tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90759642422976575892024-02-19T00:00:20.176-08:00Tiki 21 #931 (Beto)Building a James Wharram designed Tiki 21 catamaran Brad http://www.blogger.com/profile/15800757465333456553noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075964242297657589.post-50915458470377065222018-04-13T13:07:00.001-07:002018-04-13T13:07:11.177-07:00Cruisinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrkPOYc_ab0<br />
<br />Brad http://www.blogger.com/profile/15800757465333456553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075964242297657589.post-54296037930072225722018-03-06T09:34:00.001-08:002018-03-06T09:34:16.596-08:00Dodgers Installed!I managed to glue the dodgers down to the decks last week. They still need exterior and interior fillets and glass tape and paint, but they are on for now. We spent the night aboard, and Ali is wayyyyy happier with the increased room and visibility now. All in all, I can't believe that I haven't made these sooner. You can now sit upright as if in a chair (sitting on top of dodgers), instead of sitting with your knees up in your chest.<br />
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We also got a new black nylon reacher that pulls us so much better in the light stuff. We can also tack easily with just the reacher up. Wharram Tikis sail so well!<br />
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<br />Brad http://www.blogger.com/profile/15800757465333456553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075964242297657589.post-19099864292545896912017-02-06T17:39:00.003-08:002017-02-06T17:39:35.682-08:00Drifter and RotI went out on Saturday and sailed in 12 or so gusting 20+. You've got to love the shitty gusty conditions of lake sailing.............<br />
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Since it was blowing good and cold as hell, I decided to see how Beto would do on just the mainsail. She did great! We could head upwind around 50 degrees apparent at around 5 knots. In gusts I just headed up a tad and she took it seemingly unimpressed. Falling off to a reach, we hit 10 knots during the puffs. Sweet! Most surprising, however, was that we were able to tack no problem on just the main in pretty decent wind. I found that coming about quickly on the tiller allowed her to swing through. Once head to wind, I unsheeted the main and then sheeted back in, slowly heading back up onto the new tack. We only had to backwind the main and reverse the rudders once in two and a half hours of beating up the river channel. My big Nalgene bottle also stood straight up for the entire trip. Who needs monohulls?! Anyways this experiment was a good confidence booster that Beto can be safely and calmly sailed in higher winds on just the main alone.<br />
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I got an old cheap nylon drifter/reacher for Beto. It was too long on the leech, so I cut it down today and just need to sew in some tape along the new foot and a new clew patch. I also found some rot in the forward beam where the anchor chain has rubbed it. It's not too bad luckily, but this wet winter has definitely done some harm. I scraped all of the rot out and will let it all dry up fully before re-epoxying on Friday. I also found a massive genoa of 4 oz dacron that I'm contemplating pulling the plug on for go fast activities in the future. Due to the rot, I am not going to get serious about making a chain/anchor roller for the front beam so I don't have to deal with anymore rot like this. The beams take a lot of abuse on these Tikis.<br />
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<br />Brad http://www.blogger.com/profile/15800757465333456553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075964242297657589.post-10247290460121111072017-01-06T07:17:00.001-08:002017-01-06T07:17:59.107-08:00Winter BlowsI haven't updated this blog in a while, because Beto is on her trailer 40 miles away on a lake that rarely has much wind. Despite this, we are planning to be carving around the ocean from late April until June, so the blogging will be picking back up around Mid March when we start doing some modifications and preparing for the cruise. Until then I will try to post something every couple of weeks when I make it out to the boat.<br />
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Had some great students out, and everyone who went on the catamaran said they don't see the point in those keel boat things. 100% success! Passing people to leeward and drinking a beer, all while sitting in a hammock net on the bow is a sure way to win people over to multis. </div>
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We got Beto all rigged up (sans trampolines) and took her out for a Labor Day sail. There wasn't much wind (Screw you, Summer), but we had a good time nonetheless with swimming and sunbathing. I can't wait for Fall to arrive with good wind and no more daily thunderstorms. I'll be spending my 27th birthday on her in a couple of weeks, so check back for updates of binge rum drinking debauchery. Lake sailing isn't too spectacular, but at least we have some water around Birmingham to get out on. I'm planning a one or two month trip to Keys or somewhere around there in the Spring if I can work out something with the boss. I've been putting off school for too long, so I am torn between knocking it out and continuing my moderate work/bum/travel lifestyle for a few more years before buckling down. 27 is too soon to be a serious adult!</div>
