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Brilliant listening; in-car, on-the-beach, on-watch.

This month sees the launch of the fantastic new ‘Sea, Sun & Taraipo’ Audiobook, you can listen to intriguing adventures, narrated in the dulcet tones of John & Nicole.

“It’s a great story”, check out all of the reviews, on Amazon.com ‘taraipo’,…

Sailing Friends Worldwide

Cartoon, Friends in Bluff

Almost by accident we created a support network of friends, as we cruised gently round the world, stopping for periods of up to 6 months at a time. The cartoon is by Lawrence Moorcroft who was key animator on the Beatles ‘Yellow Submarine’, ‘Tintin’, and ‘Asterix’ films. Lawrence…

Sailing Friends Worldwide

Cartoon, Friends in Bluff

Almost by accident we created a support network of friends, as we cruised gently round the world, stopping for periods of up to 6 months at a time. The cartoon is by Lawrence Moorcroft who was key animator on the Beatles ‘Yellow Submarine’, ‘Tintin’, and ‘Asterix’ films. Lawrence…

Hello.

My son and I are planning on building a Tiki 21 this summer.

The study plans for the boat call for soft wood lumber.

"Timber: Use a fine grained softwood (white or red pine, spruce, Columbian Pine

etc.),selecting wood for grain and ‘no knots’. A light weight hardwood, such as a light

mahogany (also called gaboon or occume) can be used."

But we have a friend who just sent us this message:

"I have 1000 board feet of white oak logs sitting in my…

The Tiki trailer with swing out cradles is well under construction. I've made some structural improvements including additional crossmembers and attaching the A frame and drawbar to the underneath per Aus/NZ trailer standards. Ive also added longitudinal drawbar stiffeners to reduce flex. With all material being 5mm steel I think it's a bit of an overkill but considering it could theoretically take a T30 then I'm glad it's extra strong. Suspension is all rated to 1500kg and has disc brakes…

I have been a multihull builder since 1976(Wharram type 1 Tangaroa) etc..I  have a lot of skills concerning construction and restoration that I want to transfer to an apprentice over a one-year period asap. I have been building this custom cat for 9 yrs, launched 2018; sea trials coming soon. You will learn: 1) designing  a live-aboard catamaran for very little money. 2)  safe use of fiberglass, epoxy, polyurethane adhesives, caulks, expanding foam; 3) marine woodworking alternatives to…

Bad things do happen .

I managed to lose my mainsail halliard up the mast on my bi-plane catamaran.

Unfortunately the masts are un-stayed and free-standing.…

Hi, my name is Paul and I live in Sydney, Australia. I'm planning on building a Tiki 30 in Sydney starting December this year. Will buy the hard copy plans ASAP and start planning/preparing.

I'm handy (but not a carpenter) and have only been sailing for 5 years (off and on). Overall my understanding of yachts and sailing is limited but I'm…

Tiki 30 was launched in 2018 she was a slow and careful build of quality materials, asking about 18,000

Tiki 26 currently advertised by Peter on Gumtree

Ad ID 1238488592

It reads:-

Built last year, ply epoxy construction to designer's original plans. New Roly Tasker sails, 3 reef points, 8 HP Yamaha 2 stroke OB (only 20 hours). Hoop…

BOOKS FOR SALE - BUY NOW FOR XMAS
Voyage of the Ika Roa is a travel story. We built Ika Roa in Nottingham, England and sailed to New Zealand. Copies are available from: http://bigwords-books.com/product/voyage-of-the-ika-roa-heather-whelan/
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Hi,

An assymetric orcsymetric spinaker is nice on a small Tiki, but did some of you try a topsail? According to the gaff rig, it may be possible. Any idea around?

Cheers,

Éric

Hello. Well I hit an immovable object with my tiki30 the other day. It did rip the port side forestay Ubolt right out of the bow stem. While inspecting the damage I noticed the wood was damp inside. Not really rotten but not a good thing. Repair s are underway and I chopped out damp wood and fitted a new stem piece all epoxied back in no big deal. I never hav liked the though bolted Ubolt Idea to connect the forestay to the stem. I’m considering drilling some proper holes and using a…

latest news! and a new short guide page CP / Epoxy for those interested, I…

I am keen on tracking down this junk rigged boat. Any info would help greatly. Thanks Mark

Hello wharram builders and friends!

Me and my partner Ondra started building our tiki 38 last year in january. We have most of the starboard hull finished now, but we had to stop building about a month ago due to Ondras health problems. 

Sea Views and Almost 10 acres with roughly 400 Very Old Olive Trees near L'Ampolla, Ebro River Catalonia. Unimproved land with derelict Casita, Cistern and Mains electricity. Will trade for Wharram or similar. This property is exactly 1 mile from the sea in a sought after and upscale area.