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The Sea People

Magazine of thePolynesianCatamaranM sociatlon #

@ PCA 1998

Contents

Tips Hints & Gadgets

Gaia in the Red Sea

Hitia 17 im provem ents

Cat Corner -.. Queensland

Narai 4 '- monocoque

Austrian Meet

Cookie 'w' the facts

Tiki 38 '>' build report

Tiki 26 -.. Iashings or straps?

Tangaroa 3rd time around.

Modified Tangaroa in Holland

Tiki 21 :'Verity'' '.- cruising

N.E. UK meet repod

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Editorial Team : Steve & ScottAssisted By: Sandy

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Tiki 26 GRP (Sp) E9,750Tiki 26 GRP f10,000Tiki 26 GRP E1O,5OO

Tangaroa (NL) DFL50,000Tiki 28 (France) :18,500Pahi 42 (Portugal) E29,000Narai 4 (US) $50,000ORO (Mannini) E34,000Pahi 42 E39,500

Pahi 42 (Turkey) :38,000Pahi 42 (NL) E44,000Pahi 63 (Turkey) $135.000

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ED ITO R 'S B IT READTHIS, IT'S IMPORTANT!

Steve Tumer jFor the next three issues I will be listed as yourmagazine editor. although, in fact, it will be ajoint effort as usual! This will be my Iast year onthe PCA committee. both Sandy and I will bestanding down at the next AGM (we hope to havetime to do a little more sailing before we get tooold! ) Since the low point of six years ago. the pre-sent committee has built up the association to analI time high with record membership and healthyfunds.This is an opportunity for a new group of mem-bers to take the reins and lead the PCA into thetwenty-first century. starting from the strongest

position a new committee has ever inherited! Runningthe PCA is a Iot of work but it brings p'eat rewardswith it, including personal contact with people in overforty countries.Computer literacy is an important requirement, as is afair bit of spare time! E-mail connection would be anadvantage and a group of members in fairly close prox-imity to each other can best share the Ioad.The 1 999 AGM will be in September as usual If youthink you might have what it takes and would like tohave a go, contact us as soon as possible. it would benice to have a seamless transition! Scott has oflbred tostay on for at Ieast one more year as a guiding hand,gradually reducing his involvement as the new commit-tee tirtds it's feet.

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other boats took up this offer and af- age; seams beginning to give aI1John Barker takes a break from ter an anxious wait - they were over over. A day and a half was spentthe JWD drawing ofsce to sail on an hour late - we were given a hove-to, hard at work with the sew-''Spirit of Gaia'' whoie roast goat which kept us fed ing machine re-sewing the three

or the next three days. working sails. The next twelve daysWhere the hell is Djibouti? This was were spent beating to windward inmy first question when asked if l After leaving Obok we entered the winds of between Force 6 and Forcewould join ''Gaia'' for her passage up Red Sea with a following wind and 8 with only one morning and one af-the Red Sea. A few days Iater l was had six days of gentle sailing until ternoon where the wind droppedflying in to this dusty French colonial off Port Sudan, where, as predicted, away and we thought the worst waspiece of East Africa aboard an Air the wind turned to the Nodh West over. Only a few hours Iater the windEthiopia jet via Addis Abbaba. and started blowing hard. W hen this was back howling in the rigging,

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' 1 spent dodging sbips which mysteri-' ously only appeared after dark. Fi-

nally, we reached Egyptian waters''Gaiar was anchored off the run- hop between numerous whaddi an- and decided to put in to Safaga, thedown 'Club Nautique' and after chorages during the morning calms first pod of entry.spending a day provisioning and or stay out and keep beating. We U nfortunately our timing wassorting out my transit visa we mo- chose the latter as we were Iimited wrong - Iate in the afternoon, andtored over to a nearby island with a on time. As soon as the wind staded the approaches are tricky with sev-beautiful shallow lagoon to scrub the blowing hard, ''Gaia's'' six year oId eral unlit reefs. W e were gettingbottom. The crew, James, Hanneke. sails aI1 started showing signs of close as the sun set but could makeJamie, Alexa and 1 had an enjoy-able day swimming and scrubbing * '/* - 1 .. vîy. * %:'#.

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-! a 't 1.ternoon and decided to put into / 'Obok, a small pod on the Djibouti/Eritrean border. W e anchored along ' . . J*

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out lights ashore. Suddenly the winddropped so we tried to start bothmotors. After two weeks of inactivityone refused to start and the otherwould not provide any drive. Sud-denly the wind sprang up again,blowing hard and forcing us tospend the night hove-to off shore. lnthe morning we made sail andtacked into harbour, the wind stillhowling.

of the Holiday Inn eating hamburg-ers and ice cream .

fodable night hove-to at sea. In themorning it was still blowing Force 8and rather than attempt to beat intoHurgarda we decided to run back toSafaga, wondering how Iong wewould be stuck there.

Afler a couple of days wait, one af-ternoon the wind dropped andturned to the South. W e immedi-ately raised anchor and motoredthrough the night, through the is-Iands and reefs of the Strait ofGubal into the Gulf of Suez. Fromhere the wind was Iight north west-erly so we sailed during the day andanchored at night. After severaldays of easy sailing and desededanchorages the hustle and bustle ofSuez was difficult to take so we de-cided to stay only one day to re-provision and sod out a pilot to takeus through the canal. Our dreams ofdrinking and telling sea stories atthe Suez Yacht Club went unreal-ised, as being a Muslim countfy, theclub has no bar.

After having spent a while workingon the engines - one starter motorhad seized and we adjusted thegear cables on the other - we de-cided to take a trip to Luxor, a threehour bus ride away. This turned outto be a four day highlight of the triptaking in visits to the tombs of thePharos, the Luxor M useum , the Kar-nak Temple and, my childhooddream - a felluca ride up the Nile.Due to the massacre of tourists byMuslim extremists the previousyear, the city which thrives on tour-ism, was vef'y quiet and very cheap.

Safaga harbour is a bay with an is-Iand in the middle. The oId port,where boats check in, is at the southend of the bay and the Yacht an-chorage off the hotel area is to thenorth, through a narrow, shallowchannel. W e sailed up the oId portand dropped anchor having followeda large monohull which turned outto the be the Swan 65 ''Tangaroa'.W e checked into Egypt along withher and the sloop 'Halycyon', whokindly towed us through to the an-chorage, which was full of shelteringyachts. It turned out that both ofthese powerful monohulls had hadjust as rough a time as us. The nextm orning was calm and many boatsraised anchor and headed nodh.The crew of the ''Gaia'' howeverhad a thoroughly Iazy but well de-served day lounging around the pool

Back aboard ''Gaia'' the wind wasstill blowing from the NW but after acouple of days we awoke to a calmday and the sound of boats raisinganchor. W e decided to follow suitbut took a while to get going. An-other port, Hurgarda, is only 25miles on so we thought we couldmake it there for the night. The windwas Iight and on the nose so prog-ress was slow. Come sunset theIights of Hurgarda were in sight butthe wind staded blowing hard, so ina repeat of our first approach toSafaga, we spent another uncom-

