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Give m ey' g&t'a single dav to collectm v thoughtsand find rr?y way

/startouttired from daily Iife with scattered thoughtsand distant wife

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And sailthattime.returninl when I've found m vself,n?y wlfe, m y friend.

Tom M ilano

Readersofthe PCA/April'Mini Sailorm an'wiIIknow thatatthe AG M of tlle 'Polynesian Catamaran Association' IP( 2A Iin London,l,w iththe'Sea People', wasunanim ously elected Editorofthe com bined 'Sea People/saiIorm an'magazine. Robin Fautley, previously a TANGA ROA, now aTA NE owner, theform erPCA secretary,who edited and produced 'In the W ake ofthe Sailorm an'waselected Chairm an. A ndrew Beard, an A R EO l buiîder,isthe new Treasurer. M ike and CarolBarker, H INA sailors,wiIIactas Secretary and EditorialAssistants. The com bined readership ofthe 'Sea

People/sailorman'isnow thesam easthe mem bership ofthe PCA in itSprevious daysofsuccessunderthe Secretaryship of Robin Fautley and the editorship of

Richard Bum pusin 1978/79. During the difficultyearof 1983, the question wasasked by various people ''Whatisthe PCA and where is itgoing?'' At1he beginning of M arch 1984, lwentto the inauguralmeeting ofthe German

W harram buitders/pcA,organisedby Dirk Schlatow , hiSw ife Lottiand W ilfriede M agerfleisch, Dirk Schlatow,Iike Robin Fautley, seem sto be one ofthose naturalorganisers who getspeople doing thingsand interacting w ith each otherwithoutdom inating them with 'his'personality, The two days' meeting in Ham burg wasa greatsuccess, discussing building and sailing, showing slides,making new friendsand giving m utualsupport. Also discussed were the questions: ''What isthe PCA? W hy do we need a PCA and which way isitgoing?'' The answersbecam e clearunderthe probing analysisofDirk and LottiSchlatow . In hisopening rem arksto the m eeting Dirk said aboutw hy we need the PCA : :.g jj Wharram buildersare crazy''- hi s actual Ger m a n wor d was ' z ve r r ue ckt ' ' . Tbe wor d ' verrueckt'# asused nowadays in Germany, meansoriginal,eccentric,distinctive. One reason why W harram designs attractsuch people em erged when Dirk and Lottisaid: ''You m ust be very proud to havesoId . :5,000-6,000 designs and to have such adeep effecton so many peoples'lives.'' Lottiisthe daughterofa Swedish writer,and becauseofherunderstanding of herfather'screative thoughtprocesses, with herhelp,Iw as able to 'feel'ou1 m y answer: ?'Ido nothave the feeling of greatpride,norof being a Ieaderor persuader. To me it isas ifthere isthis practicaleveryday Iife,butaround usis arich and deeperworld,the world of creative,evolving lifeofwhich we are buta sm allpart.'' ''Thisworld of creative energy producesthe basic boats and ideas,and lam butthe channel, passage,'tool'#to passthem on to the ;)eO;)Ie.'' Thisconceptofcreative design willnot

surprisethemajority ofthe''SeaPeople/

Sailorm an''readers. Again and again, in Ietters Ireceive,isa sentence, paragraph orpagewhich showsthatit isthisawarenessofa ''creative,evolving life''which attractsthe original,eccentric,distinctive Wharram buildersto W harram designs.

ParadoxicalIy,havingdrawnattention l TheDesignsattractnotonlyspecial,

to the originaIity and distinctiveness of the buildersand designs,we have to slress foroutsiders1he aspectofnormality of these de si gns;for,increasingly, there are ts t ply thatW harram builders' a t t em p originalityoisim so greatthatthe sailing ability ofthevesselmeanslesslo them than their originality. ln this issue ofthe magazine, there is a n a rticle on a 45'OR 0,designed in 1967 acing and surviving 80ft. high , f cyclonic waves. Nothing could be more praclicaland ofthisworld than thal experience and thatdesiqn. In 1967,as l m ention I ateron in thismagazine, the O RO design was 'wildly original', though herfeatures, Sincewidely copied,now m ake herseem ''norm al.'' The TlK$21 isa m ore recentexam ple ofa 'wtldly original'design, #etin atest/ s 'ai Y larticle in the Decem ber 1983 issue of

1originalpeople,butstand uptoocean

s' torm sand the criticaleyesof1he world,s yachtin: press. so wehavesome answerslo 1he i ' '. h pcA and itsm aqazinel que w h ston W hatist e do'rwg need it,andwhatway isit iy ng? hey go are: 1..ro jae original,eccentric ordistinElivein modern, urban societv,can be, and frequently is,verv Ionelv. To m eetothersofthesametype of m ind isextremely supportive and rewarding, g o rigjnalpeopkedo excitingthings 'b0th saitin: and construction-w ise, . ' rj aere isa need in addition to m tualsupport - to passon these exu pe riencesand ideasto fellow builders.

3 Theoriginasity ofthedesi gnsand

the buildersproducesproven,practical,clearedged,tough boatsand ''Fl' çoverS;ilOr5 - notdreamersortheorists. ve aduItsaboard the TIKIz/a' loading hera Iittle,although she pva. çstill w e asa group,shouId,therefore enjovabletosail.maintainingaround 6 alwaysscrutinizeproposedregulationsby knot 6)?picking up in any nalionasorinlernationaibody which th sin Force 3-4 y' egusts to 10- /1 knots.'' affectourinterests. '' She deserves to have won. against If from ourwideexperienceswedi sthirty otherm onohullcompetitors, r/7& agree, itwillbe necessary to m ake repAm erican magazine 'Crui sing W orld's' resentations in theappr 1982 J opriate quartersin

achting Monthly'thewriter/testerwrote

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ln the May 1984 issue of 'Practical BoatOw ner'ranotheryachl tesler, Dave Greenwel1,writes: ''How does ''the TIKI2 /,really sail? The answer, lcan reveal,l.s k' dry vvell.z'

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seearticlep.11. Aqologiesfornotattributinjthetextofthecoverofthe Novemberissue of'The Sea People'to Harold Goddard.

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Editoria!address: 'Jam esW harram Greenbank Road, Devoran,Truro, CornwallTR3 6PJ,U K.'

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''You kn ow ,James,you design boatsforcondilionsthat99% ofthe people sailing w illneverm eet.'' In the Iast'Sea People:and in previousissuesofthe JSailorm an;. the voyagesof Henk and Ginide Velde circum -navigating the world on their 'O ROW A'have been reported. Here is1he story oftheircrossing ofthe

easterlv direction.Wewereonthesafe side meaning escapingfrom the centre with afollowingwind insteadofbeing SUCked iNtO ?OSC3r'S0Y0*. Wetold thecaptain thatwewould try to steer25Odegreesuntilthenext

Indian Ocean,wbere thev m et conditions,that99% ofpeople who sail

Windshiftandthenescapenorth west.

never m eet. Read on:

wards.....he reported ourposition to Perth Radio.Afterthe conversati on Henk took the tiller.M eanwhile Icollected as m uch aspossible from the deck apld stowed it below .w e prepared forthe

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by Henk & Ginide Velde

deck nuisanceovertheside. Theweather

A rticle courtesv of'Multihulllnternational' To startatthe beginning wouId surely be the easiestway,but Iask m yself,where and when did italI

beginand istherean endyet?Thesun stillcomesupfrom theeastand goes down in the west.The m oon growsfrom a si ckle to a baI1.Itisonly m yselfthat haschanged,dazed by a sea shock,on our way to Mauritius,stranded at Diego G arcia,one ofthe Chagos Archipelago in the Mid-Indian Ocean. Christmas lsland,October 17th,1983 V arcely had we left Flying Fish Cove when we discovered a partofourwindvane wasm issing.W ithouthesitation we raturnad and an hourlalerwe rode anchoragain atthesam e spot.W e had a new partm ade in one ofthe repairshops oftheChristmaslsland FosfateC pany. W hatitboilsdown to isthat wefom i na l ly d epa r t e d on Oc t ober 1 9, t owar ds M auritius,3,000 nauticalm iIes. The weatherwasrough butwe didn't m ind.The south easttrade w ind drove us a ad,turning m ile aftermile,day in and dhe ay out,160,163,165 m ilesdaily, s peteding along,flying two Sailsonly. Af rsix days wecovered one third of thee di stance,saying to each other'Ifwe keep on going like thiswe wiIIbe there within eighteen days'...,......... Thecord of the steervane broke regularly and we tied knots in alIkinds ofthin availablecords.Soon we were runningshortofsuitable Iine,W e kepta sharp eye on the barometerasthis, togetherwith m are,s tailSkiescan bethe firstsign ofacyclone.Butwe didn,t worry too m uch,notyetbeing eitherin thecycloneSeason orarea.W ewere speeding along,doing great,168 m iles again .................... The String of the windvane broke once m oreand we

country Holland .Butalasforthese thoughts, ourfirstgoalwasSouth Africa. k

Theweatherwasnot mproving,the windmusthavebeenajmost35 knots,but according lo severalrepor tsw ecarrv on board,thisisnotunusuaj.jndianocean passages are known for beingjrough and fast.The swellincreased.A s jampoo d flask and a pairofblueslippersfIoate past,while Henk saw a slicei ofbread passing by. Ijoked aboutthsand did notbelieve him , but Henk m ade a firm Stand. October251h j By tihe end oft je day itwasgetting k t dar ch dark,and no sign ofthe moon jjkdin,gpuehi nd the clouds.W echanged ij

sa stoasmallerjib.OrowaIaid reason-

abjy stable, stillrunning fasterthan the WaVeS.The windvane did a m arvellous job. Henk stayed on watch the whole night. The wind had builtup to over40 knotssustained,butstillnothing seem ed wrong.W e wenttearing along on a Iong swelltillthe gearing ofthe windvane broke down.Ittook Henk two hours, balancing on 1hestern of1he boal,lo dismantle the parts.With the increasing force ofthe sea on it itwasdoing m ore harm than good. October26th .ren o'cjock in the m orning.Itwasnot funnv anymore.The seasaround u5were sw ift'm oving hum psofwhite water.The cjoudsj aad changed from a black m ass j into Iightgrey streamers ligjjoverhaad. jae Orok/a pIunged fr kom onegreen sea to t other.The swell ept building up,higher and higher.Thegale from astern shifted direction and itstarted raining.Then the

mostuntikely thingoccurfed.At11.30,

w ith lessthan a m ile visibility,wesaw a

gybed - badforthesailsand themast AtlonglastHenkdetectedthefailure.

containervessel,m .v.Poznan.WecaIIed them by VHF and foundthatthefear

. Afterfiveand a halfyearsofocean cruising lbegan to long forhome and

ofallsailorswasapproaching .............. cyclone 'Oscar'. 200 nauticalm ilesnorth ofus, justgothi sname,accordingto the

every m ilebroughtuscloserto ourhome

weatherforecastfrom Perth Radio

wasalready bad but nothingcom pared to whatwasto com e. --

Tjje wind wasscream ing So joudly that Iim agined Iheard bum Qn VOiCeS in peril. jcannol recallwhen i l reall arled, but Iwould say threeo'clock iynstlhe afternoon.AIIhellturned Ioose and itis im possible to give aclearimpression.The w ind d wasgetting stronger,60,70 knots an more.It isdifficultto estim ate the jaeigj)t ofthe waves,butthev were surely 80 feet,the Iastfifteen feet being Iight blue transparentfoam .The wind was scream ing so Ioudly that Iim agined l

heard human voicesin peri1.MostIikely

we were notthe only onesto be outin thisturm oil.The sea was reaching a state ofmaniacalfury: rapidly piling in heapsoffrothing foam . Tw ice the boatbroached wildly, : j a m os t si de wa ys ont o t he wi nd an d s e a. -r' jje bojwark washed away,everything tor apart.The deck came loose from the j ajand tjle forward crossbeam broke. wnuj j n a t an imm ense powerwasdisplayed j)Y tj aewater,as ifitwasdiving down on itspr ey.Forforty eighthours Henk was Iashed onto thetillerw i th three ropes, dotorm ined to survive,Hispantswere Ebifed through,hishands bled and the inside Ofhisarm swere skinned.Itstarted to leak everywhere.The ffexible,through EIECQ Eonnectionsofthe crossbeams m oved dangerously. One Surgeafterthe other,and stillthe w ind kept rusj ajog usforward,150 nauticalm iIesdaij9,w ith onjy a Iittle re(jstorm jibfIying,measuringtenmuare f eet.Aj kI jtjae sailhankstore outofthis

storm jatjjatwe hadtiedam idshipswith two jjbsjaaats, to pushthebowsoffthe w kn(j.vjja pajntstripped from 1hedecks and the m aterialfrom the Iifebuoys.I

wentondeck,fastened,onalIfours, hammeringand nailingalIundoneobiects.

