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The Sea People ScoW Brown X ultihulls MaPgoalzmlnes olafn t h@ . orld-wide catamaMn . * Assoclatlon harrcm Oc PCA 1999 curbeile Mill m. ,; r, .x, j ,# Contents , .?: !. ) ' .c , ;.,.uwaIl PL' 11 2NW , .. :. a . ., . .! . ' , . ' !4f' l'.i .'.'-' '. ' xk (t .'ht: ,yyj: ;' ' ë. ' J tk - - . ) - . ;L9 . .# ' .. r ? .z., . k) ' ftM Dt?: . ' .j I:.j j. jI,. l(ë .qyt j r.j'tgk. , kgjy .z,1. Jim 's Colum n 3 .ï '' J tl- j:'j y;j, :1!<r . y,' ' . ljzj '- .< TIKI 31 - Seigel 6 TIKI 26 - Modiscation 8 PAHI 42 -- Kaimalolo 10 Ctlrren't BOCAS for Sale The Boatyard 14 Hinemoa 2 f 2,500 C n ngaroa 4 inupls 1 (pclr) f 3 000 at Corner 16 ' Tiki 21's 3 6.3,9k to f 5.3k PAHI 42 - Build 18 n ne 1 HITIA 14 -- Philippines 20 puhi 26 a 64 25o & E5k Book Review 21 Tlkl 26.s 5 f, 7.5k to f, 11.5k T'kl 28 1 6,18,500 Diqy Bag 21 -u ne 1 Eozaoo TIKI 31 - Maui 22 p ahl al 1 E8,5oo stern End 23 n nw rocl 4 1 Ej9,5oo Tips Hints and Gadgets 24 Ncrql 1 1 f 18,000 cruising - Iceland 26 hurai 4 1 $45,000 puh, 42's 6 Eagk to E45k Editorial Team: Adrian Yard Facilities Assisted By: scott & steve space to build. fit out, store & Iaunch. Edltorial Address: Front cover Photo: Hard Standing, suit trailer sailors. PCA Boa Gente, Tangaroa Mk1 , 0OOd SOCLI/W, gOOd O mpany! T@@ rcpaorlbnet lle MIII zsaimilianbga obnw Lea. koew Knaer ibKae i-th W bel-ram Cat expe+rtlse close at hand! cornwall PLII 2NW viewing + sheltered, tidal m oorings e-mail Pchëmultihulls-uk.com @ @ @ . *' @ * @ @ # web : w ww-m ultihulls.uk.com/pca * @ *' . @ . @ @ *' : e .f Page 2 I ' Ruth W harram brings us up to , . , .. , Jate with activities this wl.n ter/ m agazine BOLINA to discuss with s t scared at the rapid approach them - as already with the Dutch of a huge white capped wave. spring. lt is , ZEILEN- amongst other things as if the adrenaline of ,How do I how the RCD affects their country. get out of this'?' gets connected to Coming back from our Iecture trip FO R SIX YEARS 1 have been sail- 'How do I design my way out of to Holland and Germany I found ing the major oceans of the world. this'?' writes James W harram . the January 99 'SEA PEOPLE' awaiting m e and noticed that we Jam es W harram descibes the l new TIKI 46 and PAHZ 52 n seagoing catamaran designx . had neglected to write anything for there are two conflicting design re- this issue. In fact, I did send in the quirements rhe adicle is published with kind . To me, the m ost im - adicle by Bill McGrath on his forth- . podant one is sailing ability which coming 'lceland Viking Navigation permission of M ultlhull lnter. na- . is seaworthiness V tionaf. Orfginaffv anpeared In Aprll , speed, ease of oyage' (Cruising Iceland page jgL)g edition < ' Sail handling, windward ability and 27 - Adrian) in which James and . stability. ' Hanneke will be participating using Peter Richardson's PAH l 42 Some m ultihull designers find in- W ith experience this is the easi- 'IOROA'. , spiration on the screen of the com - est pad of the design, but with puter. l find inspiration when I am these Iogical design param eters However, the m ain reasons for a missing contribution from us are 1) the fact that Jam es has been fight- ing the RCO ('Recreational Craft Directjve') at Ieast since the Iast AGM, where it had been been r much discussed ! by writing Ietters - . 'h* 'r - -.t--- %*. '.œ t ;.cxz. ,,s r ï o yacht m agazines and finally tacocu ,.a Y aJ Newsp 1.7r2772 .. apers and M Ps in our area ...-..,. .o j. ' * :$-.0.' .,y. '''' The response of the newspapers . vq 'hrl A x e ; u z. I .. : -P. *.S :- - ' ---' .1 . -s >. ' - .. - .- and MPs was vel'y positive. Let us 'q &a-' 11 'i' ' . - - -. - .. fp.z(:=..' . z. ' I . , c. ( . .s T . hope it will finally be taken up by F' . ' .q. ).. x- , the powers in Brussels and som e- .'.f thing done about it. ) r t, . , ï t o . y z d * rat *' N' * The other reason was our 2 new : 1 , yï.f< . '. '.' =' designs, the Iong awaited TIKI 46 la ;x' . .z-t Ax - - 1 ; c . m .N r.z a . I o and the PAHI 52. Details are show .n n..,..m ,: - '. 4 - - -- L) (, r f) . u ) I >. .n .. x f .,a : ,z ' q ' L ....'''>'y >u uv ' x' 1' . -7 The lecture trip coisisted two Iec- tures. one to the Dutch CTC ('Catamaran and Trimaran Club') 'L ' and the other at a 3 day Sym po- ' - :f-'''&.ue <'u's<'. >. .< 'wxuu..e sium of the Germ an 'Multihuls 7 3. o .'f' - 'C 't?- . .'. @ - T.L - &*?