The two Ieg canal transit - boats an-chor at the town of Ismalia over-night - was enlivened by two things -the arrival of Peter a potential Pahi63 builder from Australia and the re-occurrence of our port engine driveproblem. During the second morn-

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ingr after having been joined by ourrather surly pilot in Ismalia, the podengine suddenly started racing butnot providing any drive. Immediatelyour speed dropped, the wind againbeing a brisk headwind. Our pilot in-dicated he wanted us to moor up toa floating bridge at the canal side.This done, after an unintelligiblephone call at a nearby ferry station,our pilot disappeared. Our agenthad made clear we should contacthim if we had any mechanical prob-Iems so we decided to go ashore tofind a phone but found our wayblocked by a pair of armed soldierswho refused to allow us ashore. De-spite our attempts at reason theycontinued to guard over us as westruggled to diagnose our engineproblem which turned out to be asheared prop. Meanwhile Petertried radioing passing ships in at at-tempt to get in contact with theagent to arrange another pilot. ForPeter time was running out as hehad a flight booked out of Cairo at4pm the next day.

fected by the EI Nino. A number tolddistressing stories of their treatmentby the Suez Canal pilots, the worstbeing a yacht rammed by the pilotboat after the crew refused to paytlne 'Baksheesll' Jemanded. W e hadbeen advised beforehand that thegoing rate for this was US$5 and apacket of cigarettes and despite be-ing asked for more we didn't haveany problem s.

By next mornjng we had repairedthe prop but had stili not got throughto the 'Prince of the Red Sea'. Fi-nally, Peter did get through to a veryhelpful German ship who put usthrough to 'The Prince' . He told usto go to the nearest pilot station,which was visible about half a m ileup the canal. W hy our pilot hadn'ttaken us there the day before weslill can't understand. By midday wewere joined by a third pilot and wereunderway again. Peter was desper-ate to make his flight. Despite pro-tests from everyone in the pilot sta-tion, who insisted he stay aboard''Gaia'' to Pod Said, he stayedashore. W e learned Iater that hewas escoded to the airport underarmed guard and did catch theplane.

M eanwhile we motored on to PodSaid where, minutes after droppingthe pilot, our propeller repair failedbut by then we were in sight of theMediterranean. So, with full sail andone engine we were able to clearport safely gliding along on a gentlebreeze, Two days Iater we weresafely bedhed in Ashkelon Marina inIsrael where ''Gaia' was Ieft.

Comparing stories with other cruis-ers, aII agreed that the Red Sea wasa tough sail and that this had been apadicularly tough year, possibly af-

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H itia 17 im rovem ents - in Ibiza

g by Jan Leendertz Seven years ago I helped a friendto build his Hitia 1 7 and we builther with a1I the changes that I hadon mine at that time which meantsaving much money and time aswe did not build the sprit, the frontbeam, the tent, the canvas hatchcovers, the double floor with it's 4big expensive hatch covers, andwe did not cut the drainholes intothe hullsides. I had built aII these

l mentioned the canvas hatch cov-ers. I changed them for watertightwooden ones. So did several Hitiaowners, some of them right away.Later I replaced the two woodenhatch-covers per hull by one Iongcover, so that 3 people can sit be-side each other in stronger winds.

I can also move forward to them ast-beam on this new hatch-cover to go more to windward

In 1987 I finished a Hitia 14 and ayear later a Hitia 17, both accord-ing to the plans (now I wonderwhy).The only alteration on both boatswas a classical hatch cover(Wood) in front of the mast-beamon both hulls.

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As 1 sail from March to November(since 1988) in the beautiful wa-ters between lbiza and For-mentera, I could gather a Iot of ex-periences out in the sea which canget very severe.

Sailing Hitia 17 was beautiful rightfrom the beginning. If I compareHitia 14 with a Fiat Panda, shewould be a Mercedes Benz. (Anda Dart, a Porsche, added a Dadowner).

1 hadn't sailed Hitia 17 Iong when Istaded thinking of a few improve-ments which during the 1 1 years ofsailing have accumulated to quitea Iist.

AI1 staded with the hatch covers.They were torn off by big wavesand I got into trouble when tryingto rescue them . The sprit(wonderful on Hitia 14) was dan-gerous when trying to reef. Theshock cord securing the shroudIashing under the lanyard cleatcame off and the 1ee shroud Iash-ing held the mast with it's Iastthread in a force 1 1 . The mast hadcome down several times. Thebows were rather deep in the wa-ter and big waves sometimesstopped Hitia from full speed be-cause the front beam was in theirway. Surfing was sometimes chal-Ienging and dangerous. I alsocouldn't get used to the position ofthe jibsheet cleat between thehatch covers.

It took me a Iot of time to find solu-tions for aII these ''handicaps'' andthe changes I made definitely im-proved handling, pedorm ance,safety and also the Iook of Hitia1 7.

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pads (except the tent) just to throwthem aI1 away later. l paid for theIesson and Iearned a Iot and myfriend was pleased. Steve Hankeywho bought that Hitia 17 Iater (sailNo. 1 14) took over aII my improve-ments (except the topsail which 4wouldn't call an improvement butrather an extravagance).

The more people sail their boat,the more they will probably want toadapt it to their necessities andmany Hitia owners wili have madetheir own changes. I wonderwhether anybody else has takenthe front beam off. W e have threeHitia 17s with two beams in Ibiza.Hanneke Boon knows about it andshe asked me to change theplans, which l didn't dare to do be-cause of the many cross refer-ences to other sheets of the plan.

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when tacking. The Rosition of thejibsheet cleat had to be changednow. lt went to the back beam (seepicture).

Having waterproof hatches I couldfinally store and Iock away aIIkinds of gear, the mainsheet withpurchase, jibsheet, tillers and pul-Ieys, sleeping bags, tent, drinksand food etc.

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Ample place for everything, andwhat was washed on the net, is nowdfy in the hatch.

Stempost handle, I see it as a noseon the bow. A helper pufled the boatto the side and broke it off. I glued itback and added on each side 5 mmply. The nose Iooked a bit thin andmiserable before, now it is round,shiny and strong.

Skeq and keel: I sailed over rocks 6times. There was never any damagethanks to the 3mm aluminium keel.Each time there was a bang amid-ships and a second cruel one on theskeg. I became more and moreafraid to one day rip the skeg oK.There was another reason for doingsomething to the skeg:Many times I got stuck on ropes inthe water, sometim es with finetbreads to bold the plastic rings, andsometimes l dragged a big plasticbag along.So l made a Iong, gently curvedskeg (see photo) by adding sheeted12 mm ply. The keel 1 prolongedfrom 12 cm up the bow to 1 cmoverlapping the rudder, covering thepiece of pIy added.Now l can sail over ropes andthreads, and when hitting a rockthere is no more fear for the skeg.And I feel that the boat Iooks morebeautiful. I had asked James W har-ram whether she would still tack witha Iong skeg and he said, ''T? it our'.She tacks very well.

