'/lt,'? l'ookitg ./i/c/ ral f/lff l 'l-rai I er Sai I ing acti vities i ncreased a I ot in the early 9() - s. a good 

.%ltrb 'i l 'tzt/ (I)t' l?/?t, (l(l. j'.b' (,311 ?7't .f .J alt(1 pt/xrt/, .b'tlteletl (11 J/i)' ilî ('f?/J exalple i s Austri a. It - s a l and locked ctluntry t'rtln) B'here dozels 

uvt/cr. 11 ?l?ct?/ c t'cl? ?l('?-c t'?ît.r ,f.t 5. ltl.%t /br btl?tlilg t?' , both 

/?/? vsi(.(lIIb' tllt/ llf,lt(lIh'. Jft-,l.t'tzî't.'r at tplt.' 'x I()b.b'cb%t /?(?/l?r l'llere /.s' 

ot' trips w'ere nlade to the diftkrent shore t.k arountl IE urope - but 

predonzinantly to the central slediteranean. Interestingly enough 

otlv t'kl?tz Iî't7)' t(,' g() . tq), t/?lJ ./??rI$'tlrJ.s'. ' 

Olhtr btlats w'ere heavil y danlaged in the sanle stornls. Rory - 

in nlost cases Tikis were used'- they can be asselbled pretty t'ast. 

This is a key ptlint- otherB'ise its getting colnplicfted and tirestlne 

' I.hldtltbltllL, I fzhlk't: 1??h.' Iqlb ?f? the .#/t'/ îltl CAOOKIE is tl t'/t.zta//- and people ltpose interest after tleir lirst trip so()1. Gertld Winkler 

(li.%;) /t/t't'??t'?/, /f? kI' / h-t,tz/?r?t/ ,-(1 t'tl/t/p?lt/ t-tl /7l/l'/J //)?' .b't rt',?.ç tl t/?lt/ plf? r re p () rl e (1 : 

li tl/l/ïl-tz/' ftll .$kJ?t,t.v/. - ' A l:tpJ' J'A'.$'tf t? at'e /?t.? J'?'t2??r ?f.?/?t?.$' - vf/df ('t? ?? /t.?A't> /lt7l/?'.î' it' '$ 't?l/ 

i'Ie drtlpped alchtlr there ftl' alnlost 4 years. x4fter concltlding that 

th i s u'as Itlng (.? nough he staned agai n in N1 ay l 996. Across the 

/?t'/t ,t?,1 '? tl x/'p?l a/?/tz ;.j't?J' 14) /i'.!.' f/lt.'?l t/?t/. . î't? h(lt.l t'/stklqvt.'f/ t?l/?' /?t.'t/ l?? 

Iaxliltg .$'v.î'/c?? /àf'//,? ?/lt, origillal rf?J?tJ t() (1 1$'t.'/7/7ï?l.t' .$'/,'tt./ ll('r (?l.//1$'t1ré/ 

?lt/.'fr 13(.1'31 ï,l,t.r 

lletltlil f? /à?,' /?t- .b '(21( ?/lt.'?'?l vjtltitltif ' . ' 

J?'t/t'l'x (t(' 6 J'tv/ns' c(l'lit,r. WStJ/ dolle Cf?f?l-ït/ Ft, ltlb'e (?/#t'/t7/J. 

%(lilç,(I (1 rr?sf?l/ Il(J #$'r??-/t/. lvl'ltl I J' .$'f?lta tll ï-f>I/ rtlz /e> 1$'?'llt/.$' bî-l'lkq t'z/ 

35(X) NAUTICAL MILES NONSTOP 

(-kltlkie tp?t/ ( '?'t.y$' ill t'/lt, /?f?/) /d/? :() 1/7*. NE t#- Ctlpc F/'?lt/.î'/t'rrt, t7?t/ t? I 1 August 1 998 Nicolas Vi vier sel sai l i 1 Caluaret ( West France ) i 1 

pt,?)'//('/' .$.pf?J t() Dt.'t/J (t1( ' t/t'?'/,l.$'.$' Bi.Y('a)'. l t'f/l//J a llO.Yt .V??tJ// r/lt? his Tik i 26 BICAP. He crossed the Bay ('t' Biscay n'itllut any 

x/lf?-t.$' (?f' Fpl,v/é/lJ. . di fticulties, He continued via Nladeira and the Canaries. then 

RlI'y arri ved j ust i1l tille t(' jtdin in directl y to the PCA nleeting in 

M i Ibrook and final ly arrived ho le in Dartltluth August 23'2 l 997 

crlpssed the Atlantic and arrived in Frencl Guiana. the crt'ssing 

totlk hiln 3 weeks . During spring he went up nol4h il1 the Antil Ies. 

Because 01* tilue constraints he sailed back froll G tadeltltlpe 

(ICEAN RACINII directly ! to France. Probably the Iongest non stop trip 01- a Tik i 26 

1 l 1 ' . 

Blb Beggs set out June 7 1 992 t I ()1 Englfuld and crossed the 

- 

, , 

so l ar. app 3500 11- which totlk hill 45 days. He colnnlents: 

Nol4h Atlantic in 28 days and 1 4 hours. He w'as ctlnpeting in the 

Eunlpe I STAR ( S ingle Handed Trans Atlantic Race ). He retulmed 

u'ith cl'eu' via the Azores back to England il1 Septellber. His boat 

W'as êt GRP Tik i 26 nalned SHARING THE CHALLENGE. w'ith 

(Jnly :1 few I'ntldi ficatitlns. To sunl it up: he and his snlal Svharaln 

-// îj'tp.$' qlil'f, t'J I()lîg t'rf?.s'.î';'?? .q, .flr llf?'tz ditl' i't'?//' :ltll J'/lta tirst r?lt, 

tlltllollgll l /1//:/ ?lf> big /w/f/?/tz b'l'tll ??lv Tiki. Apt/rr /kf)?l? Iigl: I$'ï?ltl$' 

l 7?t7J tl ./p1$' g(l(,s. t>.î'ptp(.d't/5' 4 Jt'l)'.$' b'itlt 1î'l'/?J .#?r('fz 7-9. T7?t> f'tlî 

b(,ltlb'e(I t'tz?-l' kî'ta/ tholtgll I kj'f?l-l'/tlJ. llç'('('.b'.b'(1l'l'I .j'. t//f/l/' IlL' 

r?ft/t/cnî'. I J?'J?? '? ltlb'i' (-,/?tJ I)lt I '? t'f?1./?f 'é,(l //)tl? t? P(ltvl-t'llf.l()r 

cata laran tlitl extrenlely w'ell . His crtlssing tinle w'as conzpatible in 

al I classeq;. Befklre the start you could see al the big nzultihul 

bî'()lld /lt'/î'tz l)Laell I/.s'c ./if/ t7?t/ thtl: J/ltz Tiki 26 (.f?I/J t'/lt/l/?-t' /ltJtIî'?'t,r 

lj.tzt/r/?t/r bk'itl /'r '. 

racing Inachines and in betu'een the W harraln crow'd. Bob did only That - s an inlportant stateluent and underlines his seltlnalslip antl 

run int) trouble twice : During the race the mast head shackles the seaworthiness of the Tikis t)n the occasitln ot' this Nt)I4h 

cl'lning undlne . He droppt!d the Iuast in the lniddle 01' the Atlantic Atlantic circuit. Nicolas suggested al'ter his tw't) Atlantic crossings 

ltnd Ctl'ter repai 1' got it back up. The trick did his huge spinnaker 

ptlle. acting as an arln. atached at the base of the nlast to help u'ith 

the lever algles to re -erect the mast . It - s a bi t ()1' an i rony that the 

3 points tbr inzprovenzent: 3HP outboard . tent to eacl hul 1- electric 

auttlpilot. 

shackles were 01 the check/' repair Iist before the start. Somebody ATLANTIC AGAIN 

replaced the old (lnes w'ithtput ticking the iteln kl1*1* on the To Do N()l too nzuch 'W harral) sailing activities il1 the South Atlantic or 

list. Stlnleone else again replaced thenl - but with the old outw lrn 

(lnes . .The t'ther isstle ot' trouble was water corning in. Bob 

not known to the svharl'alu/pcA conlnlunity . stlch as the South 

Atlantic crossing of' Brian W alkrel' ()1 lis Pahi 26 - M AGIC 

nllticed at the end 01' the l'irst week that thc pon bow q'as deeper in CARPET. He has rigged her with the Tiki sofl wing sail and has 

the watcr. He bailed 2() gallons (ltlt ()1' the tbreward hold. but could added :1 little deck pod. He Iel't Ptlrt OB.'en in 5()t1th Africa May l %' 

not trace any visible clucking - finally plenty of Sikalex did the 20(/) for St Helena ( 1 9 days) and frol) tlere to Brazil ( 1 '? days ). he 

it'b (a pre race prlpblenl caused the Ieak ). Bob's participation in the considered the trip: '. . .t?t'?w.$'.$' Aîl(llti(' 's.t/.v 1$'t,/ bt'iltdj' tl /7à/ t#' tl 

ract brtltlght a lot o 1' k nou' ledge and i nlprove lnents for the Ti ki 

26' s. such as spray hoods. hatches. autopiltlts- reverse osnlosis 

r()ltgl /?t'. . . /Jlf t. . 54(l .qi(' f-t/r/?t/r stlils /dl'& (1 t/rt/tl? (11(1 .&J/?'/.'$' 

dob'l Tj'tp3'&.$' lq3 /'f'? /6 l'??t?/x aj'l,ragillg 6/k'??J,$' f?J't,r 24 /?r ;ïâ.-ri()(l, /?tpr 

punlps. celtral ll1g spinnaker pille and it proved that GPS is 

wtlnderful ()1' that the rtlpe lashings d() work (& hold) well under 

lî't'/x tle /?c.$'? rI/?- . 

