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"Hi Steve, That's great news, good luck with the plans and look forward to hearing your epic tales!"

"James would be very proud of you both !!"

"One of the greatest advantages of the Tiki design is the simplicity of form and function. For such a simple low tech form of hull, beams and rig - you get a very capable boat. By adding boards you will improve the rate rate of leeway only, and only…"

"Thanks Rory, interesting exercise !"

"No I used a Bill Belcher OGM mkII design for Cookie with a large area of vane straight to the tillers. Wilson is based on the wharram plans for their trim tab self steering. I scaled down some of the dimensions that I figured would be adequate for…"

"Is Wilson based on what you used on Cookie?"