2. BEAMSThe front beam, the net' ropes, theanchor etc. make a weight of easily25 kg in front of the mast, close tothe bows. That led to numerousstress situations at higher speeds inwaves or when surfing. l heard froma French yachty that his friend's Hi-tia 1 7 pitchpoled. (Of course therecan be many reasons). 1 took thefront beam off for ever (aII thatwork! ). took away it's sockets andlashing pads and simply added 4wedges of hard wood under the re-maining 2 crossbeams. (see draw-ing). They push against the beamlashing-pads (the strongest part ofthe hullside) and securely keep thehulls in their parallel position. Thewedges rubbed a little bit of'f the topof the beam lashing-pads whjch I re-painted. No more problems.She performs much better now,mainly in stronger winds the bowsare always up and l assert that she

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is safer with 2 beams. There is still to the beam.more than enough stability and a bitmore flexibility. 3. MAST AND SPRITW hen 1 take my anchor, I place itright behind the mast on the canvas I cut the sprit in two equally Iongtrampoline, sticking the shaft pieces to hold the roof of a hut Ithrough the gap between the two built. That means 4.8 kg of weighttrampoline halves, in a way that it Iess up in the air. Instead I built a 1doesn't touch the water. Chain and kg gaff with it's claw similar to that ofrope are in a flat bowl with holes. a Tiki 21. The gaff goes through aEven Barry Aslett from Denia who narrow pocket on top of the main-used his Hitia 17 as a working boat, sail. The spritsail became a gaffsail.took the front beam off, he always maintaining the sail's shape. Hitia 17carried Ioads of heavy diving gear, owner Malcolm Kirke wrote from thefood supplies, tent etc., but aII was Philippines, ''I too am consideringIocked away in the hulls and front using the sprit to hold up the clotheshatches. He dived for fish to sell to Iine in the garden and making athe hotels.- gaff. Reefing is very difficult in a1 Iost my dolphin-striker, so I glued it rough sea, and lowering the sail

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even more so as the sprit has togo in the waterOn Hitia 14 the spritsail with thebrail line is a beautiful solution andreeting is no problem becauseeverything is smaller.The gaffsail needs a topmast topull the gaff up. 1 opened the masttop, stuck the handle of an axe in,secured the mast top with a stripof stainless steel screwed aroundit and filled the holes for the hal-yards with Epoxy paste and sealedthem to strengthen the mast topwhich has to hold 4 shrouds and23 forestays. (See Nr.4 rigging).Tie mast foot flat on the beamcaused the beam to follow the

hold the prolonged topmast when I proximately 1,2 m Just for fun, input a top sail. (See Nr.5 sails). 1 re- Iighter winds. lt fits very well andplaced the broken piece of the for- helps a little I think (it is hard toestay from the upper jibroller- measure).swivel to the mast top by 4 mmspectra lashing. 6. TRAMPOLINE

Sometimes when 1 started out atF.3 the wind increased to F.6 andthen I had a very insecure feelingbecause of my experiences thatthe mast can come down. So Idoubled the shrouds. The addi-tional shrouds received additionalshroud lashing pads outside andcounter pads inside the hullsides,a Iittle bit foreward of the originalIashing pads. I also took off theshock cords that are supposed tokeep the Iashings under the'halyard cleats' and fixed a pieceof wood threading the Iashingthrough.I feel a Iot safer after thesechanges, knowing that l have donemy best to hold the mast up.

5. SAILSAs the jib was fitted with a (Hobie16) jib roller the forestay can'thave a lashing to pull it tight. Thisis done with the shroud Iashings.The 2 additional forestays to thebows must be slacker than thecentre one for better windwardperformance.A purchase in the jib sheetseemed too complicated to han-dle, so 1 didn't fit it. lf it is hard topull the jib tighter, I just turn Hitia'snose into the wind and pull.Only minor changes have to bemade to turn the spritsail into agaffsail. I also added a window, 2battens and prepared the m ainsailfor two reefs. (That was not possi-bIe with the sprit).This year I Iengthened the topmastand filled the gap beMeen top-mast and gaff with a topsail of ap-

l made a new ceanvas trampolinewith the positions of the holeschanged and thick walled plasticwater pipes sewn in for tightening.I put pockets for the halyards andbelts to put the feet under.Hitia 14 also got a canvas trampo-Iine instead of the wooden one.saving 20 kg of weight, so that shenow weighs 80 kg in total. Shealso received a 7 mm pIy board1 5 cm wide, from beam to beam.just stuck in to make sitting on thehulls possible.

W ith aII these changes both my Hi-tias have proved during manyyears of sailing in aII kinds ofweather that they are very easy tohandle. safer than they were be-fore and a pleasure to sail.1 may once more quote fromMalcolm Kirke's Ietter: ''Despite aIIthese criticisms and alterations, Ithink Hitia 17 basically a very goodboat, seaworthy and well deserv-ing spending time on improve-mentsl'I cedainly agree.

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Perfect Paradise By Alex Milne fine weather and light winds, we the ospreys, these beacons, asIoaded our Hitia 17, ''JOD1,'' with otherwise they would have to nestfood, water, and a minimum of in deep, round holes in the water.camping gear, and motored to-

A couple of weeks ago, our young- wards the Boyne Rjver mouth and Afler rounding Bushy jslel, andest daughter Kirsty arrived home adventure. getting closer to our plannedfrom a year's working and travel- Iunchtime anchorage, a couple ofIing in the U.K. and Europe, with The weather bureau's promise of tudles poked their heads aboveScots boyfriend in tow. After Iight winds in the morning proved the shining, sky-blue surface. Theyspending a week with number one aIl too true. The only breeze we were shy, though. and a bit toodaughter in Brisbane, they came had was created by the Suzuki 2 quick for Callum to see. W e tookup to Gladstone for a week's stay horse pushing us along at about 4 the risk of sailing straight overwith us. knots on the incoming tide. Aoer Pelican Banks, as by now the tide

the recent storms, the green hills was well into the flood. l felt it wasCallum had just Ieft the coldest of Facing Island on our right, with a risk, at Ieast, because I'veScottish winter in decades, to ar- its white sand beaches, areas of ploughed most of the Banks withrive in Queensland and greet the mangroves and dark, rocky the skegs at one time or another.hottest summer we've had in the shelves provided a pleasant back- Callum took over the steeringsame period. Needless to say, he drop to the bright blue of the wa- about now. no problem for an ex-felt the heat more than a Iittle, ter. coxswain of the RN. Once we gotwashed out and covered in prickly closer to 'The Oaks', our destina-heat rash. I could sympathise with W e all kept our eyes peeled hop- tion near the north end of Facinghim, though in the opposite direc- ing to see turtles. dolphins or du- Island, I took over once more, astion. 1 stad to shiver when the tem- gong, and give Callum a close there is a Iot of coral around thisperature plummets to about 26 de- Iook at our Iocal wildlife. W e didn't area, and we needed to thread ourgrees Celslus. come across any for a while, way through the reefs to the

though the sight of a couple of os- beach.Lynne and I decided to take Kirsty preys was a worthwhile event. W eand Callum for a sailing and camp- have several pairs nesting at vari- Once anchored, everyone, includ-ing tour around the area for a cou- ous points around the harbour ing yours truly, decided it was timep1e of days. So when my days off usually on the tops of the naviga- for a swim. Callum was the onlyarrived, for once colnciding with tion beacons. Very convenient for one with a snorkel and goggles,

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and willingly shared them aroundso we could view the underwatersights. This was a completely newgame to Lynne and me, and to Kir-sty also, it seems. Lynne and I en-joyed it so much that a few dayslater we bought snorkeling gear ofour own.

bling bellies. Then a walk to theother side of the island to Iook atthe open ocean, before going backto the boat and enjoying anotherswim .