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The noise and the high waveswith their destructive force drove usalm ostm ad. Once in a whiIe Iheard Henk scream ing, tryingto stay awake.Mostofthe tim e I could notunderstand hisyelling out, butonce Iheard clearly 'Steefann,Daddy isbringing you home m y boy'. The nightswere the worst,green Seas were sm acked acrossthe deck and Henk steered the boat,Iistening to the sound of thebreakersbehind him .He shone the fIashli ghtastern and saw nothing m ore than a wallofSolid water,Iike a horrid bluff.Believe itornot,fiSh werefIying overourheads,disappearing back into thewateron the otherside ofOrowa. Some fish fellw ith so m uch force on the deck thatthey weresqueezed into a dirty mess.Thew hole boatshuddered. W ewere powerlessand could notdo anything else butcarry on,Iike a thing in agony,scream ing before the waves. The force ofthe waterbetween the huliswasSo trem endousthatthe pitch wasforced outofthewood.Thepouring rain,Iike hai1,blinded Henk.Every halfan hour 1struggled my way overthe deck towardsthe cockpit,to give Henk something to eatorto drink.He had to remain strong,because Ineverwould be ableto steerthe boat.The poweron the helm alonewasenough to m ake m e collapse.W efeared rudderdam age and 1 wa5afraid thatHenk would be washed overboard in theexposed cockpit. Below decksourson Stefan behaved

one is Iost in the water!Ithink the m ost difficult partwasnotto show any fearto Stefan.The dog isusually alwayson deck, he doesnoteven Iike to be inside.W hateverthe weatherhe hasnevershow n any fear,butthistime he peed witb every smashing wave.Ididn'tm ind,wewere surviving. October28th

Above62 knots(Beaufort12)the force ofthew ind is notdefinable any Iongerby the state ofthesea,so after 44 bours,the m orning ofthe 28th, the wind 'died'to approximately 50 knots.W e had to set Sailotherw ise we risked breaking up by overrolling seas. W e had to go fasterto escape those rogue waves.lhoisted asecond storm hands,takinga second halyard w ith it

Leavingthestorm jibhalfway,Stuttering

likea machinegun,we m anaged to

raiseabiggerjibandsowecontinued

justasnormal.ltseemed Strangeto him thathe waSnotallowed to play on deck,

island,so .....On top ofitalIthejib

butapartfrom thatheenjoyed himself, bouncingandjumpingaIIovertheplace,

tore.W e had to loweritfast,before ittore itselfto rags.W hile the sailwas wildly shaking the wind wrapped the two loose hanging halyardsaround the forestays in a knotand there wasno otherway to undo itexceptto go aloft. Henk had no strenqth Ieft,so w ith alIm y

playing with toothpaste,writing on the walls,chasing the dog Soldier.He was

wearinghisIifejacketaIIthetime,even when hewaSasleep,although lknew the worthlessnessofit.In weatherIike this '

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Postscripl Diego Garcia Island isundertwo fIags butcertainly notundertwo rules. Being British Indian Ocean Territory, the Bri tish Iaw isin force.Forthe U.S. it isan im portantfIeetsupportfacility base,the Iagoon giving shelterto several ships.There are no Iocalinhabitants. Yachting is notencouraged because it isa strictm ilitary areaand yachtsmen do notgetperm ission to go ashoreand haveto leaMew ithin twenty-fourhours. The firstIaw ofthe sea isto help people in perij,so whateveryourproblem on board is,asurvey team w illcom e out to check itand decide whether isseriousornot.Every ship in distresswill getaI1the necessary help available. This blue lagoon of the officialsis also called 'Footprintof Freedom 'the shape ofthe island resem bles a footprintand iffreedom also m eans mobility,then wegotourfreedom . back at Di ego Garcia,because they did notonly fix Orowa up w ith an em ergency repair.Oh No!She gota new front beam ,a new mizzen masttabernacle, aIIstresspointswere reinforced with heavy alum inium plates,the broken bulwark was repaired,the torn sailswere stitched and ' the electric wiring checked - and m uch more,too m uch to m ention. Orowa is 100% healthy again.Grate. fullyrafteralm ostone month at Diego Garcla,we sailthe oceans again,on our way to the Seychelles,trying to reach South Africa viathe Straitof Mozambique.It isthecyclone season by now .... .

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Novem ber51h Eightdays laterwe arrived on the atollDiego Garcia,w ith relatively little dam age,but ifyou countwaterdamage on instruments,booksand chartstorn sailsand a burstwatertank,theamount isconsiderable.A nd what about our ow n personalities? Accordingto the weather satellite station on Diego Garcia and ourtracking course we musthave been only 50 m iles orso from the eye,with w indsup to 85 knots.It isa remote chanceto getin a cyclone,outoftheseason and out ofthe area.Jestingly lrem ark 'We neverwon anything in a lottery yet!' There arefew yachtsw ho would be able to retellthistale.

jib,thehalyardwaspulled outofmy

thatday. Thew ind kept howling and forthe firsttim e we saw daylightagain,a watery sun broke through thesky.Some hoursIater,glancing backwards,we saw a m ain wallofcum ulo nim bus clouds,black atthe base,white atthe top,the barofthecyclone. Henk,stiffwith salt,madesom e fastemergency repairs.It Iooked Iike the frontcrossbeam wasbroken and that'swhere the m ain mastisstanding. It'sanother 1,000 m ilesto the nearest

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strength and God's help lpulled him on the bosun'schairup the mast,where he untangled the mess,whiIethe Orowa waslurching from one side to the other on the seaswhich continued to break over her. Istilldon'tknow how w e fixed it. Twenty fourhoursafterwe saiIed outof the cyclone wew ere on ourway again. Fearwas in ourhearts,we im agined cycloneseveryw here - a seashock

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The only cyclone warningweevergot waSfrom the m .v.Poznan and by that tim e 'Oscar'wasm oving SSE,butwhat we fortunately did notknow atthe tim e waSthe route alteration Joscar' took.The same day thatweplanned our escape angle,rightforus.Atthatm oment we weresituated in the dangeroussem icircle,beingsucked into 'Oscar'seye'.

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By nighttime Iknew we were sailing to safety.Isaw the m oon at brief intervalsand dolphinswere surfing from those wavetops on eitherside of us,aIIthe way to dayli ght .......... 'Oscar'm oved with a speed often m ilesan hourin asouth south easterly direction,away from us.300 miles southeastofus musthave beenSounion, a Iittle Australian monohullwhich we had metatChristm as Island.Lashed

tothetiller,inourexqosedcockpit,

Ihave steered overm alestic watercrests, som etim esfantastic,sometim esnerve breaking ......I've seen God'swonders in the depths - willwe everhearfrom Sounion again? Maybe she did asweIIas ourOrok va did ........... And now some facts:W indspeed which wegotfrom the m eteorological office at Diego Garcia,75 to 85 knots perhour.Wave height:The average wave height m usthave been 50 ft-,butwhen two ofthose giantsco1lided with each

ot her(and wesaw severalofthose ' roguewaves')they musthave been 80ft. Iam a professionalseaman (Dutch MerchantNavy, masterlicenced),and used to North Atlantic winterweather. Many times lhave Seen wind force 12

(62 knots),and gustinghigher,butI have neverseen such high and dangerous wavesas in thiscyclone,and Ihope neverto 5ee them again. There is a lim itto what hum anscan bearand the Smallestshock makesa Striation in the memory. -- @

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isa Smallarea ofcalm sand clearSkies. Although withoutwind the seasare extremely high and confused,giving a powerlesssailboatnotm uch chance to survive.Shouid the boat manage to ge1through thecentre,thew ind on the othersidewiIlcome at harin the opposite direction.,driving the heipless boatrightback from whence itcame a pointofno return ........... AIIthe time,from the beginning to theend,lwassure that Iwould sai1Orooa outofthisravaging tum uIt. Ofcourse,after24 hours,on the 27th we said to each otherthatsom ething waswrong,the wind didn'tshiftany m' ore and theweatherdeteriorated. Thatday,the 27th,at180O GM T we had ourclosestencounter,approximately 50 m iles from the centre,

Pause.while you getyourbreath back.A. ç the designerof the 'OROWA ' and editorofthe magazine,thisaccount Ieavesm e lostforwords. In the North A t/antic Ihave experienced hurricane conditions.and I have known the incredible ruthless powerofthe sea.Henk,a Dutch merchant ship ' s captain,says,thatthis cyclone, 'OROWA 'encountered in the Indian Oceam wasm uch worse than his winter North ,4t/anr/cexperiences.so itis outsiderny experience. Tom and CarolJonesof Tuckahoe. USA ,encountered hurricane 'BLANCHE' in 1975 on their 23f3HIN EM OA 'TWO RABBITS'/r?the North A tlantic.

A family (wedon'thave theirnames), gothamm ered /r?a typhoon offthe Japanesecoastin the early 1970saboard a NA RA 1. These peopleare some ofthe few

within theP.C.A ,(orindeed themultihullworldingeneral)who can understand.feelfully and com m enton the ordealofthe De Veldes. Ican com m enton the ORO design. She,one of the first'Classic'designs,

o po S

where Ihad experienced hurricane conditionsand many ' ltormal'gales.

In thist #e&/#r?- IikeaIlmyearlier

M K I 'Classic'designs.Iconcentrated on sea-riding ability.storage space, work space and easy construction. butneglected visualcabin Iayout Altogether230 ORO Designswere sold - ma ny OROs have m ade Iong ocean vovages. Indeed.in the Iast'Sea People'Harold and W endy Goddard' s 'KISKA DEE'z/as featured attheend ofher world circum navigation. From 1976 on,Ibegan to develop the M K.It?''Classic'designsand the PA HI range to give.am ongstotherfeatures. increased cabin space and a bertervisual layout. Because the 42ft.CAPTA IN COOK and the 4 pft.NA RA IMK.I7 have m ore cabin spaceand a bettercabin Iayoutthan the 45ft.ORO.Idropped the ORO from the design brochure.

Manv ORO ownersobjected to this.

wa:designed in /. 967 forN/ #e/and

saying,thatshe >a&a superb sailing boat. The accountofHenk and G/ ' n/'de Velde'scycloneexperiencesprove them right.

she>asarthetimeofdesl k qningaunique

Sailorman'pve willgive detailsofrenovating the ORO design forDirk Schlatow

foreand aftoverhangs,//5Iongerthan

ownerofthe ORO 'CORNISH KAN GA, ROO'. In the future 'Jam es Wharram

VroniHarford,early editors of the ' Sailorm an*.Like aIIthe 'Classic'designs,

m ultihull#having sym m etrical I/-E' EW hulls.no deck cabin, a canoe stern and

the waterline. Herlineshad evolved during rr?y three A tlantic crossingsaboard RON GO.

In thenextissueofthe'SeaPeople/

(German P.C.A.- Chairman). He/' &now

Deslk qns'willdesign a new O R0,so this t % s?#r?willnotdie.

TheSeaPeople/sailorman No.2 May 1984

1 Acynicalwife(amonohullsailorofcourse)afleracycloneoncesaid ,

to m e:

J'Ocean sailing is 95% boredom and 5% sheerterror.'' That rem ark hasfrequently been quoted. Asthe story by Giniand Henk show s,apartfrom having a wellfound

('found'means'prepared'fornon-English readers)ship,lhereisnothing one can do about1he 5% lerrorofan ocean voyage. There is,however,m uch onecan do aboutthe 95% parl. Food / ' &a vitalpartofocean voyaging. Thechoices,buying.storageand preparation can sak' e m onev and extend the vovage. reducing fl' b/worriesand nancl

after thespring equinox to proceed on theirocean wandering voyage. . . (T' /?Oint . eflorOf'IKA ROA was

gl' vl' ngawidervoyagerangeforthe, :. :/, /76,

Ricttlfed /:7the/OStSeaPeople).

capitaloutlav.

Heather/' sbuilding up a writing career

Good,interesting food keepsone

tO help fa/'tsulmortthe tn' /ebutshehas

healthy to facestormsand providesa deli ghtfuldaily ritual.

A/Wc//F Offered t/?/Sarticle O?7the choice and storage ofocean poyap' r?g food. This is why ''AIIrightsreserved''appearson tf?e arsc/e. she m eans.sheholds the

A wellfed ocean sa//orrarelv writes

aboutboredom.

copvr/gttt. stsett thisa thereason why

A tthe tim e of writing.stationed at

on the firstissue of'The Sea People'we

Penryn/Falmouth,are Tim and Heather

putacopyrightmark - to protectthe

whelan aboard their NA RA IM K.IV 'IKA ROA ' waiting forthe warmerweather

writers. Some people m isunderstood the need.

It isworth keeping a look outfor plastic containersat alltimes. W ecame acrossourIargewhitetubsin a secondhand shop in N orfoIk,fIare boxesin an ex-arm y store in a Nottinghamshire field. Ourcylindricalplastic containerscam efrom a farm nearMelton M owbray and the icecream containersfrom asuperm arket. The buIk of ourwholefood iskept in the Iarge w hitetubs. W edecanted itinto plastic bags and bin Iinersinside these tubs asthism akes re-fiIling oursm allercontainerseasierand helps to preventany contam ination ruining thewhole Iot. In the galley we have open shelvesw here we keep aIIthe stuffwe usedaily,so everything isto hand. Even ifyou don'tusually eatwholefood it'sworth considering itwhen cruising as it keepsso weIIand is easy to prepare,particularly ifyou use a pressurecooker. It is also nutritiousand the basisfora weII balanced diet. Convenience foodscan be eaten w ith wholefood staples ifyou Iike. W e prefernotto eatm uch tinned orpacket food butthisisa matterofchoice. A IIsailorsneed theiroats. W e eat m uesliforbreakfast in sum m erand porrige in winter. W e bougbtm ueslibase

(mainly oatsand dried milk)and add nuts

)

and dried frui t when we fi11up the sm all container. Oatsare very versatile,they can be used to make biscuits,crum ble,orto coatthingspriorto frying. Oatshave the highest protein content ofany cerealand are also high in fibre,im portantatsea. Flourisanotherim portantstaple food. Take plenty ifyou're going to the W est Indiesaswe hearit's very expensive there, ifyou can get i t. We also have a corn

milland grind ourown grain. (You can

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also sproutgain fora fresh,crunchy

additionto salads.) Imake bread in the

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Food isvery importantatsea. Itgives* . w ;è ;w= y. F .,a. ,r,

a psychologicalboostto eatand drink wellwhen conditionsare poorand i' t's nice notto have to be continually shopping forbasics in port. Browsingaround

marketsandharboursforIocalfoodis

jt . . ;; 4 , ,' jj.'.z .4; è' s.4. . .-y-., . wuxk-x, f; .:t1 . ' ' . k . -z' . . x . ..< . , x s . '' 'Q. . - --k' g.. ..' . ..r -% -. # ! . . s g ' à ' ' ' r'''. ' o;-,- ' .. f .. ,.:,'.''' -'..k

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- , jt..y' oneofthe pleasures ofcruising,however, y: .j..-, z and isadifferentm atter. . 1 : i v ' ï i'ky;...-. ' ï.'t''.'y!..yr .rw ? V '' , ; J'*' x' .'.. z' .à'b''' .: .'''' '' z 1 k a R o a ' ' i ' ë * > ' v Westocked up ourNarai, . r ....tu -$ -' l. .. . -' . . lastyearwith wholefood staples bought w. R . -' l '' -, . in buIk. W ewentto aw holesaIerand , 1 x )'. -'...,,, -. boughtwhole sacks,asthiswascheaper ,. ;t jzc .,. . thanbuyingsmal1eramountsatretaiI r .-,. j, .r'r....I.xy.aw zk .j, : . w-. y., .''. , ,,) prices. AfterIiving aboard forseven ' . . '' ' ? . k ' ' , 4 î k .,-- . eC v monthswe have eaten only a m inimal t e. ' -

p roportionof1hewholefood,although weuseitevery day;itwillprobably Iast usa coupleofyears,atIeast.

Thisis nota problem asdried food w ilI lastforyearsifkeptproperly. There is plenty ofspace in W harram hullsfor storage: underthe bunks,in thestem and stern com partmentsand in netting shelves.

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W e usea variety of plastic containers. Plastic mustbe at Ieast ' tupperware'thickness ifyou are heading forwarm erclimes asanything fIim sierwi11not keep out m arauding 'roaches'#etc.