heavy ctpnditions. The sanle year the Atlantic saw' Tiki 26 NIEIRA with new oubners - 

. . . . sai led her l-ro l Portugal to the Cape Verde islands. B'here they 

Patric Dtlwlnan picked a few' ideas up tklr his relnarkable voyages cruised extensi vely. (.)1 the w'ay south they had to f'ace very 

t'rt l SSV England t() Ireland and to Britany. This al'ea provides no di fficult conditions . Thc Sea People Issue .58 December 20(/.1 *

'd 

' 

' 'I'h()ltgll 

rshe 

I'svl ' goilg () k'tz?', (ls J/lt' 1: 't/ l't? she /?t/t/ /7t,tJ/? .b'lt ' 

.î 

. .1itlg f'pl? 

t't/ llF /f/? rf? 

/lt? J'f/?-/ 111 11(1 d7rf/ft' (2 !'t? ' l': b fl/lt/ Ih'. 2Vf?f/l'/l# (t1' l/lt? 

v('lrl' A'fcïrt? reç'() t't.zrtzt/ //f'?l het' bI() I.î.' t.l?lJ Itl '$ ' qlietlv /?f.'tq??l t-'?l t() 

r/?t' xeas. 

This is an interesting repol'l. about real troubles. It 1 s nllt clear il' 

they started to experinlent too late w'ith drag devices. k)r il' they 

w'ere at the w'rong tilne at the u'rong sptlt. Nevertheless it cltarly 

shows that the catanlaran did w'cll. 

Sources: 

Seapeople Nlagazines - PCA. Nlultihuls Nlagltzile. 

W klrld W ide sveb. Bill Belcher- Tu'o Girls. twt) Cata larals. 

Nlultihul Voyaging - Thtlnlas Fi14h Jones. Perstlnal Files 

We!! It'd hardly befair not to include the original Tangaroa in a section dedicated to 

smaler Wharrams so here '.ç some re#ec/ft?zl.: from Ruth. 

G etting involved with Polynesian Catam arans 

Ruth W harram 

Ini#ialy Ru#h came to Englund cnd worked as cn au pair. w hile on a walking 

holiday in #he Lake bistric#, she me1 Jcmes. heard ond became in#rigued by 

his 'polynesian cc#amaran' projec: and hcs been a# James' righ: hand ever 

since. 

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evelatitln. Gibetl every tinle ( as cxpected. I lever nlaltkged tt) 

tack with j ust the nlail) ulless I usetl rcversc gear) and we 

sailed arotlnd the alchtlred boats in the bay. Back t() the beach 

to pick up crcw and the chalupagne ( stllue tklr Ilti L1 uqsiy. btlt 

nlklst tklr t1s ) for the christening sail. 

Over the l'lext lw'o week' s we sailed ()1 sh()14 trips t() l'leclrby 

beaches tntl artltlnd the bay. gettilg t) k'nklw the btlat Ctld 

f'inding tlut whkt neetletl chalging. Tackil'lg with the j ib never 

brtltlght a problenl. 

First Lesstll'ls Ielu'nt : Really leed twt) rcefing ptpilts t)l1 lhe 

nlain l)tlt j ust the olc that tranle with the sails froln Jeck ells. 

Hard to keep things dry: w'ith thc hatches open spray enters a 

' lot 1. M y sink pl ugs do ntlt m ctk - 'e Z r 

: t tight enough fit in the ' --' 

scuppers. The hatches in the 

loor of the cockpit let a litle 

water through if they are 

coveretl with water. 

N'ltst I'ntlve lel'lt at the base and 

tlexilg ot' the Ilast trc 

di seolcer't i ng. 101 sure i f' l had z'X/ h / 1 

the stays tight cnotlgh. Vcry 1 j N ï . / l ( f ) j) j9 

slay wrapplng would jtlup ott 

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purc hase. If this is led aft one h') l '$h il - /.w , 

person cal'l l i ft the nl ast ald at Ii, . I 

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ald tatlk' lc I has'e Ilalltged it - -= . 

nlyself. hi 

Sailing in Iight brceze that 

could nt't even be felt was 

fantastic. The wing sai I htllds 

its shape stlperbly . ( I btli It for a 

wing sail and nol the spril ). 

There- s stil I a 1f.)t t', w'tlrk' tltlt- pktrticultrl y the 11( lvc lclt ()f' tl'le 

j ib sheets Nvhtl'l tack' ing :ts I gt't thel'l pl'etty tltlglcd up at ti les. 

Prklbabl y wtll'lt get back ()1'1 tl'le w'tel- tlti I Septellber btlt I ' &'e 

gklt plelty t() g() il) tlluchi l1g tlp pai l'lt. bcct'ilg tlp the stcty 

t'ittilgs- pêu-tictllarly the ftlre stlty . 

sve l I that - s a t'ew t ltdtlghts alltl t lbserv' it i tll'ls t'l'(.'I1 I1 y 

iaulchilg. l Nvas ilnlelsely pleftsetl u'ith tl'le b lt . Ev'erytli I1g 

went as plalled ald as l hltd rektd f'1'klnl (lthers. Nt.)w' I htv'tl tt ) 

use her as iltelded . . . altl writkt (1f' 1t)I'e exciti l1g ltdv'cltul'es. 

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L M ay 2004 - The idea came 

.X ITAN CE 1 I M EsuuEu La rencontre wharam prëvue ce wekduring 

the w hanum Meeting at en qj (ju j5 août t uesqtler a connu un joli 

the Paris B():tt Show 2()03. In a past issue of The Sea People (#5 . a succès. Quatre Wharram de toutes tail les (plus un catanlaran inspiré 

; sh l't 

reptlT't by n1e ()f this fine Cat-colmer. La Rance. was ptlb- 1 ' 

1 de W harraln ) et une quarantaine de propriétaires. constrtlkrteurs. 

I . . 

. 

I ished. it's also l ine l or lonohull s. That created the idea. I aspirants constructeurs ( venus de toute Ia France ). . étaient présents 

The River Rance ends between St M alo and Dinard. Brittanny. i dans une alnbiance très synlpathique. 

' w'here the (lpen w'aters ol' the Channel begin. The lirst l 5 miles 01- 

! the rivers entering l'ro l St Malo- are dammed to produce electric- 

Dès salnedi lnatin les prelniers anivés ont pu adlnirer Ie ioli site 

: de M esquer 2t I'narée-basse. Inais nlalheureuselnent sous un crachin 

' ity by the tides ( I ()- 1 4 Ileters). This reservoir is called La Rance ! persistant. 

I 

. M aritille until the ltlck ()t' Le Chatelier. 

' Etaient dtjjza prdsents Ie Tiki 2 1 Théo de François Juillien. basé t 

' 

The tilues ()1* the tides in this ' lake' are different fronz the sea. ' M esquer. et le bien connu Kanliloa. le Tiki 38 des Naulet qui se 

I' You enter this nlarvellous area via a lock and many splendid an- I voyait de Ioin. tout jaune dans le chenal. Les prelniers arrivés ont 

chtlrages could be lbund. The highlights are certainly La Pas- I i donc décidé de composer avec damc nature et d-aler attendre des 

' i 

sagcrc. St Suliac and Dinan. 

temps meilleurs devant un calz. Nous accueillions notamment 

Because ()f the n'eather only one W harram. Tiki 28 'Tigaki' I : M arie-l-lélène et Belrand Fercot en cours de colstruction tlut lt la 

' with skipper Jean M ichel (JM ) Bader and nlyself as her crew'. '.I fois d- un Tiki 46 dans le tinistère et d- un Tiki 3() en M aninique 1. 

arrived at the meeting point at St M alo/st Servan on Friday after- I El1 nlilieu de journée Ie crachin ntpus êt quittj et Kanliltpa a servi 

n()()n. There Vicky and Mike, Tiki 28 owners l-roll LtlndtlI1 arriv- I d'aire de pique nique it un petit gnlupe de visiteurs. rejtlint ensuite 

I ing by car. ioined us. 

par le reste du groupe et Théo 

' Very early the next nlorning we passed the Iock and spend a I Dans l 'après-lnidi nous avons été rejtlint par Telloe. un calallaran 

wtlnderful day sailing up the River Rance. The evening found us at 1' 

ctlnstruit par son propriétaire avec une inspiratitln visibleltlent Nvl1i.tr- 

I 

' the P()l4 de Dinan. very picturesque and Itlts ot restaurants and ! I ra l. 

