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. C at C orner - SW Ireland . Pahi 42 build adicles * H itia 17 engine m ounting * Tiki 21 m odified * R iver C ruising - C anadian style! * R uth's D iary - The Festival
No 28 Janual 1996 ' <
The Sea People * w.. vw Magazine of the . Polynesian Catam aran S C O T T B R O F # Association B R 0 K E R A G E S E R V I C E S # Fancy building a Tiki 38 or Pahi 42? @ PCA 1996 Need to sell your Classic first? I have Intemational Customers Iooking for Large W harram Cats. Contents
' st. ' '-p . .. . r . k' - ' r , Jim 's Colum n l .. % ij . ' '. . * Ruth's Diary Paë 3 4
Hitia 1F - Single Handlng 7 ! ' + Hitia 17 - Novel engine set-up 9
Pahi 31 bulld O ueensland 40 .4 1 q, k Tiki 26 sailing - ''Ean'' 51 1
. . )k k Pahi 42 *- build 12
ctxa,. C . Tiki 26 cruising - f'Meira'' 16
Tiki 21 m ods ( . w r. 18 /1 y , s/ ; l f # t , : aA 't ' i R &k. i ï L; : j $K# fé i t i $ ' .'. ' Pahi 42 pod - ''Bon Bini'' 49 ... . sy
The savage Fraser Triangle 2Q Trans-Atlantic GRP Tiki 26 Cat Corner - SW Ireland - Part 4 22 'Sharing the Challenge' now for sale. Tlki 21 launth - No- ay 25
NEW S from Seapeople 26 Builders: Boat cannot be completed due to unforeseen circumstances? Don't allow it to sit deteriorating when I have custom ers wh0 would Iike to buy a 'project'. Editorial team : Adrian, Steve, Scott Southdown Marina Millbrook, Torpoint Editorial address: Front cover photo Cornwall PLIO 1HG PCA Southdow n Marina Tiki 26 ''Dream Time' tele/fax +44 (0) 1752 823824 M illbrook, Torpoint in Spain e-maiI100573.3223@Compuse>e.Com Cornwall PL/: 1HG
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'W rite a 'Jim's Column'' said the editor Or#Ou can sail a PAHI 63 across the Catam aran. Hundreds of them have to me. Now 1 am beginning to realise, oceans. There is no winner or Ioser in been built and hundreds of voyages why the editors of the 'Sea People' are com paring the experiences, no have been m ade. Voyages around the always com plaining that not sufficient hierarchical value system Our modern coasts, in local seas and across the people, once they have built their society runs on the concept of w inners great oceans W e are a new ''tribe'' of boats, write about sailing them and Iosers Our sailing does not. sea-loving seafarers. O ur collective voyages over the Iast 20 years equal During the building of 'The Boat', there So we sailaway,and as we settle down any of the historical m igration voyages is a desire to com m unicate with other to the natural rhythm of the sea, feel of the ancient Polynesians. people, sharing building hints and ourselves changing within, we begin to eyperiences, but once the boat is feel m ore remote and inadiculate. It But because, as has been pointed out to finished, it is as if one moves into becom es more difficult to explain to m e by the editor and the 'Sea People' another world - the world of sailing others the subtleties of the feel of comm ittee, 'we'' do not write about our Sailing, not racing sai I i ng sailing experiences, m uch of our work experience is overlooked or Iost. If we in the P.C A were a group of l shocked a yacht m agazine editor racing enthusiasts, we would be more recently, who asked m e about our trans I frequently get rem arks from outside than pleased to give a wave by wave Atlantic and Pacific voyages, when I about 'The W harram CuIt''!!, Now, to account of our sailing, describing, how said: ''W eII, we just loaded up the GAIA have a cult, you have to have a Ieader, we won - or nearly won - or hope to w in with food and drinks, pointed her in the that the cult looks up to and follows. If I neyt time. Racing has a clear, objective right direction, and off she went.'' am the leader of the cult, som ething is purpose - to win. wrong. Still, I/we have to do better than this At ''Sailing'' is not objective. You can sail a the moment, l am writing a book about O n arrival in Auckland. New Zealand, HITIA 17 around the FaI estuary, or sail us, 'The Fair Haired Children of this year, l gave a Iecture I had to be in places Iike the Chesapeake Bay in Tangaroa'' very careful of what I said, for in the the U S.A , or in the Bay of Islands in Do you know, that since 1976 about audience. there was Rory McDougal, New Zealand and many sim ilar places 5,000 of us have obtained the plans to who had sailed mostly single handed his in the world build a Polynesian Double Canoe/ TIKI 21 from Britain to New Zealand
Page 3 There were Tim and Heather W helan, of dedicated no-nonsense sailors As with a group from any of the world- who, w ith their fam ily had sailed a such to give thanks for our part in it wide chapters of sailing Polynesian NARAI M K IV to New Zealand There , we have to help others which means Catam aran builders. In fact, the New was the fam ily of the ORO ''KATE writing about our experiences Zealand P.C A builders will be helping COO LEY'', who also had sailed from in the building of a pure Polynesian Britain to New Zealand. ln the Pacific tslands, notably Tahiti design, i,e with Crab claw saits, no (see Ruth's adicle) this year, I found rudders etc. called the 'SAMOA'' which Don Brazier of New Zealand, our host an astonishing lack of understanding we have designed w ho is now Iooking after GAIA in front on how Polynesian Double Canoes of his house, next to his NARAI M K . IV sailed. Am ongst the Doubse Canoe As its name im plies, it is based on the 'KATIPO ' and who w ith his fam ily had replicas from Hawaii Tahiti, Cook Samoan hull form and being built for a encountered a 70 knot gaîe on a Islands and New Zealand, there Sam oan adist Fatu Feu'u W hen voyage from New Zealand to Tonga. seem ed to be an actual fear of sailing finished, it will be used for research Jam es Hayward had sailed a them . Into pure Polynesian Double Canoes, CAPTAfN CO OK from the Gulf States ending with a no towboat voyage from to New Zealand and there were m any A$l seven of the wood/psy/ epoxy/ New Zeaiand to Samoa. others synthetic rope 'replicas'' of Polynesian
craft were at aII times at sea shadowed It is a wonderful closing of the circle. lt is true. that I had the biggest by a personal. heavily m otorised O ur Iives have been enriched with the W harram design, but the com m ent to escort yacht W hen conditions becam e a n c i e nt P o I y n e s i a n D o u b I e C a n o e that observation wasL ''W elI, Jim as , difficult, Iike w indward work etc . the concept, and now with our knowledge, you get older, your 'vigour' declines, so escort craft took the Polynesian craft in we can revive the pure ancient you have a get a bigger boat to tow! ! Po l yn es i a n D o u b I e C a n o e its el f . com pensatell'' Their rigging w ork and sailing The only problem is that our editor No. we are not a cult in the accepted concepts were abysm al, yet could insists we keep writing about it sense of the word but we are a body have been solved in a couple of days ' j >( 't
...... - ...... < < ' - ' k ' - - . . ( . . . é.( é . ' i . i7 i i i i i g i i'i i i ii.i i.i ë i i:i.i (2(ëj'( . ' 2 i 2 f (.' ë ( ( '. ' '' : : : E : é :Er ge ( r rrrrry q jqy: g . ( ::::(ëë: . @: : E ' com e 7 : iR q) :0: ;:;:(: : :y : :y (ljj . he invited us to be an ''Escort the three Hawailan canoes and the . :j. q. ,.i : . l 7, . . . : . . j : . : . E: . : ( . ( j : ë. . . . j ( . (. :jyg rr rq yoat', to m ake us pad of the group twc cook lsland ones did sai! some of Ruth % ( : E ( E : (( :: : ::E ë@ Ejq: : q( 'rhis helped financially with the the way from Hawail and Rarotonga bond , harbour dues etc , but what and wlll be salling back to Hawall 8 4 95 - On board Splrit of Gaia between were we escodlngg Also the New Zealand one ,whlch had Tahiti and the Cook Islands OOt been ready In tim e and whlch was T h a t wa s a n ot h e r d i s a p p o i nt m e nt s h I p ped to Ta h It i , d I d s o m e s a ! l i n g 'W hat was the Tahiti m eeting like7'' 7'bo E'SCOC boats were not there to W eI I lt wa s noth ing Ii ke l/we had sall close to the canoes in case To sall alongslde them at sea was . assistance was needed No they wqat 1 had been Iooklng forward to eypected Jam es already had doubts on ' . the way as to whether we would really be were, in fact, towlng the boats most but we have been unable to do this as
we I co m e , b u t b e c a u s e I h a d s p o ke n of the tlm e from place to place Ilke we cam e from the East, and are now several tpmes to Karim Cowan who had exhlblts - from cerem ony to ceremony salllng South to New Zealand Instead I nvited us and who had been so - feast to feast though think that of Ncdh to Hawall wlth the others
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Page 4 This final decision was made partly Apad from Karim 's private elort, the of their own beautiful little outriggers, because there will be a lot of other islands also had non-sponsored, which they constantly sail and race, or Polynesian cerem onies, both in the non-governm ent canoesE 'Te'aurere'' just use Iike dinghies. Marguesas (their next stop), and in from New Zealand, ''Makali'i'' from Hawaii, and we would not be able to Hawaii and ''Te'au O Tonga'' from the Perhaps there should be som ething in take pad in them The second reason Cook Islands, in which individuals and between these little outriggers and the is that we need a good. safe bedh for families had put aIl their own efforts and big voyaging canoes For som e tim e we 'Spirit of Gaia'' while we spend 3-4 money (some, even their Iife savings) to had thought that this m ight be the aim of m onths working in England. Although have their own canoe the intended new Association, of which we met many individuals from Hawaii we could have been a part But, w hen we who said that they could find a place Now, siy out of the eight original canoes read the first draft rules ''Charte/', it for her in Hawaii (but at what cost?), are on their way to the Marquesas. AlI sounded so political, stressing the we do have our friend and agent, Don are big canoes, between 57' and 72' Pacific people. Though som e non- Brazier, In New Zealand He has James's aim had been to encourage Pacific groups (Iike us, perhaps), who offered us a bedh next to his own m any m ore islands to build their own are particularty interested in the boat, in front of hIs house in Auckland canoes - smaller ones - so that m ore Polynesian canoes, could join , after lt will be Autum n there when we arrive, but Sprlng when we return so we rould see somethlng of New Zealand befcre headlng Nnrth Into the Paclflc a g a i n E3 y th e n , we s ho u # d k now whether the Bontn I sland Project wlth t#ne Ja panese TV com pany wlll gc ahead c)r rlot
B a c k t o t h e D o u b t e C a n o e G a t h e r ir 1 (; T ,1 e 1 ('1 (?a F) a t co m e L! p 1 n 1 992 .d u ri n g a c tl lt u r a E P o i f n e s 1 a n F () St ,Va l 1 n t h () 1 '. :) o k ! s 1 a r? r.1 s ' h' f o k '-1 1 i.'. a ' t h e r 'rn a 1 r? t'. a n () e . h a s b ee n s ka I ! 1 n g; ro r 2 C $'e a rs . a r?d rrh a dcà m a ny' t rl p s acros s the ; D d c 1 f 1.' 1 t l s S r) c n s o r e d b ) t h e go'yef n m ent a nd used for educatlonal (9 a rp o ses 1 t I S a S, a 1 I I n g Sc h 00 l ta k In g puplls on voyages and studylng star navlgation There were several crew changes on this occasion, and they m ade daily broadcasts to schools during the festival
The governm ent also decided to s po n s o r a sec o n d Do u b I e C a n oe , people would be able to sail their own reading through ten pages about the 'Hawai'loa''. So, at the 1992 festival boats (1 believe that there had been structure of this association (including the governm ents of the Cook Isles and quite a few smaller ones from the Cook one page of their aims), we decided that Tahiti also decided to sponsor canoes Islands at their festival in 1992). More we didn't want to join the Association. As for the proposed 1 995 festival. people should be able to join in the our friends, w ho sailed with us said 'Takitumu'', in effect a proa. was the festival - aIl the islands have hundreds ''Leave them alone, and carry on with Cook Island entr'y and ''Tahiti Nui'' the ' 1 $ ' Tahitian one The former has been ; 1' l sailing slnce 1993, but ''Tahiti Nui'' ' was still not finished when we arrived j Apad from her beautifully carved and I
sculptured decoration, there was not 1 l. much approval for her design and 1 construction W hen she was finally ! finished and on her way to the Iast J.; ' meeting in Taitira. one of her beams # broke and a sail ripped, am ongst other I l tb . mishaps, and I believe that she has - ' J' . .l-$ , < . së - ..' -. . - . now been forced to give up the sail to . . - . 4 ai 6$'. ' '.œ - ' ' . - ' *- -'- '- --- ' -' , .,. ïe , . j the M arquesas aod Hawaii. zdlk ' z !j , . lj $4 y- . . . k . jl?' ' . jj dyt ! 1! ')% # ! . #' '1L ;' .
