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| The rough Pacific Ocean puts man and material to an unexpected hard test |
The typical crab claw sails of the double-hull boats built according to the historical, Polynesian example enable high speeds. |
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| The catamaran ‚Lapita Tikopia’ is christened during a ceremony on the island giving its name. |
A relatively calm sailing day |
Near Rabaul on Papua New |
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| An attraction: Europeans | Native children in a classical outrigger canoe |
Anchored Lapita Anuta |
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| The calm before the storm | Heavy swell in the Pacific Ocean |
The Tavurvur volcano: active in Papua New Guinea |
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| Lapita Voyage sailing route | Klaus Hympendahl, James Wharram and the crew of shipbuilder Andy Smith |
Getting the new double-hull boats into the ocean with combined efforts |
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| Klaus Hympendahl and James Wharram |
For the first time in the water: Lapita Tikopia |
Klaus Hympendahl on deck
of one of the double-hull boats |
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| Just before the first sailing | Lapita Anuta and Lapita Tikopia made ready for start |
Klaus Hympendahl at the christening ceremony using a coconut |
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| Two fishermen in an outrigger canoe offshore Anuta |
Two boys prior to the circumcision ceremony |
Tikopian carving a bowl |
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| Dancers on Tikopia | Klaus Hympendahl with the Tikopian chiefs |
Chief Ariki Tafua |
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| People on Anuta live on fishing |
Man with bow |
Fishing in the lagoon of Tikopia |
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| Picture of the woodstrip construction |
Design of the two hulls |
Bow shape of an old Tikopian boat |
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| Tama Moana bow shape |
Lapita Voyage logo is designed on the bow |
Deck mounting |
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Bow shape is formed |
Formation of the Tama Moana bow shape |
Formation of the bow shape |
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| Woodstrip construction is clearly recognizable |
Primed hull |
Priming both hulls |
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Keel and bulkheads |
Crab claw sail |
Woodstrip construction of the Tama Moana |
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Paintwork on the hull |
Paintwork on two Tama Moana hulls |
Overhead construction method |
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Bottom view |
Masthead |
Hull shape of Tama Moana |
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Tikopian sacred canoe |
“Child of the Sea” planning profiles |
“Child of the Sea” Tama Moana |
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| Hull shape of the Tama Moana |
Maneuver on the sister ship |
Sister ship type Tama Moana |
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| Lapita Tikopia boat | Front view of boat | Side view of boat |
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| Lapita Anuta boat | ||
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| View of the tiny island of Anuta |
Crater lake of Tikopia |
Houses on Tikopia are called fales |
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| Fishing boats on Anuta | ||
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