Tiki 8ms for the Marriott

Comment by Geminidawn on June 7, 2010 at 7:26pm

Fantastic work they look great! Well done!

Comment by Hector de Ezcurra on June 7, 2010 at 9:31pm

Congratulations David!
Do they have any special protection for that intensive beaching? Just asking to see if I could figure out something for my cat.
Rgds.
Héctor.

Comment by boatsmith on June 7, 2010 at 10:00pm

We put extra layers of glass on the keels of our boats.I feel that this adds less or equal weight than any type of keel shoe and can't become unattached. Any time you are routinely driving up onto the beach it is tough on the anti-fouling paint. We put on extra paint and when it starts to wear off it is a simple matter to touch up the paint. These boats get used 6-10 hrs a day 5-7 days a week year round. They therefore are lifted out with a forklift every 3 months and cleaned and waxed and have their motors serviced and the bottom paint touched up. David

Comment by Geminidawn on June 8, 2010 at 3:02am

What about a keel guard like a sacrificial strip of tough pvc that fits neatly to the keel without causing too much drag, it's light, cheap and easy to replace. Due the ammount of stone and shale beaches we have it's very popular on the boats around here. Lessens my work load substantially.

Comment by boatsmith on June 8, 2010 at 5:39am

With a keel guard you still wear bottom the paint off the guard. You also must attach the guard to the keel. This means fasteners into the keel, which unless properly potted will lead to rot in a bad spot. You also have to be concerned about the keel shoe coming off at some point. For now we will stick with additional glass. Clean and simple

Comment by Geminidawn on June 8, 2010 at 6:20am

Not necessarily, the keel guards I use are adheared with a two part adhesive and if applied properly do not allow any water ingression whatsoever the alternative of exposed laminate will cause wicking which will cause greater problems down the line.

Comment by luis on June 8, 2010 at 9:09am

congratulations david. very nice cats; only a quetion; why you discarded the tiki soft wing sail? it's more amicable for guests as it hasn't boom and sails ery well (maybe the american market claims for modern rigs/sails and i'm not aware of that)
rds

Comment by boatsmith on June 8, 2010 at 10:06am

They wanted to use their existing mainsails due to the graphics. Also they like having the mainsail drop down into lazy jacks for simple stowage.
David

Comment by Hugh Crisp on June 8, 2010 at 3:39pm

The 8m Tikis look great , David.You have done a good job.Do you have more photos of the vessels ?

Comment by Ann and Neville Clement on June 9, 2010 at 12:49am

Wow! Excellent photo of very pretty boats.

I agree that keel guards are a problem. We removed the ones we had on Peace and recommend extra glass. We do beach Peace but it is not common and there is no wear if you select soft sand beaches. Ann and Nev

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