Finally this was the place and time for the dream to emerge into reality. The signs were all there, green lights, go. A set of unused Tanenui plans had landed on my lap, a place to build abound with scenery, culture, fresh air and the craftsmanship skills of the local people. Also all very good quality materials to build with available at very reasonable prices. so I set out tracking down my materials all over Java, Bali and Sumbawa. In one month I had it all trucked to the site on the shores of this beautiful bay in Sumbawa. I'd scoured some good carpenters/boat builders and made a deal. I had to tell them that building this type of boat was sort of like building a giant cupboard as they had never built a boat like this or neither had I, so once we had started we all soon got the feel and comfortably worked through step by step. after several discussions with friends, who are also Wharram owners I was convinced to stretch the boat to 40ft..by the time I had drawn my lines I sat down on the verandah looking out into the bay when I suddenly got up and headed back to the drawing and re-drew 45ft and ready to cut out. I'll only know why I went to 45ft in time to come as I went with intuition on that decision. 

The scenery and the bay the boats nestled in is stunning with local culture and nature all around and also natures darker side showed her face to me in the form of a little mosquito biting me on the fore head in the middle of the day. SMASH, knocked down with malaria. It sucks the life force from ya. I went back to Bali to recover and by this time I had built two bare hulls and ready to be  glassed. with seeing this and the dream well alive I packed in the vitamins and food, stacked on the five kgs I had lost and was back in Sumbawa to get this baby glassed. flipped over, epoxied throughout and butt blocks welded to the seems. there! looks like a boat now. I'm closing shop for a few months to let the wet season go by and to go home and work so I can come back and continue her until I launch at the end of the year or until the trade winds turn for a downwind sail back to Bali. THANKS HEAPS!!! TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO ARE SUPPORTING ME. TO BE CONTINUED...2002