Nor was Karim Cowan's 'Aa Kahiki . , #' j.$ j. . . . .- . . ' 1 . erz ' nul' finished any earlier O n the way to - .- '- . ? . t, . Tautira he Iost his engine and as he i (. . ' 'a.K - s X è ê X . <.P . * ' , .y . ,. had had no sea trials at all, he . p '% . =. - ,. . .. 4 ( ., . -. reluctantty gave up sailing his own canoe w hich had been his dream for . . . '( v x w. . t ; ew .'.u.ml. -. ... years, and he joined 'Hokulea' which he had sailed on several tim es before,
Page 5 what you have always done - design Now we hope to see something of the 16 4.95 - Rarotonga, Cook Sslands double canoes and include som e smaller Cook Islands, and we are able to sail to W e Ianded here a few days ago, after a ones with experim ental sailrigs. Make New Zealand. By the time that we arrive rather storm y six day voyage from them successful and maybe, one day, there, we will have sailed half-way round Tahiti After the first two days of very they will be accepted by som e of the the world and as we will have to sail light winds, it became very squally, and island groups for their own use''. back to Europe Iater in the year, then we then a steady force 6-7 (gusting 8) wind hope to carry on and com plete the other blew with torrential rains so that, at Perhaps we had Iooked at the m eeting half of our round-the-world voyage. times, we were sailing under bare poles. too m uch from the designers' point of W e did not see how we could ever get view, to com pare rigs, hull shapes, Above all, without the incentive of the into Rarotonga, which is open to the construction, width of overall beam s etc. , Double Canoe Gathering, we would nodh with such strong nodherly winds, to share and offer ideas and learn from never have sailed into the Pacific W e and neither of the engines working. theirs. In that we failed, although we really haven't got either the time or the However, the sea gods were kind to us m ay have planted a seed of our ideas money to do this just for the pure and obviously wanted us to succeed, for into the m inds of the many individuals enjoyment of island-hopping wherever when Rarotonga was in sight, the wind who came aboard ''Spirit of Gaia'', and takes our fancy, though 1 hope that on decreased and the heavy seas. which were surprised to hear about the the 'return' voyage, we can do this, and we had had for days, calm ed down, and we were able to sail into Rarotonga i !. I i t unaided i I , I Iiked the Cook Isles from the stad W e .- ' z' 1 . $ are now having a rest and. for the first .. ox.w- J4k time, enjoying a Polynesian island Soon j .- ,e. v.h - . s g h . . !I . !. / h we will have to prepare for the trip to k +...... , - W .'> '.< . u . . New Zealand One of our crew from . . - m . 4 . there has already arrived and tells us that there are m any people in New t . >. '- '. - '. . . ' * . w- . .V Zealand looking forward to our visit . W A . . - . - . ' w ''-' +' >' 'x ' - m'Ywl . f .f . œ + ..< . - - v . M' r* + . 1' F * ' ' ew = O* 'W Am o n g th em i s W a d e Doa k wh o 1 s * t1J : w. . , fpe * # ' .-. - - .> . - -..,.-.- =. '=*- me ' +x . =.-.2. A.* .I - -.* /r ?:e f #, #r g# #,: # /: /ar 1r. rt /# .,A- ..e'' e . -.< .- r- planning to do som e film ing wlth ''Spirit .-..z.-w xwxxw -w... w.m . . , #e. e t .-- . .. of Gaia' am ongst the dolphlns w. v %. ' ..#- .. @
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In magazine 29 we have the concluding part of Ruth's diary and a contribution A < . . from Jam ie W harram . thousands of our catam arans which are take our time eyploring other islands in sailing a1I over the world, and who were the Pacific before headlng W est fascinated with our boat W e also talked to m any people ashore, b0th from the canoes and from the isiands W e took part in the festivities (as k .4 ., . '. ' #*g '*' .w 14 .&N. ' j #r '+NkçTp V did the other ''Escod' boats) and enjoyed ' .y , . ks . x>, v.y? , . y. j x. j .. .j y . yv Xs j ! ,y j . feasts, with entedainm ent by the Iocals ' ' .*z x y # y. - * r' j œ* ' j / ' ; X$ 4k,ç : . ' . * ' t I . v w xwX and canoe crews. W e were even allowed :44: ' dyd ' , o % Z ..:1kf 1 #' ' 5 . ' to watch the 'secret'' holy ceremony at . . . lr k .,7 . . .. # 'k* , , . ? fg ru #' , * ' Raiatea, together w ith hundreds of other '* ' :-,, jpj,,- . . ,..s J j f ,. - - u , y j . ' #A.* * ' J I people, standing around and enjoying . y, . their coconuts and snacks, while the * n.. v- .. : : v. . p . / j y , y .....j v > x . J ' ' t serious re-dedication of the tem ple took ,i . x,a ., . .. , . j.v y j j . , , x. . - , . . . ! ; -. j. - -. . . . f; , .4 p Ia ce . */ . , cP.X. Vr . .+ - -. : k . , . . # y y u . ' ' ' -' - . W ell, was it wodh it? Sailing 8, 5O0 m iles ..; .- .,-,.43 t6316:3;q,,:14; -;, . -d1Ili... ;k' . . alm ost directly in 2% m onths, without * i + stopping to enjoy the many islands in between - W est Indies, G alapagos and the other islands in the Society group - just to get to the Assembly in time? I 1 think that it was W e have Iearned quite *= a Iot about the 'Polynesian Voyaging Societ/', their history, their aims and their canoes W e m et m any Islanders saw thelr canoes and experienced something of the Pacific
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point and a Iine through a block on the flogging. One of the blocks even Single Handed front beam or just push each hull up a swallowed the tail end of the brail. Now bit in turn and put a brick behind the I can go about and, when on the new Sailing wheels. The trolley will also allow me to tack, release the sheet and alm ost Derek Pem bleton wheel the hulls through m y side gate instantly get it in on the new side. If it is and into my workshop for m aintenance. not tight enough l can ease the pull on it with a controlled luff once we are GOING Asou'r. going properly. I have been using a second hand Hitia No problem with a crew - just the SINGLE HANDED SAILING. 17 for three months and there were standard Iuffing up with the jib still several points about which I have found cleated to push her round and reversing The moment I move the jib over on the no guidance in the Iiterature the helm if she stads to go astern, On new tack the boat luffs up again and the first sail I Iet go of the tiller at that threatens to stop. I had rem oved the LAUNCHING. point and the rudders went to 9O0 and tiller extension and substituted a yoke the tiller bar came off. Adjustable cords of Iine fixed at each end of the tiller bar The boat cam e on a trailer w ith four pull to Iim it the movem ent of each tiller and with enough slack to allow me to steer out arms which allow the boat to be Iacing hooks to stop the shock chord from wherever I want to sit or Iie. This l assem bled full width ready for Ioops from the tillers pulling off the bar can pop into one of a pair of cheap launching. This is fine but is too heavy cured that. The fun really staded with cam cleats on the after beam . A mark and cum bersome for everyday use from m y first sail on my own in a strong on this Iine shows w here to cleat it so a yacht club com pound. l have m ade wind Three heaps of white sheet were that it will check the rudder bar at the wooden trolleys which can be placed confusing. I cured this by Ieading each right place as it swings back while I am under the hulls one at a tim e in about jib sheet forward from its block near the cleating the jib. two feet of water. A sim ple hoist or Iever end of the after beam , to a turning would allow m e to do this on m y own block on the outer edge of the deck I get the Iuff of the jib tight by having an even if the boat had dried out. Each has amidships between the hatches From external halyard w hich com es down a pair of Iaunching trolley wheels to go there it com es across the boat past an close to the m ast to a block on an near the point of balance of the boat and open topped cam cleat so that I can eyebolt then along the beam to the a sm aller one which goes below the keel cleat of uncleat from either side of the cleat on the end I thus hoist or Iower about two feet nearer the bow. W hen I boat I now use a continuous jib sheet the sail from a position well clear of any am pushing the boat along on the flat, which runs across the tram poline, clear flogging The halyard is pad wire which which I can do on m y own, I can steer ahead of the m a insheet, with only ends in a soft eye about half a m etre by Iightly Iifting the bows If a car is enough slack to allow the jib to be above the beam A kicking strap used to pull her up the slipway the single poled out on a run. I had tried the p u rch a s e i s s h a ck Ied to t h e s a m e wheels will skid round to foliow it. Two standard system of two blocks at the eyebolt and its other end hooks onto people can pull her up the slip whereas clew of the sail, giving each sheet a two the soft eye and gives as m uch power five people were needed with the road to one advantage, but found the blocks to straighten the luff as is good for the trailer O n m y own I can use an anchor too dangerous when the sail was boat Ouring my first sail on m y own in a force five while coping with the jib r '%. sheets cleated in rem ote places, I found # m yself going astern very fast w ith the
.. jib backed to starboard and the tillers to .u K. pod and the boat refusing to com e .. . . . y. . u , , . xs .. . j . .. round onto the starboard tack. W ith é / 'w .k the tillers to starboard she came back easily onto the original pod tack and I jibbed around. It seems that a backed % jib works one way when you are going p Y ' 'r.' ahead or stopped but the opposite way f when you are going hard astern. That $ F has the making of a good pady trick SAIL RIG.
