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The Sea P- ple

Magazine of mePolyne ianCatamaranM sociatlon #

@ PCA 1998

Contents

Ruth's Letter

HITIA 57 '- ModKcations

Aoraki

TIKI 26 -- TIKI

Sudcat 'h' Noa Noa

TIKI 26 -- Dahna

Hitia 17 -- Jodi

Healtb and Efficiency

Cat Corner -v Isles Of R illy

Tips Hine & Gadgee

Hlnemoa '- In Brazil

TIKI 21 '- Cooklng Fat

News from Seapeople

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Editorial Team : Adrian. Steve, ScottAssisted By: Annabel

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LTane us14,000$ yTiki 26 GRP E9,750 klS ain pTiki 26 GRP E10,000 lTiki 26 GRP E1 1,150Pahi 31 Nellie f 11,500Narai 4 f 19,500Tiki 28 E18,500Narai 4 E30,00OCaribbeanORO Mannini E34,000Pahi 42 reduced E43,000

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Ruth Wharram passes on the - .

news frofrl 'Spirit of Gaia '

The Iast issue of the SF-A PEOPLEsaw the SPIRIT OF GAIA slippingback into the water in Brisbane.Australia, and James. Hanneke :and Jamie continuing their voyageback towards Europe up to theirarrival in Bali

Unfortunatesy, the dimculties andunpleasantness of the lndonesian 'bureaucracy remained. so thatapart from a short visit into theinterior of Bali to see at Ieast some-thing of the country, they decided tosail rather to Christmas Island in-stead of asong the Indonesian is-Iand chain. They sent their Christ- ..N, .mas tzards from the island. but Ieftit before Christmas, which theyspent at sea.

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sri Lanka was their next port of call 'y '@, ': .' . . .. . ...u. J...k ;.; $ Tm . 5 . %

which they really enjoyed with their . . a- a''.*..''''z. -. .. .S.. px., . ..-pgfirst hollday away from the boat for '' ' '' . - - mi'r*-.

. ; us y .x. .r. . ..some time. Going up into the . .' - .- 1g. -- % .J '' 'T'--% k-- . -'mountains in the interior, feeling i -:2cold for their first time since Dar- ''

. +.sj-win, they sent back Iovely pictures 'Yof the scenery, the boats, the mu- . - .r.. . ''>'seums and temples - fodunately . ' .,w

they just escaped the bomb attack - c-'; . .at the temple of Kandy where 16 ''!-

... ,a z)peopie where killed. ;, .

qt ' '' 7-ln Sri Lanka, they were joined by Vr'v .

Ernaid Pearson well known by '''' ''' . 'Some PCA mem bers as he had jr) ' *'

>r.sailed and owned quite a number ' .

of W harram cats He was born in .Sri Lanka - just 60 years beforeand they made another trip into thecountry to visit Ernald's father'srubber plantation.

Another new crew member is EricMullink, who had built - and exten-sively sailed eur MELANESIA. Hebrought hIs sister along, so thatHanneke has some extra help inthe galley

There were 60-100 yachts in Galle,Sri Lanka. ready for the Red Sea.

W ith a1I that combined knowledgethere was another change of plans.Not only has the Raft Voyage beenpostponed. but Aden, which, ac-

As for the work in the hom e base,the 150th set of MELANESIA build-ing plans has just been sent off,and Mike Ricks in Australia (TIKI21 builder). who had built aMELANESIA for GALA and then

cording to Rory, had been a ve@good place as stopover for stockingup and good 'weather forecasts,has now imposed an 80 dollar entryfee for every crew member, so thatthey are now a1I heading for Omarlinstead. A1I being well, they are nowon their way there.

one for himself, wrote:ul made a crab claw sail out ofcalico, which is a bit Iight, but hold-ing together so far and spent a fewhours handstitching the ropesaround it! Had no trouble rxailing it.main sheet in one hand, paddle inthe other. Steering by raising andlowering the paddle works ve@ wellexcept downwind. when you haveto use it m ore like a rudder. Greatfun, and I m ade a few other sailorsstop and stare. The whole Iot goesin the back window of my Kombi.''''In fact, I have just been for a sail in

the canoe in a strong afternoon seabreeze. a bit too strong actually,and the ama was mostly underwater. and everything bending wellbut l've still never gone close totlpping over''.

they hnally made a sail for thelroutrigger canoe. It was definltelycooler, so that it was possible to doa bit more work and they are nowon their way to Djibouti before en-tering the Red Sea.

From Shige Nakamura in Japan weheard that the TIKI 38 has finallyarrived from Zimbabwe and thatthe Iaunching should take place inMarch with a gathering of W harrambullders

1 am fortunate that John Barker. adesigner and draftsman has joinedus to Iook after the deslgn side ofthe buslness with his m ain workbelng the new TlKl 46 design, theprototype of which is well underway. and the deslgn should beready and hnallsed when Jamesand Hanneke return.

He is also here to help with thenever ending technical questionsfrom builders and would-bebuilders and take care of requestsfor deslgn modifications.

Here is some news about 3 GAIAvoyages

1) from PAHI 63 - No. 1 , theFEATHERED SERPENT 111, whichwe designed for the explorer GeneSavoy, and then Iiked the design som uch that we declded to build ourown PAHI 63. the 'SPIRIT O FGAI A.

The vessel built in Peru arrived inHawali at the end of January aftera stormy forty-two day voyage with40ft waves Gene Savoy, the cap-taln and dlrector of the 'AndeanExplorers Foundatlon' Intends tospend thls year in Hawail thenplans to sall to Japan. The entirevoyage ls expected to take 7 years

Last week I also recelved a cardfrom Frederika Blalr--rurner whowas on holiday in Kenya when shesaw the 'KAZAKAZI' (Pahi 63) fromSouth Africa sailing into the bay, offLamu Island, with Lawrence (couldthat have been Lawrence Moor-croft''?l on board.

Hanneke. on SPIRIT OF GAIA.wrote from Salalah. Oman, thatthey had a beautiful sail acrossfrom Galle, Sri Lanka, with a twoday stop at the Maldives. There,

Hanneke and James are stlll plan-nlng to bulld the raft mentloned lnmy Iast newsletter. if the indone-

From letters written by James tovarious people, and photographs.which l just received. I note that onBali they saw many beautlfuldugout double outrigger canoes,called Jukungs In the NE part ofthe island hundreds are Iining thebeaches and daily sail out to sea. Inone restaurant there ls one canoehung up with not just an efficienthullform but a supreme artistlcallycarved hull.

