Agree with Galway Bay, but nowhere more so than with the Tikiroa design. Generally because the boat is less idiot-proof than the Tiki 26 and probably better suited to spartan adventures in [tropical]ocean-conditions than short steep seas or places where you have to tack a lot.

There was the unladen Austrian Tikiroa that was sailed over in squall-conditions, presumably through deliberately 'pushing the envelope'; there is the short waterline-length and long-keeler type canoe hull form; for the technically-minded the speed/stability formulae from Kelsall/Shuttleworth and the like will reveal that the Tikiroa is more tender than the Tiki 26, especially with the original beam; and so on, all contriving to give the boat a poor reputation.

 But hey, second-hand they can cost half the price of a Tiki 26 in the same condition. And properly set up, even with the cutter-rig, there are owners who say they sail just fine. Arguably the cabin-spaces are more versatile than on the Tiki - and so on.

Definitely worth a look? I think so. Even possibly worth building, though I think the design would do well to be a couple of feet longer to get a longer LWL, and it needs a redesigned cockpit. It still seems a heck of a lot of boat for maybe no more than £10K.

Been a bit busy building my own design Pahi (named Pahi iti) since last contributing to this forum and thus have not been able to follow up on requests to show what I was doing. Back when last writing here, I was sailing an outrigger proa (depicted in my avatar) and had built a model of an upsized canoe, a double canoe shunter, which was based on the historic Tuamotu group Pahi shunter and still had  ideas of converting a Wharram design to conform to the east Polyneian shunter config.....had plans of a Hinemoa in my posession that came with the tacker or cat canoe 'Owl' that had been a shared project with my son. Since the Hinemoa has distinctive bow and stern ends, a Wharram Pahi would be a better candidate for a proa conversion and a connecting structure, rig and cabin arrangement following Pahi iti style would be a distinct possibility. Just puting this here as a follow-up to previous posts, since I have managed to finally access this page again. Will try and post a pic of Pahi iti on the mainpage next