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pressure cooker,usually half 100% wholem ealfIour,halfwhite bread m ix. Ialso m ake cakes in the pressurecooker,so we ge1through a IotoffIour. Lentilsare good to add bulk to soups and stews and they don' t need prior soaking. They can also be cooked and used to extend m inced meatorpotatoes. Brown rice isalso easy to cook,particularly in a pressure cookerand doesn't use m uch waterorfuel.

Wholemealpasta (spaghetti,shetls,etc.) isalso quick and easy to prepare. These typesofrice and pasta are tastierand m ore nutriti ousthan the white,refined, varieties. Beansand peas do need Soaking fora couple ofhoursbefore cooking butcan

becooked in thesoakingwater,(this preventsthevitaminsbeinglost)andonly takes15-20 m inutes in a pressure cooker. W e usea Iotofred kidney beans,blackeye beans,soya beans,pinto beansand chick peas. Soya beansand m ung beanscan also besprouted. We also have a Iarge amountof brown m uscavado sugarwhich we use forcooking and in drinks. It has, Iike a11wholefoods,a betterfIavourand isbetterforyou than white sugar.

Continued on page /. 9

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the way itwantsto go. so it isw i' th this issue ofthe 'SeaPeople/sailorman'.

helplessapprehension Iwatched the

Thecontentsofthearticlesaredictatingthe zfeel'ofthisissuelowardsthe

1'eewardi nullslidin:sidewaysfastacross

meetingasdescribedintheeditorialarticle.

1t helej ewardbowseemedtopul!inerself sIiqht9 cjoserto the wind untilslowly

theme ofselfdiscovery and enquiry that originally emerged atthe German

thewater.Witheach oncomingwave

The following article by Tim A inley shows, as m entioned in the Ieading article,thatoriginality ofthoughtand Iifestyle can go hand in hand w ith firstclasspracticalconstruction and sailing abilities. Tim 'sarticle falls in three parts. Ihope,Tim and the readersdo not m ind ifIbreak into hisarticle at1he appropriate narrative changeswith

Irealised ourflyinghullwaSsettling back downto kissingthewavetops, and we sped on - ''Beluga''seem ingly

del hted to Show u5how muchshe loveig d to sailto windward in a blow.''

com m enls.

,,IwaSk 30th shaken and deliqhted. I had finalIy experienced thatm argin of capsize safety which yourdesign is reporteclto have,and now feelmore

Then,Oh God!the angle of heelwasincreasing - No!not before she had even m ade itto

confidentthan everin ''Beluga's''seaworthiness lhope you willunderstand Jim,thatldo notintend tomakea .

thesea!wewereflyingahull

habitofflyingahull!Infact,IhopeI

WaY tlp in the air.

neverCl0 itasain,butIfeltthatitwas im portantto know the Iimit ofstability -

by Tim Ainley J'Abouta month later, winches ins t al Thiled,wewere saiIing upwind again. stime we were in Lac St.Pierre

riendscarried myprideand joy zzBeluga''- to thewater'sedgeand,after

yankeesheeted in hard. ''Beluga''had developed anoticeableheel(100)asshe

the appropriate dowsing with champagne, my brotherBils(whosebirthdav i:was) and my friend Dave grabbed me and placed me undertheforward beam between them , and with a ''1''and a ''2,' and a '' 3''we carried herinto the ement forwhich she had been waiting soel Iong. Iwastatertold thattearscam eto the eyesofm any as herlinessuddenly a1I m ade sense and she seem ed to be asking the question ''Now 'when do we go

drovefastto windward plunging her

(Nicolet)about80 milesdownstream

horizontalplane-wascornpletelyin-

onourhandsfromstrainingtoho1dthe

sheets. Butthere wasa very special feelinj deep in ourhearts. Afteralithose yearsofstruggling to find the m oney and thew iIIto go on,here,finally,wasa beauty ofa yachtthatcould sai1w ith grace and speed apd an extraordinary sense of powerupw ind againsta strong

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breezew ith no w inches!! About an hour Iaterwe had made it back to ourSheltered beach,al1ofus sporting 10 Iarge bIisters

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an dthewho1 e!otraiSed highaboveher

fast running St.Lawrence riveratthe 2il1: (: , crowded M ontrealharbour isno pl1,(

, curved beam s,and moved the rig back 18''. 1lengthened the m astto 40ft. and shor. tened the boom to 12ft. The totalworking sailis Iessthan perdesign with higher aspectratio - the hope being to im prove windward performance. Downwind perform ance isderived from an 800 sq.ft. drjfter, reacher,spinakerwhich can be fjow n 600to the wind - easiIy outsailing an lroquoiscat!!'' - - -... ë----

ofthe shallow Lac St.Pierre. Then, Oh God! the angle of heeiwas increasing No!notbefore she had even m ade itlo the sea! We were flying a hull- way up in the air. The angle ofthe deck wastoo steep to climb down to free the main sheet- lpushed the helm hard down nothing happened - one rudderwas in the airand theother, actin: in a near

hAIi1. h s' t .ainle$sdi3rnondS and ga'2.1nize(j shroudS;herB.C.firboom Iam ir.ated up,

eluga's''firstrealtest-The

willooticefrom thephotosthatIhave dasigned a Iashing system,new mastcase

leeward bow deep inlothesleepsfl. chop

a ndbui1t;herstainIesschainp1atesfabricated;her40ft.aIum inium mastrigged

day for

riate times.'' zz-rhere isonly onedesign elementthat Iwould change if Iwere starting again jwould give hera greateroverallbeam . I tj ainkthiswould add considerably tfl her stability and be weIIwithin the structural illtegrity of herbeam ' /lashing design. You

from Montreal. The wind wasblow ing 25-30 knotsand we had fuI9m ain and

''ltwasa few m ore m onthsbefore her ', 12'beam m astcase had been designed .

nowind' , wehadtowaitforthenext 'B

of my working rig so asto be able to

taketheappropriatereefsattheapprop-

''Greetings. Congratulationson '?The Sea People''. Now ,w here to begin? z'w ell,perhapslshould go backto June 9t h,1982 - a very specialday for me, be c ause on thatday about60 ofm y f

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TheSeaPeople/sailorman No.2 May 1984

!Editor' . Readers.Icannotprom ise,thatfuture

l ' ssuesofthe'SeaPeople/sailorm an'will read asexciting asthl' sissue. Firstan articleofan ocean crossing with 80ft.high waves now a reportofa coastalcruising RA KA scream ing along in a force 7.one hullin the air,tora//y outofthe /?t?/rnsm an' s control. Then in con trastto m ost 1 'flying'outofcontrolmultihulls, 'she' 1 ;broughtherselfback to controlabillty. Herstnlcture and hullshape absorbed the capsizing energy ofthe PWrlt: /gustand the shock Ioad ofthe gust. How was this achieved?

Idesl k qned theRA KA forGeorgePayne in 1968/69. My theoriesatthetime were based on m y experiencesofthe first TANGA ROA'S and RONGO ' S ocean crossings.plus thoseofm y ' capsizable'

WHARCA rdeslk qn (onlyonewa:builtl'

followed by thestable HINA. /. Som eenergy would be absorbed in the flexible fastenlhgs. 2.Som e energy would be absorbed underpressure by the Iee V-eed hull'sinking' r/l/ ' s would reduce l ' nitialcapsl kingshock Ioading. 3. AJ the weatherhullIifted.the angle ofthe V,eed flared hullwould change and the boatwould slip sideways, ratherthan continue therotation. TheIack ofa deck-cabin would help to keep the centre ofgravity Iow also slowing rotation.'BELUGA ' hasproved this theory in practice. Historically,/ 'rm ustbe remembered thatthese theorieswere notaccepted by the 'Multl h ullWorld'P ' n the Iate 60sand

70s. 4+eshallbegivingin thisand future Frtze, รงhistoricalinsi ghts into

Multihulldevelopment). In Britain.in 1968/6% the ' accepted' design foroffshore racing m ultihulls kvas based on the theories ofthe ' A m ateur

YachtResearch Society'(A.F.R.S.)at thattime. (The IROQUOIS catamaran >asdeslkned to these theories.) /. The(9s' /#r?musthavemaximum

waterline length - hence no ovep hangs. 2. Itm usthave a transom stern to fIatten the waterflow. J. There should be no discernl b le hull flare and a sem i-circularbottom for m inim um wetted surface - and hence theneed fordagger orcentre boards. 4. Itshould have a Iarge deck cabin forcom fort. So#atthattime.George Payne's decision to com m iuion and build the

which.reported in thepressand Yacht magazines,flak' e Iead to widespread condem nation ofm ultihulls. lve have a RA KA article by George Payne fora future issue ofthe magazine. RA KA owners willalso be pleased to

know,thatthe 'SeaPeople/sailorman' Spring /. 985 I' ssue willhave an updated

RA KA design article (Iikethl' sissueon the TANE),which willincludea wideroverall hullbeam,improved r? # etc.,mentioned d?y Tim Ainley.

A inley: AlIthese adventures broughtm y bank accountto an aIltime Iow,butasIuck would have it,an incredible opportunity came m y way in January,1983. A young English designerby the nam e of NigelIrenshad recently arrived in Canada to build an 80ft.racingcatamaran forthe TAG group to besailed by M ike Birch. He was Iooking forpeople to help

him build her,and Ijusthappened to be in the rightplace atthe righttim e! So for the Iastten months Ihave been Iearning how to build the fastestoffshore racing sail-boat in the world! Builtof Kevl ar, carbon fibre,honeycom b,balsacore, klegacelland variousotherexotic m aterials she hascostclose to 1Xam illion dollurs and at 19% thousand pounds i sthe Iightest,slrongest,stiffestm ultihullstructure in the world today. The kevlarwas a1lpre-preg.and having builta fuIIsize wooden hull,we took mouldsoff itand builtan 85ft.oven to ''cook''the four half-hullsand two decksplusthe six half beamswhich are 42ft.wide. The hulls havecarbon fibre ''beams''in sheersand keel,and the beams have sim ilar ''beam s'' in fourcorners ofsquare crosssection fanning outonto buIkheadswhi ch are epoxy filleted and kevlarlam inated to huIIskins.

eehH

BuuL

Ihave recently sailed on herat25 knotswith no more than 5Oofheeland hardly any turbulence through the water sheseemed farfrom herm aximum speed potential. Herhulls are very sim ilarto the Tornado in crosssection.

pva, รงextrem ely courageous.

A.K S.S.theoriesproduceddesl nnsthat. particularly /* r?unskilled hands,capsized quickly,resulting in scaresand deaths

T im A inIey: Being,atpresent,very fam iliarwith the state oftheartofoffshore m ul tihull racing and the materialsand costsofsuch a pursuit Iwassurprised,concerned and disappointed to read yoursection on racing in the ''Sea Peopler'. W hen the namesofthe racing designers have come and gone ashave theirmachines,yours wi11Iive on. Notbecauseyourboatsw in races butbecause they have taken ''every-

man''(and woman)toseainsafetyand in the com pany ofafraterni ty ofdedicated new age survivors. Racing m ultihulI designers Iaugh at you and yourdesigns.

Lovison (Raka)and 1didn'tfind iteasy being 'W harram ites'in thi s com m unity

(althoughtheywerealltoopleased to

use ourhardworkingdedication and construction ability to build theirracing

machines). ldon'tknow how many times Ihavetried to explain thatyour design principles - safety,simplicity, econom y - are quite differentfrom those ofthe - fast,dangerous,expensive designers. You are the fatherofa movement - a new age ofsail- an escape from thecrum bling,nuclearridden econom ies ofthe world - a hope forthe future ofm an Iivingand travelling in harm ony with nature. You bave ''made it''Jim - m ore and m ore men and women

arejoining useveryday in building,sailing

RA KA t %. w#r?,againsttheacceptable trend. He wanted the boatto enterand hopefully - win the 'BBC TV Race'in the BristolChannel,which he did in 1972 against/P5 boats. With tim e,George Payne'sinstincthas been proven correct. The 1968-70

Tim could have ended h/ ' sarticle with his reporton thehigh tech construction, and we would havebeen m ore than satisfied,buthegoeson writing abouthFs thoughtson the developmentand the future of the PCA . Theeditorialgroup feelthathis thoughtscould form the Nas/s ofa weekend symposium . On reading them .thenew secretary.M ike Barker, has expressed the wish to go to Canada to m eet Tim and other Canadian builders.

and living yourboats. Don't Ioweryourselfby succum bing to the ego-based nonsense ofracing design - we don't need to go any faster. Ifyou wantto prom ote racing foritsbenefitsaseducationalexperience in sailing performance, surely J'class''racing ofyourdesign is the way to go. Iprom iseyou thatitism uch m ore rewarding to befirst home,when you know thatalIthe otherskipperswere sailingthe same boatasyou - who cares ifthe m illion dollarracerscan sailcircles round you - ldon't,and what' s more I haven'' tgota m i11ion dollars.have you? Sure,Iet'sim proveourdesign in every way we can - butIet'snever lose sightof those originaldesign principles- Safety, sim plicity,econom y - but Ietusaccept thatw ithin these parameters we will

Editor:

neverbeabletocom petewiththem oney/

A tthe 1984 London BoatS/lokv,/m et NigelIrens,the designerand builderoft/?e TA G. He told me,thatthey were shortof suitable builders forthe TA G.then /?d discovered a reservoirof'Wharram -builders' who had the abilities to build the 'Iatest'in

safety-no-objectracers.

High Tech/bligh ExpenseConstructionlll

TheSeaPeople/sailorman No.2 May 1984

W hataboutthe ''W harram W orlds''?or the ''W harram Trans-Atlantic''? - W hat abouta gathering of W harram sforNuclear Disarm am ent? Ora world cruise of '' W omen on W harrams''forPeace. Our world isfaced with grave problemsof

internationalmisunderstandingand global

Edilor:

polution - you bave in yourhandsa dedicated group from aIIculturesand walks of Iife whose eyesare wide open to the possibilitiesofpeaceand ecological harm ony on spaceship EA RTH . They are peoplew ho have proved thatthey can achieve theirdream s. You are afighter. A m an w ith the courage and determ ination to stand by yourprincipleseven ifitmeant

. . To contl.nue wl th Tl.m ,s thoughts. Thepassion, the sincerity ofTim 's thoughts. sentencesIike ''You have in yourhandsa dedicated group from aII cultures, aIIwalksofII 'fep''or ''They are people who haveproved they can achieve theirdream s''and ''One day ournumber would be such thatthe sailing world would

standingalone(with Ruth by yourSide)

haveto takea Ionghard Iookatwhatwd

whiIe thosearound you were benton goingfasteral any expense. - M any years ago Iwasstanding w ith Some new acquaint ancesIooking overa fIeetofsaiIboats a hored in a bay;when IexcIaimed with dnc eIightatthe sightofone ofyourdesigns

represent'' have to be answered. r/m ty a///n: worfd ayeady does xyake a'lonegJ ,hard look atwhatoe reesent... I)tlyou and the readersknow, pr thatwe,since the early m ultihull-days of :.

m ted w ith '#Oh!That'snota cat theatr'estaordog !''- Living with the W harram crossaround m y neck has been a constant struggle notonIy with mostm onohulI saiIors butalso with m ostothermuItihuII sailors. Never have Idoubted m y convi ction thatyourdesign waswhat Iwanted, northatone day ournum berswould be

ottaher group ofm ultihulls;thatthis conntpc r/ke approya/from thesailing Jd /ns/ wor ge necria whathascreated the nvy and spe fl icis sni de rem arksfrom a t' nor j t y o/ . t he r n/ nor yry worfd oém ufti. /)g//s. J

suchthatthesailingworldwouldhaveto

remarksdonotknow is,thatthefare

(Hina).theTornado saiIorstanding beside

tak' e a Iong hard Iook atwhatwe represent. I am so glad thatyou have decided to take theguidance ofthevoice ofpolycatters in hand with ''The Sea People''. How about replacing the ,,RAc 1N G '' headinq with ''SEA FOOD''. Sea-steaders need to eatand we need alIthe inform ation we can geton what the sea hasto offerusand how to getit. PLAN KTON , A LGAE. FISH ,W ATE R. - NY LON PANTY HOSE,F ISH ING TACK LE, SO LA R ST ILL.