Sri Lanka stlll has fleets of 30'..40.fishing 'proas'. i.e. they reverseends and sall position for tackingThey are ve@ strong. tough, fastand stable boats James and Han-neke sailed on one of them - seephotos - and Jam es wrote that hewould have no fear in sailing one athousand miles or so.

There are also a few double ca-noes, made out of 2 proa hulls.

W ell. while I was writing this, a faxfrom GAIA arrived, that they hadJust reached Djibouti, with the Iastfew days encounterlng the firststronger winds, wlth a force sevenat the ends since they had leftDarwin - or perhaps even Brisbane

slan sltuatlon settles. and make thevoyage Bali to Lombok and thenfrom Timor to Australia in Novem-ber this year.

Bill McGrath whom we had met atthe Vaka Moana Symposlum inAuckland. when he spoke about hisnon-instrumental navlgation onBob Hobman's double outriggercanoe, the SARIMANOC. from Balito Madagascar unfodunately can'tcome on this voyage, as for healthreasons he cannot sail any Iongerin the tropics.

W hat he had hoped to do instead,was to use 'SPIRIT OF GAIA' for aNorth Atlantic Vlking era voyage InJune/luly this year - impossible forus of course. So James suggestedasklng Peter Rlchardson whetherhe would be Interested ln uslng hisCAPTAIN COOK 'TOROA', be-cause, as I wrote to Peter 'You arealready half-way theref'' W ill haveto see what hIs answer is.

In the south of the island the sameoutrigger craft were not proa sailed,but outrigger sailed (i.e. not re-versed when tacking). Unfodu-nately, they have recently stoppedsalllng them

1 hope that the design team will beback when the next 'Sea People'comes out with a Jim's Column'Instead of my newsletters.

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r'ralzl'zyxc z-zw 'z'r cei. cvo h iv1 wanted to make the cockplt m oreopen plan as 1 have salled a Iot withpeople with a variety of physicaland mental dlsablllties. I felt that / ZZ<

thls Iayout would be more comfort- .'----< 1* A'LK'R '*z''Fz-*- -able for any body to sIt In but ln .t .partlcular for people with more pro- -. ;. g gz:.$.,m f jvsw go ,found disabilities To maintaln the t x - nA

no z:m vx 7 'xx ustlffness in the cockpit sides l in- trye,x'.v . $ . x %c .V. Fz-''@A.*+- - k. . J'zmpw,ptended to lnclude a Ievel Iongitudi- Bu-ex z ' )

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that the cut out ln bulkhead 4. N ' 'ought to be reduced by an inch in 'W' -' - - - - . /'wz7 zrzzwidth on each slde and I became / y ' 4.-. a-w-eqzeww'worried that the width would stlll be % ,/' '/ k'5 zap.mtoo restrlcted I decided to m ake a

. /mock up of the cockpit only (from . ... ,''4 ztgz v / % '' 'the floor up) out of scrap materlals ''''T''''I /

.- / gv-cm.,qfHavlng now sat ln lt and trled it for .tïk.(-'rN...4f'r-'Bz: rzn - n

size l feel confident that the design tq.r,..r wwr c-modlfication works and Intend to c'A

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M EETING S

Austrian Rally19/ 20/2151 June 98At Neusiedlersee

Full detalls in Year book.Contact Gerald W lnklerGerald winkler@omv coaat

Nodh East U K M eet24/25/26th July 98

Humber Mouth Yacht Club.Full details in Year BookContact. Simon Belk0 1 4728 1 1 1 1 3

NEW ZEALAND''Do you know about the W harrammeetlng Easter Sunday In the

Mahurangi?''(Plcked up from the lnternet) Ed yl.s you can see. Dave ls rea//y /os/ hlà head over f/?lts projecl/

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John Cooke takes an a/terpalj/e pcA I got study plans for Hitia 14, Iot fudher for hlletingj. And colloidalp'/ew/ on a 14 ' catamaran Iaunched Tj Kj ' 2 1 and Pahi 26 before silica. Ed. Rollers are great forln September 1996 deciding that I'd carry on with my coating, but be careful when you've

own drawings. The Hitia 14 was finished - hot smoking rotlers duethe right size but had a sprit rig - the to fast curing of the epoxy deft

My sailing began in Adhur TIKI short gaff Iooked so much soaked in them and it can melt theRansom e's books, Iike many better (reminiscent of the Dutch plastlc mixing container.others. Eventually learned in reality boats) and the beams and platformln an Enterprise, but for years Iooked more complex than Be- smanaged only occasional sailing. necessary. I used epoxy on theAt Iast. after galnlng a wife and two dinghy, and realised that screws I calculated that box-girder beamssmall chlldren, I bullt an 8' pram were completely unnecessafy - the made from 6mm pIy would be stiffdlnghy and fitled a standing Iug r1g ply/epoxy combination is so strong, and strong enough Test loadtng- the sall hand-stitched. which took a stitch-and-glue construction was (children and adults of differenta few weeks of evenlngsl The obvlously possible. So - on with the weights make good Ioads)dlnghy became too small for me drawlngs confirmed the caiculations

. ttand both the children and on a would be nice to test one toEurope trip In '92 my eye was Eeoxy destruction but I'd sooner spendcaught by the beautlfuj Dutch craft, the time building the boat. TNeIncludlng 'large dinghy' slzed flat- Some people hate it, I Iove it. beams were completed indoors inbottom ed, chlned-hull, blunt bow Simple rules: the autumn of 1994

. They are, ofand stern craft (schouws'?) It @ keep it off yourself (barrder course. lashed to the hutts

.looked a good project for plywood cream, gloves, sultableHowever. havlng become used to clothes) Huubscar-topping the pram, I was @ keep everything cleanconcerned that l'd have to tow a @ watch the temperature The hulls were too big to build inIarger boat - and would only be able * get the mixture exact (use our flat

. so it had to be outside.to Iaunch lt where I could hnd a slip. pumpsj This means dry. warm weather,It must have been afticles on . and don't tfy to do too much and caused the maln delay in

W harrams In Practlcal Boat Ow/rler at once completion I will never build in thethat made me think of a cat 1 had open again Everything had to belmagined them aII as plastic gin- Don't forget a clock to remlnd you covered in tarpaulins

, and nothingpalaces, but the W harram Idea of how Iittle time y0u have left could be done durlng the winterIooked a posslbiliN - by dlsmantllng before the stuff goes (7: The only Ttle hulls were not completed untilIt. l could car-top a Iarger boat! l filler I used was microfibres April .96

. Each hull Is deckedmade cardboard models of hulls makes lovely gap-filling glue, and forward and aft of the (two) beams.before discovering the wide range super-solid hllets (though I guess the ends being sealedof the W harram designs - and the micro balloons would make It go a compadments

. BeY een thebeams is a shallow cockpit (which

fo rwill have scuppers self-drainlng). This sectlon consists ofthree sealed com padmentsbeneath the cockpit floor. The hullsare epoxy coated but only glasssheathed along the keels (100mm

' up the side of each hull) and a shortdistance up the stem and stern

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SAILING

We launched (at Iast) on'.