Callum and l held her while Lynneand Kirsty walked over the sanddunes to check out the campsite. ltturned out to be a windfall. Sheltershed, rainwater tank, and gas bar-becues. If this is roughing it, thenI'm aII for it.

After transpofting our gear up thefew hundred metres to the camp-site, we thought we might walk toCapricorn Lodge for a cold drink.W e were devastated when wefound that the Lodge shop onlyopens from 9 am to 1 1 am daily,and it was now almost 5 o'clock.Callum and I looked at each otherin dismay. No beer! So it was backto camp for cold water from ourfrozen m ilk bottles, and cups oftea.

Soon we were cooking our even-ing repast on the gas barbies.Small problem. After 10 minutes orso, they go out, not to light againfor another half hour. So it was acontinuous shuffle from one barbieto the other, except when both de-cided not to work in unison. Aboutthis time an angel appeared in theguise of Pauline, a friend ofLynne's and mine. It just so hap-pened that Pauline had somehome-brew chilling in the 'fridge,and was a1l for coming over laterfor a yarn, and was verf willing toshare her amber fluid. Oh, joy!

An hour or so Iater. an enjoyablesupper was finally over and donewith, along with a few bottles ofPauline's Powerful Home-brew.Pauline's dog Beau took care ofthe scraps, then we took a walkalong the beach. W e were hopingto see some turtles nesting, as thisarea is renowned locally as a turtlenursery. However we were nearingthe end of the season, and sawnone at all. The three and a halfmile walk by starlight up to the Ia-goon was very enjoyable, even so.Examining shells by torchlight wasa novel experience for aII of us.The walk back to camp took us upto bed time, where we should haveslept Iike a stack of iogs, onPauline's mattresses. W e aIl sleptfor only a coupie of hours, unfortu-nately, except for Iucky Callum,who didn't sleep at all. He statesemphatically that our Queenslandsandflies are exactly the same asthe m idges that inhabit bonnyScotland. So between the sand-

lt was about 2 pm now, and thewind had at last started to blow.On a 10 knot nodheasterly we

W hile swimming next to the boat, threaded our way under sail out ofCallum Iooked around at the blue the coral. and into the main nodhwater, the white sand, the boat channel. Then heading north be-and the surrounding view in gen- tween Rat Island and the reefs oferal. Facing lsland, we headed out to

open water. Once out far enough,*-rhis is what it's aII about, isn't it'?n we turned and ran parallel to thehe said. north coast of Cudis Island, where

we planned to camp for the night.BW hat do you mean, Callum'?p W e had to be a bit careful here. asasked Lynne. a Iot of this coast has rocks, along

and just out from the beach, and''W e1I, you sail over here on your we planned to Iand at high tide,own boat, the water's warm, you hoping to sail over the tops of theanchor, go for a swim. It's, irs, it's said hard things. As we got closer,it's perfectlM sailing south now towards theYep, and just perfect enough for beach, I dropped aII sail, Lynnethe rest of us too, Callum. steered, and Callum poked one of

our paddles over the side to testBy now it was time for Iunch, so the depth. The wind blew us gentlywe took a shod walk to the top of landwards, until Callum's paddlethe beach with armfuls of food and touched botlom, and I jumped overdrink. There in the shade of a shel- to stop the boat from hitting theter with picnic table, we filled rum- rocks. W e towed *JODIO in and

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After Iunch, it was time for the IastIeg, about 5 miles across the har-bour to the mouth of the BoyneRiver, and home. By now the tidewas nearing full, and the wind hadgrown to a more or Iess steady 18knots, if my judgement is correct,which it quite often isn't. But I don'tIet it get me down. The sea hadgrown quite Iumpy, with lots ofwhitecaps. 1 put Kirsty and Lynneon the uphill side with me, but thelee hull still bogged down with onlyCallum on it, so got him to moveover with us too. Some peoplewould call this cosy, but on a 1 7foot boat, I call it crowded, Thepoor boat was slightly overloadedwith four of us plus camping gear,and didn't rise to the waves as pernormal. It was good fun though,going through some of the wavesrather than over, and everyoneseemed to think waist deep wbitewater from one end lo the otherwas hilarious. It was sod of Iikewhite-water rafting under the rap-ids instead of the other. Callumreckoned it was Iike the Nodh Seaon a very calm day, only muchwarmer. W e sailed over W estBanks, then into the river, short-cutting over the shallows. Then theIast few hundred metres, quietlycoasting in to the boat ramp.

The whole two days had been aperfect paradise for aII of us.

Jodi ready to set (* to her cruising ground.

flies, mosquitoes, and ants, not tomention the heavy rain, we had arather restless night. Then at hightide, which was at 4 am or nearenough, it was time to check thatthe boat wasn't going to Ieave usstranded, so Callum and I walked tothe beach and dragged ''JODI'' outto deeper water, and re-anchored.Down came more rain, and it wascold! The sea was warm however,so we crouched in the briny up toour necks, and waited till the showerpassed.

South End, which is the southernend of Cudis Island. Here we an-chored ashore, close by the jetty.We couldn't tie to the jetty becauseof the barnacles, and we have nofenders. One of the prices we payfor sailing a small boat, and savingweight. W e cadged a Iifl withPauline, who drove us to the Lodgefor welcome cold drinks and icecream. On our return to the boat, wewalked out on to the Iong jetly, look-ing down at the white and yellowcoral in the shallow waters. Callumand Kirsty took the snorkel and wentswimming for a closer look whileLynne and 1 walked back to the boatto wait. Time was a-wasting how-ever, and soon we called them in,and sailed into a by now south-easterly wind of about 15 knots,

W ith the wind on the nose, werounded Farmer's Reef and sailedonce m ore over Pelican Banksagain without grounding (wonder ofwonders). and sailed on the porttack until a kilometre or so from theSmelter W harf, then tacked andheaded in towards Facing jsland.W e went as close to the island aswe dared, then tacked again, hopingto make Gatcombe Head, on thesouthern end of the island, in onetack. We just managed this bysqueezing between Bushy Islet andFacing Island, hoping alI the whilethat the tide was high enough bynow. A this stage the wind was gust-ing to about 18 knots, with a shortchop, which m ade conditions a bitdam p. But I was alright, thanks, in

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After a breakfast of bacon, eggs,black pudding and toast, and mov-ing the boat out with the tide severaltimes. we got the gear packed. W ewere ready to feel our way out be-tween a veritable field of rock reefjust before low tide. W hich wasgreat, as we could see most of therocks that were under water on oursail in. but not so great becausethere were a Iot of sharp objects justunder the surface. W e got out safelyhowever, under motor power, thenset sail into a 10 knot easterly, Oh,horror! I'd thrown the anchor andchain on top of the jib sheet. A madscramble to untangle the mess, butno harm done. Glad it was only 10knots of wind. That's the sort ofthing that can happen when you'retired. W ell, that's m y story, and I'msticking to it.