*- Deutschland' In Bonn were very j outw.w..? g.. --..u..- . .- .. .. j Wel attended and a great success. '<'''-' ''- -Sj . .------- .. -. .. =--gj F0r me it was quite amazlng how '---''-'-'i un . .'7 -# . .' '. ' -x .. .. - -- --- r many people 1 saw which 1 had . .t . z - met or sailed with man and some -'. '. -' '-' ' . sty îl yj .171u '. ! s'( :u ' . u,y'. .u' '- ,- -y yyx-' -..-. - -= y, even as m uch as 26 years ! ago! (v JV-'1>ï.6lT.S-f-.62.1u = ?5r'roN/ James and Hanneke have just re- j .0 g, zo zc I '-e-- : . ,r x-rs u.e,c . ... - .b< turned from Corfu to get the 'r . 'xzou--w -.(. .. x-. - . '. 's' <%'*'s '-e-A ,. ,.-- - - . ysrw vtt . o é 'SPIRIT OF GAIA' ready for her y' ,.q.,.ucas,.vr'-- - . .-.;w-. ,..,---- . rq ' Summer sailing. which, hopefully will not be made difh , ,v a., c ,,z . (.q..-. : z.u .: . ..-r.=!-- cult by the war T, .-. .' . ''.' p u -,-. .-': .-' . .- .. ' - 1 : :.;- ..- -- not far away. They have been with .' . .-...-,-.40.. i'z.J>-' - the editor of the ltaiian yacht Page 3 ' the resultant craft ends up with on o . board Iiving comfod equal to that I . w z/'hk - - .y k - . ! y of an ancient Pacific voyaging ca- 'hx N'' noe or the Iatest around the world . x . x l $ sponsored racing catamaran! ! l ' $ . hk To m any people, the more im m r- tant requirements in modern cruis- , ï ing catam aran design are styling ' y and five star 'com fort', standards : which in recent years have been . $ heavily influenced by the develop- ment of the French chader yacht catam aran. t ' %j X y The design purposes behind these h. ...-- - ï craft is to take well paid urban m an -- .. , . F. w -N . - y on Iuxury holidays in sheitered wa- . - . ') . ' , ters. These designs fulfil this pur- * z - - / < '. pose extrem ely well, but they do not please all would-be seagoing catam aran ow ners. = tl = ' On our siX year voyaging, we m et .- . 4j .- . - 'w many experienced sailors who Ioved the sailing abilities of our Bp z' -=k - ' ' .> ..- ...-- / t ? . .. 63*, Pahi, the Spirit of Gaia. They j / -.=..uc .., ' . I . -- Iiked the privacy of the bunk cabins ' > - . * but did not Iike the size of the boat 4. - $ r . >p$ ' I E' y/ . (too big), the washing up in plastic .. ...... .- F . ' ' ï $- '. w . ! bowls on deck and insisted on a - . - - . .u - .ra s - / . p -t-.- r-q ' ',. ï private toilev shower, refrigerator ' I % . -. - A 'v *- * û. and a four burner gas stove. To - .= - . - e.> - me, now a few years older and - .- > .: .X.x - needing m ore comfort, these dis- cerning sailors' requirements seem . i ' ' reasonable. ' ! I j I ? .. ;. tk For these saiiors, we designed the . , . x . y(. x :. a s Wt .. Tiki 46. A glance at the study plan t . ' . d' ' . shows toilets, showers, deck steer- l e ure 4 > . ' ' >. sL' xM v<. a? > . .p A-A .< R* ' a,r A'$ <. ir 'r . ' Y.' .' ' ' k , . ' -<&u'k. Pyh)y r . rç .- v .@ ' ing sheiter, private cabins with - * w. u e. l vz A1 ' J+v > ' < , ',. 'W - .W / ' ' b .#/ . .A w. , . ;, z seats and Iockers and a galley suf- z. z.s >. .. A'r2 1 . ' . .1 6 . '. ' u ' . 4 . ' x . '* ( î r . ' 1. , .. ,'2 ww . '' . ..a . ' ' . ficient for six-eight people, W hat .- ' . .-..- w 6q *.'*.. , s w Y J ; r& ,' . ' .V. .5' u' ;. q.- =- -. ' ' . -. < . v <' rQ' ' x f .= ----- .- ' z .'L '-.-- . w.x'z.j '.z' ->' '.A -. ') 'ra.' , ' s;- . .-.- ' ''C%.. x .. ..y . - . X -- x . ' . 4 . l zow;' ' x' x . h s.....- . hX ' . - .V. *. ' . ' ' TIKI 46 y . I z . k . x. ' . ; a <' . < > r l . f .. .. < - Specification y. t.y 5:r . .' f' .=. LOA 46'1 1 .6m / >' W .' ..A LW L 38'1 ''1 1 ,6m BOA 24'7.3m X 1 Max beam of hull 6.1''1 .85m Draught 3.0.9m more could a 'discerning sailor' give a m isleading picture of a Headroom 6'3'1.9m want? W e soon found out. boat's sailing abilities. Fortunately, Sleeping capacity 'Cruising W orld' of Am erica, in 3 x Private double cabins Many 'discerning sailors' wanted April 1997 in an adicle on seagoing 1 x Double in galley cabin approxim ately the sam e but in our catamaran design gave its readers a 1 x Double in deckpod 'Pahi styling' and 'flexi space' inte- series of bar graphs to enable Unladen weight 4.5-5 TON rior Iayout. So, for them we de- them to see into the design basics Loading capacity 3-4 TON signed the Pahi 52. of cruising catamaran designs on Rig Soft W ingsail Schooner offer to the m arket. At one end of Sail area 1000 sq ft 91m 'Styling' and designer's hype can the bar graph would be the word Page 4 Pahi 52 Ratio.