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y56 Nat mor epos itiv news paper an d y' aa cl hways tmaga zy ine cov erage te han any

. Wh*tthe OriglnatorsOfthe snl de

Notl' ustdiscussing catamaran t% &#?1& but also basicphilosophic attitudes towards gfeperception invojved. .

There ' M / Now êk vtpbaSlCattlttldes running in W estern thought: /. The older.societv permeated.Cartesian, Newtonian thought.which Ieads - and I write this in a grossly simplified kvay - to 'Reductionism ' Le. the Iittle bov takes the butterflv, apartto see how itworksand ends up with no butterfly. Theprevious m entioned A.K R.S.hasrepresented this thinking in m ultlhulls.

2. The newer.'W estern'thinking isbased on quantum physicsofthe /#JP. çand on the wholenessofthings,on the interrelation into other things,of inter-connecting system s. Ithas to use the word-patternsofHindu and

Taoistthoughtto explain/illustrate

itsparadl k qms. My desl k qnsarebaset: /on thisIatter W stem ofthought. Ifyou wantto know m or e':nr d .' The O ofPhysics'and 'The Tu rnl gea Pol nt .bTA y Frl.tl.ofCapra.

Thatis w/?ypeople who build m y designsare notIed inward butoutward ! to - as Tim 'sarticle shokv& - m any other thoughtsystem s. Racing,because ofitsrestricted thoughtdxasb e,asmentioned in the Nov.83 p às/ pe ofthe 'Sea People' i.e.to 'win ataII costs' isa field thatthe 'Reductionists'feel to be particularly theirown.So.the thought

S thai at alarmssomeofour'SeaPe'o ple/qailorm lorm an'readersofthe Nov./ sswe,that I/weareconsideringenteringinto racing, isalarm ing thepeople Idescribeas 'reductionist'thinkerseMen more!! Why? r/rr?,in hisarticle,givessome of the reasons.Sailed by a hard sailorIike Tim.his RA &A,asreported.isfaster than the IROQUOIS,both designed aboutthe same tim e. Hard &W//r?g,PaulWellsin Britain has shown thatwith the rightm an sailing,the

TANE (9s/#r?hasspeedpotentialsto win races.

Tim m entions ourdesign principlesas; safety simplicity econom y Ifoutofselected designsand forselected people.we rem ove the safety aspectofthe

desi gn and transfer.asaIlracingc/es/l qrler: do.the, çafetzaspectfrom thet/es/yrlto

thehelm sman by I' ncreasing . %W/area and deepening draftwith deep daggerboards, wehave potentialrace winning boats. Obviously,we cannotcompete atthe top - no expense spared - partofthe market,butthereare 30ft.,35ft.and 40ft.partsofrace fleets,where wecould. The question i% should we do it? I think - though Iam open to argum ent ourbasic philosophy is wide enough to be able to handle thissmallracing section of the, ça?' //r?# scene / ' n a sensible constructive manner. Ieven think,thatae could perhapsbring back - wellpartially - what

used tobecalled ' good sportsmanshl h'. In the Ge. çt? 'tseem sIong forgotten that winning isnotaIIin a race. W hich hasIed som e Westerners to be attracted to Zen thoughts in the M artialArts,where the thoughtofwinning isa hindrance.

Perhaps 'our'racing man willnot think ofwinning,butbecom e one w ith the boal,1he sea,the wind,the spiril,w here as in the MartialArts oneness prevails. Carolyn Orrof 'Binary BoatSystem s'#the Am erican Plan stockists. who are sun-loving RA KA sailors.

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Sorry l'vetaken so Iong to write,but Iwanted everythingto be finished when Idid. Now lrealiSe how dum b thatis becauseyou neverreally getfinished.

IStarted my boat(HlNEMOA)in February 1981 and finished the following yearin June - alm ost 16 months Iater. A carefulcheck ofm y timegave me atotalof338 hours,plusthe rigqing

!(approx.10 hours). Ihadgoodtoolsand i

jk09teverything inside. Ialso worked

ktotallyalone.lgavemyselfcompletion

datesforeach Stage,and m etnone of them ! Ifollowed the plansexactly, exceptfora few minorchanges. Ihad no trouble with the plansorconstruction. Launch day wasa nightm are. My 18 yearoId son and three friendsgently Iifted the huIIsonto a trailer,slowly drove to theIaunch site,and then,even m ore gently,off-loaded the hullsonto two smalldollieslconstructed to hold the hullsupright. Iassem bled the boat while they drank the caseofbeerIhad promised them . Igotready to Iaunch and found thatthey had drunk the christening cham pagne asweI1. Isentout foranotherbottle and m y w ife christened herJ'Two Rights''and sentherdow n the Wav9. The follow ing weekend Irigged her and wentformy firstsail. lwasscared to death. lncredible thingswentthrough my mind. The day wasperfectand so was my boat. By the end ofthe summ erIhad well over 1,000 m ilesoffine sailingbehind me. By now ,thatfigure hasmore than doubIed. A person thinkshisIife isthe sam e oId dullroutine,but,it'samazing how m y Iifechanged from the time Istarted tillnow. W hen Istarted lwasdivorced and had my futurepretty weIIplanned out. Imeta girtwho wanted nothing to do with the boat. My only comprom ise with herwasnotto work on Sundays. Afterafew sailsshe really

begantoenjoy theboat. Wegot m arried and she becam e a realfine sailor.

ln 1he M ay issue ofthe 'PracticalBoatOwner',Dave Greenwell,aftera boatteslsailon the TIKI21,w rote the follow ing: ''TIKI21 representsa new phase in W harram Catam aran Designs. lnstead ofbeing aim e althe ocean sailor,she is inlended forthose people,who, by virlue oftheircom m itmentslo tw enlieth century Iiving,are unable to break away com plelely bu1 have the need to escape forshortperiodsto recharge theirsouls.'' Dave G reenwellin hisopening paragraph hascaplured the 'essence'ofthe ideasbehind 1he 'CoastalTrek Designs'. Thougb we,in the PCA know thal 1he TIKI21 sailing philosophy isnot'new'. It isfirm ly base on 700 H INAS and 450 H IN EM OAS. The TIKI21 isa 'new phase'from 1he Yacht m agazine'spoinlofview , because ofitsIighlnessand porlability,i1sepoxy construction and new sailrig. ltiseasy to build,Iightto Ioad on a lrailerand fastin Iightw inds, bu1 ...if Iwanted a tough boatthatcan be ham mered on an exposed,lidedrying beach orIeft in a harbourlo be bum ped around by olheryachts,then

theH INA/HIN EMOA isthedesign. Thereason,why non-Wharram builders/ownerslhink TIKI21isanew phase,isbecausein 1hepastIhave neglecled 1hework/lifesN ledeveloped by H INA/H INEMOA builders,duelo my sailingeyesbeingfixed on thefar horizons.

Now,becauseofwork/life reasons,Ihavelo getthe best,'to escapefor shortperiodsto recharge my soul',ou:of''here and now ''. So we bought

from Richard CurtishisTIKl21,(lhe firslboal Iboughtin my Iife)which weexhibiled at1he z84 London BoatShow . W ilh 1he TIKI21 we can visil European W harram M eelings.

AsacoastalTrekkermyselfIenjoye the1wo coastalTrekarliclesin this

issue. The firstarticle by Tom M ilano on hisH IN EM OA ,which aswellasin

praclicaldelails,Iikewatchyoursonswilh 1hechamqagne,and abuildingtimeof338 hours,also gently toucheson thedeepenlngman/woman relationship through the boalexperiences.

Somewherein thefulure 'Sea People/sailorman'issueswe mus:exlpore thissubjecl.

One day Iwasparticularly upsetand she talked m e into going out. Isenther

forward to letgo the mooringIine.When shecameback Isaid ''That'show Iong i t takesmeto Ieavethisplace'' It'sfunny how youthink nothingeverchangesbut in thisshorttim e 1have been hurtand sick and then9otwelbagain. Mv Sifew as

/don'tneed an endlesscruise on the j/ny world som e sailors Choose phe c/la//e/u e oĂŠthe open sea . . on m lstv lslesorchance to flee

a messand now it'sgood,people Iknow

havedied,orgonebroke,andconstant

changestakeplacedaily.Theonesure thingaboutIifeisthatitw illchange. Anyway,yourboatisgreat,and I wantto thank you foralIowingmeto share it,the building,thesailingandthe Iearning. Thiscom ing May Iwillcutaway some ofthe skegs and change the verticalcabin covers. 1'11also add a ram p forward to handl e head sailseasierand I'1IIetone end down asa boarding Iadder. 1'11send you som e picturesofthe change. Ialso madethe hatch openingsslightly Iarger. One Novemberwe were coming hom e, with a following wind,on aclearday.The sun wassparkling on the water. lIetmy wife I aandle the boat,and herconcentration wasbeautifulto watch. She wasas one with the boat,and Ilet heralone, and wrote thispoem forher.

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Givemejustasingleda/

to collectm y thoughtsand find m y >ay /StartOuttired from daily Iife with scattered thoughtsand distant wife

Then setthesailsr/??aIlk qhtairbre .eze. .

ofm y Ilttleshlp Icom m and wlth ease

And sailthattime,returnin; when I've found m yself,m y wlfe, m y friend.

Thanksagain, Tom,Sissy,and the''TW O l :llG HTS''

P.S. Can'tgo w rong there.

AswellasRacing,Cruising,Trekking,Fishing, Naturist,and so on sailors, there isthe specialbree of'Single-Handed Sailors'. Theirvoyagesand experienceshave a specialintensity. M ike Rick'sstory ofsailing hisTlKI21 arrived atthe righttime forinclusion in this issue. He discovered before we did,thalthe TIKI21 sailswellunderreefed m ainsailalone, though itlacks

betterwithasmalljib, Mikeincluded theplansand photo ofhis7ft.dinghy design,1he SKUA'S EGG in hisIetterand offersitas'freebie'to readersof the 'Sea People',forwhich many thanks.

savage tides,asM oreton Bay emptiesand l fiIIs,create standing waveson the banks to Ieeward. The speed ofthe JTlKI21'is a com fort in these situationsasshe Iifts to the true ocean swelland fIiesw ith the unimpeded South Easterlies. South from Stradbroke Island takes me into the narrow waterwaystowards South Stradbroke Island,the Southport Broadwaterand the bustling Gold Coast. Through the Canaipa Passageyou could almostbe sailing down the River Fa1,

(Cornwall)withthehigh forestedslopes

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Sailing northwardsfrom Stradbroke Island with aw ide tack to the westof Am i ty Bankstakes me acrossthe open expanse ofM oreton Bay to M oreton Istand,thirty uninhabited m ilesofgiant

sandhills,thickforest,emptybeaches

w ith the occasionalfisherman'sshack,

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bY M ike Ricks Onecan be an armchairsailorand dreamerforonly so Iong. 'TlK l21'Ieapt up outofthe pagesof zcruising W orld'for m e Iike a nun'scalling and 1sentofffor the plansbefore m y enthusiasm could wane. Istarled building in January and finished her in June fora totalcostof AS3,000 includingsailsand agood Seagull outboard. W hile a few friendsdrank the cham pagne Itowed 'Skua'by beranchor chain outinto the waterin a glorious golden sunset;1ikeJam esand his 'Rongo',

wi ldhorsesandgoats.Thetidalshallows atthe southern end teem ing with sand Crebs,raysand smallshovel-nosesharks givesway to the deeper blue waterup the westsideofthe i sland. AtTangalooma yachtsanchorin theshelterofa group of rusting wrecks, oId iron vesselsofthe 1920'swith plum b stems and counler sterns. Alternatively,you can sailto M oreton Island straightacrossthe South Passage where the Pacific surf roars on theSouth Passage Baron one side and the

jumpingso muchthatIwasgettingheartily

justto bealonewith my boat. Yearsofreading aboutitfinally dis-

tilled into becom ing asailor. Overthe

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weeksItacked and gybed,hoveto,reefed,luffed up to my m oorings,

through crowded anchorages. I've also m issed a few tacks,run aground,overshotm y mooringand bled a Ioton m y

NORETON

sailsfrom skinned knuckles, butthejoy

ofbuildingandsailingone'sownboatis g

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anchorageIhaveamooringinmyprivate

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offthe skegsand the occasionalshark cruises Iazily along. The catam aran allows

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The m ain fillsas Itake thetiIIerbarand 'Skua'Ieans into herstride. The dinghy, 'SKUA ' S EGG'Fplanesalong behind on the afterm ostfew inchesofherbottom . Aftera day and a nightatone,m y thoughts run ahead to returning home to frantic fam iIy Iife. Moreton Bay aboundsw ith sea Iife, giantturtleswallow and crash-dive alongside m e,dolphinsareeverywhere arcing

throughairand water,bigjellyfish bump

Moreton Bay,between Brisbane and its offshore Islands, isan area ofshoals,sandJ L' banks, channels'islandsand mangroves y. .pJ ?- '-z w here a catam aran offourteen inches Z-Z. draughtisver9 forgiving. W hiIe the keel ' X' . .v C ( Z.:2'vs 'v,...'-

splashed. ltis nice to lie in bed in the other hullIooking up through the mosquito net overthe open hatchway watching the stars. Orion wheelsoverupside down here in Australia,hisclub swinging upwards. I m issthe Plough and Polarisfam iliarfrom silentsnowbound nights in Canada. The patterofrain in the nighthasme reaching forthe hatch. Theworstthing isa wet dawn,breakfastin oilskinsw ith m y head outin the weather. lsitthere considering building another,biggercatorpondering the m uch over-rated pastime ofsailing. Buthoistingthe sailsdispellsthese thoughts and there isa perverse pleasure in travelling atnature'space by one'sow n skillsand efforts. The chain rattlesin and the anchorbedsdown in the netting. lback

au t0 o , thejib momentarily andsheetithome.

reefed m ain up assteady asa rock. lhave

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moan and theanchorageisadinof clanginghalyardsshesailswithjustthe

two footdeep hole in the sandbanks, safe from the rugby scrum ofweekend visitors' boatsand those thatdrag through the anchorage on wild nights.