W e had a pleasant sail backthrough the entrance between Ratand Facing Islands, and keeping tothe channels. sailed to the jetty at

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Dave Irving and Lena Ljungqvist t f pahi 42 beams he was We used glass roving for the con-a se oPIYmO0th

, UK. king. The centreline spacing nections, 1 20O tex, draped over thema

was 16 feet or 4.880 metres, which beams and fanning out 1 metrewas just 5 inches Iess than our 5 onto the hull sides. We made upOur Narai Mk 4

, Havaiki. was metres, so we were definitely on bundles of 20 rovings, 2 metresIaunched in 1986, and 10 years th

e right track. long, and used 30 bundles on theIater she had never been out of theinside and 22 on the outside con-water

, apart from drying out to If you make the beams Ionger then nections, and covered the whole Iotscrub off the bottom, so she was you must make them stronger, and with one Iayer of 600 gram biaxwett due for a refit

. the connections to the hulls must glass.also be stronger. This rules outW e knew the beams would have to solid Iaminated wood for the new The other alterations planned are:come out in order to maintain the beams as they would then be too Making the bows sharp.beam boxes and beam botts. This heavy. On the Pahi 31 there is an Reducing the size of the skegs togave us the idea to put into prac-option to make Ionger beams, in- Tiki propodions.tice two ideas we had been mullingcreasing the centreline spacing Fairing the rudders and skegs toover for a Iong time - make Ionger , ,,from 1 0 feet to 1 1 6 . The extra an aerofoil shape.beams and glass them rigidly tostrength is gained by adding one Closing off the gap belween thethe hulls

. The thinking behind this Iamination of timber. The problem rudders and skegs.is that we get a 1ot of wave interfer- is that the extra weight of this, plusence between the hulls which the extra weight of the longer Work is progressing fairly well (Febseems to slow her down

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We also wanted glass thebeams to the hulls and thus doaway with the flexible connections.W e had noticed the Pahi 42 'Tirla'had done this. l think the flexibleconnections are a good idea if youonly have timber, resorcinol glueand bolts, which was the case in1 958. However with uni-directionalglass and epoxy resin, you canspread the loads by fanning out theglass on the hulls, and make theconnections stronger. Making theconnections rigid makes it possibleto close off the beam boxes, whichare always a maintenance head-ache, There is still some flexibilitybecause the beam s themselvesbend and the hulls twist.

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98) if a bit behind schedule. Therehas been more maintenance workto do on the cabin sides than wethought. On this point we havesome good advlce to any newbuilders, and it has nothing to dowith Ionger beam s:don't use joinery pine. Save up andbuy some Douglas fir.

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IUS did very well in a Bora (storm)in the Adriatic). Quite a few boatsused their chutes. But due to per-manent wind changes they neededvery close attention and only ifproperly trimmed they increasedboat speed, otherwise they provedto be a disadvantage.

Ieading pack with his nicely refittedTiki 21 . because of his oId wornout jib. This shows again that thecut of the sail is more impodantthan the size. Interesting to note,that all the winners were singlehanders. the second had two onboard and the third three!

SoclAl- MEET

Upon return the W harram catama-ran fleet proceeded through a reedchannel to the Neusiedl-Bad Res-taurant harbour. This cosy little ba-sin finally filled up with 1 3 W har-

ram trailer catamarans (five Tiki26. five Tiki 21, two Pahi 26 andone Tane). At the restaurant wejoined the not (yet) sailing folks.Lots of new faces here from Ger-many, Switerland and Austria.Quite unique the veranda of therestaurant, towering 6 meterabove the water. From here youcould watch the rest of the fleelcoming in (of course the wind hasdied in the Iate afternoon) andhave a bird's view of the boats.Lots of stories and pictures werearound of the various building proj-ects e.g. A Tiki 21 is currently get-

Racing back north a1l the W harramcatamarans were running closehauled. It was interesting to watch.how the different boats and rigspedormed to windward. This legwas won by AQUARIUS (Tiki rig)followed by Helmut Bayerls Pahi26 MANIHI (classic rig andgenoa), pointing higher thanAQUARIUS. Again, we came inthird and our strategy of higherboat speed with eased sheets (oursails are vertically cut) paid offagainst the other close hauledTikis. Analysis of our Gps-trackdata showed Iater aIl the slightwind changes and that KAN-ANASKIS'S tacking angles werearound 100 degrees. Interestingthat Tiki 21 ANCHI'IO which camein fourth, showed excellent wind-ward pedormance despite herroller reefing jib (smaller jib). SomeTikis were sailed to windward withtacking angles of 85 - 90 degrees!Otto Urbanek, an experienced din-ghy racer found him self not in the

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The location of the meeting turnedout to be perfect, because of goodaccess from the Iake and town,good facilities and the excellentfood. More than 50 W harram en-thusiasts enjoyed this evening.Later, the PCA prices wereawarded. I was told more than atthe UK meet, thank you Scott forthis bilateral gesture. Big applausewhen the PCA Tshirts and burgeeswent to the race winners and toW illi and Gordon Vofà, who trailedtheir Tiki 21 COOL RUNNINGSth e Io n g way f ro m Be rl i n(Germany) to the meeting.

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Sunday morning saw the crowdgetting up rather slow. But finallywe managed to negotiate the reedchannel. Not without some bumps(remember O.U.?). We headedwest for a fleet or better crowd sailto the Breitenbrunn Bay for the fi-naI raftup. This also gave some ofthe visitors the opportunity to sailfor the first time on a Wharram .

The raftup was crowned by thechampagne from Helmut Bayerlwho combined this event with thechristening party of his Pahi 26MANIHI. She was built accordingto plans, only the cabin roofs wereraised, withoat disturbing her niceappearance,

I guess that this meeting was asuccess and as somebody statedthat ''this was really The W harramEvent in Austria so far..e. MostIikely we will have something simi-lar next year again in June. Checkwith your PCA yearbook.

