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Heck there probably isn'teven so much as a wooden toothpick aboard. Still this is one of the top end race boats of the world. The running rigging costs more than most Wharrams. This is top end boat building with a highly skilled pro crew and all in sinc and just flat haulin. Look at the acceleration beginning about 30 seconds. shazam!!!!…

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I saw this todat and thiought that it seemed like James should have been involved somehow. The female quotient is certainly present.   http://www.britishpathe.com/video/windmill-girls-and-catamaran

This is not a Wharram, not even a boat. It is however a lashed together wind powered vehicle of some sort

 

We have started the construction of a Tiki 8 meter. This is a fiberglass foam core version of the Tiki 26. We are running a blog documenting this build. Here is a link. http://tiki8m.blogspot.com/

Our Tiki 30 is in Jan issue of Sail magazine. Several nice photos and some commentary about the simple nature of these boats. David www.boatsmithfl.com