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The Sea People

Magazine of thePolynesianCatam aranM sociation

@ PCA 2000

Contents

NAIRAI MklV - Havaiki

PAHI 42 - Build

Cruislng -. Square Rigs

TANGAROA MIIIV - Sirimamy

PAHI 42 - Tirla

PAHI 26 - W aruna

PAHI 63 '- Big Cat

TANE - Modification

Cruising - Provisioning 18

Cat Corner - Culatra 20

Cat Corner - W hitsundays

HITIA 17 - Jodi 22

Tips Hints and Gadgets 24

News from Sea People 25

Book Review/Ditty Bag

Editorial Team : AdrianAssisted By: Scott & Steve

e-mail : PcA@ multihulls.uk.comweb : www.multihulls.uk.com/pca

Editorial Address:PCA@ Carbeile MillTorpointCornwa I I PL1 1 2NW

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Buying or selling. talk to the Broker who knowsyour type of boat represents you properly, andpromotes your boat World-wlde.

It's rare to f ind a buyer now who doesn't haveaccess to the hnternet. and we're now gettlngbetween 240 & 350 visltors per day to the web-site.

At thls moment we have more than 35 W har-ram Cats Iisted for sale - and they are selllngl

It's now possibie to predlct the upper & Iowervalues of the various models.tprpces the marketis prepared to pay - I 'd agree with any bullderthat it's impossible to get the true value of thebuiid but you get a number of years great sall-ing from the boat flrst) lt couldn't be done be-fore, people had to guess, Brokers hadn't aclue.

W e also know the value of pultlng an extra ef-fort into bulld flnlsh & good maintenance. Ne-glect these & you will Iose thousands ofpounds when you tl'y to sell plus walt a Iongtpme for a buyer lt's much more Im portant thanthe am ount of gear you have on board.

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Rebuiid - Pad 3. Dave Irving and Lena Ljungqvist come to- 'twards the end of their project to update Havaikl for ex-tended sailing,

f build and we '? ' '1 999 was the third summer o our re jwere determ ined to Iaunch in time for the PCA c'Eclipse' meet in August. Sea People 36 and 37 de- ' .% # .-' ) p '>'scribes how we had made Ionger beams and glassed '.'-them rigidiy to the hulls, however there were some . '

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Re-shaping the bows was quite straightforward but t. ' .: -

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pleasing and should improve the sailing performance. :) Ism''!- g. ',,9ti&.. .u ; . .6 -, . 4 L -.;yu .It also seems to improve the Iines of the hulls them- .. . .>F' '' . . .., z % . &et. , .< .e - ,;4 .selves. ' u-' . 'T - ' ' î -2 #.. '

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the skeg / rudder com bined is an airfoil shape with the .' . zsrl ' ' ';Vlc!

.trailing edge thinned down to 6 mm. The upper part of *$ #' -.itt- . .. . . . .- e''the rudder is also faired in with the hull. The Ieadsngedge of the rudders ends up about 1 50 mm thick (the Bows

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same as the stem post). The gap between the rudder Above: Lena working on the new ''flne'' entry bow.and boat is closed off with glass flaps. Yes these will B

elow: The finished resultbreak off In time. I know, but we may get a coupse Ofyears out of them . The rudder fittings end up buried %underneath the foam so to replace them will requiredigglng out the foam .

W e had great plans for the 'scaffold tube' prop shaft inIlghtwelght materials. W hen the time cam e, l wentand bought a new scaffold tube for E20 and welded ona 'new' unlversal joint from a Sherpa van. Incldentallythe oId tube had rusted away from 4mm thick walls to1/2mm thick! 1 think we can safefy say that 10 years isthe Iim it for a scaffold tube in seawater.

Making the new steering system was good fun afterfalring foam - the picture describes it best. (P3)

W e Iaunched on August 1 9'. - Just in time to motor tothe eclipse 'raft up' in the River Tamar. Of course wehaven't completely finished. There are windows to fitand the rig to sod out, but we were both pretty wornout when we cam e to Iaunch and desperate to getaway from the boatyard. Anyway we are both thrilledto bits with the result. Havaiki's new wider beam looksrlght and aiI the old beam troughs in the deck are nowsealed up with clean flush decks

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Gerard Janssen. Netherlands, updates his build project fromhis Iast article in Sea People 38.

I have done llttle writing Iately, and my excuse is that lbeen too busy working on m y Captain Cook! 1 be-lieved a few times already that she would be ready forpaintlng by the end of the m onth but this didn't turnout to be the truth. Perhaps it shall happen this month,but there are still many small jobs that need to bedone, and this takes more tim e than I expected. Oneof these days I should be able to take the paint rolleranJ brusb to band.

Soorl 1 hope to be able to dismantie the boat. epoxythe places that have not been done, paint her, moveher outslde and reassem ble her. Once she is assem-bled I plan to put the finishing touches to the inside ofthe hulls, and put her in the water early in 2000. Scott

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sold my other Captain Cook ''La Mirage'' for me while Iwas for a holiday with my daughters in New Zealand.Thls gave me the finance to flnish off this Pahi 42,and 1 purchased a 27hp diesel motor.