8 ö ssot Ae ': Wî ,.) ,ya,.x$,

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top to wave top. Whenthewind startsto

boatsaretackingforthefairway buoys I can Skim overthe banks,cutcornersand

y.oooom. 3 z -.'! g

anchoredand sailed adrenalin trips

quick1y.IsaiIsingIehandedandunladen andherstabilitywasapleasantsurprise. In a strong breeze the watersluices up around the 1eebow, thetiIted-up motor prop throws up a fountain ofspray,and 1 heweatberhullseemsto slicefrom w ave

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im measurable. Confidence in the ,T IK I21.grew

ofStradbroke Island on one side and the red soiland farm housesof RussellIsland on the otherside. The mangrovesand buzzing heatand hum idity aredecidedly unlike CornwalIthough. Fully equipped Icarry an airbed, prim us,hurricane lam p,a cardboard box ofchattelsand m y safety gear. Forthe dreadfulclim ate abottle ofsunscreen and a hat. Li fe aboard,withouta deck tentas yet,isa bitspartan. In fairweather Isi t on a smalldeck chairw ith m y kitchen spread around me. Asthe earl y subtropicalevening faIIs Ican cook in one hullw ith m y feet in the bilge and both hatchesback,and Iaterread with a m osquito coilsm ouldering and the Iam p hanging overthe hatch coaming. ltisa peacefulway to spend the evening, exceptonce recently when the fish were

A ustralian buildersand sailorsof Wharram Cats who would Iike to contrlbute to 'The Sea People'are l' nvited to forward articles.Ietters

orphotosto Mike Ricks,c/o Post Office.Dunwich,North Stradbroke Island,Queensland 4 163.

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Cutplywoodasshown.2 sheets8*x 4'x )t''.2.44m x 1.22m x 6m m .

2) Useglueand %''- 20mm coppernailsto fit: a) 7IJ''x )J''- 32 x 12mm gunwalesoutside. b) Twoseatrisersinsideeach side c) 2''x 1''- 50 x 25mm floorstiffeners. Round offtop edges, d) /h''x JJ,,- 32 x 12mm sternseatsupport. e) Curvedpieces3''x %''- 76 x 12mm to match curved topsof transom and bow.

3) Stitch sides,bottom and transom with copperwireat6''- 150mm intervals.

4) Check bow piece will&c trim,ifnecessarv.andstitch in. 5) Fitthwartsupportswith JJ''- 6mm : brassbolts,then fit43*'1092m m thwart.springlhg sidesofdinghy apart.

6) Epoxv filletaIIinsideseamsusing 3''- 75mm dia.spatula. 7) Fit8''- 203m m piecesof 1, %''x %''- 32 x 12mm to supportstern seaton sides. Filletaround edgesofstern seat. Sim ilarlv fitbow seat.

8) 4''- 100mm flbreglasstapeoutsideseams.filljointsfirst. 9) 2''x 4''- 50 x 100mm blocksforrowlocks..glueandscrew. 10) FitstainlesseveboltIow down on bow with 4''x 4''- 100 x 100mm p/y backing piece.

M ike Ricks,with 'SKUA 's

EGG ',thedinghv hedesl Ă ned

and builtto use with his TIKI2 1.'SKUA '.

/1) Gluetwo keelson bottom nearafteredge.

P.S. To facilitatestitchingphase,bend the two sidesovernlk qhtwith a heaw we#/?l(concreteblock).

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1984 willbe the yearofthe CAPTA IN CO O Ks. Designed in 1979/80,at Ieastsix are know n to be ready

How willthey sail?Johan Krugar in South Africa has

had hisfirsttentative sail, hindered by a shaky m ast

forIaunching,giving an average tim e span forbuilding

beam . The ownerand w e werefortunate that Henk and GinideVeldewerecrew/advisorson thisfirstsail. Henk reports' . ' 'It sailscloserto the w ind and tacksfaster than ourORO. ''G iniadded:''It isa m uch easierboat, fora woman, to sailthan ourO RO,but Ipreferour ORO'swide, open deck,uncluttered by a deck pod.''

of3-4 years.To judge,from photoswehavereceived, they are in generalbeing builtto a very high standard though there was''one''recently who hasw idened the overallbeam and rem oved the backbonesw ithout

checkingwith thedesigner.(Oh rr?p GodlDesignerj

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TyANE b a-.-,wu-, DES ,-. XGN UPDATE .

In preparing this issue ofthe 'Sea

People/sailorm an',Ihave used the firstissue of 'The Sea People'as a guide,working step by step through the sections 'Ocean Cruising', 'CoastalCruising'etc. Having arrived atthe 'Racing'- TA N E Update - Section,Ihave been given from the filesan article I wrote /7 vearsago on the TA N E with reference to racing. Ihad completelv forgotten itand its contents.

ThisTAN E article published in the British m agazine 'Yachting and Boating' on 27th April1967 ties in with m uch of the thoughtson racing raised in Tim Ainley'sarticle in the 'CoastalCruising' section.Itisrelevantnow.Here are extracts on how Isaw the TA N E and her use 17 yearsago : J'Offshore single-hulled racing isthe sportof the rich.Indeed ithasbeen described asJ'like being undera cold showertearing up f10 notesa'' Thisyearm ultihulIracing beginsin the English Channel.TherulesIaid down forentry into these racesadd up to the factthatif you cannotpay out E3000 fora comm ercially built multihull,then you cannotenter. So m ultihulloffshore racing under the existing rules,isgoing to be for the sm allpercentage ofthe boatillg publicwho canIay outam inim um of E3000.None of my friendscan afford this.lndeed,lsuspect90% ofthe yachting public cannot. In the world ofsingle-hulls,there are many classesthatrace outside the expensive R.O.R.C.rules,classesw ith rulesthathave been set up to give ''Mr. Average''a chanceto race withoutbeing squeezed outby theconstantrefinem entsavailableto the wealthy. ''The factorswhich m ake fastoffshore m ultihullshave been known since 1947,when an Am erican,W oody Brown.in Hawaiidesigned at38 ft. catam aran called M ANU KAI,which achieved 20-25 knots in theopen sea. The factorsare:m inim um wetted surface,m inimum w indage,m inim um wei ght,m inim um beam ofeach hull, with the m aximum am ountof sail,com patible to stability.These easily understood factors,plushow to blend

them into asea-kindlyshape,(which can only be gained by practicalsea

experience).add upto fastseaworthy offshore racing designs.

'JTANE isapproximately 1/4 biggerthat H 1NA whi ch enables you to getcabin accomm odati on in each huII.

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Tbiscabin accom m odation isnot Iuxurious.It isone fixed bunk in each hull.Atthe end ofthe bunk in one hutlisa seatto sitand operale 1he cooking-stove.In theother hull,you sitand work atthe chart-table. The philosophy behind thisIayout isa 3 m an crew.When racing through the night,one man isasleep in one bunk anotherison standby watch in the otherbunk and thethird issteering. ln harbouron the large slatted deck, you inflate an ''Igloo''tent.Thereyou can havefuIIstanding headroom ,In casesom eone writesin and askswhy I don't design a permanentdeck cabin; deck cabinsdecrease speed and Seaworthiness,increase costand prevent trailing theseparate hulls. How wellwillthe TAN E sail? The quick answeris:''Look atthedraw ing. W hatisthere to Stop itSailingfast?'' Though in actualfactwe know how

being 'discovered'by 'M i cro M ultihull'

designers.) To mysurprise,theTANE developed asa Iow costocean cruiser. Thefirst TAN E to crossthe Atlantic was PeterSheard' sJunk Rigged TAN E 'TAN E NU I'in 1971. Peteand Anne Hi11 sailed theirTAN E 'STO R MA LONG'from England acrossthe Atlantic to theW est Indiesand back.J.Marcusand J.Quervel sailed a Junk Rigged TA N E from France

to Brazil. (Theirbook 'PasdePaniquea Bord'isavailable,in French only,from

Chiron,40 ruedeSeine,75006 Paris.)

One TAN E sailed to New Zealand,another acrossthe Tasm an Sea. They werequite a few more,and itwasbecause ofthese voyagesthatin 1973 we developed the more roomy TAN E NU I. On Tom and CarolJones'TAN E NU l'M 1R EO'Ruth made her7th Atlantic crossing in 1979. Notallthe TAN E story ispositive. Here is what lwroteaboutherstabiIity in the 1967 article. ' ''The big problem in designing TAN E wellthe22 ft.HINA saiIs.Notjust was how m uch sailto carry.Sailis fastthrough the water,butm ore im portant overthe water,herhigh flaring power.Because ofthe slim hulls,the bowsthrowingthe seadown and away multihullcan accelerate through the from thedecks. ' Jwaterbarrier''oftheVwIIx1.25# which Iim itsthe speed ofthesingleIn the hulldesign ofthe TA N E,I huII. have puta1Im y skilland know ledge gained in fourAtlantic crossings.lf The more sailcarried the fasterthe she gotcaughtoffshore in an ''ultim ate m ultihullcan go in lightto m oderate gale'',she would ride the seas.'' windsovercom ing ''waterbarrier''.But too m uch sailcan lead to thefearof The abovereadsasfresh and to the multihulIscapsizing. pointasany article written today. Before the TA N E was replaced by the bigger, On m y cruising catam aran designs higherfreeboard,TAN E NU l,approx. forfam iIy work,Iproportioned thesail areaso that the boatcan carry al1sail 540 se' tsofplanswere sold. W hy then did up,sheeted tight,w ith the wind on the theTAN E notdevelop asaracer/cruiser beam up to force 8-9.No one isfoolish as originally intended? Itwasm ostcertainly notthatshe Iacked speed potential,asthe enough to carry aIIsailatthatwindrecentracing successesofPaulW ellsshow. strength even ifthe gearcould stand it. One reason is,thatshe wasahead of her Originally Idesigned TA N E with a time. Chop offhercanoe stern,replace it rig of250 sq.ft.,which gave herminiwith a transom ,reduce thebow overhang, m um stabiIity up to about Force 7. so thatthe boat is25ft.long,re-read the (AlIsailup,sheeted tight,etc.), textwritten 17 yearsago,and whathave assum ing thatthe boatwould be reefed you: The M .O.C.R.A .* 'M icro M ultihull'!! and the sheetswatched atsuch a wind-strength. IronicalIy,any chance in the 1970s, thatthe TANE m ay have had to be reOtheroffshore racing m ultihull cognisedasa low costracer/cruiserwas designs have used a sim ilarstability 'torpedoed'by the M .O.C.R.A.com m ittee factor;force 7. ofthose years. Having discussed setting The evidenceis,thatthisstability up uparacing/cruisingclasswhichcouldhave t o f orce7 isjustnotsufficient.Foritis included the TAN E,with the agreement, possible to be sailing in a force 6 then that her4ft.headroom would beacceptagustof force 7 comes,and ifyou are able,they published the 'Rules'a few notfastenough with thesheets,over m onthsIalerand 'som eone',w ithoutreyou go.'# ference to thecom m ittee,increased the headroom requirementsto 4ft.6in.,thus (AIItheabovearestatic, รงra/// W'ty figures.Ideveloped the Dynam icStability excluding the TAN E. theoryin 19763. W hat keptthe TANE going asa class, ''W e reduced the TANE Rig to 225 was herseaworthinessw ith her'high sq.ft.,calculating thatshe isnow flaring bows'and bow and stern overhangs. stable up to force 8.A Genoa for (Flareforspaceand seaworthy Iiftisjust lightwindswillstillgive hersparkle in Iightairs.'' * M ultihullOffshore Cruising and Racing Quiteclearly,in 1967 lwasconcerned Association. about Racingstability.Istillam .

TheSeaPeople/sailorman No.2 May 1984

I FourTANEShavecapsized;two

mainsailcapsizesquickerthanonewitha

boat.So,theup-datedTANEneeds

bulkheads.Underhard sailing conditions, theleehullfIooded through insecure forward hatches.Then,asthe boat

an increase ofabouta third ofsaildrive isa good gain in power.

it.From a drag cavitation pointof view the bestsolution isonedaggerboard in each hull.From a structural

tacked,thefIooded hulldroveunderand

Decreasing Drag:

gointOfview this,inanalready buiIt

lcausetheownerscutaway thebow

Iowermast.(HencetheTIKIrig.)Still,

the boatcart-wheeled. The third TAN E capsized in New Zealand,afteritsuccessfully had crossed the Tasman Sea from Australia.In New

aJboard'.Thequestion iswhereto put

boat,isa 1otofwork.

Aswellasa gain in power,we need to decrease drag. AIlourCl assic Designs have had drag areas around the skeg and rudder. Fairing them in with foam and closingthe ruddergap, as Richard Bum pusdid on his H IN EMOA several earsago, increasesspeed and tacking

Zealand,anotherdesigner(consultant!!) advised increasing the mastheightand

thesailarea.Shecapsized justwhen l wrote:J'Noneofmy boatshavecap-

AlItheearly m ultihulIsin 1953/4 TANGA ROA and Prout's SH EARW ATE R - had a daggerboard m ounted betWeen the huIIs.Itw asconsidered inefficientand 'dropped'.Recently,the 27 ft.racing STILLETTO design in

ability (Thenew PAHIsand TIKI

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sized by wind.''lwasnotpleased asit

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Decrease in dragand increasesin power= m ore speed. Mast position as for Tane Nui

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cutterrigisnotthemostefficient

racing rig. Itsmast isa Iittle on the short

side(forstabiIity).A two headsaiIcutter rig i$ nOtqUite SO good QS3 On0 headsail

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d Pf0CtSCould beapenalty.(Afterall, PauIWel1sdid weIlwith hisCutterRiq)

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themastbeam/daggerboard structure.

ward ability ofthe TIK I21 w ithout centreboard and a 25 ft.M icro Multihullwith deep daggerboardsand rudders asrecently tested by an independent yacht magazine testerwas 2%0!!Still, 2%0 could mean Iosing a race, and aIIthings being equal- itrequiresm ore skillto saila V-eed hul!to windward than sailing a dagger- orcentre-board

Hopefulsw ith TANESm ustunderstand thatalIthese im provem entsare uselessunlessthe basic hullsare builtto theoriginaldesign specificationsand are free from rot.W ould-be renovators who want more detailed drawings- well,we willhave to m ake a chargefortim e, printing,postage etc.ofaboutE10 per sheet.