RV- I found the cur've in the sprit, built ,$ ' . . . , . * & . .! 'X. 1 'o . ..y. s j y according to the plans. prevented m e from getting enough push on the peak of the sail and the bow in the sprit just hung downwards instead of sideways l ran it through a bandsaw and put in a packing strip down the m iddle and glued it back up clam ped to a Iadder
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1 The third photograph is of the deck section, showing the solid forward deck ) between the hulls. The decking overall is tram poline style. NB The standard l Hitia 17 deck is hinged sections of ply, interlocked with the mast and aft The sprit, now straight and stiffer, beam s. Also please note the upstands around the edge of the deck area, on seem s to give no advantage or ! the outside of the hulls. otherwise on either tack but it Iooks m ore at hom e am ongst the Thames under the hulls while head to the wind, surely be grateful for your help barges where 1 sail l shall glue som e and then Iet the sails help her up the seizings on to the Iower pad of the sprit slipway and across the com pound. One more thing about that first sail - l to give m e a better grip as I push the G reat fun to be eleven feet wide. and the boat were covered io m ud mai nsail up as it gets slippery with 1 am sure that these problem s, and from Iaunching and wishing I hadn't Maldon m ud Incidentally, I have voted possibly some of m y solutions, are aII forgotten the sponge. l needn't have the m ain halyard as the Ieast essential fam iliar to more experienced owners worried. At the first burst of speed we Iine in the boat and the first to be This is especially so in areas where were washed clean. W hat a boat! borrowed in an em ergency. there are m ore of you so how about som e replies from you correcting and ( Ed - Anyone with single- W hen the slipway is a Iee shore, I am supplementing what l have said for the handed saillng tlps send therrl into the always scrupulous in my Enterprise benefit of m e and other new owners l office.) dlnghy to Iower the main before didn't build her so aI1 m y fresh energies approaching However with the Hitia l went into tuning her. Others who have can anchor cfose in, secure the trolleys exhausted them selves building would
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W te . . . y s 1 ' their way with engine and sails along the ' - - la4 .. - - ( a ou southern tip of the Peloponisos/ G reece o - . . . M jyqok . g h s' pf ( kl cr 1 am hidden behind the camera (used F- . .A very short focal iength-zo mm). $ l i . y - j 1 PICTURE CENTRE # f? . i Detail of the carrier and the Iashing - Ujzrtû , i-tJ ? f 0/.4-- notice that the engine bracket is m ounted fore & aft and the engine turned 90 degrees to point in the correct . x.. direction v % .. DIAGRAM h Mounting and beam details G -e .> ' .. - - -.N M N x . - , m - .- . Page 9 I I jarke *jS hOP tahcec oJmobm oadnadt ioDn awd hislsut ppFliiberde fFoaobd waenrde Mneyy tf athgern'se rbatoiaotn , will nabme efilny ishemde by Hhis there Fibre Fab supplied a11 the glass craftsmanship and love for boats is takes Over the ahnadn dresin with a total cost I don't have of.f passed on, as It should be , but one m ust rem ember Oad Iived FOJ. CC+? S.*.G aUau aEnxdp lworoartkioend mat inCinagm cp aRmipd, geway, a CRA My brother Brett is also considerlng P a good day's building a Tiki 38, perhaps our sons will . by hIs father. Tdreivrreit oryN obrothrd ert, owapaprdrosx imtahtee ly Naoorct hkemrn one day also build thelr own boats from Mt Isa and a third of this is gravel As you can see From Queensland, Australia , I have built a shed 3O' x and did roads. 1 (5 ,wlth double doors opening fully , but now do not close fully, due to the hulls I have been reading m y father's Dad m et Fibre Fab at Hells Gate belng 31' long It's also a blt cram ped for magazines (Sea People) and noticed Roadhouse to guide them into camp worklng In so I wheel one hul out at a Dad's name had been mentioned in (No through a dirt track Just over an hour's time to work on it the hulls were moved to 25) a Ietter from Colin Flynn who was drive from the roadhouse Building the my house by Bil! Ollve At camp 8 blokes corresponding with Dad hulls in 4 m onths shows how determined bodily lifted one hull at a tim e out of the and dedicated he was considering the shed Then it was hoisted up onto the Sadly, Bill (W illiam J Bishop) died isolation, humidity and temperatures in truck by the gantry of a mobile drilling rig suddenly on the 1 st of June 1 995 while the high 30 to Iow 40's Celsius everyday (xow that is what I call having the right at work. A head attack W ork was carried out under a tin roof #ear for the job- Ed ) with shade c10th around the open sides The boat was off loaded by crane I nto m y driveway at the front of the house Now lt was up to m e to get lt into the shed After som e th o u g ht a n d a d a y of c I e a r i n g t h e s h ed , I rem embered in a past issue of Sea People a fellow bullder m oved h1s hull around on ayles Now the braln Is ticking, considering the weight and (ack of finances, ! cam e up with thls idea, probably not origlnal but anyway F o u r w h e e I b a rr ow wh eeI s o n s h o rt st u b axles I had to buy the wheels but scrounged t h e a xl es a n d s c ra p steel Fastened them to t h e woo d e n c ra d l e , braced the cradse or thought It could dc wlth He was building a Pahi 31 , No 189. to catch any breeze and keep the flies to a bit m ore stlffening . there you go promised Dad that should anything stop a m inim um dad worked + or - 8 hours a One person could push It in and him from finishing the boat, I would day with a break in the hottest pad of the out of the shed to work on It There is one com plete It and l am day He was 67 years young but found draw back, I only have one set of wheels that he was allergic to the resin dust and ayles so one just makes do and As m entioned by Colin Flynn , Dad Even the fum es made him blow up Iike a swap them over to the other cradle finished both hulls to the stage ready for balloon so that it becam e im possible for fibre glassing in 4 m onths, give or take a him to work few days, then it sat with very Iittle done due to work com m itm ents until the end He decided to retire (again ), truck the of M ay hulls to Cairns, and em ploy som eone to finish the jobs he couldn't do.-rhe owner Dad asked for and received quotes for of H e l I s Gate R o a d h o u s e, B i I I O I ive sheathing the hulls He finally decided offered his truck to move the hulls as a on Fibre Fab of Mt Isa They stayed 3 favour - no charge, just good mates nights and 2 days in order to com plete Page 10 T IK I 26 - ICEA N '' detailed. in fact, that the Adm iralty m ore or less continuous easterly wind Fam *l j y sa@l j*I ng @In Chads No 2424 and 2254 are quite for 2 or 3 weeks at a tim e during sufficient and cover the coast from Cork sum mer. when we were Iucky enough to Ireland harbour on the south coast to the be under the influence of a high André Gîetl Reports. This is an Shannon estuary on the west coast pressure system (although the lmray chart for the south introdudion to a Cat Com er Series coast is preferable to No 2424, show ing Of course, the Iast time this was the enlarged details of a num ber of case, w ith the hot sum mer weather, was After having spent 2 years in rubber harbours) w hen I built the boat - sweating day and gloves and green overalls. I re-em erged night in my tin roof oven of a dusty from my workshops in the summ er of Sheltered harbours are conveniently workshop, m aking use of those 'great 1991 to Iaunch m y TIKI 26 'Ean' Since spaced along this coast with rarely m ore days for epoxying' and taking it aII for then I have enjoyed the shod summers than 10 m iles distance from one to the granted W ell, those were the last eyploring the south western coast of next. To m ake the m ost of the prevailing summers that Ireland has had! ( 1989 Ireland. westerly winds, it m ight be a good idea a n d 1 990 ) to take advantage of the easterlies that Now wrapped up in heavy oilskins, offer them selves to get as far W est as Ed. The Cat Corner Series starts on wellies (rubber boots) and balaclavas, I possible and then enjoy the many page 24 of this m agazine. endured the 'soft' clim ate that is harbours on your way back to the east predom inantly Ireland. 1 suppose that is At the sam e tim e though, I have seen also one reason why Ireland has not so far, been com pletly overrun by hordes of tourists like every other country in the world Even the sea going variety, if they venture here at aI1 are kind enough to concentrate in the few harbours around the coast that offer yachting facilities Consequently 1 have never seen m ore than 3 or 4 yachts at the sam e tim e while sailing off the south or west coast The m ore accounts I read from other m embers who sail in the UK or Europe, the m ore I am convinced that l am belng spolled in this part of the world as regards freedom , unspoiled nature and spectacular natural harbours that have so far rem ained completely untouched by greedy developers and yachting facilities ln fact the only Marina I have ever got to know personally is now in Californla with her Am erlcan boyfriend By freedom , I m ean freedom to decide where and how I place my perm anent mooring, where l can drop anchor or which beach 1 can crash up to 1 m ust admlt though, that I generally avold !'$u . thcse harbours wh 1ch offer yachtlng . . !+ x. z p . ' ' %w.#' < facllitles and designated anchorages, .* * i< . making use of m y shallow draft V o W wherever possible to run her aground Actually the only harbours with floating marlnas along the south western corner of Ireland are Crosshaven in Cork and ! . * ! . . *A v Dlngie on the W est Coast For anyone %->0 .'' slPts- -d; *et p .â. jpb f m ' Intending to sall the south west coast of ' kqr ,j #o: v. ' . & 11.' . .: -N:; 4% ï ' - ,. - q wr. I reland , l strongly recom m end + ' p m purchaslng the 'Sai I i ng Di rections for k g the South and W est Coasts of .- . <. sy, xq I reland', pu bllshed by the I rish Cruislng . . N zl . .> Club It glves detailed descriptions and . . * .r m aps of vlrtually every harbour and lnlet on this stretch of the coastline So W MM A * C* 6 A - '- * ' > Page 1 1 ' I I .x w hereas a boat could use the next 5 reply was of course 'oh no, éf DIt years to build and then enjoy the fruits of wood''. Open m outhed I wenti t'sin teop othxey Jottn and she/'/a clarke tellhow they my Iabour shed asd met Andy smith who built fNe/è 'dream '. elaborated fudher with the result that I So, boat it was going to be Easy to say went away with a catalogue of plans and often ruefully remem bered and deep in thought It Iooked as if a 42 This story rises out of the 1987 housing ft captain Cook would be m ost market slump W e had sold our home in To Buv on To BulLD? adequate to meet our requirements Devon & w hilst Iiving in my wife's completely . However, 1 had talked to the 'com pany' house we had for the first time w e took a Iong hard Iook at the second fam ily and in padicular m y dear wife , enjoyed the comparative Iuxury of not hand market. But for reasons as above who God bless her has supported my having to rush into buying another we decided to build past deviations from, norm al behaviour home So, we deliberated selected a w ithout her suppod nothing is possible!. propedy, and on m aking a bid so what sort to build? Having built and discovered the 'Gazum p'. Not once but 5 sailed two previous yachts , ply and So a Second visit was m ade with Sheila times! After each event getting more ferrocement respectfully I decided steel this time (my wife)to m ake a decision desperate of ever getting established in had a lot to offer' , , lightweight and The Tiki 36 appealed to Sheila she this upward spi ral W hich, at the relatively maintenance free I had bought thoblght it fabulous , . But appreciated the approach of m y 60th birthday, was a design for a 35Q cutter 2-3 years 42N Pahi had m ore space James also becom ing a near nightm are. Eventually earlier before our housing problem But pointed out , unless l had the hulls bullt we bought a cottage in dire need of now we intended to live aboard space for m e, the Tiki really was not a home refurbishment So armed with a Iarge was of prime impodance Then I s, aw the build project So Pahl 42 it would have modgage we spent the balance of the capital on repairs Then t h e c o l I a p s e i n t h e ) ' > market hit us. The . ' . . j. t ; j 4 . . . e n s u r i n g r i s e i n d ' t ax AA ; . p. . . t u . . . . w... . zp vv .v mortgagp rates nearly . . . : jF .-.r . e'x . crippled us and in è , ...-. k.. .x C a b s o I ut e d es p e r a ti o n , - * - $ x ' $rk,:, L7'.' j . '' l . . *1555 ' ' .... we sold out with no debt * 7,. . ' r$. jj,. and just f 5000 capital : 't; , Ieft In hand So what ' '' î nex't'l ' t !* t ' ' ; ' , : ) 5 years working Iife Ieft ' ; :*j. a nd the need for ': ' somewhere to Iive The ) ( im m ediate solution was , ' a rented propedy. fine ' ' '- Next, what about the Iong term ? This seem ed to settle into a choiceq- A) buy a ruin in France, where property is cheaper B) buy a Iarge caravan and car C) mobile home D) Iive on a boat. Choice A) Y es ' could get ( 7 . 