From past experience, l know 20 hp to be more than asatisfying motor unit, but I found out that the motorweighed about 230 kg., so when I saw a 20 hp dieseloutboard motor advedlsed, I went after it. lt was stillfitted in the boat, and it started first try, also it didn'tmake half as much noise I expected. His asking pricewas 4500 guilders and l offered him 3000, which heaccepted.

The motor Iooked so big, it could have been 30 or 40hp. After I had a good Iook at it at home and made aphone call, l found out it was only 8 hp. I phoned theseller and told him I wanted my money back or l wouldreport him .

1 m ade him the offer to pay m e back 2000 guilders,and I would purchase the m otor for 1 000 guilders. Af-ter l had seen a Captain Cook sailed with a 8 hp. pet-roI outboard from Friesland to Vlaardingen, I believedthis to be a good deal for me It ts a work motor and a

diesel, and seeing I have a sailing ship expect her todo the job! They now build a 1 5 and 25 hp. diesel out-board , a nd the agent is wiI ling to g ive m e 20% d i s-count.

It would be nicer to have one given to me, and I'mworking on it, ha. ha!

Havlng a diesel outboard gives the advantage of hav-ing a motor weight of no m ore than 8 1 kg You cansteer with it, uses Iess fuel, and safer than having pet-rol on board!

W hen in New Zealand Don Brazler took me for a 24hour sall on his cat (Narai). which I really enjoyed andit gave me the push to work like crazy on my own catwhen 1 returned here. It is gettlng colder out here, andI shall have to hurry to finish the Iast epoxy work, anddo the paint work outside. Once the boat is assem bledoutside I can finish the wiring, insulation. painting andwhat have you!

I was told that there was catam aran in Scheveningenharbour from Russia, and went over to have a Iookyesterday and m et the crew. The translator had goneback hom e. but one of the jads spoke a b1t of English,and 1 found out a few interesting things about them Ialso received a story from them which was printed in aDutch newspaper. They built the hulls from tltanlumthat was recovered from oId tanks. It took them about8 years to build, and believe she is about 1 5 metresIong and they sleep in the hulls. Between the hullsthey built an alum inium cabin from where you cansteer. They cook on a large wood oven and have slt-tlng room to eat, and also a toilet built in. It is incfedi-b1e how they made things they needed Iike mastwinches. etc.

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a) bridle: two attaching points divide the yard into 3 equal pads.b) halyard: is tied to bridle.c) 2 braces: one at each end. Iong enough to reach back to the aft beam.d) 2 Iines: tied about a foot apart to the middle of the yard, used to stop the yard swinging away from the

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a) downhaul: fastened to weather tack, (Use Iong length so it can be used lanyard fashion).b) sheet: fastened to Ieeward tack (clew).

Sequence of hoistinq the snuare sail.1 , Lay yard and sail across the boat in front of the m ain mast.2. Check that aII lines mentioned above are fastened to yard and sail; lay them out over the deck, being very

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4. The two 'yard backstays' are Ied around the mast backwards but not fastened down yet.5. Fasten the downhaul onto the first m ain cross beam threading it through several times to m ake a purchase.6. Lead the sheet through a block on the Ieeward gunwhale, and cleat it temporarily.7. Hoist the sail to its required height about 2 feet above the deck.8. Pull the two yard backstay back hard and cleat them .9. Next. you must play the downhaul. sheet and braces until the sail sets satisfactorily.

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I - I IBen M ullett brings the story of two families, and one Imagine. and staded by gently cruising with Karen aroundboat, up to date, Plymouth Sound before taklng a trip to Falmouth, which

Karen found good fun particularly when compared to am ONO.

On the first of June 1988 Ffank and Karen Cammidge Iaidtheir first keel at which time Debs Klein was a sophomore inHigh School,

It had aII started even earlier. with Frank sailing 420s atschool thanks to a dedicated geography teacher taking themout orl wirltec weekends. lt was frostbite dinghy sailing inthe snow and Ice that sowed the seed for what was to comeand Frank has wanted a boat evef since.

W hen Frank and Karen married they had been planning tobujld a boat, slnce they had been put ofï production boats bythe start prices of around f70,000. for the size they fancied

They then tried day sailing together to 'find out what a ropewas ' and Karen was so unimpressed by Iiving at 45 de-grees that a hold was put on progress. Then Karen saw aTV item that mentioned catamarans did not heel more thanten degrees.

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Richard and Debs. Starboard hull coming together!

So off they went once more to the boat show. Unfortu-nately. as we a1I know there Is still a price problem withmany ready-built cats so now a Iong search was on for acat they could build economically.

lt was in Practical Boat Owner that they found the right ad-vedisements and ordered much information that was stud-ied carefully.

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The poly tent on the right, wlth heater in foreground helpswith epoxy work in a Cornlsh winter.

Breaking the nose off one of the bows on ''Dandelion 11.' onthe side of the anchored ''Imagine'' gave rlse to some teas-ing. which continues yet.

Frank stoutly maintains that it was Steve's responsibslity,''since after aII he owned both boats, and he surely couldhave moved Imagine out of their way...