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Rory MacDougal Total cost of N.Z. retit / upgrade -f 1 ,300.00. this includes: New - deck

Some of Cookie's Iesser known tent, cookers battely solar panel. gasstatistics bottles, paint, epoxy, Gcnoa- storm

sails- trampoline, Avon dinghy. GreHulls - GRP jkom Steve Ttlrner. extinguishers tireblanket. slcepingDecks. - cabins. bulkheads ctc. 3 bag. Thennarest mattress, foulvencer marinc ply. weather gear, vhtl epirb and cabinEpoxy used - S.P. Systems. lights.Building time - 8 months (2 people).M ast adapted tlagpole anodised 4'q TOP TIPS!diameter 3mm wall thickness. Two part polyurethane paintSails - w'orking suit by Westaway (Hempels ) Cookies decks stillSails good after 6.5 years, mainlyMainsail with 2 recfs tropical sun!Working jib with 50 oo reef I used over 50% microtibres forSpinnaker - Symmetrical by North Cookies epoxy fillets, this gaveSails great structural strength, Not aAdditions from NZ -. Storm jib, even hairline crack or wood shaketrysail. drifter genoa. in any of the beams.Main Anchor - 15lb. CQR. l 0 M. Get beam lashings as tight aschain. 80 M warp. possible, there is enoughKedges - l 0Ib Danforths l 0Ib tlexibility in the rope whateverFisherman. the tensions this will help you getNavigation - Davis mk. l 5 plastic good rig tension.sextant. (replaced mirrors halfway) 4. Have a very strong peak halyardRadio direction finder - Thrown system, so you can sweat heaps ofaway! tension on the gaff for windwardW asp trailing Iog - Thrown away! work. YES it is possible to have aHand bearing compass - Kept going tight leach on a Tiki rig!swimming - used a :5 orientcering A strong, well cut suit of sailscompass in the end! always improves a boat's80 charts used in total - mainly Seaworthiness. not to mcntion thephotocopied. owncr-s enjoyment of efficientSailing conditions sailing, I cannot recommendDays downwind - I 06.5 Westaway Sails of IvybridgeDays bcam reach - 70.5 highly enough.Days to windward - 90,5 Never tow a bloody dinghy!Days bccalmcd - 28 If its warm cnough 11-

.: bodyDays lying ahull - 9 surfing behind your Tiki!Days towing a drogue - l 8. Plastic garden chairs with the lcgsDays on sea anchor - 2 cut ofr make cxccllent deck chairsDays heaved to - l .5 for small Tikis.Total days at sea - 309 = 44. 14 wecks 9. Don't poo in a bucket downTotal sca miles - 28s()0() below in a force 9!Average daily mileage - 90.6 (Calms 1 0. Fit keel strips for beaching, takesand storms included) all the wear and tear, not toAv. speed - 3.77 knots mention the 5 times IAverage daily mileage - l 04.6 inadvertently went aground.(Excluding calms and storms) Just finish building !he bloodyAv. Speed - 4.36 knots thing and enjoy voyagingBest days run - l 76 miles undcr Polynesian style!windvane, 2 10 miles hand steered.worst days run - 30 miles backwards! Right sory d Cookie at 1998countrics visitcd 27 Southampon Boat ShowMoney spent while cruising -123.760.00

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Dave Barker, sent by e-rrla/? from; tween them. capital outlay. Next winter 1 intendD

arbao BTinternetcom yjnis has helped to reduce conden- using 1ow (relatively) wattage elec-sation by a small but noticeable tric convector heaters continuallyamount. in an effort to maintain a back-HINTS AND TIPS FROM DOUG

. (A fudher benefit has been a re- ground warmth. Hopefully this willPHURGH. duction in the temperature in sum- keep the inside surface of the tun-POLYTUNNELS FOR POLYCATS

.. mer - it doesn t seem to go much ne1 warmer thereby reducing con-A Polytunnel is a plastic green-

. above 40deg.C now! ) In cold densation.house . It is a cheap way of provid- weather any direct heating using Epoxy resin requires a workinging a sizeable workshop. Mine is fossil fuel produces high Ievels of temperature of 1 0deg.C. or more45Q x 14ft

. and cost E500 new. humidity resulting in condensa- and low relative humidity. Assum-Because these buildings are semi-tion. Dry heat, in the form of elec- ing that humidity Ievels are undercircutar in cross-section the height tric heating or an indirect system , control (more of this Iater) anotheris half the width so 14ft

. wide appears to be an expensive option difficulty can be the temperaturemeans 7ft. headroom. This is not in terms of running costs and/or gradient. I have found that whensufficient for my needs but extra

headroom can be created by fixingthe polytunnel on top of a sim plefence and battening the plastic *'ecover to the top fence rail. lnclud-ing the cost of the fence and awooden floor my workshop costaround E1000 and could probablyhave been made more cheaply. APolytunnel IS a greenhouse and 'will be VERY HOT in the summer ./

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. .when the cold weather stads, cool .off with a nice cold shower pro- 'vided by the condensation falling -

from the roof. lt can be verydamp in a polptunnel in winter be-cause the plastic inside is as coldas the outside so condensation .. .

form s as soon as you generate =' ' ,;'îe' =.. ,.a.tmoisture

, for example by working ' .1hard or heating he workshop with ' ''a gas fire. If your timber is stored .: ''

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the temperature at head height is2Odeg.C. it can be as Iow as sdeg.at floor Ievel. Also, the floor itselfcan very cold so assembling itemssuch as a hull backbone shouldonly be undedaken when condi-tions permit. Having said al1 this,I still think a polytunnel is a good,relatively cheap option, especiallyif you can erect it in your own gar-den .I have to say I am very fodunate inhaving a wife who takes a keen in-terest in the boat. Last winter 1had ALL the parts pre-cut for thebottom part of both hulls stored inthe house to keep them nice anddry and warm and it was her idea!Mind you, it's damn cold sleepingin the poly-tunnel!

MAJOR GLUE FAILUREl kept the project turning over dur-ing last winter by making itemssuch as beams, rudders and till-ers, that can be assembled off thefloor on trestles.l used a propane powered spaceheater to get the temperature upabove 10deg.C. and kept the ep-oxy resin indoors (see keen wifebit above) until ready to use it. Thewood was stored on trestles underplastic sheets with Iow electricheat underneath. Before gluing,the surfaces were prepared andalso warmed with a hot-air gun.Aher gluing, the plastic sheets andheaters were placed back in posi-tion. Later, one of the mainbeams showed signs of de-lamination along one joint. Withsome effort I was able to split thebeam apad along this joint for itsentire iength.W HAT W ENT W RONG?A technical representative fromW essex Resins inspected thefailed joint and quizzed me aboutworking conditions and methods. ltwas evident that the thickenedresin had not properly bonded tothe primer coat and in manyplaces appeared to have been to-tally squeezed out of the joint. Itwas concluded that the contribut-ing factors to the failure were:

1. It was a cold day (outside tem-perature 3-5deg.C. ) and thespace-heater was used to raisethe temperature to around 1 5 - 20deg., therefore hum idity Ievels in-side the workshop were high. Thewood was warm and both surfaceswere heated with a hot-air gun be-

fore the primer coat of resin wasapplied. Because the beam isabout 20:, Iong it took some tim eto apply the primer coat and thenprepare the thickened resin m ix forgluing. Therefore, by the time thethickened mix was applied and thetwo surfaces brought together, theprimer coat had begun to cure.High humidity exacerbates ''AmineBlush'', a waxy deposit on the sur-face of cured resin', in this case itis believed to have staded to formbefore the thickened resin was ap-plied thereby preventing a properbond.

2. lnsufficient microfibres hadbeen added to the thickened resin,ie. it was not thick enough, andtherefore prone to being squeezedout of the joint. At the edges, onlythe primer coats remained. Thiswas made worse by...