, x september 1 5 1996. It had beena bit of a rush but we got the boatr

.Je into the water with the name of''' '.K 'Aoraki'

. I had never sailed a cat. .- .= jxjoygj yuj was dejjg jlted With thO

PRdormance W 0 launched in a, u force 4-5 with dinghies capsizing'

aII over the place (and a Hobiezooming along with crew on thetrapeze and one hull out of the

- water), but with our non-racing rig' (8.79 m7) we were perfectly

. stable but still fast - wondeffull -'

and we even tacked correctly the'

. - first time (having read up the

technique in Sea People! AflhurFielding in no. 23, or Derek

Iooks Once 1'd got the sail plan W HEELS Pembleton in no. 28. 1 admit wesettled l needed a sallmaker as did miss stays later) l noticed anthls tlme I thought it would be rather W e Iaunched using Iittle trolleys Odd effect underwater iae. a longa Iarge job for hand sewing! I got a under the skeg on each hull. I have Vortex just inboard and below onecouple of quotes and the best was just built new trolley boxes with Of the keels (if not both - morefrom my 'local' Owen Sails. W hen much bigger wheels which fit examination needed), and Ithey were ready l could ve@ clearly am idships under each hull, they will Wonder if it's this that gives thesesee the advantage of golng to a make the boat much easier to shift, hulls a good windwardprofesslonal sailmaker. They are as they wlll take the weight. Rexormance. W e got out againbeautiful. superbly made, and Launchlng will be Iike trundling a in September. when myperfectly shaped, forming a Iovely ve@ big wheelbarrow daughter, knowing that was theaerofoll In even a Ilght breeze. fEd Adnan, See T/'ps Hlnts d end of the season, sadly asked

Gadgets /asl issue - 34. wrongly hOw dong it would be before we'dSpAas AND RIGGING attributed to Mike Weigh. not you - be back - she's caught the cat

Sorry Johnlj bug too!Toous

THE Fu'ruaeThe gaff was made first lamlnatedotlt of four pleces of 46 xl 2mm asIt's easy to bend In the Jaws during The most useful tools areIamlnatlon dn a sultable j1g (well adlustable clamps (the sort withclamped 1 ) The mast Is also movable jaws whlch grip on aIamlnated. from two pleces of serrated Steel pillar). You canselected 45:70mm pine cut to never have too many when using35x70m m The corners of thls epoxy Hom e-made clam ps withwere cut off wlth a clrcular saw to wedges are wofth thlnklng about,gtve an odagonal secbon. then the you don't need too much pressurewhole rounded wdth a surform as you don't want to squeeze aI1 theplane The whole job of rounding epoxy out of the Jolnt. I found theoply took an afternoon (the mast usual DlY power tools ample - jig-isn't tapered) The mast, as w1th saw, drlll (wIth Gircular sawthe platform and tlllers, is treated attachment), sander (not usedwlth Burgess W oodsealer. another much) There are hardly anywonderful dlscovery from the screws in the boat', even thepages of Sea People (no. 23) The Iashing pads were wired on whilststandlng riggîng js all pre-stretched the epoxy cured.

polyester - fitted into stainless steelU-bolts and snackjes I llke the la'd Syv lsncsstuff as It's easy to splice intoplastic eyes, Ioops for the mast, Bulld time estlmate 180-200 hoursand so on The Jlb. wlth a rope-luff. Thls excludes thlnklng / drawlng /Is set flyrng drlnking etc. tim e. Total cost

E1 092. wood E258. epoxy/hbreglass E2 1 3, paint f50, httlngout f18',:), salls :382.

The Idea was to sail a cat for afew years to see if I like them Ifso, the 'big boat' (for pub-crawling round the W estern Isiesof Scotland) will be a cat tooAfter only two days on the water1'm completely hooked - I'vealready got the study plans forTIKI 30 and TIKI 31 and am golngto have to come to a declsionover the next year or so. Thankyou, James W harram for awonderïul concept.

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The rescue of Tiki

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I flrst saw 'TIKI as a sad 'bedraggled and neglected craftwh1Ist crulslng In my W ayfarer in .1 994 She was Iying on a mud . ' . . '

1berth In Klrkcudbrlght harbour and .

NI never gave hef another thought .

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larger boat became stronger I 'ru m maged through a d raw and .. L ' ikooked up an anclent copy of the w . ' 'W harram magazlne (these boats ' ''' ''had always fasclnated me) and Ldreamt on The TIKI 26 seemed tobe the boat for us but we soon ! '*.':- ' .3.1. . 3 *'concluded that we slm ply dldn't <' -%have funds avallable for a decentone. and certalnly not the tlme tobultd enchantlng as the Idea was ''. ' - 'One day. whlle we were trying todeclde what to do, a flashback of 'm y brfef gllmpse of that boat lnScotland came to me W hat wasshe. was she stlll there. worth anyattentlon or even for saleg

The next day found us ln a dlnghygrasplng the gunne! of a very dlrtyand tfred craft Ir) a 5 knot tlde Onegsance was enough, 'l'm not buylng Deck area wlth a compass rose tablethls' Just before Iettlng gohowever 'Hang on a mlnute aren'tthose hulls glass fkbre' The state of On the beach wlth Tlkl's capaclous volumes to me of the overallthe plywood cockplt had spoken deck tent erected condltlon. but as It turned out she

was the first glass hbre TIKI bulltand aher our eventful trackingdown of Ernle (complete with eyepatch) eventual purchase for asong. (complete wlth the mostextraordlnaf'y dnventory Includlngspare sald eye patch) and a qulte afew days of scrubblng palntlng andjolner'y, she was almost as good asnew I won't go Into the rest of lt

' . save to say that after much soul

. ... searchlng the heavy tdmber mast* ' waS replaced wlth a new alum lnlum

one and wlng sall rIg The oId m ast.