250 watt infra , , something - red lamps, arranged in parallel banks for 8 by 4 ply. , but the work involved is fairly heavy and we m ay not have the health or ' desire at 65 to undedake this In the February 1992 P.B.O. (Practical Boat to be. Four weeks later I went down and m eantim e the cost of visiting, say, 2-3 Owner) feature on the TIKI 36. The last collected the drawings tim es a year is quite high and l could not tim e I had thought of a m ultihull was afford to pay professional restorers So back in 1968-9 when we first went to So m uch for the decisions, now the in effect we would be gam bling on the Australia and l had had a very kind details First, som ew here to bulld My situation 5 years ahead B) This has Correspondence with James W harram landlord was sympathetic and 1 m erit and would be quite acceptable, about a Tangaroa. However at that time obtained perm lssion to erect a decided to think about it C) Iot of money l took it no fudher. This time things were pol/unnel on a spare piece of adjoining for what you get and also 'static' D) different $ was in Cornwall on business Sand On another business trip 1 saw a from past experience, albeit only for a and called in to see the W harram s. 48A X I8ft polytunnel fram e on a farm m onth yes, this was wodh Iooking into Surprise, surprise. two very Iarge 63q and the owner accepted an offer l so a caravan still Ieaves me with 5 years Cat. hulls sitting outside. The finish was already had some cable and fluorescent working Iife without a ''gainful'' interest Stlperb I saw Ruth and said 'didn't think Iamps and most important of all, most which we could eventually capitalise on. yOu built Iarge fibreglass boats'' The of the tools for the job. Including a Page 12 combination saw planer and spindle noise and no useful work done by the moulder sander on the wood. Eeoxy CURING I sought prices of pIy and Douglas fir For the 8' X 4' sheets of ply, and the cut W inter tem peratures regularly fall to from any yard I passed in the course of out pieces, again som e form of clam ping single figures Celsius and som e times my business trips. By far the best price device was required to im prove sanding below zero. W ork cannot stop, so som e and quality was that of Latham s. So I efficiency. The solution was a few sheets means of heating locally has to be bought aII the pIy and half of the Douglas of pIy stacked on top of 4X44 gallon found. An/hing which burns fuel must fir for the job - 2% tons in aII - and it drum s to get a solid base at a handy be flued to atm osphere to avoid arrived on M onday 15th June 1992. Two height and then a rubber backed carpet condensation. Also it is only necessary weeks holiday saw it aII stored inside spread over the top, rubber side to heat up the actual area coated with and a stad m ade on the layout of the two upperm ost. This held a sheet of pIy epoxy. So$ I bought som e 250 w att infra keel/building jigs. perfed ly. l used a vacuum cseaner to red Iights and mounted them on two baoens. I found 7 in aII split 4 and 3, gave coverage for 20:. of battens. For 8'X4' sheets of pIy the two runs of Iights could be arranged side by side to give adequate cover. I would use 8 bulbs if I was doing this again. So much for the drying phase, but the epoxy has to cure before you can sand it prior to second coating etc. Using the infra red Iam ps for a fudher 8 hours or so is very expensive in power charges! At first I bought the panels inside the house and placed them up against a radiator, so for quite a few hours each day they were kept warm enough to cure. But, w hilst curing som e amm onia type fumes were given off, not enough to be noticeable, but enough to discolour the paintwork in the house! W hat's more several days were needed to com plete the cure So, I tried using a dom estic electric blanket and this worked fine Eventually I used three to cover an Electric blankets curing epoxy on 8 1 x4 1 sheet oId sleeping bags keep the Iow I18'X4' sheet of ply and placed a sheet of , polythene between the pIy and the heat in. ;blankets. A w ord of warning, these blankets are not intended for this sem i keep the dust down and after a severe industrial use and care m ust be taken, So now for som e reflections on the bout of asthm a, a Pulsafe full face filter use an R.C. D, to protect the electric building process. ! bought the Douglas helmet took care of the dust problem , circuits as well as correct fuses Finally fir as 8''x2'' planks 2Oft Iong, I found I Make sure a set of overalls are used. In to make the blankets effective, I couîd plane them down to 44mm thick my case 1 used disposable ones, and covered the blankets w ith som e oId and then rip them down into I9m m thick have them washed regularly. I found that sleeping bags to reduce heat Ioss from planks for the 2'x1'' stringers and the disposable ones washed OK what is after aII only som e 75 watt fram ing. Sim ilarly for the 3''X1 ' and heating elem ents 2'.y1% ' etc. I think 1 probably saved at FIBREGLASSING I ea st 1 5% o n cost by d oi n g th i s , a n d SANDING also, most im podant I had control over ! used Connextion Technology epoxy the quality and wastage However, the from Rea Chem ie - Marseille, France. No For aII epoxy parts a random orbital finish off the saw blade was O K but not problem s and very easy to use. On the sander by Bosch , with Sia velcro ideal and a Iight sanding with the belt advice of Connextion I used 330g single backed discs, 60 /80 grit For the hull sander was needed to get the optimum Iayer of twill weave on the outside, and final finish before the gloss, I used the finish for the epoxy. So early on I found m ost impodant, to get a good finish. peel EIu rectangular pad sander 1also with the sanding problem ! 2Oft lengths of ply. This is 4oz/yd2 nylon c10th which Siafast pads. 2''X1' and 3''X1'' needed securely holding doesn't bond padicularly well to epoxy, down to sand effectively The solution but Ievels the surface of the cloth/epoxy. FASTENINGS was a 20 ft Iength of 8''X2'' on oil drum s. When cured the peel pIy is just peeled off To the tim ber was fixed a fence of pIy and the resulting surface is as sm ooth as 1''X 9m m fastened securely aII the way lf I were going to start again I think 1 a pair of nylon stockings! Any slight would have opted to buy an air along Then 24 cam s made from 9m m im perfections can be filled and then the pIy also, evenly fixed along the Iength of compressor and a pneumatic tacker to whole Iot rubbed down Iightly before fire collated ring barbed nails. These tim ber By using spacers of 2''XW ' and painting. In my case, 3 coats of Iight coal 1''xM'', aII sides of the fram ings and nails are available in aII sizes and tar epoxy. After the Iast coat a fudher m aterials and would have been easier stringers could be securely held for rubbing down to rem ove aII roller m arks, sanding, lt is very im podant to hold the to use than the m ethod I choose. Also, this tim e with the rectangular orbital the com pressed air availability would wood steady when using the orbital sander. Then the final gloss coats of 2 have prom pted m e to buy an air driven sander, a process required between 2 pot polyurethane, Hempels coats of epoxy, otherwise you get a 1ot of random orbital sander, instead of the Page 13 240V one However, in the end I bought a variable speed reversing electric drill (240V) and used Pozidrive screws - zinc plated, for the majority of fixings. Although, towards the end of the first hull I discovered that screws could be driven with a washer and w ithdrawn once the epoxy had set This saved a Iot of broken planer blades! TURNING THE HULL ovER Much thought and sketching took place to achieve this. Eventually it was carried out com pletely stress free! Two gantries were erected from scaffold tube - they just fitted inside the polytunnel. now known as the IG LOO , and 4 chain blocks were hung from the scaffold cross tubes AII of this was hired for the Job O ne chain went right round the hull and clipped its' hook under the gunwale l used a spare large hook to go over N 3''X1'' and 9mm ply) One shod chain . . - - .x went straight down to the gunwale By y. . . .x . J y taking the strain on aI1 4 in turn the weight came off the supports, and they could be removed and set aside for hull N . num ber two lt was a sim ple m atter then to 1et one chain out and take up another to roll the hull right way up and settle onto a scaffold base with 4 sloping suppods to conform to the hull shape Prior to aII this. flbreglassing and painting had been completed on t h e h u 1 I . FIT ouT Very straightforward, the only di#icult pad was the fillets between the bulkheads and the planking. Using peel p1y I obtained a fair finish ready for painting or epoxy I decided to sand the second coat of epoxy on al1 wood surfaces so that either they would take a third coat on aIl surfaces below the floorboards, or, painting or varnishing above the floorboard The decision to clear coat the bilges is really just for peace of m ind The wood is vlsible if anything untoward happens The only depadure from specification at this stage was to incorporate built in water tanks between bulkheads 4.5&6 in the bilge areas. ln this area I coated everything in sight with Rea Chem ie food grade epoxy, which is very thick white in colour. viscous and alm ost impossible to put on sm oothiy But it is the right material for the job By the tim e the internal fit out was com plete it was June 1 993 and I optim isti cally Iooked at Oct/Nov '93 to have the lid on the cabin and deck Not so. The deck beam troughs are very tim e consum lng and needed some pretty hard thinking to unravel the design intent. Things progressed slowly but surely up to the Page 14 beginning of 1994. Then problem s at you work when sufficiently m otivated! was a 3''X1'' stringer right along the mid work! I had been working in the building Also, and very im portant, for every 8 Iine. I sketched out various ways of and construction industry for the Iast 15 hours you spend ''hands onf', almost an craftily getting round the problem years Difficult tim es were upon us hour needs to be spent just thinking without compromising the structural com m ercially and a huge personality about how you are going to do the job. I integrity. In the end my dear wife had the clash happened at work. So my future found this essential to avoid wasting tim e answer. Just run two 2'X1'' stringers was in doubt. Should we stop and cut on duplicate working or getting out of 150m m apad, one on top, one below to our losses. or continue and accept the sequence. l found a job card system and give the strength required and to give a problem s of funding the interest charges index card holder of great help in getting clear space for the podlight. The 3'X1'' on the loan we had taken out against the things in the right order, particularly in way of the beam boxes could be left security of an endowm ent policy that when I was only working pad time. as is. Brilliant! this again shows that a matured when 1 am 65. Decisions! fresh mind on the job, uncluttered by convention is essential to progress! . .' * ' j SCARFING PANELS w b.xN y- ' 2 Having read the Gougeon N Bros book on boatbuilding ' '' -x . . and seeing that I had to .. , ...... jjjj ' . . '. - j. machine scarf the plywood . 'N - . ... ,,44 .: panels for the wing m ast, l . e e â ; bought the scarfing attachment from W essex .: - l . In the past I have had : j . . s 'rj. à y . . ,@ . - m ostl y u n S ati Sfactory ) . pedorm ance from . $ attachm ents. Neith er the - - - ' power tool nor the ,<* the padicular work. ln thls .