Tiki 38

 Home-built from plans

Brand:

Wharram

Designed by:

James Wharram Designs

Description:

The Tiki 38 has more elaborate and spacious cruising amenities than most previous Wharram interiors. Bunks are wider, the galley is larger and there is a commodious shower and heads compartment. On deck there is a cockpit steering pod to shelter the helm with an adjoining watch bunk. An awning can be raised to give weather protection for going from one hull to another. She is rigged as a two masted schooner with soft wingsails with which she can point to windward at 45 degrees which gives her an average cruising speed of 8 knots. Lightly loaded the Tiki 38 will reach a speed of 15 knots.

Type:

Performance cruiser

Multihull type:

Catamaran

Construction:

GRP sheathed plywood

Sails and rigging:

Gaff 'wingsail' schooner

Deck layout and gear:

Stern ramp for easy boarding

Accommodation:

Port hull: storage aft; galley and dinette midships; dinette converts to a double bunk; single berth forward
Deck: watch bunk
Starboard hull: storage aft; nav station and heads compartment, plus double bunk midships; single berth forward

LOA (length overall):

11.6 m (38 ft 1 in)

LWL (length at waterline):

9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)

Beam:

6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)

Draft minimum:

0.75 m (2 ft 6 in)

Windward sail area:

53.2 m² (573 ft²)

Displacement, lightship (empty):

3000 kg (2.95 tons)

Payload:

2000 kg (1.97 tons)

Number of berths:

6-7

Trailerable:

No

In production:

Plans available

Cost to home-build:

£28000 Sterling (approx: €37830 / $55546 US / $63153 AUS)*

Time to home-build from plans:

2200 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