Tiki 46

 Home-built from plans

Brand:

Wharram

Designed by:

James Wharram Designs

Description:

The Tiki 46 is very seaworthy, family cruiser with good performance and full compliment of cruising amenities. Seaworthiness is enhanced by the very low Centre of Effort of the wingsail schooner rig developed by James Wharram Designs, making the boat highly stable. Seakindliness is improved by the flexible connection between the crossbeams and hulls, giving a softer ride, as in most Wharram boats. In the Tiki 46 the cross beams are lashed to the hulls with with ropes.

The Tiki 46 is also available as a GRP production boat, part, or fully finished

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Type:

Performance cruiser

Multihull type:

Catamaran

Construction:

GRP sheathed plywood

Sails and rigging:

Gaff 'wingsail' schooner

Deck layout and gear:

• Sheltered cockpit
• Bimini cover
• Stern ramp for easy boarding

Accommodation:

Port hull: double cabin aft; head and shower midships; double berth forward
Deck: deck cabin with watch double bunk and nav station
Starboard hull: double cabin aft; galley and dining area midships (converts to double berth); shower and head forward

LOA (length overall):

14 m (45 ft 11 in)

LWL (length at waterline):

11.6 m (38 ft 1 in)

Beam:

7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)

Draft minimum:

1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)

Windward sail area:

91.0 m² (980 ft²)

Displacement, lightship (empty):

5000 kg (4.92 tons)

Payload:

4000 kg (3.94 tons)

Number of berths:

8-10

Cabin headroom:

1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)

In production:

Plans available

Cost to home-build:

£42000 Sterling (approx: €56745 / $83319 US / $94729 AUS)*

Time to home-build from plans:

4000 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