Wharram Tiki 26 Madgic Catamaran Sailing 

Congratulations on your purchase. It should be possible to move the boom higher with minor alterations to mast and sail. I never had a problem with it and did used to tie a saftey restraining line onto the boom on longer downwind legs, just in case. I also ensured any crew didn't sit 'down wind' of the boom just in case anything broke. Where will her new home port be?

@@jellyfish4969 Falmouth. Many thanks.

Melissa, upload a video of your work

There is bungee attahced to the tiller ends while sailing to get some friction onto the rudders (they would tend to flop to either side if not), also I could get her to self steer, especially to windward by tentioning the elastic. When on her mooring the tillers are tide up to stop them moving (less friction and wear). Good luck with the RAKA.

@@jellyfish4969 thank you for the help. Do you think you could get a sheet to tiller setup to work on your cat or a big one like the raka?

@@professormoptop A cat called 'Big Tiddles' used such a system to cross the atlantic several times. I think I recall seeing an artile in the PCA magazine. They're all here pca.colegarner.com/sea.people.html . I'm sure Facebook Wharram groups would help with such a query too.

@@jellyfish4969 yea the FB Wharram group is super helpful. I have read most of Self Steering for Sailing Craft where the author goes into crazy detail about the subject. Thanks for the help and I will check out the Sea People article.

Hi Jeff, Sorry, don't have any drawings of the hatches and they're GRP on Madgic - I guess yours will be ply. As long as the fit is good they'll keep spray out. Good luck with the new hatches.

Thanks for the reply! Given the opportunity, I would love to see some close-up detail photos of the hatch, coamings, and slide mechanism if that's at all possible...? it's the project I'm literally working on today!

Hi Jeff, I afraid I don't have any photos that would give you more detail than what you can see in the video. It's a bit tricky to explain the detail, but the two slides utilise sail slides set in the metal tracks on the coach roof, this is attached to the hatch with a metal fitting. I've also got some foam glued underneath at the front of the hatch to prevent water ingress when the hatch is closed and it's rough. I've got simple perspex sheets that slide down into the companion ways. At the rear of the first section of the hatch (both sides) are little metal L shapes attached to the hatch that sit under the teak either side and slide along - this keeps the front section of the hatch down. The rear part is hinged to the front part. Hope that helps.

I sailed with the owner who built the boat who would be keen to talk to anyone interested.

Hi, I had 15 knots out of her, flat sea, off-shore wind. I've heard of a T26 doing 17 knots but for cruising anything over 10 knots and it starts to get quite wet with spray. The real advantage is when the wind dies and you can still sail while most yachts are motoring.

I had 15 knots out of her, flat sea, offshore wind, but I've heard of a T26 doing 17 knots. For cruising keeping it under 10 knots is more comfortable as the spray really starts to fly. The real advantage is when the wind drops and you can still sail when other sailing boats are using their engines.

Hi, I think the mast length is 31' and but I never measured it. The main sail is 18.54sq mtrs, the foot is 3.2m and luff length 7.9m. I sold the boat last year but managed to find some old papers. Hope that helps.

Thanks, I am building a tiki 26 and haven't decided whether or not to use a Bermuda rig or gaff rigged. I was just curious what size of sail would work for it.

in the '90s someone circumnavigated in a 21 foot build of this design... build quality varies, so does seamanship

You need a pair to go blue water with a small boat.ITs hard work to store the food and stuff so you you need planning .The waves are big .You need to bare pole ,heave to, drogue anchor or lie a hull much sooner than bgger boats Even then a force 7 is lot for the small boats .expect big waves to wash over the entire boat so expect stuff to get wet so sailing mid latitudes is the best .If your reasonable careful and you got a pair and its well built no reason why not to go blue water .Water makers is one liter of fuel makes 10 liters of water but not sure how small a unit exists to suit that small a boat

It was a builder, no longer in operation. The Tiki 8M is GRP and is an updated Tiki26 that has more recently been professionally built. Check out the Wharram website for details.

Hi Tom, I sold the boat a couple of years ago, I do miss her, they are great boats. I sailed her for over 20 yrs so wanted to move on to other experiences. Good luck with the T26.

@@jellyfish4969 If I ever get her built I'll invite you for a sail! Everything got sidetracked with all that's going on.

@@tombrown9460 how's that build going? I'd like to buy the plans when your done if i could get a discount from New price.

@@goathead3329 got cut off by the lock down. Now I'm back to work to get my funds back up. Probably start up again after the new year.

In my study @$18000 and 700-800 hours of your time. I’m planning 1.5 -2 years build time @60 hours a month.