I 

pubs. Ncxt lnorning antlther fine day had us gtling back to St Ensuite c'est Leonardo, Ie Tiki 28 de Claude Borde qtli est arrivé 

Malo. At St Stlliac a Hitia 1 7 with skipper. Nadja, joined us for a 1 puis un Mélanésia apporté par les enfants des Naulet. 

break' . I ' Le telnps bouché n-incitant pas 2t la navigation. l'après-midi est 

. The Ineeting ended il1 a Creperie at St Servan in the evening. vite passé en visites, collmentaires et bavardages sur le 'radeau' 

Gilben Darnel joining us at Dinan had invited us. Nt) contribution ctpnstitué par les W harram assemblés. 

was accepted by him. M any thanks. Gilben 1. 

Entin la journtbe s-est terminée pour la plupal't autour d-assietes 

Als() many thanks t() our fabultlus skipper Jean M ichel ! The 

. de mtpule. et les conversations ont tbté anilnées iusqu-assez tard.. 

next day JM and I sailed his Tiki back to his honlepon on the salne Dilanche Inatin les retrouvailles étaielt fixées vers nlidi seulertltlte 

we sai led dk'wn stlnle days befkpre . 

' ment. le tenlps pour la luarée de colunlencer il nlonter. et pour Ilt 

W e hope lo see l'nore ol- you Ilext year. . La Rance 2()05 métjo de s-instaler au beau. Les départs ayant été plus nolnbreux 

Dirk' Horstllanl) que les arrivées nous étions un petl mtlins nonlbreux ik partager un 

pique-lique sur la plage. Quelques personnes ()lt etl dtl nlal it lt'us 

I trouver (et 'j 

-espère que perstlnne n-est pal-ti bredouile ! ). L'aprèslBltl' 

! nlidi tout le nlonde s-est elnbarqué sur Ies bateaux pour ule sol-tie 

.'l'1'A N Y July i 21*4 - when I first puled 

nto tje kjrive ot. Bertrana and ' par petit telnps au cours de Iaquele Leonardo senlble s'être illustrtj 

Marie-ilelene-s honle in Britany. I knew I was going to Iike these 

pelple. svht) couldlft Iike people wht) Iive i1 a domet? 

I w'asn 't wrong ! I was the last to anive and had inadvertently held 

up the kick-off. A great lunch and we were off to Jean-M ichel 

Bader' s Tik i 28 j'(lr an al'ternoon sail. Sailing out of M orgat' s 

harbour. the interlittent drizzle continued and then the Iuist descendtde 

reducing visibility to about 1 -2 kn1 at tinles. But the 8 of 

us were pretty cllntklrtable. the Tiki 28 probably could have taken 

3 t)r 4 m lre but the cockpit w'ould have been pretty crowded then. . 

Brcst it w'as decided w'as not going t() be a reasonable option and 

s() a relaxed com lbrtable sail was on ! Sunshine threatened to break 

through but didn't persevere. So back to Morgat and dinner at the ' 

I dlme. Jean-Michel asked if I was free t(' help him sail TIGAKI on ' 

i . tI he Sunday . I agreed and Bertrand also. l 

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par sa vivacité dans les petits airs. 

l . 

! Au tinal 2 Jounlées bien renlplies au cours desqueles chacun a pu 

partager ses expériences et ses questions. C'était à Ina conn:lissance 

Ie record de participation à. un rassemblement W han'anl en France 

1 ! mais on peut encore taire ' beaucoup mieux 1 . 11 ressol-t des diverses 

. discussions le souhait de rassembler les alnateurs de W harrall dans 

: 

i une organisation qui pourrait faire partie ou être affiliée 21 Ia PCA 

' 

. f polynesian catamaran association) en tenant colnpte du besoin de 

' proxilnité et de l 'obstacle de la Iangue anglaise. Nous alons nous 

: renseigner pour savoir conllnent sont organisés les autrichiens ( très 

! actifs ). Enfin d-autres rencontres de ce lype sont souhaitées par tous 

I 'an prochain avec différentes hypothèses : un rasselnble lclt uniqtle 

en rade de Brest ou rassenàblenlent stjpktrés en M anche et Atlantique 

'? Toutes Ies propositions sont bienvenues. 

i Sunday and much beter. sunny weather with 172-3 lor (lur trip I On ne peut pas tinir sans renlercier tous les participants, t?t nota l- 

! though the Chanal du Fotlr. hiting it around slack w'ater. A very ' ment François qui nous accueuilli it M esquer et Ies propriétaires de 

gotld sail. a shared glass ()1. tw'o ()f Kir at jounleys end l'nade for a 'W haranl. Une nlention spéciale ptlur les Naulet venus avec le plus 

' great weekend 

Dave Peak 

. grand et le plus petit bateatl de la relcontre ! 

Nico I as V i vier 

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Back in summer 2(x) l my father (Cyril ) and I acquired an old. and 

w e motored out of the Helford on the ebb and I put the sails up 

while my dad steered. I cut the motor and was again very surpl-ised 

at how wel she sailed, the w'ind w'as very light 01 the beall and 

in leed ol' quite a bit 01* wtlrk. Tanenui. -lkia Kia- which I think after a bit of tweaking we were going along at about tive kntlts. 

has been in Seapeople in the past. First iob was to rebuild the We beat up Canick Roads pointing much higher than I expected 

forward beanl troughs and bulkheads, also part of the forward end and motored w'ith the flood up to Devoran to our new bel-th ()n the 

on top ()f' each coachroof'. w e did the work in the open at Gweek rnud. 

Quay boatyltrd and were quite lucky with the weather. I wanted to Not much nlore work was done for a year and :1 halt' as I w'ent t() 

get the boat t'inished enough to sail round to Devoran boatyard (on work in Croatia lbr the whole 01' 2002. Over 2()03 I Inanaged to 

the lnud right next door to JW D) within the next month. mainly day sail with the family while carrying (lut repairs at ltlw' tides. 

because it was a Iot cheaper than on the hard at Gweek. W e burnt During some good weather in August 2003 I cut out the rotten 

the paint oft' the huls which were very sound. made of good Coaklhroof sides, window's included. Ieaving a ply f'ramework t() 

quality marine ply. The huls were painted with epoxy primer- a glue new' ply to. Next I bunlt the paint ofl' the decks and cut (lut aII 

eoat ot' gloss pailt and tlel) anti-fouling. I coated the new' beam the rot and fitted new pIy patches. One good thing about pIy btlats 

troughs and main crkpssbeanl with epoxy to keep the rot at bay. is they are easily repaired with new' ply ltnd solne epoxy. They . 

There was still a Iot tlf' w'tprk to do- especialy rot on the coachroof Were then coated in epoxy and painted. 

sides arotld lr.) w'ildtlws. w hen lhe btlat was btlilt tbe perspex This year was spent again day sailing with the fanlily and dtling 

was put ()1 the inside of the u'indow cut outs and w'ater had got repairs. I replaced the very af't beam with an aloy one and fitted a 

. into the endgrain of the pIy and staned to rot around the windou's new ftàru'ard net and centre walkway to the tbrward beanl. I nlade 

and there B'as some nlt in the decks to tix. These jobs w'ould have and fited some Tiki style main hatches. This winter wil be spent 

to wait until next year. building a new bridge deck. Hopetb ly if the rest of' the retit goes 

The main crossbeam was bolted back in place after puting liberal to plan l want to do sonle cruising next year and even get t() a PCA 

amounts of epoxy round the ply at the new' bolt holes. then she w'as M eet. Enclosed are some colour photls from this sunlmer. H lpe 

lifted in. I was realy surprised at h()u.' light and buoyan! she was. they are ()1- some use. The best one is 01' nly son. Lukas. laving his 

A friend of mine has a Firebird ( Micro M ultihul class 26ft) I have breakfast w'hile at anchor in Carick Roads. He Iove going out ()1 

sometimes sailed on which is high tech and ultra light. The I 

Tanenui seelned primitive and heavy w'hile on the hard. Next day a 

the oId polycat and I Iove having lhe big open bridge deck fklr hil) 

to safely play on. tethered 01- course. 