It can be tricky at first having an extra bow to Iook out for!

The decision was eventually made to build a Tangaroa IV. inorder to have both the headroom that Frank wanted and aseparate heads compadment to suit Karen.

Even then Frank knew that milking 120 cows a day was notgoing Iast him as a career so they planned to build theirboat. do the Atlantic run, and then decide On a plan for theprnew future.

W hen young Jacob arrived the plan was extended to lncor-porate him, and Iater on his little sister Megan. So Frankand Karen found a more suitable house which needed reno-vation and did a1I this themselves.

''Vefy disappointing'' says Frank. ''After months of effort alIyou end up with is another room''. Boats are clearly difïer-ent .

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Eventually. inevltably, they declded on a W harram. Thiswas as much on the basls of the James W harram Designphilosophy as the considerable appeal of the boats.

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''Bullding a Tanfjaroa ps ever so easy'' he says.The flrst hull took three years. the next elghteen months

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Then Fçank took 111 with organo-phosphate polsoning.The next three months were spent in a bed the next twoand a half years in a wheel chair that he stlll needs attimes, even today.

In what he describes as ''a bout Of pragmatlsm'' Frank de-cided there was Itttle future pn building a boat he might

never saik, ln the garden of a house that was tied to a job And the deal was done. They certainly ace beautiful hulls.he could no Ionger do. The priority was a roof over the fam-

W ith advice from Steve Turner & Dave Irvlng, Richard andDebs have added two feet of beam and converted the boat

So their part bullt Tangaroa, now two undecked hulls was to a monocoque design. She now has three beams and ex-put up for sale. and bought by Richard Mcllroy and Debs tra cabin volume in side boxes as well as an extended coachKleln. roof. She is Iooking good. and should be vef'y comfortable

to Iive on.They come from poles apart - Iiterally. Debs is fromAlaska. whIIst Rlchard Is from South Afrlca. They needed afair dose of wanderlust to stand any chance of meeting andhave travelled together extensively in exotic reglons, includ-ing Madagascar.

They sought a more permanent way to continue this -The rig is twin masted Tiki with equal helght masts, and

Richard has joked that he proposes flying a hull. althoughDebs is clearly less keen on this. Not keen at a1l actually.Something about ''Not with our home you don'tl''

There is stlence on the Iine. Frank is saying nothlng

''W eIl how about three grand and weell take you alI sailingwhen the boat is finished?''

''Is that a promiseo'' asks Frank 'iYes it's a promise''

Their plan is to be afloat for the PCA gatherlng in 2000, andto take Frank and Karen sailing wtth them before settlng sallfor deep water. Their ultimate destination $s Debs's nativeAlaska so you will flnd them well intormed on types of Insu-Iationf

They have named their boat ''Sirimamy''. This comes fremthe Malagasy for sugar and translated Ilterally means ''SweetSalt'' an evocative name for a boat.

Meanwhile Frank is slowly recovering hIs health and has re-cently been able to drive a car agaln. He has plans to bullda much smaller cat for day saillng based on a pair of modl-fied canoes. This Iooks very interesting.

There Is also that promise from Rlchard and Debs that theywill aII go sailing together orlce Sirimamy Is afloat. Thls wasrenewed this August when Frank Karen Jacob and Megarlcame to vlsit Richard and Debs at Carbeile Mill

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maybe a truck chr 4A D with accommodatlon? Or bicycies?Or Kayaks/ Or something.

W hen Richard and Debs took a rlde on a monohull in theComores they Ioved sailing but hated the mono roll and re-Iated vices. They also kept meeting people who were sall-ing or bullding W harrams Tehlnis and Pahis amongst oth-erS.

Someone had given them a James W harram Designs cata-logue. and they went on from there so when they heardfrom Scott Brown's brokerage of Frank and Karen's twohulls for sale, they went to take a took. saw the quality ofFrank's wofk and hastlly borrowed some money,

Rpchard negotlated the purchase on the telephone and itwent something Iike thts:

''Frank I haven't got three and a half grand and I can't getthree and a half grand. but 1 Iove your boat so would youaccept threer?''

Detail of an intermediate beam. The web is ply, with thecapplng pieces Iocated by routed channels. There are atIeast 4 webs at r'ght angles that Iocate the web and capsand side boxes Ipmitlng torsional twisting. AII joints aremade wlth epoxy/mlcrofibres and colloldal silica fillets

I - Iwinds of 25 to 35 knots often beating round headlandsJ

ohn and Fae W halley tell the story of ''Tirla and the Foamwith wind against tide short seas. W e have done thelncidentn. A cautionary tale! ,sam e trip on mono s several tim es in slm ilar condltions.The diference was marked and we were a Iot faster

Fae and 1 bought Tirsa in 1998 and have completed a and the lack of crew exhaustion due to not heeiing wassubstantial refit. I think we m ust have been the amazing. Domestlc tasks and general life aboard at''yuppies'' referred too by the reference to portable sea was 8 rewarding experience despite the freezlngphones at the 1998 Southdown meet! However a Iot cold weather. W e made Ramsgate, then onto thehas changed since those heady days. W e brought Swale where we stayed overnight before Ieavlng ourTirla in order that we could spend a few years getting three othef crew In the Ship Pub at Conyer.her how we would Iike and also recovering fromsome 30 years worth of the ''Iuddite'' disease Other- Fae and I then had a magical trip across the Thameswlse known as m ono hull sailing! Estuary towards Falm outh and up the Spltway and

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across the sands to Harwich. Brighton to Harwich is asmall trlp by W harram standafds but a great leap for usln Iearning and experiencing the boat and its particularidiosyncrasies. W e Ieft her in Guy and Martln's care atCustom Boats at Shotley.