' - - -' . provlded aII the Douglas f1r for new

. . ''' -' decklng forward Of the mast and

.. new trlm to the cockplt Cuttlng It In' half was one of the hardest thlngs

to do. emotlonalky that 1sf

. ' The two most unusual features of

thls one off cfaft are the sldehlnged tlftlng hatch Ilds and thecockplt Itself W e always leave theilds up whIlst salling. they are not Inthe way, and provlde good shelterW e have also made canvas coversfor these whlch glve twoweathertlght cablns wlth standlngheadroom The cockplt Is 300mmdeep wfth a transverse slattedbench at the front and two Iockersat the rear These contaln fuel tank.battery and our Own addltlon afltted kltchen slnk' A whlte canvascuddy completes the set up whIIstunderway Thls together wlth thettftlng llds gtves a vefy secrure anöcomforlable feel to the cockpltwhplst preservlng the advantages ofan open boat W e made anenorm ous canvas tent wh Ich Isver'y successful arld can be erectedIn 1 0 m lnutes 1 flnd lt hard toconvey the maglc Of thls spacees pecla I py I n the eaf 1 y mo rn 1 ngwhen the rlslng sun glves thelnterpor a golden glow

Our major trlp In our flrst year wasround the lsle of Man ln vefy llghtalrs. when she fulfllled all ourexpectatlons Of a relaxed crulslngcraft. and more Our eventual almhowever Is to sall our favouritearea. the Scottish North W estFlnally I must extend my thanks toScott Brown and Steve Turner forthelr heip support and enthuslasmdursng the year We must try andattend the meet next year havlnghad such a good feel about theplace durlng our vlslts

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In the Iight ofexperience....

John Barker sal/lr?g a W harramSt?rfcal In the Solent when thlngswent wrong

Fodunateiy help was at hand Theharbour master's Iaunch, whlchwas escortlng the shlp. was only afew hundred yards away and camestralght over W ords to the effect''You can't park there'' were

exch a ng ed Rea I l sl n g mypredlcament. the crewmanoeuvred alongslde and threwme a towllne W 1th the mast goneand things gettlng urgent. I decldedto handhold the tow Thls was a bIgmlstake W lth the rig hanglng overthe slde. NOA-NOA kept sheerlngto one slde almost belng draggedsideways through the water andthreatenlng to pull me over theslde So. after orlly a few hundredfeet, 1 had to drop the tow , still Inthe channel

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shroud had falled. and the mastwent over the slde NOA-NOA andI qulckly drlfted Into the channeland the path of the huge tanker.whlch was now Iess than one mlleaway and movlng at a frightenlngspeed

It was gettlng late, but I had beenbusy at work and not been out forages Condltions were perïect foran evenlng sall If I Ieft now I wouldget about an hour and a half on thewater before sunset

NOA-NOA, my Surfcat. was keptat Calshot at the entrance ofSoutham pton water W 1th strongtldes. Iots of traffpc and a Solentchop to contend wlth lt's anInterestlng and varled place to Salll love It, you can launch at any stateof the tlde. and for me It was onlyten mlnutes away

The wsnd was blowlng from theSouth W est about force 4 and thetlde floodlng So, havlng rlgged andIaunched the boat, 1 decldedInstead of staylng In the Shelter ofSouthampton W ater 1 would headout lnto ttne Solent and catch somewaves The lncomlng tlde wouldglve me an easy fun thome

A close reach out kept me towlndward of the shlpping channelwpth a bIt of shelter behlnd CalshotSplt It was great Salllng, but thesecondltlons are near the top end ofwhat 'NOA-NOA' can take I washavlng to splll the m aln to preventthe Ieeward hull submerglng . andshe was occaslonaf stopped byzarger waves

Looklng ahead 1 could see a hugetanker enterlng the channel As lwas converglng w$th the channel ldeclded to turn back and run formore sheltered water Conslderlngthe boat's hesltancy In tacklngtjnder suc.h conditlons, l declded tojlbe around Turnlng to Ieewardwould take me to the edge of thechannel. but i was golng fast andwould soon get clear As the boomcame across. there was a crackand everythlng went qulet Tbe por't

NOA-NOA around to the stern, and there had been no sign of anythingThe Iaunch Immedlately clrcled w1th the towline secured to the beforehandaround and came alongside again, fofestay bridle, we slrted the towblocking my view of the still back to Calshot. 2) Have a strongpoint, not theapproaching ship. They threw me They drove the Iaunch. a 45fl. mast, for towing. no matter howthe towline again, but as 1 fumbled 'Nelson' right on to the beach small the boat.to secure it, the coxswain where I had stafted and carefullycommanded me to abandon the unloaded the rig to me. These guys 3) Keep out of the wayl!boat NOW ! were heroes, but I was speechless

with gratitude. As they pulled away, Ed - Adrian. I sail in the Solent' andHands quickly dragged me up on to the coxswain asked for my name it can be challenging withthe deck of the Iaunch and sure and address. a matter of routine in commercial shlèping movements.enough, the towering tanker was lncidents such as this, I was told. A/ways remember the rules onright upon us. So. at full speed, we keeping clear of what is describedheaded to the edge of the channel. I slowly put the boat away - a as a ''moving obstruction''. Theseleaving the stricken NOA-NOA stranded shroud the only remlnder vessels can move at up to zoknotsright in the tanker's path of Noa-Noa's Iucky escape. and at that speed, your margin of

Amazingsy. the paddle and safety may be Iess than you think.i didn't know if l should watch or waterproof bag. which 1 had tied The Collision Avoidancelook away but finally stared around the mast. had stayed put On Regulations now state lkeep cleaf'transfixed as the ship's bow wave the trampoline throughout. zone of 1 kilometre zone ahead'Iifted the NOA-NOA and tossed her 500 metres behind any of theseaside to wallow helplessly but The next day, the local paper ran vessels that work within theunharmed the full Iength of the the front page headline: a//ocaled area detined on Admiraltyshlp's side and clear of the ''Yachtsman saved from tanker charts

. OK for ahead. but 500thrashing propeller Just as 1 was smash.'' I had apparently leapt to metres behind? Tugs areabout to breath again, a new safety, as my 'yacht' was smashed sometimes lowedll Fhere is usualkdanger appeared, tugs were - and my name and address an escorting Police or Harbourmoving Inj approaching from appeared. The next day, there was Master launch, but not always. Theastern, but NOA-NOA bobbed an interview with the crew of the so/ent is a greal area to sa/y in