Inate of nline calne dow'n to help us get the mast up- which after a 

bit of swearing. we gtpt in place. Soon she loated on the tide and it 

' w'as tinle to see if the oId Yanlnly 8 horse we got w'ith the boat 

w'ould stal4 : no problell . lirst pu l . 

Jeff Polock 

UK -CHANNEL ISLES M ARTINIQUE 

Scat w'ol last weekend's race t'roln St Helier to Granville on corrected 

time and crossed the Iine second to (he only other M ultihull 

in the race. Steddy Eddy. a Corneel 28. There were 1 5 boats in 

total and tlespite Scat being the smalesl in the race managed to 

' beat all the nlonohuls- cruisers and racers up to 4ll-eet. to the line. 

The 3() Iuile race. alnlost dead downwind. took 3 hours 29 nlinutes 

(corected on handicap to 3 hours 52) The w'ind was N'W 4. 

Ed. - w hen usked about Iinkin: fhannel Isles mee't wi#h La 

Vance in 2* 5, Uave replied 

I don't know Dirk. does he have a boat? I will chat with Jean M ichel 

Bader (1-28 Brittany) and Tim and Patlick in Normandy 

(T2 l ). w'e met up in Jersey Iast summer.. I have some nice pics of 

T28 & T26 at Icho Tower and 7-26- 7-2 l and Corneel 28 at Les 

Ecrehous which might be good for the mag. The problem with 

' arranging so far in advance is the weather is guaranteed to be bad ! 

. If people are easy to contact perhaps it is possible to be more lexi- 

I ble and arrange at shon notice. 

Ed-uirk 4 bave have exchanged e-mails and are focussing on 

censecu#ive weekends. 

Thank you for the beautiful PCA burgee we received today.lt'll be 

hoist in a few months on our Tiki3t) ' PHA ' 

I join a few photos of 'PHA' who is always in our garden. Now' 

I'am working on the building of the 14 light w'ishbones which handle 

the two twin sails. 

In a few days w'e'l hoist the sails in the garden in order to cut the 

ropes at the good length and to check if alI is OK. 

I plan to dismantle and to transfer she to P()rt Cohe (an old litle . 

harbour in the mangrove swam at 2 k1n from (lur htlme ) the 1()th 

December and to Iaunch her e a few days later. 

So at the end of this year 1.11 send to you some photls and a c()I1mentary 

of our tirst sails. 

In Januar.y (2005) Guenter and Gundi w'il visit us 01 board their 

i Tiki)!o Anna-sophia and as I know of a Pahi42 and a Pahi26 here 

I 

Iwhy 

not to have a little PCA lneeting. 

Best W ishes. 

Bertrand and M arie-lélène 

Ed - W hY not? The more meets the better! 

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1, 

. I have 2:.4 1.1., Renault I'.karil. le diesel w.l,:t turned out to be a very 

(,1t1 I.l.l,del :t,'( .l pal .ts ltlr il'lklrl,atitln are available and w'onder it' 

stllnetll,e can help Iue w.itla 

int-ornpatitln. It is l.l'('del Rc 2: D and 

Hi Dave. thanks f'or the ctlncern. w e are ()K al'ter bt,tl, I'cral,ces 

itnd Jeanne but w.e did have st'lue daluage t) bt'th ht'nle :tnd bklat. 

sve n'ere very lk'l-tunate and al rcpairs are possible 1k.,1. I''e t(.' dt.' 

v.l'n ' der lk'r ('ne thing wrhat the tappet cle:trance is suppl'sed t(' be. but w'ill probably get stln'e help as 1,., w'ife ..ill be ilt.lp:tient. 'rl'e 

t(' be i)n the sale ' side 

sl'al I'lake it 1()-2(). The head gasket is Parks where I have reservations fklr Dec. nleet Iost lt I()t o1' trees but 

bl()&sI, . :tn d ct'ula have t neu. ol'e l'ade. but in places l'ar 'n., here l'r(. 

%& 'hicl u'tdtld have l'ntant extra tr:tvel. nlost Iikely t() take the old 

repairs t(' shelters and restroorns etc. are under wray ana yvil be 

CORIPICtCU in linle for the Ileet. I have a Iot of' calls ti) Ilakt to be 

gitsket dt'w ' 1) an d 1 Aickup the new (lne. . 

I purchasetl t piece ol . ctlpperplale yesterday , and . 

. altel putting the 

SLIFC 31l InCI1beI'S il1 the area have pcrstllktl ilvitctitls. Tle Tiki 

26 is tlne totlgh boat. 

t)Id I'eatl gktsket ()1) top- scratched tle ilages of it ()n tt' the plate. 

' 

. .4 l t(?l t l ) is I drilled hl'les in all the openings that needed t() clnle 

(Jtlt . s() I clltl I d get l'ly .j i gsau' w' ith a Iletal cuting bl ade i 1 there to 

ATB- Gel1C (Pel-ry) 

cut thenl (lu! as cltlse :ts possible tl') the nlarkilgs I nlade. This 

w'êts l1lt as eltsy kts I belicN't?d it w'tluld be- but if' you are very caret'u 

1 it can be dfl'le . ( Antl yklu get beter as you get along ! ) Then 

' 

t he Dl'e l nlel becalne very hand y. ti rst l tried a stlne bit in i t but 

l'luTl(.l it t() s(J l't lt'st () j' the t i le . btl t lt bi t q'ith e nlery paper done a 

betcr itlb. ()l1ce the gasket l'its I plan t(J nlake it rtd-ltlt ald tlan 

c()(.)I it () 1*1* i 1 B'ftel' s() as 1.4.) sof'ten t he copper. l shal l th:tn put 

sl3lukt grease on by'ith sides k3f the gasket- and after tightening the 

lead dtlwbn htlptp it u'ork s ! W el I w'as tlnable to heat the w'hole 

' gasket ;t (lnce seeilg I dtl'l 't have a big lanle- and u'as alsl) told it 

hktd t() be ctltlled sl()u'Iy . I tltlk' thi s advice but il turned otlt to be 

bad atls'ice êts the f'irst tilne I tried t') stftrt tht lotor after assenlbl 

i I1g s()()l'l real ised that the gask et di dn 't seal ! St' totlk the lead 

()l't' t'lJlce Intlre and gtlt the gaskel heated w'ith d big bI(')w' ttlrch til 

it w'Cts red I'1l't :tI l anlu ltl ald than ctltlled hel' dlu,'l i 1 a btlcket 01' 

u'lter. Thi s ltde it a lot stlfter thal tl'le f'irst tinle. ald i f this stil I 

tldesn k $,s. t'lrk' shall have t') get ol'le llakle ! The llkdtlI' did rul) kt'ler 

ltl 1 t hi s- btlt sti l I the heltd gask et Ieak s itnd blou's (lut llru the side 

() 1' btlt 1 cyl i ldcrs s() shal I hftve t () try again ! Be I i eve part o 1' the 

prtlblcnl is that l don Rt k nou' the prtlpcl' pressure that needs t() be 

. u sed l() t ighten the head d(.)u,'n so I dt'n 't break any studs 01 ltc - 

' ctltl I1t () 1* (lverpre ssure . I bel ieve I -11 on the right track . I s l ow'l y 

. been bringilg up the presstlre t)n tle sluds. so i 1' I take the head 

gasket ()1't' (lI1ce lnore. stl'ten it- reasselnble the l'fltor again ald 

bri ng tle pres sure up k)I1 the st uds to j u st abtlve w'hat I have done 

belklre. I I1()w' have beel'l tld l'lot to use grease ()1 the gasket and 

plal nlt 1() d(.') s(). I believe that there is a gotld chalge that it shal 

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glne Illi ss i ng. 

Regard s . Gerard 

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I t i s a great day over at CI ayttln tlrey al'ld Slt1'tl Petersln -s 

house . Th is is the day they begi 1 bui l d i ng thei 1' -I-i k i 3() B' 1 ich u' i I be nalned Nltlrticia al'ter the lady in the trtlnlic strip. The Atla ls 

Fanzi l y. C layton ald Sarah have an ol'tbeat sense () j' hu 1(.Jr t lat 

keeps them happy together. 

Nev I'las been helping Claylon u'ith the ltlftilg tll' the keels ltld 

points 01' laughter have been w'hen Clayton h'rote cut lere i 1 (')1)e 

place. and certainly NOT Ilere ! in alother. W e are rtle lbering 

the cartoon ol' the luan building :1 cantle u'ith the btlw' on one side 

of hilu. al turned up Ilicely. Thel yotl see tl'le llan iI1 the Iliddle (.)1' 

I tle cal-toon u'eeping. OI1 the (lther side ()1* the l'litl the stcrn is 

pointing dt.nwrn. . I rhere is nlucl'l care reading the lunlbers t)n the dilelsions. 

I Icollplaining 

01* stpre k nees. ald Iots ()1' explanatitl'ls k)l' tle design 

draw'ings . 