I work in the City of London, well at least I did. InApçis 1 997 our company merged with another andnearly a thousand people becam e pad of a musicalchairs game where the prize was a new job, thesame job or no Job. After surviving for thirty years inthe business I was advised I fell into category three.

There goes the portable phone. However at 50 it didmean I was at a crossroad and Fae and I decided Itwas tim e to live a financially m uch more risky buthopefully enjoyable Iife aboard Tirla.

W e had purchased a new alloyZephyr, it ls excellent at 8ft 6in,carrier. Made tn the UK it hasg ing .

sailing tender called arobust and a good Ioadno welds or standlng rig-

Geoff Pack once said that only 5% who say they willgo actually set off. W e are trying hard to be part of5 O/o .

At Southdown and with extensive help and input bySteve Turner and Scott Brown, Tirla's rig was signifi-cantly altered. D Sails m ade a new m ain, m izzenand genoa. Large mainmast and a m ain boom nowglves her the same proportion of sall area as stan-dard Pahi 42. This new rlg has transformed her sail-ing capability.

W e sailed Tirla to Brlghton ln atltumn 1997 andchose to take her to Shotley Marina In ''Ha- ich'' fortbe final stage of her refit. Tirla was to be re-sprayeda gloss cream and the electronics such as Navtexand our oId radar etc fltted to her.

W e had a rea rry rough passage last Easter wpthOut she cam e and flve weeks pater Fae and I plas helpfrom frlends, had cut out EVFRY FLOOR rn the boat

Following my departure from work we Joined the boatand stne was refloated early in June (60 ton crane! ) SheIooked excellent.

On the fourth day afloat, and within 48 hours of leavingfor the south coast and the Blscay Bay Blue W aterRally, I stepped lnto the forward locker area of the porthull and was not happy with the ''feel'' underfoot of thepIy floor. To say m y heart sank would be an under-statement because I knew the lower areas of Tirla hadbeen filled with closed cell foam and sealed.

I cut the floor open and Iooked at a soggy m ess of wa-ter on top of foam and som e clear signs of delam inattonof the floor. l knew the entire boat had the same con-struction. W e d$d not sleep wepl that night. wonderlngwhat was under aII the floors. . . . . . . . .

and the Integral water tanks to expose the originalh ul I .

In total we found water in three compartm ents out ofabout 30, and damp in several other places. AIl wasfresh water from various sources.

The yard could not have been more helpful as theyalready had a full work Ioad with owners no doubtpressurising them to finish work on jobs booked tobe done in a hurry as the sailing season was well ad-vanced.

By Iate July 1998 we had a rebuilt port bow and sev-eral feet of the starboard aft end being repaired.Needless to say we had to abandon ship and unloadkit, emotionally the rspping of pIy was too m uch totake so we returned home as there was Iittle wecould add to the process.

As merltloned we were to go around Btscay on theBlue Water Rally (planned before I knew about my''no'' job). After Ieaving work we decided to still dothe Biscay Rally and then return hom e to sort out ourlives ready to Ieave full tlme ln the spring. W emissed the start of the Rally but decided to go ''longterm'' as soon as Ttrla was ready. W e spent threehectic weeks gopng from belng an urban couple topreparing to Ilve on the boat. A hundred things were

lf you have a W harram with foam lt Is my advice to takeit out ASAP because lt m ay stop you sinking but it wlllprobably be the reason why water enters the hull ln thefirst place. Clearly our damage was from fresh waterinside the hulls. lt only seem s to have taken a plnt orso and in time the two affected areas epoxy was cir-cum vented by pin holes or end grain vulnerabllity.

requlred to be done before one could cut loose. W ehave found it's hard work gettlng out of the consumersociety. . ... . .. . ... they don't want anyone to escape!

Foam wlll never be allowed back on Tirla nelther will in-tegral water tanks. She now has flexible rubber bags inthe oid tank area. These will also have clear air flowaround them . Nothing Iike closing the stable door etc.

But we have Iearnt the hard way

Having dug out nearly 9Oft of the stuff with gardenequipment, we are now expects at foam mining. Any-one doing it should have a word with us first as weIearnt some excellent technlques.

We were lucky to ftnd it BEFORE we Ieft. W e can nowsee al4d ventllate the whole sub floor hull area. W ehave improved m any aspects of the boat durlng the en-forced stay and we're hopeful that we are not now go-ing to suffer another UK W lnter

1'm pleased to say Tirla was very well built and wassoon back In first class conditlon ready for Fae and I toIlve aboard.