- .., > . case the pads were well ' '-'w' made and the instructions are fairly com prehensive. However, first attem pts showed som e misalignment, probably in the basic calibration of the VARIATIONS IN DESIGN angle protractor on the circular saw. The ln retrospect I over reacted and decided circular saw is, of course 1the basis of to sell up However as time took over, O n the basis that I had spent good the m achine scarfer. A few trials soded things didn't Iook so bad, then. to help m oney for a set of very good drawings,I the problem and very good and quick things along, a friend of m y wife's m ade was not going to depad very m uch from scarfs can be m ade in 9m m and 12m m a m ost generous oler of a Ioan at the ''as drawn' design. However, I did ply. This saved a Iot of wastage when nom inal interest sufficient to com plete read an adicle in the Am erican m agazine m aking cabin roofs and decks etc. It the structural work on the vessel. So it M ultihulls M onthly, about the use of wing also gives a superior Iook to the finished Iooked as if there was no barrier to m asts on m ultihulls, Having som e adicle. completion Then I lost my job! But aI1 m isgivings about the windsurfer Iike was not Iost Positive thinking dictated wishbone mainsail of the design, I PAINT SCHEME that I now had the time to do the work, investigated this a Iot further. The wing full time in fact! ! m ast was reputed to increase drive, a As a fam ily, we aII had various ideas But, we would have to subsidise the rent smaller sail wardrobe and simplified sail about the colour the boat should be out of the boat account for a year or so. handling Against this is the unknown, painted. To get som e idea of the finished but that was acceptable. So on M ay 2nd never actually having been used on a result, we had som e enlarged 1994 the starboard hull was rolled out of Captain Cook. Nonetheless I contacted photocopies made of the various views the igloo to the front of the house and Gougeon Bros. in the U S A and they shown in the plan catalogue and my work could stad on the pod hull. So far, custom ised a Iayout for a Stressform dear wife carefully used water-colours to 1800 hours had gone into the first hull it wing mast to suit A most interesting colour in the hulls etc. This subsequently would be interesting to see how Iong the project and l will write it up separately. worked very well. The scheme we chose pod hull took W orking full tim e No modifications to the hulls were from the water-colour sketches, turned undoubtedly saved tim e, although required to accom m odate the wing m ast out on the finished hulls to be even experience heI ped , som e 25-30% savi ng so I put the design to one side and better than expected. This brings m e up in man hours could be achieved. This com menced work on the second hull to date saving m ostly arose from getting a continuous run at the job, which settled PORTLIGHTS You may wonder how l have time to down to an average 30 hours per week. write this adicle. W ell, I suffered aver'y In the hot months around June, I staded The 'as designed' podlights in the hull m ild stroke. After a week in the Iocal at 6 AM to avoid the heat build up, which appeared to m e to be too high up the hospital, I have been banned from the was a bit of a problem in the igloo, even cabin side, they would Iook better a Iittle igloo for two months at the Ieast. Hence, though I had an opaque cover. A!I the Iower down. However problem s! There l thought this was a good tim e to write same it is surprising how m uch harder this account. 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I !, . 4:E24 r. a 4:1 t-, a l I ?, , ,L I-rj/- ir-, 64, dt o i r-d (:, i (:l a IL e 1L l-, a lt IL ,-, e 1: i (:. e h',k, i I I I e a v e :.:.:.:i. . . . v: .. . . : -. . . .s...... -E:3:E . ::...... -. . . -...... -. . . . : . :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.Santander become im possible , then San us dry if we anchor here. That's what Dave Hender (8d. Big Tiddles Sabastian. The best heading we could - mags 24&26 ) called it, And very upset make was Fuenteterrabia. By now we Go to Fuenteterrabia The Iocals are I was too. l sailed Meira, m y Tiki 26, were four days out. The bread was stale, friendly and the town is very Spanish, throughout the sum m er and got very wet, the beer gone and the situation pretty cultured, Iively and fairly cheap. You can so I built a shed as per photographs. It dicey. We altered course and made for anchor and dry out just by the shore and doesn't Iook beautiful, but l stayed dry! Royan at the m outh of the Gironde. The nobody gives a dam n. The pilot book approach was easy. but then the swell warns of m assive interference from That year we sailed to Cork, from was slight. It was easy to see how customs, police, navy etc It suggested Plym outh in 48 hours and from Cork to a treacherous the sandbanks could becom e we prepare a form Iisting crew, passport beach close to Rade de Brest. Journey in an/hing of a sea numbers etc Maybe we were too tim e was about 52 hours. The beach is at insignificant. Nobody bothered us Plougonvelin and it's a great first pod of W e entered the Royan This is call. You go through the Chenal du Four, m illionaire's row. The gin palace next to W e planned to head west, but our sharp Ieft at Fointe de St Mathieu and us had a paid Spanish captain and crew Evinrude had other ideas For three days sharp Ieft again after a m ile or so. who were kind enough to stick our M ario worked on our engine. Jose batteries through their charging system introduced m e to aII the Iocal bars, In the Golfe du Morbihan, at the the end and pIy us with the owner's G & T Royan where he seem ed to spend m ost of his of one of the two major estuaries, is a is Nice with knobs on. In fact, it beats any day. W e were due to pick up a friend place called Auray and there M eira Iay for watering place I have found in the M ed. Maggie up in Auray. the winter. W interlng in France is easy The sea is clean, the beaches spotless W e set off against a nodherly wind - north It was a Iong beat, but we arrived at the m outh of the Golfe de Morbihan three days Iater The wind had died 11 Unfodunately, the engine also died and we were in a tricky position. Very # - reluctantly I sent my first and hopefully .t # . 1 . j . z . Iast Pan Pan l asked for a tow and l!I I . described my boat. As I finished m y description the wind returned. 'O h,' I said '' I can manage to sail in now Sorry I. / yw --. k. -t %.. . ' . Y ' ' - ' - '- ' ' to bother you all!' ,;' .,.r. 1 > x>* , x ' , M' 2.'.- jjœ Q. .?,, . - . j . . . - . A ' ' h f x .. - X ve W..c ..'' . Ws . . - 'v> '< xu. ;. w. . - - .. ej , . . Qw - i A v. lx . '+ The wind was blowlng out of the Golfe Yj . -+ but I thought that with the aid of the flood, we'd be able to tack in and find ---- -. somewhere to anchor and sor't out the u.. 44jj .n-- -'' k engine I had read the pilot book, but for som e reason had not registered its warning As we entered the Golfe the wind became irrelevant. W e were white water rafting in the fiercest and fastest water I have ever seen W e were totally and much cheaper than England. In July and the bars restaurants and night-clubs Oblt Of control fending off buoys At last. I 95, m y wife son and I caught the vibrant from four till four. Eighty francs a thought we had spun into an eddy I Plym outh - Roscoff ferry and arrived at night. W e'd planned on one night, then threw our anchor as far as 1 could into Auray back to sea. But our Evinrude had other Calm er water hoping we would swing ideas. For three days we waited for fudher into the eddy. A big m istake The Golfe is interesting but watch out for engineers to fix it and wandered around W elght cam e on the warp with m assive the spring floods near the entrance. ln this Marine Disneyworld. twang The bOw anchor roller sheered off and around Qulberon bay is a dream and the bows begun to sink Iower and com e true', warm sun, sheltered water Fuenteterrabia lies on the Spanish/ Iower under the force of water. I yelled to and beautiful islands. Most famous is French border. You enter the river and Vatthew that we'd have to Iose the Belle Iie, but m ore fun is Bouat turn Ieft for Hendaye, and right for anchor or Iose everything. W e hastily (pronounced W at) and Hoedic (Edick). Fuentetc. W e anchored off a beach on tied a fender on to the taught warp and The beaches are enorm ous and there is the spanish side and sailed out of let the w hole Iot overboard. Eventually always one on which to shelter from the Hendaye, crossed the river and Iooked We managed to get a Iine to a powerboat Vent solaire After two weeks swim m ing for an anchorage on the Spanish side Which towed us out of the current and and drinking and one ten m inute real Iive The town spills down to the river's edge aCCOSS the water to Lecmariaque. W e hurricane Matt (my son) and I set off for and Iooks beautiful A Iarge man stood found another engineer, but we never shouting at us, found Our anchor. As a m atter of Spain, W e planned to sail directly from on a fish quay and, Page 16 lnterest, 1 replaced the Iost CQR with a Next m orning, a strengthening, cold guided us through to deeper water and Brittany anchor. l've never seen north wind veered slightly, blasted us we headed nodh towards Audierne. a n yt h i n g s o g ood l n sa n d o r m u d I ' m past the Iles de Glenan, and 1ed us to going to keep it as a m ain anchor speculate on the possibility of rounding Audierne is a popular parking spot for Penm arche that evening W e'd hoped to yachts waiting to shoot the Ra-du-shin. The next two weeks were idyllic Sun make Benodet but Penm arche would Im patience drove us to head out to sea sea , beaches and m a ki ng French have put Audierne within our grasp By passing outside the Iie-de-sein and friends Then it was tim e to go hom e seven o'clock that evening we were two m issing the Ra-du-sin. I'd never do it and. with an enorm ous high Iingering m iles off Penm arche with two reefs in again. Rocks dribble nearly ten m iles over Britain, the wind blew steadfastly the m ain It was getting dark and the west of the island and the journey is slow from the north wind was increasing Reluctantly, we and frustrating with overfalls throwing up fled five m iles east to Lesconil. It was confused m ountains of swell Once the At La Palais, we left M aggie, who had dark as we motored into the tiny harbour westerly buoy was rounded our problem s cycled alone from southern Spain to and tied up alongside a trawler. I asked were over. W e headed north east for Auray and was planning to cycle on up at the Iocal bar where we could to Iie Pointe de St M athieu arriving on our to Roscoff Matthew and I started the overnight and were told that we were Plougonvelin beach at m idnight. The long bash back to England. The wind fine. Nobody m entioned that the trawler entrance is well Iit and we m anaged to was sufficiently strong for us to weather would be moving out at four o'clock the anchor within yards of our favourite spot. the Quiberon peninsular and almost following m orning! Still, the crew handed m ake for Lorient where we thought to our Iines ashore and we m anaged to W e were ready for the Iast Ieg The spend the night. However, we got cold snatch a bit more sleep before setting Chenal du Four then Plym outh. On a and bored and settled for Loc Maria bay off The sea was flat calm and we crept spring flood we bounced up the Chenal on the southern coast of Iie de G roix. carefully through the rocks that surround at ten knots, tacked East to Roscoff and This Iittle village w as unexpectedly the Penm arche Point. The tide was ther, with an obliging north easterly force engaging, unspoiled, with a nice beach falling and we had Iess than a m etre of 5, nodh to Plymouth and M illbrook to dry on water beneath us Local fisherm an The shed, as l said before, was a big success ard I really do think that a Iighter weight plastic equivalent would be a valuable addition for those Tiki owners planning to do m ore than day sailing W e wore wet weather gear on only two occasions i n six weeks. O nce for prolonged heavy rain and once because of the coldness of a night watch l rigged a very simple remote steering system which m ade it possible to steer im m ediately behind the shelter of our cuddy and also while Iying inside it! Does anybody want to buy an Evinrude 5 two cylinder outboardT (Ed Patrick has already reported his experiences sailing the Ushant area /5 mag 23) jr '; 1 /',' ' . ., /.1 : / /!1 . -, Tiki 21 & 26 . ,. jr in GRP )f .(h I KIT or SAIG W AY l i t.' !; l . l t . j x . .. , - - ' ------Alum inium Masts for Tiki Range -.---. - .- Refll & Repalo r ..'<. Southdown M arina, M illbrœ k, Torpoint, Com wall. PLIO 1HG Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 1752 823824 Page 17 I I - I I I igii@iiiigiiiëiiiiiiiiii@i@iiiiiii@iiiiiiiii@ië@iqë@ëqiqë@i@i@i@iiiiiiiiiqiqi@id@i@qiqiq@i@ëiëiièiëilièiiliiq@ëië@ë@qit@i ij: i (:j r) i :5 f:i )( (? 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( #L-. o. >x )L (q,y(yjë,(,rE,Eg,ë,E-,jëuEjë,j>ë-ë,ë,@=(,aE,.Eg(E,.,E,Eë i(@Ej,j,yj.,j.ë-,,@ j.E.,j,w. .jw..,..z,,.,ë should show a more practical engine jqj(k(ig:;E(E: Ej (.( i:!!:!::j!:!:!!;!:[email protected] : E : ! :E (i ( jjrj jjj jj . tjljtjjrj yjye resujts are very much beqer and are mount in the first place! I would go for a iii#i,l,!),ki,:E,!Ei, 1(Eë1Et:E!E,E'ëL, Ei.ë,i41. !h4:.1 rélùii- kLà Lë/i4;p. !di?hr!.:k:j i: s-' :r lrl!:j, ,!g::ië,!qëEk:- >E-(.-(E-Eqj(-ëjj-(@që:ëq,ëjsy:jëj:jg.ëy:i (kjqjqj#@q#ëqjëtt@ i ' ,2@ës.,.,:,.i,!,.E!!,,.,,,.,*,E,,.,,!,i, yXE d' ,'? C ' . .. . ti@ jjjjj.jy just acceptable In calm water the engine twin cylinder engine with anti viuration tqgtëèàiltiqëtiè qèi@qltlqltlqètètè@qèëtqèqii@è@ï@ïqql@qèièqèàèèqèlèi :@@è@t@(@ë@@t@@@@@@ë@à@è@àè@i@@è@l@qtl@i#@tè(@@(@@(i!t@!@@@ (àé(i:i(i@ è EërëE!E!EE!E!EEEEEiè @@g@èt@(@ijty tj( jyj(, will give me 7 knots. However in rough m ounts if l could The noise and vibration !ijE(i(EE(i(E(ë(EE(EEiEiE(iE!EiEiEjgEEëE,@E!i;:jEii!g.i:ë:giëTë(EE.i EEEEEgiëE(EqqEii!iE:!