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D otvhins

No singlesubjectaroused moreinterest in the Novem ber issue ofJsea People' than the 'Dolphins'othough forthis num berwe do nothave a completearticle Sike Carosa Hepp'sin 1he lastissue. Wade Doak,ownerof RAKA 'INTER-

LOCK'(coverphoto oftheJan./Feb.84 isSueof'MultihuIIs')andauthorof 'Dolphin,Dolphin'ĂŞoriginatorofsearching outdolphinsatsea to 'Interlock'was quoted in the New Zealand pressrecently asSaying: ''PeopIew ho have had highIy unusualexperienceswith dolphinsor whalesoften find few oftheirfriendswill beIievetbem - so they remain silentto preserve credibility.'' Itdoesseem that,asa resultofthe Iast 'Sea People''our'sailorsare bringing these dolphin contactsfrom the edgesof theirpersonalexperiences to the centre. In thisissue,in the sectionson ocean cruising,coastaltrekking and fishing, the authorsreport dolphinsasbeing part oftheirsea Iife. From Henk and G ini's incredible storm Story: ''By nighttim e Iknew w ewere saiIing to safety. lsaw the m oon atbrief intervalsand dolphinsweresurfing from thosewavetopson eitherside ofus, aII the way to dayligbt ...''

From Mike Ricks'lAustralia)T1K121 Story: '/M oreton Bay abound w ith sea Iife,giantturtleswallow and crash dive alongside me,dolphinsare everywhere arcing through airand water ...''

From JohnWilliams'(Fishing)letter: ''Thanksalso forthecopy of The Sea

Peoplewhich Ivery muchenjoyed. Re

the dolphin article.we have gota Iot here,

Ialwaysenjoy puttingon my maskand

getting in the waterw ith them . This sum m er,we had one in the bay that allowed the Iocalchildren to touch and play w ith it. It isalso com m on to have Iargerw halescom e alongside which is quite scary on such asm allboat.''

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have sweptusoutto sea,and the Sea itself farfrom sm00th - still,Imade thegesture offriendship and trust. ln the Southern Iatitude,W ade Doak has been achieving much more in the Iast months. He wrote to usrecently: ''On these crui ses,we found,thecat acted Iike a m agnet,drawingto usSeapeople who had read ofourdolphin re-

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In these Northern Iatitudesw inter's cold and stormshave slowed down

dolphincontacts. OurIastcontact(with Hanneke,Ruth and Betsy,the Am erican

girl)waslastDecember. Draggingour rubber'Buzz'boatand i tsengine down the cliffsto the water'sedge, then through the surfand outto w here 'our'dolphin, Percy,Iives. Afterhalfan hourofsignalling with a code ofbangson the dinghy bottom ,we saw him leapinghigh outof thesea 1 4 a m ileaway,then rushing to meetus. Cold or no cold,the sea m urky with storm churned sedim ent,Irolled

overthesideofthebuzzboat(yes,Ihad

awetsuiton)and joined Percy in thesea.

Iwasa poorcom panion - ham pered by lack ofvisibility,worried by the offshore wind,which,had the engine faltered, would

The Sea People/sailorm an No.2 M ay 1984

On thisoccasion we recorded som e extraordinary vocalisationswhen the dolphinsattempted humanoid sounds-

butitwasn'tjustmimicry,itwasa By Jam esW harram

Synthesization of human speech and followed by attem ptsto synthesize their echo-location click trains,to which they had responded with specialslow motion and strangely patterned click chains,quite differentfrom their navigationaloutput. Butit issuch a Iong story.'' ''Pilotwhalesand bottle-nosed dolphins often co-operate.W e have two accounts in which the dolphinshave helped to guide stranded pilotw hales outto sea.One is in the appendix of 'Dolphin, Dolphin',the Iatestquite recently.Itwas witnessed by afriend ofoursfrom a helicopter,when fourdolphinscam e in and nudged an

ailingpilotwhaleseawards,justbeforea

fisheries'offi cerwaspreparinq to shoot it. ''W e are now testing a whase warning devicew hich,w hen perfected we hope

willreducewhale/yachtcollis!lons..p

.. . . , 'Percv,, ul r splaylng a leap (7./

frle .ndshlh offthe North Cornish Coast.

(Photograph

courtesv ofHorace Dobbs.)

(Continued from page7) ln drinksTim prefers long Iife m iIk but Ipreferdried m iIk which we also use for cooking. Tea and coffee areourusual drinks butwe also have plenty of barley cup and drinking chocolate aIIofwhich we bought in buIk. We have a coffee grinderand drink fresh coffee in port,a guaranteed way of making friends. W e boughtwhole sacksofthe above food butboughtsmalleram ountsof thingsIike dried fruitand m ixed nuts also from the wholefood wholesaler. W e bought7Ib tubsofhoney and peanut butterand 5 Itr.containersofvegetable oiIand cidervinegartoo.

Themajority ofourfruitisnotdried ortinned however,but bottled. Ihad a large free supply ofapples,pears,plums, quinces,rhubarb and gooseberriesso I

bottled asmuchaspossiblein kilnerjars.

Laterin hisreporthe added: ''W e are heavily involved in a cam paign to bring to an end aIIdolphinariums in New Zealand

Asweeatthis Ican use the pressure cookerto bottle fresh frui t bought cheaply abroad.

(eventually aIlovertheworld,Ihope).

lalso madeaIotofjam and chutney whichisstored in jarswrapped incor-

New evidence presented atthe Boston '83 conference showsthatcaptivedolphins deteriorate physically,mentally and socially - brain volum eshrinks,they becom em ute. Captive dolphinsare no m ore repr ese sychi oftr ue dol phi than tken tnt sia nti ave ps at ric war dns .

Greenpeace

and projectJonah areioiningforceswith usinthis.''

Thequestion Iaskedmyselfonreading

the aboveiswhetherhumans'captive'in the

giantcitiesalsosufferbrainshrinkageand

search in ,Dolphin. Dolphl. neand had an anecdote to give us. And wecam e home with both history and dolphin m aterial, besideshaving had two ofthe best ''interlocks''in ourIives - aIIrecorded on tape perourhydrophone. Ourtapesare at presentbeing analysed atthe university. The firstwaswith pilotwhalesand botttenosed dolphins- the two specieswere feeding togetherco-operatively - a nice bitof interspeciescomm unication, into

are no longerrepresentative oftrue M an? Thissum merfrom the 'Jam esW harram Desi gns',Cornwallbase,we willbe operating thesecond season of 'Dolphin Link'. We w illrun two w eeks'courses, where the studentswork forten days on the base, then ' the 'team 'willm ove w i th boatsTIKI21,TIKIROA,HITIA,rubberbuzz boatand new boatdesigns- to a seashore camp and sailout into the dolphin areas. ' ro interlock with the dolphins have which wejoinedperourunderwater to becomeeven moreSeaPeople,,we developspeakerand synthesizer. ing through-the-surfsailing ability,Iiving 'Thesecond waswith twelve bottle-nosed half in and halfoutofthe sea, sw im m ing

dolphinstand wecould comparetheir abilities. Itisatoughprojec' tforyoung, behavlourand Mocalisationswhen alone,with thatwhen together Wi th pilotwhales.

Cruising Food

Open minded people.

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rugated cardboard. Thiswillbe discarded before we go south as we do notwantto provide homes forcreepy-craw lies! Ifwe

haven'teatenthejam beforewego it'll haveto be stored amongsofterthings,Iike bags ofclothes. W e boughtabouta E100 worth of

tinned food IastJuly whichwe havejust aboutfinished (March).Wemainly use tuna,corned beef,sweetcorn,tomatoes, evaporated m ilk and ham butlittle else.

/IVealwaysremovetheIabels.codemark the tins with indelible markersor J7aintand coatthem in vaseline. This is againstrustand,/' n case offlooding,to identify the tins when the Iabelssoak off. Otherwise,store tins in sealed containers.

Ed.) Justbefore we Ieavethe country we wi11buy fresh vegetables.m argarine, cheese and eggs. Many peoplecoateggs in vaseline,orvarnish butifthe eggsare

fresh (i.e.haveneverbeen refrigerated) they m ay be stored for6-8 weekspro-

videdtheyareturnedovereveryfew

days. Whltesliced bread isno1very nutritious butkeepswellifyou aren't able to bake fresh bread. Cup-a-soupsare usefulforinstant warm ing food and although they have Ii ttle food value we use them and add dried protein powderto provide us with the necessary dietary requirements. W hen sailing,m ealsm ade from whole-

food staplestogetherwith fresh (ordried orbottled)fruitand vegetablesand dairy productsprovide a balanced dietand are more satisfying than m akeshifttinned or de-hydrated food. Some people m anageto catch plenty offish to supplementtheirdietwhen cruising,otherscatch none. W e are collecting inform ation on varietiesoffish caught,where and what with,by cruising yachtsm en. lf anyonecan help us with thiswe would be very grateful. *

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F ish in g

FISHING

the Iineorbreakaqesoccur. Therefore,

Thefeedbackfrom thefishingsectionoftheIast'SeaPeople'hasbeen ratherpoor,bringing two stories:

my b ma n ueon stiotn s ,hnd? owcanIurgethe j oat toi stq ay hei wi Nextproblem isone ofshelter. The

One Iw as told at the London BoatShow by a builder, who wassuccessfully usinghisTANGA ROA ,M K.IV , Ithink,forpulling a beam -traw lfor fla&fish in the Tham esesluary. lasked him lo send usa leuerorarticle w i' tb m oredetaiIs forpublicalion - ordid Isay, Iwillwrite to bim asking for m oredetails? The BoatShow isso crowded, behind the coolprofessional faœ d w harram ' ?? istotalconfusion and chaos. Ihave Iosthisaddressetc., etc. So,please,M r.X,if you read this, write lo us. The second story came from New Zealand from John W illiam s, w ho boughta bomestead and found thatparl ofhispurchase wasa TAN E design w hich,notbeing a sailor, be prom ptly capsized. W batdoesgo on in N ew Zealand? Thatis1he second TAN E thal lknow of,which capsize lhere' ?? Thisfishing story isno1 a happy one, but it isa b:ginning. People witb advice, pleasewri' tedireclly 1o: J.W illiams,c/o Tryphena P.O.,Great BarrierIsland, New Zealand,(and to us,' to keep 1he

climatehereishotand sunny inthe Summerand wetin thewinter. Itcan a$SO becodd. Sunburnisaproblem.and thedayscan beIongand unpleasant withoutbeingabletogetoutofthe Sprvj aywhen sailingormotoringhome. 1 ' pjrtjproblem isone to do with saitinq. jam stillnota sailor butwould Iiketo use , sailmore,thetroubleherebeingthatl havetakenofftheboom asitisalwaysin 1heway.Can#ousuggestaboomtessmain orsomeotherway ofriggingtheboatthat isassimpleand easyto useaspossible. Speedand sailingefficiencyareimportant.

him .

verygood boatfortrollingfortuna, o r

information forolhers). lhave1hefeelinghenee saIIthe helpwecangive

John W illiam

c/o TlyphenaP.O. Gt.Barrier Island New Zealand DearRuth Thanks, forthe Ietter. On the afternoon thatitarrived Iwasdown atthe postoffice negotiating the sale ofm y boat. Thesale fellthrough m uch to my relief. Ishould really buy a smallIaunch as Iseem unable to makea go offishing using the cat,m ore on thatIater. Thanks also forthecopy ofThe Sea People

which Ivery much enjoyed. h Rethedolphinarticle,wegotaIot ere,and Ialwaysenjoy puttingon my mas nd getting in the waterwith them . Thi sksa umm er,we had one in the bay that allowed the localchildren to touch and play with i1. It is also com mon to have Iargerwhalescom ealongside which is quite scary on such a sm allboat. Now to the fishing. Icam e to live on Gt. Barrier Island to try and Iive asm uch as possible a back-to-basics Iife style. W ith m y w ife and daughterIbougbtten acres of bush and we spentIastwinterbuilding ourhouse. W hiIe waitingto buy ourI and Ihad

boughtahouseandwith itacquireda Tane (seeTed Berry'snotein'SeaPeople'l. lhad neverheard ofW harram orbeen on any Sortofsailing boatbefore,but

fishing from fast Iaunches,my Iast boat being a 28ft.glassboatw ith a 200 hp Diesel,very fastand comfortable,but farfrom econom i cal. MY firsttrip outon the catwasalmost a disasteraswe managed to capsize it,

quileastory in itself.

The type offishing ldo here isIongI i ni ng forsnapperforthe Japanese market. Snappe risa prime eating fish which is

also very attractivetotheeyehenceits

popularity in Japan,where it iseaten raw atcerem onialoccasionssuch asweddings and religiouscerem onies. The fish is flown to Japan and requiresvery careful handling on the boat. The snapperis Caughton a Iongline which consistsof up to 3000 m ofm onofilam ent nylon Iaid on the bottom ofthe ocean with up

to athousand hookson it. Itislaid over

the stern ofthe boatw ith the linegoing outfrom a reeland the hooksand traces j aajnu cjinned on asthe boatmotors into u nd' -' - era wait,usually about the wi . Aft 2h rs.- the line ishauled in on the reel and the hooksand tracestaken offand put away,the fish i s killed w ith a spike in the br ain and put in a slurry ofseawater and ice which chillsthem very quickly. o n mostboatsthe line ishauled in . hydraulically,but lhave a hand 1 eel., I al s o wor k on m y own whi ch i s unus ual. As we have to work in a fairam ount of W ind and tide you can see thatputling in can ine pretty jnectic. This iswhere my main problems occur. Thecatwon't

motorinto thewind withoutafair amountofpower(thavean8 hpoutboard, notreallysuitable)which means Iam going too fastto haulin the Iine,

decidedthatifIcouldgofishingoffthe

theboatwantstoSitbeam towind,and

catitwoutd Suit my intended Iife style and be a change from the type offishing

w ith theturningcircle so Iarge thave problemsgetting back overthe line. The

thatIhad beendoingfortheprevious 15 years,which wasm ainly Iobster

IineishauIed inby motoring up itinto

the wind.

