"Hi Marc, I am off for a year and would love to spend some months on the sea, ideally on a tiki 30. So I am very interested in yours and would be more than happy if you could provide me some recent pictures. My email address is:…"
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Building a tiki 30
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Hi everyone, I am off for up to 10 month and contemplating building a tiki 30. I have already started to scout building sites and have found some promising and not to expensive storage/garage spaces…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Stewart Patton Nov 24, 2023.
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"Hey Olmo, here's a suggestion: build something smaller first.
I built an Angus Expedition Rowboat and learned an absolute ton about materials, tools, working with epoxy, and myself as well I guess.
Now I feel like I'm ready to build a…"
"If you want to geek out on daily reports of going against the Gulf Stream on a Tiki 21 for 30+ days, then give this a go. My own 21 has felt safer than even the Sabre 426 that we cruise offshore on in the conditions you mentioned. If you drop all…"
"Absolutely agree.
Just get the plans, make the boat as good as you can but add absolutely no extras, no reinforcement, nothing. Build the simplest boat you can. If things get rough you don't even need a mast. Once you've got it in the…"
"Hi Olmo,
Sorry I do not have any information or value to add to your post, but I too am considering a build of a Tike 26 or Tiki 30, and thought your post to be a great place to ask some questions of my own.
The one single thing holding me back in…"
"Hi Olmo,
the Wharram time estimates are generally for a fairly roughly finished boat. This is a fine way to do it, but most of us make the mistake of overthinking and over building the boats, which leads to large increases in the time needed…"
Building a tiki 30
Hi everyone, I am off for up to 10 month and contemplating building a tiki 30. I have already started to scout building sites and have found some promising and not to expensive storage/garage spaces near me. Nonetheless I am still not 100% convinced if I should go ahead as I am not completely sure what I am getting myself into.A major concern are the building time estimations. How realistic are they? Did you manage to build your boat/s within the estimated hours or is there an average amount…See More
"Hi Bart,
I am planning to take several months off next year and am currently looking for a wharram to spend that time on sailing around europe. I'll be visiting Rotterdam early September and would love to stop by on my way.
All the best
Olmo"
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