James Wharram, 1928-2021
Multihull pioneer James Wharram died on 14 December aged 93, after a life of voyaging, of designing boats and enabling countless people to get afloat. His lifelong partner Hanneke Boon said he was “a trailblazer, a fighter with great determination and vision”. Wharram became known as a young man, when in 1955/56, after studying ancient Polynesian multihull design and sailing, he designed and built the 23ft 6in (7.2m) catamaran Tangaroa and crossed the Atlantic.
He wrote about the project in the book, , which became known as much for its portrayal of Wharram and his two partners Jutta Schultze-Rohnhof and