Theboatmuststaydirectlyover

AnyotherhinlsMoucanle1mehavewousd beappreciated. 1believethesailingcatwouldbea working dragsordrop Iines,thatisa Iine thatgoesstraightup and down,catsare VPFY fuelefficientand the m otion iseasy On tbe body. However,Ithink itwould need to have a deck cabin ofsom e Sort aj sm ostIargerboatswork 18 hr.days in t ae sum m erand shelterisessenti al. W ell,Ruth, lhope yot acan make som ething outofm y Ietters, Iwould jove to hang on to m y boat! Oneday jastweek there werefive W harrams in ourbay,from CharlesTrenter'sTlKl21 tjyej aasdoneareally nicejob on it), up to a 51 footer,including a Pahi31 whi ch wasa beauty. Regardsand Bestwishes, wlobn p s G reat Barrier Island is60 miles N.E. o

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(Unfortunately.Caroline.thephoto is

thefirstissue ofthe 'Sea PeopIe'the

read by m any Am eri can,British and

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WiIfriedeMagerf(eisch,sometime Secretary oftheGermangroup,and whosepictureqraced the first issue's ,NaturistSaiIing,page,comm entsthat German Scandinavian and French saiIors, ,

photographicreproductions. Ed.) ,,pojvcat and Penny-poorbut they also

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e British,the Americansand countriesinfIuenced by theirm ores, thatfeel,it mustbedesignated asa special acti vity in selected areasand amongst speciaIfriends.

received from Caroline Fordham of Nova Scotia, who wrote: ,, , W0VerY muchenjoyed,, WiIfriedes article on Naturist SaiIin( J. ''W eare especialIy delighted to see thatyou are including a section fo). us Naturists. Ienclosea photo ofm e,and, please,feelfree to printany partofthis Ietter,ouraddressand photo in upcom ing 'Sea People'.''

Caribbean Charlers: NA RA I'TINOR UA 'chartering from Martinique. Detailsfrom W . Schm itz,Herzog-A lf-W eg 45,2000 Ham burg,Germ any - TeĂŽ:5507911. Though there are apparently s e ver i alothercatamaranschartering ntheW est Indies,we do nothave

Mediterranean Charters: TEH IN I'MA H IN U l'chartering from Rom e. Forfurtherdetails,contact: T.A.BIown,'Fishers',Marine Parade,Littleston on Sea,Kent. o Ro 'NETH RADEVI'detailsfrom : A . Leitner, Leisach 68a,A-9900 Lienz,Austria - TeI:04852 2873. o Ro ZSCUM PIM EA'detailsfrom : Austrian Seasailing, Floesslg.4, A -- ga91 Kaltenleutgeben,Austria - TeI:02238 72523.

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Shipsare m eeting here in HaIifax. W iIIany W hirram PolYcatbe com ing thisway? A welcom efrom usa1$w i1Iawaitthe,m , and alIthe hospitality we can provide. Address: Anchorage House,Historic Properties,1869 UpperW aterStr.,Halifax, Nova Scotia,Canada B3J 1S9.

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A-110O Vienna,Austria - Tel:private 0222 6440423,office0222 4350 290. NA RA IM K.I'BILBO'detailsfrom : F.Taubennestler,Schrem sgasse 9A, A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf- Tel:0222 8642903. #..r.

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Newsfrom USA and Canada isalways prolific and comesvia lettersand the North Am eri can Newsletter'Polycats'.

John Bellenger(originally from Toronto,Canada)hascontinued histrip on 'PYXIS'(an ORO)from Horta inthe Azoresto Faro,Portugal. Aftera few m onths stay and som e interestingside tripsoverland,John saiIed to the Canary Islands and then on to Barbados. He reports,thatTradeW ind sailing in a 'Polycat'isfantastic and recom mends thataIInorthern 'Polycatters'gettheir boatsdown to that favoured area ASA P! 'PYX IS'isnow high and dry in Barbados while John and Dianeearn more money forthe nextIegoftheirtrip. John wrote from LasPalmas,Canary Islands: 'm e had a good saiIfrom Southern Portugaland arrived safe,sound and happy. Nothing broken orIost. Gentle breezeswith fourdaysofcom plete calm ; we even furled the Sailsto preventthe uselessslatting about. Picked up aw ind on the lastday which carried us 185 m iles in lessthan a day on a broad reach, which PYX IS loves.'' ''The windshave been strange in this partofthe Atlantic - 18 yachtsare waiting in Gibraltarforthe N N E winds thathave been reversed foralm osttwo m onths. 27 m oreyachtsarewaiting in Tangiers,a Iot in ViIam oura and several even in Faro,notto m ention the 100 odd yachtshere in LasPalm as.'' ''A RONGO is here aswelIas six other W harramsand quite a few m ore cats som e very overloaded. The bestTAN-

GAROA Ihave everseen is beside us - a Dutch one very thoughtfully done - in Faro there were a TAN E and a TEH IN 1, Have Seen farmore catsthan trisover here '' '''PYX IS'is perform ing beautifully and effortlessly,self-steering m uch ofthe time. Navigation issim ple and spot-on have neverfailed to sailright up to an island w ithoutcourse-corrections;this is the life.'' 'zSo m any people drop in thatit is hard to getanything done. Itisexciting to have sailed in from the sea to such a thriving m etropolison a tiny island. I have neverseen such num bersofbig vessels tugs,liners,hydrofoilferries, super-tankers,barges etc.'' ''The W aIker 1og isa gem ;reIiable and accurate. Mostofthe electricaldevices have failed - don'tbuy a 'Seafix'or 'Seaspot'R .D.F. The Autohelm people in the U.K.completely disow ned our Model2000 - said i t m usthave been underwater! Fourdays use and a total Ioss,we w i11becrossing again without it. So - ifwe can crossthe Atlantic tw i ce without it,w ho needs it. On the other hand most people are very pleased with theirSat-Navs.'' ''Becam e friends with PeterTangvald in the Azoresand in Faro. Have metso m any interestingand wonderfulfolk that it is beyond anything Icould everhave hoped for. Looking forward to the next

leg (avery Iongone)with keenanticipation.'' J'P.S. constantcabin temp: 74OF#sea t0m r):70OF 'ĂŽ

Ontario,Canada from Jack and Irene D undas:

'' W e Iaunched 'RU'(NARA lM K.IV) sum m er 1982. Itperform sbeautifully and, of course,Iike others,Iam addingfeatures dictated by experience.'' ''*e took offSept.1982 forthe Baham as,intending to spend thew inter there,butwe found,thatwe had Ieft about6 weekstoo Iate. Itwasvery cold, storm y and in North Carolinaa hurricane blew thewaterout ofthe river,Ieaving us on the bottom . W e decided to leave the boatthere forthe winterand Iwentdown with a friend in May 1983 and brought itback. Cruised Lake Ontario and Thousand Islandsforthe sum m er.'' d'W ould stilllike to take anothercrack at Bahamas butm uch earlier in season.''

Vancouver,Canada lan Young writes: ''My wife and Iareowners of TEH IN I No.69 'EA RTH LIGHT'. A1Igoing well, we shallbe leaving thisAugustfora voyage ofaboutone yearvia San Diego,Tahiti, Hawaii,Alaska to The Queen Charlotte Islandsand back to Vancouver.''

''W e havehad much pleasure,excite-

mentandspiritualjoy from sailing 'EARTH LIGHT'on the British Colum bia coastforthe Iast fouryearsand areof coursegetting very excited aboutIeaving. W e have two boysw ho willbe 4 and 6 by the time we depart.'' J'Yourboathascome to m ean so m uch to me. ltsom etim esseemsto bea kinetic sculpture thattransportsthe artist,who buiItit.''

Florida,USA Jack Spoering ofSunrise,FIorida wrote: ''On January 2nd,1984 my building partnerGene Perry and Icompleted and Iaunched whatwe believe to bethe first

Us-buiItTIKl21 'PAH LlUI'(Paradise). 1would like to takethisopportunity to tellyou asm uch aspossible abouther w ithout,Ihope,becom ing Iongwinded.'' ''ZPA H LIU l'wasstarted in Iate February 1983 from planspurchased from 'Binary BoatSystem s'Terry Johnson,

rightherein FIorida (practically aneighbour)andcompleled inOctober1983. The restofthe tim e to launchingwas spentbuilding the trailer,also according to yourplans.'' ''The materialswere aI1exactly asyou caIIed forwith the exception thatthe m ast wasbuiltup from 8ft.length ofSpruce,

sincefulllenjthpieceswerenotavailabletheshorterpleceswerebuttjoinedwith epoxy and glassed inside with 2ft.long stripsofglasson each ofthe staggered

jOiN1S.'' ''We used W EST system epoxy through-

out(approx.12 gallons)andW EST system glassc10th. Iwantto say,thatyourstitchand glue-system and theW EST epoxy worked perfectly,and only the high sum mertem peraturesand hum idity here in Flordia gave ussom e trouble by curing too rapidly attim es.'' ''I've builta z-wheeled cast,thatfits easily overthe skeg and rudderand up onto the hullforabout lft.- thisallows usto slide the hulisoffthe trailerand down acrossthe beach forassem bly at the watersedge.'' ''Ourhardware isaI1RONSTAN and

thesailsaremadebyJECKELLS (weare No.53). Everythingworksperfectly but Iwould suggest,thatatIeast6 inchesbe added to the depth ofthe gaffsleeve, since thegaffwith itsattached hardware and hearteye attached forthe peak halyard w illnotslidethrough the sailsleeve

asshown.(Jeckellshavebeen making thispocketwiderforsome timenow.Ed.) ''Ihave only had the opportunity to sail hertwiceso far,but Iam truly in Iove with thisdesign and now dream ofm ore sailing hours - a trip to Biminiisplanned

forthissummer. (Ed.:please writeand Ietusknow,how vougeton)and then perhapsbuilding a Iargerone - perhapsa PAH 142 so the entire Spoeringclan can do som eseriouscrui sing.''

TheSeaPeopie/sailorman No.2 May 1984

''Ihavekepta step-by-step photo record ofconstruction and have been asked by 'M ultihulls'and 'Sail'Magazine to do a buildinq articleforthem .'' ''Both,Geneand 1,feelwe need more timeon the waterto do any accurate critisizing of'PAH LIU I's'saiIing qualities, butIcan say this: she sailsstraightand true- staystotalIy Ievelin windsup to 15 knotsand can trusy pick herheelsup and go. TIK Iisvery easy to steerand thetwo ofus have no trouble assem bling herin underone hour- dis-assembling and Ioading heron the trailertakes Iess than halfthattime.'' ''Should you have any prospective builderwith any questions Iwould be happy to correspond with them .'' ''Jim,through yourbeautifuland wonderfulIy thoughtoutdesign you have proven yourself atruly greatfriend.''

''Forthe Iastyear Ihave sai1ed around lbiza,MaIIorca,Menorca mostly with one

Ieginplaster(lhad toSheath the plaster in GRP to preventitfrom disintegrating).'' ''W hat othertype ofsaiIcraftcouId have been Sailed Solo w ith a broken Ieg and in safety? IbeIieve that if Ihad had any otherdesign ofboat Iwould have been port-bound forthe Iast year.''

W eslGerm any The W harram qroup reported in the Iastissue seem sto be workĂŽng well. The peoplecontacteach otherforsailing,and RaffaelBennerhasshown a m ovie about catsailing formembersofthe group at hishom e. More detailsofactivitiesfrom W ilfriede MagerfIeisch and Dirk Schlatow,MaxBrauer-Allee 66,2000 Ham burg 5O,W . Germ any. f'> .. .

Memphis,USA Clare and PaulGroth wrote: ''We are eagerto Iaunch ourTIK I21 'OLYMPIC F1RE'and be on ourway. 0urspiritsneed the renewalofa m ore naturalenvironm entand way of life than thiscity allows.'' zlWe have much appreciated the personalattention and prompthelp, thathasbeen yourstyle. Yourinfluence reaches into this Mid-south suburb,in thefascination and interestevidenced by neighbourswho have neverseen a boat builtnoreverdared to considerthatit wasan attainable goal.'' ''They have watched ourslow progress day by day,working from ourwages as Iive-in attendants ofan elderly neighbour.

Somehow itseems,tojustbeawitnessto such acreative endeavour,isa positive change in theirIives. ln thisera ofrluclear madness,where despairisa comm on affliction,the TIK I21 hasbeen a giftof hope '' We willkeep in touch.

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Portugal Portugalseem sto be an increasingly popularvenue forPolycats. M ike 0'

Sullivan (TANE NUI)reportshavingto setbis plansback forayearbecause a

dog,whoadopted him,injured itsfoot between thejetty and theboat.The recentvet'sbilltook care ofthe provisioning fundsforthe Caribbean trip hence no charterbusiness. He reports

meeting PYXIS (TheCanadian 'Wharram')

(Denmark)betweenThursday 18th and Sunday 21stofJuly,1985. Therew illbe a coupleof races and som e family sailing, although,itisintended to be a m ainly socialoccasion. More though ofthis nearerthe date.

(60 Escudos). Any 'polycatistas'who turn up are assured ofa 'cuppa'at Ieast. W hilstin Portuguesewaterswe have newsof anotherW harram owner,and friend of Mike O'Sullivan,John Shores. John Shores,Tehinibuilderand sailor, describeshimselfassitting in the sun, ensconced in a Iagoon,by an island off the southern coastof Portugal. An article by him willappearin the next issue of the Sea People. (Both MikeO'SulIivan and John Shores wintered in Culatra,llba da Culatra,

Balearic Islands

Jannik Cortsen informs usthatthe 1985 '1nternationalMultihullMeeting' willtake place at Bandholm Harbouron the north coastofthe big island LoIIand

and advisesthatthe Iocalfire station in OlhĂ o isthe place to go fora hotshower

Algarve,amostfriendly place).

Scandinavia

'''M UDSHA RK'stim ulates interest wherever Iam . Fishermen,'votties'and touristsare alwaysstopping to say hello and ask aboutthe design. The five CATA LACS and two PRO UTS hardly geta glance. Incidently,aIIthe CATA LACS are forsale,theirownersgoing home or (Joingm ono.'' ''lpersonalIy feeIright onIy on Po1ynesian Catam arans,it isa spiritualaswe1l asphysicalfeeling. Iteminatesfrom the philosophy behind the design and the 'open' Iife styledem anded by it.'' ''Now Ihave m ore experience ofthe and have sailed m ore typesofsail 1am starting to Iook fora new boat. design itw i11be,yes,sam e again only larger.'' ''Itry to prom ote W harram catswheneverthe opportunity ariseS,so if you fancy sending me a couple ofyourwaII posters Iwillgetthem putup in yachty barsin M allorca and Menorca.'' 'zKeep up the good work on ecology and especially sea m am m al sw ho never cease to am aze m e and raise my spirits by theirm ere presence.''