3. The plank being glued wasslightly bowed across its width.This resulted in aII the clampingpressure occurring at the edgesand. due to insufficient/too thin aresin m ix, Iittle contact towardsthe centre of the piank.

Another question is, did ! mis-count the number of pum ps? ldon't think so but I can't prove it.There is no question about thequality of the resin. everything be-fore and since has been fine.There is also no question aboutthe technical suppod from W essexResins. Their representative re-turned a few days later and Ihelped him re-glue the beam. Hespent nearly a whole day with meon that occasion and has alsobeen a m ine of information andsuggestions.

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TIK I 26 - FR EY IA

Rupert Smith reports on his web-bing strap beam lashings

Steve turner asked me to report onmy experiment using Febbing strapswith ratchet buckles instead of ropefor the beam lashings on my Tiki 26.1 have sailed her with this modifica-tion for two seasons. During thistime she has been assembled anddismantled four times and con-ducted a number of Iong passagesoff the W est coast of Scotland andin the Irish Sea.A 25 m m stainless steel ratchet witha 25 mm webbing strap IM Iong,breaking strain 500 KG was used foreach Iashing. A flat 35 mm webbingguard tube was cut to Iength and thestrap threaded through it. The eightbuckles (Par1 No. 01861-1-2m),straps and tube were purchasedfrom Spanset Ltd, Telford W ay, M id-dlewich, Cheshire. CW 1 0 OHX, forIess than E100,00.

The buckles should aII be seated onthe underside of the cheekbiock. -'The four outboard buckles shouldhave their hinges facing forward,otherwise there is a tendency tosnag things as one comes along-side. Of the inboard buckles, the for-ward ones should have their hingesfacing forward and the aft ones aft.thus allowing easy purchase and ac-cess by Iifting the cockpit seat whenafloat.l have found that one can oveden-

strap. In my case they are not andthe strap does not Iie flat or fair,which may yet prove to be a point ofweakness. (Rupert's Tiki 26 is GRP,the lashing pads are slightly dïffer-ent from those on the Ply/epoxyboats' see sketch. Ed.)

sion these Iashings and make theboat inflexible, which is in contradic-tion to what 1 understand to be a de-sign criterion. l tension the straps toa point that I can no Ionger movethem Iaterally. but can cause theedges to curl inward by 1/8 inch un-der pressure from my finger andthumb. W hen underway in anythingof a sea I expect the inboard Iash-ings to Btalk to meo. The noise beingcaused by the taut strap workingagainst the hollow beam rather thana knocking or grinding noise causedby a Iashing being to Ioose!

In sum, I have been pieased withthis modification and recommend it.It would be particularty suitable forsomeone who trails his catamaran.

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Tony Perridge re-kindles an oIdf/afrle/

the paint was cracked and peeling,revealing weathered wood be-neath. The slatted decks werecovered with growths of Iichensand there were patches of rot insome areas of the netting beamsand main beams. The standing rig-ging hung slack and the runningrigging was hard and ingrainedwith dirt and moss. The mooringchain had jumped out of it's fair-Iead and had chewed padlythrough the forward netting beam.

She was a Mk 1 Tangaroa andshe was for sale. Seen from theshore as she rode easily to theswell, she looked sleek and ele-gant. I have always thought thatthis was the loveliest boat that Jimever designed, with the perfectcombination of overhangs at bowand stern and the masts raking aftto give a Iean and hungry look, aboat with a far away Iook in hereye.

Faoileag. the boat that I built dur-ing four, long years in the earlyseventies Twice in the interveningyears l have Iost the dream andsold her and now twice I havebought her back The sadness thatI felt when I saw how she had de-teriorated was soon replaced withexcitement as I felt the dreamcome alive again As I was buildingher I had envisioned how I was go-ing to cross oceans in the wake ofmy heroes, Marcei Bardieux, JimWharram (of course! ) and BernardMoitessier I set out M ice in Faoil-eag to sail to the Caribbean andboth times I gave up in the south-em Irish Sea and came back,beaten by chronic Ioneliness Butthe Dream Iives on, the DreamIives on.

Down below the same sad sightscontinued. Dark water slopped toand fro in the bilges and the inte-rior was covered in areas of black

As I rowed out to her it became mould, giving a dank smell. Theremore and more apparent that she was evidence of padly completedwas not in good condition. A few modifications using cheap ply, stillyards away from her, I stopped unfinished and unpainted. It was arowing and allowed the tide to take relief to go back up on deck, into So now the work begins. A labourme slowly past. An air of neglect the fresh, sea air. 1 spent a Iittle of Iove to bring my boat back to lifehung over her. Some sections of more time aboard securing the till- and then again to sail her and re-the bulwarks were missing and I ers and making sure that the new my understanding of hercould see where the sheathing had mooring chain was secure be- ways. W harram cats are the sodcome away near the stern, expos- fore climbing down into of craft where you discover aII theing the plywood underneath. The the dinghy and rowing faults immediately, but then keeprudder pintles were worn and ashore. discovering their vidues for years.rusty, allowing the rudders to Faoileag fits me Iike a pair of old.thud from side to side as the Of course,boat moved to the swells. I bought her, forcame alongside, tied the din- how could I

ghy painter to one of the not, for she jshrouds and scrambled up i sonto the boat where a dis-maI sight met my eyes. SILLETTE cat Ieg

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Tangaroa - Rongotai' Modifications & NetherlandsCruise - by Udo Tegethof

Dear friends, as we reported inMag. 31 we brought RONGOTAIto Vierlingsbeek, Netherlands, atthe river Maas in August / Septem-ber 1996. There we started tochange her somewhat.These pictures are from Iast sum-mer and show her in a state of halfof the changes that will happen.But she was ready to sail for theholidays. As you see we raised thedecks at bow and stern to getmore clearance from the water.

After the crane put RONGOTAIinto the water we had a party onboard.

in it. (Even so it Iooks nearly toohighl) The table can be changedinto a double bunk 1.9 m x 1 .5 m.

Altogether there are 7 bunks now.

Now we don't get much water overthe bow anymore when tackingthrough shor't, steep waves Iike intidal streams or at Ijsselmeer.

W e rem oved the original Ducatiand it's fastenings which were veryheavy, together with the shaft andthe rests about 350 kg. This isnearly the weight of aII we builtnew, including the both Yamaha9.9 outboards. so the boat hasn'tbecome any heavier now.The middle cabin has proven to bevery comfodable this summer. W eIived on board five weeks with thechildren and even if the picturesmake you believe differently, theweather was oflen cold and rainy.Inside there is a table for six peo-pIe to sit around (5). The cabin isonly 1 .5 m high, so you can't stand

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The cockpit is also built using p'ly-wood and epoxy. W hen the newprolonged cabins will be ready, theseats will have their side-walls asback-rests. There will be pas-sages between the aft cabins andthe new ones at each hull.During the holidays it was very fineto have a toilet, which we built inthe starboard aft-cabin.There is a bunk for Hendrik (he'snow 9 years old) in the other hull.It is 1 .70 m Iong and he often satinside and read his books whenweather was rainy and we sailed

The most striking thing is the mid-dle-cabin which is at the placewhere originally a Ducati diesel-engine had been. W e built thecabin at home and transported iton a trailer to the boat. It was veryexciting when the crane put it intoplace. But it fitted.