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I haven't updated on here in a while. Anyways, I've had Beto on her trailer for the past month and a half. I moved in with Ali in Birmingham and started working for a moving company until I can get started in Nursing school (hopefully) this Spring. After a year off of work, I needed to start pushing the savings back up! I plan to cruise each summer between semesters and cruise extensively in a few years when I'm eligible to be a travel nurse. We may enter Beto in the 50/50 Round the Island Race in Fort Walton in September. Until then, she will be dry sailed at Logan Martin Lake at the Birmingham Sailing Club. </div>
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<br />Brad http://www.blogger.com/profile/15800757465333456553noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075964242297657589.post-11565846260495299702016-06-15T14:00:00.001-07:002016-06-15T14:00:52.928-07:00Texas Tiki for SaleHere is a nice looking 21 for sale for cheap!<br />
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While having Beto in the water for a month last Fall, I had a few things I wanted to change up before heading to the sea where I have no garage to work. Moving hardware around, building the cedar deck, making some net lashing strips, and installing dodgers are a few of the things on the list. The non-stop rain here in the South has really lengthened the time I thought I would be working. </div>
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However, I should be finished up with all of the refit changes by Sunday night. That means we will be in Florida by next weekend ready to cruise! Ali had off of work until the end of May, but her boss decided to force her back at the end of March. Due to this hiccup, she'll only be sailing for a month or so and I will be looking for another crew member in April/May. The HUI is at the end of May this year, and we damn sure will be there this time!!! After the HUI, we'll sail up to Pensacola where Beto will be moored for the hurricane season and used for weekend and day trips. </div>
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After an hour of scrubbing black death bird shit off of her. I had the cover off for three hours, and with my luck the birds decided to strike. </div>
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<br />Brad http://www.blogger.com/profile/15800757465333456553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075964242297657589.post-83056960305739746712016-02-16T19:59:00.001-08:002016-02-16T19:59:51.686-08:00Changing Hatch DesignThe previous hatch design I worked out allowed for a little more leaking than I would have wished. I changed the slider style to that of the Tiki 26, using "A Roamer" from Barefoot Boat Bums as an example. Now the forward part of the hatch is notched and connected to aluminum rails in order to slide but also be held down so to speak. I will have a line on the underside of the hatch and a jam cleat to lock the back end down when slid forward and another jam cleat inside to lock the hatch down when closed for sleeping in sketchy places. I still need to epoxy it and all, but here is a snapshot.<br />
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<br />Brad http://www.blogger.com/profile/15800757465333456553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075964242297657589.post-72102271038120260202015-12-31T18:41:00.002-08:002016-01-02T19:31:33.411-08:00Sailing with Roger on Little CatWe are evading the winter rains of Florida with a two month road trip out West which also is aiding in getting Ali comfortable with living in a small space :) Anyways, Roger Sullivan graciously let us go sailing on Little Cat in San Francisco on New Years Eve. It was a real treat to accomplish a goal of sailing under the Golden Gate for the first time and even better to achieve such a feat on a Tiki 21 like Beto when there are so few of them around the States. Thanks again Roger for hooking us up! We are even more excited to move onto Beto in late February and start cruising Florida after today.<br />
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<br />Brad http://www.blogger.com/profile/15800757465333456553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075964242297657589.post-152870927020092092015-10-12T11:44:00.004-07:002015-10-12T11:44:35.637-07:00Sail covers and TrampSewed these up. Im no seamstress, but for $90 Shes looking much more like a proper yacht now.<br />
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Be to in 20 knots! Full sail was too much, so we reefed the main after this video and calmed her down a bit. A reefed jib would have been preferable for beating in such wind. </div>
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