W e now see the rlght sort of foam . . . on waves!

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W e got your address from the ''Tirla'' crew. Fae andJohn dropped their anchor also in the bay of San An-tonio in lbiza. W e suppose, the first thing John did af-terwards was to say hello to the Pahi 26 next to him .W ell, as we are not members of the PCA - yet, wewanted to 1et you know what Is happening with''Waruna''. We bought her in 1 998 in Bremen (N Ger-many). She was ashore for more than a year, stand-Ing uncovered under a tree and waiting for a new en-thuslastic W harram owner. W e knew that the secondowner tried to sail the M editerranean Sea, but gotcrazy after a while due to the bad weather. That was afew years ago. He took 'W aruna'' back to Germany forselllng. W e then found her and bought her. The trailerm ade it very easy to take her hom e. Hom e is/was aIittle close to the Baltic Sea. W e thought ''W aruna''was ln relatively good condition . W hen we started tostrip off the paint, we found rot in the deck, front andback of the hulls. W e also had to do work on thebeams and the outboard area. W e worked in a veryoId sheep stable Ioaned to us by a friend. It took fourmonths to make ''W aruna'' as pretty as she is now.

Last summer we sailed in the Baltic to find out whatshe could do. This spring, the adventure started inDoria (Spanish mainland) We salled to Ibiza, Mallorcaand Minorca. W e wanted to pass the wlnter In Tunisia.ln the Med. you have to sail where the wlnd takes youand the wsnd (most of the time from the west), didn'twant to blow us to the African coast. So we decided togo back to the m ainland a'nd stay there for our firstwlnter on board. How Iong the trlp wlll Iast we don'tknow. As Iong as we have m oney, it may be for up totwo years - we wil! see. At the moment we enjoy IivlngIn two hulls and even mlss a few thlngs sometimes (atable where we can have dlnner together and a sprayhood when we're in rough sea). Apart from these weare absolutely satisfied with our choice.

Photos. Left: Moored in San Antonio.Below: Just before unloading on the Spanish mainland.Top: The Balearic Islands have bays, coves and beachesthat can only be accessed from the sea.Above: At anchor with the deck tent collapsed on the cabintops.

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Steve Turner and Chris Dunn describe the work in Vienna, which SteveIed, and the Iaunching of Big Cat into the Danube.

Below: The boat starting fit out underthe amazing polythene shelter - goodfor growing tomatoes tool. The poly-thene Sn the top Iefl corner was to stopcondensatson splashing onto Big Catand the guys working underneath!

In thls edition, Chris updates some aspects of the fitting out project. BigCat was brought to the Hamble River, and with the continued guidance ofSteve Turner. the work is completed by a team 1ed by Richard Lalght. Thework staded in September 1 998 and Big Cat finally touched the water inJune 1 999. A cotlple of m onths followed with final fitting of deck equip-ment and tuning the extensive salls and rigging.

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Top right: The first anchor stop. The other boats had afun time. 4 tried 3 times before I got the moorsngrlght Every day after sailing , you can find a new an-chor place llke this. In the summer it is perfect.

Bottom right: W here my tirst sailing trip ended, the boat'snew home port. As you can see lt has been modl-fied, and Iooks a litlle like the new Tiki's.

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C R U ISIN G - PRO V ISIO N INGRobert Sheridan Iooks at a subject close to aII our hearts We were Iucky and had no really bad weather. On reflection

I think l would now add some sort of freeze dried or tinnedfoods for instant hot meals in bad weather when slicingvegetable is not practical. I would go for freeze dried as theyuse less space and they are sold in camping shops. butcanned ready meals would be an alternative as would bottlepasta and other sauces from super markets.

Cured meats like chorizo keep well and add a spicy flavourto dishes at the end of a Iong trip. Similarly anchovies takeup Iittle space and give a Iot of flavour.

Do not forget to ask aII the members of the crew about aller-gies and things they don't Iike to eat. There is nothing worsethan producing a meal which somebody can barely forcedown (my personal dislikes are chick peas and Brusselssprouts and I have memories of a weekend away when they

featured in every main meall).

ln 1998 I was crew on a yacht out to the M ores and under-took to organise and cook the food. Provisioning is coveredin Iots of books so this article does not attempt to coverthings Iike selecting fruit or storing goods but describes themenus I came up with the reasoning and how they worked

out in practise.

The boat was a Nicolson 40 (sorry, only one htlII) and therewere 5 crew. The trip was planned to take 10 days (inboardengine and lots of fuell).

In designing the menus I planned around using fresh foodfor as long as possible. Onions Iast Ionger than most vege-tables so I planned for meals that used a Iot of onions to-wards the end. I also tried to come up with meals that usedpots as the contents are Iess likely to succeed in a bid forIibedy and it is easier to see what is happening in a pot thanin the oven.

ln case of bad weather I made sure we had plenty of tasty'instant' food such as cup a soups. bananas, nuts driedfruit confectionery pesto salami cheese and oatmeal bis-cults plus planned meals which would be easy to cook. Ialso laid in a store of dried food such as pulses and tinnedsteak etc. whlch would keep indefinitely and which sewedas a resel've ln case the trip took Ionger than 10 days.