, butuntroubled between them. Iaunch, and the day after that as John found out

. not without it'sanother paper rang for my side of unique hazards - be vigilant

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Just picture thls. A beautlful Octo- above the water. She is thrilled aII our camping gear. W e haven'tber day, golden sun pale sun Then on fudher and past another had a chance to try them out as yet.bleached sky, turquoise sea, and a pair of Ospfeys who have built a but they hopefully should workfriend up from Brisbane who would similar apadment. The crew are okay The next im provement will bejust Iove to go for a sail. A perfect

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'<they were. they have moved on. d ';However we enjoy a qulet sail 'around picturesque Turtle Island, Lynne proving that it is a very hard life!on an incoming tide with a gentlebreeze easing us along. Then sail-ing towards Quoln Island we spot- feeling tired and Iazy now in the some handholds for the crew. asted more dolphins. and headed warm sun. and Iie down on the On that same trlp Lynne felt as ifover towards them getting a Iittle trampoline with hats over faces she could easily have been washedcloser this time before losing them. dozing while the intrepid skipper overboard, the trampoline becom-After a short while we spotted them forges on. ing very sllppery. Keep up the goodagaln and got closer still not real work you blokes it's a great maga-close. but close enough to give Then everyone awakes as we zine!Allisop a better look, before we round the rocks on the southernturned away from them and slde of Quoin Island and the smallheaded for our lunchtlme destlna- chop wets a couple of backsldes,tlon W e sail up the northern side of

Middle Banks, then around the end jTacklng through the gap between and straight through the GladstoneChinaman and Quoin Islands Yacht Club's afternoon regatta,agalnst the tide ls a bit of a chore. with boats of a11 shapes and sizesbut once through with the tide on comlng at us from aII directlonsthe make it Is open slather for sail- Somehow we make it through un- Crew availableIng right over the mudbanks and scathed, and sail back up Auckland

I 'trry' experienced m onosandbars, sailing on Iong tacks and Creek. where we will reload thesimply enjoying ourselves. Then it's boat after another wonderful day on sailor /rigger seeksa gentle run in to the whitewashed the water. It's a hard Iife! w harram cat experience.

sands of Farmers Point on Facing The photo is of my wife Lynne at ()gSteve Yates 04Island, and a scrumptious meal just the helm of our Hitia I7.''JODI'' 52824 1

above the beach while admiring the Slnce the photo I have addedmagic views of the harbour l9xI9mm triangular section timberSoon it's tlme to head for home. just forward of each main hatch asover aII those m udbanks once wave deflectors, as on the Areoi

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us healthy when atloat. month Iater. There are other for a1! washing including shaving.

brands that probably do the same But I agree with Steve Turner thatthing and as a general rule. with aII he has a better solution to this Iast

No, not a restad of the naturist the brand names that l problem than I have. Salt issection.. .. . . more's the pity, but a recommend, if you cannot find that removed separately with a finalfew thoughts on keeping fit and one, ask a pharmacist for an fresh water rinse which Qkes abouthealthy on board particularly in hot equivalent. Better still there might a cupful for the whole body and atcllmates where doctors, clinics and be an unbranded version at half the Ieast twice as much for hair. I hadeven pharmacists can be a long prlce. Let me know won't you? always regarded the us of a flannelway away. as effete but water shodage has

DAueNEss convinced me to the contrary and lIn the first place I must say that I use one to spread the cupfulam no medic. W hat I have to say is The atmosphere on a boat has to around. Still on the subject of a saltmerely the result of experience and be damp most of the time. free skin, we have found babyasking a lot of questions. If in Combine this with heat and you wipes very effective'. baby stufföoubt. ask a doctor or pharmacist. have a wonöedul environment for again. They are not cheap but

fungi. After a few years as a bush much Iighter than the equivalentI think that everyone on board a boy in Africa working most of the amount of water. Talcum powdershort-handed cruising yacht should time in wet boots, I regarded helps to keep the skin dry. Simplydo a first aid course. The trouble is Athlete's foot and Dhobi itch (in the chose one that is cheap and is freethat there are very few that are groin) as inevitable for the rest of from adificial odours.designed for the needs of a my Iife. In temperate waters a FRESH wATERcruising sailor. Jenny did hers at a barefoot walk along the sand is alocal colliery, which must have wondedul palliative for athlete's As far as l know. mosquitoes dolncluded a lot of irrelevant material. foot. Ioose clothing helps prevent not breed in salt water. They do notThroughout a standard first aid Dhobi itch. Incidentally, does seem to get much more than 50mcourse the advice is ''get the anyone know why designers of offshore. But being calmaranerscasualty to a doctor lmmediately''. lf men's' undefwear seem convinced and tucking into cat corners aswe are on a boat for more than a that we will fall apad if they fail to much as possible we are likely tofew days this is Iess than helpful surround us with elastic and stretch meet these horrible Iittle pestsbut other than that the standard fabric? The only half way more often than monohullers Tigerfirst ald advice on resuscitation comfortable pair of pants l possess coils are fun and quite effective butbfeedlng, fractures and burns is came from the Iadies depadment for bad infestations Junglepractical on a boat. So where do at M & S. But I digress. Formula, based onwe differ? diethyltoluamide works a treat. lt

The pharmacists seem to have has the advantage that it doesn'tSALT W ATER made great strides In the fight have to be applied to the skin but

against fungus recently. One that can after reading the instructionsI have always thought of salt water worked for me is Daktarin and it be put on the sleeping bag oras a friend. a mild antiseptic, good can be bought over the counter clothes. 1 am verf wary of puttingfor a sore throat and a drying agent from a pharmacist which is anything on my skin without auseful for fungal infections. So it is cheaper than a prescription. It is decently Iong testing period', sayIn Engllsh concentrations but by the well wodh having in the first aid box 10,000 years. lt is called thetime you get to the Med it is strong just in case. If that doesn't work talk geological perspective. If the Iittleenough to suck moisture out of a to a doctor because there seem to perishers do get you there afewound by osmosis and it is vital to be a lot of new ones about and it various preparations that cankeep it off a healing wound. I am no took a Iong time to hnd one that soothe the bite, sting or whatever.great believer in sticking plaster worked for me Anthisan works well be Boots makeother than for a few moments. After one out of natural oils that havea lot of searching and some very Are boats are both small and water been used over a longer period.