(qi(EEë!E:E:q@. q@(ë(ë ë ter ::. : . r.r wa speed is still Iim ited by cavitation from the single cylinder is very wearing if In Sea People 20 I described the building problems . In a two hour punch back into being used for any Iength of time. O n the of my Tiki 21. This adicle now updates wind in rough water only 2 or 3 knots other hand an engine with a 25' Ieg my project by describing some could be managed One hand had to be would pro, bably suffer less from m odifications carried out since, on the throttle aII the time to control rpm . cavitation problem s and hence be a A very wearing business In rough water better bet The only one I know that m ight ENGINE MOUNTING. when sailing, the prop is inclined to catch be suitable is the Tohatsu l originally the tops of waves and so kicks up spray. intended to use a short shaft (15' leg) have spent som e tim e trying to get The Mercury gives very good push both engine and m odify the platform to suit I satisfactory perform ance and raising forward and in reverse Having F-N-R am glad did not . It wousd have been ability from the engine m ount. gears is invaluable when manoeuvring. I pretty useless. I am considering making am glad l did not rely on a 180 degrees another centre platform unit for my Tiki Firstly, I think the vertical transom rotation of the engine to provide reverse This would m ount the engine m uch m ount shown on the plans is very poor fudher forward and when in the raised and the plans should be modified It The Bristol Channel , where l sail, can get position, have the prop just forward of the should have been sloped to allow the rough very quickly, there are strong tides rear beam right up against the deck engine to be at the correct angle in the water at least I use a Mercury sail power 4 Iong shaft (20'.) The first problem was that the engine was not deep enough in T the water so at full power in an/hing but ransom Q the calm est of water, the prop kept = cavitating and the engine revs rise alarm ingly The first mod was to Iower the m ount as shown in the photo in no A % A ' 20 This im proved, but did not solve the m cavitation problem Also the engine had g to be retained in the ''up' position with a Englne Mount 3 a bunjy cord as the uplock would not Fwd . -..+ > 3', e n g a g e = The next mod was to cut out the centre of the transom m ount and to reinstall it with the bottom raked forward. It was also lowered even m ore The piece cut pjan view out was refixed by triangles of half inch p1y to the original pads of the m ount (see sketch) The angle at which the Deck. Fwd. cut-out is refixed is critical if the engine's own uplock is to be used l assem bled the centre deck and the aft beam on suppods In the workshop to do this I M odif ied Tiki 21 found that if the engine is rotated 90 ' % ctlon A - A nnlne ount degrees on Its steerlng bearings as is ' raised to the uplock, it will go up a bit fudher ( This also avoids kinking the fuel feed pipe if using an eternal tank ) The slope of the transom needs to be determ ined ln conlunctlon w ith the Englne Moun engine so that the uplock will just (21 deg from en g a g e a s t h e en g l n e I eg to tl ch es th e ve rt i c a I ) underslde of the aft beam . As the Iock engages, the engine w ill drop back a bit After the transom mount is com plete, the a n g I e o f t h e e n g i n e i n t h e ru n n i n g Diagram of the engine mount m odifications Page 18 This would reduce the spray in rough water when sailing. I would also mount the engin e even Iower a nd possi bIy enclose it in a box above the deck (useful seat'?) with throttle and gear controls on the rear of the box to be accesslble whlle at the tiller The alternative might be a new centre platform , engine forward but on som e sort of a Iowering type m ount to com bine keeping clear of waves when up with adequate depth of prop for reliable propulsion in rough water when down W ATER IN FWD. STOWAGE This has been a problem a s waves breaking against the forward hulls rush along (or across) the deck force the hatch open against the (double) bunjles and finish up am ongst the ropes, fenders, fuel tank etc etc stowed therein l have now bonded trlangular The finished engine mount ( section strips to the deck just in front of, lI and to the outsides of the foredeck hatches. These act as wave deflectors Since fitting, the stowage has rem ained quite dry Hatch Cover SM TING. W ave Def H or I have fitted seats in both hulls by the aft Seal bulkhead. These are very wodhwhile I spend m ost of m y tim e In the Ieft hull (padicularly if I have someone in the right hull) out of the wind Al1 radio & Deck Hatch Combing instrum entation is kept this side atong with chads and books etc. Most of the Dlaqram lc vlew of w:ve defleçtion *teio* for hatoh coverl. time the tiller pilot will be operating Ieaving me to occasionally trlm the salls, eat a nd worry about navigation i n co mf o d ' ' . $*- è -fwv . . ' '.œ A .. . . : x. v : , 1 1 ,. . !k . - / . ., y *. a j* u < ..z a Pahi 42 J :. 4 > ' ' l'Bon Bini'' ' e % . ' . - w e *. . . . ' œew. . -' l ., . y. * . . . . Being cruised by Dutch m em bers ' ) 4 ...... - .v rk .. - . v - - . : . . r . . . . p e , y .< . Gys & Anita Paap ?. . . 'ip : Page 19 C R U IS IN G - R IV E R S callused hands and a rather strong set again As I got to the m outh of the I su- ived the of shoulder and arm m uscles. Finally l channel I had been stranded in, but this began to m ake som e progress with a 2 tim e in the m ain channel, the motor savage Fraser ton come-along and the sheet winches staded to over rev and wouldn't drive 1 arranged the Iines in a V run through m e forward. I was nearly Bug Eyed with those snatch blocks I made. The blocks am azem ent! ! Now W hat ?? The Triangle. were attached one to each hull at the transm ission or pin seem ed to have Mark Ham illl - Canada bow Having an eye just above waterline broken W as this the Fraser Triangle'?? would have made a difference. This lm mediatesy ! picked up this big m otor l n May I took my 35 foot Tangaroa M k would be a good m odification. Iike a feather and put the 10 hp in its IV catamaran 'W hiskers'' up the Fraser Tightening up the sheet winches allowed place. Ah, the benefits of a good River to Harrison Lake where I worked me to tighten up the come-along I adrenaline rush! ! I saw the whole thing for the sum mer. lt staded out as a alternated back and fodh. Eventually the beginning again. This time because I Ieisurely 2 day cruise with friends Due to Iines were really tight and the boat wasn't towing the alum inium boat, l the shallow draft and the fad that the would hop around in series of roaring m ade very slow progress against the river was rising, I decided to take a short gravely lurches whenever the gods current which was running at about 6 cut through a side cha nnel After decided I needed a good scare This knots My only hope was to try and thoroughly ploughing the bottom up for was alarm ing at first but it meant I was m ake it to the slower water at the slde a bit 'FuII speed ahead and dam n the makin g Progress. The sou nd of the and hopefully sneak up to Island 22 torpedoes '' l found m yself stuck gravely rocks rattling away under the cam pground Somebody on shore had sideways on a sandbar A 4O0 hp jet hull m ade it hard to sleep som e nights. noticed my predicam ent and ran up to boat called the '' Rock Doctor' couldn't Salmon hitting the side of the boat as tell the m ilitary who were dcing budge me Hm m m m m m . now what? they Ieapt out of the waëer woke me up m anoeuvres with their powerful pusher Hm m m m , nothing dangerous or boat as well, jet boats One of them came down and threatening l just seem to be in the towed me to Island 22 They seem ed to m iddle of now here and have to go to For awhile, the river dropped. The be extremely concerned that 1 not tejl work and this is m y house and m y upstream hull was being 'dugout'' as the anyone they were helping me Evidently friends have lo Ieave tom orrow for a sw ift water passed under it and the other they pulled somebody's car out of the world conced tour. hull staded to Iift up as it was raised on water iast year and the people were a gravel pad created by sand settling suing them So I prom ised not to thank So what happened ? The Rock Doctor after it passed under the upriver hull them or tell anyone So you're not drove the Dawes up to the Hot Springs The boat began to tilt For 3 days it was reading this, rightg and Iater as evening fels two guys out of the water com pletely! lt was verv showed up in a sm all boat and were hot out as well The System 3 Copper- On July 12 I staded up the Fraser again m ore than happy to take me off. Nobody poxy bottom seemed to resist abrasion for Harrison Lake The Harrison River would take any m oney for what they did. very well except the forward tips of the rail bridge operator opened that section Ever'y one just said 'Pass it on'. This is rudder planes which lost their finish and with diesel engines I couldn't contact a pad of a Ietter to m y friends describing exposed the c10th the highway bridge people early enough what happened after they Ieft the boat. and decided to Iower the m ast rather I thought I was getting som ewhere until than wait overnight Com pared to the After you left, l spent a week and a half 1 realised I was actually also pulling the Fraser, the water on the Harrison was comm uting by alum inium boat and a 15 huge stum p down river. About 1 1/2 beautifully clear The water at the hp m otor 1 rented from Rory Cross at weeks after grounding, the river began confluence registered 1 16 feet deep on Island 22 cam pground. to rise and one day I cam e back from the fish finder The water on the Fraser work and the boat was not in sight. !!i! is so Ioaded with silt that it actually ln anticipation of floating or pulling Eeekl lt had com e Ioose and swung to hisses as it moves around the hull. The myself off' I tied up to the shore and to the bridle I was using to pull of'f with. knot m eter kept on spinning as 1 sat in that stum p lodged on another sandbar The Iengths on the bridle were uneven the Fraser at Island 22 and when I left upstream . Eventually I had over 800 feet so it had swung over to the other it had registered nearly 397 Nautical of line out. l didn't realise l had so m uch channel and was hidden. lt was Iying at M iles. on board Some folks say you can never 45 degrees to its stump anchor point I have too m uch rope. so this is a case in boarded the boat and cut the Iine to Going back down the river was a point. Eventually, I rem oved the shore release it from the anchor after placing daunting prospect and I decided to test line and concentrated efforts on trying to som e floats on the line so I could the depths using a hand Iead in aI1 swing the bow into the current towards retrieve it. About 4 days Iater the stump Iocations I felt insecure about. There the Iarge stum p about 375 feet Was also washed away. Lots of water weren't any real problems on the upstream . W orking in the current was then! ! ! ! ! !!!!! ! ! Harrison if one follows the chads and very difficult, 1'd love to see the video, tests it first. However, I m et a Iocal river Som e people told m e not to bother with My 10 hp motor barely made way guide ( Eric Fryer) who seemed al1 the work, as the river would rise and against the current and when 1 got out genuinely am azed that 1'd done it. He carry m e off. lt was Iate rising and into the m ain channel l had to turn wanted to com e aboard for the ride norm ally l wouldn't have had any around and go to that quiet area with the down through the section below Island trouble l did 'something'' anyway. The cows about 5 m iles downstream - 22 just for fun-unfortunately he was combinations of line and winches I tried Dewdney Nature Reserve--a very pretty taking a tour group up to Harrison seemed endless 1 didn't m ake a Iot of SPOt . Later, 1 rented the 4Ohp and tried W hen I was searching out that channel progress but ended up with very Page 20 I was very Iucky to follow a Rivtow Iog 3488). --For information on parks and 0049 tug through the tricky section between floats, contact the Fraser Valley Marine + Riv 7-0w-796-2291 Yaalstrick Island and the Ecological Association, Box 3284, M ission BC, + Jim K111er-796-3856 Reserve Island and m ade it through with V2V 4J4. + Jack Theriault (In front of Hot no hang ups. The river is dropping quite Springs Hotel) 796-8398 rapidly (Sept 1 ) so a mistake could have National Historic Site Fod Langley Public (Seaplane Dock-shod been costly The rest of the trip was opposite MacMillan Island (chad 3488), stays only-next to Jack's) pretty uneventful and m uch faster than and Kilby Historic Store and Farm at g o i n g u p . the Harrison Railway Bridge are well Hlssjsox LAxs. worth visiting, Kilby has a beautiful Additional Inform ation for those beach and great Blackberry picking as Harrison Lake is 50 feet above wanting to explore the area: well. sea Ievel about 60 m iles inland. It is an inland fiord about 40 m iles Iong GuloEs BRIDGES and up to 900 feet deep. At the south end is the small town of Harrison Hot About $100 from Mission to Refer to Sailing Directions Springs. Behind it rises picturesque Harrison Lake (Southern BC Coast ) for Fraser Mt. Cheam . The view down the (ake Catherwood Towing-Doug Kelly River Bridges. ends in snow capped m ountains with 604-826-9221 Harrison Railway Sw ing Bridge-- icefields. Historic Port Douglas is Gravity Towing--Eric Fryer 604- Attended 6am to 6pm April to near the Lillooet River at this end. In 826-7364 September the early 1860's, paddle w heel Riv 7-0w--604-796-2291 Harrison Highway Swing Bridge- steam ships dropped m iners off here. -At Ieast 2 working days notice. They then took the Lillooet Trail to CHARTS No holidaytweekend service. the Cariboo Gold Fields and Yellowhead Road and Bridge- Barkerville. It is also a Iiving area for 349O-Sand Heads to Douglas Main Office-824-0713(Bill Guyer the Iegendary Sasquatch and 1 10O Ib I sland 796-2610,793-7521 Cell Phone W hite Sturgeon. The area was 3489-PatuIIo Bridge heavily Iogged but is still very 3488- Crescent Island OUTBOARD RENIAL beautiful. Sailing is excellent and it is 3061- Harrison Lake a board sailing hotspot. The winds The only source found for 15 to are 15 to 30 knots blowing m ainly --The m ost confusing section and the 40 hp m otors--Empress Boat from the south. Anchorage's are few one subject to the most change is Rental 433-3985. Harrison Lake From the town to Echo Island the probably Yaalstrick lsland to the island Marinas water is only 1 1 feet deep at most on the Fraser Ecological Reserve (chad Harrison Lake Yacht CIub-796- with sandy bottom . Long Island Bay is sheltered. Not Mark's boat, but a Tangaroa Mk 4 belonging to member Volker Ruge (currently sailing UK '- Kenya) Page 21 C A T C O R N E R Blackwater. Coming up to the bridge it 'Ah, weill fit all rightl' one of my friends SW lreland-pad 1 seem ed obvious that it was not sup- convinced himself more than me. .. But Andte Gietl 'v Tiki 26 posed to be! Several attem pts aborted fit we did, and suitably shook we con- at the Iast second saw us racing up to tinued our river expedition. The fog the bridge (we'I1 fitl) then Iuff up (we began to lift only to reveal another overhead wire ahead Ed. This ?'s the f/rst part of a bnlliant wonit) and sail parallel to it while we . Luckily by now r al Cornef', a great example to our twisted over our necks to judge if there we had som e wind and this time we many readers who are uncertain what would be any clearance or not. . . . . Fi- attacked the obstacle with deliberation the words mean ! nally, we had to go for it - fit or hit it! passing close to the shore to take W e passed under it with no m ore than advantage of the increased height. 