The meat was aII prepared by a Iocal butcher and vacuum-sealed. On the boat it was kept in the icebox (which wascooled down once a day when the engine was run) and MAIN MEALSIasted aII the way to the Azores despite warm weather, thebutcher said that it would have Iast as Iong without belng in Day 1the freezer. Day 2

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I Iike cooking and hate washing up (no, I do not use everypan) and was happy to do aII the main meal cooking ln re-turn for not washing up. lf you are going to share the cook-ing you need to take into account the culinaw skills of thecrew when planning the food.

We used one gas cylinder and 100 gallons of water in thecourse of the trip. The water was tor cooking, cleaning andhot drinks (bottled mineral water was used as drinking wa-ter) the crew had two showers each and aII washlng up wasdone in fresh water.

Fruit and vegetables were stored in hammocks and this wasuseful not only for keeping them out of the way and reducingbruising but also to be able to readily see the state of theitems.

W e took the hrst days meal ready cooked to ensure we hada proper meal even if things were in turmoil,

W e actually took more than was on the menu described be-Iow as the person doing the shopping had a rush of blood,but it meant we had a surplus and if we had stuck te theplan it would have worked out OK. The contingency is smallas we also had on board alI the food for the owner's family

when they jolned the boat.

The menu you plan will drive the actual quantities of vegeta-bles bought. For fruit I would reckon on about 1 piece permember of crew per day unless there are people in the crewwho say they eat a Iot of fruit, as t remember It we had stuffIeft at the end which was golng off

BREAKFASTThe assumption has been made that breakfast could belargely DIY Uepending on the conditlons and watches Be-Iow is a list of the options that wlll be avallable.

Sliced wholemeal bread wlth butter and marmalade

Pre-prepared dlshStlr f!'y with ricePasta with bolognaise sauce tresh mince andsalad

Day 4 Stew. fresh meat and vegetablesDay 5 Lentil Dahl with curried vegetables and riceDay 6 Stew with canned meat and fresh vegetablesDay 7 Spanish omelette with riceDay 8 Pasta with tuna and tomato sauceDay 9 Chilli con carne (probably without meatl) with riceDay 10 Pasta with 'Speciar tomato sauce (my mother's

recipe using anchovies capers and black olives)

Contingency1 Tinned vegetables and steak for stew2 Pasta with sauce and Soya chunks3 Baked beans

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Porridge oats (10 servings)Soya milk/l-ong Iife milkMuesli

Shredded Wheat (a special request)

And for special occasions:BaconMushroomsEggsSausages

L U N CHTinned tunaCheddar cheeseSliced wholemeal breadOatmeal biscultsTomatoes and other salad ingredientsSalami/dried sausage/hamAvocados

SNACKS AND DESSERTSApplesBananasOrangesMedon

Instant soup (mug)Bite size confectionery barsOatmeal/'power' barsNutsCrlsps

D R I N KSThis list excludes alcoholic drinksMinefal waterInstant coffeeTea bagsInstant hot chocolatePeppermint tea bagsLime cordlal

SHOPPING LISTItemTinned tomatoesTomato pureeTinned steak (M&S)LentissSpaghetli, quick cookingRice, Iong grainedInstant hot chocolateInstant coffeeTea bagsPeppermint tea bagsOat cakesYeast spread

. Tinned tunaTinned baked beansCurry pasteMixed Italian herbs

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UK Sailing Meets

East Coast Rally 14-16 July 2000Contact: Dave Barker 01621 742937

Solent Rally 28-30 July 2000Contact: Dave W eistock 0585 845529

Channel Islands 11-13 Aug 2000Including access to Madello Towers, reef exploring

and visits to ''places of interest''Contact: Dave W einstock 0585 845529

PCA SW Annual Rally 25-28 Aug 2000Plym outh

Contact: Scott BrownDave W einstock, coordinator of the meetings, isorganislng a cruise Iinking aII these meetings-joinat any stage!

Chilli powderAnchovySpinach pureeMango chutneyPestoTinned red beans for chilli 2Black bean sauce 1Dried Soya chunks loogmMarmalade 1 v. IargeStock cubes 1Capers 1Porridge 500gmMini confectionery Iarge pack 2Instant cup soup 24 servingsSoya milk 2 IitresLong Iife milk 5 pintsPitta bread 2 packsCooking oiI 1 small bottleSliced wholemeal bread 10 Ioaves

64gs 1 0,Cheddar cheese 3lb in 1/2Ib packagesFresh milk 3 pintsBacon 45 rashersMinced meat 1 .51bStewing steak 1 .5IbSalami/chorizo 1 whole oneSausages 15Mushrooms at Ieast 1lbOnions 22 large English onesPotatoes 5IbCarrots 2Iblceberg lettuce 1 (lcebergs keep the best alter-

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CAT C O R NER - C U LATRA

Steve Turner Iooks at the southern European utopla -Culatra. Portugal

Roa''. The W helans stayed at Culatra for aI1 of Septem-ber that year and dater wrote to say that of aI1 theplaces visited between U K and N Z. to their surprise itwas the Atlantlc ports of Spain and Portugal whlchstood out. Dave Hender and mate Jane, currentlym aking another Atlantic circuit in thelr 32' GRP Tlk,''Big Tiddles'', have wintered at the lsland for severalyears and are now counted as natlves!

