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Comment by Meinhard Koch on February 26, 2013 at 4:40am

Dear Ian!

what a lovely boat-hope you never scratch a hard surface! a real piece of art!

Comment by kim whitmyre on February 26, 2013 at 7:36pm

Meinhard, didn't you have a tiki 31 yourself a while back?

Comment by Meinhard Koch on February 27, 2013 at 4:54am

Dear Kim!  I started with a Hitia 17, later built a Tiki 26 (Papalangi), after that a Melanesia - all sold. Now I own a Tiki 38 (Tikimata) which I did not build myself. I started a 38 project the other way round (i.e. first masts, beams gaffs, tillers ) to finish with the hulls last, but in the mean time I got an offer from a friend to buying his Tikimata which I could not resist.  You probabely mix me with Josef Mayer (Austria) and his Tiki31 JOJO, or with Guenther Zimmermann and his Tiki 30 Anna-Sophia (also Austrians ), who crossed the Atlantic in both directions (!)...

Comment by Ian on February 27, 2013 at 5:27am

Thanks again to everyone for their comments about the boat. Ref the wear and tear which is inevitable...in my time I have fitted many lovely oak floors, knowing that as soon as I "let go" someone is going to "decorate" with stiletto heels. You just finish to the best of your ability, then what happens, does.

I have always had the notion that I want to do an ocean crossing so have built to withstand a belting, while having all the time to keep light.  Everything is sheathed and the cabinroofs double sheathed. In the cockpits there are quite a few areas for water entrapment over the stringers. These are all weathered with strong fillets, ditto all around below the gunwhales of each hull. There is a surprising amount of work to do with the cockpits- and all the hatches, which are cambered and on runners which create a double rebate effect and with a double forward hatchbeam encapsulating a water drain.

I could go on but need to get down to the shed!

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