2001 Wharram Tangaroa Mk IV

• Designed by James Wharram Designs
• Built by professional shop fitter and yachtsman
• Israeli Marine Ply, glued, screwed and epoxy saturated
• Red Maranti beams
• Paint finish
• Wharram V keels
• Annual safety survey, no structural survey

• Yanmar 10hp diesel (overhauled 2001)
• Long shaft with retractable propeller
• Various engine spares including engine liner, cooling pump, drive belts, injector nozzles and fuel filter
• Designated outboard fuel tank mounted next to engine
• 4 x 25 litre fuel containers stowed on deck or below
• Air Marine 400W wind generator
• 4 x solar panels (approximately 60W) with regulators (panel support bracket requires welding)
• 4 x Delco 110Ah lead calcium batteries (2003)
• Cigarette lighter sockets in each compartment
• 220V Yamaha 2000W portable petrol set
• 300W inverter

• Gaff rig
• Allum mast/spars
• Stainless steel and rope rigging
• Slab (3) reefing mainsail (white, new 2004)
• 2nd slab (3) reefing mainsail (red, serviced 2004)
• Staysail (white, new 2004, unused)
• 2nd staysail (red, serviced 2004)
• Outer jib (white, new 2004, unused)
• 2nd outer jib (red, serviced 2004)
• Large outer jib (serviced 2004)
• Sail repair kit
• Sail cover (2004)
• Spare blocks and sheets

• 3 berths
• ‘Pod’ converts to a 2.1m x 1.1m double berth whilst in calm seas or at anchor
• Pilot berth
• Galley with stainless steel cooker (2 rings, grill, oven, 2004), Frigioboat 80 litre fridge/freezer with hull cooler, and small stainless steel sink with hand (gravity fed freshwater) and foot (seawater) pumps
• Heads compartment with sea toilet
• Full standing headroom
• 4 x fluro 12V lamps plus various lamps
• 12 x 25 litre plastic containers in designated compartments on deck
• 2 x 12kg gas cylinders on deck
• 2 x 12V fan (one in each hull)
• 2 x Dorado vents (one in each hull)
• Singer CD player with 2 portable speakers

Navigation Equipment

• Icom IC M302 DSC VHF radio (2004)
• Garmin E TREX GPS (2003)
• MLR SP12X GPS
• Hand bearing compass
• Silva compass
• NASA Target wind instrument (2003)
• Autohelm autopilot
• NASA Stingray echo sounder
• NASA Target echo sounder (not fitted)
• Tournament 1101 fish finder (not fitted)
• Barometer and clock

Safety Equipment

• 2 x Whale gusher type manual bilge pumps
• Eurovynil 6 man liferaft (exp service Aug 2006)
• 6 x life jackets
• Various flares (not guaranteed in date)
• 2 x horseshoe lifebuoys
• Dan buoy
• KANNAD 406 121.5 EPIRB
• Grab bag
• Signalling mirror
• Survival blanket
• 12V search light
• 2 x black balls
• 2 x buckets
• Various other items to comply with South African sailing requirements for Cat A/B

Deck Equipment

• Delta anchor
• 20kg CQR anchor with 20m 10mm chain and 50m nylon warp
• French Danforth anchor with 30m 8mm chain
• Various fenders

Other Equipment

• Walker Bay 3.05m (10ft) sailing dinghy with sails, mast, centre board, rudder, oars and Yamaha 2hp outboard
• Various tools (including small hand grinder with spare discs, hammer drill, 12V drill, hand circular saw, jig saw)
• Various items of hardware (including stainless steel and brass screws, nuts and bolts, containers of epoxy, silicone, contact adhesive, grease, insulation tape, duct tape, paint brushes, scrapers, emery paper)
• Cloth awning
• Blue hebacryl awning

The Tangaroa Mk IV is a performance cruiser. She is an evolution of the earlier Tangaroa Mk I, having more freeboard, wider hulls and more graceful lines than the earlier model. This vessel has crossed the Indian Ocean and cruised Madagascar and the East coast of Africa.