Ilha de Culatra ts one of a chain of Iow sandy IslandsIying off the Southern Porluguese coast to the east ofCabo de Santa Maria. reachlng almost to the Spanlshborder. Although quite close to the busy clty of Faro,Culatra is still as unspolled and friendly as when ''YinYang'' first anchored in the Iagoon back in 1983. Farohas an lnternational akrport. and the island nearest thecity, Ilha de Faro, has been developed as a resod wlthhotels, cam psite etc Ilha Olhao. the lsland east of Cu-Iatra has also seen som e development, but, although Itnow boasts a mains electricity supply. Culatra Itself isstlll an unsophisticated fishing com munity. wlth no carson the island, nor paved roads for them to run on! The

A trip to Southern Portugal last summ er gave me theopportunlty to visit the island of Culatra. I was ln thecountry to sur-vey several Polyneslan catamarans andone of them , the Tiki 26 ''MeIra''. was Iying in the Ia-goorl there.

Culatra was flrst mentloned in Seapeople (r?(). .?) in anartlcle by Johc Shores w'h() visited with his Tehinl ''YinYang'' In 1983 Ssnce then It has been a reguiar stop-plng off place for Nor-th European W harram owners onthelr way south. Many of them have found it so idyllic aspot that they have elther Iingered there far longer thanplanned, or based their cat there whlle they exploredthe Canaries Madelra and the Atsantlc coast of Spainand Portugal .

TIm and Heather W helan vlsited the Island in 1 984 aspart of thelr sem i-crrcum navlgatpon with their Narai ''Ika

''Me/ra'' in tlne lagcrn at Culatra lq the back grtlunl ls ORO ''A)las''

coloufful fishlng village, built amongst the sand dunes,has a few sim ple fisherm en's bars where you can usu-ally get a cold beer and a meal based on the day'scatch. There is a regular ferry between the island andthe town of Olhao on the mainland. Cheap taxis andpublic transport provide an easy Iink with the city and air-port.

Most visiting yachts anchor off the village but cats, andthose mono's who have shoal draught, can dry out onthe fine white sand in the lagoons. The Iagoons are shal-Iow, sandy and tucked in amongst the dunes. providinggood shelter from the Atlantic breakers which roll alongthe seaward side of the islands.

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sleep in comfod. and eating up at the picnic ground inMy wife Lynne and I are small cruisers. Nowthls doesn't mean that we are a pair of midg- 4ets, W hat it means is. that while we are gath-ering the necessary cash for our dream boatwe coastal cruise in small periods of timeaboard Jodi, our Hitia 1 7.

There ls room in the hulls to stow campinggear and supplles, and not m uch else. Yourstruly and wife must spend our days sittingperched on top like a pair of seagulls. Beingcramped for space means that we can storeonly enough food. water and stuff for Iim itedperlods.

W e recently returned home on Boyne Islandfrom an eight-day crulse, after sailing around .

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side of the harbour.The Ssland has a nice picnic ground on the ocean sidewith a shelter shed, tables and seats, and fresh waterwhlch enabled us to eat In some com fort and to hoardour own supply Of water In thls area we had It aboutas com forlabpe as you can get wlth cam plng, as !he

Darkness fell and returning to the shed, we cooked oursupper on the gas barbecue thoughtfully provided bythe councll. Talk about civilised! Our alcohol stoveheated water for cups of tea chasedby glasses of port. Ah. the advantages

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lifestyle, A11 manner of small craft from the ubiquitousaluminium dinghy to Iarge charter boats, entering andIeaving the harbour through the same gap we had usedonly hours before. Soon, it was time to pack up for bed,and we were sung to sleep by the angry buzz of mos-quitoes.

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side channel . Rundle Island is the site of an automaticweather station, and reports of our Iocal wind strengthscome from there. The wind picked up as we nearedCape Capricorn after four hours of sailing in ourloaded-to-the-limlt catamaran. The waves became lar-ger and choppier, and we were glad to at Iast round thecape that had Iooked to be in the far distance for soIong. The Cape Capricorn Lighthouse and buildingsIooked appealing from down below and we resolved toclimb to the top and visit if it was at alI possible.

Once in the shelter of Cape Capricorn, things altereddram atically. The waters becam e still and clear, andwe could see crabs. fish and stingrays a few feet down,going about their daily business over clean white sand.

W e sailed in a few hundred yards, checking out thecamping possibilities. but found that there was Iittleroom above the high water mark to pitch our tent. Theonly place that seemed to be big enough was amongstsome trees and badly infested with sandflies. W eworked our way back towards the cape, wonderingwhat to do. The scenery was magnificent, with tall,tiered buttresses of crum bling rock topped and sup-ported by cushions of white sand. The Iighthouse build-ings far up at the top kooked lovely and mysterlous.