2 feet to spare and felt im mediately l shall be describing som e of the har- welcome to a different world on the Determinedly, we ignored the frantic bours m oving west from Youghal other side. W e found ourselves in on a gesticulations of som e river bank resi- (51D56' N 007050' W ) on the south river beautifully wooded on both dents some tim e Iater. Trying to stop coast, to Dingle (5207' N 010O15'W ) shores and were soon sweating in the us they kept shouting 'Too shallow' - on the west coast. To get to aII the fluky winds of an inland waterway. they had obviously never seen a cata- boring details about approaches, dan- After spending a day or two am idst m aran before - after aII what good is gers, entrances etc. I again strongly wonderful surroundings frying our our shallow draft if you don't take the advise investing in the 'Sailing Direc- catch of dozens of m ackerel on open risk of running aground'?! tions, . . . ': consequently, l will m ostly fires, we decided to continue upstream com ment on those parts of the various as far as we could go W e finally reached Cappoquin where harbours that the Sailing Directory ig- an oId railway viaduct at Iast put a nores or considers unsuitable for the 'd* The thick fog on that m orning would stop to our gallop. W e spent a peace- . . ' ' '' ...... - ...... - ' - /, (gy i . w . ' N g.d lDo o. . * SY $ vn f &f xj -/' * . . . w - N * 7 --.- . . e -.1,::-1,: . . jp'-.:ij!:ëqà:, . . ...'+ z .yj . . ,,. :yjjj y. * 3 ' V X ' - ' e* 1 Y' 4* -*X *' .. - 't . *. . . w, < .''. y go / . . . .. r e z . . ' . . . .z' ..- - e . -. - , .. s v zz ,e ..< ..-. . - -- . . , . . .. m' *1 . . r' y . . s , , . / ég '( '.'PJ X p.e ,'L ** # A. - . . ' . y -x g . y . p &eA j W -y-w-. -;- L tp. n.* r . . . -.'- - - * l a s eos jl - - . .. , . ..<- - have stopped anyone with a small bit fuI night anchored in m id stream and average yacht of com mon-sense But the daredevils beat down river the next day in a fresh we were and naive as they com e. we wind. Youghal (pronounced Yawl) Har- set off to catch the in goi ng tide bour: the estuary of the River Black- W hich we needed since there was not So, if you want to do Iikewise m ake water; about two m iles upstream from the slightest puff of wind! So with sure you bring boots with extra thlck the busy town of Youghal (plenty of neither wind nor engine, we staded to rubber solesl! pubs and shops, etc ) a road bridge drift m errily upstream Ieaving a wake crosses the river which is navigable only in the thick fog having lost sight A French girl was not so ltlcky last for alm ost 15 m iles thereafter. But of either river bank. when to m y com- Sum m er She Iost her Iife when the bewarer the bridge clearance at LW ST plete consternation, overhead wires mast of her cat touched the overhead (Low W ater Spring Tides) is, accord- began to m anifest them selves, cross- wire, as she sailed along a channel ing to the Sailing Directions only 10 2 ing our path ln total disbelief we just 'not normally considered navigable' m, at HW (High W ater) only 6 4 m ! stood there and waited to see if we between the m any islards of Clew Bay And it looks a Iot Iower than that . would fit - it never occurred to anyone (further up on the W est coast) to chuck the anchor out to avoid a test The second trip l have ever done on of the conductivity of a wooden mast. But even a trip up the river by djnghy 'Ean' took us from Crosshaven to the Page 22 should be well worth doing - the from 3 or 4 m iles of drying estuary western corner North of a rocky ledge scenery is absolutely beautiful and with very good shelter and wooden that runs more or Iess e - w and dries populated predom inantly by birds. shores - and that's why I love it! Plenty at LW . of firewood to barbecue the m ackerel Cork Harbour: m ust have been splen- which usually abound off the S Coast Barloge Harbour: Absolutely delight- didly beautiful before - now the sewer from July on. fuI spot, and I have rarely found drop- for num erous chem ical plants and Ire- ping the anchor such a relief as in this Iand's second Iargest city. The m ost Kinsale: is a 'very nice' town - the sheltered nest. pleasant anchorage at East Ferry (see 'seafood capital', everything for the Sailing Directions). tourist and the 'yachty'. Approaching this lee shore visible through the m ist only by the flashing Crosshaven: in Cork harbour 1a m ain Courtm acsherry: definitely a cat cor- teeth of white break against the rocks yacht harbour on the SW coast with a ner', an expanse of sand banks over a and with nightfall snapping at our num ber of boatyards, a yacht club and Iength of 3 m iles. After beaching m y heels it sure felt Iike m adness to enter the norm al yacht facilities. Good pub boat there outside the village a couple what Iooked Iike Neptune's den. scene (music most nights). A Iess of years ago I was strolling into town crowded and very scenic anchorage when I noticed a 40 ft 'heel' boat in the Only once you are actually in the can be found 1 or 2 miles upriver bay (hence the name) over without narrow entrance is it possible to m ake (Drake's Pool) any sails up. And the angle increased out the narrow harbour. Not recom- while she did not move an inch - you m ended without an engine! Ringabella Bay: 2 m iles SW of the guessed it : hard aground and the tide entrance to Cork harbour. Perfect going out. The Iifeboat finally tried to Lough Hyne: above Barloge is an shelter can be found behind a sandy pull them off - too Iate though So the ecological curiosity with a varied m a- spit which narrows the drying entrance Iifeboat crew began to run around rine Iife and enjoys some advantages to about 30m . The access is fudher ashore desperately Iooking for sticks that com e with being designated a obstructed by a num ber of boats and any other sod of prop to prevent Nature Reserve The Lough is con- moored just inside the narrow pas- her from going over com pletely and nected to Barloge Harbour and is ac- sage (see drawing) possibly filling up with the incom ing cessible by dinghy near HW There tide. They eventually succeeded in are also Iovely walks up to the top of Enter around HW and pull upon the heeling at about 45 degrees- m ust the wooded hills with fine views of the gravel beach opposite the sandy have been a few pretty uncomfortable surrounding area. beach W atch out or poke around for hours waiting for the tide. lf I had not a draining channel a few feet wide and been beached already myself, l would Sherkin Island: Horeshoe Harbour on about 3 feet deep (Could be a com- have Iiked to sail up to them and the south side offers good shelter near fortable night on the m ud with the watch it alI close up comfodably hori- the north east and the west corner sterns hanging into this ditch at LW ) zontally aground! depending on the wind direction, but ' difficult to get hooked well in the weedy bottom . A true cat corner can be found on the north side of the island in Kinish Har- Fhhn,v tz A kly bour but the approach is very tricky (see enlarged map in the Sailing Di- k * - ' ' rections) . N e. *;''* . . - . e e z. N h y ' r e'x yx. yya The entrance itself is only about 25m k., wide and is also obstructed by a dry- t- z . T.(Jy xg k ing rock which is not marked on the ' . . . - enlarged m ap in the Sailing Directions J+c./a w. w.y .z, s. . smack in the m iddle of the entrance œ z-,-z' . , . - csf oc 4>' . ... // just before the harbour begins to open ' . . - w ' , . .. .- . . . . s ). z.' . F. ' a, y j * '. . * k . . j . out. Don't be disheadened and enter . . y . .' j e z ; - . $ . x , 4 p , # ' Y X .. *'* , 1 - ' - -. near HW - the excitem ent of the ap- Z 1 q:. z' z: e y ' ' -. proach is rewarded by pedect shelter ' *. e ; . . . .- $ ' ' Q am idst wild surroundings in the m iddle &>V. he< of the island. The best place to beach the cat is in the south western extrem - ity of the harbour, Practlcally the whole narrower part of Thenl Once aCrOSS a narrow Sandy the bay dries at LW turning into a Clonakilty Bay, Mill Cove, Tralong dune, you find the first of a num ber of great expanse of sand outside the Bay and Roncarbery: aII appear Iike Iovely sandy beaches of Sherkin ls- s m a l l s a n d y p en i n s u I a . O n ce i n s i d e good cat corners - 1 have never Ianded Iand. The kids will Iove it and you will Ringabella Point, stay close to the in any of them be rem inded of those Iovely beaches Southern shore where the deep chan- for along tim e afterwards. Because n el ru n s Castle Haven: The estuary to the every tim e you move the hatch covers nodh of the narrow passage is naviga- or open the bunk boards. or m ove Oysterhaven: The eastern part is ble to the head at HW A peaceful spot anything at aIl for that matter, you will m ainly used by wind surfers and the to beach the cat on soft, alm ost Ievel double over w ith pain as you have to western arm has nothing to offer apad bottom can be found in the north- listen to the grinding and scraping Page 23 noise of sand everywhere. This is the real draw- back of a beachable boat and only self builders can really understand what I am talking about. . lf you are edrem ely fond of your kids also m ake a stopover on Hare Island (to the nodh of Sherkin Island): Here is enough sand to turn anybody's hair grey - but I have to adm it the bight on the east of the island is a splendid beach. Beware of numerous subm erged rocks along the outer Iine of this bay They are quite visible though against the white sandy bottom . Hare Island also boasts a cottage style restaurant run by an eccentric Irish chef of world fame who spends pad of his professional Iife in Paris teach- ing the French how to cook! I (+e contlnue thejourney around St& lreland /5 the next edition André has asked lf you requlre further lnformation. to please ca/l him on (0327 51 942, adding t#e appropr/ale lnternatlonal cga/lr)g code for Ireiandb Horseshoe riarbour, Sherkin Island. A safe pontoon to tie up a keel boat! + S a ils Vodex G enerators M anufacturers of Sails, Dodgers, Carlo Clavi, who is building a Pahi 42, is another person (see Covers Toroa mag 27) afler information Repair Service from people with experience of Vor- tex Generators. W e have had copy Sails for TIKI range from people intending to fit them, Spray dodgers for TIKI & Classic and people who have fitted them but very Iittle from anyone who has Expod worldwide sailed with them ? Trevol Business Park Come on, Iet's have som e feedback from y0u people using Torpoint them 'cos Carlo is getting heavy Plym outh PLII 2TB about n0t hearing from you.....,.. (Ed. Carlo is the guy in rnag 26 %: who 's boat talks to him..... ) Phone: +44 (0) 1752 813312 or fax 815465 Page 24 I I - :f @ëii(?ë@ iëi :'ië'i:.ë'@?i@:@:.:@è iëiëiëiëiëlèàg@ëEëi:qëglqlëiqgiëil:ili:ëjëqgqàèlëqëiëiëëë@jqèiqiqlijiëql@lëlëqèilqèik@qëiëqëiëi@iqig@àilikëiëiii@iiq'iqi -qr- )-) ,!) hj,s/ ,!, :E, jk j-p ,!, r. j-l ë!p t!i r-y 4:, jt j:y (!, 4: r-l ,L (:) (E) skl (:) (:) 4:, i r-l k;p kqih !, t!)p j tE;, tEs, /-? ,!871, 1. t!;, 4:14 lkhk/krtr j;p ;r kijr;p jr, të;r (:r k-;,:, k!ih ,.n jrt;p jrj!- àgyèàtgàg' '.. :tiE:tEt:ètitE.'.':!:. (:à!E:(!:è;àtE:E:!:E:@ààt' ' '@è:E:E:E!E:'. 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''iiësès. .#4*@j*y ' : )(.t,'y' ë,z/, tlytjririe. t#. h#, ràtkeliirijil can take a Iot of wind. As expected, it handling and maintenance . )tEè:k:tik:t ':(EEii(i:ij:.E:t!::((j:(!:(:::ëE;((: jy ! :.EE:(jë:E:E:E::!:E:E:!Ei:@( . :!s:Eë(j(jë@gjgj)jà@j::(:((q Adrian) è .è!