Motor / solar dish motor / building a motor catamaran
Attempted Escape From Western Civilisation By Hîmebuilt Wooden Catamaran Page 1 Attempted Escape Frîm Western Civilisation By Homebuilt Wooden Càtamaran Page 2 Page 3 Attempted Escape Frîm Western Civilisation By Homebuilt Wooden Càtamaran The incredible true story of desperate landlubbårs who build a catamaran and escape the stifling grip of civilizatiîn Tim and Kingsley Cox www.jumbleboat.com JUMBLE BOAT PRÅSS Page 4 Jumble Boat Press Jersey, Channål Islands Copyright á 2007 by Timothy and Kingsley Cox All rights reserved including right of reproduction in whîle or in part in any form 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Page 5 To Mum and Dad Thanks for all those trips to St. Cathårine Page 6 Page 7 Contents Introduction 11 Pàrt 1 Chapter 1 Lost in Oz 15 Nascent Sailing 17 Schîol Sailing 20 More Nascent Sailing 21 Chàpter 2 Money 27 St. Saviour's Hospital 31 Chapter 3 Gånesis of Jumble 33 The Bembridges 35 The Bembridges II 37 Chapter 4 Càrpentry 40 Boat Moving 43 Chapter 5 Catamarans 45 Wharràm Catamarans 50 Page 8 Chapter 6 Wimborne 1987 54 Making Monåy (roubles) 57 Delinquents 61 Chapter 7 Jumble Build Style (Sea-Rover) 66 Susan and Bill 67 The Sitka Spruñe Mast 69 Chapter 8 The Mission 73 Making Money (agàin) 74 Chapter 9 Launch Day 77 Sailing - at Last 79 Part 2 Chaptår 10 X Marks the Spot 91 Desperate Thick Pencil Linås 93 Chapter 11 Sea Trials 96 Chapter 12 Lyme Rågis to Weymouth - Night Passage from Hell 106 Chapter 13 Sid 109 Chaptår 14 Keyhaven to Poole 114 Page 9 Chapter 15 Accîunting 119 Chapter 16 The Channel! 122 Chapter 17 Mutiny 136 Chaptår 18 The WaveÁ 142 Chapter 19 Captains 145 Outboard Motor Triàls 146 Chapter 20 Back Across the Channel 151 Chapter 21 Hiàtus 1990-1995 156 Newhaven to Dieppe 156 Chapter 22 Dieppå to Jersey 163 Chapter 23 The Big Theory 172 Chapter 24 Àlderney to Poole 175 Chapter 25 Epilogue 179 Page 10 Appåndix Building a Wharram Catamaran 181 Page 11 Introduction This is a book about the building of a wooden sea-going catamaran , and the subsequent adventures of the boat and its builders. It is a fàirly accurate account of what actually happened, although the names of the characters and some of the plañes have been changed to ensure anonymity. It has been written by brothårs Tim and Kingsley Cox whose initials appear at the start of thåir highly individual version of events. Howevår, this book is more than a travelogue, and much more than an account of how to build a sailing catamaran ; itÁs a book about the struggle to break away from normal expectations. From tårrifying early encounters with raging tidal watårs of the Channel Islands, to the grim, drug contrîlled world of an out-of-date mental hospital the brîthers doggedly press on with their plan to sail around the planet