W e opted to camp on the next to last beach before thecape, there being a sheltered picnic table built there,and just enough room for the tent in the soft sandabove high water. W hile setting up camp a Iarge timberyacht came in, showing signs of a rebuild: new-lookingmasts and sails, new anti-foul, bare sanded decks andtopsides. Guess they just couldn't wait to go cruising.They anchored in the same sm all bay, a few hundredyards out.

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The next morning, after visiting the Iighthouse and talk-ing at Iength with Richard and Robbi. the full time care-takers, we Ieft and motor-sailed into Yellow Patch.

Once inside the scene is quite awesome, deep bluewater, the dull green of the bush, and the high, yellowwall of the sand-blow that gives the psace its nam e. W esailed up as far as we could, then past the great yellowdune again for another Iook before heading back outand dropping the hook in some shallower water andenjoying our lunch with the wind and slight waves rock-ing us gently.

Often during the day, recreational fishermen in theiraluminium boats wousd btast past, to-ing and fro-ing intheir quest for the elusive catch. Oh, aII that noise!

W e had a coupîe of swim s in clear water on our returnto camp, and an easy afternoon. W e saw dolphinscoming into the beach to feed. They were so close inwe were afraid they might beach themselves, but theyapparently don't run aground as easily as I do. andwere soon gone from sight.

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out upon a sparkling, calm blue sea. The forecast fromour tiny translstor radio predicted a 5 to 10 knot East-erly, which was perfect for our run of 1 6 miles up theCudis Island coast to Cape Capricorn. W e soon packedthe boat after wading out and towing it into shore on thehigh tide, W ith mainsail and motor, we made our wayout to the channel and turned north, before shutting theoutboard off, raising the jib and enjoying the silence.

W e passed Connor Bluff, and Black Head, a mile or soto pod. A strange shape in the distance ahead becamea fishing trawler travelling towards us. Visibility fromnear sea Ievel on a small boat is not real good. The dis-tant shoreline looked picturesque. with dark rockyheadlands dividing small white-sand beaches.

W lth our shallow draft, we elected to pass betweenRundle Island and Curtls, instead of sticklng to the out-

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Robert Sheridan - ldeas for a deck tent:

1 have found a Iocal camping shop that sells fibreglasstent poles. l plan to experiment with using these tomake a Iightweight deck tent similar to a geodesic tentbut with the fabric going to the sides of the boat ratherthan following the curves of the poles down to thedeck. The deck tent will be tor my Hinemoa that has aftfacing companionways. I want the tent to cover theseand allow standing room. The poles come in sectionswith a 4m total length and are elasticated together.They cost E5,65 for a Ilghter section and E8.65 for aheavier section. I plan to drlll holes in the decks lntowhich the pole ends slot. Sections can be added to 1n-crease the overall length to the poles. Two poles will godiagonally across the deck space from each corner ofthe cabin tops and where they meet in the mlddle beVelcroed together. A third pole will be used to givemore clearance at the aft end. Thls is rigged from hullto hull with the ends anchored on the Outside of thecabin tops. on the rear most points. This arrangementallows for maxlmum head room at the rear of the cock-plt/ deck area. l have to declde whether the cover wlllbe loose, or have sleeves for the poles. l expect that Imight have to have a few guys for the poles, but aim toavoid it. Still to find out how to get more room over thecompanionways.

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prefer a few weeks to contlnue to improve our houseby making a lot of wall-cupboards and finish our bed- Ron & Suzanne Methney, North Carolina Tlk, 38room . the kltchen and our bathroom .

To day as you can see on the pictures the two hullsare returned and fixed on the ground. The stringersare planed and now they are to be scarfed, but forthat, l've to hang up a long plece of wood above eachhull In order to fix a removable plastic tent to warm un-der it. So we'll be able to contlnue to make glue workswhen the temperature ls below 1 5OC.

Its taken three years to get this far. Now l'm worklng pnthe garage and have com pleted the cross beams andoutboard boxes. Next 1'11 start the cockpit/pod, srmllarto the PAHI 42 ''Serenite''. I wlll take the shelter downin April 2000 and start to put a11 the pieces together fora planned Iaunch In Novem ber.

As it is easier to fix a propeller shaft when building thekeels. I've incorporated in the backbones an epoxytube to recetve the shaft just before the skegs. Pre-sent time I don't know yet which engine 1.11 choose butit's not urgent, the more important was do the tube forth e shaft.

W e plan to flnlsh the bottom hulls for next sprlng andso 1'11 send you more plctures Sater.

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''Ydra'' was Iaunched on 26 June 1999 and she salls verywell.she was built during 1998. I would Iike to thank youfor the moral and technical suppod given by Sea People.

Right: ''Ydra'' moored in front of the beach of Maloni, nearAmalfi.

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Slnce Jam es and Ruth m et Bernard In the W est Indlesdurlng their first voyage, this legendary French Iong dls-tance sallor has won him self a speclal place in the an-nals of ocean voyaglng and the hearts of sea peopleworld wide. The four books describing his exploits,whlch Moltessier wrote during h1s seagoing career,hardly rteed a recom mendation from me. They are aI-ready classtcs of the genre.

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