Tiki 21

 Home-built from plans

Brand:

Wharram

Designed by:

James Wharram Designs

Description:

The Tiki 21 is a trailerable, 2-4 berth coastal cruiser with a high aspect ratio gaff rig. The sail has a luff sleeve that encloses the spar and acts like a wing mast. The boat is simple and economical to build, using ingenious 'appropriate technology' so that expensive fittings do not have to be purchased.

Winner of Cruising World's 1982 Design Competition.

The Tiki 26 is an evolution of this design.

Type:

Performance cruiser

Multihull type:

Catamaran

Construction:

GRP covered plywood panels joined with the stitch-and-glue system

Sails and rigging:

Gaff 'wingsail' sloop

Keels, boards and rudders:

No daggerboards; a skeg protects the rudder when beached.

Accommodation:

2 berths in the hulls; two under a framed tent on the bridgedeck

LOA (length overall):

6.4 m (21 ft)

LWL (length at waterline):

5.64 m (18 ft 6 in)

Beam:

3.66 m (12 ft)

Draft minimum:

0.35 m (1 ft 2 in)

Windward sail area:

19.25 m² (207 ft²)

Displacement, lightship (empty):

360 kg (0.35 tons)

Payload:

460 kg (0.45 tons)

Number of berths:

2-4

Cabin headroom:

1.36 m (4 ft 6 in)

Outboard engines:

1

Fuel type:

Petrol

Trailerable:

Yes: requires demounting

In production:

Plans available

Cost to home-build:

£5000 Sterling (approx: €6756 / $9919 US / $11278 AUS)*

Time to home-build from plans:

400 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