expensive failures a pharmacist is a precious commodity. W e try tosuggested Vasogen. This is get rid of aII the satt on our skins at Digressing somewhat. you areintended to stop nappy rash. It has least once a day because salt unlikely to meet up with reallymild healing powers but is VERY breeds dampness. lt is pedectly polsonous bites Or stings butwater resistant. I got too much out possible to clean body and hair in assuming that you are not going toof the tube once and. as I was salt water using a suitable carry a full set Of antivenoms InSitting in the hatch of Gratitude, detergent. You can get salt water your refrigerator, there is a goldenwiped the surplus off on the outside soap which worked well for me in rule that should stop you fromof the hull. lt was still there when the Baltic but is useless in ver'y dying. It Is - don't Iet the venom

spread. Stay still. Iie down, keepyour circulation slow. The oIdadvice to Iance. suck andtourniquet, should be used, lf at all,with considerable care

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After a few weeks on board thebody can Iook after ltself to a m uchgreater extent. Jenny and 1 havebeen going to nattlrist clubs campsand anchorages for fioeen years. lnaII that time I have only seen oneperson with bad bufnlng. Sf you lookat people with sunburn you will findthat it occurs next to straps and atthe edges of garments, especlallytlght ones Out of the midday sun itseems to me that the fewer clothesthe betler. W hat I want to do Is tobuild up the melanin content of myskln. so at the beginnlng and end ofthe day 1 only wear clothes if It lscodd or lf I would otherwlse causeagree that It Is

burning that causes damage AIl offence. After a m onth in the sun.that I have read of physlology clothes stay off Ionger but the hatagrees that melanin protects skln stays on till sundownfrom damage. My own experlence(please note that change in So that is my first aid kit or ratheremphasis) Is that it is possible to the bits that I have added to thetan wlthout burnlng and that non usual plasters, dresslngs andhereditary tan does subsequently antiseptic l am aware that myprotect from burning I regard attltude to chemicals Is not entirelymyself as having burned If there Is consistent but It is I hope a happyANY suggestlon of tingllng after mean and I hope it has given you

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Sailing in the mlddle of the day. Thls photo shows the shade glven by a hatto the top of the ears. nose and cheeks aII areas prone to damage. Thearms of the shirt could do with being a bit Ionger. Jen's Iegs are shaded in

the cockpit so the kikoi has been discarded.

exposure. My own practice as the some ideas. How are about sharlngoutlined above, is to slip and slap some of yoursobut to exercise considerable care inwhat I slop. The only exception tothis is that the skin does dry up ona boat. We used two Neutrogena @@products. one based on lanolin inthls country and one based onsesame oiI ln the sun

More than enough has been saidabout seasickness. The currentthinking seems to be that Stugeronworks for most people. Try that firstand go on to the others if it doesn'twork for you. Two other thoughts. Ifyou are golng to use pills use themearly Secondly watch your foodand if somethlng makes us sickdon't eat it Everybody Is different.My no no Is apples but they docom e up tastlng of cider which hasto be good.

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Anyone trylng to use cosmetic Sunscreens for a Iong trip Is In for anexpenslve time There are ways tocut down on the expense withoutdamaglng your skln The mostdamaging tlmes for the couple ofhours elther side of loan No, Iocalsare not government tlm e

From 1000 to 1500 we don't leaveskln uncovered especially at thebeglnning of a crulse. A wldebrimm ed hat is the first line ofprotectlon and in our case makessun specs, In the main anunnecessary fashlon accessor'yNext comes a floppy white Iongsleeve shlll T shirts miss out twovltal areas, the back of the neckand the upper arms. Lastly tçousersor. better a klkoi parea, sarong Orwhatever you call It. This Ieavesonly the top of the hands and feetexposed and they alone get achemical coverlng in the form of asun block. The one that I use Iscalled Maws sun block. It ls anotherproduct deslgned for bables. I usethese because they tend to becheap btlt mainly because themanufacturers are m ore carefulwlth what they put In them than Isthe case wlth adult products. Itcontains aloe vera and glycerineand none of the nasty b1g organicmolecules that others rely on Imust stress that aII this fuss is onlyneeded at the beginning of a crulseand that Iater on the body Is able todefend itself to a much greaterextent.

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Peter Kyne llrjngs us the 5rst in asen'es of the Isles of Scilly

The islands Iie some 22 nauticalmiles W SW of Lands End, hve areinhabited with a furthef 100 otherislets which are home to many dif-ferent seabirds and seals. Need-less to say in and around theseislands there are numerous catcorners and beaches a plenW I

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are available and No 883 and No:$4 wilk cover it all, 883 gives excel- lIent detail but several rocks andislands are cut off around the (7a-edges so both are required. Do not **çbe put off by what initially Iooks likea ueçy hazardous cruising area, it is Lizard point to Great the bottom of the slope the groundtweenbut a combination of shallow draft eentle rock is good with no haz- is much rougher with numerousand the clear waters make naviga- ds fufther south between Great rocks mostly in the southern half.ar ,tion in and around the rocks and pentle rock and Skid I there is a Tr

esco 4 worth exploring on footIedges much easier. There are two bje and a bit further south but tis a fair walk to shops, P.O,power C.apilot books for the islands

, 'a byoken outfall pipe at about the and pub from Pentle Bay.aYachtsman's Guide to Scilly' by jlalf tide mark, along the wholeNorm at f4.20 and 'Isles of Scilly beach if staying a while it is best toPilot' by Robin Brandon at :15,95. beach at 1/2 tide and above as at

both are geared for yachts withdeep keels. A couple of points toremember when in and around theislands watch out for pot buoysespecially if using the engine. andalso mullet nets may stretch across -a. !

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The sheet to be tensioned is taken via i1s jamc Ie a t to th e '%% in c h d ru m , a n d a tu fn a p p Iie d .

Ke e p in g te n sio n on th e sh e e t w ith o n e h a n d ,th e w in c h a rm is p u sh e d 3% ith a f o o t. Bu n g e efubber pfovides the return spring, and changessid e s w h e n tc c kin .

Mem ber Rick Harris visited oneSunday, and we exchanged vlewson everything from yulohs tosplnnakers W e were short of tlmebut lt was very good to meet hImand h Is Iady

The Idea I've had Is probably notnew. but I dream ed It up afterllstenlng to Rick talk about thelrjolnt adlculatlon problems. Seemsthey suffer from thls, and m lnearen't too clever

The way lt works ls that my j1bsheets are Ied ah along the cablnslde to a turnlng block then acrossthe aft beam to a central wlnch viaJam cleats Thls was always 0urIntentlon windward slde norm ally

The wlnch is crude ln the extremebut easy to make from a fewbearlngs, steel shafting and someepoxled p(y

It has a return sprlng made from arubber bungee, whlch changessldes wlth you when you tack thebungee returns the treadle to the

W hen the stroke IS com pleted,sdackening the hand held end letsthe winch return. Pulling tight againand glvlng and another hefty push

The crew pulls the sheet throughthe jammer wlth a turn or so aroundthe winch and a hefty push on thetreadle with their foot.