è> w@ètg:kjèjkeëkëë@@@@#@è)èëè@tèëèt@@ need some space to turn vou uave to , have not ueciueu whether . am soing è.è &èEEëiEE#E,E #' rE,ë ,fE ë Ln'E ,', kEEEf,ë tzs!,èt', r,@ @E,EëE.,ëq(e,,,,,,,,,g,ss,i.!i,,,,,,ë( ,y,qj(j,(,ëyëEyg.,@k,Eg,E,E,E(,E(ë,t@jgj(gyèjë((giëi@è@è(@,.jyë,t(ygljjg take it easy, ' Eifi( ièj/(E:Eë:àE:ëTE:ié EiE:E:c!;:: à': ë:j!i; E( jtE!h. E:y ,b,!, EgiE-(jq.(,y,yjE,ë,ë,v,,jq(j@. . ,(, , gtjjgjjr especially in narrow to Iike the main hatch arrangement or jjjj . E'ii(kptil n( lt;i (@-...,.,.g*...ië,.,,,..ë.,...i'..i.ë..,.?...i..ë,.:/z(tiëi(i@i@,#ëiëii.,jë(ë@ jiaruours The advantage is that you not, .! L.,!,!,!,,.,s,.,E,,ë.E.E!,,,., ... ,.,.,.,,...,,... . .,,, may be I will get used to it. (Has , .,.....,.EE, . can Iet the tiller go and it still be saising anybody who has modified it'?) Ed straight ahead. 1 already knew the w nte in with drawings/photo 's . The headline indicates that you shall f , anyone never give up even if you have been techniqueor tackidn g, ubsjei ng the jib, from who has) One commentE even if you b , a o!d long keeled ou ender 1 owned are not building a house 1 don't think it uilding your boat for a very Iong tim e. I th , don't know if this Is a record but I s o m e ye a rs a g o , S O at w as no is possible to build a Tiki 21 in 30O , problem hours started building m y Tiki 21 , unless you are a professional approyimately 8 years ago boat builder and have a lot of working drawings in 1 987 and b . I ordered the The first mishap happened when the space and tools ( I built my boat in a half hulls in the first yearuilt one and a tillers went ajj tjje way to one side and narrow shed approx 8,4' by 22') . Then ! staded b tc build a new house and the boat one of the pegs roke. After a rt epfa itrh, I prolect was ptlt Off for Some years. hjjajve now Iimited the movemen o e Neyt spring, I will sail 'Salam' from my t ers with shock-cords (this should home place Drammen to Hvaler which Last year l started a g a i n a n d wa s hcplng to be sailing t h i s s u m m e r , b u t u n f o rtu n ate Iy I d i d . n O t m a n a g e t O '' f I n i S h th e b o at - . a. .. ' before the middle !. . - of August. In spite of this belng almost t h e e n d of t h e 4 , . ' . $ t s a i I i n g s e a s o n i r' M G . = , ! ...... ' . , . N o rw a y , l c o u 1 d n o t ' -J&' .. '- T' g. .Q. w - , . * , . . - S .w .(qwki.. c . . y sta n d Wa It i n g u r)t I l ' . : . 7 -' ->-z.z w4y.- . uy uu- > .. , q n ext yea r a n d - ' L z 'zl'it'!./e . ' g px R d ecld e d to 1 a u n c h E - - ; - 1* 1. ' . - ' . . .. w . ., s. ; .. s '.y, x -...-.w. . + i X. ,' -. . . QT .5 . ; ., 26th Aug u st. ' -.-> -. ' everythi ng w as ,t . ..7. y .. re a d y T h e b o a t - . WaS transplodpd to - kmr ' 21 ' a b e a C h W l t h a ' N/*. ' . ' . rented traller and ' ) s ev e r a l f r l e n d s ' . (; a t h e re d t o t a k e r)a rt t h e - .' -%' - ' ' -- c e re m o n y a n d t o wg levaet hae r wh aa ns d nlwcelt hw 1t h et heI a S u n c h , n g have been mentioned In the drawlngs) ps a group of l slands in the south- un shlnlng, a One thing that has to be done next year eastern pad of Norway I ;(; ht breeze My boat was named , alm ost on the ''S Is to lower the outbcard m otor bracket border of Sweden w here it will be alam'' ( Arablan for peace. ( Ed see page 1 8 ) I would also llke to ' contentm ent moored ls it approyim ately 60 m lles ' well belng) durl ng a short have a zippable mainsail . As I have and I Iook forward to thls salling cerem ony wlth champagne and snacks' understood it is no and then pushed Into the water J ' w avallable from eckels, (E'd also from D-salls ) but it lt was not m entloned when I ordered the Is not possible to descrlbe the feeling salls As m y boat will norm ally be when I saw my Tlkl 21 floating for the flrst tlme after such a long tim e worklng m oored on a buoy and be Ieft for periods wlthout any attentlon it would tand dreamlng W hen we had the first be better to be able to remov'e the sall reastl lys awil aasn ds adlllsncgo vaerse de xthpaetc ttehde baonadt when Ieavlng the boat (does anyone @ @ h ' have some experience with a zippable smeaorcd thtlhy e sespcaurnadtes d obf y ththe e wtwatoe r nabrerlonwg ma i n sa i 17 ) (Ed You will 5r7d that aII the , . hulls, It was really a great mom ent. grp TIKI 26 s from Imagine Multlhuls Page 25 N EW S FR O M S EA P E O P LE which gave m e and m y crew a nice Iittle ods, general building and sail m aking thrill! techniques and sailing and paddling ustral ia Tapioka is m y first boat on which l am There will be discussions and Iectures Peter Ballie of Bondi Beach sails his cruising through the Mediterranean about navigation , canoe stories. voy- Tiki 21 ''Boris the Brave'' in six Seas It earned a lot of recognition and ages and the archaeology of O ceania m onth 'bursts', storing the boat in respect by native sea- and fishermen, The event will finish with a two day backyards, sheds etc. in between. He because it has a very simple construc- Festival of cultural perform ances, out- says he w ill shodly be in Broom e. tion and is finished vet'y pedectly and rigger canoe sprints etc. W estern Australia having first Ieft neatly by Phil Young. Ed. Any m em bers attendfng the Brisbane, Queensland in 1986 (the The plans for the next season arel symposium REMEMBER THE year he Iaunched). 'Boris' Left Cook- Iaunching the boat in Grado, ltaly, do a SEAPEOPLE? G e n- d a report of town, Q Id in m arch '95 and sailed shod call at the Canale Grande, Venice this event with photographs and around Cape York heading for (which always was a secret dream of video if possible. Broome ( A e need to hear more mine), afterwards going south to Greece about 'Boris the Brave's '' travels and do som e training for the great wish please Peter. Don't forget the photo's. for 1 997E crossing the Atlantic Ocean o ugal Ed. ) Austria has by now a little comm unity of From Dave Hender. W harram-ship owners. There was a little 'dBig Tiddles'' is in the Iagoon at - get together about five weeks ago on the Austrian ''Neusiedler See'', where nine Culatra. Daughter Jo is now cruising ustr111 with Nick Skeates on ''W y1o'' and From Franz Suttner of Vienna. W harram catamarans m et, I shall en- close som e pictures of that meeting and Dave and his new First Mate Jane are I own a Tiki 26 nam ed ''Tapioka'', som e pictures of Tapioka w ith this Ietter. briefly back in the U. K soding out a built by Phil Young in 1993 in Nurn- W ith kindest regards Franz wind vane self steering gear. Dave berg, Germ any. The boat was and Jane Ieft podugal for Madiera in launched in Viareggio, Italy, in sum- the autumn but with the failure of the m er 1993. Phil did a great work in electronic auto pilot decided that they building the boat, by using a great raZil couldn't face the thought of continous deal of visible wood. Iike a wooden From Luis Figueirdo. hand steering across the Atlantic and front beam , wooden hatch covers a Lu i s i s b u i I d i ng a Pa h i 3 1 i n S a o Pa u I o returned to the sandy Iagoon in the w ooden steering unit and wooden and in the m eantime sails a Hinem oa sun! The photo' shows Dave and Nick clam ps. He com bined two different ''Aracaty'' (Sea breeze in Iocal indian sailing ''Big Tiddles'' off the coast of kinds of wood - cedar and elm- which Ianguage) which he bought in a club southern Podugal. give the boat a nice Iight and dark auction in a very bad condition. Luis brown shape of colours. rebuilt her him self and today he says, Since 1993 'Tapioka' took me aiI she Iooks beautiful ''l never saw other around Corsica, to Toulon (where it W harram cats but there are many stayed for its first winter season), 'Hobie'' style cats here Brazil is a coun- then back to Pisa (its second winter try w ith an 8000 km . coastline with thou- rest) and afterwards aII to the south of sands of fantastic places ' New ealand J! 1 w AKA M OANA ' . ,. SYM POSIUM .L=. . M + .ù . . - -*-' . -.. --. . q. . I pVOYAGES FROM TH6 PAST TO U .K . . - -:.)q.r;.k.'k ks ... . . - . N # ' '' TsE FuTuRE'' Richard Adam s W rites from Hamble to say that he Is ln ' '- oescribed as 'a hands-on the flnal stages at Iast of bulldlng hIs eyperience of traditional Naral, ''Adam s Apple'' At the tlm e of o ceanic canoe bulldlng, writlng Rlchard had the beams to flnlsh sailjng and navlgatlng '', a n d t h e ru d d ers to h a n g H e h a s a h a I f this sym posium will be held tlde m oorlng on the Ham ble Rlver ready sardenga Four weeks ago ! trailed it at the National Marltime Museum, Auk- for when he Iaunches ( Don't forget the back hom e to vieona, Austria in order laod from the 18th to the 24th of March pictures and repcrf for the Sea People to do som e Iittle restoration works 1996, Am ongst the guest speakers are when the great day comes Rlchard Ed ) and fit in a wind-vane self steering Jam es W harram , Rory McDougal, Dr system David t-ew is and m any of the builders The boat raised som e 16 knots hich and skippers of the replica craft which speed over ground (measured -by ''Spirit of Gaia'' met on her pacific Steve Howe wntes to say Magellan Gps), in force six beaufort Crossing The programme includes 1 a m looki ng for b u i ld i n g ti ps a nd wind speed to the north of corsica Workshops on Lashing and carving m eth- Page 26 ideas to incorporate into my Tiki 26 ( wise that I have m ade was selecting give more precise directions. Two No 243 ). The boat is coming along a Bosch industrial grade jigsaw. days Iater while walking down a trail quite well, the beam s are glassed on This allowed m e to cut out aII four of to Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde top and painted with the cleats still to the hullsides and top hullsides at National Park, Southwest Colorado I be attached. l've m ade the tillers, tiller once ( after carefully Iaying out and heard a man ahead of me ask others bar and gaff, the hulls are com pleted checking and rechecking to m ake in his group the nam e of a padicular to where I'm m ounting the top hull- sure that everything is accurate ) bush. I had just Iearned that it was sides to the hull l've also a pine tree You m ust stack them properly, A called Mountain Mahogany and told I cut from the nearby national forest side to A side and clamp them so him that. He Iaughed and said they that's been drying so 1'11 try shaping it they stay square. To be honest I m ust make m ighty sm all boats out of into a m ast. 1'11 Iet you know how this didn't even plane down the to the Iine that. Turns out that 20 years earlier works. I've started m aking rope as the plans recommend ( I hadn't he built a Hina in Texas! stropped blocks from a 2' ash board Iearned to use a plane yet at this that I bought. I have the shells and stage! ) but simply cut as close to the pulleys cut out and have assem bled Iine with the jigsaw as I could every- one of the blocks to use on a dinghy thing has gone together O K. so I that I built this sum m er It works very guess that it's al$ right. well although when I m ake the strops 3) One thing that a Tiki builder can for the blocks on the Tiki 26 I shall use hardly have too m any of is clamps, Di> Bag at Ieast 3/8'' rope what with gluing beams, hullsides and stringers, bulkheads and deck- FOR SALE Pahi 31 E6,500 Paul Cobb 7 Cross park Crescent Shirwell N. Devon .j ' % ' J % #6 z. '. . , SAILING '6. /x *. lk . .--/rt p h 5 'frè# ' . j Tangaroa Ieaving U.K. for the ' I @ .+ . x #6 /. . /' . v M ed Summ er of 1996. .. . xv % %. pK $ $ . 1 . 'z #' ''' ' lnterested? W rite to : . # Madin Grout x / do P.C.A. Office X A All this as well as about 60 hours beams together. l made 77 clam ps building a shed ( tarp. covered ) and for a cost of 17 cents each following ripping 2'x12'' Iumber for the stringers a tip in an oId woodworking m aga- has com e to 587 hours as I write this. zine. You take a Iength of 4' PVC pipe and cut it with your jigsaw into W ANTED A FEW Tlps one and a half inch slices. You will end up with 75 or 80 slices of pipe Jib roller reefing gear 1 ) Make patterns from heavy paper or that Iook Iike zeros, make one cut in approx. 35' Iuff. light card for bulkheads and cross the side of the zeros turning them beam pieces, it's m uch simpler and into nearly closed Ietter Cs. Keep the issues coming, here you don't have as m any Iines on the W rite to : M artin G rout pIy to cause confusion. Just pull out in the Am erican Midwest there isn't m uch available on W harram cruising the pattern which has aII the lines on it c/o P.C.A. Office and Iay it directly on the plywood to cats. Ironically, in the sum m er of 94 mark your cut Iines My cross beams on a fam ily trip in the desed South- have a couple of extra butt blocks west I bum ped into W harram cata- stem ming from confusion caused by m arans twice in three days! The first having too m any Iines on them and cam e as we drove through an Indian m istakenly cutting to the wrong one! reservation between Albuquerque, Also be sure to cut out the bolt access New Mexico and Durango, Colorado. holes on tbe mastbeam front fairing. Behind a ratty m obile hom e, nestled Mine are now assem bled and I still in a junk strewn sagebrush field sat have to do this. I can see it will be a a forlorn Iooking Tane! 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