Clayton is catchilg ()1 ()k. He is ltlftilg tlvtll'lrthilg l'ull sizc tln 

hardbtlard u'licl Nev w'i l I check (lvtl' belklre tnlayttll t-uts it alI llut 

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Gabklon pl y. 

' The house is a j uluble ()1' clutter btlt ltlts ()1' f'un t(J visit . 

Orchids are grouring in ole corler. the w'oods outsitle are lt'&'eI y. 

t and Sarah wil I conle holue l'roln svtlrk' to see lt'l'ted ltl l I s il1 her 

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l i vilgroonl. 

W e w i l be in Ca1 i l'ornia for t hree weeks and hope Sarah and 

Claytln w'i 1 have cleared the nice basenlent- l'inished lol'ting keels. 

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sides - and lower bulkheads. and be :tIl ready lo stal't ltli xing 

I g l ue w' l1e 1 we get back . 

Then w'e w'i 11 bc ()n hand lbr the t'irst glue day after l'iltl Ileasurilg. 

Very soon after. we head stluth 1-01' the winter so Sarah ankl 

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Clayton w'i I l be on their tlw'n alter we leave . Happi I y- t I1e plan s arc 

lot I'lard to understand so they u'i I l be line u'itlotlt us. 

Hi Gu)'s- 

I N'rt l'ltlvt stripped ()u 1' irst hull 'svith foaln and it Rs ready for 

gl êtssil'lg . 

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I I l s a W () ( ld s 3 2 t . E c l i 1-,: s t () a t 

B y building one hull at a tilne- they can do all tl'le work il) 

their baselnent and. yes, we did Illeklsure tt', be sure it cltl get (Jut 

the door! Clayton is a chef and Iuy stln ltntl Sarah is a stlcial 

work er and look s l ike she cou ld Ilave becn Ily dCtughter. They 

have been together lbr tlne year and all the varitlus reldtives ktre 

Itlelighted. 

So it is tinle tbr a blat . 

Nve wish the l u'ell ! 

I Ed - congrcts guys , c1 pix welcomed, ncy encourcged! 

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Solar Ovens 

The basic purpose 0f a solar box cooker is to heat things up - cook 

f'ltld. purify water. and stelilize instruments - to mention a lkw. 

A stlar box cooks because the interior of the box is heated by the 

energy of the sun. Sunlight. both direct and reflected. enters the 

solar btlx through the glass or plastic top. lt tulms to heat energy 

when it is absorbed by the dark absorber plate and cooking pots. 

This heat input causes the telnperature inside of the solar box 

cooker to lise until the heat loss of the cooker is equal to the solar 

heat gain. Tenlperatures sufficient for cooking food and pasteurizing 

w'ater are easily achieved. 

W hat are the basic kinds of solar cookers? 

There are three basic kinds: 

* Box cookers 

This type of cooker has the advantage of slow', even cooking of 

large quantities of food. Variations include slanting the face tow'ard 

the sun and the number 01- retlectors. 

* Panel cookers 

This recent development was sparked by Roger Bernard in 

France. In this design. various tlat panels concentrate the sun's rays 

onto a pot inside a plastic bag or under a glass bowl. The advantage 

()f this design is that they can be built in an hour or so for next 

to nothing. 

* Parabolic cookers 

These are usually concave disks that tbcus the light onto the 

botom of a ptlt. The advantage is that foods cook about as fast as 

on a conventional stove. The disadvantage is that they are complicated 

to make. they Inust be focused often to folow' the sun, and 

they can cause burns and eye injury if not used correctly. 

How hot do solar ovens getl? 

Place an oven thermolneter in the sunny part of the oven to get a 

reading similar to what the cooking pot is ' feeling' . The temperature 

reached by box ctlokers and panel cookers depends plimarily 

on the number and size 01- the relectors used. A single-rejlector 

blx cooker usualy tops out at around l 500 C ( 3000 F) as the food 

approaches being done. High temperatures. however, are not 

needed for cooking. Your oven w'il cook just fine as Iong as it gets 

up t() abtlut 9()0 C (2000 F) or so. Higher temperatures cook Iarger 

quantities. cook l'aster. and allow ftlr cooking on marginal days', 

However. many people prefer to cook at lower temperaturess since 

then they can leave the food to cook while they go about their 

business. W ith a single-relector box cooker. once the food is 

cooked. it just stays warln and doesn't scorch. lt's good to keep in 

mind that no food can go above 1000 C (2 l 20 F) anyway, until al 

01' ils w'ater content has evaporated. The high temperatures you see 

in cookbooks for conventional ovens are iust tbr convenience and 

for special effects such as quick browning. 

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How Iong does it take to cook a m eal? 

As a rule of thumb, you can figure that food in a single-relector 

box cooker wil take about twice as long as in a conventional 

oven . However. since you can't really burn your food- you don't 

have to watch the cooker or stir any food as it cooks. You can just 

put in a few pots with different foods and then come back later in 

the day and each pot will cook to perfection. 

Panel cookers cook smaller portions. usually only in a single pot. 

but oten they cook slightly faster. Some people have reported the 

need to stir food every once in a while when using this kind of 

cooker to assure that the food heats evenly. 

Cooking with a parabolic cooker is very similar to cooking on one 

burner of a conventional stove. Since the concentrated sunlight 

shines directly on the bottoln of a pot. the pot heats up and cooks 

very quickly. The food wil burn though. So you have to stir it and 

watch it carefully. 

Do you have to turn the cooker to folow the sun? 

Box cookers w'ith one back retlector don't need to be turned unless 

you are cooking beans w'hich take up to 5 hours. Panel cookers 

need to be turned more often than box cookers. since they have 

side retlectors that can shade the pot. Parabolic cookers are the 

most difticult to keep in focus. These need to be tulmed every l () to 

30 minutes. depending on the focal Iength. 

Should I take the time to build a box cooker out of 'real' materials 

like plywood or glass or is cardboard good enough? 

Unless you need a cooker that can stay outside even in the rain. 

you'll do just fine with a cardboard cooker. Cardboard is much 

easier to work with and holds heat just as wel. Some people have 

used the same cardboard box cooker for over 10 years. 

Does it help to paint the wals black? 

Some people prefer to paint the w'als black thinking that the oven 

wil get hoter. It seems. that the w'alls will get hoter. but the food 

won't necessarily get hotter. W e prefer to cover the inner wals 

with aluminum foil to keep the light bouncing until it hits either 

the dark pot or the dark bottom tray. Since the bottom tray is in 

contact with the pot. the heat the tray colects wil move into the 

pot easily. 

W hat type of paint should I use? 

In developed countries you can buy tlat-black spray paint that says 

'non-toxic when dry' on the Iabel. Otherwise. black tempra paint 

works fine. 

W hat kind of pots work best? 

Ideally, you want to use a dark. Iight-weight. shalow pot that is 

slightly larger than the food you wil cook in it. M etal pans seem 

to cook best. Hardware stores in the US usualy can'y dark, speckled. 

metal pans called Graniteware. Shiny aluminum pots--so common 

in developing countries--can be painted black or can be 

blackened in a lire. Cast iron pots w'ill work. but extra solar energy 

is used to heat up the pot as well as the food, so they wil not work 

in marginal conditions.

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W hat is the best insulation to use? 

If you wish. yotl can instllate the w'als of a box cooker with various 

substances. Fiberglass or Styrofoam is usualy not recommended 

since they give ofl' ill-snlelling gases as they heat up. 

Natural substances such as cotton. wool, feathers. or even crumpled 

newspapers w'ork well . M any people, however. leave the 

walls enlply of any stufting. prefening instead to place a piece of 

lbiled cardboard as a baftle inside the wall airspace. This makes a 

lighter cotdker and seems to be adequate. M ost ol' the heat Ioss in a 

box cooker is through the glass or plastic. not through the walls. 

Can you sterilize water in a solar oven? 

Yes. ln alI three types. water can be brought to a boil. A Iitleknow'n 

fact- however, is that to make water sal'e to drink. it only 

has to be pasteurized. not sterilized. Pasteurization takes place at 

65O C ( 1 50O F) in only 2() m inutes. This treatnlent kils alI human 

disease pathogens. but doesn't waste the energy needed to bring the 

water to a boil. One reason that people are told to boil their water 

is that therlnometers are not readily available in many places and 'W hat happens if the sun goes in front of the clouds while I'm 

the boiling action serves as the lemperature indicator. cooking? 

Your food will continue to cook as long as you have 2() minutes of 

If you build a box cooker out of cardboard, won't it catch fire? sun an hour (using a box cooker). It is not recommended that you 

No. Paper btlms at 45 1 O F and ytlur ctloker w'on't get that htlt. cook meats unatended when there is a possibility of substantial 

cloudiness. If you can be sure that the sky w'ill stay clear though, 

How much of the year can you cook? you can put in any type of food in the morning. face the oven to 

In tropical regions and in the southelm Us/Europe you can cook aIl the south, and the food will be cooked when you get home at the 

end of the day. 