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Jugoslavia Josip Pavlinusic(HINEMOA 'TALANTA'),Zagreb,writes: ''Ithink it istim e to send 'Sailorm an' som e newsaboutm e and m y iloat,as l

prom ised in my IastIetter/article,pubIished in July '83.'' z'1named m y boatTA LANTA,which

means'1ibra'ingreek.My friend Katja and Idecided to startsailing in the

Andy Sm ith,on TANE 'M UDSHA RK' Mallorca,wrote: ''1own a TAN E builtin 1970 and have Iived on board since February 1981. We sailed from the U .K.Iaterthatyearand cruised to the Balearics. W e have been in the 'Islands'foroverone year now,as I broke m y Ieg again in M allorca. Asyou may recallfrom ourm eetings atthe London BoatShow Ihave a history of 1eg problem sfollowing a m otorcycle accident. Iam confidentnow the Tibia

PanonianSea (don'tsearchforitonthe maps)wheretheboatwasIaunched,and

and Fibulahavejoined correctly so Ican

causeoftimeand weather(in Croatian,: wehaveonewordforb0thm eanings).

continue m y voyage in the spring.''

The Sea People/sailorm an No.2 M ay 1984

bring herround the BaIkan PeninsuIato

theAdriaticby water(3000 miles)instead by road (200 km.)'' z'ln fact,we m otored lastsum m erfrom Zagreb down the riverSava to Belgrade and then down the Danube to the Black

Sea (circa 1000 m iles).Theboatisnow wintering in M i churin/Bulgaria. The whole trip took ustwo months,and we could notproceed to Greeceasintended,be-

6000 m ilesbaulfrom Gibral larvia the M ed and Red Sea to the SeychelIes. They continue ''W ehad arelatively uneventful passage - nothingwentwrong and everything wentsm oothly,administratively. I 5ay this because people were forevertelling usrubbish aboutauthorities in ltaly, Greece and especiaily Egypt. The Suez Canalauthoritiescouldn'thave been nicer orm ore helpfu1. The documentation was a bitofa bind,butwewere helped through it in a friendly cheerfulway,and no bribeswere necessary orasked for.'' ''W e called in atAden and PortSudan, where again everyone wasfriendly.'' ''The Red Sea wasm uch easierthan we could have hoped for,and in Iessthan two weekswewere througb,with fair

windsalItheway. (Wewere,however, pushed through the StraitsofGubalat six knotswith no saiIsup,this isquite

normal).Wetook43 gallonsofdiesel in Aden and then motored mostofthe 500 m iIesup the GulfofAden. Thefinal 1000 m ilesto the Seychellestook us25 days,endlesshourson an oily sea.''

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HINEM OA 'TA LAN TA 'in a quietpatch ofthe Danube. Thisgreatriver

sailingseemshard. Who willsailtheMississlppi,theN//e,the Yangtzke,the Niger?

''O n the Danube,weencountered quite a bit ofbad weather. W hicheverdirection the riverfIows,the w ind isagainstyou aI1 thetime. ltcreatesa nasty chop, with waves3-4 feet high and asIong,so that the ride isquite rough. W e also tested the boata few times,notonly by touching the bottom ,butgetting trapped between 7 stakesJ7 inch dia,acrossthe river's current. ,

''The first Ieg atsea from Sulina to

Constanta (Rumania),ofabout60 miles took usone day and one night. Effectively, we made approx.100 Nm in 25 hrs. Startingsouth from Constanta,we Iearned sailing: 8 hoursoftacking againstwind force 3-4. Totaldistance: 10 Nm .'' '''TA LANTA'did notwantto tack in a short,steep sea above force 4 winds, probably because ofthe Iack of experience. W e also gotcaught in a force 5-6 gale near1hecoastof Michurin wilh an onshore w ind. W e keptourdistance of about 1 m ilefrom the rocky coastfor

weightofboatwasapprox.1500 kg). (TA LAN TA isan enlarged/modified HINEM OA,m ore the . Ă§/ k' 6'ofa TA NE NUI,builtin /t7mm pIy hence the weight- sea zSailormanJJ&/F 83.).. ĂŤ'Thisgale lasted for3 days, and in the m eantime we werethe guests ofBulgarian

soldiers.(Itallhappenedafew miles away from theTurkishfrontier).'' *'Lateron,we m otored 10 m iles back to Michurin,where we leftthe boatand wenthom e by train,forwe had to get

back toouriobs.'' ''W hen you publish thisIetterwe w ill hopefulIy be again in Bulgaria,preparing forthe rest ofourBalkan-peninsula circum navigation.'' P.S.: One crew wanted forthe period from 1.7.- 1.10.1984. Should be selffinancing. Can you help?''

porthull,and theskeg broke. (Total 24

afew hoursunderjib and 2 reefsin main (TALANTA iscutter-rigged)and were astonished about herm anoeuvrabiIity underSuch conditions. ItwaSpossible to alterthe course by 45Oby rudderaction alone,withouttouching the sheets.'' ''CIose hauIed coursesare very uncom fortable,butwe hardly everget wateron thedecks.'' ''The final,severetestwasbeaching the boat in an unprotected cove through breaking Swellin a force 6.'' ''Thiswasa m istake,ofcourse,we were turned broadside on to the surfand pounded heavily on the hard sand.'' ''Before we m anaged to geta truck to pullusfaroutonto the beach ourrubbing strake came away from the keelofthe

David Manley runsan Indian Ocean charterbusinessand is building a TANGA R OA Mk.lV. He wrote: ''Iam so convinced,thatthe Wharram catsare the only correctvesselforthis partofthe world that Iintend to have a unit in constant production forourown fleetand possible customerorders. I can starta 'W harram rage'overhere.'' ''All1he elilistsown 30-50 ft.keelers with Iarge Iead appendagesunderslung, which makesthem 100% unsuitable for this beautifulisland's bays,rivermouths and shalsow lagoons.''

Seychelles

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A uslralia NoelEberhardt,who boughtTAN E No.301w hich wasa bitrun down with a Io1ofdry rot in the beam troughs,pIy beam facingsand bulwarks,wrote that afterthree m onthswork and som e modificationshe seemsto have put thingsright. He sailswith hiswifeand three teenagesons,mostly in Moreton Bay atthe mouth ofthe Brisbane River

(seeMike Rick'sarticle).So adeck tent and a 8 hp.outboard areessential. His

boatiscalled 'TAWHIR1'(brotherof TANGAROA)and is'JtheboatIhave

Seychelles A letterfrom Chrisand Jayne M oss'

(whosailedtheirORO from Engl and to theSeychelles)informsusthattheywere

alwayswanted.'' He requestsany suggestionsfrom othermem bersaboutalternative sail sizesforthe TA N E.

a 'Iittle the worse forwear'aftertheir

TheSeaPeople/sailorman No.2 May 1984

evolution theory of SirAIisterHardy, which - to quote heropening paragraph in the'New Scientist'article - is: ''In /. 96* 0 ProfessorSirAlister Hardy suggested thatthere m usthave been an aquatic phase in human evolution. Such a phase could accountfora num berof human characteristl ksunique am ong prim atesbutcom mon in aquatic m am mals;Iossofbody hair.subcutaneous fat.face-to-face copulation,the position offetalhair,weeping.and so on. He also suggested thatan aquatic phase could explain the preadap tations

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@ By J.W ,

GrosTem ps: For many years,the 'Classic'book on yachtstorm conditions hasbeen Adlard Coles'''Heavy W eatherSailing'',m arred only by a poorly written chapteron Multihulls understorm conditions. A new book on Heavy W eatherSailing, most definitely in the 'Cl assic'cl ass,haS

justbeenpublished in France: 'Gros Temps'by Alain Gree(published by Voiles/GalIimard). Even though Icannot read French,its photos,lay-out,draw ings,make it'readable'- a usefulbook to have on the bookShelf. The photosofstorm seasgive hints ofw hatHenk and Ginide Velde on the

necessary fortheemergenceofbl hedalism

and speech. There kva. çmassive sea flooding in north-eastA Jr/ca during thesocalled ''fossilgap ''- roughly eightto fourm illion yearsago - after which

The 'Have you read' ?'colum n isqoing to be a Iittle slim thisissue. Sincethe last 'Sea People'1have been wo,king hard,so my reading runsto relaxing novels,science fiction,''End ofthew orld'' stuff and so on - the sortofpaperbacks thatone finds for'swops'on m ostocean going boats.

'OROWA'(p.4)wentthrough. Hopefully, itwi11m ake any builderwho thinksthat he is'ready forsea'when the Iastcoatof paint ison,have second thoughts. Three ofthe photos in the book were supplied by Ruth W harram who,when supplyingthem ,had no idea thatthey would be partofsuch an excellentvolum e on heavy weatherboathandling.

blàedalhominidsfirstappeared. The

aquatic hp'ptpthesissuggests thatthe flooding induced l ' solated populations of apesto adoptan aquatic Iife style. When the waterssubsided these apes would havebeen forced back to Iand.'' Thisrecent ' N ew Scientist'article givesm ore supportive evidence to this theory,based on Man'sdifferentneedsof saItcom pared w ith thatofotherIand based mamm als. In 1982 Elaine Morgan wrote,w ith SirAIisterHardy'sblessing,anotherbook, entitled 'The Aquatic Ape,A Theorv ofHum an Evolution',published by Souvenir Press. ForSea People who have an affinity and Ionging forthe sea orthe sea edge, it isa thought provoking work. lfyou sail with children itw illencourage you to get them swim ming and diving underwateras soon aspossible alld asùong aspossible, to develop whatcould bea natural,innate aptitude,so thatwateris'safe'to them .

The AquaticA pe: In the 12th ofApriIissue ofthe British 'New Scientist'magazine - a sortof British 'Scientific Am erican'only cheaperwasan article of interestto the 'Sea People'headed: 'The Aquatic Hypothesis' by EIaine M organ. Elaine Morgan is adelightfulwoman, w ho wrote the book: 'The Descentof Wom an',published in 1972 by Souvenir Press,w herein shegentIy and w ittingly derides the m ale oriented books on 'M an's' evoIution,w ith theirem phasison M an, w hich shedescribesasthe 'Tarzan Theories'. In thisbook,asan alternative to the savanna hunting theory ofevolution,she drew attentiollto the aquatic

The M agic of Dolphins: AnotherDolphin book, to be published in June,is D r.H orace Dobbs''TheM agic

ofDolphins'(Lutterworth Press)ata costof E4.95. lt iswritten forthe younger mem bersofthe crew . Iwillreview the book in the nextissue. Itisavailable from Dr.H.Dobbs,'Dolphin', Parklands, North Ferriby,Hum berside H U 14 3ET.

Will'SeaPeople/sailorman'readers, please,send in any informationon books/ articlesthey have read,Iiked - oreven disliked - so thatwecan aIIshare it.

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In 1980,withoutm oney,Ruth Hannake and Icame back to Britain - once more Iookingfor 'The Base Site'.At first,we despaired.Anything approachingwhat we had in Ireland orwhatwe needed,w as costingatIeast f100 000. Wi th perseverance and Ruth'sincredible ability to find 'possibles'sbe found, in May 1982,thepresent base site in Devoran, a vîIIage on the FaIestuary between Truro and Falmoutb in Cornwall. It isnotthe idealsitethatw e had in Ireland.Thewaterfrontage isrestricted. The high tidesfIoatTEH lN lonly 4-5 days a month.We are overlooked by a ' village'thatconsiststo a Iarge partof retired urban people.Ithasa 'protection society'which we have to beaware ofat aIltim es.W e cannothave boatsstaying with us,whilstthe ownerswork on them,and setup a fIoatingcom m unity though thereare plenty of othercreeks and m udberths in the Falestuary nearby where they can re-fittheirboatsorwait forsuitable weather,Iike Tim and Heather W helan on theirN A R A IM K. lV 'IKA ROA'orthe Turnerfam ily on their O RO 'IMAG lNE' The advantagesof the siteare:Quick, efficientrailand busservices from London.Accessfrom Europe via the

Sum m erM eeling 1984, on A ugusl Bank Holiday W eekend, 25th,26th and 27th of August Since 1975,we wanted a 'Base',a place, where ownersof ourcatam aranscould come,study filesand photographson theirown designsand others,meetother builders,gain news and knowledge. Once lhad a dream ofsetting up a world-wide system ofbases. Because suitable Iand isalready bought up and used by charterbusinesses.m arinas, yachtclubsand othersmalIm arine enterprises,finding even one site has been incredibly difficult. In 1975,Idecided againstm oving to the West (ndiesbecause of its future uncertainty,and because lwould go 'soft' on rum,sun and sea. North Spain attracted us,w butbecause nearby postoffices,banks and telephonesare essentialsin ourIife, the bestsitesthere were also expensive. W e were then anchored in a beautiful creek in South W ales,Sandy Haven, near Milford Haven. A farm eroffered usa suitable building site,butbureaucratsprevented usfrom using it. So we boughta site at Killowen, in Southern Ireland. It had many ofthe elementsofthe idealsite: Space. Space forlining up boats. Space forownersto spread theirsails. Space forchildren to run around. Freedom from close neighbours. Unfortunately,itwastoo farfrom the sailing routes. Postaland telepbone

Plymouth-Roscoffferry (Plymouth is approx.1%-2 hoursaway by rail, busor

car).Thereareample,sheltered and beautifulmooring/anchoringand sailingareas close by on the FaIestuary - a superb cam psite,aswellasgood hotelsand 'Bed and Breakfast'placesin Iovely Truro and Falm outh. Space on oursite isIim ited to a sm all 3 room ed bungalow type building, ., , #we .' w' . wx,>k

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ofthelastcommitteeobjected tothis ''free ridesystem ''#though the Germans and othercountriesstillrun their m eetingsthisway. May lsuggest,thata sm alldonation be m ade by the non-boatowners when they sailforaday on the boatsofothers' ?? lf,

forexample,ten people (easilycarried on aTANGAROA ora NARAI)donated E1.00 perperson (ora bitmore)theboat ownerand hiswife could have a mealout, winefortheship'sstoresora sm allitem

ofequipment.(Themoney donaledon my personalshipswould go to the

P.C.A.funds.) Lastyear,whatshould have been the proud opening ofthe new 'Base'and the 15th anniversary ofthe P.C.A.atthe August Bank Holiday Sum merMeeting, wasquite deliberately sabotaged forthe benefitofanotherorganisation. Thisyear,we hopeto do better.There should be m ore TIKIsaround thatcan trailhere,as wellas biggerboats. 1an hi s TEH 4N Ito thism eeting,so British, French and Dutch ownerscould m akethis meeting thecentralpartofan exciting sailing holiday. Please write in advance,ifyou are com ingand how,so that wecan plan food,events,etc.W e Iook forward to seeing you.

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