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One day I decided that I was goingto have a catamaran. After contact-1ng various designers, my finalchoice was to build a Hinemoa & Iwrote to Tom Miliano to get thestudy plans. I got the plans and aphotography of Tom's own boat''Two Rights''. Thank you Tom .

After a deep dlscussion with myfirst mate we agreed that Hinemoawas not the right boat. but at Ieastthe affordable one for us.

Durlng a Iong weekend we weretravelling by car when Beatriz (myfirst mate's name) shouted:''Ihere there there.

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''W hat is going on?''''There. behind that tree. it is aJames W harram catamaran and IfI am not mlstaken it is a Hinemoa ''

Amazlngll! W e fotlnd ''the onlyone'' (catamaran) in this part ofBrazil and it was a Hinemoa. Shewas in a sm all channel. with thebow in the mud bank and the sternunder the water. W e Iooked overthe wall, it was a Yacht Club. W easked permission to get in. W henwe got close to her there was nodoubt - it was a JW D Hinemoa

After dismantling, a friend Ient us atruck to take her to a town nearby(60 miles) from where we Iive. (Welive in S. Paulo - a 17 million per-sons metropolls where the smallestplace costs a fodune to hire).There, In the veranda of a very o1dhouse we set up our shlpyard

in a kind of an auctlon. The previ-ous owner knew nothing about her.W ho was the buildef, where shewas constructed he did not evenknow that she was JW design!

hulls - it looks Iike that an outboardengine got Ioose and its propellersmashed both htjlls below the wa-ter Iine.

To cut a Iong story, we bought theboat for about five hundred pounds

The reason for the boat belng sunkwas two bIg holes - one opposlte tothe other - on the inner slde of the

The other serious problem was theconnection of the beams to thehulls. The U shaped box where thebeams were bolted was com pletelyrotten. That was the reason whythe hulls were full of rain water. butnevertheless l was happy with thebusiness because the salls (1 malnand 2 head) standlng rig (inox),spars (wood and alumlnium), decktent and even the hulls, in splte ofthe holes. were In a very goodshape.

The flrst task (the most ungratefulone as alI of us are aware) was tostrlp the palnt and to sand the hullsThe holes were repaired wlth fibre- : aglass and afler everything havebeen resanded and repalnted bothhulls looked Ilke brand new Once .the hulls were rlghted, the real job ' - ? c

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figureheads of the S. Francisco river (in the north of Brazil). The Iocal Indians use them (the more ugly andunfriendly msen the better) in theirs canoes to frightening the bad spirits of the sea.

lf somebody wishes to have more Information about my boat and or Brazil please do not hesitate to contact' me:address in the membership Iist.

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Rory McDougal concludes his epiccircumnavigation in Cookie.

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Next stop Santorini to try & find acrew as l needed help to tackle thecalms and head winds. Several no-tices in backpacker hostels nearlyproved successful, but it wasn't tobe.

The story continues from Cypruswhere I set off solo once again inJune 1997. Nikki, m y crew, re-turned to Australia to sort out someproblems.

Yukl To windward again, thrashinglnto a 20 knot westerly on a tack upto Turkey. Feeling alone, home-sick, tired. slightly queasy with apulled shoulder muscle was not agreat start to any trip. Felt strongdesires to sell Cookie at the nextport, but somehow everythingseems OK again. Nearing Iandthe pod shroud parted at duskLuckily, l had doubled up the stays.Trled to scale the mast whilst hove-to and rig a rope backup, but toomuch motion wore me out. Icouldn't cling and haul myself up atthe sam e time. Two days fromCyprus I anchored near Kas,Turkey to get deep sleep and rig upa rope shroud. Headwinds contin-ued so l day-sailed along themountains west before taking acouple of days off in Rhodes. The2000 miles across the Med.

seemed Iike a huge mountaln tocllmb with 1ts constantly shihingwlnds and abundant calms andgales too.

Across the Aegean Sea the''Meltemi'' wlnd roared through atForce 8 for a couple of days 1sought shelter behind the tiny is-land of Nisos Sirira. The Greeklsles are famous for acceleratingthe wind down the leeward slopes.

Cookie bravely battled williwawsscreaming off the cliffs and sendingcudains of mist and spray into theair. Sail c10th juddered protest asthe gusts slammed into us, butslowly we reached relative calm atthe head of a bay. Out with thestern anchor and Iine ashore.

Phew! Made it.

Abnormal VHF clarlty meant I over-heard sailing friends talking 50miles away on my handheld VHF.So we made a rendezvous at aharbour on the ''toe'' of Italy. W on-derful to catch up and swap storiessince the Suez Canal.

The Messina Strait was exciting forits' funnelled winds, ripping cur-rents and busy traffic, After anhour's tow by friends. I tacked upthe Strait only to have the tide turnI,/k a mile from the northeFn exit. and

Calms and head winds rounded thePeloponesse and right across theIonian sea. Picked up a balloon outof the sea with a ''mermaids'' faceon it and stored her away to give tomy friend Tot who believes in mer-maids!

Saying ''hello'' to the lonian mermasd!

for thelr hospitality and assistanceduring our visits

!i From Cadiz to Lisbon we tackled1

mostly brisk headwinds. It was'j' g reat to have Ma Ic's h el p a nd

j rj sense of humour to keep sloggingk r3 '' . OD ''#. l '' ''* '' ?> > 4 Lisbon was qulte an occasion as'. .. . l . ..r