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year depending on the weather. In areas as far north as Calada/ ' 

Scandanavia you can cook' w'henever it is clear except during tle 

three coldest months of the year 

W hat foods should I try lirst in my new Cooker? 

A good lirst food to try is a smal quantity of rice, since it is fairly 

easy to cook and looks very diftkrent cooked than it does raw'. 

Chicken or tish is also very easy to cook. See cooking hints. 

M y cooker only gets up to 2500 F. ls this hot enough to cook 

when recipes cal for 3500F or even 450* F'? 

A temperature of 2500 F is plenty for a1I kinds of cooking. Remember 

that water cannot get hotter than 2 1 20 F ( 10()0 C). Thus if 

you are cooking food that contains water. it cannot get hoter than 

this either. Cookbooks cal for high temperatures to shorten the 

cooking time and for browning. Food just takes longer in mtlst 

solar cookers. but since the sun is shining directly on the lid of the 

pot. the food browns just about as wel as in a conventional oven. 

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The first completed Tama oana meets 

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SOLAR CIIO KING HINTS 

Tlere is N'ery l ittle different about cook ing in a solar box apart 

froll dtpubl ing cotlking tilue and leaving w'ater out w'hen cotlk' ing 

l'resl vegetables 01' lueats. AlI lbods are cooked in dark covered 

pots except tklr roasting ntlts and sonle baking. Use your own recipes 

ald spices. By lnaking slnall adjustnlents in tilne or the 

a lount ol' B'ater- ylur f'avorite foods laste as good or better than 

es'er. The t'ollwilg approxinlate tilles are for 4-5 servings. Increase 

cooking tiles for larger aluounts. 

COOKED DRIED CEREALS AND GRAINS - (barley. corn. 

nli l let. oats- qu inoa . rices w'heat ) : 2 hours . Start w'ith ustl al alnotlnt 

(1' water. Next tilue adjust to your taste. 

VEGETABLES - Atld no water. Artichokes: 2 I/2 hours'. Asparagus: 

1 l/2 - 2 hours: Other fresh green vegetables: l - l l/2 hours. If 

cooked lolger they taste file btlt Iose their nice green color. Beans 

- dried: 3-5 hours. Usual a lotlnt k)l' B'ater. can be soaked ahead of 

ti lne '- Beet s. Cêtrrtls. Pltatoes and other rotlt vegetables : 3 hours . 

Cabbage. eggplalt : l l /2 lpurs i 1* cut up. Eggplant turns brow lishlike 

a cut apple . but the tlavlr i s gtlt'd '. Ctlrn 01 the cob : l - l l /2 

htltlrs w'i t 1 or w ithotlt htl s k or e ven i 1) a c Iean bl ack sock . Squash . 

eusa 

zucchini: 1 hour. W il turn nlushy if let't ltlnger. 

EGGS - Add no w'ater. Two hotirs for hard yllks. Il- clloked ltlljpel' 

the whites turn brownish. but lhe flavor is the same. 

S'IEATS - Add 1,0 water. ll' cooked longer they just get nlore tender. 

Fish: I -2 hflurs'- Chicken. 2 hours cut up. 3 lours %'h()le', Beet'. 

Lalnb. etc. : 2 hours cut up. 3 - 5 hours lbr Iarge pieces '. Turkey. 

large. whole: all day 

PASTA - Heat w'ater in one pot and put dry ptsta with a snlal 

alnount of cotlking oil in antlther pot . und leat ulti l B'lter is near 

boiling. Add hot pasta to hot w'ater- stir. and c()()k abtltlt 1 () nlin- 

utes Il'tlre. 

BAKINI; - is best done in the nliddle 01' tle day (9 ()1. 1() anl - 2 ()r 

3 pnl ) Breads: 'W hole loaves - 3 htlurs'- Cakes: 1 I /2 hours'. (7()()kies: 

l - 1 l /2 hours. Do NOT need to be covered. AN'lid btlttlnl 

crusts - they get soggy. 

SAUCES & GRAVIES M ADE W ITH FLOUR OR STARCH . 

Heat j uices and lour separately. w'ith or w'ithtlut a little cltlking ('i l 

in the flour. Then combine and stir. It w'il be ready quickly. 

ROASTING NUTS - Bake uncovered. Almtlnds: l hour. Peanuts: 

2 hours. 

le uil in elters 

Skple stlrt ()1' shelter l'ronl the w'eather is nice to have. especially ptpsts. It's atached to the end of' n1y shop in tw'o places at the 14)()1' 

with wood boats. line. I covered it w'ith tw'o heavy silver plastic tarps joined at the 

B ltn l saw' Nlike & slala Hartll'nyf s shelter ( see al-ticle in next ridge. The ends are covered w'ith clear poly sheet. Total ctlst. 

isstle ) it reluinded le ot' Ct w'ay to recoup part of the building cost w'hich includes a load o1* gravel to Ievel the ltl()r was abtlut $ I ()()(). 

01* such a shelter. or less than a dolar a sq. ft' 

I - ve seen petlple nlake -bklw'-' buildings before and l 've alwrays Youpl need sonle sort t)l' lbrnl to bend the I -by arould. It seenls 

liked thell. The gk'kld sidc t)l' thel) is that they w'il tak'e a real snow' t() Ine w'hen I saw it dtlne they had driven a couple 2-bys in tl'le 

Ioad becatlse lhe snow itlst slides otxt'. And they-re relatively sinl- ground- nlaybe 4. in the arc they u'anted. You clanlp the l'irst lktyer 

ple to builtl tlo. Antl. when you-l'e through building the boat. il- ()f l -by to the 2*4 s. screw or nail the spacers (2x4 x 4' Ilaybe). 

yt'tl 171:1) Crhead ztnd bllt/st-rew asselnblies togelher instead of nail- tben clalnp tle inside l -by lt) !he spacers and screw it dtlwn. Acluilg 

ll)ellp yotl could disasse lble the buildilg and sel the bows ! aly. l think I'd tack a piece ol' l /4 ' or 3/8'. pIy to the spacer t) 

-'Green house'- grade visqtleen can be botlght at any good garden nlake it wider than 1 1/2' so it w'ould be easy t(' slide the 2x4 htlriu'holesaler. 

It colnes in 6 nzil rolls very wide and long. lt stands up zontals in. M ake enough bows to Ilave ole every 4 '. Attach the 

to the sun lbr years. Plastic tarps wtlrk tot). The blue ones are the bows together at the top with 1/2' CDX plywtltld. I 2' ()r s() deep. 

cheapest Ctld are iunk . Use the gray'. they Iast nluch longer. And both sides. Notch the very peak so you can put a 2x4 (41) edge t() 

two layers ()1' tarp (.)1. plastic Ilakes enough air banier where it connect everything. You'l see horiztdntal stringers in this ploto'. 

B'on't condensate inside ! A single layer in weather w'here it freezes use 2x4s and space thenl no wider than 4. and the building w'ill be 

q'il freeze on the inside. then drip on your head al day. Awful. very strong. 

From tklow boatbuilder Ken Nvell s in Ohio -' Svorking alone. 

constnlction took abtlut 5() hrs. for a 25' x 45' x 20' high building. Details can be found in the Gotlgeon Bros 'Nvooden Btlat Cil1- 

'Fle l'ra les are l x 3 strapping wi 1I1 2 x 4 spacers. they sit oJ1 a 2 ' structitln' or l :1 sure ()1 lhe internet. 

ligh klce B'all which is anchored to the ground u'ith 5' steel lknce 

Pot in Pot Refrigeration (without electricity) 

In l-ural llrthern Nigeria. there are no refrigerators. slost people 

Idon 

't even have electricity. Sk) perishable tklod must be eaten ilni 

lnediately. or it wil go to u'aste. Nlohalnlued Bah Abba. a local 

. teacher. Ilas de ve loped an i ngenilu s sol ut ion: the Pot-i n-pot Pres- 

I erN'atitln Ctloling Systenl. 

A small eartlenu'are pot is placed inside a larger one. and the 

j space between the tw'l) is t'illed w'ith Inoist sand. The inner pot is 

filed with l'rtlit- vegetables k)l' sot't drink s'. a wet cloth covers the 

i. B'hole thilg. As B'ater in the sqtl .'l.l eyapçlrg.ttlcs through the stlrface 

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ol' the outer pot. it carries ileat. (iawing it away 1'()1 the inner 

core. Eggplants stay fresh fbr 27 days- instead 01* the usual three. 

Tolnatoes and peppers last for up to three w'eeks. 

A recipient of the Rolex Award for Enterprise, Abba, 37. whtl hails 

from a family 01' potmakers. is using his $75.(::) award t() nlake 

the invention available throughout Nigeria. He has already stlld 

l 2-(x)(). 

