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Comment by paul anderson on April 12, 2011 at 12:53am

nice day for it kim,that creaking is still there tho:)

Comment by kim whitmyre on April 12, 2011 at 9:32am

Only the camera and the viewers can hear the creaking ;~) I'm fairly sure it's the aft aluminum beam working its lashing; that's where the camera is mounted. Can't hear it while sailing along. . .The 2 gents contacted me and asked if they could see the workings of the tiki wingsail, so I handed them the tiller and sheets: they were quite happy with it. Both are long-time sailors, and they took to the tiki like a duck to water. I learned quite a bit by watching their expertise.

Comment by kim whitmyre on April 12, 2011 at 10:54am

BTW, what John is taking pictures of is a large pod of dophins that passed in front of the bows. . .They were likely feeding on a school of sardines, judging from the seagulls, terns, and diving pelicans that were following along.

Comment by laurent on April 13, 2011 at 2:55am

i like your tiki because she has symmetrical roofs, the only one as far i know .is it your idea? the tiki's hulls shape are elegant but  the asymmetric shape of tiki's roof even for obvious aerodynamic reason is a pain for my eyes . ok ,it is very very personnal question of taste ... 

Comment by kim whitmyre on April 13, 2011 at 10:07am

Hi Laurent,

The previous owner added the full-sitting height cabins, which are certainly more comfortable. . .I once had thoughts of building a removable fairing for the cabin fronts to make for better aerodynamics, but so far its just an idea! ;~)  Vaea is a reasonably fast boat already, but who would complain about being faster? I remember the remarks of a Kiwi sailor on Scott Brown's forum: "Speed is Life on the Ocean."

Comment by kim whitmyre on April 14, 2011 at 9:30am

Tiki tacking technique (catamaran technique) is shown at about 1:40 into this video.

Comment by Arthur Little on August 24, 2011 at 2:30pm

Hello Kim,  I've just received my plans, and as per norm, I guess, I'm thinking of modifying the tiki to suit my needs.. I've discarded many ideas already, but I do think adding extra height to the cabins will be a good thing.  I kinda like the simplicity of simply increasing the height of the front section (thereby removing the slope) rather than raising the whole roof.  Is it your opinion that this has hampered the aerodynamics?  Secondly, your modified cockpit: some pics show that there are removable sections on your flat deck, in this video have these "covers" been removed? How comfortable is the sailing without the sunken cockpit?  Last question, if I may, is your mainsail at the standard height, or is it rasied to allow you to sit under the raised shelter?

Comment by kim whitmyre on August 24, 2011 at 4:24pm

Hi Arthur,

There is a small added frontal area, of course, but it doesn't appear to

sigificantly effect Vaea. With 15 knots of breeze, Vaea will easily do 12-14

knots on a close/beam reach, depending on the sea state. This is with new

sails, well-trimmed.

I normally sail with the cockpit hatches stowed on the floor of the cockpit:

this gives two footwells fore and aft. If you can do a full lotus position,

the flat cockpit will work fine! ;-) I stow the secondary anchor/rode under

the covered area, and the outboard's fuel tank is partially under this area

as well. If I rebuild the cockpit some day, I would likely build seating

areas capable of storage, and keep the floor of the cockpit open. My cedar

slat seats are great for letting any boarding out, though.

After rebuilding the masthead, Vaea's mast is about 27', or a foot taller.

This is good for a sitting height dodger. Actually, if I sit on the cockpit

floor rather than the deck, there is more than enough room. Vaea's

seats/cockpit deck are actually 6" lower than the top of both the aft and

mast beams.

I could sit under the dodger even prior to adding the extra foot to the

mast, but it was a close fit.

Comment by kim whitmyre on August 24, 2011 at 4:26pm

Boarding seas, I meant to say! I'm posting this from a train going south to Los Angeles from Seattle, so excuse the fits and starts!

Comment by Arthur Little on August 25, 2011 at 5:14am

Thanks alot for the reply Kim, much appreciated! 

So it would seem to me to be worthwhile considering your cabin roof mod, but not the cockpit mod (cos my lotus aint so good!).  I have already decided on a 1' taller mast to give me little more headroom under a bimini or spray dodger.  Hope the train trip went well!

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