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i b LIP to Ria Camarinas to the NE of. .... cape oinisterre and a perfect spot

to head off across Biscay from. iUli & his Pahi 42could almost smell the shores of

what a turn It was. I just managed Scott Brown put Malcolm W hite- England now! So only a day toto sneak in and drop the pick under head and myself in touch Malc re-provision then Malc and Ithe 1ee of a beach on the NE tip of wanting Tlkl experience before headed nodh into a benign BlscaySicily. 50 meters away. the tlde buildlng his 38 flew down to join This notorious body of waterswept past at 4-5 knots Iike a river! Cookie. A day or so of mainte- treated us ver'y well The windOh well. good opportunlty for 6 nance jobs and It was time to flee swung around the clock twlce buthours more sleep l stopped for 2 the costly marlna and head for never above a force 4 On oneweeks In Slcily to vislt Toto one home AIi and his 2 dogs living on calm evening we even had a nnlghtweek spent laid out flat wlth a high h1s Pahi 42 ''Spirit of Kinabah'' out in Biscay''' Dropped aII sail.fever lt was very restful and heal- waved us bon voyage A day sail of music up ioud brandy and cokesIng to stay at Toto's small frult farm surfing fast past the southern tip of aIl round a slap up meal. MalcIn the country and a much needed Spain found us tied alongside juggling on the tramp in our moodbreak from the sea. Sicily became ''Chlqulta'' - Santi and Esther's of carefree fun. W ell, you've got toone of my favourite stops. A beauti- modified Tiki 21, ve@ similar to do it from tlme to time. 5 days fromfu1 fertlle land and such warm Cookie. This PCA network of Spain to the Scllly Isles and a warmheaded people made me feei rlght world-wide members was certainly welcome from PCA member. Peteat home. provlng very soclable. Earlier I had Kyne, when we fronted up at hIs

met up with Spencer and Isobel photo gallery/shop in St Mary's ItThe break from Cookie and voyag- Madin in Gibraltar who also have a was very nostalgic to vlsit harboursIng gave me renewed vlgour to Tiki 21. I'd Iike to take this oppodu- l had entered in Cookie 6 yearsstrike off dlrectly for Gibraltar I niN to thank these fellow members before. even the grey mlstycaught sight of the Baiearlcs butdidn't stop The approaches to Gibtested me wlth more calms andstrong headwinds so 1 pulled in for .a nlght near to Torremolinos. Vefy -strange sensatlon stepping from a . '<sea voyage Into the brlght Iights, . .<x.''.'Y*

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weather was the same - surprise.surprise.

The reception that Cookie. Malcand I received arriving in Millbrookat the PCA summer meet was fan-tastic (See Sea People 343. Thankyou to aII present for makingCookie's homecoming so special.

The final pod of call was the homeport of Dartmouth where friendsand family gave me a huge wel-come at the Dart Marina. I wasoverwhelmed with so many emo-tlons. My dream was complete.

Finally, just to say in my dreams, Ireally wanted to sail the smallestcatamaran around the world. So 1just went out and found a way to doit. Everyone has dreams and de-sires, so whatever you want to do,just do it.

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&0@ McDougall returned in Jan-t/ary and wntes.Arrived safe and sound at thlsbeautlful country once again. Defi-nltely feel as though I'm homeagaln Spent thls last weekend sail-ing on friends W harrams - don'twaste time do lQ

Hans & Cluadia have wldened thelrHinemoa ''OwI'' and changed toIashlngs on their beam s They arevery pleased with their handywork.and she sails well

Mlke & Dletland Malonehave finished their perfectly builtPahi 26 ''Tralntanz'' (Dream danceln German) A1l credlt to them forthelr immaculate finlsh I had thehonour of a sall and was lmpressedby her performance and tacklngbllrty wlthout Ieeboards etc 1.11 Prn Petasend some photographs of themsoon and have ''leaned'' on themb0th to share thelr storles and get John d Helen Cartwright FEB 28thwritlng for the Sea People

Despite the bad weather forecast Ithe first snow of the year for us ), whichdeterred some members we had another successful evening which wasvery Interesting and enjoyable We began Just before 6.30 p m and hnallystopped talking just after 2 aam. We totalled 13 adults and 5 klds, whlchwas pretty good considerlng the promises of the Met. office Everything

Arrivas at Dadmouth. Cookies voy- Went Well, we had a Iittle snow but not enough to stop the more determlnedtotal success and my members, Jon Stockton arrlved on his mountaln bike and now Ilves aboutage a

dreams come true 6 miles away from us. so hopefully we mlght see him more often now. Ourfriend Howard Speight always arrives whatever the weather, but he doesn'thave as far to travel as new member Barry Hilton. who was aII set to come

. - from over the Pennines, until it staded snowing. we hope to meet him nexttlme Andy Sowerby couldn't come to dast year's meet because of his workso we were pleased to meet him at Iast. He's Iooking for a Hitia preferablya 17 W e had apologies from Pete Castle, also Mike and Jenny W ynne.although Jenny came over to show us thelr photos of their trip fromEngland to Spain, just before she was due to fly back there to rejoin Mikeon their Tikl 26. lt was good to meet some of the members for the first timeand also great to see those that we already know. Some people broughtphoto's of their exploits, of padicular interest to everfone were MalcolmW hitehead's of his trip from Glbralter, with Rory on Cookie, he travelledfrom his new abode in Oxford to be with us, thanks Malc After a good feedand a natter we watched som e of the P C A. video's courtesy of Scott and

. u . .s .. Steve and talked the night away exchanging tales, news and Idea's One' - ' ver'y positive result of our discussions was the promises of help with difficult/ .: J

1: ,.. ' areas of each others build projects, for example sheathing which is much''' '''' k2 '. th extra help available cllve w intle and Roger Dunstan only Iiveeasler wlt

. d to meet:. about a mile away from each other and have never manage'

.z jj j re . :ë .... before, as they are b0th in the mldst of bulldlng Classics, we hope that t e... ... zry, .

. ' '- r new acquaintance wlll be mutually beneficlal Thanks to MeI for helplng in

- the kitchen and to aII who aoended, we hope that you alI enjoyed the. .F njng as much as We dId .eVe

John Thornhill - CoventryPart of my dream Is now completel now have a TIKI 21 in the backgarden! But things didn't gosmoothly.

I had arranged to meet Marc at14 00 hrs Just outside the ferry ter-minal at Ostend. The problemstaded when 1 arrived at Ramsgateand was asked for my passpod -the one thing I had forgotten. Aftermy wife faxed the relevant pages Iwas allowed on the ferry. The nextproblem was how to get into Bel-glum. Absolutely no chance wasthe attitude of the Belgium Cus-toms W hilst I was still pleading Isaw Marc arrive with Felix on lt'strailer - not hard to mlssl

W e were now at an impasse.couldn't go out through the gatesand Marc couldn't come in and nowe couldn't just push the boat onIt's traller through the gates! How-ever, when they realised that theywould have to put up with pleadingfrom 13.00 hrs to 20.00 hrs whenmy return ticket was valid (1 wasn'tallowed to book a 21ft trailer on thefast Catamaran ferry) They re-Iented and rushed Marc throughthe gates W e swapped the carsover and I was rushed back ontothe fast Cat. ferry on whlch l hadarrived. There was no problem get-ting back into the UK and I wasback hom e by 21 00 hrs W hat aday! A few more grey hairs but atrium ph for common sense overrules and regujations.

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