Tenlperature differential has been rectlrded as 14C/23F- il1 84F 

ambient temperatures in tests in California.

f r t t r r I I 

This ctlunln will deal with any and a1l issues to do with stores, food preparation and stlrage s ships mainttnance etkl. 

First and forem ost solar ovens need to be used on sunny days, half an hour will 

Using a jfojur O ven get things started and 20 mins of sun per hour wil do the job of keeping the 

cooking m oving ahead--one to two hours and you & food are golden! 

W hat can you cook in a solar oven? 

Casserole of Fish Filets 

Fish filets 

Lem on pepper 

Celery salt 

G reen onions, chopped 

W heat germ 

Buter 

Lemon juice 

l 

Place fish filets in oiled dark casserole, sprinkle with sea- :I 

soning and green onions, Dot the top of fish with buter and ! 

Iemon juice. Cover. Cook briefly, until tender. If using fro- I. 

zen fish, you wil need Iiquid - try some soy sauce. 

W hole Chicken 

W hole chickens roasts beautifuly in 3-4 hours. Stuf'f a 

whole Iemon inside before you bake it. 

Assem ble pre-cooked rice, chicken or turkey, cream of anything 

soup and available veggies. Cheese on top and bake 

1 pound m ozzarela cheese, shredded 

1/2 cup grated Parm esan cheese 

Spread 1 1/2 cups of sauce over bottom of a dark roasting 

pan. Coat uncooked noodles with olive oil. Layer half the 

noodles and half the ricotta cheese over the sauce. Add half 

of the m ozzarela cheese. Repeat layers of sauce, noodles 

and cheese. Top with remaining sauce. Sprinkle Parmesan 

cheese over top. Cover and bake in the solar oven for 3 to 4 

hours. Makes 6 servings. 

W arm Fruit Salad 

Remove the skin from one pear. Split in half Iengthwise and 

remove the seeded area and stem . Place face-up in a baking 

dish. 

Sprinkle with: 

2 Tbsp. organic raisons 

2 tsp. Brown sugar 

in solar oven for a couple of hours. Freeze ahead for an 

easy Saturday meal. 

, 2 tsp Buter and a sprinkle of vanila or rum extract. 

I 

Bake in oven for up to an hour. 

Basm ati Rice This is absolutely delicious warm, with cream or cold or with 

2 cups cooked Basmati rice Cake or ice cream . 

1 bag of mixed frozen vegetables (1 used the stir-fry kind) 

2 cans cream of anything soup 

7 

Banana Bread 

1 can of chicken broth 

, milk or whatever you have around. I1 cup brown sugar 

2 eggs 2 cups sifted flour 

Loosely pack this mix into an oven dish and cover with moz- 2 mashed bananas 1 tsp. soda 

zarela cheese. cover and bake until the cheese is bubbly. 

L 

asaqna 

1 jar (32 ounces) spaghetti sauce 

1 1/2 cup nuts 1/2 tsp. salt 

! 

f Mix aI above together and bake in a grease pan for approx 

' 

two hours. Use heat sink as described below. 

1 package (8 ounces) lasagna sheet noodles 

olive oiI 

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Conqra#ulations! you jus: knocked up (! 5 course meal, 

1 pound ricotta cheese while sunba#hix /swimminq/fishinq! 

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Bread? Let them eat cake! Pum pkin Fruitcake Put a heat sink in the solar cooker to preheat. 

combine the juice, raisins, and figs in a bowl. 

- !/2 cup apple/orange juice 

- yz cup raisins 

- 1 cup dried figs (chopped) 

1 baking soda tsp. 

. 1 tsp. bakjog powder 

1 around cinnamon tso. 

Let Stand for an hour or overnight. 

Boat together the pumpkin, sugar and oil. Stir in the fruit 

- 1 cup pum pkin - ya t - ss.lround nutmea mixture. Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder and 

(cooked or canned) 

- 2 Tbs. sugar 

- j/4 t'sp- ground alspiW 

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ce 

- 1/4 tsp. ground cloves 

Sgices. Mix wel. Add the nuts and orange rind. Stir to 

blend wel. 

- 1/4 cup vegetable oiI - ya cup chopped walnuts 

- 1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 2 tsp grated orange rind . POUr battor into a 8 inch round or square pan or a 8 x 5 inch 

Ioaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes 

Heat s/nk-solar ovens cook from the top, not the botom as nor- Out, more or Iess, clean (1 Iike it moist). This takes about an 

mal ovens so a flat brick painted black placed in the oven 30 mins bour and a half for an 8 inch square pan or a couple of 

before dish goes in wil prevent moist soggy bottoms. hours for a 8 x 5 inch Ioaf pan when cooked at midday. 

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For Sale Hitia 17 E1650 ono . Refited over the Iast 2 

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re-varnished, ready to go with no maintenance needed. - wheel steering , auttlpilot. twin fkltlrstnlkes. ctlck' pit tclts- ' 

Launching troley + trailer, solar panels - balast tanks. htlge wardrobe t)l' sai I s. f 1 ()k '1pl 

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' Yelow Cat' , Long Island Ferry, Schul I . W est (-()rk- iïirt?- l; 

For sale Tiki ao 'Mango Elephant'. very High spec. (:)35 386 1786364 à 

Aluminium Mast (Sailspar), Lewmar Ocean Forehatches, 

Main sail, roler genoa, genniker (aI Jeckels) 

GPS, DSC VHF, Navtex, Log, Echo, Autopilot. 4 

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2 Eight wheel yard/launching troleys. 

Moored Lowestoft UK. Ready to go anywhere! Delivery 

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careful tlwner , htle punched & stlred in lever arch l'i le s() itl'tl J 

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- gavin@mangoelephant .com For Sale ) . 

Tiki 31 'Bobin' sail number 81. Never been in the water. Two .) 

4 huls in good condition. i Beam s and masts need re-varnish or . 

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The Sea People lssue 58 December 2()t)4 Pagt 37

Letters Letters Letters Letters Letters 

Do send us Ieters and postcards, em ails, telegrams and 

porpoise post. It's good to hear how things are going in 

your part of the world, and to share your concerns. 

Dear all , re Tht Sea People June 04, p 25 'A Fork in the 

Rtlad' Ttlny Perridge 

Ttlny Perridge concludes that he dles not have the : 

telnperanlent tklr ltlng distance sailing and that hc feels, in ' 

cllnlparislln with Ellen M acArthur. 'a total winlpr'. 

0ne ()1' the whole points about living at sea is that one does ' 

ntlt ' kntlw ' and s() I d(' not know what the M atrA rthur is but 

slmething in the back ()t' ( what-s left ot) my mind suggests 

that it is tlne ()f the gltlbalising racing mob. 

lf that is st'. then rest assureds Tllny. ytltl are no wilnp. 

The racing mtlb canntlt put to sea without shore-based 

rlltltel-s. strategy Iuanagers- banks of weather com puters and 

m assi ve ctlm nlunicatitpns gear so that the telly com panies 

they work ftpl- can cal on the world's helicopter fleets to 

save them when the Inasts ()r k'eels fall (lff their ridiculous 

m achines, t)r when they get ttloth ache. Taking m y engine to 

piccts this I'ntlrning l ntlticed a chap I was talking t) a few 

days agt' slipping quietly out to sea, in the present northerly 

# ale. b lund ftlr Panama. No one will ever hear 01- him . as no l! 

' one has heard of any of his prcvious vtlyages. solne 'i 

astllnishing. If ht dtles nllt get to destination no one will ' 

. htar ()1* il either A ND NO O NE W ILL HAVE BEEN 

I BOTHERED. So the wim ps are the other mob. Not us. 

On m y way to the W est Indies, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife I 

i m et a ppung couple setting (lut jbr their 'great adventtlre' 

I aftcr lpng planning and prcparation. (About to set off on . 

m ine, I checked up the nàast and found the forestay hanging ' 

by 4 strands at the top swage.) l ran into them again in ' 

Gtladeltltlpe. They had gi ven up their round-the world i 

' cruise and were about to re-cross the Atlantic for home and I 

the pltering abtlut the ctlasts ot Europe, anchoring up qtliet I 

: estuarics. Iistening t() the sea birds . ..which is what they ' 

liked abtltlt sailing. Svhat they did not like was weeks of .1 

' em pty (lcean, the arrogance of officialdolna the endless l 

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. anxieties tlf weather and failing gear. M any people would l 

think their decisitln t() be a scurrying t-llr home tail betwecn 

legs. 0n the ctlntrary- it had the courage of self-recognition, 

partictlarly because they werc young. You see quite a lot of 

petlple at antlhtlr in the Caribbean. locked into a stagnant 

I and pretty sordid live-abllard life. which they cannot adm it 

i t() themselves, they detest. 

I . 