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The Anti-cavitation-plates are 20cm below water line and thisseems to be deep enough, thescrews got no air in wave troughs.W ith the changes we gave up theprinciple of an open-deck catama-ran. But for us (t is much easier tohave some more space underdeck, padicularly with the children,and within our climate. The opendeck may have more advantagesin the tropics. W hat we kept is theprinciple of independent hulls. W estill can dism ount them and in thewater they can still move in theirhttings. The middle-cabin looksmuch betler now, because thecabins over the hulls are Iength-ened from the first beam to theIast. They come 10 cm higherthan the o1d ones and are muchcloser to the middle cabin.

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9.9 hp) are very quiet and reliable.E.g. when we reached Borkumfrom the open sea there were windagainst stream with short, steepwaves of 1 .5 m or so. The enginesgot a Iot of water over them but

At the side there is a 30 cm wideway. You are able to go from frontto stern without climbing over

beams or catching yourself withshrouds etc. It is im podant in Iocksto go with a Iine in hand from sternto bow without any obstacles. LastWinter WaS Very Warm in Germany.Good for working on the boat. W ebuilt the new cabins over the hullsand hope to be ready in June. Dur-ing summer holidays we want tosail along the south coast to MiII-brook. W e hope to show RONGO-TAI at the annual meeting, but willhave time only on the first days ofAugust.

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Tiki 21 - Verit( North-East tp& ueet d summercruise by Helen & John cartwright

Many thanks to Si for organisingthe N.E. Meet (he's the commo-dore of Humber Mouth Yacht Clubbut was keeping it quiet !1. Afterthe meet we had a S.W . wind sowe sailed Verity to Bridlington, thenext shelter to the nodh. After 3days of strong N.W esterlies there,we'd had enough of this busy,noisy fishing harbour so we foughtour way round Flamborough Headusing the local advice of keepingwell in under the cliffs, because ofthe overfalls. Even so the seaswere bigger and steeper than any-thing we'd experienced before.Conditions were getting rough, atIeast for a heavily Iaden 'Tiki' 21with 2 adults and 3 kids (aged13,1 1&3) on board! Despite beingswept by 2 breaking waves 'Verity'behaved impeccably. A dolphin Simon Belk's Hinemoa

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only patch of sand in the harbour,where she was most shelteredfrom the Strong (again) N. West-erly. On our return South, whenJeaving W arkworth harbour en-trance, in the swell over the barwaves came up the outboard holeand completely submerged theSeagull which promptly died. Nexttime we tried it, remarkably itstarted first pull! John has cutaway pad of the outboard bracketin the central platform (70mm), sowe don't have cavitation problemsanymore but on this occasion theengine breathed in solid water! W esaw dolphins again off Coquet Is-iand, on our way to Sunderland.The last Ieg of our journey was aIong 1 0 hours in little wind and anauseating sweil from Hartlepoolto Scarborough. a rather green-Iooking Sam remarked 'Huh aII mymates think 1'm Iucky 'cos we'vegot a yachtl' Despite the IousySummer we had a fantastic timeand were shown great hospitality,especially in Northumbria. Ournew dinghy was much admired onour travels, she's a Selway Fisher'Skylark 6' which we built in 4mmRobbins 'Elite' sheathed withglasscloth and epoxy. She's veryIight and sits neatly on the trampo-Iine be- een the beams and hulls,with the fenders underneath.W heels permanently attached tothe twin skegs make for easy ma-noeuvring ashore. 'Verity's' mainnon-standard features are hatchcovers and cockpit seats IseeMaurice Kislen's article in Sea-People anthology 1-4) and a rearneding beam and net, which givesus much more space. easier andsafer access to the tent from thestern and is very useful for storingitems Iike the outboard (not whensailing. we drowned it oncel) andJoe's potty!This winter we intend to fit an extrareefing point in the mainsail, be-cause with just one reef we could-n't reduce sail enough in the windsthat we encountered.

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R 28th X*' =NOVEMBE ,.iJohn and Helen Cartwright will be ,t ' . i) #hosting their 3'd annual Northern So- , . -> ..cial Gatbering oo Saturday November . - .28:b at Thixendaie. Limited floorspace ''is available if anyone wishes to stay. 1-Please contact them for details theiraddress is in the yearbook or phone - - -'---' Verity with tent & d/ngl'./Ian and Sara W ard on 01377 288328.

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A report of the First A nnual N .E. U.K. M eet

j By Si Belk 24th - 26th July 1998 held at Humber Yacht ClubThe meet began in good style on Friday night, The planned Iunch break at Spurn Point didn'twith everybody arriving by early evening and set- happen due to the Iight winds and heavy rivertling down to a sociable drink in their various traffic, we opted instead to stay on the south side,caravans, campers and the club bar. running up the beach at Cleethorpes and drying

out for an hour. uverity'' joined us Iater after aDespite wrinen invitations to alI the local PCA good sail in the middle of the river near the ''BuII''members, the turn out was small, but enthusias- fod, (don't ask John about cardinal buoys,tic, with: John and Helen Caftwright with Sam, though! )Amy and Joe along with their two catsdxverity'' (Tiki 21) and a very nice ul-litia 14'', as The aqernoon proved no different from the morn-well as a 6' Highlander tender (this was only fin- ing except for a slight chop building up as the tideished painting at midnight Thursday and is a tes- came back in. W e felt sorry for the mono's an-tament to John and Helen's painting skills). Peter chored in the river, they were really rolling about,and Penina Ball, Clive and Chris W intle with poor things!grand daughter Kirsty, Ian Cartwright and his fourchildren and Elaine and me with our own Hine- We made our way back on the rising tide andmoa ''Dan Laut''. W e also had some of the yacht Once the boats were anchored went ashore toclub members turn out to swell the numbers. Iight the barbecue and enjoy a few drinks. During

the barbecue Howard and Leslie Speight arrived,Saturday morning dawned clear and sunny with a and when everyone was fed we had an extra treatIight breeze and flat water. W e aII took to the wa- with videos that John and Helen had broughtter with ''Dan Laut'' in the lead to guide John and along.Helen out of the creek into the River Humber.

The Sunday morning dawned as nice as the Sat-Once out of the creek with aII sails set ''Verity'' urday, the two Iarger boats didn't go out, but thequickly took the lead and with the wind being Iight Hitia 14 was assembled (it's really simple andand the tide at top of springs, we decided to just Iooks perfect on and off the water) and Helenplay in the river for the day. Some time was spent took several people out for a sail while I put uDangoing backwards with the tide during parts of the Laut* back on her mooring. After tbe tide we aIImorning but everybody got a chance to take the had breakfast and a final chat, everyone seemedhelm. to have enjoyed the weekend, 1 Iook forward to

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