AUSTRIAN WHARRAM CIRCLE

OUR BOATS & WHO WE ARE

....we are a group of friends of the ideas of JAMES WHARRAM.

....we talk about, build and sail Wharram Catamarans. We are obviously the largest group worldwide, where this many Wharram trailer catamaran designs are sailing within a few miles. (northern Lake Neusiedl - Austria)

...many other larger designs are being built here (up to a Pahi 63) and James Wharram agent for Europe is living in Vienna - Dr. Gerhard Bobretzky - he translates plans into german and sells them on behalf of JWD, he is also sailing on Lake Neusiedl.

.... historically also interesting, one of the first circumanavigations on a Wharram has his rootes here (Tangaroa - Wolfgang Wappl (81-)

MELANESIA

Meinhard has built a MELANESIA, a HITIA 17 and a TIKI 26, currently he is working on his TIKI 38

HITIA 14

Peter joined in from Germany, see his fotos and report about time and cost of his building project

HITIA 17

TIKI 21

the most spacious 21

the most beautiful 21 between Illmitz and Gargano

 

TIKI is to our knowledge the only one with a fully battened Tiki main sail (by Raudaschl)

                                                  extra light with Topcat Rig

 

Justus is sailing his 21 at the wonderful Moldau Lake (Cech Republic)

Congratulation - just finished and launched in fall 2000

participated in 1998 summer meet trailed Cool Runnings from Berlin (Germany) to Lake Neusiedl, experienced trailer sailor (Greece, Denmark..)

David is one of the Wharram Web pioneers, his site is one of the very few existing, describing details during building from start to sailing and is still permanently updated

TIKI 26

 

Helmut has built probably the most beautiful boat here. AURA is the beauty between all the others, she point extremely high. Helmut is an excellent craftsman and lends a helping hand to others

Gerald is sailing a GRP Tiki (much focused on trailerability) and is organizing the Wharram meetings in Austria

Reinhold comes very close to the purified model example of the Wharram philosophy

a lightweight fast 26

CAUTION: the boat name is german - don't mix it up with english

currently in Greece /Ägäis

Renate has finished her 2nd Tiki 26 project & they are currently sailing in the Med

finished summer 2002

located in France

Heinz is sailing his Tiki in the middle of the Alps and in the Med

this is the ex TEQUILA SUNRISE

 

beautiful finished T26 built in Carinthia - Lake Ossiach

after a major refit - a beauty in Teak

PAHI 26 / TIKIROA

Helmuts Pahi had originally the classic cutter rigging, he changed it to the Tiki 26 one and is claiming to have a new boat

even Pahis can capsize - story will come later

The sensational story of the transformation of a wreck into a swan

TANE

Dr. Gerhard Bobretzky (WHARRAM AUSTRIA) a Wharram pioneer in Austria; he is selling plans for James WHARRAM. his TANE is now much older than 20 years and is doing still very well when sailing with the new Tikis

TIKI 30

 

left Austria last spring and sailed down the Adriatic to Greece; from there they continued after a windy summer to Tunesia (N-Africa); then further to Portugal and the Canary Islands and across the Atlantic Ocean

Report/Mails from their Trip in English

The building of PAHI KURA was documented by the Ulbrichs until they sold their project

was the star at our 1999 meeting, currently sailing in the northern Adriatic (Italy)

TIKI 31

Tiki 31 JOJO finally completed in August 2000 and launche in the Adriatic

 

PAHI 31

 

TANGAROA

TIKI 38

TIKIMATA is now completed, launched and sailing south in the Med - a long story with many pictures

Tikimatas story in english 

Meinhard started with beams, masts...

NARAI

sailing in the Ionischen Sea (Greece)

PAHI 42

The couple from Salzburger finalized their project in an alpine environment and have  now completed their circumnavigation with their Pahi 42. Details on their website. Much more information (eg breathtaking move of the hulls down the mountains) can be found on their first CD)

Michael crossed the Atlantic on his Captain Cook

read his groovy story

 

PAHI 63

Peter has built his MOANA a Pahi 63 ALONE here in Vienna, finally he sold out and the boat was converted into a Tiki style ship. Up the Danube river the cat was delivered to the UK (partly with Austrian crew: Winkler, Urbanek & Ulbrich). There the ship was christined again. Her new (not very innovative) name is now BIGCAT

 

 

 

EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATES IN OUR MEETINGS IS PART OF IT