It sounds as if Tony Perridge has , Iike so n'lany others, j 

I taken t() heart Raty-s famous declaration to M oley that 1. 

there is nllthing half so m uch wllrth doing as simply I 

mcssing about in btlats. And, if l can get my engine to work i 

' 

. again. if l can get a new mainsail to replace the one that 

ripped itsel f t() pieces Iast week, if m y new forestay ( second 

I in two years) and new genoa roller (the ncwly snapped 

' ftlrestay dcmolished the old and lnuch-repaired roller) hold 

ttlgether. if I can find a window between the constant gales 

()f the Aztlres, if. . thcn I wil get back to Spain and join 

hin'l. 

T() thyself be true. 

; Keep up the good work Editorial Team . Yours is the only 

sai Iing m agazine I have ever come across that has any sense . 

()r intbrm ation in it. M alcolm M cFarlane 

Tbe Sea People Issue 58 Decelnber 20(.)4 . . 

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Thanks for the Iast message. W e are about to leave Kenya 

on our 'Captain Cook', 'Scam ander', heading for Seycheles. 

W e are then heading for the Pacific over the next 

few years. Please can you change our em ail address to - 

copse@ scamander.co.uk and send aI hard copies of PCA 

! to our UK address:- 99 Norse Road, Scotstoun, Glasgow, 

l G14 9Eo 

Please don't send anything Iarge or any attachments on the 

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! email as we wil be in places where the transmission rate is 

' veçy slow. 

:Regards , Andy Smalwood 

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Hi Sea People, 

As we wait for our building plans to arrive (Tiki 46) I 

have had the good forttlne to visit with M ike ltnd M arta 

' Harom y in Toronto, O ntario antl see the progress on their 

Tiki 46. This was my second visit with the Harom y-s and 

. their new friendship is m ost appreciated. This trip I even 

donned a tyvek suit and helped them with glassing some 01the 

port hull deck. 

Coming up next m onth, and again in Deccmber- is a visit 

to see Ann and Nev Clements on Peace IV. I tirst met Ann 

and Nev in Beaufort, NC as they were heading north to 

Rhode Island this past spring. The opportunity to visit and 

see tinished boats and boats in progress is more motivating 

than l can explain. Suftice it to say that if you have evcn the 

remotest chance to visit other W harram builders, do it ! . 

Recently I got an update on Rtln and Suzanne M etheny 

aboard 'Tapasya' their Tiki 38. Ron built Tapasya in 

Boone, NC just an hour or so away from me but l never 

knew that he was building until they had launched and were 

living abtlard in Carolina Beach. I visited :1 trouple ()f times 

t() see the boat and they tltlk' me (lut tklr a daysail. Thltt was 

a1I it took and I was hooked. Anyway, here is the update. . 

'W e are tine, broke and ()1 our way t() New Zealand to 

' find work, l hope. O ur course took us from North Carolina 

I tt) Antigtla. Trinadad, Vcnezuelaa Ctlllm bia, Panalnas the 

: Galapagosa to the M arqueasas (that took 25 days). to the 

!Tuomotos . Societes, Suvarrov. and nlw Sanloa. 22 months 

. in al1 since we left NC. From here we wil go to Fiji and the 

first week in Nov. to New Zealands weather perluiting ! ! ! 

' There are a 1ot 01' different kinds of cruisers out here from 

! 

' budget to wealthy. In the W est lndies we spent to much 

m oney. Venezula, Colombia, and Panama were very 

inexpensive. Perhaps $500 a month plus or minus a $ I ()(). 

French Polynesia very expensive, gasoline $5.00 1 ga1 . ! ! I-m 

trying to say you can make it on a small budget . Have Iots 

of chain rode, 300 ft. plus to anchor in 6() plus feet 

som etimes. l'm using 225 ft chain and 200 ft rope but m lre 

. chain is better. You will motor a 1ot at times. Rem ember we 

. have two gas Yam aha 9.9. so its more expensive than a 

diesel.' 

That is all for now. m ore when the btlild begins! 

Regards, Clif Thompson 

Greetings fronl thc Isles of Scilly 

News l'ronl Scil ly: 

Fellow' Iuember Pete Kyne stil desperate t(' get sailing agctin. He is 

ltloking for a Pahi 42 if anyone cal help. 

fAstrophe ', Ted Nloulson k c lassic Tane . i s sti I l lbr sale and has 

been reduced again. f 3.750. 

Regards 

Gary Hoyle Tiki 26 'Tiki Ni'

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Helo, 

A few years ago I wrote to the PCA, advedising m y 

boat, a HINA, 1 had a few enquiries but nobody seemed 

to want it, so I'm just making one last atempt at seling 

it, and if no-one wants it, perhaps a match would do. 

lts been sat in a field for about 8 years now and the 

weather is doing it no good. 

There are 2 huls with cabins 25 feetIong, 4 feet beam 

each hul, the huls have been sheathed with nylon, 

there are a few other bits and pieces that I'd amassed 

over the years. Since I retired in 93 I've kept hoping l'd 

Thought for the day:- 

David Mitchener 

4> œ * * M.' ' > Hey , it Inade m e sm ile! There used t4) I'e 

be able to get it finished, but I haven't the money to find 

a new workshop and I'm getting too oId to do the work. I I ! . 

If anybody is interested they can take it away for a donation 

to my benevolent fund. Another winter is upon us 

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Rem ember that a lone amateur built the Ark. 

A Iarge group of professionals built the Titanic. 

pleasan'f Iif# t'ha'f #he following was received from ,.,z ' ' . - * ' - - ' 

D (!ve Mi#chener . Maybe Ahese #wo letters can k - .a -' .= . 

inspire someone Ao Acke over John's Hinc ??? Eb kz- 

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For tllose tl -f-ytzlz with zlt? French ltere is a translatiolt oftle article tzl page 28 

The W haram meeting planned for the weekend of Augtlst l 5 at M esqtler, southen: Britany was a 

delightftll success. Four W harrams of difering sizes (plus one catamaran inspired by W harram) and 

approximately forty owners, builders, potential builders (from al1 France) created an ambiance ful of 

friendship. 

On Saturday morning thc first arrivals could adm ire the prety scenel'y of M esquer at low-tide, but 

unfortunately under a persistent drizzle. 

Already present were the Tiki 21 Théo of François Juilien, based in M esquer, and the wel known 

Kamiloa, Tiki 38 of the Naulet's which was the al yelow one visible from afar, in the channel. The first 

anivals decided to relax with M other Nature and to wait for beter weather with a coffee. W e particularly 

welcom ed M arie-l-lelene and Bertrand Fercot, in the process of building at the sam e tim e a Tiki 46 in the 

finistère and a Tiki 30 in M artinique! 

By m id day the drizzle left us and Kam iloa was used as a picnic area for a sm al group of visitors, 

later on joined by the remainder of the group and Théo. ln the afternoon we were joined by Temoe, a 

catam aran built by its ow ner obviously inspired by W hanum . 

Then Leonardo, the Tiki 28 of Claude Borde arrived, fo lowed by the M élanlsia brought by the Naulet 

children. W ith the weather preventing any sailing, the afternoon quickly passed in visits, com m ents and 

chatterings on the 'raft' consisting of the assem bled W harram s. 

Finally the day finished for the majority around plates of mussels and the lively conversations 

continued until rather late... 

Sunday mom ing the rendezvous' were fixed about m idday only, time for the tide to start to go up, and 

for the weather to tum beautiful. The departures having been m ore num erous than the arrivals we were a 

litle fewer to share a picnic on the beach. Some people had trouble finding us and 1 hope that nobody left 

without having found us or the food . The afternoon everyone embarked on the boats for a tinal sail under 

a light breeze during which Leonardo demonstrated her nim bleness & speed in the light airs. 

Finaly, 2 fultiling days during which each one could share their experiments and their questions. lt 

w as to rny know ledgc thc bcst attended V/harraln gathcring in France but can stil! get m uch better! 

Arising from the various discussions w as the wish to gather the am ateurs of W harram into an 

organization which could fonu part or be affiliated with the PCA (polynesian catamaran association) by 

understanding the need for proxim ity and the difficulties of the English language. W e should get 

information to know how the Austrians are organized (very active). Finaly that other meetings of this 

type are wished for by aIl next year w ith various assum ptions: a single gathering in Rade du Brest or 

seperate meets in the (english) Channel/lwa M anche and the Atlantic? A l/any proposals/suggestions are 

w elcom e. 

One cannot finish w ithout thanking a1l the participants, and in particular François w ho w elcom ed us in 

M esquer and the ow ners of W harram s. A special m ention for the N aulets, w ho cam e w ith both the largest 

and the smallest boat of the m eeting! 

Nicolas Vivier (translated with humble apologies for any errors by Dave Peak, with final corrections 

thanks to Danièle Volpiere) 

Following is the up-to date list of the changes to mem bers information since the 2004 yearbook went to print. 

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