Iain & Cherry Mae Cairns

Male

Waitakere

New Zealand

Profile Information:

I am:: A home builder, I own a Wharram, Other Multihull
What boat (s) are you building or do you own?: Modified Oro with a center cabin & junk rig, currently sailing on a 16" marui cat.
Country, City, and State?: New Zealand
About me or us?: I have owned three other wharrams in the past.
1st Wharram was 30" found it standing on blocks under the motor way flyover, there were homeless people living in the boat. It was a mess.
After a lot of hard work, I sold the boat b4 I it got to the water & then I moved to England.
The Wharram in England I found abandoned on the river Mercie, I bought it from the Yacht Club. Again I left the country b4 I could get it on the water.
Teheni, whick is now "match sticks" she rotted out & no chance for repair.
Now I own an Oro with center cockpit.
Looking to?: Sail my new Oro - junk rigged to & live in the Phillipines.

Comment Wall:

dave tomlinson

hi yes sold our oro that is at litle s bay a while back, good cruisy boat with lots of room, have another smaller glass cat in Akl now, there is a good narai for sale but 65k. you can get boats built cheap in the philipines i hear ? dave

Mar 19, 2011
boatsmith

Hi Iain, I am David Halladay with Boatsmith in Florida USA. I think you are thinking of Andy Smith with Junction Boatworks in the Philippines.

Mar 30, 2011
john farnsworth

have you tried moving the hulls individually, then put them together in a boatyard?

also what about a flatbed lorry with a hyab, like a builders merchants lorry.

just a thought

Apr 9, 2011
dave tomlinson

did you still need details of the oro in auckland , i have been away a few weeks sailing, dave

Apr 15, 2011
dave tomlinson

looks like you bought the tehini at dairy flat, lots of potential there, dave

Apr 15, 2011
dave tomlinson

name is duff 094730518 real simple steel straps wrapped around beams and down to hull sides, 4 on each beam, has workedwell for 30 years and no flexing so can add center cabin, duff has rebuilt cabin , ring him and have a look. nice trips to barrier great weather,boat went well in light winds better than windspeed and on the way out surfing at 15 knots. you got it at the right price is good , i am looking at a couple of better boats with more room at the moment, so could be selling mine before long ,its like a modern wharram concept in a way, will try and put a photo on my page. dave

Apr 16, 2011
sam

hi ian

you must be brave or crazy to take that on . is that the teheni that was built in thames on the wharf & sat there for some years . have you thought of using a lateen /crab claw rig ? good luck with it cheers sam

Jun 24, 2011
Iain & Cherry Mae Cairns

Gud day Sam!!! well a little bit of both helps, when u r contemplating a project like this. Yes this is the Teheni that was build @ the Thames, have not thought of using any other rig. Have my heart set on the junk rig. Gud luck with ur boat as well.

Jun 25, 2011
Jean Marie Wisniowicki

Hi Iain Cairns,

thank you very much for your beginning friendship. I'm writing a comment of Big Cat Owners . I'm not finish after 2 hours of difficultys with my english...

I'll write you later.

bye bye

Jean Marie

Sep 21, 2011
Iain & Cherry Mae Cairns

do not worry about writing in english we all have translators online, so u can write in ur native tounge

Sep 22, 2011
Jean Marie Wisniowicki

Hello Iain Cirns

It's ok si, but can you give me a adress from a good translator online, so can I read your writing ? Thank's

Jean Marie

Sep 23, 2011
Jean Marie Wisniowicki

Thank you for your good sense of humour . do you'r luky to understand anything of th computer. I'm from de generation who discover the computer like a alien...

The question is: how translate google my spelling mistake ?(hoho , that's coming from the dictionary !)

Last question: where can I read more of your boat'sadventure until the beginning if is possible?

I go to find a solution/translator of google !

Bye bye

Jean Marie

Sep 23, 2011
Robert Lusignan

Thanks! yea, pictures would be great! My email is Roblusignan@gmail.com

Sep 24, 2012