Hitia 14

 Home-built from plans

Brand:

Wharram

Designed by:

James Wharram Designs

Description:

The Hitia 14 was the first to be designed in the Wharram's 'Coastal Trek' range of transportable catamarans. She is a fun day sailor that can be demounted and carried on a car roof rack. She has a 'sprit wing sail' rig, with a luff sleeve that reduces mast-induced turbulance. The rig has a low Center of Effort and the spars are conveniently short.

Type:

Day sailor

Multihull type:

Catamaran

Construction:

Stitch-and-glue plywood panels with GRP over

Accommodation:

No accommodation

LOA (length overall):

4.26 m (14 ft)

Beam:

2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)

Draft minimum:

0.25 m (0 ft 10 in)

Windward sail area:

10.22 m² (110 ft²)

Displacement, lightship (empty):

86 kg (0.08 tons)

Payload:

200 kg (0.2 tons)

Trailerable:

Yes: requires demounting

In production:

Plans available

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Cost to home-build:

£1900 Sterling (approx: €2567 / $3770 US / $4286 AUS)*

Time to home-build from plans:

150 hrs

Used boats for sale:

117 boats of this brand currently available!

Associations & newsgroups:

• Polynesian Catamaran Association
• Wharram Discussion Forum

* Exchange rates last updated: Sunday 27th January 2008 19:27 GMT