James Wharram Designs

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Coastal Trek - TIKI Designs

The Coastal Trek designs cater for those who do not want a craft for long distance "ocean going" sailing, but would like to be able to trail their boat to varied interesting coasts and lakes. Although a TIKI 21, a very popular Coastal Trek design, has circumnavigated, we would not recommend this for everyone! A number of Tiki 26s have also made ocean crossings, but again this is only for the experienced sailor. The larger TIKI designs (30ft and over) are craft capable of longer voyages and ocean crossings. They are designed to be less costly to build by using appropriate wood/epoxy technology and by eliminating, wherever possible, expensive metal fittings common to modern yacht design. The TIKI designs range from the Coastal Trekking TIKI 21, to the comfortable ocean cruiser, the TIKI 46.

Hitia 14 Self-build Boat Plans£150.00	Hitia 17 Self-build Boat Plans£220.00	Wharram Wingsail Rig for Hitia 14 or Hitia 17 (optional extra)£40.00
Tiki 21 Self-build Boat Plans£365.00	Tiki 26 Self-build Boat Plans£475.00	Pahi 26 Self-build Boat Plans£405.00
Tiki 30 Self-build Boat£660.00	Tiki 30 Deckpod (optional extra)£70.00	Tiki 31 Self-build Boat Plans£640.00
Tiki 38 Self-build Boat Plans£1,450.00	Tiki 46 Self-build Boat Plans£2,900.00

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Self-build boats - Tiki Range

From the car trailable TIKI 21 - Winner of the 1982 Cruising World Design Competition, to the TIKI 46, a spacious ocean cruiser or charter boat.

The TIKI range offers car trailable Coastal Trekkers to long term live aboards. On the larger TIKIs the 'Deckpod' offers sheltered steering and the 'Stern Ramp' provides easy access to and from the water. The TIKIs are boats you can work and live on.

All TIKI building Plans are very detailed, supplying a building sequence as a book of 3-D sketches, which some builders have described as a course in boat building.

The Wharram approach goes beyond simple boat design - the concept of 'Flexispace' puts emphasis on not just the physical living area, but also the ' mind space' of those on board.

Self-build boats - Pahi range

From the Coastal Trekking PAHI 26 to the impressive 63' flagship of the Wharram fleet 'Spirit of Gaia' - the PAHI shape is more evocatively 'Female' than the Classic Wharram designs.

Constructively, they are simpler to build, using epoxy fillets instead of more difficult wood joints. They are designed to use quick growing softwood plys, coated and glassed with epoxy to achieve a durable finish.

The PAHI designs were the first to use rope lashings to attach the crossbeams, giving a shock absorbing effect, without the need for metal fittings.

The PAHI 42 'Captain Cook' design set fresh ocean cruising standards when she was designed in 1979.

The PAHI 63 was designed in 1986 and launched in 1992 to become the new ocean going flagship for the Wharram family. During the construction of 'Spirit of Gaia' many unique new solutions to plywood and epoxy building methods were developed, which were later incorporated in the larger TIKI and ISLANDER designs.

First expedition with two traditional sailing double canoes following the migration route of the Ancient Polynesians.
This voyage in the Pacific was sailed in two Tama Moana designs by James Wharram and Hanneke Boon in 2008-2009.

DVD of the voyage available in the shop

Book about the voyage available in German

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